Chapter 972 An iron fist hits the air
Wang Jie has had a lot of emotional ups and downs recently.
Especially after arriving in Chang'an City, from the excitement at the beginning to the loss at the end, and then the excitement again.
After I went to Wang's cotton cloth today, I heard the shopkeeper report on the sales situation in the past few days again, and I couldn't help but feel a little disappointed again.
"I have arranged for someone to advertise in Qujiang Daily and Moon Daily. Why does it feel like there is no effect? Logically speaking, shouldn't there be a big rise?"
"Langjun, we now have four cotton shops in Chang'an City, East City, West City, Datang Trading Center and Zufangcheng residential area. Judging from the current sales situation, Datang Trading Center is the best sold, and the branch in Zufangcheng residential area is the worst sold. I have a guess, I don't know if it is right."
The shopkeeper of Wang's cotton cloth obviously also conducted an investigation, otherwise he would not have dared to show his guesses casually.
"What guess?"
When Wang Jie was really clueless, he was willing to listen to Wang Kun’s guess.
"Many people living in the Workshop City are craftsmen and managers who work there. Even the female family members in their family are also helping in the Workshop. Even if they don't help, they are busy taking care of their children at home and rarely have time to sew clothes. Therefore, the sales situation in the branches in the residential area of the Workshop City are the worst.
The sales of the Datang Trading Center branch are the best because many merchants directly get goods from there. To a certain extent, these merchants are the most keen on goods. Our Wang cotton cloth is woven using textile machinery powered by water trucks. Not only is the most stable quality, but the quality is also the best.
In addition, our prices are the cheapest, so those small merchants who want to purchase goods immediately chose our cotton cloth. However, if they find that the people in Chang'an City are not willing to buy cotton cloth, it is very likely that the sales of the Datang Trading Center branch will also deteriorate.
Langjun, I went around the various garment shops in the West City and found that their business was very good. Especially after the garment shops under the Chu King’s Mansion were independent from the treasure pavilion, the business was getting better and better day by day. Then the Zixia garment shop was quite novel in style, which attracted some people to buy it.
So I think the sales of cotton cloth are not as good as expected, because there are too many ready-to-wear shops, because the people don’t have so much time to sew clothes themselves, and because they buy ready-to-wear directly, they don’t spend much money, which is why we are in the current situation."
Wang Kun's guess is very close to the facts.
This shows that the shopkeeper of the Wang family in Taiyuan is also considered a talent.
"Is that Zixia ready-to-wear shop the shop of the Zixia girl in Tianxiang Pavilion before?"
"Yes! That's that Zixia! I heard that all her garment workshops use sewing machines produced by Guanshishan Academy Machinery Workshop, which are very efficient; in addition, all the workshops use women who are not willing to hire in other workshops, so the wages do not need to be paid very high.
In this way, although they used cotton cloth produced by the King of Chu Mansion, the ready-made clothes they produced were not expensive at all. For example, the clothes that were very similar to those worn by students from the Royal Military Academy of the Tang Dynasty, the price was only half of the garment shop of the King of Chu Mansion. As for those traditional long gowns, they were almost the same as buying cotton cloth directly.”
After Wang Kun said this, his worry on his face became even heavier.
The cotton cloth workshop in the Taiyuan Wang family in Shuozhou spent a lot of money.
If we consider the money invested in cotton field cultivation and planting, the Wang family in Taiyuan will be even more dedicated.
Therefore, if the sales volume of cotton cloth is not good, then I don’t know when the investment will be able to recover the cost.
"Where are other ready-to-wear shops? Do they also use sewing machines to make clothes? Miss Zixia has a special relationship with His Royal Highness King of Chu. I believe that her workshop can get the sewing machine produced by Guanshishan Academy Machinery Workshop."
Wang Jie is still very confident in dealing with a female fan.
So he was not very worried about whether Zixia's ready-to-wear shop would pose a threat to him.
"Langjun, that sewing machine...that..."
Wang Kun's face was full of entanglement.
