A 1970s mom raises a cute baby, and a crazy boss spoils her

I sold five hundred dollars' worth of soap today, and made a total of seventy-five dollars.

Their soap business had taken the first step forward and not only did they make back their investment, they also made a small profit of twenty-five dollars.

The next step is to continue processing the products and then work hard to sell them.

"We still have 500 bars of soap that have not been sold. How about we produce more after they are sold out?" Chen Fengqin has also felt the difficulty of running a factory and generating income these days.

Now that she has finally made back her investment, she is afraid that she will not be able to earn back the money she has spent, and she is hesitant to continue.

"Sister Fengqin, do you believe in our product? I have great confidence in it!

We have taken both quality and price into consideration. I believe we can open up the market and sell well.

Soap is not food. Its production cycle takes at least one month. If it sells well, people will need to restock it. If you can't get it out, you will have to produce more by then, but it will be too late to supply the goods. "Gu Qinghuan advised tactfully.

Xu Huainian spent the whole day with Gu Qinghuan today. The more he interacted with her, the more he felt that this girl was not simple.

So he believed that she would not do it without a purpose.

At the same time, men generally have a longer-term vision, and he also thinks that the soap business is viable.

After considering it, Chen Fengqin agreed to Gu Qinghuan's proposal.

The next day, Xu Huainian went to the commune, called the manufacturer, ordered a batch of raw materials, and remitted the money.

While waiting for the materials, Xu Huainian and his wife carried baskets on their backs and walked through the streets, visiting more than a dozen brigades in the surrounding area to sell soap.

The retail price is also 20 cents.

Xu Huainian originally wanted to sell it to the villagers, but he simply sold it cheaper, for only ten cents, which was also a benefit to the village, and they could still make a profit anyway.

But Gu Qinghuan directly denied his idea.

“Retail prices must be unified, otherwise there will be chaos.

If someone finds that the price in the store is different from that here, and yours is cheaper, then everyone will think it is expensive and will stop buying in your store. Can you still make money?

We mainly make money from wholesale.

If someone thinks the retail price is too high, then don't buy it, it's that simple.

Some holes are difficult to close once they are opened.

I can understand your desire to benefit your fellow villagers, but this is absolutely self-destructive.

Have you ever thought about what you would do if someone took advantage of your situation and sold the goods for a dime?

So the best way is to set the same price for everyone, and it’s up to you whether you buy or not. "Gu Qinghuan knew that some kindness would lead to her eternal damnation.

When Xu Huainian heard her idea, his heart skipped a beat.

Or maybe he was thinking things too simply. Gu Qinghuan was right, this door couldn't be opened.

“Although we can’t lower the price, we can give it away for free.

When making soap, don't we cut off a lot of scraps? These things may not look very beautiful, but they don't affect the use.

When you have time, you can sort out these scraps and give them away as gifts when folks come to buy soap. Isn't this equivalent to a disguised price reduction for them?

You get more for the same money.”

"Qing Huan, your brain works so fast, why didn't I think of this?

What you said makes sense. We can't waste these scraps. They can still be used.

This way, we not only save money, but also provide benefits to everyone, and our factory can make money normally, and everyone is happy. "Chen Fengqin slapped her thigh, as if she suddenly realized something.

Xu Huainian has been very busy recently.

While managing all the production matters in the team, he also had to take care of the affairs of the soap factory.

Fortunately, Chen Fengqin was a capable and virtuous wife who helped her son to manage the factory affairs clearly.

Whenever they had time, the couple would go to various brigades to sell soap.

After a few visits, I sold dozens of bars of soap and the feedback was good.

When the team members saw this, they all proposed to give each person a bar of soap, just to take advantage.

Xu Huainian would not indulge them.

Making soap is to make money and generate income, not to do charity to improve their lives. In the end the money earned will be divided among everyone anyway, so no one can say anything about it.

In the end, he just gave some scraps to one family and the problem was solved.

Xu Mingshan didn't take the matter of their factory seriously at first, thinking it was just a small matter, but he didn't expect it to actually succeed.

I heard that Xu Huainian has sold a lot of soaps, and everyone has given good reviews.

He had also used the leftover soap scraps. This stuff was exactly the same as the one bought from the supply and marketing cooperative. It produced foam as soon as he applied it, and it washed everything clean.

He felt a little uncomfortable.

Why did Xu Huainian generate income without him?

The most important thing is that he has a strong sense of crisis. Once Xu Huainian's factory succeeds and makes money, his position will be in jeopardy.

For a time, the brigade was in constant trouble, and Xu Huainian struggled to hold on.

Gu Qinghuan has to take care of two children and teach classes to her graduating class, so her schedule is very tight. She can only do sales work on weekends when she has time.

