Chapter 238
After assigning the task to Bai Haoyang, Zhou Jiani stopped caring about it and focused on her own business.
On Thursday afternoon, as soon as Zhou Jiani came out of class, she saw Bai Haoyang waiting there, grinning at her.
Zhou Jiani said hello to her roommates, then came over and said with a smile, "Looks like the mission was accomplished well."
Bai Haoyang gestured exaggeratedly, his expression smug as he said, "Compared to the ones next to it, ours just makes them look like dirt."
Zhou Jiani: "Don't brag!"
"Really? Sister-in-law, didn't you see how those tellers' eyes lit up like lights? Plus, I fixed the board just like you said... well, it wasn't a board, I found a large piece of cardboard, and wow, it was neatly pinned on, so it was clearly visible at a glance. The customers around immediately gathered around..."
Bai Haoyang spoke with great excitement, and Zhou Jiani listened silently without exposing him.
If the process had been as smooth as he said, I wouldn't have come here today. Fortunately, the result is good.
And once the path is opened, the rest will be easier to discuss.
The entire capital is so big, there are several large department stores, not to mention so many supply and marketing cooperatives. It is very easy to make some pocket money by selling small commodities well.
At last, Bai Haoyang said, "How many can Auntie make in a week? I think our hair bands will definitely sell better than the counterfeit ones."
Minjuan's mother is becoming more and more proficient at this. She has worked out her own set of steps. Every morning and evening, plus the children's lunch break, she can sew more than 20 pieces a day. Lv Minjuan also helps out on weekends. In the past month, she has made more than 600 pieces.
Even if we calculate an average of fifteen pieces a day, we can still supply over a hundred pieces a week.
Bai Haoyang scratched his head and said regretfully, "It's a bit too little."
It's a bit small, but isn't that a lack of conditions? These days, you can hardly find a factory that does OEM.
Although she could easily find a bunch of aunts and sisters who knew how to sew if she wanted to hire someone, the risk was too great and not worth it.
However, we still need to increase manpower, and the people we find need to be reliable and good at their job.
Or just buy a sewing machine to improve efficiency.
But once the sewing machine was turned on, the neighbors in the large compound that Lu Minjuan rented could no longer hide it, and it would be troublesome if someone was making trouble behind the scenes.
"Don't worry, let's plan it slowly."
Bai Haoyang scratched his head and asked, "How about developing the fellow villagers of the Qianjin Brigade?"
Zhou Jiani shook her head. "If it were closer, I would definitely consider the people from the Qianjin Brigade, but it's obviously not cost-effective to make low-cost products at such a distance... My grandma made over a hundred of them at home, but she never mailed them here because she thought it would increase the cost."
When Zhou Jiani said this, her heart moved and her eyes lit up slightly. It would be better to take grandma over.
But if we bring grandma over, it would not be appropriate to live in the courtyard in Shichahai.
After all, she and Qiu Zeming haven't officially married yet. If she brings her family to live in the Qiu family's house permanently at this time, even if the Qiu family has no objection, her grandmother will still feel it is inappropriate.
Zhou Jiani had a lot of thoughts in her mind at once. She thought it would be better to just buy a yard and tell others that it was rented. She could make it public when the right opportunity arose.
If you can't buy a house right now, it would be nice to rent a house with its own door and yard. You can move your grandmother in and install a sewing machine. Then, during the day, Lu Minjuan's mother can go to "work" and grandma can help look after her.
The more Zhou Jiani thought about it, the more she felt it was suitable, and she officially added the plan of buying a house to her list.
But this is the only way for now. Fortunately, Minjuan's mother has tasted the sweetness of making money. She can make at least twenty a day when she has time. If she needs to add three-dimensional strawberry decorations, bow decorations, etc., the labor fee will be charged separately.
As for the subsequent tasks of gluing sequins and beads or nailing beads with needle and thread, Zhou Jiani, Bai Haoyang and Yu Wanxia can easily complete them on weekends. Bai Haoyang will then be responsible for delivering the goods and settling the bills.
This batch of new hair bands and headwear sold really well when they were launched on the market, and the sales of ordinary hair bands dropped significantly.
The last time, those hundreds of hair ties barely lasted a week, and later the supply could only be stabilized at between 140-160. The mall was reluctant to put all of them out, and only put out 20 to 30 every day. They were basically sold out every day, and similar imitations were not sold out as quickly as ordinary hair ties.
Bai Haoyang was also scratching his head anxiously, why? Sales were so good, but production couldn't be increased.
To put it bluntly, you are guarding a profit line, but you can only watch it produce slowly.
Even so, he and Yu Wanxia never considered developing their classmates to do handicrafts, because Liu Ailing's example was right there.
Liu Ailing was almost angry to death.
She secretly made dozens of new hair bands every day, confidently going out to negotiate with their partners. She was also very aggressive, trying to get them to only accept the goods she and Xin You had just delivered by offering new models as a condition, hoping to make those who had "betrayed" them suffer a setback. However, the cashier took a quick look and showed no interest at all, saying simply, "If you are willing to supply, then supply. If not, forget it."
Turn around and do something else.
Not only Liu Ailing was dumbfounded, but Xin Yougang was also dumbfounded. He said anxiously: "Comrade, please take a closer look. We have new styles this time that we haven't sold before."