"What the hell is going on? Just say something."
"That sewing machine is sold in the West City. Guanshishan Academy Machinery Workshop specializes in selling sewing machines in the West City. You can buy it as long as you pay."
"ah?"
Wang Kun's words shocked Wang Jie directly.
After the production of its own waterwheel textile machine, let alone selling it to others, the Wang family wishes that this news will always become a secret.
What's going on with the mechanical workshop of Shishan Academy?
Such an important sewing machine is sold if you pay for it?
Don't they want to enjoy this benefit alone?
"Wang Kun, are you sure the sewing machines sold in the West Market are the kind of sewing machines you mentioned?"
"Langjun, although I haven't seen what kind of sewing machine is used in the garment workshop of the King of Chu Mansion, and I don't know what the sewing machine used in the Zixia garment workshop is like, but I went to the sewing machine shop in Xishi yesterday and saw that they were practicing how to use the sewing machine, and the speed of weaving clothes is really very fast."
"Let's go to the sewing machine shop to take a look! If this sewing machine is really so good to you and the other party sells it when he gives money, we really can't ignore its existence."
After hearing what Wang Kun said, Wang Jie couldn't sit still!
If the power of the sewing machine is really that great, then your own cotton cloth business really needs to consider whether to adjust your strategy.
However, he was not particularly panicked.
Because so far, Wang's cotton is still the cheapest.
At worst, their family also set up a ready-to-wear shop, so he doesn’t believe that his ready-to-wear can be more expensive than others?
However, the iron fist that Wang from Taiyuan worked hard to prepare was hit, but it ended up hitting the air, which made people feel very frustrated.
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"Aye, come here and try if this outfit fits?"
A yard of the Chu Palace lived in Peng Hansheng, Li Lian and Lin Sheng and other eunuchs who were dismissed from the Tai Chi Palace.
These people originally thought that after being driven out of the palace, their lives would never be settled, but they didn't expect that their lives would be better.
"Peng En, if you are not doing surgery in the clinic today, why are you back when you have time?"
Li Lian was also a person who watched Peng En grow up. Seeing Peng En come in from the yard, he couldn't help but come over to chat with him.
When he reaches his age, he will want to talk to others more, otherwise sometimes he will not know whether he is alive or dead.
"I'll come back when I'm back, what clothes do I need to find someone to make?"
Peng Hansheng said this, but his hands quickly took the clothes from Peng En.
As an expert in the pig farm and chicken farm in the Chu Prince's Mansion who is specialized in castrating livestock, Peng Hansheng's monthly payment is still very high, and he is not short of a few sets of clothes at all.
But the clothes given by Peng En's godson are naturally of different significance.
"Aye, the last time you saw the clothes worn by the students of the Royal Military Academy of the Tang Dynasty on the street, didn't you say that this new style of clothing looks good? I remember that you bought a cloth to sew it yourself, but it turned out to be inappropriate. Today, I bought you a new style of clothing that looks very similar to those worn by the students of the Military Academy. I think you will definitely like it."
Just as Peng En finished speaking, Li Lian couldn't help but say, "Peng Hansheng, your son is really good to you. I have seen that new style of clothing in Zhenbao Pavilion. One set costs more than your monthly price."
"Ah? So expensive? Peng En, please take it off! I don't want this clothes anymore. People like me are wearing any clothes? The sweater you bought for me last time was very good. I wear it every winter, but it's still the same as new. I will continue to wear a sweater this year, and I will wear another cotton coat outside. Even if it's colder in winter, I'm not afraid."
Peng Hansheng's reaction was the same as many parents. When he heard that the things his children bought for him were very expensive, he immediately thought about returning them and not wasting money.
Even if he likes this thing very much and wants it very much, they will give in to it in the face of money.
"Aye, if this new style clothing was placed last year, it would be quite expensive, and even I wouldn't be willing to buy it. But now it's different. I bought it specifically at Zixia Preparatory Clothing Shop. The price is much cheaper than the Zhenbao Pavilion at the time. It's less than 10% of it. This set of new style clothing that is very complicated to sew only costs 49 cents. Do you think it's expensive?"
