Chapter 156: Security Risks
The daily turnover of the 'Kasbah shop' is not high, and the main product, 'Lady Gui' perfume, has been out of sale for some time since Li Yinguang returned to Mambach Town.
Only hype, not sell!
Li Yinguang also wants to make money, but he knows that if he simply relies on the 'noble lady' perfume, the money he can make is at most a meager profit under his nose.
Scarcity is expensive, especially for women, the more things you can't get, the more people can rush to them.
Binding the 'Lady's Newspaper' to the 'Lady's Perfume', in the future, the Lady's Perfume in the castle store will not be sold according to the quota, but will be obtained by lottery, for example, for every 100 copies of the Lady's Newspaper, one lucky audience will be drawn, and then 1,000 copies of the Lady's Newspaper will be bundled and sold, and a quota of ten will be generated.
Of course, this is also the time to test whether the 'Lady Perfume' is attractive, to see if it can pull the consumer group of 'Mrs. Lady's Perfume' to the 'Lady Newspaper'.
In the afternoon, the old man Zhou sent someone to invite Li Yinguang over for tea.
"What the hell are you kid doing?"
After seeing Li Yinguang, Old Man Zhou squinted at the mouse's eyes, and his voice was full of surprise.
Li Yinguang shrugged his shoulders, spread his hands and said with a smile: "What you said in the old way, the kid is upright and upright, how can he become a ghost?" ”
Old man Zhou rolled his eyes and beckoned Li Yinguang to sit down, only then did he say curiously: "Signing so many coolies, buying machinery and equipment, and buying weapons and equipment, is there such a big profit from digging sweet grass and vines outside the city?" ”
He didn't believe that Li Yinguang just wanted to be a good person and give the refugees a way out, not only Old Man Zhou didn't believe it, but also those refugees didn't believe it, and they all thought that Li Yinguang was arranging the overall situation.
"Huh!"
Li Yinguang laughed twice, rolled his eyes and said, "Why don't you also intervene in the stock market, and let's do it together?" ”
Whether it's a good thing, whether there is a profit or not, you will know if the real money comes in, and it is not that you will not play with you when the door is closed.
"Hey, hey!"
Old man Zhou shook his head: "It's cold outside the town, maybe someone will target you, this kind of business old man can't do it!" ”
Li Yinguang sneered and said: "If you can't do it, then you still ask a fart, to tell you the truth, that stall outside the town can earn at least eight million silver cow coins in the winter, and it will kill you with greed." ”
Old man Zhou's eyes flashed, and he smiled: "You kid is running the train with his mouth, not to mention eight million silver bull coins, the old man can't even see the profit of eight thousand silver bull coins." ”
Li Yinguang didn't defend this issue, and there was nothing to talk about, whether it was profitable to dig up sweet grass vine rhizomes, what to do when digging out, and how to realize it, it seemed to be a mystery.
Not to mention others, even Li Yinguang himself didn't understand it, and now they are all crossing the river by feeling the stones, one step at a time.
"Old man, who kidnapped Codien?"
Listening to Li Yinguang's question, Old Man Zhou was stunned, then came to his senses, tilted his head to look at Li Yinguang, and asked curiously: "Why did you suddenly remember to inquire about this 'bad boy'?" ”
Li Yinguang smiled lightly: "Curious! ”
Old man Zhou pondered thoughtfully, shook his head and said, "I don't know, but Codien's servant has already hired a master in tracking, calculate the time, and it should be about to come to fruition!" ”
Li Yinguang frowned: "Is it possible to save it?" ”
Old man Zhou smiled and shook his head: "This is not good, that kid is not arrogant in Mambach Town for a day or two, do you know why he is still alive and well, no one touches him?" ”
"Why?" Li Yinguang asked curiously.
Old man Zhou squinted his eyes and whispered, "There is someone irradiated behind him, and he is still a big man." ”
"Big shots?"
Old man Zhou didn't mean to continue, and Li Yinguang didn't have the intention to ask again, last night's disappearance of Cordion to today, the time has been almost a day and a night.
Of course, Li Yinguang is not curious about whether Codien is alive or dead, but simply wants to know what his final outcome will be.
"You kid made the castle shop, right?" Old man Zhou diverted the topic and asked with a smile.
Li Yinguang's eyes rolled, and he nodded with a smile: "Yes, the kid made it, but you always want a share of the 'noble lady's perfume', so don't open your mouth." ”
When it comes to 'castle shop', there should be nothing to attract this treacherous old man except the lady's perfume.
"You kid, just a few bottles of perfume, as for it?" Old man Zhou blew his beard and glared.
Li Yinguang shrugged his shoulders, shook his head and said with a smile: "As for the castle shop itself, it has been a long time since the castle store has sold 'noble lady' perfume to the outside world, not to mention you, how many pairs of eyes are staring at this perfume from the noble family of the high-ranking officials and nobles in Manbach Town?" Not to mention that the packaging is intact, even if half a bottle is used after opening, it can be sold for two or three hundred silver bull coins. ”
Old man Zhou squinted his eyes and said curiously: "Since the sales are so good, why don't you kid open up production and sales?" ”
Li Yinguang shook his head: "It can't be produced, the raw materials are extremely precious, every bottle of your lady's perfume is rare, and one bottle is sold less." ”
"Satisfy lies!" Old man Zhou shook his head and sighed, he didn't believe Li Yinguang's words at all.
