After signing the contract, Director Li enthusiastically invited Jianshu to stay for dinner, and she did not refuse, taking the opportunity to find out some things.
After the meal, both sides became more familiar with each other, and Jianshu also learned a lot of things.
It turned out that Director Li was not the owner of this factory, but only an agent. The investor of this factory was a Hong Kong businessman who came with the foreign investment when it was introduced two years ago.
Compared to other Hong Kong businessmen with strong capital, this one was much less wealthy, but he also invested in and opened two factories at that time, an electronics factory and a clothing factory. Because he had run an electronics factory when he was in Hong Kong, his focus at that time was entirely on the electronics factory.
Compared to the larger electronics factories over there, the garment factories here are like stepmothers. Not only are they small, but the management is completely free to run them, with little support.
Also because of their small scale, their factory cannot compete with those large factories at all, and can only eat what others have left over on weekdays. As a result, the clothing factory appears to be more embarrassed than the electronics factory with higher profits.
Every month when the two sides meet together to report, comparisons are inevitable.
Perhaps he drank a little too much, or perhaps he was a little resentful, but Director Li couldn't help but complain to a few people during the meal.
"The cost of clothes is there, so the profit margin is definitely not as high as that of electronic watches and radios! If we want to make more money, we have to expand the scale. With our current staff and limited production, how much can we earn if we can't reduce costs?"
Jianshu nodded, defending him. "You're right. If you want to make money, you have to invest. But if you're not willing to invest more and still want to make more money, how can it be so easy?"
Director Li's eyes suddenly filled with tears. What a close friend!
Sometimes people’s friendship starts with complaining about the same person.
If it weren't for the difference between men and women, Director Li would have wanted to hug Jianshu and cry his heart out.
It’s not possible to rely on Jianshu, but don’t we still have Song Anping and Jiang Guohao?
Both of them were experienced people, and they quickly took over Jianshu's position to listen to Director Li's complaints.
After the meal, they were almost sworn brothers.
In the next two days, Jianshu took the two of them around and ordered some other things, and spent the rest of his time building a relationship with Director Li.
Three days later, in addition to the clothes he had ordered, Jianshu also ordered a batch of silk scarves, nylon stockings, hats, etc., preparing to go back and match them and sell them together with the clothes.
All the things were loaded onto the car and sent away, and this trip to Guangzhou was about to end.
Jianshu was so concerned about the shop at home that he didn't even have time to rest for one more night. He hurriedly boarded the train with two bodyguards that day.
Time is money. How much money would she lose if the business opened one day later?
When they returned to Beijing, the first batch of clothes had arrived. Without taking the time to adjust, they hurriedly took the eight employees of the store to move all the goods back.
They sorted and registered each item one by one, hung up some samples, and put the rest in the warehouse upstairs. Next to the warehouse was the dormitory of Song Anping and others, so the safety was absolutely no problem.
There is strength in numbers. Within one day, the store was tidied up and looked presentable.
Everything is ready, just waiting for the opening.
Nowadays, most people who open a shop just hang up a sign and then open it quietly.
Of course, Jianshu will not be like this. There are so many marketing tricks in later generations, learn them!
At this time, the order she placed with the printing factory arrived, and the first thing everyone in the store did was to distribute flyers!
Grand opening promotion activities are definitely indispensable.
Jianshu assigned tasks to everyone, and they worked in groups of two to go to the places with the heaviest traffic in Beijing. She printed a total of 5,000 flyers, which, if spread out, could probably cover the entire city of Beijing.
Because Jianshu was generous with the money, several people were told that their salaries for this month would be paid in full before the store officially opened. The others were touched but also felt a little guilty. Now that they have a task, they are all as excited as if they had been injected with chicken blood.
They didn't feel shy when handing out flyers. They were all very confident and called everyone "Auntie" and "Sister" when they saw them. Using the skills taught by Jianshu, they would start by praising the people. If they had children with them, they would praise the children, and if they didn't, they would praise the people themselves, which made these still simple people very happy.
At this time, give out the flyers and introduce them enthusiastically. I guarantee that they will not refuse and will immediately nod and will definitely come to support you.
Whether to buy or not is one thing, but it's nice to go shopping. Anyway, it was a day off and I had nothing to do at home.
Don't underestimate the power of the aunties and sisters-in-law. If there's something exciting going on, why not bring a few of your best friends along? If one brings two, two, three, customers will come, right? And if just one person is willing to part with money, everyone else will surely follow suit.
Apart from anything else, the girls were extremely serious about their work. Not only did they distribute flyers themselves, they also used their connections.
They were all locals, and their relatives basically all worked in various factories. Factories in Beijing often had hundreds or even thousands of people, and they were all potential customers!
So after two days of running, the four girls' voices were almost hoarse. Jianshu silently took note of them and planned to give them a bonus when calculating their salaries at the end of the month.
Such employees must be cherished and must not be let go!
While the employees were busy at work, Jianshu did not rest either. Now that she had no computers, she could not think about various software systems, but the accounts in the store could not be left in such a mess, so she could only keep accounts manually.
It’s okay for one store now, but once we open a branch, recruiting a finance staff will be inevitable.
But these are things for the future, the most urgent task now is to open the business.
Jianshu printed out a dozen posters, all of which showed the outfits of the heroine of "Lush Mountain Love".
This movie, which has won many first titles in film history, is a complete phenomenon in this era.
Not only did the actress Zhang Yu win numerous awards, but she also became a well-known star. Her outfits in the drama also attracted many people to imitate her, and even in later generations, many of her outfits are completely timeless.
With the opening of her new store, Jianshu also wanted to capitalize on the popularity of the film. When selecting items, she deliberately chose similar styles to match them together, ensuring they would attract attention.
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