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Chapter 58 Horizontal Business Expansion
Zhao Congguang and An Yongqiang looked at each other, then asked, "What's the matter, Mr. Yang, please tell me."

Yang Wendong said: "Our mouse traps are now officially on sale in the market. I arranged for someone to do a market survey. These are the feedback data. Please take a look at them."

"Market research?" Zhao Congguang was a little puzzled. He took the document and took a look. What was written on the document was not complicated. It was just a pure feedback from users after purchase.

After reading it, he asked with great interest: "Mr. Yang, why do you do this?"

Yang Wendong said with a smile: "It is mainly to predict the subsequent market situation. The most important data I have is whether people who have already bought will buy again."

In fact, from the perspective of doing business in the future, a good product should undergo relevant market research before it is launched on the market.

But it is of course impossible now, especially before the factory ships the goods, Yang Wendong has neither the time nor the funds to do this.

Zhao Congguang looked at the data in his hand again, nodded and said, "It's a very good product, but the data doesn't seem to be very good. Many people have said that they will not buy it again unless there are rats in their homes again."

Yang Wendong nodded and said, "This is a problem inherent in the mousetrap industry, especially since our products are highly efficient and can catch mice quickly."

Zhao Congguang thought for a moment and said, "Although Mr. Yang's report is not very good, I still think the future will not be too bad. Even if a user kills all the rats in his home with a sticky mouse board, there will probably still be more rats after a while, right?"

An Yongqiang also said, "Yes, I recently asked the people at the dock, and they also felt that there were more rats at the dock. It's been less than a month since Mr. Yang's last large-scale rat eradication operation, right?"

"That's right." Yang Wendong smiled and said, "It is very difficult to completely eliminate rats, unless everyone lives in a good quality house and the sanitation management is also done well.

I brought out this data today mainly to tell Mr. Zhao that when this mouse trap is launched on the market, it will be very popular at first because many people need it, but after a period of time, the demand will drop rapidly. "

Zhao Chengguang nodded and said, "That makes sense. You can't make a lot of money overnight by doing this, but you can make a little money over the long term."

An Yongqiang said: "Well, the warehouses and cargo ships here are better, but Mr. Yang is right, in theory this business will indeed get worse and worse.

If there are fewer rats on the docks, there will be fewer rats on the cargo ships."

Yang Wendong said with a smile: "This is a very embarrassing industry. The better we do, the more it will affect our future business."

An Yongqiang thought for a moment and said, "Mr. Yang, this problem should not occur in the short term. At least in the next few months, we can still do well."

Yang Wendong nodded and said, "Yes, although the trend is not good, it will still sell well in the short term of a few months."

An Yongqiang also asked: "Mr. Yang, now that you have said it all, is there any solution?"

Yang Wendong paused and said, "There's nothing we can do about it. However, we can also make other products and explore new markets."

"Oh, Mr. Yang, what you mean is that you already have a new product?" Zhao Chengguang suddenly became interested and asked.

Yang Wendong nodded, then took out a piece of plastic board from his bag and said, "Yes, this thing is called a fly sticky board, it is specifically for flies. As you know, flies are everywhere, and mice are far behind.

Its principle is.”

Yang Wendong once again explained the principle of the fly trap.

This thing has the same principle and structure as the mouse trap. Over the past few days, Yang Wendong and Lin Haoyu have conducted various tests and finally determined the ratio of glue and peanut oil, and then they can start mass production.

Since it can be produced, it is natural to prepare for sales. Yang Wendong does not have it himself, so he naturally needs to rely on Zhao Chengguang, the previous channel. "Good stuff." Zhao Chengguang's eyes lit up after hearing it, and he said happily: "Mr. Yang is really amazing, this market is much bigger than the mouse trap."

An Yongqiang also nodded and said, "Yes, most of the families in Hong Kong have better houses and better hygiene, and basically there are no rats, but it is unlikely that there are no flies.

There are also a lot of flies in so many restaurants and stalls. When people drive them away, they fly back in large numbers. They are nothing like rats. They don’t dare to come out when they see people.”

Zhao Chengguang lifted a corner of the fly trap, sniffed it, and said, "Add some peanut oil to the glue. This idea seems simple enough, but I've often used mouse traps before, and never thought of using it to deal with flies."

An Yongqiang also said: "Some things are just like this. When you see them, you think they are simple, but whoever invents them first is the real hero, just like the screws we come into contact with every day."

"My invention is far inferior to screws." Yang Wendong said with a smile.

Zhao Chengguang added: "Mr. Yang, I really admire you more and more. Come, I'll toast you a glass."

"Haha, just drink, don't talk about respect." Yang Wendong also raised his glass and said.

"I'll toast you too." An Yongqiang also toasted and said, "The last time I was chatting privately with Mr. Zhao, Mr. Zhao said that Mr. Yang's future achievements would not be lower than that of the plastic flower tycoon Li Jiacheng. I didn't quite believe it at the time, but now I do."

"Thank you for your good wishes." After taking a sip of wine, Yang Wendong said with a smile, "If we work together, I can make money, and you two can certainly do the same."

An Yongqiang shook his head and said, "Mr. Yang, you have to rely mainly on Mr. Zhao this time. My dock or cargo ship will not be of much help to this fly trap."

Yang Wendong nodded and said, "This situation will happen on Ansheng's side, but things like channel resources are their own advantages. If one day I have a product that is very suitable for Hailun, then you will have an advantage."

"Yeah." An Yongqiang nodded, also feeling a little regretful.

In fact, his market was not as big as Zhao Chengguang's before, but at least he could make a lot of profit from it. But now the market for this fly board must be bigger. Even if he has a business near the dock, he can't do it much and is far inferior to Zhao Chengguang.

Zhao Chengguang took advantage and said half-consolingly: "Ansheng, you know a lot of businessmen from overseas. Perhaps you can help Yang Sheng sell these overseas. This is your advantage."

“It’s not that easy.” An Yongqiang said with a smile: “If you want to enter developed countries like Europe, America and Japan, you need local companies to operate.

Those Southeast Asian countries are OK, but their purchasing power is too low, and I don’t have enough connections.”

"Well, exporting is indeed difficult." Yang Wendong nodded.

He is an ambitious man, so it is impossible for him to just stick to the Hong Kong market.

However, although Hong Kong’s foreign trade is developed, it basically selects goods that are already available abroad from Hong Kong, and then grabs the market by selling them at low prices.

The same goes for Li Jiacheng’s plastic flowers.

These foreign trade companies do not have the ability to promote new products abroad, and they will not do such a thing.

If he wants to sell the goods abroad, he really needs to rely on himself.

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