Rolling his eyes, he muttered, "You hired so many coolies to dig the rhizomes of 'sweet grass vines' outside the town, this thing can't have anything to do with your lady's perfume, right?" ”
The words made Li Yinguang stunned for a moment, then raised his hand and touched his nose, and sighed in his heart, there are really smart people everywhere in the world.
"It's okay!" Li Yinguang didn't even think about it, and shook his head directly.
Believe it or not, it's a matter of other people, anyway, Li Yinguang won't admit it, about the formula of 'Lady Gui Perfume', it is absolutely confidential, and it can't be said to the outside.
Leaving the black-hearted grocery store, Li Yinguang's mood can't be said to be bad, nor is it much better, the matter of 'Lady Gui's Perfume' has become a hidden danger and a safety hazard for him.
As the popularity of 'Lady Perfume' increases, so does the hidden danger, and the problem is that there is no way to eliminate this hidden danger now.
Return to the Ironclad City of the Kasbah.
In the control room, Li Yinguang frowned and pondered, it seemed that many of the industries in Mambach Town had reached a 'dead end', but he felt that they were full of vitality and could bring him countless wealth.
For example, the castle shop!
The castle store at No. 18 Zhongbao Street, the daily business has only a few hundred silver cow coins, most of which are contributed by "incense beads" and "sachets", but such a turnover is definitely not outstanding.
'Lady Perfume' is a circle of honorary celebrities, and it is difficult to find a bottle in the market, but the problem is that it cannot be sold openly, and there is no way to bring profits to the castle store.
"We have to think of a way to revitalize the industry in the town of Manbach."
Li Yinguang muttered to himself, whether it was him or the Castle Iron Armored City, they needed to have a steady stream of channels to make money.
In terms of industry, there is a 'No. 18 Zhongbao Street' castle store in Mambach Town, which is from the castle number Tiejia City, but the store belongs to the family Andy Fi.
The castle store has the most prominent "luxury brand" under the name of "Lady Perfume".
In addition, the rest is the 'newspaper industry', owning the 'small newspaper office in Mambach Town', and investing in the newspaper office of Chi Bai Ge, and establishing the 'women's exclusive newspaper'.
But for now, the 'newspaper industry' has plummeted its earning power after the 'small tabloid office in the town of Manbach' ceased to operate, and it is a loss of money.
Recently, it has set up a refugee labor business, setting up temporary camps in the woods outside the town, and purchasing machinery and equipment, weapons and equipment.
In addition to these, personnel training, airship plans, etc., are all continuously costing the little money left in the Castle Iron City.
There are not a few more inputs, and it is really impossible to support the various expenses in the Iron Armor City.
"Wine?"
Li Yinguang thought of the 'wine' fermenting in the Iron Armor City, and it would take a month to get the wine, which belonged to the distant water that could not quench the thirst.
"The newspaper business needs to be carried out quickly, at least to maintain a balance of expenditures, and not to lose money like now!"
"The excavation business outside the town can't be done sparsely, otherwise people won't save much, and they will be dragged to death first!"
"The Castle has to change its business mode and needs to find a variety of ways to monetize."
Li Yinguang muttered to himself, it seems that there are a lot of industries in the layout of the Castle Iron City in Mambach Town, but after careful calculation, there is really no one who makes money, not only does it not make money, but it also continues to post money into it.
If the current pattern is not changed in a short time, the Castle Iron City will be dragged to death, and it may not even be able to survive this winter.
In the evening, the butler Goda, Old Dog, Saipan and others all returned to the Iron City.
The old dog said: "City Lord, the number of coolies in the camp outside the town today has exceeded three hundred, among which there are more than thirty women, accounting for one-tenth, and a few children. ”
Seeing Li Yinguang staring at him, the old dog shrunk his neck and said with a wry smile: "It's useless for you to stare at me, you can't let them throw the child down, right?" ”
Li Yinguang frowned, took a deep breath and asked, "In terms of camp security, there won't be problems, right?" ”
More than 300 people, which is not a small number, the scale of the temporary camp formed is not small, it has only been two days, how many people will be tomorrow, it is not clear for the time being, at least it will not be less than today's number.
"No problem, there are four 'close defense machine guns', and a 50-person escort team has been formed, all of them are armed, and there are rotating personnel day and night, so it's very safe!" The old dog shook his head.
Outside the town, the first thing to worry about is the safety of the camp, because Li Yinguang has asked people to continue to invest, which is much safer than those campsites.
"Well, how's it going today?" Li Yinguang nodded and asked.
The old dog was stunned, scratched his head and said with a dry smile: "The rhizomes of sweet grass vines should have been dug up for thousands of catties, I, I didn't pay much attention!" ”
Li Yinguang was so angry that he couldn't help but scold: "You really think we're doing charity?" Even if it is charity, only investment but no production, how many days can we support it? ”
"Yes, yes, tomorrow I will send someone to keep an eye on the excavation and strive to increase the production capacity!" The old dog nodded vigorously.
Li Yinguang thought for a while, frowned tightly and said: "In addition to increasing production capacity, we also have to think of a way to turn these dug sweet grass vines into commodities, and then exchange them for silver money!" ”