Chapter 317: Going to deliver goods
"It's all my fault. I should have told you earlier." Ding Linyu blamed herself. "I keep track of the shipment numbers every day. I didn't expect so many people to come pick up the goods in the last two days."
"It's not your fault. I didn't expect that." Su Jiaojiao looked at the daily delivery records. She originally estimated that it would take at least a month to wholesale these goods, which would be just enough time to receive the next batch of goods.
She asked Master Yan, and Master Yan said that he would deliver goods here again next month. Although Master Yan was a driver for Qifa Garment Factory, the car he drove was his own.
He is the regular driver of Qifa Garment Factory, not an exclusive driver. When there is no work in the factory, he also takes some private jobs and delivers the goods himself. The nature of his job is similar to that of Chen Guichang, and he also delivers goods everywhere.
The only difference is that Chen Guichang is not listed in the company. He takes orders and delivers goods on his own, and he only travels short distances.
Master Yan's truck runs all over the country. He said he makes a long-distance trip about once a month.
"So what should we do now?" Cai Ting's eyes lit up with excitement when she calculated that they could make 80,000 yuan from this batch of goods. She wished she could get another truckload of jeans and was willing to get up in the middle of the night to ship them, but unfortunately there was no stock now.
"I guess everyone is preparing for the May Day Labor Day, so they are ordering goods in large quantities. But now Mo City can't supply the goods at all. After all, it's because we lack experience." Su Jiaojiao didn't have a better way. She could only buy other people's goods and sell them in her own store. She couldn't leave the store empty.
In fact, the bottom line is that it is because we don’t have a processing plant.
If we had our own processing plant, this situation would not have happened.
But now is not the time to think about these things. She has to contact the source of goods quickly. Su Jiaojiao asked Cai Ting to stay and look after the store. She took Ding Linyu to Qili Garment Factory to find Zhang Miaomiao to stock up on the dozens of jeans left over from retail sales.
The location of the shop Li Nuo found for her was quite good, about forty or fifty meters away from the door. No wonder the owner asked for a transfer fee.
Su Jiaojiao stood at the door and looked back at her shop. It was not bad and quite eye-catching. She would make a striking and shiny signboard in a few days.
Zhang Miaomiao’s store sells jeans, hoodies, shirts, suits, sportswear, etc., all of which are spring clothes, and a small number of last year’s summer clothes.
When Su Jiaojiao and Ding Linyu went there, Zhang Miaomiao was busy distributing jeans. The fabric was similar to the batch Su Jiaojiao had, and the style was the skinny jeans. Wearing boots was popular in the capital in early spring, and these light blue jeans went well with them.
Zhang Miaomiao’s shipping price is also twelve yuan.
Ding Linyu was very surprised and whispered, "How can we make money at this price?"
Twelve up, twelve out?
Flat in and flat out?
Zhang Miaomiao was busy, and Su Jiaojiao didn't want to disturb her, so she said to Ding Linyu, "Let's look at other styles."
The other styles of clothing in Zhang Miaomiao's house are obviously more upscale and made of medium-quality fabrics, except for the jeans. In other words, the jeans are not from her house.
She shipped twelve, and the purchase price should be around nine dollars.
But it can't be eight.
Judging from the economic development, Mocheng is not as good as Jiaoxian, and Jiaoxian is even more incomparable with the capital. It is a small city in the 18th tier, so the purchase price of eight yuan should be the lowest.
Su Jiaojiao asked about the shipping price of the jeans: "If the price is right, I'll take 5,000 pairs first."
Zhang Miaomiao learned that Su Jiaojiao had a shop in Wudaokou and flipped through the purchase order. "Jiaojiao, you're also a regular customer of mine. I give others twelve yuan, so I'll give you ten and fifty cents. You don't have to bargain. This is the lowest price because I only make fifty cents."
So, Zhang Miaomiao’s purchase price is ten yuan?
Regardless of whether it was true or false, since the other party had said this, she couldn't bargain any further. After all, the other party also needed to make money.
Besides jeans, Su Jiaojiao also asked about the shipping price of women's suits. She'd noticed the outfits women were wearing on the street, including on their campus, and found suits were still very popular. Zhang Miaomiao looked through the list again. "This suit is from last year's inventory. It comes in five sizes and three colors. If you want it, it'll be 35 yuan. The wholesale price here is 40 yuan, and it's about the same at Wudaokou."
Su Jiaojiao looked at the fabric and style of the suit again and again.
The fabric is pure cotton twill, which wrinkles easily but does not pill.
The lining is a plain weave fabric of the same color, which is polyester taffeta.
She did recognize these two fabrics, but the combination seemed a bit strange.
This kind of lining is usually paired with a heavier fabric such as woolen cloth. Paired with this pure cotton twill fabric, it is like installing a Ferrari engine on a tractor.
But when people buy clothes, they mainly look at the outer fabric and rarely look at the lining. If the lining is expensive, the cost will increase and consumers will not buy it.
"Sister Miao, is this suit made in your own factory?" Su Jiaojiao didn't point it out, but pulled up the lining and asked her.
"Okay, I'll tell you the truth. The lining of this batch of goods is wrong, otherwise a suit made of this kind of fabric wouldn't be priced this way." Zhang Miaomiao saw that Su Jiaojiao had seen through the clues and said with a wry smile, "I have another wool tweed suit in the warehouse. If you want it, it's also thirty-five."
Wool tweed suits feel thicker than pure cotton fine-grain suits, and they are very stylish, not easy to wrinkle or pill. For the same price, wool tweed fabric is obviously much more cost-effective.
Su Jiaojiao asked for 5,000 pairs of jeans and 100 wool tweed suits. It would be better to make less profit than to have nothing to sell.
Zhang Miaomiao quickly asked the driver to deliver the goods to Su Jiaojiao.
The driver didn't bother unloading the goods and just parked on the side of the road.
After unloading the goods, Su Jiaojiao and Cai Ting were almost exhausted.
Only Cai Ting can handle the cart carrying goods. Ding Linyu and Su Jiaojiao can't do it because it is too heavy.
The only thing to be thankful for was that her shop was not far from the main entrance. If it was upstairs, just unloading the goods would be a terrifying task.
"Master Yan is still the best!" Cai Ting deeply misses the driver from Qifa Garment Factory. "He personally helped us unload the goods, and we didn't feel tired at all."
"If something like this happens again, just ask the loader!" Su Jiaojiao was so tired that her legs were weak. She really couldn't do this kind of heavy physical work.
The wholesale market is full of loaders and unloaders, and they charge according to the distance.
I would rather spend some money than suffer this hardship.
"Next time I'll contact the stevedores." Cai Ting then remembered the stevedores. "It seems to be one dollar per trip, and it's double for those upstairs."
"So, this batch of goods will cost us ten dollars?" Ding Linyu was mainly responsible for counting and did not do much unloading of the goods, but she felt that there was no need to find loaders and could just use a cart to drag the goods over. Ten dollars is still money.
"Oh my god, Sister Linyu, if you're an even more ruthless boss, you wouldn't even be willing to give me ten dollars." Cai Ting understood what she meant and wailed, "I don't care. I have to find a stevedore, or have Jiaojiao come over to unload the goods."
"I'm not coming. Don't look for me." Su Jiaojiao didn't want to move. She had unloaded a truck of goods, her whole body was in pain, and she had also twisted her waist.
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