The second secretary in the office of the president of Zeus Corporation in Manhattan is in place, her name is Daisy, and she is a 40-year-old girl.

Daisy, who is also Ohio, fell in love with a boy in a small town when she was 15 years old.

The boy who was a childhood sweetheart later went to other places to do business, leaving Daisy in his hometown.

The boy becomes a man, and he marries another woman in Texas, only to tell Daisy many years later. And poor Daisy was too old to marry at this time.

Some American girls are very casual, and some are very loyal. With the efforts of Jennifer and Daisy, new workers have signed contracts and entered the factory one after another.

There were also Chinese among the new workers, but not all of them. There were Europeans, South Americans, Caribbean islands who bought tickets and came to the United States penniless, they had to live, they needed to work, they became workers at the Zeus mahjong factory in Manhattan.

Liu Shaowen calculated the production cost of a pair of Hera mahjong, and comprehensively calculated the cost of labor, raw materials, purchased parts, energy and other costs, and the cost of a single Hera mahjong was 9.36 US dollars.

The unit price of mahjong wholesalers imported from China has also risen, and the cost of a pair of bamboo mahjong for American mahjong wholesalers to import from China is $17, taking into account the skyrocketing shipping costs and tariffs that have not risen much.

There is also a cost to doing retail, the retail price of imported bamboo mahjong in the United States is 37~40 US dollars, considering various costs, the Jewish group or the White brothers still have a good profit.

The competitors of the Manhattan Zeus Company are not the Jewish group and the White brothers, and the competitors of Hera mahjong are actually mahjong from China.

To put it bluntly, Li Kangping is stealing the overseas market share of China's local mahjong manufacturers.

Those who achieve great things are not informal.

Looking to the future, Li Kangping thinks his current approach is fine.

"Mr. Lee, your phone, Mr. Jim White of the American Mahjong League is calling." Daisy shook the phone in her hand.

Li Kangping took the phone: "Hello, Mr. White." ”

Jim White: "Hera Mahjong, you deserve it." Seriously, I love this slogan. So Mr. Li, where do I go to buy Hera Mahjong? ”

Li Kangping smiled: "Uncle Jim, I am willing to give you a deck of Hera card mahjong." ”

"I appreciate your generosity, I'm waiting for you at the Union headquarters on 50th Street."

"I'll see you later."

After hanging up the phone, Li Kangping said to Benjamin: "Benjamin, you drive the company's car, bring a pair of mahjong, and go to 50th Street with me." ”

With the increase in the number of employees and the continuous expansion of the business, Manhattan Zeus spent 1,800 US dollars to buy three Ford official cars in the name of the company.

Benjamin drove Li Kangping in an official car to the headquarters of the American Mahjong League on 50th Street.

"You go to a nearby coffee shop for a coffee and a bite to eat." Li Kangping asked Benjamin to wait, and he entered the building with a mahjong and met Jim White.

After shaking hands, Jim White said, "Hey, Lee, how are you doing?" Since we're all in the industry, let's get straight to the point. ”

Li Kangping made a gesture of please: "Uncle Jim, this is the Hera brand mahjong produced by our company." ”

Jim White opened the box, poured out the mahjong, and stacked the mahjong in a way he was all too familiar with.

"It feels good, and there is almost no difference from mahjong imported from China." Jim White said satisfied, and he asked, "How many of these mahjong players do you have in your company?" ”

"Uncle Jim, I'd like to invite you to our mahjong factory to have a look, when do you have time?"

"I want to go see it now."

"That's great, let's go."

Li Kangping and Jim White walked outside and got in the car. Benjamin started his car and drove to the Bronx.

This is Mr. Jim White, President of the American Mahjong League and President of White Brothers Trading Company. And this is Mr. Benjamin Lewis, our company's sales manager. Li Kangping introduced the two to each other.

The car arrives at the mahjong factory in the Bronx, and Li Kangping takes Jim White on a tour of the factory.

"Uncle Jim, as you can see, the entire factory covers 12 acres, and the current production of Hera brand mahjong is the No. 1 plant. You see, Plants 2 and 3 are about to be completed. ”

"Well, this is an office building and maintenance workshop under construction, and this vacant land is planned to be built as a dormitory for night shift workers."

"Plants 1, 2 and 3 are the first phase, and there are nearly 50 workers. We will continue to recruit workers and implement a three-shift work system, with a monthly production capacity of 4000~4500 pairs of bamboo mahjong. ”

"When the second phase of construction including No. 4, 5 and 6 plants is completed, we will reach a scale of about 300~330 people, with a monthly output of 8000~9000 pairs. We will strive to improve production efficiency and aim for an annual production capacity of 120,000 mahjong pairs--- which we will achieve next year. ”

Li Kangping painted a grand mahjong blueprint that involved a mahjong business with an annual value of about $4.5 million.

From any point of view, a business with an annual output value of $4.5 million is definitely not a small business.

"Oh, that's amazing!" Jim White exclaimed.

Next is the communication between the boss and the boss.

The American Mahjong League is a non-profit organization, and the White Brothers Trading Company, licensed by the American Mahjong League, is primarily engaged in the retail business of mahjong.

The biggest advantage of Manhattan Zeus is that the Hera brand mahjong they produce has a short lead time, and the Hera brand mahjong shipped from the Bronx factory can be shipped to any city in the United States except Alaska and Hawaii within one to two weeks.

The short lead time means that the funds are returned quickly, which is also conducive to retailers seizing the market.

So Jim White said very directly: "Lee, I want the White Brothers Trading Company to sign a supply agreement with Manhattan Zeus." ”

Li Kangping said cheerfully: "I am happy to do this." ”

The most critical and sensitive thing is the supply price.

Li Kangping had already investigated that the cost of the White Brothers Trading Company's import of bamboo mahjong from China was $17. If the cost of shipping continues to rise, which seems very likely at the moment, then the cost of importing mahjong from Wright Brothers Trading Company will continue to increase.

Therefore, Li Kangping made an offer: "We will supply Hera brand mahjong to the White Brothers Trading Company for $20." Uncle Jim, are you okay with that? ”

Jim White shrugged, "Of course I can't take it. ”

At this time, the procurement process was not so perfect, and there was no such thing as selecting at least three suppliers for bidding.

Party B supplies goods to Party A, and it is necessary for Party B to provide a reasonable and credible quotation.

After some haggling, the two bosses, Li Kangping and Jim White, reached a verbal agreement that the White Brothers Trading Company would buy Hera mahjong from Manhattan Zeus at a single price of $17.

"It's a pleasure to work with."

"It's a pleasure to work with."

Li Kangping shakes hands with Jim White.