"Sell it! We brothers will set up a stall and sell calendars, we should be able to make a lot of money!" Zhang Junping shrugged and said with a smile.
"Zhang Junping, do you think calendars are so easy to sell? Go and find out how many people will buy calendars!
Don't look at those printing houses that are starting to print wall calendars now. Most of those wall calendars are printed for various units.
Now among all the units and factories, which one does not issue a wall calendar during the Chinese New Year?
There are so many people, and each family has several calendars, who would you print the calendars to sell to?" Liu Zhengwen almost laughed angrily at Zhang Junping's sudden idea.
"There are still people selling calendars at the market, right?"
"Yes, the printing factory prints calendars every year. In addition to the ones ordered by each unit's factory, a lot more are printed and sent to department stores and supply and marketing cooperatives for sale. They are also wholesaled to individuals for sale. However, there are always leftovers every year.
A lot!" Liu Zhengwen severely attacked Zhang Junping's fantasy.
In Liu Zhengwen's view, this is an unrealistic fantasy.
"Lao Liu, don't worry, just listen to me!
How much do they charge to print a leaflet?" Zhang Junping asked with a smile.
"The minimum seal for five thousand is 15 cents! The minimum seal for three thousand is 20 cents!" Liu Zhengwen replied angrily.
The price is indeed expensive. A single-page calendar issued by Xinhua Bookstore only costs more than 20 cents a piece.
"How much does it cost to print a single-sheet wall calendar like that?" Zhang Junping nodded and asked again.
"It depends on how many copies you print. If you print 10,000 or 20,000 copies, you can probably print them for 13 cents!" Liu Zhengwen looked at Zhang Junping in confusion, wondering what he was thinking.
"Look, printing a wall calendar is more appropriate than printing leaflets, right?"
"You're not thinking of which calendar to hand out as a flyer, are you?"
"Send part and sell part!"
"Who are you selling to?"
"You guys take it to the market and sell it!"
"You want us to go to the market to set up a stall and sell calendars?" Liu Zhengwen looked at Zhang Junping with wide eyes, as if he were looking at aliens.
They are college students and future artists. Let them set up stalls and sell calendars at the market?
If his wife hadn't worked in Zhang Junping's store, Liu Zhengwen would have wanted to curse her.
"Why can't you set up a stall and sell calendars? You have to understand that this is a work-study program and a way to experience life!
If you don't experience the hardships of working people, how can you create works that are popular with working people?"
"It's okay to experience the life of working people, but selling calendars is just a second-rate dealer and a speculator!"
"How can selling calendars be considered speculation? At most, they are small traders. Since we are experiencing life, all walks of life must experience it so that we can increase our life experience!" Zhang Junping tried his best to fool Liu Zhengwen.
"The key is that no one wants it! As I said just now, Xinhua Bookstore's calendars are distributed in other workplaces and factories, and Xinhua Bookstore can't sell them, let alone us!"
"Whether the calendar sells depends on your ability. Those landscape paintings, pictures of ladies, and revolutions... are naturally not easy to sell!
I'll draw one, and you can see if you can sell it!" Zhang Junping said, finding a sketch pad and starting to draw.
After a while, Zhang Junping sketched out a picture of a bikini beauty. He put down his pen and asked with a smile: "Can such a calendar be sold?"
Liu Zhengwen looked at the sketch drawn by Zhang Junping and swallowed, "I don't know if I can sell it, but I will be arrested as a hooligan!"
Zhang Junping smiled, changed another piece of sketch paper, and drew another picture. This time it was no longer a bikini, but a young girl in a dress sitting on the sofa, her eyes looking forward to her, and her postures various and delicate.
moving.
"What if that's the case?"
"This... okay, I admit, if it were a calendar like this, I would definitely buy it!" Liu Zhengwen stared at it for a while and said convinced.
"This dress is so beautiful, where can I buy it?" Huang Juan saw Zhang Junping and Liu Zhengwen whispering there, and walked over curiously. She was attracted by the dress of the girl in the painting at a glance.
Zhang Junping was speechless. He clearly painted furniture, and the most outstanding thing was furniture. But in Liu Zhengwen's eyes, he only saw beauties, and in Huang Juan's eyes, he saw dresses.
"Sister-in-law, even if you want to buy this dress, you have to wait until next year!" Zhang Junping replied with a smile, changed another piece of sketching paper, and continued drawing.
This time Zhang Junping also depicts a young girl. She is no longer wearing a dress, but a long-sleeved shirt and slim trousers, showing off a woman's curves. In the background is a large wardrobe. The girl is standing in front of the large wardrobe looking around.
Shengzi asked, "What about this?"
Liu Zhengwen swallowed quietly, glanced at his wife standing next to him, and glared at Zhang Junping with a resentful look. Can such a topic be discussed in front of his wife?
"Brother Zhang, what are you guys discussing?"
"Sister-in-law, I'm not planning to print some wall calendars. First, I can give them as gifts to customers, and second, I can sell some of them so that Lao Liu and the others can earn some pocket money!
I’m asking for Lao Liu’s opinion. Sister-in-law, you’re here. Can you give me your opinion? Can such a calendar be sold?”
"Is this all the case?"
"This is just a draft. I will ask my senior brother who paints oil paintings to re-draw it later to ensure that the painting is as realistic as the photo!"
"If this is the case, it will definitely be sold. As long as you are a man, you will spend money to buy it!" Huang Juan said while giving Liu Zhengwen a hard look.
In what way is my figure and appearance worse than that of the woman in the painting? It’s just that her clothes are not as good-looking as the woman in the painting. You worthless thing, you are actually drooling just looking at the painting. Look at how I will deal with you at night.
"My sister-in-law still has the vision, so the matter is settled!
Old Liu, you can contact the printing factory later, and I will ask my senior brother to draw the template!"
"Zhang Junping, are you really going to let us set up a stall and sell calendars?"
"It's a joke to ask you to set up a stall to sell calendars. You don't have to worry about selling calendars. I have my own channels!" Zhang Junping comforted him with a smile.
If Liu Zhengwen and the others were to set up a stall to sell calendars, wouldn't it be overkill? The key point is that it's not easy to use.
After printing out the calendar, throwing it to Ye Jing, and then taking it to Xiushui Street to distribute it, wouldn't it be extremely relaxing to have ten or twenty thousand copies of the calendar?
The current trend in China is still very conservative, and it will take another three or four years for wall calendars with beautiful women as the theme to appear.
The key is that every picture of beautiful women drawn by Zhang Junping is so tightly wrapped that no one can say anything, but they cleverly display the charm of women to the fullest.
Judging from Liu Zhengwen's performance, he is drooling in front of his wife. If a calendar like this is put on the market, it will definitely be a hit.
"Okay, I'll contact the printing house right away!" Liu Zhengwen said and prepared to get up.
"Old Liu, what time is it now? It's time for the printing factory to get off work. Let's go tomorrow!" Why did Zhang Junping stop Liu Zhengwen?
"By the way, one more thing. Printing a wall calendar costs a lot of money. Do you have that much money?" Liu Zhengwen was stopped by Zhang Junping and remembered a very practical thing.
"Ouch! Why are you twisting me?" Liu Zhengwen just finished asking and twisted Huang Juan.