Lin Qing mentally calculated the money she would make from this batch of clothes. She spent 100 yuan when she bought the clothes and expected to get 100 yuan back. Even after deducting the commission for Liu Xiaojuan and the others, she would still have 100 yuan left, making a net profit of 100 yuan.
This doesn't even include the cost of the watches. Lin Qing bought a total of 200 watches, spending 5600 yuan. Lin Qing and everyone agreed that the watches would sell for 65 yuan each, and they could make a profit of 37 yuan per watch. So, with 200 watches, they could make a total profit of 7400 yuan.
Indeed, it's no wonder that later generations said that the opening up was an opportunity for people to get rich quickly. As long as you were bold and dared to go into business, everyone could get rich. Such huge profits were simply unmatched by later generations.
Lin Qing remembered that in her later life, she once set up a stall to sell small ornaments in order to earn tuition fees, but she couldn't even sell 100 yuan a day. Moreover, she was often driven away by the city management and ostracized by her peers.
After returning home, Lin Qing first called each of her friends to inquire about their clothing sales results, and learned that they had all sold out.
Lin Qing then told them that she planned to ask the clothing store owner to send her some more goods and asked if they needed to send them together.
Xu Fengjiao and Lu Xianghong both refused, feeling that sending them together would require further separation, which would be troublesome. They planned to send them separately, and Lin Qing agreed after thinking about it.
Afterwards, Lin Qing chatted with her third brother, Lin Yunfeng, and the two of them asked the person in charge of the garment factory to send two thousand pieces of clothing. This time, the two thousand pieces were divided into two groups: 1,000 pieces for Lin Qing and 1,000 pieces for Lin Yunfeng.
At the same time, Lin Qing also placed an order with the person in charge of the clothing factory for 1,000 leather jackets.
"Sister Qingqing, we're here!"
Lin Qing had just finished making the call when Zhao Xi led Liu Xiaojuan and the others over.
Lin Qing looked up and saw Liu Xiaojuan and her sisters, all with rosy cheeks, following Zhao Xi into the room.
"Sister Qingqing, our clothes are sold out."
As soon as Liu Xiaojuan entered the room, she excitedly spoke to Lin Qing.
"Sold out? So fast? You should have just gotten off work by now!"
Lin Qing glanced at her watch and asked curiously.
These girls still have to work. They usually sell clothes after get off work, so it's impossible for them to sell all the clothes so quickly now that they've just finished get off work.
"That was sold by my brother!"
Liu Xiaojuan said embarrassedly that her brother took the clothes out while she was at work today, but they were sold out.
"Mine was the same; it was also sold by my younger brother."
"Mine too."
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The girls chattered amongst themselves, and Lin Qing nodded knowingly.
"Alright, come with me! We're going to the warehouse."
Lin Qing took the money from Liu Xiaojuan, then distributed their commissions to them, and then took them to the warehouse.
"Sister Qingqing, can we take more today?"
Liu Xiaojuan thought that if her brother also went to sell goods during the day, he could take more, so she asked Lin Qing.
Lin Qing counted her remaining stock. "I have 320 pieces left. You can divide them up!"
The six girls quickly sorted out the clothes. Liu Xiaojuan hesitated for a moment, then asked Lin Qing, "Sister Qingqing, won't you have any clothes left?"
Each piece of clothing costs one yuan, and in just one week they have earned nearly 100 yuan, which is more than they earned in a month. Now, hearing Lin Qing say that they have no more clothes, they can't help but feel a little regretful.
"There's nothing left for now, but there will be more in a couple of days. Come on, let me show you something."
As Lin Qing spoke, she took out six watches and handed them to the girls.
"These watches sell for 65 yuan each. If you're interested, you can take them and resell them. For every watch you sell, I'll give you a 2 yuan commission."
Unlike clothes, watches are not expensive. Although Lin Qing's watches are not expensive, they are still more expensive than clothes. Therefore, Lin Qing gave them an extra dollar as commission.
"Sister Qingqing, can I have ten yuan?"
Upon hearing this, Liu Xiaojuan was immediately overjoyed. She had been worried about not having any clothes to sell, but then she heard Lin Qing say that there would be more clothes in a couple of days. Before she could even feel happy, she heard that watches could also be sold.
"Sister Qingqing, I want 10 yuan too!"
"Sister Qingqing, I want 10 yuan too!"
"Sister Qingqing, I need 20 yuan!"
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"Can you sell all of these?"
Seeing that these girls were asking for 10 or 20 yuan at a time, Lin Qing asked with a puzzled look.
“Sold out, sold out… Sister Qingqing, you don’t know, it’s so inconvenient for the workers in our factory not to have watches, but watches are too expensive and require coupons. Most of our female workers can’t afford them. Your watch only costs 65 yuan, which is only a little more expensive than a set of clothes. I’m sure a lot of people will rush to buy it.”
Upon hearing Lin Qing's question, Liu Xiaojuan said excitedly that she could imagine how excited the women in the factory would be when she sold the watches tomorrow. She was sure that a lot of people would be vying to curry favor with her, just to buy a watch from her.
"Sister Qingqing, give me 20 yuan! 10 yuan definitely won't be enough to sell it."
"Yes, I don't want 10 yuan anymore, I want 20 yuan!"
In the end, Lin Qing gave each of the girls a watch worth 20 yuan.
During dinner that evening, Lin Qing told Gu Nanxun about giving the watches to the girls.
After finishing his explanation, he said with a sigh, "I was wondering how to sell 200 watches. I didn't expect to lose 120 of them today. It seems we don't need to go to the department store to find salespeople tomorrow. We can just wait and see how these girls sell them tonight!"
"Why are you looking for a sales clerk at the department store?"
Lin Yunfeng asked curiously.
"Third Brother, how are your watch sales going?"
After hearing Lin Yunfeng's words, Lin Qing asked curiously.
"They're all sold out? I was just thinking, should I go to Guangzhou and buy some more?"
"So fast? We haven't even started yet! Third Brother, where are you selling them?"
Upon hearing that Lin Yunfeng had sold all 100 watches, Lin Qing asked curiously.
"The black market, the factory gate—this stuff sells really well! You still haven't told me what you're planning to do with the sales clerk at the department store."
“We want to sell watches! We want to find watch salespeople to help us sell them, and then we'll give them a commission.”
Lin Qing said with a smile.
"You guys are so smart!"
Lin Yunfeng imitated Lin Qing, giving her and Gu Nanxun a thumbs-up and then praising them.
"No, Third Brother is also very smart. But if Third Brother wants to go to Guangshi, he can go with Zhao Chun."
"Zhao Chun? Is he going to Guangzhou?"
Lin Yunfeng asked curiously upon hearing this.
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