Chapter Ninety-Four: How Hard to Sell Baskets

The weather was good the next day, and Li Xiaohe was in a good mood.

Yesterday's "first plough" went smoothly, which means that the land lease has been completed. Prior to this, Hejiaying and Xiangyang Villages signed a five-year lease agreement with Lvye, and Lvye Company also paid the rent for the first two lease years in a lump sum as agreed. This time, the potatoes have been planted in the soil, and after two days today and tomorrow, all the 1,000 acres of land will be planted. The next management and harvest are mainly the affairs of Kurayoshi Company, and the township only needs to supervise and maintain the normal implementation of the lease contract.

The reason why Li Xiaohe is in a good mood is also because of the contact with Xia Mengjie yesterday, of course, this is not because of the accumulated hours with the beauty, but because of Xia Mengjie's statement. In the short time of sitting on the seeding machinery yesterday, Xia Mengjie reminded that the income from leasing land is limited, especially in the township, there is no direct income. At the celebration dinner in the afternoon, Xia Mengjie once asked Li Xiaohe separately whether the township had any intention of developing the potato food industry. Obedient and listening, of course Li Xiaohe understood what the other party meant, so he continued to stare at the question, but the other party smiled at the right time and did not answer.

Now that I think about it, if Xia Mengjie didn't lie yesterday, it was the intention to invest in building a factory. It's just that I don't know if Xia Mengjie said it casually, and I don't know if she can count when she speaks? Thinking of this, Li Xiaohe opened the drawer and took out the information of Kurayoshi Lvye Siyuan Branch and looked at it.

Seeing this information, Li Xiaohe smiled. Yesterday on the potato planter, Xia Mengjie asked herself why she recognized her, and she talked nonsense at that time. In fact, I had read this information in advance, and recognized the other party through the photo on the copy of the business practice. Although there is a certain gap between the small photo on the license and the person, the basic appearance is still the same.

"Tuk tuk", a knock on the door sounded, interrupting Li Xiaohe's thoughts.

Putting away the information, Li Xiaohe said, "Come in." ”

The door opened, and Qin Mingsheng walked into the house.

"Lao Qin, what's the matter?" Li Xiaohe asked directly.

Qin Mingsheng sat on the chair and sighed lightly: "It's a good thing, but it's also a sad thing." Now those villages have compiled a lot of baskets, which is much faster than expected, at least more than 20%. There have been no less than 10 groups of partners in the past, and some of them have said conclusively, but so far, none of them have signed an agreement, let alone paid a deposit or made direct purchases. There was a call from the village, and now the baskets can't be put down.

In the beginning, the baskets were placed in each house, but later in consideration of the convenience of delivery, the village committee kept them specially. However, the village committees of those villages are not large, and some have a spare room, which is usually not used, but is used as a warehouse, which can store some; In some villages, there is no spare room, so another office house is temporarily vacated and stored temporarily. According to the initial survey, including negotiations with some companies, it is expected that three to forty percent of the products will now be sold. But now, not only has not one been sold, but so much more has been produced, and the villages can't let it go. ”

Li Xiaohe said: "Then let each family take the basket back, and take it out when it is purchased, it will take half a day more, and it will definitely be able to put it away, and it should not be delayed." ”

"However, now I don't want to take it back, and I can't tell which one I made it up. When I first gathered in the village committee, the work was done a little roughly, and I only counted them according to large, medium, and small, but now I really can't distinguish between them. The reason why people are reluctant to take it back is that 'not recognizing' is just an excuse, in fact, people are worried that they will not be able to sell, and now many people have been shaken. Qin Mingsheng said apologetically, "The main thing is that I didn't do my work carefully, and I blamed me for not asking them at the beginning." ”

"The villagers are worried that they won't be able to sell it, so why shouldn't the village committee?" Li Xiaohe sighed.

"Yes, if you can't sell it, will you still be able to produce it? If you stop, I'm afraid that if you want to get it again, it will be a lot of trouble. In fact, in recent days, many people have not made up, they are all busy farming, only Hao Dazhu and Yu Bao have been making up a few families with less farming. Fortunately, I heard from the township chief, if this kind of family-style production is adopted, if it is gathered together and made into a factory, I am afraid it will be more troublesome. Qin Mingsheng was very worried.

After a deep sigh, Li Xiaohe said slowly: "Now that it is like this, I also have a problem, and I thought about the problem at the beginning. When I first proposed basket weaving, I was inspired by Yu Bao and Hao Dazhu, both of whom did not farm much land and had this craft. Hao Dazhu is okay, anyway, he lives alone, he usually lives in that big yard, and he also guards the door by the way. But when Yu Bao had nothing to do, he wanted to play with money, and I heard that he hadn't changed it since he was arrested, and if he didn't play the big one, he would play the small one. However, the loss of dozens of yuan a day is also enough for a peasant family, and if you win, you will spend it on the commissary and buy food and drink.

