Chapter Ninety-Seven: Beauty Place
"Kerr, like you, is my most important person! You three babies, I am afraid of falling in my hands, and I am afraid of melting in my mouth, how can I let her do those vulgar business! Do you know who makes the best money in this world? Xiao Yao asked with a mysterious smile.
The three of them all look at me and I look at you, then shook their heads and asked, "Whose money is it?" ”
"It's a woman's money!" Xiao Yao said word by word.
"Women's money? How good is a woman's money? How much money can a woman have? All three beauties expressed disbelief.
"Still saying it's not profitable? Think about it, just the three of you, how many clothes have you taken in the cloth shop of General Comptoir in the past few days, and if you really want to collect money, how much do you calculate to give? Xiao Yao looked at the three of them slyly.
"Oh, stinky pervert, do you think we are spending money indiscriminately, and the fat people didn't say anything about us, do you dare to have an opinion?" Xiao Wuhua was annoyed and angry, ready to twist Xiao Yao's ears.
"Wuhua, where do you want to go, I am also half the boss of the General Firm, mine is not yours, I have no problem with you moving the whole store! I mean there are so many young ladies in Jinling, how many clothes do they have to buy in a month, as well as rouge gouache and the like, this money, do you say it is good to make money? Xiao Yao hurriedly dodged the attack and explained.
"What you said seems to be right, now those young ladies of the family, Mrs. Wangfu, do have to make a few new clothes every month, and the demand for those rouge gouaches is also very large, but people have special people to customize for them, how can you get them to buy your products?" Xu Miao asked.
"Shiro said that doing business should be divided into grades, and different strategies should be used for different people, I think, if these ladies and ladies are to buy our clothes, then our products must be more high-end than their custom-made!" Song Keer's eyes lit up and said.
"Kerr is so smart, what woman doesn't love beauty, if our clothes are made of better quality and better style, then we can turn her into our customer!" Xiao Yao said with a smile.
"Then you mean to let Sister Kerr sell clothes?" Xu Miao asked.
"Of course, there are so many things that are used on you women! In addition to clothes, we also sell rouge gouache, perfume, soap, and so on! Xiao Yao blurted out.
"Childe, what are the things you said later?" Song Ke'er heard it in a fog.
"Perfume is a liquid that mixes floral scents with alcohol, and the fragrance is a hundred times more fragrant than the perfume powder you use now! And Chen Guo is located in the south of the Yangtze River, the climate is mild, it is the production base of flowers, raw materials are not a problem at all, as long as we refine the unique floral fragrance of flowers, plus the fragrance can amplify the fragrance of a hundred times, it is completely possible to produce perfume! Xiao Yao said with a smile.
"Really? To put it so mysteriously, is there really such a thing that is a hundred times more fragrant than incense powder? What flowers can have such a strong fragrance? Xiao Wuhua didn't believe Xiao Yao's words very much.
"I think what Shiro said must be true, because Shiro has already given us too many surprises, the world is so big, there are no surprises, and Shiro is very knowledgeable, what he said must be true!" Xu Miao believes in Xiao Yao very much at this point.
"Still know me! I don't lie when I come out, and you are all my sweethearts, how could I lie to you! Xiao Yao gave Xu Miao an affectionate look and said.
"I also believe that Childe won't lie to us, so what are those things called soap in the back?" Song Ke'er asked.
"Soap is a cleansing thing that can wash away stains and grease stains! For example, in summer, everyone will sweat and smell of sweat, as long as we use soap in the bath, we can easily remove the dirt on our body, and the soap can also be used to clean clothes, after washing, it is as clean as new! Xiao Yao smiled confidently.
"According to Childe, these are everyday things, and they must be in great demand! Are we going to open a workshop right away? Also recruiting a large number of workers? Song Keer's business acumen immediately worked.
"Kerr is right, of course we have to start a workshop! However, now there are many victims of the typhoon, those men have been recruited to be migrant workers, but there are still many women who have nothing to do, we can recruit these female victims into our workshop to help us produce, so that we can not only save more victims, but also greatly reduce costs, killing two birds with one stone! Xiao Yao said.
"Only for women?" The three asked.
"Of course, we only recruit women, because these are women's products that we make! Every woman is beautiful, so new products such as perfumes and soaps are sure to sell well! I've thought of the name, it's called Beauty Place! A store that only women can enter! Men and dogs, no entry! Ha ha! Xiao Yao laughed.
"Beauty Place? That's a nice name! It's direct and to the point! The most literate Xu Miao also applauded.
"And when the time comes, we will also pay attention to marketing strategies, such as first through the word-of-mouth of your girlfriends, one to ten, ten to hundred, we will also set up rewards, the more girlfriends you promote, the lower the price of the goods at that time!" Xiao Yao talked about the classic sales model of later generations.
"When the time comes, the whole Jinling, the noble ladies and rich ladies of the entire Chen Kingdom will use our products, and finally, we will sell them to the Zhou Kingdom and Qi Kingdom, so that their women will also use our products! Haha, you say that women's money is not the best to make! Xiao Yao said with a laugh.
Xiao Yao is a person who does what he says, and immediately came to the laboratory of the iron workshop, a secret room that even Zu Yuan could not enter without Xiao Yao's permission, and there were all kinds of strange experimental equipment in it according to Xiao Yao's requirements, as well as all kinds of different experimental materials, Xiao Yao was ready to make soap and perfume.
Making soap is very simple, just add caustic soda with grease and heat it at high temperatures. Of course, this is just a blank of soap, and various spices must be added to it, and then it can be purified to make a white soap similar to that of modern times.
Perfumes are much more complex, consisting of a mixture of essences and alcohol, mixed with other specific fragrances.
The flavor is divided into natural flavor and synthetic flavor, natural flavor is a mixture of spices, but due to the influence of variety, origin, production season, etc., the output of natural animal and plant flavors is relatively small, and the price is still very high, so Xiao Yao chose synthetic flavors.
The synthesis methods of synthetic fragrances are complex and simple, involving a variety of organic reactions, such as oxidation, reduction, esterification, isomerization, etc., which are mainly purified by vacuum fractionation and crystallization.
However, this spice has a large output and low cost, which makes up for the lack of natural spices, such as refining turpentine, litsea cubeba oil, citronella oil, rapeseed oil, these common raw materials can be prepared.
Moreover, the general trading house, which was becoming more and more financially powerful, had continuously bought all kinds of ore raw materials from all over the world in order to satisfy Xiao Yao's preference for all kinds of strange ore raw materials, and even the oil was imported from Gaonu County in Zhou State to Chen State by Zu Yuan.
Therefore, Xiao Yao, who has so many raw materials in hand, after various complex chemical tests, finally synthesized a bottle of aromatic essence, which exudes a fragrance that is not as strong and pungent as gouache, but with a fresh and natural feeling, extremely elegant, and pleasant and refreshing after smelling, and even more intoxicating!
Xiao Yao used this spice, added alcohol, and then added three floral essences of rose, jasmine and lotus extracted from a large number of petals, and finally made three bottles of modern perfume in the true sense!