Chapter 290 Hug Yan Boss Chen outsourced to her, so she outsourced to someone else...
After inexplicably receiving an order from Hong Kong businessman Chen Qidong, Qin Xiangxiang felt that this guy was "very unreliable." However, she was just a lazy bum, so it was normal for her to hang out with unreliable people.
Such a reliable person, roll.
"Mr. Chen, you look so young, have you just started your own business not long ago?"
Chen Qidong: "I've done a few small-scale business deals and made a little money."
Qin Xiangxiang asked how much money she could earn, and then received a heartbreaking answer. Ah! She also wanted to earn that much money, even if it was just millions of US dollars, as long as it went into her own pocket.
Oh well, I'll just live a comfortable life lying down and sponge off my rich relatives.
I wonder if her mother's aunt in Hong Kong has managed to contact her uncle. Maybe she'll play the victim and get this aunt to buy her a small villa in Hong Kong too.
"Director Qin, you look like someone who's destined to make a fortune."
Qin Xiangxiang remained remarkably calm: "I'm just a leaf that fell from a tree, blown away by the wind."
Salty Fish thought about refusing to eat the pancake.
Are these Hong Kong businessmen really superstitious? Qin Xiangxiang doesn't think so. Maybe they discovered her "amazing skills" and then deliberately came to brainwash her into becoming their slave.
Making money? Getting rich? Those all require hard work and hair loss.
Don't be foolish enough to blindly follow a few kind words and go to great lengths to climb the social ladder.
No one can fool Qin Xiangxiang into thinking she's hardworking and ambitious; if she can lie down, she'll never sit up.
"This batch of teddy bears that we asked your factory to manufacture will be entering the US market in the future, so the technical requirements are high..." Chen Qidong took out a sample of a stuffed teddy bear that he was going to have Feiyan Textile Factory manufacture. This kind of teddy bear is very popular overseas and is loved by children.
Chen Qidong then planned to get a share of the teddy bear market by targeting the low-to-mid-range market, because handmade custom-made teddy bears are often very expensive, and even in the United States, they are not affordable for the average family.
Finding factories in the country to manufacture products offers lower labor costs and a promising opportunity to capture the low-to-mid-end overseas market.
“This bear…” Qin Xiangxiang glanced at the sample toy bear in Chen Qidong’s hand and felt speechless.
The teddy bear's eyes are made of plastic clips, its expression is very stiff, and the stuffing is rigid. In terms of cuteness, it's not even as cute as the "fat orange cat" she poked with her foot.
If this thing is made and sent to the US, will anyone actually buy it?
Chen Qidong nodded: "It's normal that you mainlanders haven't seen this before; it's a high-end product."
Qin Xiangxiang: "...Are you kidding me?"
Chen Qidong: "..."
"I'm just curious, Mr. Chen, do you think this teddy bear will sell?"
Chen Qidong: "???"
Qin Xiangxiang pinched the bear's ears and said, "Excuse me for being frank, but I think this teddy bear is a bit ugly."
"Why don't you come and take a look at the 'self-punched' toys we have in our factory?" Qin Xiangxiang showed off the wool felt kittens she had made.
Chen Qidong was stunned. He blurted out, "These are toys produced by your factory?"
Qin Xiangxiang: "Our factory doesn't produce toys. We partner with the Northwest Wool Textile Factory to sell 'wool felt material kits'."
"Let me see this." Deeply impressed, Chen Qidong visited the wool felt material package of Feiyan Textile Factory.
After reading it, he felt he could quit his OEM business.
"Director Qin, I would like to order this wool felt material kit!"
Qin Xiangxiang: "..."
It's terrifying, I can't finish it, I simply can't finish it.
"You should talk to Secretary Li from our factory about the order. I don't want to get involved in the wool felt material package right now."
“Alright, follow the one destined for you, and you’ll have no shortage of opportunities to make money.” Chen Qidong said a few words in Cantonese, which Qin Xiangxiang couldn’t understand.
And here we are, money has come to us out of nowhere.
"Director Qin, how else do you think this teddy bear could be designed? I'd like to hear your opinion." Chen Qidong asked without hesitation. He was actually testing the waters, as he had just entered the overseas toy market and did not plan to target the high-end market, so he hadn't paid much attention to the design.
Furthermore, from his perspective as an adult man, those high-end custom-made teddy bears in the United States are particularly, particularly ugly.
It's so expensive and so ugly, yet people still buy it.
Therefore, many ways to make money are incomprehensible and succeed inexplicably.
"These plastic eyes are so cold. Let's change them to hand-embroidered ones by our master craftsmen. They'll look cuter. We can also make some little clothes for them. Our factory has some imitation silk fabric that we can use to make some little vests for them."
Chen Qidong: "Okay, Director Qin, you are an expert in making children's toys. I'll listen to you and make the changes according to your ideas first to set an example."
Qin Xiangxiang: "???"
What makes her an expert in children's toys?
Furthermore, boss, wasn't your decision a bit too hasty?
"Mr. Chen, you're not familiar with the toy business, yet you dare to directly enter this industry?"
