Chapter 113 Is there an assistant?
"Here?"
"Yes, he said it would be placed here. We have worked with that person many times and he is trustworthy." The person who spoke took the key to open the warehouse door. As soon as it was opened, everyone who saw the situation inside exclaimed softly.
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"Oh, you don't know. My son said they were shocked when they saw the room full of flour," Aunt Cao told Tang Yuan about the situation when the group of people who came to ask for flour opened the warehouse. "They were so scared. It was really..."
"It's not that exaggerated," Cao Hairong walked out of the kitchen, "Although they were a little surprised at first, they have seen the world before. It's just 20,000 kilograms of flour, not a lot. The person who wants the flour has a large factory with thousands of employees behind him."
Tang Yuan watched Cao Hairong put down the cup, took it, moved it, and placed it between his hands. He smiled and said, "This batch of flour is a bit large, and I have thought of some ways. In fact, Aunt Cao and I are the ones who have never seen the world."
"I'm really new to the world. I don't know what 20,000 kilograms of flour looks like," Aunt Cao said in a surprised tone. "If 10,000 kilograms of flour came to our house, how long would it take us to eat? We would have to eat white flour dumplings every day."
"Twenty thousand kilograms, how can our family afford it?" Gu Lan came out of the bedroom, holding a cloth bag in her hand and put it in front of Tang Yuan. "Let's count the money a few times to make sure it's okay. Otherwise, you can count it again."
"I ordered it too." Aunt Cao replied.
"I believe you. If you say it's okay, then it's definitely okay," Tang Yuan opened the cloth bag, took out the money, and put it in the bag he was carrying. "By the way, the people I contacted this time have opened up a way. If you still want it in the future, tell me."
Xiaofang’s “temporary residence” is also movable. When she moves flour, she simply drops the “temporary residence” in the warehouse, and can transfer the flour to the warehouse as quickly as possible without being on the road during the entire process.
Although it is quite tiring to do this late at night, who can blame me for making so much money this time?
Twenty thousand kilograms of flour, a total of four thousand yuan, and as her savings increased, she dared to further expand her business.
"Is there any more?" Gu Lan and Cao Hairong asked almost at the same time.
After asking, the two looked at each other.
Tang Yuan looked at them with a smile and nodded slowly: "If you want it, it's there. If you don't want it, it's not there. Others can't see it."
The two of them understood, and Gu Lan spoke up: "Small-scale sales are possible, but the impact will be huge, and many people will know about it. This batch is done. We can contact people we trust and help you make other connections."
"It's still only two cents here," Tang Yuan said.
The two nodded: "We all understand."
Bridging the gap is safer than private transactions. At least the former does not require contact with too many people. The two have done this many times and are particularly skilled this time.
In mid-July, when the second college entrance examination officially began, Tang Yuan sold another 20,000 kilograms of flour through Gu Lan and Cao Hairong.
Based on the high price she offered, the two of them made about 800 yuan from this business, which is estimated to be a year's salary for the two of them.
Because of this, Tang Yuan's treatment in the Cao family became significantly better.
The two sides benefited from each other and cooperated more closely. They kept the transaction in their hearts and no one told anyone about it.
At the same time, the spring tea harvest has come to an end, but summer tea will still be delivered gradually at the end of the year. The quantity is not as large as the old tea, but on average there are still two to three hundred kilograms per day.
The selling price of this batch of summer tea is also eight yuan per pound. Based on the warehouse's monthly rent, she can recover the rent as long as she can sell tea for a day and a half.
After confirming with Zheng Man, Tang Yuan did not return the warehouse, but the transaction with Zheng Man became a full-payment transaction like the hair bands and small wallets. The tea leaves were all given to Zheng Man at the price of RMB 7.5 per pound, and no matter how much she sold for, the extra money would be hers.
Of course, Tang Yuan wouldn't care whether she sold it herself or let someone else sell it.
Since the warehouse is not returned, some things can be stored in the warehouse, and the business may not be limited to tea business. Tang Yuan specially bought 500 kilograms of rice and flour each from Country M and stored them in the warehouse. Zheng Man can also take this batch of goods out to sell.
Rice in Country M is much more expensive than flour. This may be because the staple food is various types of bread, so the demand for rice is relatively small. The price per pound is almost twice that of flour.
Rice was 15 cents a pound, and flour was 8 cents a pound.
It's expensive here in Hong Kong. Whether it's rice or flour, the average price is more than $1.7. Based on this price comparison, the price gap between Hong Kong and Country M is more than ten times, which is much higher than the five-fold difference in conversion rate.
"Can I sell these? Can I buy them from you?"
"Okay," Tang Yuan nodded. "I brought this batch of food at a lower price. I didn't plan to do this business on a large scale. You can take it. Whether it's rice or flour, it's 1.2 yuan per pound. Is that okay?"
One yuan and two cents per pound, which is fifty cents less than the retail price.
"Okay, that's a great deal, much cheaper than if I bought it myself," Zheng Man agreed. "If you don't need to take any more, I'll take all the food."
After saying that, Zheng Man immediately counted out 1,200 yuan.
Tang Yuan accepted the money and said, "This is just one batch. If you need more in the future, please let me know."
