NFBE Chapter 229 Additional Order for Toys
Chapter 229 Additional Order for Toys
Note: The previous Alice in Wonderland was published in the 70s. I did not check the information at that time, so it was changed to Big Fish and Begonia.
As soon as plastic and wooden toys were launched in the United States, many people bought them. Although many people bought plastic toys because they were cheap, people liked wooden toys more.
The main reason is that the shape and expression of the wooden toys are too realistic. Even Americans have never seen such toys in this era, which makes people flock to them.
As a loyal reader of The Monkey King, Jessie was fascinated by wooden toys when she first saw them.
But when Jesus knew the price, he could only envy her.
The small one costs $600 and the big one costs $2000, which is still too expensive for Jess. When Jess was struggling to decide whether to buy it, he went to the toy store and it was sold out.
The main reason was that there were few toys made of wood. Only 1500 were ordered for the first time, but less than 100 were distributed to each city.
Moreover, there are too many rich people in the United States, and it is really prestigious to have such a novel toy at home. So many people bought it as soon as they saw it.
Because he didn't buy it, Jess, who originally disliked the high price, had a strong urge to buy it.
Jesus left the toy store full of regret. On his way home, the image of the wooden toy kept appearing in his mind.
The lifelike shape and vivid expression seemed to be waving at him, making him itch.
As the days passed, Jancis's desire for the wooden toy did not diminish in the slightest.
He would often hang around toy stores, hoping to see that toy on the shelf again one day.
He also began to pay attention to the developments in toy stores, hoping that they would be able to sell such toys again.
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Smith was pleasantly surprised when he learned that all the wooden toys were sold out in less than a week.
You have to know that these toys were sold at double the price. Just these 1500 toys earned him a huge profit of up to 170 million US dollars.
This amazing sales performance made Smith keenly aware that there was a huge business opportunity hidden here.
So Smith couldn't wait to send a telegram to Qingdao Publishing House and requested to place another order.
However, Qingdao Publishing House resumed its operations and still required the same requirements as at the Canton Fair, requiring an order of $10 to purchase 500 wooden carved toys.
Smith did some calculations in his mind and figured out that he could make $10 on a $75 order of plastic toys.
Moreover, plastic toys also have sales potential. Even if they cannot be sold, they can be sold to supermarkets or shopping malls at the original price without worrying about inventory backlogs.
After careful consideration, Smith resolutely placed an order for $100 million worth of plastic toys and 5000 large wooden toys, with a total order value of $350 million.
Smith invested all of the $170 million he earned without hesitation.
Smith was thinking, if all the toys orders could be sold successfully,
Then he would have netted $400 million, along with two million plastic toys.
But he also clearly realized that 5000 toys were far from enough for the entire United States.
The United States has a huge consumer market and the demand potential for these toys is enormous. He believes that as long as he seizes this business opportunity, future profits will be even more substantial.
Such a huge business opportunity made Smith once again deeply feel that he was so lucky to meet Jiang Weimin.
If it weren't for Jiang Weimin, he might never have been able to amass such a huge fortune so quickly.
Since receiving the first wood carving order, Qingdao Publishing House has been actively looking for well-known carving factories in China to subcontract.
As soon as the $350 million order from the United States arrived, they immediately split it into multiple orders and distributed them across the country.
In this special era, people across the country are united in working together to earn foreign exchange.
After receiving the orders, each carving factory worked at full capacity and devoted themselves to production.
Now carving factories across the country can carve 5000 wooden toys a month. It is indeed only in this special period that so many carving masters can be gathered.
Orders have been placed not only from the United States but also from other countries.
The toy factory of Qingdao Publishing House is a busy scene at this time. Workers are working day and night, but even so, it still cannot meet the growing demand for plastic toys.
Mainly due to bundled sales, the orders for plastic toys directly reached 200 million, which means that at least 400 million toys are needed.
At present, Qingdao Publishing House can only produce more than 20 toys a month, which is far from meeting such huge order demand.
However, faced with such a large order, Song Wenqing did not choose to expand production, but continued to outsource it to other manufacturers.
He considered that the Monkey King was now finished, and subsequent orders would gradually decrease. Expansion of production might bring a series of risks and problems.
Moreover, under the current circumstances, outsourcing to experienced manufacturers can better guarantee product quality and delivery time.
This can not only meet market demand but also reduce one's own risks, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.
For Qingdao Publishing House, the price they outsourced was actually the same as the dollar price they sold it to Smith, except that the unit was changed to RMB.
In this way, Qingdao Publishing House can not only earn foreign exchange, but also help other units make money, which is killing two birds with one stone.
In this process, the happiest people are the carving factories.
The unit price given by Qingdao Publishing House is very high, although the quality requirements are also very high, and the materials are provided by the engraving factory itself.
But the profit is so considerable. The unit price of a small wood carving is 200 yuan. The factory will pay each craftsman 8 yuan for each small wood carving made.
The unit price of a large wood carving is 500 yuan, and the factory pays each craftsman 20 yuan.
Although this amount of money may seem small when it reaches the master, it is really a lot in the current social environment.
You know, Jiang Defu's current salary is only more than 200 yuan.
For these masters, if they can make 15 large wood sculptures a month, they can earn 300 yuan, which is more than the income of military-level cadres.
This was undoubtedly a very considerable income in the social context at that time.
Therefore, both the leaders and employees of the wood carving factory are full of motivation.
Seeing the huge profits, the leaders actively organized production and provided better working conditions and support for the employees.
In order to improve their income and quality of life, the employees work hard, constantly improve their carving skills, and strive to create more exquisite wood carvings.
The entire wood carving factory is bustling with activity and full of positivity.