Chapter 211 Job Change

Before I knew it, it was Friday.

Yu Yue went to Ningde today to sign a contract with Ningde Co., Ltd.

He slept in the dormitory until he woke up naturally. He had been thinking of meeting up with Boss Hu, whom he met last time. After all, Liu Hao's current traffic has reached its peak, and it's time to prepare a brand for him.

He is not planning to follow other people's model or go for high-end brand.

In fact, fishing bait and the like are very profitable.

Except for kelp shreds, which are more expensive, the cost of any bag of other baits, no matter what they are, will not exceed 80 cents.

Moreover, the baits across the country are almost the same, all using food as raw materials. Some require fermentation, while others are directly mixed.

He can’t make that kind of money in the high-end market because he doesn’t want to hire a professional bait maker.

He doesn't need the bait to be good enough, he just needs it to be cheap enough.

Mr. Hu is an OEM and OEM business that sells both fishing gear and bait.

Li Yuan still has the other party's contact information, so it shouldn't be difficult to discuss a project.

There is no point in competing for the high-end market. The investment and effort are not proportional. It's just for a good reputation.

For real anglers, a bag of bait that costs more than ten yuan is not cost-effective.

I was just about to call the driver.

Then I saw the message Cao Yuanyuan sent early in the morning.

A string of numbers?

"How unsophisticated! We usually use triple encryption."

"I'm just doing this to make things convenient for my boss."

"If it's really convenient, I shouldn't wear it."

"How did the boss know? I really didn't wear anything today..."

Li Yuan now believes that Cao Yuanyuan's original evaluation of herself was true.

"Don't play with your own threshold. I won't go crazy with you then."

"Hey, my threshold is money. As long as the boss is willing to pay more, I can reach any height the boss wants within three seconds."

Li Yuan thought about it and realized that Shu Yanlin had just arrived at the new school and would probably have a dinner with her roommates on the first Friday.

So I sent a message to Shu Yanlin, telling her that I was busy in the evening and would not go there, and asked her to have fun with her roommates.

"Ten o'clock in the evening, make all the arrangements, I'll be waiting for you at the school gate!"

He sent it to Cao Yuanyuan.

Soon, Cao Yuanyuan responded.

"Thank you for turning over the card, can I have a drink?"

"Can."

Li Yuan shook his head.

Maybe some things are destined. He is not a normal man, so it is naturally difficult for him to meet a normal girl.

But he is already satisfied to please himself, and he doesn't need true feelings.

Li Yuan called Boss Hu, and then the two met in Boss Hu's office.

Hu Weizong was still very surprised to receive a call from Li Yuan.

Ever since the last incident with Tianqi Holdings, he has been paying attention to Li Yuan.

As a result, this attention shocked him.

In just a few months, Li Yuan transformed from an unknown young man into a capital tycoon.

Maybe it is nothing compared to the whole world, and even in the whole country, leaving aside age, it is just average.

But in Jiangzhou, he is already the most powerful person.

If you take his age into account, he is the most promising person in the country.

Those who are worth tens of billions will envy him.

Who doesn’t want to make money when they are young?

If you make money when you are old, you will no longer have the ability to enjoy your wealth.

Ask those top billionaires, if you ask them to use their wealth of hundreds of billions to return to the age of 18, I believe no one will refuse.

So the first time he saw Li Yuan, he was envious, envious to the core.

This guy is younger than him and richer than him.

"Boss Li, it's only been a few months since we last met, and your reputation has become so famous in Jiangzhou. If I really couldn't leave, I would definitely not dare to invite Boss Li to come here."

Hu Weizong walked over with a smile and shook hands with Li Yuan.

"I'm young, so just think of it as Boss Hu praising me."

"Haha, I'm envious."

Then the two of them entered the office.

Although Hu Weizong is worth hundreds of millions, he lives a very ordinary life.

After all, he works in a factory, he can't just sit in the office drinking tea every day.

It's not like Internet companies that give orders.

Even more often, we still discuss projects with others and bargain with others.

After sitting down, Hu Weizong said, "Mr. Li said on the phone that he wanted to discuss the project with a rough guy like me. I was shocked at the time. I still don't understand why someone like me is qualified to sit down and talk with Mr. Li. There is a huge gap between us."

