Chapter 37 Depressed Li Xiaoyun
Song Yuanchao has been following the routine these days and taking care of both ends.
In the school-run factory, his ability was recognized by Director Ma, and he was asked to officially take over the management of the workshop. If nothing unexpected happens, Lao Luo's application for retirement due to illness is approved next month, then Song Yuanchao will be the new workshop director.
The clothes hanger business is booming. After two expansions, the company now has more than 20 employees, and the number of clothes hangers produced and sold every day is also increasing.
A few days ago, Song Yuanchao and his friends not only gradually expanded the sales channels from the surrounding areas to all parts of Shanghai, but in addition to their own sales, Song Yuanchao also proposed to give concessions to educated youth from other regions for wholesale sales.
Since Song Yuanchao's suggestion did not harm everyone's original interests, he just took out another 5 cents of profit margin from his own profit as wholesale cost. In this way, although Song Yuanchao's overall personal profit was reduced, with the opening of sales personnel and channels, the delivery speed increased further rapidly.
In just less than 20 days, Song Yuanchao ordered three batches of casing from Jiang Dongliang. The first batch was 300 rolls, the second batch reached 800 rolls, and by the third batch, Song Yuanchao's order quantity had exceeded 1,000 rolls. This made Jiang Dongliang overjoyed, because at this rate, their inventory would probably be sold out soon.
Song Yuanchao placed his fourth order, with the amount of casing reaching 1,200 rolls.
In fact, according to the current sales situation, the amount of 1,200 rolls can be consumed in less than a week. It's not that Song Yuanchao doesn't want to take more at one time. The key is that, on the one hand, purchasing too many will take up space in the air-raid shelter and it will be inappropriate. On the other hand, this will put a lot of financial pressure. The current situation is still unclear, and the policies from above may change at any time. Song Yuanchao does not want to invest too much money in it.
Today is Sunday, a day of rest.
Early in the morning, Song Yuanchao and Li Daqi went to various sales outlets and found that the overall sales of hangers were still good. Although they were not as popular as they were at the beginning, due to the expansion of stalls in various regions, the daily shipment volume is now increasing.
It was around eight in the morning when Song Yuanchao returned to the air-raid shelter. He spent some time checking the sales amounts, payments, and inventory one by one, and then arranged to continue assembling and making hangers in the air-raid shelter.
While he was busy, Li Xiaoyun's little head popped in from the entrance of the air-raid shelter. As soon as she saw Song Yuanchao, she ran towards her with a smile on her face.
"Brother Yuanchao, good morning! Have you had breakfast? I brought you some pancakes and fried dough sticks."
"It's almost nine o'clock, it's still early? Why are you here again?" Song Yuanchao said unhappily.
After resuming the clothes hanger business, Song Yuanchao kept his promise and took Li Xiaoyun to the vegetable market. Li Xiaoyun was very happy watching Song Yuanchao and Li Daqi doing business. But when she learned about the daily sales quantity and sales revenue of Song Yuanchao and his team, Li Xiaoyun was extremely surprised. In the following days, the little girl would come to them every few days whenever she had time.
Li Xiaoyun came here not because Song Yuanchao and his team made money, but because she thought it was interesting to do business this way. Compared to books, what Song Yuanchao and his team did was more attractive to her.
However, Song Yuanchao didn't like Li Xiaoyun always coming over to their place. Firstly, there were only grown men here, and it would be bad for a little girl like her to always come over here.
Secondly, Li Xiaoyun was about to take the college entrance examination, and Song Yuanchao didn't want to delay Li Xiaoyun's studies because of his own affairs. In this era, college students are very desirable, and if Li Xiaoyun can go to a good university, it will be much better for her future than following them around and fiddling with these things.
Song Yuanchao did not take the college entrance examination because of his special reasons, and Li Daqi took it because he was not a good student to begin with, and he would definitely fail even if he took the examination.
