The rise of a small town in shoe country

Chapter 374

One old and one young, you come and go, a bottle of red wine is all down.

"Yunfei, drink again, go get the wine."

"Old Cao, 200 yuan a bottle."

"Pick, pick again. You kid don't want to see your brother anymore?"

Jin Yunfei looked at Cao Dinggui and smiled, "Can you still drink?"

"Of course, another bottle is fine."

"Hehe, you're getting stronger with age, but you're better at drinking. Then you're about to drink up, and the old sister-in-law scolds you, so you can't blame me."

"Don't worry, if you're a guest here, even if you drink up, she won't scold me."

Jin Yunfei got up, walked to the big platform, brought a bottle of red wine, and opened the wine with a bang with his fingers without using a screwdriver.

"Haha, hiding wine in the office, I also learned this trick from me."

"Yes, I also learned from you old guy."

"Then you have two more sips."

The two drank again.

"Yunfei, tell me, do you have any new big moves in the new year?"

"Yes, drink a few more sips, and I'll tell you." Jin Yunfei said with a smirk.

Cao Dinggui took two gulps, "Good wine."

"Innovation." Jin Yunfei said two words.

"Innovation? What innovation? Yunfei, don't fool me. When it comes to innovation, which of our shoe seasons has no innovation. Isn't last year's price reduction and prize sales also innovation."

"You drink, and I'll explain to you."

Cao Dinggui did not hesitate, took two more sips, and stared at Jin Yunfei with piercing eyes.

Not the slightest bit drunk, Jin Yunfei admired, the old guy's drinking capacity has really increased.

"Old Cao, my company made two major moves last year. One is to reduce prices and sell with prizes, which are business innovations. The second is to integrate all workshops into nine branch factories, which is a mechanism innovation. What do you think? Think, what else can we innovate in?”

"Oh, just say it directly. My old brain can't keep up with your thinking, so don't let me guess."

"Materials, that is, raw materials, we will come up with something new in this area this year."

Cao Dinggui's old eyes sparkled, "The idea is very good, do you have any specific ideas?"

Jin Yunfei got up again, walked to the large platform, opened a drawer, and took out three pieces of upper fabric, two samples of the sole, and some written materials.

There is also the magnifying glass that Jin Yunfei regards as a treasure.

Cao Dinggui took a magnifying glass, looked at the fabric and the sole for a while, and said with a smile: "Yunfei, you test me. I don't need to read the stuff written on the paper, I know that this is Wu Chengjie's invention, And it was something he threw into the trash can."

"You said, why did he throw it away?"

Cao Dinggui said: "It's not durable enough, and it's not gorgeous enough. In Wu Chengjie's words, it's neither upscale nor in line with the new technology standards to be launched."

"On the contrary."

Jin Yunfei was unpredictable, and Cao Dinggui was greatly inspired, "You mean, you mean waste utilization?"

"This is not trash, Lao Cao." Jin Yunfei said: "We are all making sports shoes and casual shoes, and the positioning is also mid-range. That is to say, the lifespan of sports shoes is one year, and the lifespan of casual shoes is one season. We only need to achieve this The standard is fine. There is no need to set the lifespan of shoes at two years or more like leather shoes.”

Cao Dinggui thought for a while, nodded his head and said: "I understand, you want to make a fuss about raw materials, and reduce the cost without reducing the quality as much as possible."

"Yes, yes." Jin Yunfei said: "As far as ordinary shoes are concerned, there are three parts that can be innovated. One is the upper lining, which can be reduced by at least two triangles. The second is the upper fabric, which can be reduced by seven or eight angles. The third is The soles can be reduced by at least one yuan. If successful, the total cost can be reduced by two yuan, which is simply a raw material revolution in the shoemaking industry."

Cao Dinggui nodded and asked, "Have you tried it?"

"Old Cao, are you kidding me? How can I try the fabric and lining? I have to ask Lao Wu and Lao Qiao to help. But I tried the sole last year."

"Oh, what's the result?"

Jin Yunfei said: "To tell you the truth, when the autumn shoe season was in the middle last year, Master Chen and I did dozens of experiments. As a result, the cost of the soles of women's shoes and men's shoes has been reduced by one yuan per pair." money. However, not only the front-line workers did not find out, but neither the quality management department nor my third sister did.”

"What about the dealer and consumer reaction?"

"The color has not changed, the durability and toughness have not changed, and even the weight has only been reduced by two or three taels. How could dealers know? Consumers only want to wear comfortable and good-looking clothes, and it is even more impossible to find out."

Cao Dinggui smiled, "Oh, you innovated and made money last year. Yunfei, should you have told me last year?"

"Trial, last year was just a test."

"Tell me honestly, how many pairs of shoes did you test in the so-called experiment last year?"

"Hehe...not many, not many, just about 100 million pairs."

Cao Dinggui smiled and said: "Good guy, this is equivalent to earning an extra million yuan. Drink, Yunfei, you have to drink."

"I'll drink, I'll drink." Jin Yunfei picked up the wine glass and took three sips.

"Old Cao, I have done statistics and analysis. In the past three years alone, the cost of each pair of shoes has increased by two yuan. Among them, labor costs and raw materials are about half. My idea is very simple, that is, through innovation , Earn the two dollars back."

"I support you." Cao Dinggui nodded and said, "Last year we conducted a price reduction sale, with a profit of about two yuan per pair, but we have established a firm foothold in the market. This year we will keep last year's sales price unchanged, plus Your innovation, we can earn four dollars per pair."

Jin Yunfei smirked and said: "When people find out and find a way to catch up, we have already made money. When they catch up, we can sell at a lower price and further consolidate our sales advantage by suppressing them."

"Haha... Yunfei, you are bad, you are so bad. No wonder many colleagues say that when you eat meat, they can only drink soup, and when you eat soup, they can only drink northwest wind."

"Hehe... there is no way. The mall is like a battlefield, and colleagues are enemies. The market competition is fierce, we have to survive."

Cao Dinggui asked while pouring the wine: "Yunfei, tell me, can I contribute a little bit? I can't take your research results for nothing, right?"

"Two, just two." Jin Yunfei said: "One, mobilize Lao Wu and Lao Qiao to help us research new fabrics. Second, at the same time, let Lao Wu and Lao Qiao do a good job of keeping secrets."

"No problem." Cao Dinggui said: "After this meeting is over, we will tell them together that they should agree. We are not only friends with them, but also business partners. The most important thing is that their research So, you and I each sponsor 50 yuan a year, and this 50 yuan is not for nothing."

"Okay, that's it."

"Drink, Yunfei, let's finish this bottle before going to sleep."

The next morning, before Cao Dinggui and his wife got out of bed in the guest room, they were startled by a loud knock on the door.

(End of this chapter)