frightfiction Chapter 365 Different treatment
Chapter 365 Different treatment
The old lady remembered that Shen Youyou made a few flowers, put them in a bamboo tube and placed it on the table, so could she also put them in a vase?
The madam's eyes lit up: "How much is one?"
The old lady said: "The flowers used for flower arrangement are all large, and each flower costs 100 wen. When you sell this material to customers, just double the price. If you can't buy 10 or 20 flowers, what's the point of meeting a girl?"
But the madam only half agreed with this. She thought to herself: "It's not okay to double it. It has to be tripled at least."
She also picked up a plastic red bracelet from the table, put it on her hand, and said, "Send me a hundred flowers later. If it's not enough, we can order more."
This is what I mean by trying it out. One flower costs one hundred coins, and one hundred flowers means ten taels of silver. Old Mrs. Hua was very happy, but she said to the madam:
"This is my sister Zhou, and this is my younger brother and sister. They will be responsible for delivering goods to Fang County. Please take good care of them in the future!"
The madam raised her eyebrows: "Why, you won't deliver the goods anymore?"
Old Lady Hua said without pride: "There is a wider world waiting for her in Shuntian Prefecture!"
She said: "Hey, we are all family, doing business together, and the people in our county are all honest folks, so we won't make things difficult for them. They have no experience, so let them come.
I will sell at a new place. If they bother you or the girls because of their lack of tact in the future, please bear with me!"
Apparently she had just thought of a new way to make money for the madam, and she was very happy at the moment. She waved and told him, "It's okay. If you have any new ideas in the future, just come to the building and take a look."
After selling three taels of silver bracelets in the brothel, ten old ladies came out with smiles on their faces.
Just as the old ladies were heading to the next cloth shop,
The other team, led by Shen Zhiqiu, was also busy. They first looked for a grocery store.
But the trip was not smooth, as most grocery store owners thought:
"Ten or even dozens of coins are enough to buy a pair of soles. That's too expensive. How much is a pair of cloth shoes? I've never seen this before. Who knows if you can sell it?"
Or they want to get something for nothing, so they ask Shen Zhiqiu to keep the goods first, and if they can sell them, they will pay for the purchase.
The soles of shoes and hairpins are different. You can't just keep a few pairs and be done with it, because everyone's feet are different sizes. They make almost all the soles, from those for children to those for adults.
Even if you keep one set, to be honest you'll need dozens of pairs.
What's more, no one can be sure that everyone who comes to the grocery store to buy shoe soles has different feet.
So finally Shen Zhiqiu said:
"Let's go back. Our soles are not well-known yet, so they are not willing to buy them. Let's sell them for a few more days starting tomorrow.
I just don't believe that they are unwilling to purchase the goods. This time I delivered the goods to your door, but you didn't want them.
You can wait to go to our village to purchase goods later."
Of course, they didn't sell any pairs. There was a grocery store owner who bought three pairs of shoes of various sizes, saying he would buy them.
A total of half a tael of silver was sold.
Li Quan was afraid that his son-in-law would be upset, so he suggested: "Son-in-law, why don't we go back to the market first and sell what we brought out today. We are here anyway."
After returning to Nanshi, the young men saw that their third uncle had a calm face and couldn't tell what was wrong. However, the other uncles didn't look very good, and they knew that maybe they didn't sell many products.
Shen Zhiqiu also consoled them, "We are not here to sell shoe soles today. We just want to see if the grocery store can get some. The main reason is that we haven't made a name for ourselves yet.
It was normal that they didn't dare to spend too much money at once. After all, none of them had ever seen such a shoe.
As long as we sell well at the market tomorrow, once the news spreads, they will be happy to come to our village to buy goods."
Zhou Qian, who saw them coming back, agreed with Shen Zhiqiu's words and also said a few words to comfort them.
At the market, shoe soles were much more popular than in grocery stores because Shen Youyou had already advertised them before.
As soon as the shoe soles were put on display, many people from the surrounding stalls came to have a look. After all, they had heard Shen Youyou’s advertisement the day before.
Soon the stall was surrounded by people.
There are also many people who come to the market to hang around, grabbing the arm of the stall owner next to them and asking, "Hey, what are you doing? Why aren't you looking after your stall?"
The boss pointed at Shen Zhiqiu and the others and said, "I bought plastic soles. They are said to be very strong and can be recycled if they are worn out. Don't drag me down.
I have to buy two pairs of shoes quickly since today is not their official stall opening day. Tomorrow many people will come for the soles and it will be a mess here.
I don’t dare to ignore the stall anymore. When there are a lot of people, who knows if my stall will still be there if someone doesn’t pay attention?”
The man listened curiously and came over to take a look. He saw bamboo baskets placed one after another with signs on them.
Shen Zhiqiu was holding a plastic speaker-shaped object and loudly advertising: "Don't miss it if you pass by. We have shoe soles, shoe soles, all kinds of models.
No matter how big your feet are, you can find the right shoe size, go home and sew the uppers on and wear them, and if the uppers are worn out, you can take them apart and replace them with new ones.”
He was also thinking whether he should repeat the words used on the overpass to say that the shoe factory owner had run away with his sister-in-law.
While waiting for him to start, several baskets of shoe soles were almost sold out, with only a dozen or so pairs of large sizes left.
This is equivalent to size 44-45 in later generations, and only one pair was sold.
The other aspects didn't give him any room to perform, and he felt a little unsatisfied.
As for the remaining dozen or so pairs of large sizes, you really have to take your chances. He didn't figure it out, maybe because there are not many tall men nowadays, and not many men have big feet?
"Why do you have so few soles? I can't even buy a suitable one."
"Yeah, I ran out of the house as soon as I heard the news, but I was still too late."
Some people also asked unhappily: "Didn't the guy say that he would sell the soles tomorrow? How come it's earlier? Will you still sell them tomorrow?"
"That's right. We all remembered that we agreed to come and take a look tomorrow. Why are they selling it today?"
Hunter Gao replied: "We are here today to see if anyone wants it. We will sell it tomorrow. Come back tomorrow to buy it. We will bring a lot of goods by then."
Shen Mazi also said: "There are quite a lot of people who want to buy soles. You should come early. We have launched various styles of soles. If you come late, you may not be able to grab them."
Zhou Qian even pulled Shen Zhiqiu aside and said, "I was thinking that if you can't sell these today, I'll take them first and bring them back to my brother. He often walks around the streets selling small items. Leave some for me tomorrow, and also the hairpin from Auntie."
Only then did everyone feel relieved. It seemed that it was not their soles that were unpopular.
This is because for everyone, selling shoe soles by comparing them with their own shoes, and buying one pair after wearing it, is easier to do than directly importing a large amount of goods.