Chapter 50: Exploring the Market

The next day, just after dawn, Lao Qiao appeared at the door of the Chinese restaurant on his bicycle.

Zhu Xiaohua went out, and the two went straight to the popsicle factory.

The workers of the popsicle factory have just started work, and the person in charge has not yet come.

Workers help with popsicles. It wasn't until the three boxes of popsicles were filled that the middle-aged man in charge appeared.

The last time he saw Lao Qiao and Zhu Xiaohua, he greeted him with a smile on his face and said, "Old Qiao, you sold 600 sticks yesterday, how much do you want to buy today?" ”

Old Joe stretched out his thumb and forefinger, made an "eight" gesture, and said, "Eight hundred." ”

The man was a little surprised, but he smiled even brighter, and said, "Eight hundred is good, take in more at a time, so as not to run back and forth." ”

Zhu Xiaohua said: "According to the policy here, more than 500 roots are one point and a half, let's enter 800 roots at a time, can we have less of them?" ”

The man thought for a moment and said, "Originally, if there were no 1,000 sticks, the price would not be adjusted. However, I see you have bought it many times. So, I'll give you four points. ”

One point four, eight hundred roots cost a total of 11.2 yuan.

If it is at retail price, it is worth forty yuan.

Zhu Xiaohua said: "Deal, I wish us a happy cooperation." ”

The two of them transported the foam crates outside the popsicle factory, and then the problem came. Eight hundred popsicles, eight boxes, and the back seat of the bicycle can't be carried at all.

Old Joe also had a bit of a headache and said, "It looks like we need a three-wheeled truck." ”

Zhu Xiaohua thinks that if the scale is expanded, it will not be solved by a tricycle.

They need a lot of things.

The freezer has not been bought, the site has not been selected, there are many places that need to spend money to learn technology, recruit workers, raw materials, molds, and recruit dealers.

If they had to pay for everything themselves, they would soon be consumed.

Zhu Xiaohua thought about how to solve these troubles at no cost.

After Zhu Xiaohua waited for Jia Liang to come over, he asked him to take care of the popsicles here first, and he and Lao Qiao carried two boxes of popsicles straight to the square of Xiangshan Park.

Yesterday, retailers who bought popsicles and tasted the sweetness were already waiting in the square.

Seeing Lao Qiao pushing the foam box over, they all stepped forward and asked about the price.

Lao Qiao: "Twenty batches, three cents each, fifty batches, two cents each." ”

"I'll have fifty!"

"I'll have fifty too!"

In a short time, two boxes of 200 popsicles totaling were sold out.

Old Joe returned again, with two boxes of popsicles.

By the time the 400th popsicle was finished, it was already past 10 o'clock in the morning.

Zhu Xiaohua counted the retail vendors selling popsicles in front of Xiangshan Park, and there were already six or seven people, each holding a lot of popsicles in their boxes.

The popsicle market in front of Xiangshan Park is temporarily saturated.

Zhu Xiaohua, Jia Liang, and Lao Qiao worked together to transport the remaining four boxes of popsicles to the Bailu Temple Scenic Area.

The husband of the scenic spot conductor has been waiting there for a long time.

Seeing the popsicles delivered, he directly bought a hundred, bought them at three cents, and sold them for five cents. In less than two hours, they were all sold out.

Here, Zhu Xiaohua and Jia Liang also sold about 100 retails.

Old Joe wholesaled fifty sporadically.

The conductor's husband came over and asked, "How many popsicles do you have left, sell them all to me?" ”

Zhu Xiaohua counted them, and there were only more than one hundred and fifty left.

Old Qiao said: "There are one hundred and fifty left, if you want it, you will give it all." ”

Lao Qiao didn't expect that today's 800 sticks could be sold out smoothly, and he was in a good mood.

Zhu Xiaohua suddenly stopped Lao Qiao and said, "There are one hundred and fifty here, and only fifty can be sold." The remaining 100 are going somewhere else. ”

Old Qiao: "In this case, there are still fewer popsicles in Bailu Temple." ”

The conductor's husband was also a little anxious when he saw that there were only fifty popsicles left, and said, "Tomorrow you bring more, and I'll buy 500 directly." Underwriting for you. ”

Lao Qiao and Jia Liang were overjoyed.

Zhu Xiaohua reminded him: "If you buy 500 at a time, you will have to smash your own hands if you can't sell them all." ”

The conductor's husband said, "It's okay, it's better than not selling enough every day." If I sell it like this, I can make money even if I only sell two-thirds of my popsicles. ”

Zhu Xiaohua stretched out his hand: "Then it's a word, I wish us a happy cooperation." ”

The conductor's husband said, "It's a pleasure to work with. ”

Lao Qiao took the remaining fifty popsicles and wholesaled them to the conductor's husband at three cents.

Zhu Xiaohua and the three of them went to a new place with the only 100 remaining popsicles.

This place is in the Hongshan District in the middle of Lucheng. There are many schools and residential areas here, and there is a high concentration of schools, from elementary school to university, and the schools are next to the schools.

Zhu Xiaohua said: "If we can win this area, then we will win a quarter of the market in Lucheng. ”

When the three of them arrived at the densely populated intersection, they still followed the previous method, Jia Liang retailed, Lao Qiao wholesaled, and the wholesale price was the same as that at the entrance of Xiangshan Park.

In the afternoon, when school is over, there are many parents of students who come and go, and more than half of the retail popsicles are quickly sold, but no one comes to buy them wholesale.

Jia Liang sold popsicles to collect money and received soft hands, so happy that he couldn't close his mouth, but saw Zhu Xiaohua frowning.

He couldn't help but ask curiously: "Brother Zhu, the business here is so good, why are you still unhappy." ”

Zhu Xiaohua said: "It seems that it is more difficult to find retail in this place than Bailu Temple. ”

Most of the people here are parents picking up their students from school, and almost no one is interested in selling popsicles. At most, everyone consumes by themselves and buys a few scattered. So I'd rather be more expensive than buy 10 or 20 at once.

A little more than an hour later, the 100 popsicles were all sold for a retail price of five cents.

Jia Liang sighed: "I didn't expect the popsicles to sell so well here, we don't have to run around, just stay here and sell them at nothing." ”

Lao Qiao also felt the same way, and said: "You must know earlier, I came here to sell it two days ago." ”

Zhu Xiaohua has other plans, the market here is so big, how much can be sold in retail. Even if the three of them sell day and night, they will eventually be understaffed.

He had to develop a few retail vendors in the area, like Elephant Hill Park and Bailu Temple.

The popsicles were sold out, and the trio returned again.

Old Joe pushed the cart, all the way to calculate the income from selling 800 popsicles today.

Xiangshan Park, wholesale out of 400, net profit of 6 yuan.

Bailu Temple wholesaled 200 pieces, retailed 100 pieces, and made a net profit of 6 yuan and 5 cents.

At the intersection of Xuefu Road, Hongshan District, 100 retail pieces, net profit of 3 yuan 5.

I made a total of sixteen yuan throughout the day, and I basically have the money to buy the goods tomorrow.

Lao Qiao said: "Yesterday, we were worried that we would lose money by buying 800 popsicles at one time, but we didn't expect to sell them all so quickly. The money I made today is several times higher than that of the previous two days. Or Xiaohua has a vision. How much are we going to buy tomorrow? ”

Zhu Xiaohua said: "Tomorrow I will enter 1,200 roots." We require the popsicle factory to deliver to the designated location. ”