Just like the Internet companies of later generations, only by taking the free route first and letting users get used to your products can you later manipulate the market and earn excess profits.
Although Hu Changan's soap business is not a virtual industry, soap is still a new thing after all.
In the beginning, we must take the path of small profits but quick turnover, get everyone used to using soap, create a market, and then we can make big money.
At present, Hu Changan is still in the initial stage, so he naturally chooses small profits but quick turnover.
A piece of soap sells for 60 copper coins, and the most basic material cost alone costs 30 copper coins. Throwing away various labor expenses and sales expenses, the real profit is only 10 copper coins at most, which is really not too high.
And now that my father Hu Weiyong has gone to work in Huating County, his original salary and gray income are gone.
All expenses of Hu's huge mansion depend on Hu Changan's soap business.
Although Hu Weiyong had taken away all the women and a large part of the servants, the daily expenses and monthly money needed by the remaining maids and servants were still not a small amount.
Hu Changan has thought about layoffs.
However, in this day and age, for them, firing a servant in the family would be a great shame and humiliation.
Unless a big mistake is made, the master will basically not fire his servants.
Everyone was doing their jobs well, and Hu Chang'an didn't necessarily criticize him, so he had to silently take over the burden left by his father.
Moreover, Hu Changan recently spent huge sums of money to build a factory in the suburbs, so the money is naturally flowing out.
Hu Changan calculated that not only did he leave no savings this month, he even used the property left by his father.
Hu Changan couldn't help but sigh, it was really hard to be the boss.
It seems that it is imperative to expand soap production.
Today, thanks to the hard work of the craftsmen, Hu Changan's workshop can produce about 10,000 soaps a day.
These 10,000 pieces of soap are placed in the store, and they can basically be sold out before closing every day. Every day, there are customers who queue up for a long time but cannot buy soap.
So if Hu Changan decides to expand production, these soaps will definitely be sold.
In addition to individual tourists, there is also an endless stream of businessmen who come to seek cooperation.
At present, Hu Changan's soap is completely famous.
From the nearby Suzhou Prefecture and Yangzhou Prefecture, merchants would come almost every week to purchase soap on a large scale and then bring it back to them for sale.
The farthest ones are even businessmen from Kaifeng Prefecture.
It has to be said that businessmen are well-informed.
As soon as there is a way to make money, everyone swarms in like sharks smelling blood.
However, due to production reasons, it was worth the pain for Hu Changan to reject these businessmen who came here with great admiration.
It seems that it is imperative to expand soap production!
However, what puzzled Hu Changan was that although the factory in the suburbs had been built, the assembly line had been put into operation, and a lot of workers had been hired, the output still could not increase.
Although the output has indeed increased compared to before, the extent of the increase is far from Hu Changan's expectations.
Hu Changan couldn't help but be a little confused, and quickly called Manager Chen for questioning.
Manager Chen heard the news and came over, feeling a little uneasy.
Judging from the young master's face, I'm afraid things won't go smoothly.
He has just been promoted from shopkeeper to manager, and he doesn’t want to be knocked back to his original form just after being promoted!
When he thought of the young master's resolute behavior last time, Manager Chen felt a little scared.
Sure enough, Manager Chen was greeted by Hu Changan's question: "Manager Chen, I wonder why the output of this soap workshop has not seen a significant increase?"
After hearing this, Manager Chen quickly knelt down and said anxiously, "I'm sorry, Master. My subordinates are not doing their job well, which makes Master worried."
"It's just that regarding this workshop, my subordinates are really motivated but powerless!"
"My subordinate has always been in charge of accounts and money. He is really not familiar with the craftsmanship and does not understand the twists and turns involved."
"Besides, there are too many things going on in the Hu Mansion. My subordinates really can't spare the energy to supervise the running of the new workshop from beginning to end, so I have to leave all the affairs of the new workshop to Xiao Wang in the Mansion."
"Xiao Wang has been in our Hu Mansion for more than 20 years. He has been in Hu Mansion since he was in Ji'an (a county under Jiangxi Province). The family has been carpenters for generations and they are also hard-working people."
"When the new workshop was built, Xiao Wang lived and ate at the new workshop. It was not easy to live in the open air."
"My subordinates went to see it a few days ago. This new workshop has also been built. It is as tall and spacious as the young master expected."
"My subordinates saw that there were basically no problems, so they didn't pay much attention to matters in the workshop."
"I'm really sorry, Master, please punish me!"
Seeing Manager Chen's sincere and anxious face, Hu Changan didn't know what to say, so he had to ask Manager Chen to get up and talk first.
Indeed, this was also Hu Changan's lack of careful consideration.
Nowadays, the Hu family's stall is too big, so we should find more people to take care of it, otherwise we really can't manage it.
Moreover, although Manager Chen is loyal, he is indeed too honest and can easily be taken advantage of by those who are interested.
After all, Hu Changan is not a cruel official, and he understands the mood of his subordinates very well.
After all, Manager Chen seems to be really working hard and he even has a few more gray hairs.
Thinking of this, Hu Changan also calmed down.
Anyway, there were still a few days before the official implementation of the Lijia system in the county, so Hu Changan decided to go out in person to see how the new workshop was operating.
"Manager Chen, I decided to dress up like Qiao Chuan and go to the new workshop to explore the truth."
"Master, I am going to pretend to be a newly recruited servant. Remember to tell Manager Chen when the time comes."
"Manager Chen, please don't go to the new workshop these days. Just come directly to support me in three days. Remember to bring my greetings with you."
"I have some things to do in Jiangning County later, and I plan to live directly in the new workshop there."
What!
Manager Chen was immediately confused, and it took him a long time to react.
The young master actually wants to disguise himself as a worker and go directly to the new workshop as an undercover agent?
This...this is simply unheard of and unseen!
Before Steward Chen could speak, the old butler standing beside him immediately objected: "Master, you can't go! You can live and eat with those pancake craftsmen, Master, can you bear it? Don't get sick from exhaustion." !”
Currently, there are two stewards in the Hu Mansion, who specialize in taking care of the property and business in the mansion.
There are dedicated housekeepers who take care of the inner house.
The original housekeeper was from the mistress Liu's side, so naturally he was lukewarm towards Hu Changan.
But now that father Hu Weiyong and the rest of the army are following him to Huating County, the original housekeeper will naturally follow him.
The new housekeeper is a relative of Hu Changan's mother, the Wang family. Naturally, he is very polite to Hu Changan and wants to help Hu Changan take care of things from top to bottom.