There are many people like him in the township, and there are many reasons for this, among which the surplus of labor is an important factor. And many people are pulling their families and mouthful, and they are unwilling to leave their families and businesses to go out to work, so they earn money at home, and they are also willing. As it turned out, they were quite in favor of this method, and when they heard about basket weaving and insoles, they were all in favor of it. The reason why I don't advocate building a factory is mainly because of the cost, and I want to try it first. But from the current point of view, although the cost is reduced, there are problems when it comes to sales, and several companies are skeptical and distrustful of this kind of family workshop.

This attitude of the enterprise is also something that we have not collected before, or our market research is not detailed enough and not operable. This is due to your lack of professionalism, and I can't shirk my responsibility, and some of the feedback I received at the beginning is different from reality. However, now we still can't blindly set up factories, but we have to do everything possible to sell products. As long as you sell one, you don't have to worry about the second. By the way, our sales ideas should also be appropriately changed, not just want to buy big orders, small sales orders should also be done, grasshoppers are also meat. ”

Qin Mingsheng nodded and said: "The township chief is right, selling things is the most fundamental." I also thought that I couldn't just think about selling it myself, I could contact those intermediaries. ”

"This is also a way, but the intermediary chosen must be able to be relied on, and now there are individual intermediaries who deceive on both sides, and they have to be guarded against." Li Xiaohe reminded, "Also, we must consider letting farmers move as soon as possible, and we must also participate in sales, so that people can't feel that sales are just a matter in the township and that they have nothing to do with them."

"Okay." After nodding in agreement, Qin Mingsheng hesitated again, "Township Chief, what should I do now?" ”

Li Xiaohe was puzzled: "Right now? Didn't you say that? Sell products as soon as possible. ”

But those village cadres all complained, saying that the village committee couldn't put it down at all, and there were two and a half rooms in the three rooms, and there was not even a place to plug in. They also said that now basket weavers run to the village committee every day to give them a clear message, or they will come to the township to ask. The point is that the village committee really can't let it go, so we have to let them have a place to work. Qin Mingsheng hesitated, "Why don't you think of a way to find a place in the township?" ”

"Where is there a place in the township? Can you take care of this? Li Xiaohe frowned.

"Well, well." Qin Mingsheng looked very embarrassed, stood up slowly, and walked out.

"Wait." Li Xiaohe stopped the other party, "There's no place in the township, you can't put my office, right?" ”

Qin Mingsheng immediately turned his worries into joy and turned back: "Township Chief, isn't the yard rented by Yishan Company back now, those old factories are empty." And Hao Dazhu lives in that courtyard again, and the basket he made himself has to be put there. ”

"The courtyard?" After pausing for a while, Li Xiaohe said again, "If it really doesn't work, you can consider it." However, there are several issues that must be clarified: first, the township only provides them with a storage place, and is not responsible for the number and management of baskets; Second, when storing, remember the amount between each other, and the township will not give them a confused case; Third, the warehouses are all open, the doors are limited, and they have figured out how to manage the door lock key; Four...... I can't remember it for the time being, you go back and think about it, don't get into trouble. ”

"Okay, I'll do it right away." With a promise, Qin Ming gave birth to the house.

"Hey, it's hard to sell baskets." Li Xiaohe sighed lightly and leaned back in his chair, his good mood yesterday was gone.

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At around five o'clock in the afternoon, Li Xiaohe appeared in front of the courtyard more than a kilometer away from the village. The automatic retractable door has been opened, the brass sign of "Yishan Deep Processing Co., Ltd." on the wall next to the door has long been removed, and several agricultural vehicles are parked in the courtyard, and many people are unloading the white baskets from the cars and carrying them to the warehouse.

"The township chief is here? Come on in. Hao Dazhu warmly greeted the door.

After answering "yes", Li Xiaohe followed Hao Dazhu into the courtyard and came straight to the front of the West Row Warehouse.

Qin Mingsheng hurriedly stepped forward and pointed behind him: "Township Chief, now each village has divided its area, and its own baskets are stored in its own area. These baskets are strung with rope, one small string for every ten and one large string for every five small strings, so that they are easy to store, easy to manage, and easy to carry. ”

Li Xiaohe didn't answer, but walked forward directly, walked around the entire warehouse, and stopped to look at the basket area. The storeroom is indeed large enough, and it seems very empty when you put so many baskets. He turned his head and asked, "How much has been put in now, and how much is left?" ”

"Put more than half, and less than forty percent." Qin Mingsheng replied.

"Township Chief, in such a big place, you can put it in force, and you can put it in it for a year." Hao Dazhu interjected.

"A year? If you can't sell it for a year...... "Stopping the conversation, Li Xiaohe changed the topic, "It's just temporary storage, and it's also convenient for large trucks to transport goods, I don't plan to put it for a long time at all, and it will have to be empty at that time." ”

The people who looked back just now heard the words of the township chief, and suddenly their spirits were much fuller, and they went to carry and stack again.

"Really? That's the thing, a lot of people just said that they couldn't sell it, so they stored it. Hao Dazhu suddenly realized, "I'll just say, there is nothing that Township Chief Li personally grasped." ”

Li Xiaohe sighed secretly: Borrow your auspicious words.