Chapter 116: Perfume Makes a Splash in the Harem
"Remember, this is the first product of our Daming Department Store, the price can't be too expensive, you can add 10% of the profit to the cost, we want to make the most ordinary people can afford it, so that they can also benefit together."
Zhu Changwu quoted a very low price for the soap he had just made, and when he heard the ears of others, they all nodded incessantly.
Chen Yuanyuan stood aside, and when he looked at Zhu Changwu, his eyes were full of small stars. The man she likes is so loving to the people, and she really didn't look at the wrong person.
But in fact, everyone misunderstood Zhu Changwu. The price of soap is really low, and it is not profitable at all after removing the cost. But don't think that he really doesn't plan to make money, it's just a means of marketing.
Needless to say, the power of future generations is so powerful. Zhu Changwu sells soap at a low price in order to attract more people to the Daming Department Store. As long as there is enough popularity in the store, everything will be sold faster at that time, and that is when you start making money.
Get the soap out, this thing is used to make signs, Zhu Changwu doesn't point to this thing to make money, and the soap he makes is the point.
For this kind of good thing, which was considered a luxury at that time, Zhu Changwu directly came to a high price, and its price was thirty times the cost.
Yes, it's that wayward. Whoever lets this thing not have it in the hands of others, this is the benefit of monopoly.
Under Zhu Changwu's hands that can kill people and are very dexterous, the most important thing is that there is a knowledge and good brain that others can't match, and the first batch of soaps and perfumes of the Daming Research Institute were manufactured.
The raw materials have long been prepared by Sun Chuang, and the first batch of physical objects has been made a lot, especially when the perfume came out, it was immediately favored by Chen Yuanyuan and a group of female soldiers in the research institute.
They haven't used incense before, such as sachets are a must-have for every beauty-loving girl, and the conditions are better, and they still use high-grade spices.
But no matter how high-end, compared to a purer perfume, it is too lazy, it is not an item of the era at all, and it cannot be compared at all.
When the perfume came out, the new head of the household department, Zhang Ao, got the news and rushed over, and then his eyes were excited and excited.
Don't look at the amount of silver that was obtained from the house this time, more than 40 million taels so that the treasury of the Ming Dynasty could be filled, but if there is no input, just eat the old book, then no amount of silver is enough to spend.
In particular, Zhu Changwu will carry out a variety of reforms in the future, each of which will cost a lot of silver. Zhang Ao secretly calculated an account, if everything is according to what Gongzi said, I am afraid that more than 40 million taels of silver will last for a year at most, and it will be almost consumed.
Thinking that after a year, there might be no money available in the treasury, Zhang Ao, the head of the household, felt a lot of pressure.
Now, with this new product that can make women crazy, Zhang Ao can finally put his mind at ease. With input, there is no need to be afraid to spend money.
"There are a lot of good porcelain vases in the warehouse of the Ministry of Industry, take them all, and then let the calligraphy everyone leave words on it, and the appearance can be as beautiful as it is, remember that the quality of the product not only depends on the quality, but also on the packaging, a good packaging can multiply the value of the item. We want consumers to pay for money willingly, and we want to make them feel satisfied and happy when they have spent money. ”
"Also, since it's a good thing, of course you can't release it all at once, in this way, the entire Jingshi will sell two hundred bottles in a month, remember, one more bottle won't work."
Although Zhu Changwu was not a businessman in his previous life, he knew the concept of hunger marketing.
"Ahh It's only selling so little, Childe, isn't it too little, so we won't make too much. Zhang Ao suddenly said with a bitter face.
"You know six, since it's a good thing, of course there won't be too much, otherwise, how can you prove the value of this thing?" Zhu Changwu glanced at Zhang Ao, with an expression of listening to me.
"Okay." Zhang Ao saw that he was despised by his son again, but he didn't get angry at all. Anyway, he trusts Gongzi, and he will do whatever Zhu Changwu says, and there will be no mistake.
Zhang Ao was very cooperative, and Zhu Changwu was very happy. But he knew that the other party only agreed to do this out of trust, and he didn't really recognize this in his heart, and he wanted to give a sweet date after a slap, so he reached out and patted the other party's shoulder and said: "We are big people, don't care about temporary gains and losses, everything must look forward." Perfume is limited, but isn't there no soap? That's a good thing, and it's not a small amount of money. Also, in the future, we will make more good products, which can make money, and you don't need to worry about this at all. ”
"Childe, the little one is not worried, the little one believes in Childe." Zhang Ao knew who gave him all this he had now, so he said with a hard-working face.
