Chapter 150 On the eve of work
"Is the tea enough?"
"Enough, of course," Tang Yuan looked at the sales chart in his hand, "I didn't expect our drinks to sell so well."
When milk tea was first launched on the market, it took a while for the brand to adjust, mainly in terms of getting used to the customers. But I didn’t expect that sales of milk tea would be so good a few months later.
She had originally thought that the 200,000 kilograms of tea would take a long time to use, but this did not happen. The actual consumption of the tea was much faster than she expected, which made her feel fortunate that the amount of tea on hand was 200,000 kilograms, not less.
The tea season is approaching, and she has enough tea leaves to use when picking "old tea".
This year, she will most likely be able to harvest more tea than in previous years.
"Yeah, I didn't expect that, and many dealers have come to urge us, hoping that our production volume can be increased. I plan to add two more production lines." Mira happily told her about her future development plans.
If fast-moving consumer goods want to expand their market, it is necessary to expand their scale, but the expansion of scale also means that there will be greater risks in the future.
Mira obviously realized this, and in addition to the sales volume, she also handed over a development plan for the beverage factory to Tang Yuan.
As long as the business can develop steadily, we can expect to make at least several million in profits every year, and perhaps tens of millions if we can get more.
At the same time, development also means investment.
Fortunately, the beverage factory has been doing good business in the past few months, and continued investment does not require additional money. It only uses the profits that did not go to Tang Yuan before.
For Tang Yuan, she spent 100,000 US dollars to buy the shares of this beverage factory, but she earned 200,000 US dollars just from selling tea leaves, which means she has earned 100,000 US dollars from this beverage factory.
With this calculation, no matter how the beverage factory develops in the future, as long as there are no unexpected problems, she will not lose money.
The thought flashed through her mind, and she looked at the contract carefully again.
There are two contracts in front of her, one is a contract for the same proportion of shares, and the other is a contract in which her proportion is reduced, but she can get $300,000 in profits first, and then invest the rest into the company.
At the same time, Mira's shares will increase to a share ratio that is several points higher than hers.
Having two contracts in front of him meant that Tang Yuan could make a choice.
But she didn't care about the beverage factory. After hesitating for a moment, she chose the second one.
"Are you sure?" Mira asked.
"Of course, I believe that if you can own more shares, you will definitely be able to manage this company better," Tang Yuan held the pen and signed his name, "You are more suitable for it than me."
As soon as she signed her name, she was hugged by Mira.
"thank you."
Tang Yuan smiled and hugged her back: "You're welcome, you deserve it."
Once the share ratio is high, Mira will be the absolute controlling shareholder and can fully control the development of the beverage factory.
Soon after the two men handed over their shares and Tang Yuan received the money, Mira immediately began to introduce production lines in a big way and started advertising on television and in newspapers. Before long, the sales of milk tea drinks increased significantly.
Fortunately, Tang Yuan had already received a new batch of "old tea" by then.
When she went to get tea again, she saw that a road had been built leading to the outside of the town in Yun Province. In addition to tea near the town, tea from some villages outside the town would also be delivered.
Tang Yuan didn't refuse, so they kept sending him the goods.
The quantity was too large, so Tang Yuan began to contact government officials in the Special Economic Zone to purchase the tea.
This batch of tea was naturally not sent from Yunnan Province, but from other places. It was sent all the way to the port, and then transported to Hong Kong by cargo ships at the port, and then transported from Hong Kong to Country M.
In this way, the tea appeared openly in Amy's purchase items, and when she took out the tea later, she could trace its source.
She also sent a copy of the same transportation project to Mira, letting her know the source of her tea. The tea was already readily available, as the beverage factory was too large and the supply of tea in Country M was insufficient, so it needed to be purchased from abroad.
With this trip, Tang Yuan will earn slightly less money, but there is no need to worry about anyone investigating.
It was also at this time that her clothing factory in the mainland was officially completed.
She bought the clothing production line directly from abroad and shipped it back to China. After that, recruiting workers and purchasing fabrics were all handed over to Zheng Man.
Not only is the mainland short of clothing production today, but the amount of fabric is also insufficient. However, there is a neighboring city, Hong Kong, which has experienced many years of textile development, so it is not difficult to purchase enough fabric.
But in the process, she discovered that there were several state-owned fabric factories under construction next to her clothing factory.
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"Miss Wen."
"Director Liu, I have long admired you."
"No, it's Miss Wen. She's so amazing at such a young age. It's not easy." Liu Xuejuan smiled and shook hands with Tang Yuan. After a brief greeting, she got down to business. "I believe Miss Wen should have seen the two factories under construction. This time, I came here mainly to communicate with Miss Wen to see if we can have some cooperation."
