Chapter 45: Big Purchase in the City

Xu Sangluo wasn’t surprised, but she didn’t agree immediately. She said, “Manager Fang, I told you before, I have limited manpower, and I can’t handle a large volume in a short period of time. Besides, I’m not only supplying Chunsheng Supply and Marketing Cooperative, I also need to set aside some for other places. I can only provide five thousand pieces a day at most.”

Hearing this, Manager Fang immediately stood up, “What? You’re going to cooperate with other supply and marketing cooperatives?”

Xu Sangluo smiled slightly, “Not only supply and marketing cooperatives, but also department stores. You can’t put all your eggs in one basket, right?”

Manager Fang’s face turned a little sour, “Xu Comrade, that’s not right. You’re trying to sell your goods, right? If we can sell them all at the supply and marketing cooperative, why do you need to go to other places?”

He spoke a little urgently.

Of course, Manager Fang wasn’t interested in the commission, but in the customer traffic it brought.

Yesterday, the overall revenue of the supply and marketing cooperative, excluding Xu Sangluo’s products, had almost doubled.

And the city had also called to say that the response was very good, asking him to send more over.

The market in the city was much bigger than in the county.

If the market could be developed, even if Xu Sangluo kept the purchase price low, they could still raise the retail price in the city, and the profit would still be considerable.

They needed more goods to estimate the market situation.

But Xu Sangluo put on an unyielding attitude.

“Manager Fang, you’ve seen that my products are selling well. Now, all I need is to build a reputation, to let more people know about them. I’m putting them in other places to let more people know. But don’t worry, the volume in other places will definitely be less than Chunsheng Supply and Marketing Cooperative.”

Manager Fang immediately had a wry smile and looked helpless, “It’s not about who has more goods. How about this, you just want to build a reputation, and Chunsheng can help you with that. Besides, Chunsheng also has a supply and marketing cooperative in the city, the market there is even bigger. We can make a new advertising plan, what do you think?”

Xu Sangluo frowned and pretended to hesitate.

Manager Fang continued, “Also, about your limited supply, we can discuss how to solve it together. Although it’s handmade and delicate, some of it can be done entirely by machine, which is faster. I happen to have a connection, I can help you get some second-hand sewing machines at a cheaper price. What do you think?”

Xu Sangluo seemed to be really tempted.

She hesitated for a moment, “What you said makes sense… How about this, we still need to go to the city today. Let’s go take a look at the market situation first, and then come back later to continue talking. What do you think?”

Manager Fang was even more anxious when he heard that she was going to the city.

He thought she was going to find other partners in the city, but he didn’t want to be too forceful.

In the end, he could only agree to wait for them to come back before discussing it further. He also gave them a letter of introduction, urging them to go to the Chunsheng Supply and Marketing Cooperative in the city.

Xu Sangluo smiled and took the letter of introduction as she walked out of the supply and marketing cooperative.

This was the first time Qin Zhiyi had seen her negotiate business with someone.

Her confident eloquence and composed composure in strategizing gave him a deeper understanding of her.

And that side of her was even more attractive, making him feel a rare sense of urgency.

After delivering the goods, the two of them rode their bikes directly to the city.

The city was much livelier than the county.

It was already past nine o’clock, and the streets were still bustling with traffic, making it very lively.

Xu Sangluo took out the addresses of the places she was going to visit today.

Some of them she had found on the computer last night, and some were still unclear.

They first went to the Dongtai Garment Factory, which Xu Xingtao had mentioned.

Dongtai Garment Factory was one of the five major garment factories in Guangzhou, with a large scale.

It was also ranked among the top thirty in the country’s garment manufacturing.

A few years ago, at the Canton Fair, its order volume was always among the top three.

However, in the past two years, as foreign and Hong Kong clothing styles blew in, Dongtai’s efficiency began to decline because it couldn’t keep up with the development.

This sales conference was clearly an attempt to make a change.

It was just unknown whether Dongtai had grasped the real crux of the problem.

Xu Sangluo brought the letter of introduction from Fenghua Textile Factory that Xu Xingtao had helped her get.

Dongtai’s event invited garment manufacturers from Guangzhou who specialized in clothing, and she, an individual, wouldn’t have qualified.

But Chinese people always like to talk about “human relationships” first. As long as they let the other party know that her clothes had a market, and then they could build some connections, it shouldn’t be a problem.

She specially brought three sets of clothes she had made today, all of which were trendy but not too avant-garde for this era.

She handed over the letter of introduction, and after a while, the two of them were invited to the sales department.

The person who met them wasn’t the department head, but one of the sales clerks, who happened to be responsible for registration and booth arrangements.

The event Dongtai was holding was not small, and they were desperate, so they took it very seriously.

An individual like Xu Sangluo, even with a letter of introduction, wouldn’t do.

But the sales clerk thought the few sets of clothes she brought out were quite

Not bad.

Especially today, she acted as a model again, attracting a lot of attention.

When the sales clerk learned that she made the clothes, he directly asked if she was interested in working at the factory.

Xu Sangluo couldn’t help but laugh.

After further negotiations, the sales clerk only gave her a “wait for notification” response.

This notification, unlike the completely hopeless ones in the future, meant that there was a real possibility.

But it still needed approval from above.

She left the clothes behind, not afraid that Dongtai would copy them.

She had a computer-generated clothing design, what was she afraid of?

After leaving their address, the two of them went to nearby garment factories or textile factories.

They didn’t have any connections here, and buying things wasn’t as easy, so they walked around for a while without spending any money.

She also accompanied Qin Zhiyi to visit the machinery factory, steel factory, and parts factory.

Finally, they went to Chunsheng Supply and Marketing Cooperative.

The Chunsheng Supply and Marketing Cooperative in the city was much larger than the one in the county, not much smaller than the large supermarkets in the future.

There were over a hundred counters, and the traffic flow was not low.

But because of the emergence of self-service supermarkets, the survival space of supply and marketing cooperatives was squeezed, and the impact was significant.

They handed over the 1,500 hair accessories that Manager Fang had asked them to bring to the supply and marketing cooperative.

The manager of the supply and marketing cooperative was not there, so the two of them looked around for a while and left.

They also went to the nearby self-service supermarket.

Self-service supermarket

This self-service supermarket should have opened this year, it was very new, with ten rows of shelves, filled with goods, but the prices were relatively higher.

But even so, there were still many people coming to buy things.

Xu Sangluo walked around and couldn’t help but buy a few things.

She bought a thermos for each of the children.

It was the kind that was about 800ml, with a small plastic cup on top, which they could take to school to drink water in winter.

She also bought several hot water bottles, a few quilts, a wall clock…

In a short while, the cart was piled high with things.

Qin Zhiyi diligently acted as a porter.

When they returned to Fenghua County, it was already past four o’clock.

They hurriedly went to the textile factory to pick up several large bags of yarn, and then went to the supply and marketing cooperative to talk to Manager Fang about the volume of goods.

By the time they finished and returned, it was already six o’clock, and it was almost seven o’clock when they got home.