Chapter 5 Making Glass

Shangguan Zhan and several people expressed great envy for Yan Huanzhi's arrival, and after laughing for a while, Shangguan Zhan asked: "I don't know if Brother Chen has his own industry?" We are willing to take a stake. Chen Xiao's mind suddenly cleared up at that time, although he lived a rich life because of the RMB. However, money always has to be spent, no wonder I always feel that there is something missing, it turns out that it is missing here.

With a turn of his head, Chen Xiao came up with a method, he used to work in a glass factory, and he was very good at how to make glass, so why not launch his own glass industry? Chen Xiao, who had made up his mind, said to Shangguan Zhan and the three of them: "Because I have just arrived, I haven't made any preparations, but there is a business that can make a fortune." ”

"Don't know what to do?" Shangguan Zhan was very interested in what Chen Xiao said, he knew that Chen Xiao was a talented person, not only did his poetry well, but also had a solid character, and now he had the idea of making a fortune, such a person must be worthy of deep friendship. And judging by his tone, this business is not small, and listen to what he said.

"Brother Shangguan, do you know about Liuli?" In ancient times, the ancient glaze is said to be found in 493 B.C. when Fan Li (lĂ­) of the Yue Kingdom cast a sword, Fan Li believed that this thing is the ultimate in the creation of heaven and earth, yin and yang, so he dedicated it to the king of Yue along with the sword. The king of Yue was grateful for his sword-forging work, and the original thing was returned, and named it "Li". Subsequently, "Fan Li" visited all the skilled craftsmen and gave "Li" into exquisite jewelry as a love object to Xi Shi. In the same year, because of the war, Xi Shi went to Wu and his relatives, and Xi Shi had to give up his feelings and return the "Li" when he parted. Legend has it that the tears of Xi Shi drop on this "li", the heaven and the earth, the sun and the moon are moved, and the tears can still be seen flowing in it, and it is called "liuli" (glazed homonym) by later generations.

Chen Xiao is quite confident in making glass, he is one of the few people in this era who knows how to make glass, if Shangguan Zhan knows the goods, then he should know what glass is, sure enough, when Shangguan Zhan heard the word glass, his eyes lit up: "But the glass offered by overseas Hu merchants?" ”

"That's it."

"Could it be?"

"Yes, if you know the production method of glass, you can mass-produce glass." When Chen Xiao said this, Shangguan Zhan's emotions calmed down, because Shangguan Zhan knew that it was a felony to make glass without permission, but what kind of identity he was, this little matter could be as long as he got the official introduction of the official family.

"Brother Chen, to tell you the truth, your business has left the three of us brothers, and you really can't play it yourself, you need an official introduction to make colored glass, and this official introduction is currently only available to our brothers. Shangguan Zhan looked at Chen Xiao calmly, he knew that Chen Xiao was a character, and such a person would not be ambiguous in the face of great rights and wrongs, and sure enough, Chen Xiao's words did not disappoint Shangguan Zhan.

"In that case, then I will give three forty percent of this business, and the principal will be divided equally among four people, I don't know if Brother Shangguan is satisfied with such an arrangement?" Anyway, there are a lot of projects in my head to make money, as long as I can successfully cooperate this time, then the next road will be much easier.

"Yes, four achievements are four, and we can set up written evidence to prove it." Shangguan Zhan is not stupid, friendship is friendship, business is business, although the principal is the same, and the three people here only account for forty percent, but this can be said to be a trip without capital, the technology is from Chen Xiao, and the personnel must be completed by their own family, this business can be said to be a win-win situation for both parties.

After setting up the note, Chen Xiao called the housekeeper Zhang Fu and instructed him to buy a porcelain workshop, and gave Zhang Fu 10,000 taels of treasure money.

Chen Xiao and Shangguan Zhan came to the porcelain workshop, Chen Xiao made glass on the spot, although the glass still has traces of oh oh green, but such glass is already very pure, the craftsmen here also regard Chen Xiao as a god at this time, after all, there are not many people who can make glass in this era, and this glass can also be mass-produced, if he learns the steps of production, he will not worry about having no food in the future.

The next day, Shangguan Zhan brought the official lead to Chen Xiao, so this porcelain workshop officially began the process of making glass, only one day, a basket of glasses appeared in front of Shangguan Zhan and others, Chen Xiao looked at Shangguan Zhan's expression at this moment, and felt particularly funny, although the glass at this time still has some dark green traces, but compared with the overseas Hu businessmen's tens of thousands of taels worth of glass, these glasses are obviously much cheaper.

At the banquet to celebrate the advent of the first batch of glasses, the three Shangguan Zhan thanked Chen Xiaolian, and when Chen Xiao priced these glasses to 100 taels each, the three brothers looked at Chen Xiao's eyes and gave off a bright light. The cost of a glass is only a few dozen copper coins, and the price of a glass has increased several times at this time.

Shangguan Zhan and the others quickly calmed down, now the most important thing is that this batch of glasses must have a market, if there is no market, these glasses will still be smashed in their hands, after the discussion of the four people, Shangguan Zhan decided to consign these glasses in the Treasure Pavilion, the Treasure Pavilion has a royal background, and the consignment of glasses there is very safe, do not worry about the quality of the glasses.

After taking the first batch of glasses to the Treasure Pavilion, Chen Xiao and the others were warmly welcomed by the shopkeeper, because such glasses are priced at 100 taels of silver, which is too cheap for the Treasure Pavilion, and he is fully capable of selling this batch of glasses to 500 taels of silver, and he can make a net profit of 5 times as soon as he comes and goes, who doesn't like to do this kind of business?

The next day, the news of the glass cup 500 taels spread all over Beijing, when those rich businessmen who came to buy the glass cup with treasure money saw the glass cup, they were all surprised, the glass of this era is very rare, not to mention the batch of glass cups, those rich businessmen have cooperated with the treasure pavilion, after all, it is the royal tribute, and only the treasure pavilion such a shop is qualified to sell the royal tribute.

This batch of glasses has a total of 100, these glasses have brought almost more than 9,000 taels of profits to Chen Xiao and Shangguan Zhan, the success of this business, but also Shangguan Zhan and others have very confidence in Chen Xiao, this business, but also let the four officially start cooperation, laying a good foundation for dominating the Chinese business community in the future.

It didn't take long for the second batch of glasses to ask about something, with the experience of the first successful sale, this time Chen Xiao and Shangguan Zhan and others were familiar with each other, after selling this batch of glasses to the Treasure Pavilion, Chen Xiao decided to temporarily stop selling glasses, Shangguan Zhan couldn't understand the decision made by Chen Xiao at first, when Chen Xiao said the theory of hunger marketing, the three of them immediately agreed to Chen Xiao's plan.