Chapter 23 Business boom

[23] Business is booming

Yao Fan nodded with satisfaction, and the third sister, who had a lot of background, was healed, and he was a little comforted.

"The owner, as soon as you left that day, the shopkeeper He came the next day. You left without saying hello to him. The shopkeeper He was a little unhappy and asked me urgently why he didn't tell him. I told him that you ordered me to visit Zhou, Huang, Lan and Yang on your behalf, and the shopkeeper was not happy at that time.

Yao Fan said, "I was in a hurry before and forgot to tell him that this is not a big deal. Isn't it just a temporary departure for ten years?"

Luo Guanqun nodded repeatedly and echoed Yao Fan, and continued, "However, the shopkeeper still listened to your words and took me to the four families of Zhou, Huang, Lan and Yang. According to the full courtesy, I sent your meeting to the four families, handed over the invitation, met their masters, drank a cup of tea and left."

Yao Fan had already rested in the middle of the store, on a brand-new teacher's chair. He took a sip of the tea bowl handed over by Wang Chuanian and asked, "What did the four families say? Is it friendly to us?

Luo Guanqun said, "I think those four families are very happy, and all of them praise your host for being too polite. He said he would wait for you to come back another day and must come to visit you. Host, after all, we gave such a big gift, didn't we? Nowadays, you don't need to donate a small reputation, and you don't need so many generous gifts!"

Yao Fan smiled and said, "Whoever sees such a generous gift should give some face."

Luo Guanqun laughed and said, "Let's see you. Back at home, the shopkeeper He has opened the store, which is on Persuasion Street. It used to be a carriage and horse inn. The He shopkeeper has been coiled down. At present, he didn't even have time to clean up the room he entered, so he opened it in a hurry yesterday.

Yao Fan heard this and knew that there was nothing serious. He asked, "What's the reaction of the Guo family these days?"

"If you go back to your home, there seems to be no movement in the Guo family."

"Well, you go down."

After Luo Guanqun left, Yao Fan just wanted to close his eyes and rest. The third sister who had stood outside the living room and waited went into the room.

"Third sister, you are here." Yao Fan saw that it was Third Sister Su, so he greeted her with a smile.

"Third sister, please give peace to Brother Yao." After saying that, the third sister knelt down.

Yao Fan quickly came forward to help her up and said angrily, "Don't be so polite. I don't like it."

The third sister got up and said, "Brother Yao, do you think this living room is well decorated?"

Yao Fan looked at the living room and found that in addition to the teacher chair he was sitting on, there were more bookshelves. He smiled and said, "It's good. This teacher chair is newly bought, right? It's comfortable to sit.

When the third sister saw Yao Fan's praise, she smiled and said, "Big brother's house is newly built, and everything is sent by the shopkeeper He. It looks a little simple. I think the eldest brother is so noble that he can't sit comfortably, so he asked He Shicheng to go to the wooden store to buy a good teacher's chair."

Yao Fan smiled and said, "Very good, this mat is also comfortable."

The third sister said happily, "I'm clumsy and can't do it well. As long as the eldest brother feels comfortable. These days, I have made a new single cloth robe for my eldest brother. You can try it later to see if it fits. There is also a purse here.

So the two gossiped. Yao Fan saw that the third sister's physical recovery was indeed good, so he did not take out the anti-inflammatory drugs brought with him this time to the third sister.

It didn't take long for He Wannian to come.

"Brother Zaofan! You didn't say anything about your leaving. At this time, I'm so anxious, brother.

When the third sister saw that He Wannian was coming, she got up to accept a blessing.

He Wannian quickly arched his hand and said, "I dare not do it, I dare not do it."

The third sister knew that he respected himself for Yao Fan's sake. She probably misunderstood her relationship with Yao Fan and had to retreat with a red face.

Yao Fan didn't bother to get up to bow and only said, "Brother Wannian, don't be so polite. Don't be so troublesome for your family. Sit down quickly."

He Wannian sat down next to Yao Fan and said, "Brother Yao, the facade of our main store has opened and the business is excellent. Before you left, I said that the well-meaning shopkeeper Wu had ordered a thousand foreign watches and invited you to eat, but you didn't leave, so you had to apologize to the shopkeeper Wu the next day.

Yao Fan saw that He Wannian wore a brand-new single cloth light blue robe. The cloth was exactly the color he brought, a bit like the color of the curtains in the school in 2011. He smiled and said, "He doesn't buy these watches from me, and he can't buy them anywhere else. The same is true for my other goods, which is the only one on the market.

In addition, he is such a shrewd person that he doesn't even want to rely on Qianzhuang. How troublesome is it for Baba to transport those silver back to Shanghai? If you change it into a watch and ship it back, you can not only earn extra money, but also save a large amount of freight. So I'm not worried about him being unhappy. Besides, it's the same with you. This face has given him enough. Hey hey, how much face is a foreigner worth?

Yao Fan sat on the Taishi chair and pointed to the country. He gestured with his hand while talking. Obviously, he saw it thoroughly.

He Wannian smiled bitterly and said, "It turns out that Brother Zaofan doesn't like their business. You should tell me from the beginning."

Yao Fan shook his head: "I didn't go to the banquet because I looked down on him, but I really have set the itinerary and don't want to delay."

He Wannian changed the topic and said mysteriously, "Brother Zaofan, do you want to know how the sales of our business have been in the past ten days?"

