Chapter 059 Small Stall
Tang Yuan lifted her foot, stepped over the big bag of rags, looked back at the room full of rags, and couldn't help scratching her head. It seemed that she had really bought too much this time.
Originally, five bags of rags were a lot, and later she bought more and more. The price was cheap, but there was not enough space. Even if she had several residences, they were not enough to store all these things.
But since you've already bought them, just try your best to use them up.
Thinking of this, she pulled a bag of rags to the center of the cabin, untied the knot, and grabbed a handful of rags from it.
The source of this batch of scraps is also the production of shirts and jeans. The scraps are all shirt materials and denim materials. In terms of color, denim materials are available in two colors: light blue and dark blue. The colors of shirt materials are richer. In addition to the basic white, there are also rich colors such as red, blue, and green. The only difference is that the pieces are smaller than those of denim materials.
After all, to make a shirt, in addition to a large piece of cloth, you also need to make a collar, cuffs, pockets, etc. Some of the small pieces of cloth that are cut off can be reused.
Denim is more often used to make pants, rather than large pieces of fabric.
But in any case, what fell into her hands were small pieces of fabric.
She divided the cloth she had grabbed into two piles, while thinking about what she could do with it.
Although scraps of cloth can be used to make clothes, if they are all small pieces, the clothes made are likely to be "beggar's clothes" or "monks' robes". Even if the clothes are blown to pieces after they are made, it will not hinder other people's first impression of the clothes after seeing them.
Fortunately, she didn't originally plan to make it into clothes.
After separating the two piles of rags, she took the two handfuls to the "cloakroom" and searched for the keywords of cloth bag, wallet, and handbag, from which she found several small wallets that could be made of pure cloth.
After buying the design drawings, she can directly cut according to her needs on them, and can also see what the successful product will look like based on the fabrics she puts on it.
A small purse doesn’t require much material, and can be made from small pieces of cloth. Denim is a strong material, so it’s just the right size to make a small purse.
As for the scraps of lining cloth, they were just right for making the lining of the small wallet. With the addition of Chinese-style buckles, a small wallet was soon ready. After confirming that it was a success, it fell into Tang Yuan's hands.
The wallet is only the size of the palm of your hand, and it feels like a small shell in your hand. It is connected by five Chinese-style clasps, only the middle one is usable, and the other four are just decorations, but they are enough to hold the wallet completely.
When I opened the wallet, I found that the lining was made of blue shirt scraps, which matched the denim color of the wallet very well. Although there were seams in the middle, it didn't look like it was made of scraps of cloth.
Such a small purse can't hold a lot of money, but it's perfect for storing small change.
However, not all wallets have clasps, and just this one style is not enough.
Tang Yuan looked up and continued to look through the remaining styles. The design drawings of the wallets had different prices. The cheapest ones were just a few coins, which were the most basic styles. The more expensive ones would cost more than ten coins or even dozens of coins.
A more complex design would cost several hundred coins.
She had saved some game coins during this period, most of which she used to upgrade the planting area. Some time ago, she wanted to sell strawberries, but she didn't recycle the fruits she grew, which was equivalent to spending pure game coins to buy seeds.
This also means that there are only a hundred or so game coins in her account at present.
However, buying wallet blueprints was a necessary investment. She looked at the shopping list and finally gritted her teeth and bought ten wallet blueprints of different styles, using up all her game currency savings.
Afterwards, she went to the Xiangjiang market and bought buttons and zippers of different styles. She wanted a lot of these things. A big bag of buttons and zippers cost her more than 400 yuan, which was twice as much as she spent on the rag flowers.
Fortunately, this batch of things is enough for her to use for a long time. As long as some of the wallets made in this batch can be sold, this part of the expenditure can be earned back.
In the next few days, apart from going out regularly to buy and sell yarn and sweaters, she spent almost all her time making wallets.
The production speed in the game space is fast, and one can be made in almost one minute. Add the time for cutting and splicing, and the time for selecting and adjusting the position of the fabric and the design, and a complete wallet can be made in at most five minutes.
Twelve in an hour.
One hundred and twenty in ten hours.
Minus the rest time and miscellaneous time, and considering that she may not work only ten hours a day, on average, she can make a hundred wallets a day.
In five days, she used up two large bags of rags, as well as some white cotton cloth that she occasionally exchanged for lining, and made five hundred wallets of various sizes.
The wallets were packed in cardboard boxes. One box could hold dozens of wallets, and seven boxes were stacked in the corner.
Looking at the boxes on the wall and the sacks piled up in the room, Tang Yuan couldn't help but sigh that she had really bought too much. When she bought the fabric, she really didn't expect that that bag of scraps could be used to make so many wallets.
If she had known this, she wouldn't have bought so many scraps of cloth in the first place.
Now, after making hundreds of purses, there are still forty-eight bags of rags left. I don’t know how long it will take to use them up.
Come to think of it, she now has several hundred wallets in stock, and it's time to sell them.
The next morning, she carried a big bag and went to the nearby market.