Zixia's ready-to-wear clothing shop does have new styles of 49 cents, but the one that Peng En bought cost 199 cents.
However, Peng En obviously knew very well how to communicate with him Aya.
If he told the truth, even if Peng Hansheng finally accepted the gift, his heart would definitely be painful, and he would not feel so happy when wearing this dress.
But if this set of clothes only costs for 49 cents, it would be completely different.
Even if Peng Hansheng was very frugal, he thought it was worth it if such a complex new style clothing was sold for only 49 cents.
Then when he wears this dress, he only feels happy.
This situation is almost the same even after more than a thousand years.
Just like Li Kuan, who went out to have dinner with his parents, after buying the order, if they asked how much they spent, they would definitely quote a low price so as not to make the elderly feel distressed.
"Is it really only worth 49 cents? Isn't it possible?"
Peng Hansheng felt that Peng En was lying because the price was too different from his cognition.
"Aye, look at the "Da Tang Daily" today. There are reports related to Zixia's ready-to-wear shop. For them, the cheapest piece of clothing only costs nine cents. Our forty-nine cents is no longer a cheap one."
After Peng En said this, Peng Hansheng's suspicion disappeared immediately.
He also read the "Datang Daily".
But when he gets older, his eyes are not very good, so he will only look with glasses when he is free, and he will not pursue whether the newspaper he reads is the latest published.
Now Peng En said that the price mentioned in the Tang Daily is mentioned, so it is obviously true.
As a person from the Chu Palace, he believed 100% of the content reported in the "Da Tang Daily".
"Then...then I'll try it!"
After Peng Hansheng finished speaking, he immediately started to wear it with his hands and feet.
Soon, he changed his clothes and appeared in front of everyone.
"Peng En, this dress seems to have just fitted. The ones you bought in this shop can actually buy such a fit. It's really good."
Peng Hansheng walked around happily and was very satisfied with his new outfit.
Of course, what I am more satisfied with is that this dress was given by Peng En.
Although the two are not father and son in blood, their relationship is better than many real father and son.
"This clothes were purchased in the shop of Zixia Girl, and each set of clothes is marked with size. What is your height and waist circumference? Choose the right clothes based on this information and you can wear them very well. This is not worse than finding a tailor to make them separately. Especially for this new style of clothing, if you want to find a tailor to make it, the processing fee may be higher than the cost of cotton."
"That's right, the stitches on the clothes are very neat and sturdy. This must be made by a very good-crafted tailor; and a tailor can't make one such complicated piece of clothing a day. If it's only sold for 49 cents, the price is really very affordable."
Peng Hansheng carefully raised his arm and looked at the needlework on the sleeves, and felt that the workmanship was very good.
"Yes, so when I went to buy it today, the Zixia ready-to-wear shop was already crowded. On the contrary, there was a cotton workshop next to it, but the business was very ordinary. Not to mention traditional Confucian shirts, just like this new style of clothing, it would be cheaper to buy in the ready-to-wear shop than to sew cotton by yourself."
Peng En felt that this ready-to-wear shop was really a good thing, and he would no longer have to worry about where to make clothes after buying cotton cloth.
Because you don't need to buy cloth yourself anymore.
"The things sold in Miss Zixia's shop are of course excellent. Peng En, next time you come over, please buy me a new style clothing, I'll give you money."
Li Lian looked at the father and son in front of him with a little enviousness.
Peng Hansheng was the least insignificant among these eunuchs.
Because he is a eunuch in the Clean Room, he does a job that no one likes.
"No problem. Next time I will give each uncle a new set of clothing. When you go out to travel, you will definitely be very imposing in the same style of clothing."
Peng En naturally would not hold grudges until now just because Li Lian looked down on Peng Hansheng in his original heart.
After all, they lived in the same yard and were actually the closest people to each other.
Chapter completed!