They both knew that Liu Yun was the most exhausted of the three of them, followed by Liu Jing.
Liu Yun not only had to travel to other cities to survey the market, buy shops, and do renovations all by herself, but she also had to go to other provinces to find sources of goods and negotiate business. The people she hired in the store were all introduced by her parents-in-law, and they were all reliable people. The initial plan for opening the store was also given by Liu Yun.
Liu Jing often has to run around to every store and talk to various suppliers. She also deals with all sorts of middlemen every day, which is very tiring, but it's still a bit better than Liu Yun's situation.
Cheng Ke was in charge of the factory and producing design drafts. She also liaised with the fabric factory, but Liu Jing and Liu Yun had already made arrangements, so she only needed to choose the patterns.
Fortunately, Liu Yun didn't know what the two of them were thinking, otherwise she would definitely have complained.
If you want to know what's most valuable, it's the design drafts. There are two main reasons why their business is so good now.
First, the fabric is cheap. Because of Liu Jing's connections, they can get supplies from fabric factories, which is why they can make so many clothes at relatively low prices.
Second: The clothes are novel and attractive, mainly because Cheng Ke's designs are novel and attractive.
I can understand Liu Jing's thinking, but Cheng Ke, you have to understand that the most valuable people in the future will be technical personnel. Cheng Ke's design drafts and skills are the most valuable.
As for Liu Yun, although it would indeed be very tiring for someone else to do it, not physically, but mainly mentally.
It's easy to imagine how difficult it is for someone to travel to another province to pick up goods when a letter of introduction is required. Liu Yun was lucky to encounter a newly established private factory. If it were any other factory, they definitely wouldn't deliver the goods, and she would have to pick them up by herself, which would have been extremely dangerous.
But this wasn't a big problem for Liu Yun, because she had already considered Xiao Zhihua's convoy. If she were to use the convoy herself, it would definitely be more than just this; there would certainly be other things involved. She wouldn't let the convoy make an empty trip.
Liu Yun: "I'm not quitting, it's just that I'm planning to move to Xiangshi, so I won't be coming back to work as often."
Cheng Ke: "We also have a shop in Xiangshi! You can manage that one then."
Liu Yun: "The child also needs to go to school, and my in-laws won't come over. Besides, you know I really don't like to get involved in these things. Before, the shop was just starting out, so there was no other way, but now the shop is completely on track. I also have experience running the factory, so I can just make a few minor modifications and copy everything else. You two are fine too. If we need more people, I can give up these shares to hire more than enough. They are doing a much better job than me, a half-baked amateur."
Liu Jing: "Even so, you can't take so little!"
Cheng Ke: "Yes! Twenty percent is too little. If it really doesn't work, we can each take thirty percent, and use the remaining ten percent for operations."
Liu Yun: "No, from now on I'll just take the dividends and not do anything. I feel guilty taking so much."
Liu Jing: "This is something you deserve. Do you really intend to avoid getting involved in anything at all?"
Liu Yun's inner monologue: So that's really the plan.
After some back and forth, Liu Yun's shop and factory each took a 25% stake.
Liu Yun: "Alright, that's settled. I'll take a maximum of 25%, and you two can divide the rest however you want. Let's sign the contract!"
Liu Yun: "Also, if you need my help in the future, you can come anytime. After all, I'm not completely ignoring you."
Both of them knew her personality, so they didn't say anything more.
Liu Yun wasn't being aloof by refusing money; rather, the fact that she was already quite useful even before the factory opened meant that she would be even more so once it did.
It's nothing now, but in the future, let alone five percent of the shares, even one percent of the shares could be a significant amount.
She doesn't do anything now, so they might not think anything of it, but what about later? Even the closest people can fall apart over unequal distribution of benefits, let alone the three of them!
It's better to take less now. One reason is that 20% is already quite a lot, and another reason is that she doesn't lack money now and really doesn't want to deal with these things anymore.
Wouldn't it be better to spend less money and travel instead of using that time? She's waiting for the day when she won't need a letter of introduction to travel anymore, so she can go out more, see the beautiful landscapes of our motherland. Wouldn't that be better?
After the matter was settled, the three of them got back to work. Although Liu Yun would only receive a share of the profits and not be involved in the business, they couldn't just shirk their responsibilities like that. They still had to wait until the factory was on track.
After all, moving is no small matter. Dozens of sewing machines need to be moved into that small factory. Those dozens of sewing machines are enough for a small factory, but they are not enough to move into a large factory.
Fortunately, they had planned to sell the factory beforehand. Liu Jing and Cheng Ke had already asked Fu Yao and Xiao Zhihua to keep an eye out for sewing machines, since it was not a small amount and they needed to plan ahead. Now they could just buy them directly.
Once the sewing machines were installed in the factory, recruitment had to begin.
That's easy; after all, there are plenty of people scrambling to find a regular job these days.
Liu Yun finally had some free time after everything was arranged, but more than half a month had passed.
Liu Yun shared the good news with Yu Qianhe, who jumped up with joy, finally relieved that he no longer had to live such a lonely life.
Liu Yun: "Don't be so happy yet. If I move there next year, you'll have to get the children enrolled in school, otherwise you won't be able to move there then."
Yu Qianhe: "Don't worry, I'll get it done quickly."
Moreover, the sooner the better, to finalize things, otherwise, given his wife's unpredictable nature, the cooked duck might fly away again.
Liu Yun is free now, but Liu Jing is not. The factory has opened, so she has to find the orders herself. However, she didn't dare to be open about it when she opened her own shop before, but now it's not a problem.
For cotton mills and fabric factories, you can go directly to them to find partners, and there's room for negotiation on prices. After all, there's more than one option now, so naturally you'll look for the source of goods that is most suitable and cost-effective.
As for Guangzhou, after the New Year, Liu Yun will take the people Liu Jing has chosen out a couple more times to familiarize them with the place. Then she can completely shirk her responsibilities.
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