Chapter 34: Journey to Zhejiang Province

With the goal everyone is full of energy, soon they are all back, according to the information that everyone brought back, we gathered a few points, first: the city motorcycle sales point, basically the helmet is not in stock, the most one can only take out eighteen helmets, helmets are basically not sold but bought and sent, second: even if there is a helmet price for sale is between fifty and seventy, third: the style is old, there is no new style, many or a few years ago stock style. Fourth: The most important point is that most people scoffed at the one-man one-helmet operation launched by the traffic police, and 90 percent of the merchants thought that it was a gust of wind and it would be over.

After a few of our discussions, I felt that this matter was worth gambling, and it was agreed that Zhou Shengtao and Qiao Yanan would go to Zhejiang Province together, and Li Bolin would stay and greet him to do a good job in logistics support.

From Hui Province to Leshi City, Zhejiang Province, there are more than 900 kilometers, fortunately, we and Zhou Shengtao can change the drive, but we are not too tired. Qiao Yanan didn't know how to drive, so he sat in the back seat all the way, lay down and slept for a while, and sat up and frolicked.

Seeing that it was the middle of the night, Zhou Shengtao and Qiao Yanan slept only snoring. I didn't expect Qiao Ya boys and girls to snore, I often drive at night, so I don't feel tired, looking at the sleeping two, I didn't call them, just keep driving forward, and when Zhou Shengtao woke up, he was about to get off the highway.

"Brother Wang, I'm sorry, I'm asleep. After Zhou Shengtao woke up, he saw that the sky was already bright, and he was embarrassed and apologized, "I'll open the service area in front of the road, you go and squint for a while." ”

"Well, that's fine. "To be honest, after a long night of running, I drove two-thirds of the way, and although I felt like I could still hold on, I did need to take a break when I thought there was still a lot to do today.

Qiao Yanan also woke up when he parked in the service area, and learned that I had driven the car all night, and complained about Zhou Shengtao dissatisfied, making Zhou Shengtao seem to have committed some heinous crime.

One of the manufacturers we contacted on the phone was a professional helmet factory located in the eastern suburbs of Leshi Industrial Park, and according to him, he now has more than 100,000 helmets in stock. We followed the address he gave and found the place. However, it was still early at seven o'clock, so we drove to a breakfast stall and decided to have breakfast first.

The breakfast stall is very simple, that is, there are a few tables outside, the boss has good craftsmanship, the fritters are fluffy and golden, and the xiaolongbao skin is thin and filling, which is very tempting, "Boss, ask you something." I asked, biting into the fritters.

"What's the matter?" you say. "The boss's mouthful of Henan.

"Ah, fellow, it's Henan. "When I used to run a business, I learned a skill, no matter where the dialect, as long as I listen to it for a while, I can learn seven, nine, eight, ten. Henan used to be one of my main markets, and I could speak authentic Henan dialect.

"Ah, you're also from Henan?" the boss asked kindly.

"Well, it's Zhoukou. "I went all over the place.

"Oh, Zhoukou, it's not far, it's not far, uh, it's Shangqiu. "The owner came interested.

"Shangqiu's steamed buns are delicious, and they are good with spicy soup. ”

"Hu spicy soup is not good, people in the local area are not used to eating it, they don't understand. "The owner seemed a little regretful.

"Fellow, look at you as the big boss, what's the matter, you ask. ”

To be honest, I'm okay with a simple conversation, but if I talk too much, then my Henan flavor will be obvious, but people are like this, the first impression is very important, and once the preconceived consciousness is formed, he won't care about what happens behind you.

"We want to come and sell helmets wholesale, I don't know if there are many helmet manufacturers here?"

"Oh, it's a little late, a few years ago there were helmet factories everywhere, and now many of them have closed down and are gone. The boss waved his hand and pointed to an area of the industrial zone.

"Why did it go out of business?" I wondered.

"Why? Business is not good, no one is wearing a helmet now, business must be bad. The owner explained.

"Oh, big brother, do you know the 'Protector' helmet factory?"

"I know, why don't I know, my wife is picking up waste inside, but the efficiency of the factory is not good, and my wife hasn't been to work for more than a month. ”

"Oh. I nodded thoughtfully.

Soon finished breakfast and said goodbye to the boss and left the breakfast stall.

"Hahaha, I'm laughing to death, Brother Zhiyuan, when did you become Zhoukou, no.... It's Zhou Kou, "Qiao Yanan didn't go far, so he smiled and learned to speak with me."

"Brother Wang, I took it, I really convinced, I didn't expect you to have such a hand, this Henan dialect, I thought you were from Henan. I got the information I wanted in three sentences or two, which is really amazing. Zhou Shengtao echoed on the side.

I smiled and said, "It's nothing, I learned it when I was running a business before, in fact, do you know why I learned various local dialects in the first place?"

"Why?" asked Qiao Yanan curiously.

"One is to communicate with customers to get closer, and the other is to not be slaughtered. I said.

"Don't get slaughtered?" Qiao Yanan didn't understand.

"There are some places where people are very bad and very bullying, especially some taxi drivers, who hear that you are an outsider, and when they are supposed to be a kilometer away, they can pull you around in a circle for five kilometers, so you can speak in dialects, and basically this kind of thing does not happen. I explained.

"Oh, there's such a thing. Qiao Yanan suddenly realized.

"Of course, now that kind of thing is gone, everyone has a smartphone, everyone has a navigation, and taxi drivers don't dare to take a detour anymore. Besides, the quality of people now is much better than before, and they won't do such things anymore. "Actually, I still believe that there are more good people than bad people in this world.

"Brother Wang, what about us now?" Zhou Shengtao was concerned about the next step.

"Let's take a look first, but remember one thing, quality and price are linked, price and output are linked, we first look at the quality, and then look at the price, you also heard it just now, this factory has been out of production for more than a month, this is the capital we negotiate. There is another point that we can't say where we are, now the information is so well-informed that it is easy to be heard, we will say that we do foreign trade, this batch of helmets is exported to Africa, and we must not let the manufacturer know our details, at least not now. I analyzed.

"Okay, Brother Wang, listen to you. Zhou Shengtao nodded in agreement.

In order to learn more about the situation, we decided not to rush to contact the owner of the helmet factory, but first walked around, found a place to park the car, and the three of us walked into the industrial park on foot.

As it turned out, my decision was correct, and we found fourteen helmet factories in the industrial park, but basically there was no one at the door, just a security guard guarding the door. In the past, many of them were in a state of shutdown, and I learned that the helmet factory is now in normal production for three months a year, and is basically closed at other times, and sometimes it will do a little foreign trade orders.

There are also a few that have directly converted helmet factories into helmet factories to produce the kind of cheap construction site helmets. There are only three or four manufacturers that are still barely running, and the 'Protector' helmet factory we are looking for is one of the only remaining manufacturers that insist, but it was also discontinued a month ago.