She really felt from the bottom of her heart that the food in Country M was cheap. If the domestic situation was not still unclear, she would definitely buy tens or hundreds of thousands of kilograms in one go to sell, instead of doing it now, where she felt that selling 40,000 kilograms was already the limit.
But 40,000 kilograms of food is only 8,000 yuan, less than half of what Zheng Man found when she searched that evil man before. It can be seen how greedy those people were when they were originally in the country.
After making a deal with Zheng Man, she took away 1,000 kilograms of grain from the warehouse that night.
However, the tea that has been cleared is still kept in the warehouse.
The two of them made an agreement that the things in the warehouse would be divided into two parts, * the items that had been accounted for would be placed on the right, and the items that had not been accounted for would be placed on the left. After that, Tang Yuan didn't have to come every day. When Zheng Man needed to get the goods, she just had to use her key to open the door.
Even so, the tea business finally came to an end.
From April to May, and then from June to now July, we stocked up, cleared out inventory, and stocked up again. When we entered the summer tea season, the original inventory was finally consumed.
In the following summer and autumn, she only plans to collect young tea, and the old tea will have to wait until next year.
By this calculation, she has sold 200,000 tea leaves from May to now.
After adding and subtracting all income and expenses, she had an income of 380,000.
Including her previous savings, she now has 630,000 yuan in savings.
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Tang Yuan sat on the sofa in his "thousand-foot mansion" in Hong Kong, flipping through the account book in his hand.
For a long time in her previous life, she was shocked many times when she learned that the "thousand-foot mansion" in Hong Kong was just a house of 100 square meters. It was not until she learned about the selling prices of those "thousand-foot mansions" and was taught how expensive every inch of land in Hong Kong is that she began to understand why they were called "thousand-foot mansions."
However, when she actually sat here, she still didn't feel like she was sitting in a mansion. She just felt that the sunlight and ventilation here were good, and it was still her home, and it was comfortable to sit here.
She has several account books on hand, including woolen knitwear, small wallets, hair bands, and the mainland, Hong Kong, and the United States. Each place has a separate account book, with separate transactions and buying and selling prices calculated separately.
The conversion rate is not within her consideration for the time being.
This month and last month, Mona took a total of 40,000 hair bands and 5,000 wallets from her. The hair bands were worth 32,000 US dollars and the wallets were worth 15,000 US dollars, for a total of 47,000 US dollars.
The sales situation there was better than she expected. At least Mona didn't call and mention that she would no longer cooperate.
She glanced at the other party's demand book, and then took out another book that recorded hair bands and small wallets.
At present, there are nearly a thousand hair bands and seventy to eighty small wallets sold in Yunnan Province every day.
Zheng Man's business is good. She can sell two to three hundred hair bands every day, and there are also quite a few in the small purse. In theory, minus Zheng Man's sales, Yun Province can make 700 hair bands a day, which can bring in 21,000 a month, enough to meet Mona's demand.
But if things continue at this rate, it won’t be long before the wallet is empty.
Even if the hair bands sell well occasionally, they may be out of stock.
Currently, the main force in producing hair bands and small wallets is from Yun Province and Auntie-in-law. If the daily production quantity is to be increased, Tang Yuan will have to do it himself.
But she really didn't want to continue working overtime.
After much thought, I decided to hire someone.
The focus this time is on the small wallet, so we are not going to Yun Province to recruit people, but to ask the mother-in-law to add people. Adding people does not mean finding other people to compete with them, but letting them find assistants themselves.
"assistant?"
"Yes, assistant, I watched you make small wallets. Cutting, piecing together, and basic simple styles all take a lot of time. If you can hand over these simple tasks to others, the small wallets you sew every day will definitely increase," Tang Yuan said to the few people who lifted the curtain and showed their heads, standing at the door. "As for who to find, you can look for relatives, trustworthy ones with dexterous hands, because the main work is still done by you. The salary for assistants can be slightly lower, deducted from your daily income, or you can set it yourself, such as 15 yuan a month."
The four of them were already familiar with each other. Although they usually kept the curtains closed when doing things, they did not hide when going to and from get off work, and sometimes even walked together.
They were still a little confused about hiring an assistant at this moment.
"assistant……"
"Now I can earn at least thirty-six yuan a month. Having an assistant can help me increase my speed a lot. Fifteen yuan a month is fine."
"If it's only fifteen dollars, then yes."
"Fifteen yuan is not a small amount. For those odd jobs, earning seven or eight yuan a month is already a great deal. I think fifteen yuan is not necessary. Ten yuan will be enough. There is a young girl with good craftsmanship among my relatives. She is very poor. If I give her ten yuan a month, she will definitely be willing to come."
"You don't need to pay too much at the beginning, just 10 yuan to see how things go. Besides, people come here to learn the craft, so it's good that we don't charge a tuition fee. If you can do a good job in the future, you can add more money."
"Then let's set it at ten dollars each?"
"Ten dollars is fine."
Tang Yuan listened to what they said but did not raise any opinions. In fact, there was still a situation where people were charged for becoming apprentices, so she just told them to choose someone they could trust and did not care about anything else.
The next day, each of the four men brought a little girl with them, and they sat in the cubicle to work together.
As for the salary, she did not tell the girls directly, but handed the salary to the four people including the father-in-law and the aunt, and asked them to pass it on. This also showed her trust in the four people.