"Boss Hu, please stop flattering us. We in the financial sector are fundamentally inferior to you in the industrial sector. Your factory can bring stable happiness to hundreds of families, but we in the financial sector can't hire many people. If we 're not careful, we'll add burden to society."

Hu Weizong was confused.

Li Yuan's words directly opened up the situation to the sky.

Can you still think this way?

Given this situation, if you don’t make money, who will?

Anyway, Hu Weizong opened a factory because he was not capable enough and the competition in other industries was fierce, so he couldn't do well either.

The purpose of opening a factory is definitely to make money, but he is destined not to make much, otherwise no one would work for him.

What a bullshit situation.

"Mr. Li, what you said makes me feel ashamed. I'd like to trouble you to come here in person today. As long as it's something within your ability, Mr. Li can just name the price. I promise I won't say anything in return. I'll do it as long as you pay me."

Li Yuan smiled and said, "Then I would like to thank Boss Hu first."

As for what Hu Weizong said, no one believed it.

"Mr. Li, you are too polite. I wonder why you are here today? I manufacture fishing gear and bait, but I have also started to manufacture some learning machines recently."

Li Yuan: “…”

You are a bait OEM, and now you are manufacturing learning machines?

Is this reasonable?

"Boss Hu has even acquired the electronics business? The threshold for this business is not low..."

"What's the big deal? It's just assembly. Just find a few people to give them some training. The main thing is that the price of each item is high, and you can earn 20 yuan by assembling one. For fishing gear and bait, you can only earn a few cents for a bag of bait."

It was only after Hu Weizong set up an electronics factory that he realized how profitable electronic products were.

Those learning machines are not difficult at all, and the requirements for various precision are not high.

It happens that selling learning machines makes money.

The total cost of a learning machine is only about 80 yuan, but they are willing to pay 20 yuan as the OEM fee.

If it is sold on the market, the price will be very high.

Anything related to children is expensive.

Who could have imagined that a learning machine with a total cost of one hundred yuan could be sold for thousands of yuan?

He has even heard that some learning machines in the industry cost only thirty yuan.

After all, they use outdated chips and their functions are not complicated.

He has just started and has already received orders for hundreds of thousands of units. When he gets an order for one million units, it will exceed his annual profit from bait and fishing gear.

"But I see the bait prices on the market are not low."

"It's not low. The main reason is that this thing is a niche product. The annual sales volume is only more than 10 billion. If the factory can get 2 billion, it's good. There are 50 to 60 OEM factories in the country. Mine is relatively good."

Li Yuan nodded.

Although you can always see some fishermen around you, in fact, the bait industry has never been popular.

There are few places to fish in big cities, but people in the countryside can do it themselves.

For example, the bait can be made by soaking bran or wheat in wine, and the bait can be directly made of earthworms.

This way, fewer people will buy bait.

Most of the baits on the market start at eight yuan.

All in all, a bag of bait contains only 200 grams of bran.

However, with the rise of self-media, this industry will expand rapidly.

From a market worth 10 or 20 billion, it has expanded to a market worth 200 billion.

Big cities are the main consumers of those baits.

The trend of fishing among the whole nation has actually begun to become popular.

There are more and more newly opened black pits.

This industry actually has great potential, otherwise Li Yuan would not have made this trip in person.

Jiangzhou is located in the south, has a well-developed water system, and will also be the mainstream battlefield for future anglers.

"Boss Hu, did you know that my Jiutian Media has signed a contract with a fisherman?"

"You know, Liu Hao, you'll have 10 million fans soon, right?"

Hu Weizong gave a thumbs up, expressing his true envy.

In fact, his OEM factory is not as valuable as Liu Hao's.

He was well-informed about the news in the industry and knew that many brands wanted to invite Liu Hao to take charge of the industry, and some even offered promotional fees starting from several million.

There were also self-media companies that spent tens of millions or even hundreds of millions to try to poach Liu Hao, but Jiutian Media refused to let him go.

"Yes, it's almost 10 million, so I want to customize a brand for him, including fishing gear and bait."

"Haha, Mr. Li, do you think this little money is worth it?"

"It's not easy to get into the financial industry right now, so I want to earn some year-end fees from Jiutian Media. Boss Hu, I remember you just promised to give me the lowest price, you can't go back on your word."

"Of course, no problem. How much goods does Mr. Li need?"