But Li Xiaoyun was different. She was a good student. It would be a waste for a fresh graduate like her not to go to college. Besides, Li Daqi had already followed Song Yuanchao to do this. There was no need for Li Xiaoyun to get involved. The Li family was not in such a difficult situation that they needed Li Xiaoyun to do business to support the family.
"Brother Yuanchao..." Seeing Song Yuanchao's stern face, Li Xiaoyun once again used her famous skill of acting coquettishly. Unfortunately, this trick had been used a little too frequently in recent days, and Song Yuanchao had already developed "antibodies" to it .
"If you say no, then no. I've made it very clear to you last time. The most important thing for you now is to study." Song Yuanchao said to Li Xiaoyun with a stern face, "Your brother and I can do this kind of business privately. There's no need for you, a girl, to do this. Besides, there's not much time left before the college entrance examination. Doing this is a pure waste of time."
"But Brother Yuanchao, I promise that I won't delay my studies." Despite Song Yuanchao's firm refusal, Li Xiaoyun still wanted to rescue him and raised her hand.
"Guarantee? What guarantee?" Song Yuanchao said sternly. Seeing Li Xiaoyun's little face suddenly fall and her eyes sparkling, Song Yuanchao's heart softened again.
Pulling Li Xiaoyun aside, Song Yuanchao gently advised: "Girl, it's really inconvenient for girls to be here with so many people coming and going. Your brother and I, including Uncle Li and Aunt Dong, all hope that you can get into a good university and become a promising and useful person in the future. Besides, you are still young now, and you should focus on studying. How about this, if you can get into university, not only will you get the gold pen I promised you last time, but also if you are still interested in this area after you graduate from university, Brother Yuanchao will definitely take you with him when he does business in the future, how about it?"
"I have to graduate from college, but I haven't even been admitted to college yet." Li Xiaoyun was very disappointed.
"So, you have to work hard to get into college first. Only if you get in will you have a chance to graduate. Come on, sister! I'm rooting for you!" Song Yuanchao patted her head with a smile.
"Hmph! If you don't want to take me, just say so. You're trying to lie to me like that. I'm not a child!" Li Xiaoyun was furious. She felt that Song Yuanchao was deliberately fooling her.
However, Song Yuanchao's determination left her helpless. After all, if Song Yuanchao didn't give in, her brother Li Daqi would not agree either, and she would have no way to get involved.
Angrily, Li Xiaoyun stuffed the pancake and fried dough sticks in her hand into Song Yuanchao's hand, stomped her foot and turned around and ran away . Looking at her leaving, Song Yuanchao shook his head and smiled helplessly. Looking at the pancake and fried dough sticks in his hand, Song Yuanchao took them up with peace of mind and took a bite. They were so delicious!
Li Xiaoyun was so angry when she ran out of the air-raid shelter!
Li Xiaoyun had expected that Li Daqi would not agree to her, but she didn't expect Song Yuanchao to do the same. She had to get up early to queue up to buy pancakes and fried dough sticks. If she had known this would happen, she would have eaten them all. If she couldn't finish it, she would just throw it to the dog, which would not be a good thing for these two bad brothers.
Walking towards home, Li Xiaoyun kicked stones angrily, as if the stone on the ground was the annoying Song Yuanchao.
Li Xiaoyun kicked and walked at the same time, and before she knew it, she had walked in the wrong direction. When she came to her senses, she realized that her home was at the other end.
After identifying the direction, Li Xiaoyun turned left and walked towards a road, but not long after she walked, she heard someone talking in a small path nearby.
Curious Li Xiaoyun stopped and looked over there, and found that the people talking were Zhang Bin and Wang Jianjun.
Zhang Bin and Wang Jianjun were classmates of her brothers Li Daqi and Song Yuanchao, so Li Xiaoyun naturally knew them. But why did they come to this remote corner to talk? Curious, Li Xiaoyun quietly hid in the corner and pricked up her ears to listen carefully to their conversation.