Chen Qidong: "If you're not familiar with someone, you're not familiar with them. You'll naturally become familiar with them as you do more business. That's how business is. There are losses and gains. If you can make money on 20 out of 100 business deals, that's already quite remarkable."
In reality, those who are good at making money and doing business are people who dare to think and act. They immediately put any new ideas or approaches into practice. Out of a hundred businesses, if just one is profitable, that one profit might be enough to cover all the losses.
If you constantly worry about whether a business deal will be very profitable and what if you lose money before even starting it, you're unlikely to achieve great things!
"Cast a wide net to catch more fish."
After seeing the "wool felt material package" from Feiyan Textile Factory, Chen Qidong recognized Qin Xiangxiang as a "toy master" and proactively increased the processing fee for this batch of teddy bear orders by 15%. He also hoped that Qin Xiangxiang could give full play to her abilities and fully express her ideas.
Qin Xiangxiang was completely dumbfounded: "One hundred thousand stuffed teddy bears, all listening to my opinion?"
Chen Qidong: "I'm an outsider, so I won't give advice to the experts."
Qin Xiangxiang: "..."
Dude, this is...
With your laid-back attitude, how can you have any serious theories?
Is this world just a giant makeshift operation? How can people like this make money?
For the first time, Qin Xiangxiang felt that she had met a "lazybones" she could learn from, someone whose lazy, good-for-nothing quotes she could study.
Next time you're lazy and don't want to deal with it, just say so:
"I'm an outsider, so I won't give advice to insiders."
"Change it however you want, and give it your all."
"You're the expert in this area, I'll listen to you."
...
If she can make money and be a boss so easily and comfortably, then she wants to be a boss like that too. She will never worry about things that she shouldn't care about and will leave them to capable people.
Qin Xiangxiang called over Master Lu and Ning Chengcai, asking Master Lu to help design the teddy bear's eyes. "Master, use some techniques to make these bean-like eyes; they'll be cuter that way."
"Ning Chengcai, you design the teddy bear's outfit."
Qin Xiangxiang thought that Ning Chengcai's style might make clothes that were more suitable for European and American tastes.
Ning Cheng pointed to himself: "Me? I design clothes for teddy bears."
“Yes.” Qin Xiangxiang replied without hesitation, “In this area, you are a master, so I will not give advice to an expert as an outsider.”
Qin Xiangxiang immediately put what she had just learned into practice. She handed everything over to him, saying, "Boss Chen outsourced it to her, so I'll outsource it to someone else and solve the problem once and for all."
Ning Cheng: "...Okay."
"Factory manager, I want to design a bear that wears a mandarin jacket, holds a small pipe, and wears round, gold-rimmed glasses."
Qin Xiangxiang: "..."
Qin Xiangxiang realized that she still couldn't let her guard down. How could she explain this scheme to Boss Chen?
However, she actually thought Ning Chengcai's idea was quite good: to make some retro toy dolls, or other styles, such as toy dolls wearing "scholar's coats" or "cheongsams".
And it has to be as cute and endearing as a teddy bear.
Qin Xiangxiang said, "If we take on this batch of teddy bear manufacturing orders, we should have a lot of extra scraps. We can use them to make 'Little Swallow,' a chubby little bird."
"You can design whatever you want with the little chubby bird in our factory, Ning Cheng. At the end of the year, you can give it to the kids in the factory as a benefit."
“It’s Feiyan Textile Factory, right? The kids in our factory play with swallow dolls.”
“Wear all the textiles from our factory onto the swallow dolls.”
Ning Cheng's eyes lit up: "Factory director, you're brilliant! Swallow, little swallow, wearing a flowery dress, comes here every spring."
"Our little swallows should wear more colorful clothes."
Qin Xiangxiang said, "Let's name our baby swallow 'Hug Swallow'."
Soon, the factory improved the teddy bear. The new teddy bear had hand-embroidered beady eyes and a cute printed vest made of soft, slow-rebound cotton, making it look adorable.
Chen Qidong was very satisfied with the result. "Do it this way!"
However, not long after, he saw another swallow toy doll made by Feiyan Textile Factory.
This chubby swallow doll is wearing a red scarf. Its left eye is a small black bean with a white background, and its right eye is a curved line, making it look like this chubby little swallow is winking at you.
Very cute.
Chen Qidong: "?!"
Compared to this chubby swallow, even the teddy bear in my hand doesn't seem so cute.
"Your factory really is an expert in toy making. Is this swallow a domestic toy doll?"
Qin Xiangxiang: "...This is from our factory, it's employee welfare. Our Feiyan Textile Factory makes the dolls for our children, we make little swallows."
Chen Qidong: "Why did you think of putting a red scarf on Yanzi? The red and black color scheme looks good. Her body is black with a gray-white band around her belly, and the red scarf adds to the harmonious color scheme."
Qin Xiangxiang made up a story: "...It's going to get cold soon, so wear a red scarf for a festive look. Swallows are afraid of the cold."
In reality, it was Li Jianzhi who, upon learning that they were going to make swallow dolls, secretly suggested, "Your swallows... start by making a chubby swallow with a red scarf."
Qin Xiangxiang: "?"
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