With the purchasing system in hand, he is worshipped as a god by international students

"Who are you looking for?" A middle-aged woman in a smart suit and leather shoes came up to Qiu Ling. She had a smile on her face, but she looked more distant than the black suit she was wearing.

Qiu Ling: "I heard that you can buy handmade lanterns here?"

The woman smiled knowingly, "Yes, this is the place. Are you selling in bulk or in small quantities?"

“Buy wholesale.”

"Come with me."

The woman took Qiu Ling to the bungalow to the right of the entrance. On the way, she introduced this place and herself to Qiu Ling.

The predecessor of this place was a sock factory, which was built before the reform and opening up and was once very prosperous.

After the reform and opening up, the factory was privatized and its development was neither high nor low. After the wave of layoffs in the 1990s, the factory began to go downhill and closed down in the millennium.

The woman's surname is Tao. Her parents are workers in the sock factory and she grew up here. After the factory went bankrupt, the government did not demolish it and reclaim it, but instead kept the factory area considering the workers living there.

All equipment in the factory was moved out and sold, and was locked and no longer in use.

The houses allocated for employees to live in have also been relocated by the Housing Authority. Now this place is no longer the Red Star Sock Factory, but the Red Star Community.

Ms. Tao herself is fond of handicrafts, so she learned the craft from a master and worked hard to turn it into a means of making a living. She started out by setting up a stall outside to sell lanterns, and unexpectedly, the business was getting better and better, so she saw a business opportunity.

After that, she taught her skills to every resident of the Red Star Community, and her business grew bigger and bigger. Two years ago, she even bought a factory and set up a small company, and her business has been good ever since.

“Our family mainly makes some handmade lanterns and portable lanterns.

Handmade lanterns are aimed at ordinary retailers. The inside of these lanterns is made of bamboo. After they are made, they cannot be squeezed strongly and are not very convenient to transport. In order to ensure their integrity, they are only accepted for retail in small quantities.

If you want to wholesale in large quantities, for the convenience of transportation and storage, I suggest you buy portable lanterns with steel wire structures inside. They are flat when they leave the factory. When you get them, you can gently prop them up, put on bamboo sticks, put in electric lights, and they are finished products. "

Following Ms. Tao’s introduction, the staff below also delivered samples of two products.

Handmade lanterns are more refined, simple, and textured, and you can clearly feel the weight when you pick them up; portable lanterns are lighter, and although the surface is also covered with ink painting, it always feels like it lacks a bit of charm.

Seeing Qiu Ling hesitant, Ms. Tao continued, "Do you still remember the red lanterns hung on the trees on both sides of the road during the Chinese New Year? Those were our company's portable lanterns. Two rains during the Chinese New Year did not damage the lanterns. The structure must be solid and no worse than handmade lanterns." Speaking of this, Ms. Tao's face was full of pride.

Qiu Ling couldn't recall it at all, "Uh... I wasn't here at that time."

A trace of regret flashed across Ms. Tao's face, "That's really unfortunate, but it doesn't matter, we also have a small exhibition hall here.

Please follow me." She made a gesture of invitation.

Qiu Ling followed her through the handmade lantern making area and into a short bright corridor. There were only two rooms in the corridor, and they walked into one of them.

"These finished products on display are what we have at the moment. Take a look at the styles first."

There are all kinds of lanterns here, including dragon lanterns, moon lanterns, rabbit lanterns, lotus lanterns, bamboo barrel lanterns, peach lanterns, persimmon lanterns, etc.

The lantern that Yangyang bought that day was originally called the Ink Lantern. Ms. Tao said that it was one of the most popular lanterns at present.

Qiu Ling pointed casually and asked, "How many styles of ink-and-wash lanterns are there?"

"There are eight designs, namely orchid, lotus, peony, azalea, camellia, bamboo chrysanthemum, hydrangea and osmanthus. They are all very beautiful designs."

There are many lamps here, and the styles are also dazzling, but one thing is that the more styles there are, the more difficult it is to choose.

Sometimes, having too many product types is not conducive to selling.

At least not in the system at the same time.

Qiu Ling glanced around and immediately had an idea, "I need 8 of each of the eight styles of ink-and-wash lanterns, and 1000 of each of the rabbit lanterns and moon lanterns. I hope they can be delivered to me in four days."

After this batch is sold out, there are still 5 days until Mid-Autumn Festival. Then you can pick another batch and enjoy the profits from two batches of small lanterns during the Mid-Autumn Festival, just like mooncakes.

Ms. Tao asked: "If you want handmade lanterns, 1 are too many and we can't finish them in 4 days. If you want portable lanterns, we can finish them in 3 days."

Yes, that is also a problem.

Qiu Ling thought about it and suddenly remembered the model of selling handmade products in the future. She smiled and said, "I wonder if you can sell DIY gift packages here."

Ms. Tao was confused. “What is a DIY gift package?”

Qiu Ling explained: "It means preparing all the tools and materials for making lanterns, packaging them and sending them to customers so that they can make them by themselves. This is called a DIY gift package."

"Huh?" Ms. Tao frowned slightly and said disapprovingly, "Handmade lanterns are not as simple as you see. It takes at least 3 or 4 hours to make one when you are just starting out, and you don't know how much material you will waste at the beginning!

We make ready-made lanterns because we consider that people are reluctant to make them themselves nowadays. Wouldn’t it be putting the cart before the horse to make a DIY gift package?”

Qiu Ling couldn't say that they were facing people from two different eras.

I can only explain it in another way: "Ms. Tao, the customer groups you and I deal with are different, so their hobbies and habits are naturally different. In other words, I am a businessman, can I still do business at a loss?

Furthermore, when the time comes, you can come up with a production process diagram, then print it out and put it in each product. I believe that those who are deft can make it naturally.

It’s also a pleasure to be hands-on with the clients I meet.”

Ms. Tao remained unmoved and still felt something was not right.

"But how much material will be wasted in this way?"

"Then didn't these residents waste materials when they were practicing? Maybe... you are afraid that everyone will learn how to make lanterns and stop buying from you?" Qiu Ling thought he had guessed the truth and kept assuring him, "Don't worry, I will never steal your business, and I won't sell in Yangcheng or its surrounding areas."

"That was not what I meant!"

Ms. Tao's heart skipped a beat.

She seemed to have figured something out, and murmured, "Yes, everyone starts from not knowing how to make lanterns. I also wasted a lot of materials when I first learned how to make lanterns by hand."

As she was talking, Ms. Tao began to reflect on herself: "To put it bluntly, I was too confident in my products. I thought that handmade products were extremely difficult and that no one would be able to make them. I was judging others by my own standards."

Qiu Ling was afraid that she would get too stubborn. If she quit, where would she find another company that could make lanterns in a short period of time?

Thinking of this, she hurriedly said, "You can come back to teach the residents how to make handmade lanterns, so that everyone can have a livelihood and a source of income. This means that you are a person with great love and deserve respect. What I just said is not an accusation against you."

"I know. I'm not underestimating myself. I just figured it out." Ms. Tao gave Qiu Ling a grateful smile. She was very grateful to Qiu Ling for pointing out her arrogance today, otherwise she would have gone further and further on the path of self-centeredness.