She took some time to visit Lu Jianye to see how the soap was selling.

Unexpectedly, Lu Jianye gave her a big surprise.

He directly added an order for one thousand bars of soap without bargaining, and still followed the previous purchase price.

It turned out that the soap in the store had been sold out. Because Lu Jianye didn't know Gu Qinghuan's address, he had been waiting for her to come.

In fact, it was the effect of the trial washbasin set up by Gu Qinghuan.

Lu Jianye's store is a grocery store, and sometimes customers inevitably get their hands dirty when buying things.

There happened to be a washbasin in a prominent place in the store, and the soaps were ready. With the mentality of not using it if you don't use it, it's a waste, many people tried the Yujie soap.

I felt it was very good after using it, and then I saw the same soap on the counter next to me, and it was only 20 cents a box.

It looks good, is easy to use, and most importantly, is cheap.

Many people will take a box with them, or even stock up a few boxes to use slowly.

Naturally it sold out quickly.

Gu Qinghuan didn't expect that a trial selling point he casually set up would have such a good effect.

She immediately signed a contract with Lu Jianye, agreeing to send 400 bars of soap first and the rest would be replenished later, since they didn't have any stock at the moment.

Lu Jianye was a good person. Since he was very familiar with Gu Qinghuan, he directly gave the payment for the goods to her without asking for any deposit.

Xu Huainian's eyes widened when he looked at the one hundred and fifty yuan that Gu Qinghuan brought back.

He really didn't expect to get such a big order so soon, worth one thousand yuan. After completing this order, they can earn at least one hundred yuan.

Just do it!

Now, most of the loaches in the fields of Xujiatun and several nearby brigades have been caught by them. They are rarely seen, and even if they are found, they are very small and cannot be sold at a high price.

So during this period they no longer caught loaches and eels and focused on making soap.

Of course, I made enough money.

By catching loaches and eels, each family earned more than one hundred or two hundred yuan.

Gu Qinghuan also earned nearly one thousand yuan, and everyone was happy.

Now things at the soap factory are basically getting back on track.

Because of its low price, beautiful appearance, and the fact that the weather was getting warmer day by day, the frequency of soap use increased, and word of mouth spread, and Yujie soap suddenly became popular.

As Lu Jianye added more orders, other supply and marketing cooperatives nearby also came to place orders, some of which were to add to the orders.

The factory suddenly received orders for several thousand bars of soap.

This is not enough.

Lu Jianye brought another large order to Gu Qinghuan.

With his introduction, the heads of supply and marketing cooperatives, non-staple food stores, and department stores in several neighboring counties all came to Gu Qinghuan to place orders.

This is not a small amount of money. Orders came in like snowflakes. At last count, there were orders for nearly 10,000 bars of soap.

When Gu Qinghuan brought the order and deposit back, Xu Huainian couldn't believe his eyes. Their small workshop could actually receive so many orders.

With more orders, some problems also come along.

There were not enough tools, not enough molds, not enough racks and dustpans for drying the soap.

All of these need to be arranged and done.

Xu Huainian personally went to the provincial capital to get the materials. The quantity was too large and the postage was too expensive. It would be faster and relatively cheaper to transport the goods himself.

Now there is another important question.

It was obvious that the three of them could not make so many soaps in such a short time.

The most difficult step is making the soap. A basin of soap needs to be beaten for about an hour, which is time-consuming and laborious, and the quality and quantity must be guaranteed, otherwise the materials will be wasted if the saponification fails.

Buying equipment is obviously impossible, and the little money earned is not enough to make ends meet.

Why not just go all out and expand the scale and hire more people to help. Labor is the cheapest these days.

If they want to get a large mixing machine, let alone whether they can buy it, the cost is also very high, at least several hundred or thousands of dollars, which they cannot afford at the moment.

But labor is relatively less expensive.

Now that they had sufficient spare funds, they simply replanned the old canteen and partitioned off a few rooms.

One is used to store materials, and the other is used as a secret processing workshop. All the preliminary preparation work for the soap is done here to avoid leaking the formula.

The other room is used as a soap-making operation room. Xu Huainian plans to find young and strong men in the village to specialize in the soap-making work.

The rest of the place was filled with racks for drying soaps.

They completely transformed the entire cafeteria into a soap production workshop, which looks quite decent.

When Xu Huainian went to work in the morning, he announced the recruitment to everyone in the village.

Now that the factory is profitable and will soon have an income of thousands of yuan, Xu Huainian is willing to pay wages, one yuan a day.

It seems to be about the same as the work points a strong laborer earns every day.

But the nature is completely different.