Several men surrounded Li Xiyue, all staring at her expectantly.
Li Xiyue was startled. What was going on?
She nodded and said, "Um... don't call me boss, it's too tacky! Just call me Xiao Li!"
The man in the lead said, "That won't do! We can't be so casual. If you don't like being called 'boss,' we'll call you 'Miss'! Miss Li! Is that alright?!"
Li Xiyue's lips twitched slightly. She was really not used to being addressed as "you" by a man old enough to be her father!
She said, "Please speak your mind, no need to be polite!"
The man smiled ingratiatingly and said, "I just came to ask if you could sell us some of your calendars."
We do wholesale! Just 20,000 copies will do!
Li Xiyue was startled, "20,000 copies? You want 20,000 copies? Where are you going to sell them?!"
The man laughed and said, "There are places to buy them! To be honest, calendars aren't even sold in my hometown yet. I'll take them back and sell them; I'll definitely make a fortune!"
They've never seen such a beautiful calendar before! I happened to be in town exchanging rice and selling eggs when I unexpectedly saw my cousin's new calendar at her house!
This old man is truly amazed! I never knew city calendars were so beautiful!
I'm taking 20,000 calendars back to my hometown to sell before the Lunar New Year; I'll make a fortune!
Li Xiyue couldn't help but admire the uncle's foresight; he brought rice and eggs from the countryside to sell in the city and earn money there.
Use the money you earn to buy calendars, take them back to the countryside to sell, and make another profit!
Following this man's strategy, he's won so many games this year!
She smiled and said, "20,000, right? But I don't have that many right now. I'll deliver in a few days."
Moreover, it's a lot of money. The wholesale price is 6 yuan per book, and with 20,000 copies, the total is 120,000 yuan.
The man patted his chest and said, "120,000! Yes! You set a time, and I'll bring the money over to you! I'll give you a 10,000 yuan deposit now!"
As he spoke, the uncle opened his large black leather bag, took out ten bundles of yuan bills, and stuffed them into Li Xiyue's arms.
After the uncle did this, the others quickly took out their money and handed it to Li Xiyue.
Countless black lines appeared on Li Xiyue's forehead. They just stuffed all the money into her hands like that? Aren't these people afraid she'll run away?!
It must be said that people in this era have very positive values, are honest and kind, and have a high level of trust among themselves.
She hurriedly said, "Everyone, don't rush to give me money. You need to pay a deposit when you come inside with me."
I need to register the number of calendars you need, the amount of your deposit, and I also need to issue you a deposit receipt!
She invited everyone into his small house. It wasn't appropriate to do this kind of thing in the alley; as the saying goes, the rich don't flaunt their wealth!
Cheng Xiaohui was stunned when she saw stacks of money; she had never seen so much money in her life.
Her daughter gave her 700 calendars to sell, and she sold them all in a few days, earning a total of 6,400 yuan.
Holding that money in her hands felt like a burning heat; it was like seeing an astronomical sum. But now deposits are collected in increments of 10,000 yuan!
She felt like her blood pressure was about to explode.
Seeing that his wife's expression was not right, Li Wenbo quickly gave her some medicine.
Cheng Xiaohui grabbed Li Wenbo's hand and said, "Is...is this real? How can there be so much money?"
Li Wenbo said, "It's true, it's true. Our daughter's calendars are selling well, and people are coming to buy them."
Cheng Xiaohui said fearfully, "But won't we make a mistake if we have too much money? What if we get arrested?"
Li Wenbo said, "How could we be arrested? Don't we have a business license for individual businesses? It says we can do wholesale and retail!"
Don't worry, I think our daughter has good judgment and a knack for business, just like her grandfather!
The more he looked at his daughter, the more he liked her; her intelligence was definitely inherited from his family's fine tradition of being businessmen!
His ancestors were merchants. Because they had money and land, his grandfather took his whole family abroad.
However, at that time he was frail and sickly and could not withstand the bumpy ride, so he was handed over to the old nanny for care.
Li Xiyue took out a small notebook and wrote down each payment she received. Then she wrote a receipt for the person making the payment.
Unfortunately, the business suddenly grew much larger than she had anticipated, so she didn't have a formal receipt and could only write a simple note on a blank piece of paper.
The uncles took the receipts and put them into their large black leather bags as if they were precious treasures. With Li Xiyue receiving the deposit, it was as if they had already received half of the calendars.
Li Xiyue and the uncles agreed on the delivery time. This time the order quantity was a bit large, with 60,000 books ordered at once.
However, she only ordered 30,000 copies from the printing factory. Based on the school and her mother's current sales volume, at least another 50,000 copies need to be printed.
I don't know if the printing factory can help her schedule the production timeline; she'll go to the printing factory later to ask about the situation.
Li Wenbo helped Li Xiyue see everyone off.
Li Xiyue put the 30,000 yuan deposit she received into a large leather bag.
She said to her mother, "Mom, deposit all this money in the bank tomorrow, don't leave it at home."
Even though there's a crackdown now, petty theft still exists. If people find out we have cash at home, it might attract thieves!
Cheng Xiaohui nodded and said, "Okay, your dad and I will go deposit the money tomorrow. I don't feel at ease with so much money at home."
"By the way, you drove back in a small truck, what was on it?"
Li Xiyue then remembered that there were still 10,000 calendars in the car.
She said, "There are 100 boxes of calendars on the truck. I'll keep 20 boxes for my classmates, and you can sell the rest slowly. We'll still use our old sales method: we'll give you a 3 yuan rebate for every 10 calendars you sell."
Cheng Xiaohui and Li Wenbo helped Li Xiyue carry the calendar off the car.
Li Xiyue didn't dare to waste any time. She drove to the printing factory to discuss with the factory manager about printing more calendars.
Factory Director Zhang was both happy and worried when he heard that more calendars needed to be printed.
The good thing is that Li Xiyue's transactions are all cash-based, with no delays in payment. The bad thing is that his schedule is completely full...
Moreover, these are all tasks planned by our sister units, and we can't get rid of them even if we want to!
Li Xiyue said, "Director Zhang, why don't you hold a mobilization meeting and print an additional 50,000 calendars for me? That would cost 75,000 yuan."
Everyone is sure to have a prosperous New Year, with not only salaries and bonuses, but also benefits!
By the way, does your factory need to buy chickens, ducks, and fish for its employees? I have connections to get live chickens, ducks, and fish—as many as you need! Eggs are also plentiful!
Factory Director Zhang's eyes lit up. These things all required ration coupons. If they could make money, they could buy some more benefits for the employees...
My goodness! It's so good to be human, he loves being human!
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