"Let me see the quotation first?"

"Okay, okay. I'll go get it for Mr. Li right away."

A few minutes after Hu Weizong left, he came back with a document.

Li Yuan took a look and saw quotes for various fishing gear and bait.

There are five or six grades of fishing rods, and more than a dozen bait recipes that can be made , with varying effects.

Li Yuan took a look and frowned.

"Boss Hu, excuse me, is this the cost price or the shipping price?"

"Of course it's the shipping price. I don't dare to play tricks on Mr. Li for the project he wants to do."

Li Yuan smiled and said, "Boss Hu, this price... there should be room for improvement, right?"

Basically, the price quoted for a bag of bait is around RMB 1.5, which is somewhat inconsistent with Li Yuan's expectations.

But Hu Weizong has a complete range of products and a large scale.

It would be difficult to find someone else to produce such a complete set of things.

Fishing rods range from fifteen to eighty, and the prices vary from grade to grade.

The price is definitely a bit high, but Hu Weizong doesn't think of himself as a sucker.

If the cost price was quoted like this, he would just leave.

There is still room for discussion.

Hu Weizong said helplessly: "Mr. Li, there is really no profit. The profit of a bag of bait is basically a few cents. After all, labor costs have become more and more expensive in recent years. My factory is about to go bankrupt."

"Boss Hu, how about negotiating for less than 1.3 yuan?"

"Mr. Li, it's not that I, Old Hu, don't want to give you face. I'm really going to lose money on 1.3 yuan."

In Hu Weizong's opinion, Li Yuan would at most customize goods worth a few million, and this batch of goods was really too small. If he hadn't wanted to make friends with Li Yuan, this quotation would not have appeared at all.

He still has a quotation sheet of 1.8 yuan in his hand.

For those brands that have a demand of tens of millions a year and are very stable, he would definitely be willing to offer a price of RMB 1.3 or even RMB 1.2.

Li Yuan is very clear that saving a dime now could result in tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of profits in the future.

Of course, if the operation fails, he will just treat it as a loss and will sell Liu Hao as soon as possible to make up for the loss.

"I want goods worth 100 million in the first batch."

When Hu Weizong heard this, the corners of his mouth twitched, and he immediately said with a smile: "Mr. Li, you should have said it earlier. I guess I got the wrong quotation. Please wait a moment, I'll go take a look."

This Li Yuan only knows how to joke.

One hundred million, and you are my father, can I cheat my own father?

Because of the customization, he also has to reset some templates and make some changes to the equipment. If the goods are only worth a few million, his profit will only be around one million, which is not worth the hassle.

But for goods worth 100 million, it’s completely different.

He only sells more than 100 million goods a year, and excluding personnel costs, his profit is probably around 40 million.

After deducting the personnel and warehousing costs, the profit is only 20 million.

Soon, he brought another quotation.

After handing it to Li Yuan, he said, "This quotation is 1.3 yuan. There is really no lower quotation. However, for the bait, I can reduce it by another 10 cents for Mr. Li. What do you think?"

What OEM factories lack most is orders, but what about manpower?

There’s no skill required to make bait, isn’t it enough to just have hands?

"Is it settled then? I'll arrange for the Nine Sky Media to come over this afternoon to sign the contract with Boss Hu?"

"No problem, no problem, come on, I'll treat Mr. Li to a meal, thank you for taking care of me."

"That would be disrespectful."

Li Yuan had always thought that Hu Weizong was a pretty good guy, so even though he knew he had been tricked, he didn't say anything.

He is very open-minded about the gains and losses of making money.

Today's cooperation was just normal. He didn't want to know what Hu Weizong's cost price was. As long as it reached his psychological bottom line, it would be fine.

We had lunch at a local restaurant together and the food was quite delicious.

Hu Weizong was also planning to get some game for him to eat, but he refused.

You can be morally corrupt, but you cannot commit crimes.

If you must commit crimes, do it abroad.

China is his base.

No matter what, he would not fall to the point of just craving for a bite of food.

After dinner, he called Song Jiajia.

The brand LOGO image designed for Liu Hao had already been prepared.

But when she was on the phone, there was something wrong with Song Jiajia's tone.

"Li Yuan, Liu Hao wants to change jobs. Do you know about this?"

Li Yuan: “???”

What the hell is he doing?