In addition to the new styles, the two of them also hired someone to retrain and make the old style hairbands.
The cashier coldly began to find fault: "The fabric is just average... Most of your fabrics are blue and green cotton, not beautiful enough; the workmanship is also just average..."
She randomly picked up a joint and pulled it apart for Liu Ailing to see for herself, saying, "Look at the stitches yourself. Not only are they uneven, but they're not dense enough either."
He loosened his grip and threw it back, finally saying, "The so-called new style isn't that impressive!"
Xin Yougang's face flushed with anxiety: "Aren't all the previous goods like this?"
I've never seen them pick before.
The teller had no choice, because it was Comrade Bai who came to teach them the details.
I pulled the joints apart for them to see. The stitching was so fine that it was invisible without pulling very hard. Not to mention it was beautiful, it was colorful. Even if it was made of ordinary blue or green cotton, the style was beautiful. They also added black or the same color beads, sequins, or three-dimensional small flowers and bows for decoration. It looked so beautiful when worn on the head.
The ones in other colors were even more so. They couldn't take their eyes off them once they saw them hanging there, and for a moment they made the hairbands they were wearing on their heads look dull.
If it weren't for the deadlock over price and profit sharing, it wouldn't have been stuck for several days.
People's eyes are picky. After seeing good things for the past half month, what Liu Ailing sent looked like a pile of junk to them.
It was only because the goods on display today had been sold out, otherwise she would have to let Liu Ailing see what good stuff was.
Liu Ailing wanted to throw the things in her hand at the teller's face several times, or turn around and leave with the things. The capital market is so big, there is no need to hang yourself on this tree.
But reason allowed her to maintain her composure.
How should I put it? Liu Ailing felt that this was the market she and Xin You had just negotiated. If she turned around and left, it would be like handing over the "kingdom" they had built with their own hands to those classmates who "betrayed" her.
It seemed as if she was giving up her territory in a shameful way, and she couldn't swallow this.
So Liu Ailing not only didn't turn around and leave, she also calmed down and put on a smile to let the other person accept the hair band she gave her.
Of course, the goal was not achieved.
After leaving, Liu Ailing's face darkened, and she discussed with Xin Yougang: "There are several Capital Mall stores. I'll collect a batch of goods, and then we can go ask somewhere else."
Xin Yougang nodded grimly and said, "There are too few new styles. How about..."
He thought that why not just release the new styles to the public, instead of being angry with the previous group of people who worked for them, he would hire more people to do more, and he would go further away to ask other shopping malls.
But Liu Ailing was already furious after being humiliated by the cashier. Adding to the frustrations of the recent hard work, she didn't even hear what Xin You had to say before her anger boiled over and she yelled at him, "What do you mean? Are you dissatisfied with my lack of work and my slowness? Then do it yourself! Don't you see how I've been getting by during this time? I had to teach, make hairbands, and study..."
Xin Yougang was stunned by her yelling and said, "Are you sick? When did I ever complain that you didn't do enough? I haven't finished what I was saying yet."
Liu Ailing was full of grievances. Why was it that when Zhou Jiani wanted to develop her career, she was surrounded by people who supported her, but when she wanted to do something, she was surrounded by people who held her back?
Apart from urging for delivery and looking for people, Xin Yougang usually does all the other work. She has almost run out of patience teaching the new people. Xin Yougang is usually impatient and thinks the new people are inefficient.
Liu Ailing felt deeply tired.
She walked forward with a sullen look on her face. Xin Yougang showed a flash of impatience, but after thinking about it, he chased after her and coaxed her with a few words.
Zhou Jiani has just contacted Li Jingdang, who is preparing to lead a team to the south to attend the Canton Fair.
She repeated her needs over the phone, and Li Jingdang asked curiously, "What are you planning to make?"
Zhou Jiani didn't hide it from him and said, "I want to try making social media posts again. Even though the product is small, there is a big market for small products. However, in order to reduce the rate of imitation, I can only set high standards from the beginning..."
Li Jingdang understood and said, "Okay, I understand. I'll keep an eye on it for you."
During this period, she, Bai Haoyang and Yu Wanxia raised a lot of cloth coupons, as well as the proceeds from the sales of goods. Zhou Jiani and Bai Haoyang invested some more according to their shareholding ratio. She agreed with Li Jingdang that after he had confirmed the accommodation, he should call her and she would mail the coupons and money to him.
After hanging up the phone, Zhou Jiani did not return to school. Instead, she rode her bike to stroll through the alleys of the residential area in Haidian, looking for her "informant".
During this period, she spent all her spare time looking for a house, but it was not easy to find a house that could be bought without using her connections.
Zhou Jiani took the popular route. She first looked for good locations, then observed the people living in these locations, and finally targeted middle-aged women who seemed to have a warm and outgoing personality. She began to get close to them, stuffing them with some rare fruits at the right time, and slowly built up her network of interpersonal relationships. After getting in touch with them for a while, she chose someone she thought was reliable and promised him a "large sum of money". Slowly, she got the news.
She had been worried about this and that before, and her search was spotty. And now that Aunt Du bought a yard, she gave up the idea and didn't put in the effort to look for it.
Now she was working hard and soon received good news. The 'informant' she had developed really helped her find a family that wanted to sell their yard.
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