"How do we cooperate?"
"Of course, Miss Wen will be the main one," Liu Xuejuan said with a smile. "Let's study what kind of fabrics Miss Wen's clothing factory needs, and then we will produce them and cooperate with her. Of course, we know that Hong Kong can also provide fabrics, but the price may not be as good as ours."
It’s not “what we have” and “what you buy”, but “what you want” and “what we produce”.
Tang Yuan had bought materials from the Northeast Supply and Marketing Cooperative before. No matter what kind of material it was, as long as it was in stock, someone would buy it. It was a typical seller's market, but the words he heard before him turned it into a buyer's market.
This is not surprising, it was written like this in books before.
Tang Yuan did not make things difficult for the other party. At the same time, she really needed enough fabric. If she could get it nearby, why would she go so far away?
She asked Zheng Man to go to the office and bring back a booklet.
He opened the booklet and placed it in front of Director Liu: "These are the fabrics we will need. The styles and colors are roughly like this, but they will definitely not remain the same in the future."
"I understand. We must research new fabrics." Liu Xuejuan looked at the booklet in front of her as if it were a treasure.
"In addition to this, I have some information about fabric production. I'll have someone give some to Director Liu later." Tang Yuan closed the booklet and pushed it closer to her.
Liu Xuejuan raised her head and looked at her with a gentle gaze: "Thank you."
Tang Yuan smiled: "As it should be."
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"Okay, okay, with this, we can have a goal."
"Yes, I only knew that clothes were sold well in Hong Kong before, but I didn't expect that there were so many varieties of fabrics. If we were to look for them, where would we find such a complete range of fabrics?"
"This kind of material is not difficult to make. We can do it."
"We can do it, too. It's pretty much the same as the previous method, except for some differences in the details."
"Since we are going to do this, we should do it to the best of our ability and let foreigners see our changes."
"Does this mean that once our materials are made, we can then sell the clothes made with our materials abroad through her factory and exchange them for foreign currency?"
"Yes, and there should be quite a few."
"If you can exchange for foreign currency, can you buy a machine for our main factory first? A machine worth NT$500,000 is not expensive. We have been waiting in line until now, but it is not our turn yet."
"It's expensive, half a million dollars, that's not cheap!"
"It's not expensive to buy the machine. How can it be expensive? And it's the most advanced machine abroad. They have machines that cost two million. We just want a machine that costs five hundred thousand. It's not expensive."
"It's really expensive..."
"Okay, okay, stop arguing. There's no sign of anything yet. When the US dollars are exchanged, we must prioritize the most important things. You can use our domestic machines to weave these materials, right? The focus now is to weave the materials first. As long as we can weave the materials, we can not only sell them to that factory, but also to Hong Kong. Hong Kong is also in need of materials."
"Won't we be able to create many foreign words by then?"
“It should be possible.”
"Change your currency and buy the most advanced machines."
"Okay, okay, I can't do without you."
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"We have already recruited the first batch of 200 people. The salary is tentatively set at 40 yuan per month," Zheng Man handed the recruitment information to Tang Yuan, "and we will officially start work in five days."
"I trust you to do the job," Tang Yuan glanced at the information, "and then pick a few people from this group to take charge, so that your future work will be easier. Also, the security work in the factory must be done well. Let Kanghua contact them to see if there are any retired soldiers to be hired as security guards, should that be okay?"
"Okay," Zheng Man nodded immediately, "If you have any injuries..."
"No problem, as long as it doesn't interfere with work, I'll leave this matter to you." Tang Yuan raised his head.
Zheng Man: "Leave it all to me."
After finishing the business, Tang Yuan looked at her and asked, "How are you? How have you been feeling in the mainland in the past few months? Are you adapting well?"
"I didn't feel uncomfortable adjusting to the new environment. Everything was fine. The people I met were easy to get along with," Zheng Man smiled. "It's just that I'm not used to being a leader. Others are too polite, which I'm not used to either."
"You'll get used to it slowly. You'll be staying here for a long time in the future. You can take advantage of these few days when you have nothing to do to go back to Hong Kong and see your sister." Tang Yuan looked at her.
"Well, I also want to buy a house. As you said before, houses in Hong Kong will become more and more expensive in the future. My sister and I also need a fixed place to live." Zheng Man looked at Tang Yuan with a smile on her face. "I have almost saved enough money."
"Then go to the studio and ask. Since your sister works in the studio, it would be more appropriate to buy a house nearby," Tang Yuan stood up, walked to her side, and patted her shoulder. "Just go and have a look. If you don't have enough money, tell me and I'll advance your salary."
It’s not a gift, but an advance payment of wages.
Zheng Man's smile deepened: "Yeah."