This time she went not to the original vegetable market, but to a higher-end market that required taking a bus to reach, or a relatively clean market.
During this period of time, she took time out to stroll around Hong Kong, which was not without benefit. At least she had some understanding of the large and small markets in Hong Kong, and knew which places had a larger flow of people.
Sure enough, as soon as she arrived at the market, she saw passengers waiting to get on the bus on the platform below, and passengers queuing on the bus waiting to get off.
After getting off the bus, she followed the crowd into the market and soon saw the bustling market and the densely packed stalls in the market.
After casually asking a few stall owners, she quickly learned the rules for setting up stalls here, which can be simply summed up in four words - first come, first served.
After asking about the rules, she still did not rush to set up the stall to sell. Instead, she walked around from beginning to end and finally spotted a "gap".
Strictly speaking, this is a stone slab that is higher than the ones on the sides, but because the space here is too small to hold many things, the stall owners on both sides did not take a fancy to this place.
The situation of these two businesses is also very interesting. One sells shoes and the other sells clothes. They chat and laugh while setting up their stalls. When customers appear at their stalls, they will help promote the other's stall, focusing on mutual benefit.
But what excited Tang Yuan the most was that after she stood there for a while, she found that the two people not only set up a stall here, but they were even residents of the house behind them.
Being residents means that the two of them have the "decision-making power" over this stall.
Although there may be unexpected risks in the future, at least for now, it is extremely appropriate to set up a stall here.
Without further hesitation, Tang Yuan turned around and walked to the other side of the market. When he came back, he brought back two servings of sweet soup: "I have something I want to discuss with you two."
The two of them looked at the sugar water in her hand and asked, "Tell me what you want first."
"You've been watching us for a while. What do you think?"
"I want to set up a small stall here," Tang Yuan handed over the sweet soup, "and by the way, please take a look at my stall. Don't worry, there will be no conflict with you."
The sugar water was placed in the hands of the two people. She first took out a piece of white cloth from her bag, squatted down and placed the cloth on the small stone slab in the middle, then took out the small wallets and placed them one by one on the white cloth.
"This one is three yuan, this one is five yuan, and this one is ten yuan," Tang Yuan told the two people the price of the wallets. "The stall is right here. If someone comes to ask you two for a commission, I can give you a commission of 5 cents for each one sold. If you sell 20 a day, you can each get 5 yuan. If you sell 40, each can get a commission of 10 yuan."
"Does this mean we help you sell things and you don't have to do anything?"
"The cost is mine," Tang Yuan pointed at the small wallets on the white cloth. "Put these small wallets here. It would be best if you could sell them. If you can't sell them, it's my capital that will be lost. You two don't need to spend any capital at all, and you don't have to worry about losing money. This small stone is of no use here. The money I give you is just the rent for renting this small stone."
The two looked at each other and were silent.
It’s not that they were unwilling, but they had never seen business done this way, and they both didn’t know that business could be done this way.
Tang Yuan saw the two people's hesitation and took the initiative to say, "Why don't I try to sell it first? The thing is already here, and if someone comes to ask about it, just say it. There is no need to solicit business. If I can make a little more money, why not do it?"
She* said this and they both nodded.
Tang Yuan immediately walked over to the two of them with a smile, sat on the steps behind the stone slab, and smiled at them.
Seeing the two people's stunned expressions, he immediately said, "Drink the sugar water. The sugar water tastes best when it is freshly made. It tastes bad if it is left for a long time."
The two nodded and drank the sugar water in their hands.
At this time, someone came over and saw the wallet Tang Yuan was displaying: "How much is this?"
"This one, which is the most beautiful and the most difficult to make, is ten yuan each. This basic one is five yuan each, and this basic one is three yuan each."
"I think your basic style looks good."
"The basic model isn't as good-looking as this one." Tang Yuan held up two similar wallets, one holding ten dollars and the other five dollars. The ten-dollar model was a little more complicated than the five-dollar one, but only a little more complicated.
She placed two wallets in front of the guests, making the contrast even more obvious.
"This one is five dollars?" The customer pointed at the basic version.
Tang Yuan nodded and handed the ten-dollar bill forward.
The customer took a look at it and immediately took out five dollars and took the base payment.
After the customer left, a man drinking sugar water next to him said, "This ten-dollar piece of yours is not worth the price. If you offer six or seven yuan, someone might want it."
Tang Yuan smiled at her, and when the next customer came, he still emphasized the ten-dollar and five-dollar ones. As expected, the customer took away another five-dollar wallet.
It wasn't until the fifth five-dollar purse was sold that the stall owners on both sides finally reacted after finishing their sweet drinks.
"You didn't do this on purpose?"
Tang Yuan looked at the two and blinked: "Do you think this business is feasible?"
The two looked at each other again.
"Let's discuss it."
"Okay, I'll help you watch the stall," Tang Yuan nodded, raised his head and looked at the two people standing there obediently, "You guys should discuss it quickly, otherwise I'll have to find another suitable place to set up the stall."