A Journey Through the Worlds of Film and Television

The battle was a battle, but the battle was a battle.

(Marlena)

In the next few days, Lu Cheng divided his men into two groups. One group entered Syracuse to observe the situation, understand the movements of the army and police, and also understand the situation of the gangs that suffered a great loss.

The other group of people found a hidden valley for concentrated training.

There are many hills on Sicily. Syracuse faces the sea to the east and some hilly areas to the west, which is very suitable for hiding people.

After eliminating the forces around Syracuse, Lu Cheng's men already have more than 120 people, which is enough for the time being.

Anyway, there is no need to dominate the world. Cultivating a group of elites with strong combat effectiveness and developing some peripheral personnel will be enough to gain a foothold in Syracuse.

As for the next development, we can't rush it.

Sicily is located in an important position on the Mediterranean trade route and has great strategic significance. There are many garrisons and police on the island. Once a gang grows too fast and has too many people, it will attract the attention of the army and the police.

Therefore, we must develop steadily and take both black and white into account.

After spending a few days teaching his men some fighting skills, shooting essentials, and combat skills, Lu Cheng temporarily handed over the training to Camilo, Eric and others, while Lu Cheng led people to find some suitable businesses.

In the war years, the most profitable businesses are basically related to food and military supplies.

Sicily has a Mediterranean climate, and its agriculture and fisheries are quite developed. The island is rich in citrus, grapes, lemons and other fruits. Agriculture is mainly wheat, vegetables and cotton. The west coast has a developed fishery. Every year, fishermen catch a large number of sardines and tuna, can them and transport them to other places for sale.

These grains and materials are strictly controlled by the government, and the purchase price is also very low. Farmers and fishermen basically can't make money.

Therefore, some people buy some materials from farmers and fishermen at the bottom and smuggle them to other places to make profits.

After thinking about it, Lu Cheng is not ready to do smuggling business.

On the one hand, those who can do smuggling business are all big forces, and there may be some official or military personnel behind them as backers. If Lu Cheng rashly joins and competes with others for the cake, it is easy to be exposed too early, and then he will fall into endless trouble.

Therefore, Lu Cheng is still ready to start with the industry he is familiar with and develop daily chemicals.

Even in this war era, women's lipsticks, stockings, and cosmetics are all in short supply and the prices are high.

Olive oil, sulfur, lemons, etc. on Sicily can all be used as the main raw materials for daily chemical products.

Nowadays, the lipsticks and cosmetics commonly used by women are relatively single in category, and the quality and effect are also average. There are not many daily chemical factories on Sicily. It is completely okay to make daily chemical products.

The first product that Lu Cheng is going to make is lipstick for women.

In the current war period, lipstick is not just a cosmetic for women, but also given special meaning.

In countries such as Britain and the United States, women wearing lipstick is considered a patriotic duty. Beautiful red lips can boost the morale of soldiers on the front line, and red also indicates victory.

In the eyes of many women, wearing lipstick is also a symbol of strength and independence.

Moreover, because the failed art student hated lipstick so much, women wearing lipstick has also become a symbol of anti-fascism.

Because of this, the price of lipstick has remained high. The British government also imposed extremely high tariffs on lipstick, causing many women to be unable to afford lipstick and could only use red beet juice on their lips instead of lipstick.

In this era, the technology related to lipstick is not yet popular. In the future, you can search for a guide on the Internet, buy some raw materials, buy a few small boxes for lipstick, and some molds, and you can make your own lipstick.

Although Lu Cheng has not deliberately studied this thing, his tablet computer, in the light industry section, daily chemical area, has detailed methods for making various lipsticks.

So, Lu Cheng just asked someone to go to the chemical store to purchase a batch of chemicals, and purchased a batch of raw materials. After tinkering in the house for a long time, he made several lipsticks of different colors and smells.

After that, Lu Cheng asked his younger brothers to call out all the women in their families, select a group of women with ingenuity, divide the work among them, and let each group complete the processing of certain materials and certain links.

At the same time, Lu Cheng also asked his men to contact a

A factory was set up to make some lipstick tubes for lipstick.

Lipstick tubes can be made of metal, bamboo, wood, plastic, or glass. There are not many requirements.

Lu Cheng specially asked someone to investigate the prices of various lipsticks sold on the island. The profits are ten, dozens, or even hundreds of times higher than the raw materials.

As long as the lipstick is made, even if the price is lowered, small profits but quick turnover can still make a lot of money.

In order to adapt to the current era, the lipsticks made by Lu Cheng are mainly red, such as tomato red, coral red, rose red, maple leaf red, strawberry red, plum red, etc.

The flavors are also rich and varied, such as apple flavor, lemon flavor, rose fragrance, etc.

After making the samples, Lu Cheng first let the families of those younger brothers use them, and the effect was very good.

After that, Lu Cheng trained his younger brothers while doing business.

After producing a batch of products, Lu Cheng asked some of his younger brothers to hang special wooden boxes with various lipsticks on their chests and go to places in Syracuse where there are more women to try selling.

In order to sell them as quickly as possible, Lu Cheng directly set the price 10% lower than the market price.

In fact, even if the price is reduced by 90% and sold at a 10% discount, it is still a highly profitable business.

But setting the price too low will also affect people's perception and cause people to worry about the quality of the goods.

At the same time, Lu Cheng named his product "Unique beauty", unique beauty, and also designed advertising slogans: "Put on this lipstick, radiate unique charm, you are unique" and so on.

Compared with the relatively monotonous lipsticks at this time, Lu Cheng's products have more colors and more fragrances, plus the low price, which quickly attracted a group of customers.

After using them, it was found that the effect was no different from those big brands, and the quality was even better, so those women liked it more and rushed to buy it.

After the product was initially tested in the market, Lu Cheng immediately sent people with samples to discuss sales with shopping malls in nearby cities.

Of course, it was inevitable that some covetous people would be attracted during this period, but they were quickly eliminated by Lu Cheng's subordinates.

These days, you need to have ways to make money and the ability to protect yourself.

After the lipstick business was established, Lu Cheng summoned his subordinates and prepared to formally establish a daily chemical factory for mass production.

At the same time, Lu Cheng also appeared outside Syracuse, near Malena's house, in his original identity.

"Sir, my house is close to the sea, with beautiful scenery. I can fall asleep and wake up to the sound of the waves every day... If there is no war recently, I will never sell it."

"Just tell me how much it is."

"Add 10% to the original price."

"Then I'd better ask the neighbors. I think they will be happy to sell the house to me."

"Wait, sir, the price is negotiable. How about adding another 5,000 lira? 3,000? Sir, I can give you all the furniture..."

"Add another 1,000 lira at most."

"Okay, 1,000 is 1,000..."