Back to 1980: Please Love Me Again

Chapter 118 Zheng Meiyun's Business Plan
Pingyang County, Zhao Wenmu's new home.

When Zhao Wenmu was practicing Kamepai Qigong hard, there was a little girl who couldn't hold back anymore and was about to start her first business in her life.

This little girl is none other than Zheng Meiyun.

The old lady is in good health now, and she doesn't need to stay at home to take care of her. The little girl can also do what she wants to do.

"Meiyun, are you really going to set up a stall?"

Zheng Guangming still hopes that she will go back to school, but Zheng Meiyun is a little girl with ideas, and once she has made a decision, she will not waver easily.

"Well, brother, I've seen it, and it's quite profitable to set up a stall in the convenience market!"

She has not been idle these days, she wanders around the convenience market every day, looking for business opportunities.

There are business opportunities everywhere in this era, and a smart girl like her quickly found the right one for her.

That is selling clothes.

At the moment, the streets are full of army green, blue-brown, and khaki worker uniforms and military uniforms. Clothes of other colors are very rare.

Whenever she looked at these crowds, she would think of the beautiful clothes that Zhao Jing wore at Zhao Wenmu's house.

She often visits Zhao Wenmu with Zheng Guangming.

I have been to Shanqian Village many times.

The beautiful clothes that Zhao Wenmu bought from the Friendship Mall, and the western style clothes that Mr. Rong sent from Xiangjiang made her very envious.

As a little girl with normal aesthetics, I naturally feel that those bright, bright and fashionable clothes look better.

No, it is not the same at all!

Compared with these beautiful clothes, the current clothes are far from being comparable in terms of beauty or comfort.

So, she came up with the idea of ​​selling clothes.

go south!

Go to those foreign-style places and buy good-looking clothes, and you will definitely make a lot of money in Pingyang County!
But she is just a little girl, she has no capital, nor the ability to go to the south to buy goods.

Maybe even people and money will disappear by then!
Zheng Guangming naturally couldn't rest assured that she would go to the south alone.

So she decided, the next best thing, was to sell buttons.

Small buttons are also important decorations on clothes!
There is a button factory in Quancheng City, and she can ask someone to make better-looking buttons.

For this reason, she has not left the house for several days, so she draws patterns at home.

Now that the drawing is finally finished, a new problem arises. As a little girl, how can she have the ability to ask others to make a batch of buttons?

The only person she can think of who has this ability is Zhao Wenmu.

So the little girl came to Zhao Wenmu's house with her own pattern in her arms.

Zhao Wenmu took the design draft and looked through it carefully.

The little girl's design is quite satisfactory, mainly because of the addition of two colors of red and colored buttons. Other aspects have not changed much, and a little wave pattern or auspicious cloud pattern has been added.

Don't underestimate this little innovation. In a plate of stagnant water, even a few drops of hot oil can produce amazing movements.

Zhao Wenmu took a pen and paper, and drew a few sketches.

One is heart-shaped and five-pointed star-shaped buttons, and the other is in the shape of a smiling face. The color matching is the simplest solid color, such as pink or purple.

From the perspective of later generations, it is very rustic.

At the moment it is very foreign.

Especially suitable for children.

Zhao Jing and Rong Xinyi were also eager to move after reading it. Rong Xinyi imitated the clothes sent by Rong Renyi and designed a horn button.

Zhao Jing designed a leaf pattern on the ordinary button. This pattern is printed through the button, and the overall background is wood grain.

"Wow! This looks good!"

Zhao Jing's design draft won unanimous praise from everyone.

"Mei Yun, how do you sell buttons in the market now?"

Zhao Wenmu naturally had to understand the market conditions first.

Zheng Meiyun took out a few buttons from her pocket, big and small, all round black or gray buttons.

"This kind of small one costs 2 cents, and the big one costs 4 cents."

"The price is similar to that of a supply and marketing cooperative, but you don't need a ticket. A small stall can sell about 100 pieces a day."

Zheng Meiyun observed very carefully and did a thorough market research.

In this day and age, almost everyone makes clothes by themselves, and buttons are in great demand.

"I've asked a lot of people, and everyone thinks the buttons don't look good."

She added that she seemed to be worried that Zhao Wenmu would not be optimistic about her entrepreneurial project.

Zhao Wenmu nodded.

Hand her the design drafts back, including the ones drawn by others.

"You should improve these design drafts, including the specific size and material of each button. You must be careful!"

"It's best to have several different sizes of each style."

"If you are not sure about the size, just ask those tailors what types of buttons are used to make various clothes."

"Then make a detailed plan for me, and I'll invest in you!"

The tutor turned the high-backed chair.

The little girl's entrepreneurial project is very reliable, and Zheng Meiyun is a business genius herself, so entrepreneurial mentor Zhao Wenmu naturally wants to invest in her.

Not only to invest, but also to hold it firmly in your hands.

"Really!"

Zheng Meiyun couldn't believe it, and then hurriedly nodded her head heavily.

"Thank you third brother! I'll go back and prepare now!"

