Chapter 37: Cooperation with the Supply and Marketing Cooperative

Xu Sangluo said, “How about we try a different way of cooperating? We provide a certain amount of goods to be sold in your supply and marketing cooperative, and the supply and marketing cooperative can receive a 5% commission. What do you think?”

“5%? Too low.” Manager Fang immediately understood her method and couldn’t help but look at her deeply.

Xu Sangluo curved her lips and looked at him calmly, “But you can get this 5% without paying any cost.”

Manager Fang couldn’t help but laugh, “You’re really good at changing the subject. The supply and marketing cooperative provides the venue, customers, and labor, which also costs money.”

“But if these things can attract more customers to the supply and marketing cooperative, and also boost the sales of other products, wouldn’t that be killing two birds with one stone? It’s a win-win situation.”

Manager Fang paused, fell silent for a few seconds, and then suddenly burst into laughter.

“I didn’t expect you, a young comrade, to be so good at business.”

Xu Sangluo said helplessly, “It’s just the pressure of life.”

She pressed her advantage, “If Manager Fang thinks this method is feasible, I will go back today and draft a product price list and cooperation plan. How about that?”

Manager Fang pondered for a moment and thought that this method was feasible.

At least it would reduce some of the risks that the supply and marketing cooperative needed to bear.

Once it was confirmed that these things really had a market and were worth investing in, it wouldn’t be too late to change to wholesale.

“Okay, then I look forward to meeting Xu Comrade tomorrow.”

Xu Sangluo stood up, extended her hand and shook his, “Manager Fang, you’re too kind.”

Then, Manager Fang said, “Why don’t you put those products you have today on sale at the supply and marketing cooperative?”

Xu Sangluo knew what he was up to, and smiled, “Not today. We can go around and promote them, so everyone knows that the supply and marketing cooperative will have them in the future. Of course, if Manager Fang doesn’t change his mind.”

Manager Fang was even more satisfied when he heard this.

Someone helping with promotion was something he would welcome.

He smiled, “Of course not. The supply and marketing cooperative has always been about integrity. I’ll have someone draft a contract today, and you can come tomorrow to sign it.”

“Good, then, happy cooperation.”

“Haha, happy cooperation.”

Manager Fang escorted Xu Sangluo to the outside of the supply and marketing cooperative.

The staff inside were all looking at the two of them curiously.

The supply and marketing cooperative wasn’t far from Xu Sangluo’s stall.

Naturally, some of the staff had bought her hair ties.

They just didn’t expect that she actually knew the manager.

“Stop guessing, maybe the manager wants to get those head flowers from her to sell in the cooperative.”

Several female clerks were idle and had nothing to do,

They were munching on melon seeds and muttering to themselves.

There were three supply and marketing cooperatives in the county.

Although Chunsheng Supply and Marketing Cooperative was the largest, its competitiveness wasn’t that strong.

Mainly because the residents’ enthusiasm for shopping at the supply and marketing cooperative wasn’t very high.

Often there weren’t many customers in a day.

It was also because there were too many people setting up stalls and doing business.

They sold all sorts of things, and most of the things in the supply and marketing cooperative required coupons.

People gradually got used to buying from individual vendors first, and they didn’t go to the supply and marketing cooperative anymore.

So, while the supply and marketing cooperative couldn’t be said to be deserted, it was much quieter than before.

This quietness made many of the clerks become negative.

They were afraid that they would be laid off one day because of lack of business.

“Impossible, how could things from street stalls be sold in our supply and marketing cooperative?”

“What’s wrong with things from street stalls? They’re good, and people buy them, so they can be sold.”

“What you’re saying, if anyone can just bring anything into our cooperative, wouldn’t that be chaos?”

Several clerks started arguing.

Xu Sangluo had already returned to her stall.

Qin Zhifeng saw her come back safe and sound, and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

“Sangluo Jie, what did that guy want from you?”

Xu Sangluo smiled and patted his head, “Good things. If it works out, maybe we won’t have to set up a stall anymore and we can still make money.”

She wouldn’t set up a stall forever, after all, she had other things she wanted to do.

Qin Mama would be responsible for the production, and the children couldn’t always take time off.

Besides, even if they could take time off, she wouldn’t let them set up a stall on their own.

So, she had planned to earn enough capital and open a retail jewelry store.

Although she might not earn as much as setting up a stall, she could still make a few dozen or a hundred yuan a day.

Now, the plan remained unchanged, but she had another option.

Wholesale was definitely not an option, unless she built a factory.

But building a factory would cost too much, and there would be all sorts of complicated procedures and time involved.

Besides, the Qin family would be returning to Kyoto in two years, there was no need to make things so complicated.

But if she could make a lot of money more easily, she definitely wouldn’t miss the opportunity.

The cooperation with the supply and marketing cooperative gave her a new idea.

She could cooperate with the supply and marketing cooperative, so what about the department store?

She could do it in the county, so what about the town?

Just one or two collaborations would be enough.

She should be able to sell two or three thousand pieces a day.

She just needed to keep coming up with new products.

She only needed a

The computer is here, so for her, coming up with new products is just a matter of printing a design.

Qin Zhifeng was confused, “Why? We’re not going to set up a stall anymore?”

“It depends on the situation. You’ll know tomorrow when it’s confirmed.”

“Oh.” Qin Zhifeng nodded. Although he still didn’t understand, it was always right to listen to Sangluo Jie.

“Let’s go, we’ll change locations.” There weren’t many people at the intersection anymore.

Even if there were, they were mostly nearby residents who had already bought something.

The two of them then set up their stall in different places, or walked around the streets and alleys, and they also sold quite a bit.

By noon, they had sold about nine hundred pieces in total.

It was much less than yesterday, but that was normal.

After all, they weren’t disposable items, they always needed a transition period.

Xu Sangluo thought it was too little, but Qin Zhifeng was delighted.

Although they had sold over 2000 yuan yesterday, he hadn’t experienced it personally, so he didn’t have that concept.

But today was different.

He had been diligently counting, although sometimes the numbers were still wrong.

But seeing the order volume steadily increasing, he felt a sense of accomplishment and excitement.

At noon, Xu Sangluo didn’t play favorites and prepared to take Qin Zhifeng to Dongfeng Restaurant for a meal.

Qin Zhifeng had been listening to Qin Zhiyu talk about how great the state-owned restaurant was, making him both envious and excited.

Now he could finally come here to eat, and he immediately looked around, everything seemed new to him.

However, they came late today because they wanted to wait for the after-work rush to sell things.

When they arrived at the restaurant, it was already full.

“It seems like it’s full, let’s go to another place.” Xu Sangluo casually glanced around, seeing no seats, and wanted to take Qin Zhifeng out.

But then she heard someone calling her.

“Xu Sangluo~”

At first, it was probably “Xu Comrade,” and she didn’t realize they were calling her.

She turned her head to follow the sound and saw two familiar faces by the window.

It was Liang Yu and Xu Xingtao.

She smiled and nodded at them.

Liang Yu waved to them to come over.

Xu Sangluo went over to greet them.

“We meet again, Xu Ge, Liang Ge.”

Qin Zhifeng, who was behind her, heard this and knew who they were.

Qin Zhiyu had told him about them.

The many cheap fabrics and materials at home were all thanks to their connections.

Qin Zhifeng leaned forward and curiously looked at the two of them.