Yao Fan smiled and said, "Anyway, won't bicycles sell well? That thing is in the box. I guess you don't even know how to assemble it.

He Wannian rubbed his hands and said, "Brother Yao is joking. I really don't know how to install the bicycle, so I have to put it in the library first. Except for bicycles, all our goods are easy to sell.

At present, the best-selling cotton cloth is printed cotton cloth. For 450 ingot cotton cloth, I asked people to divide it into more than 1,200 pieces according to the specifications of 40 yards a piece of foreign cloth. First, the price is 11 two, one silver per foot. I thought that if it is not easy to sell in the future, it will be easy to sell if the price drops, but if the other way around, it will be difficult to sell if it rises again, so the price will be higher at the beginning.

He Wannian took the tea brought in by Wang Chuannian and put it on the table and continued: "Now the best silk is two cents and one foot of silver, and the weaving is also happy. The cotton cloth dyed by Suzhou Rongji Dyeing Factory is only four taels of silver. So I planned to sell those cotton cloths cheaper at the beginning.

Brother Yao, what are you doing? I never thought that the shopkeeper Wu liked these cotton cloths and praised that the cloth was delicate and soft. He had never seen this kind of goods before, so he took water to wash them on the spot.

This wash was shocked. Brother Yao's cloth did not fade. Whether it was flower cloth or colored cloth, it did not fade. After washing it more than ten or twenty times, the water was still clear!"

Yao Fan said strangely, "Isn't this nonsense? If it fades, isn't it a fake product? How can I smash my own signboard?

He Wannian waved his hand repeatedly: "Brother Yao has been in Taixi for a long time. Naturally, I don't know that all the dark color cloth in the Qing Dynasty can be washed off. Except for the solid colors such as blue and black, the rest of the colors can't help washing. Wash it light once, even blue and black or other light colors can't help but be more than ten or twenty. Wash it all over!"

Yao Fan was happy: "Oh? So that's it!"

He Wannian saw that Yao Fan was proud and more energetic. He also laughed and said, "That's right! So after Boss Wu washed it down, I was also shocked on the spot. He wanted to bargain, but I didn't agree at all. I just told him that there are a total of 1,200 pieces of these cloth. If you don't take them now, naturally someone will take them. I don't know how many months will it will take until the next Western ship comes.

Yao Fan laughed and said, "Brother He, you are so eloquence."

He Wannian became proud. "When Boss Wu saw that the strange goods were habitable, he gritted his teeth and almost went down. 1,200 horses sold 13,200 taels, and the business made a net profit of 9,600 taels. In addition, a thousand ros earned 110,000 taels from 220 taels, which has earned 119,600 taels!"

Yao Fan didn't react for a moment: "Rolles? Oh, Brother He, you know how to read the brand of that watch.

He Wannian blushed: "That's what Boss Wu read until I read it. Brother Yao, you left in a hurry before, but you didn't tell me."

Yao Fan scratched his head and smiled, "Well, that's called Rolles. Boss Wu is an educated local tycoon. Has he bought fragrant soap?

He Wannian said, "That foreign pancreas, no, fragrant soap is also easy to sell, but I'm afraid it's more expensive. Boss Wu only needs 2,000 yuan and 400 taels of silver, and we earned 200 taels."

He Wannian took a sip of tea and said, "Brother Yao, watches are still the most profitable at present. This watch style is novel. No foreign shop has such a small and exquisite watch. In my opinion, any boss who has seen the goods with his own eyes will like it."

Yao Fan knows that the real industrial mass production of watches will have to wait until 1900. Functionally speaking, it is due to the burden of pocket watches; technically speaking, it is due to the progress of precision machining technology. As for soap, even industrial alkali has not been born these days, not to mention that soap with aromatic hydrocarbons is naturally easy to sell. As for color cloth, since the chemical level of printing and dyeing is so poor these days, it can completely dominate the market.

Yao Fan told him, "Anyway, get out of it early and exchange it for silver before you can buy it again. It's selling so well now. I have to arrange the purchase as soon as possible.

He Wannian said, "I've been busy in the past ten days. Even this big deal, coupled with the scattered watches and soap sold to other merchants passing by Qingdao, now the business has enough cash money. I owed 300,000 taels of silver to Brother Yao before. How much do you think it's better to take first?"

Yao Fan said, "Just mention 100,000 taels first and exchange Hengli for gold."

He Wannian looked at Yao Fan and lowered his head and thought, "Brother Yao, if you exchange gold in Hengli like this, it is too expensive. If you go to Tianjin and Shanghai to exchange gold by yourself, I estimate that more than 15 taels of silver can be exchanged for one or two pieces of gold. If you give it to Hengli, he will not be transported to Shanghai, Tianjin and other big cities to exchange gold."

Yao Fan shook his head: "It's too troublesome to handle it yourself. With Hengli* transportation, the risk will be shared."

Seeing that Yao Fan insisted on doing so, He Wannian stopped talking and changed the topic and said, "At present, all the businesses going to and from Qingdao know that we have strange goods in our hands. I think our business will be sold out next. Brother Yao can now order more goods to prepare, especially the cotton cloth. I think it's worth buying more. Some."

Yao Fan said, "I left this time and have already ordered goods overseas. Brother He, you can invite Lord Sun, Lord Wei and Lord Liu to Shi's Restaurant for dinner. We are in business and must not leave the officialdom."

He Wannian hurriedly said, "I'm going now."