"Very well, then you go and get busy, I have to do something else." As Zhu Changwu spoke, he went into another prepared laboratory, where there were various raw materials prepared to make glass. In the era when the powerful still used glass, and even the price was expensive, he firmly believed that once this thing came out, it would also sell well and make a lot of money.
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Kyoshi Imperial Palace.
Harem, the queen's dormitory, Kunning Palace.
A total of seven imperial concubines gathered here, and then each of them had a bottle of newly produced perfume, and then they were all smiling. (Emperor Chongzhen had a total of nine concubines, which is relatively few among the emperors who held real power in previous dynasties.) Among them, Tian Guifei and Wang Shunfei died early. )
Queen Zhou was also happy when she saw the smiling faces of the concubines one by one.
I don't know how long it has been, and there have been no happy events in the harem. Before, everyone was in danger, after all, even life could not be guaranteed, who could laugh?
Now that it's okay, there is a Zhu Changwu, who not only knocked the thief out of the Beijing Division, so that the fire of Daming can continue, but now he has also made perfume, a woman's favorite thing.
For Queen Zhou, who has always been diligent and thrifty, just perfume will not make her very happy, she is happy that Zhu Changwu has something to say, and the Daming Research Institute has really been tinkered with by him, I heard that there will be a lot of new things coming out in the future, and then you can make a lot of money, which can greatly alleviate the financial crisis of Daming, which makes her the happiest.
Daming got Zhu Changwu, how lucky.
Compared with Queen Zhou's worries about the country and the people, other concubines can't think of so much. They only knew that the previous Jingshi was almost broken, and even bandits broke into the palace, threatening their lives, and once making them fall in the sky and the country to die.
But then everything was reversed, seeing that the precarious Ming Dynasty had regained its vitality in a short period of time, and now the Jingshi has gradually entered into stability, their status can be guaranteed, and the glory and wealth have reappeared, how can they be unhappy?
Now there is perfume, which makes women love to see it, and what they think about one by one is how to dress themselves up beautifully, and then go to win the favor.
The Ming Dynasty is strong, Chongzhen is still the son of heaven, the lord of the world, and he flatters him, so why worry that he will not be rich and noble in the future, and he will not be superior?
"Sisters, perfume is a good thing researched by the Daming Research Institute, but the output is not very large, so in the future, everyone will only get a bottle of supply every month, and you still need to save it." Empress Zhou sat on top of the throne and said with a smile on her face.
"What? It's only one bottle, it's too little. ”
As soon as I heard that I would only give a bottle in January, some imperial concubines were immediately unhappy.
"It's just that this bottle can only hold how much, how can this be used." Looking at the small porcelain vase in his hand, which can hold 100 milliliters, the other princess's face immediately showed displeasure.
"Queen Mother, didn't you say that this is something made by the Daming Research Institute, then you can let them get more, the sisters only have one bottle a month, which is not enough at all." Yuan Guifei opened her mouth, she is also the most favored imperial concubine after Queen Zhou.
"No, I can't. The Daming Research Institute was built by Zhu Shaofu, and the good things made in it were also made by him alone. But at the same time, he has to be busy with the army, and he really lacks skills, and it is good to have a bottle for us in January. You know, the entire Jingshi only sold 200 bottles in January. Empress Zhou shook her head and rejected Yuan Guifei's proposal.
"The affairs of the army can be handed over to others, Young Master Zhu just wants to make this perfume." Yuan Guifei spoke again, obviously she didn't intend to give Queen Zhou face and listen to her opinion.
Where there are people, there will be fighting, and this is the same everywhere.
Even if the number of concubines in Chongzhen's harem is extremely small, even if there are only two of them, the fight will not stop.
"Young Master Zhu is the minister of the central government, and he is the minister of the humerus recognized by His Majesty, what is he going to do, how can these women in our harem interfere, there is no way in this palace." Empress Zhou is not a fuel-efficient lamp, and she directly said that she had no idea. Of course, she didn't say that she would refuse to let others figure it out.
She just said that Young Master Zhu is a person that His Majesty likes, if you have anger in your hearts, you can go to Chongzhen.
Obviously, this kind of misdirection was heard in Yuan Guifei's ears, which made her eyes light up immediately.
That Young Master Zhu is powerful, isn't he also the emperor's courtier. As long as Chongzhen speaks, how can he not listen. I am one of His Majesty's favorite concubines, as long as I open my mouth, isn't it a trivial matter?
Thinking of these, Yuan Guifei had an idea, she decided to go to Chongzhen at night, and when the time came, she used her housekeeping skills to make Her Majesty happy, and at that time she was making this request, and she was not afraid that Young Master Zhu would not dare not agree to herself.