After saying hello to everyone, she ran out again.

Only the dust splashed in the courtyard proved that someone had been there.

"This child!"

Zheng Guangming sighed in embarrassment.

A few days later, Zheng Meiyun came again, this time without Zheng Guangming.

"Third brother, I chose these six styles, each with three sizes, a total of 18 different styles."

Zheng Meiyun reported seriously.

Zhao Wenmu opened the booklet.

I saw that Zheng Meiyun chose leaf pattern buttons, pink heart-shaped buttons, red five-pointed star buttons, ordinary red buttons, ordinary colored buttons and gray buttons with wavy patterns.

The last one also has a line of explanatory text, "Most clothes are green or brown now. For matching, gray buttons are still in great demand, so this design is reserved."

"In addition, the leaf-patterned buttons are light gray, which is more versatile."

The little girl didn't blindly pursue good looks, she made a series of choices in the final analysis for the sake of sales.

"Third brother, I have also inquired with those vendors. Their purchase price is about 6% of the selling price, and the actual ex-factory price is estimated to be no more than 4% of the selling price."

In other words, the actual ex-factory price of a button that sells for 2 cents does not exceed 8 cents.

This is for sure. Zhao Wenmu estimated that the actual ex-factory price would be 5% which would be a lot.

"Mei Yun, go back and prepare, we will go to the city in two days!"

With this ex-factory price, Zhao Wenmu knew it well when negotiating the price with the other party.

……

Zhao Jing and Rong Xinyi have more than ten days to take the exam. These days, the two sisters almost stay at home, reading in the study every day.

"Daughter-in-law, Ah Xin, do you want to go to the city together?"

"How many days have you both stayed at home!"

It is no exaggeration to say that the high school exam papers at this moment are no more difficult than the middle school exam papers in later generations.

In other words, it is far inferior to the exam papers of later generations.

What's more, the entrance examination for night school is simpler.

Zhao Wenmu is still clear about the second daughter's true level, and there is nothing wrong with taking the night school exam.

"is it okay?"

Zhao Jing raised her head and asked, it could be seen that she was still looking forward to it.

"Yeah! I'm going to play in the provincial capital!"

Rong Xinyi has a childlike heart and has already started cheering.

"Okay, that's one day."

Zhao Jing was still a little worried.

"Don't worry, there must be no problem!"

Rong Xinyi was here, and Zhao Wenmu didn't want to move his hands, he just stroked Zhao Jing's soft long hair lightly.

It can be seen that Zheng Meiyun attaches great importance to this matter, and she went home to sort out the product design again and again.

On the day of departure, I deliberately imitated the appearance of an adult and dressed myself more maturely.

But no matter what, that immature face still betrayed her age.

Rong Xinyi was two years older than her, and chattered along the way, and the other four people combined didn't talk as much as she alone.

"Axin has become much more lively, and the impact of that incident on her seems to have almost passed."

Zhao Wenmu and his wife sat together, talking and teasing the little girl along the way, time passed quickly.

They went out early in the morning, naturally in order to be able to go back that day.

Quancheng City Daqing Button Factory is in the east of the urban area, just on the only way for buses from Pingyang County to Quancheng City. They can get off directly at the gate of the factory.

The environment around the button factory is a bit messy, and there are all kinds of garbage everywhere.

Zhao Wenmu went straight to the security room, while the others waited at the door.

"Comrade, I want to order a batch of buttons from you, can you pass the message to the leader?"

There was only a fat middle-aged man in the guard room, who was dozing off on the table.

Zhao Wenmu knocked on the door and said with his head.

The middle-aged man was woken up, still a little ignorant, so Zhao Wenmu had to say it again.

"Oh! Which unit are you from? Do you have a letter of introduction?"

The guard finally understood, he asked loudly.

"I don't have a company, I just want to order a batch of buttons myself."

Zhao Wenmu replied calmly.

"Oh, that won't work, we only accept orders from state-run units!"

The guards were also a little curious. This was the first time someone wanted to order buttons from them.

But his attitude is very firm.

Zhao Wenmu reached out and took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, and took out another card, put it under the pack, and handed it to the middle-aged guard.

The King of Hell is good to see, but the little devil is difficult to deal with.

"Comrade, please help to report, maybe the leader will agree? Right, it's okay to ask."

As he spoke, he tapped his pocket.

The guard saw clearly that there seemed to be more money inside.

Zhao Wenmu's set of movements seemed to be concealed, but he was completely under the watchful eye of the guards.

He licked his tongue, took the cigarette with his hand, and quickly put it in his pocket.

"Okay, then let me ask for you! But let's talk about the ugly words first, the leader may not agree to see you."

After speaking, he turned and went into the factory.

Zhao Wenmu walked back to the factory gate, but saw Zheng Meiyun and Rong Xinyi rummaging through the trash.

"What are you looking for?"

He yelled curiously.

"Third Brother, there are so many buttons here!"

　Chapter 115 is still not released, please modify it another day and try again.

　　
　
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