"I did some preliminary research at the beginning and found that there are only three printing plants in northern Hunan that can print wall calendars."
"Jiangcheng Printing Factory is the largest among them. The others are Jingzhou Printing Factory and Taoyuan Printing Factory, which are capable of printing wall calendars."
"I ran to Jiangcheng Printing Factory, but they ignored me at all. I called the printing factories in Jingzhou and Taoyuan. When they heard that it was private printing, they refused without even asking. They also laughed at me for not overestimating my capabilities."
Lin Yi knows that the current social situation is like this.
State-owned enterprises don't have to worry about food and drink, they are all bosses.
"I really had no choice, so I searched around for printing plants in neighboring provinces. It was a waste of time to go there myself. I called my comrades and asked them to help me inquire locally. Not to mention, I found one."
Li Xiangqian became excited after saying this.
"A comrade of mine was assigned to the Yueyang Printing Factory after he came back, and he was the Security Section Officer. He told me on the phone that their printing factory has a complete set of equipment for printing wall calendars, but they are all parked now."
"All their provincial orders were taken away by larger printing plants. Last year they printed a batch of wall calendars themselves, hoping to make money, but later the sales were not good. Now more than half of the printed calendars are still in the warehouse.
The more you pay, the more you lose, so I simply stopped the machine."
"I asked him to ask the leaders of their factory to see if they were willing to give a personal seal. My comrade-in-arms was somewhat related to the factory director, so I went to ask him. The factory director did not refuse, and only said that it was necessary.
Think about it."
Lin Yi's eyes lit up.
Talk about considering,
That's interesting.
As long as there is a gap, we can try to squeeze in.
"Let's go to Yueyang." Lin Yi made a decision immediately.
afternoon,
The two of them got on the long-distance bus to Yueyang.
The bus was rickety, and Lin Yi lamented that it was inconvenient not to have a car, but now he wanted to get a car that was too eye-catching and not suitable for him.
In this case,
Then enjoy the slow pace of life.
The journey of more than 200 kilometers took four or five hours, and by the time we arrived in Yueyang, it was completely dark.
Before coming, Li Xiangqian called his comrade. As soon as he got off the car, he saw someone waving his arms in the distance:
"Forward, this way."
"Brother Satisfied."
The two grown men hugged each other.
comradeship,
Especially this kind of comrades-in-arms friendship that has experienced life and death on the battlefield is really unmatched by any other relationship.
"Brother Yiyi, this is my brother Yi, the big Lin Yi." Li introduced forward.
"Brother Yi, at this time, Brother Yiyi, Da Liang is satisfied."
Lin Yi asked on the way. Liang Yiyi was two years older than Lin Yi. Lin Yi stretched out his hand and said, "Brother Yiyi, please come and pick us up."
"What's the trouble? Let's take a walk. You're hungry after riding in the car for a day. Let's eat first." Liang Satisfied enthusiastically reached out to take the bags from Li Xiangqian and Lin Yi. They tugged at them again before walking out.
They found a restaurant to have dinner, and then arranged Lin Yi and the others to the guest house. The three of them lit cigarettes in the room, and Liang Yiyi said:
"When Qiang Xiang called me, he told me the basic situation. Printing calendars for private individuals was not illegal, but it was just a business-to-public affair and rarely printed for private individuals. The leaders were also a little worried.
."
"Can you make some changes?" Lin Yi asked.
"How to adapt?" Liang Yiyi was a little surprised.
"For example, if you print a batch, but the sales are not good and there is a backlog, you can sell this batch to us in the name of dealing with the backlog at the end of the year." Lin Yi said.
Liang Satisfied looked surprised, thinking that it could still be like this, but when he thought about it, this method was really wonderful, and all parties involved did not violate the rules.
"Brother Satisfied, can you help introduce the factory director tomorrow?" Lin Yi asked.
"No problem, the factory director is my cousin. So, I'll talk to the factory director during the day tomorrow and let's go there tomorrow night. What do you think?"
"Of course."
After the matter was settled, Liang Satisfied left. Lin Yi and Li Xiangqian prepared to go to bed. After Li Qianqian lay down, he asked: "Brother Yi, do you think you can persuade the factory director?"
"Try it and try it. If it works, you will make money. If it doesn't, there will be no loss." Lin Yi said.
Don't do things in a hurry, let alone go all the way to the end, otherwise it's easy to hit the wall with your brain.
The next day.
After dinner,
Liang Yiyi took Lin Yi and Li Qianqian to the house of the director of the printing factory. In front of it was a courtyard, and inside was a set of three tile-roofed houses.
The factory director's surname was Wang. He looked a bit wealthy in his fifties. Seeing Lin Yi come in with a bag, he said with some displeasure: "Come here, why do you bring anything with you? Comrade, this kind of behavior is not good."
Li Xiangqian felt a sudden thought,
Do you think this is making your boss unhappy?
Lin Yi was not afraid at all, and said with a smile: "It's not a gift. What I brought is some wall calendars, which I plan to use as the original version. I will bring them to Director Wang to take a look."
"Oh, so that's it." Director Wang nodded calmly.
Everyone sat down.
Lin Yidao: "Director Wang, I heard that our factory has a batch of wall calendars printed last year that are unsalable and piled up in the warehouse."
Director Wang's face suddenly darkened. He personally made the decision to print and sell calendars last year. He couldn't get orders from other large printing plants. He wanted to try to break out on his own, but he didn't expect to end up in failure. Those calendars were piled in the warehouse.
They are all slapping him in the face.
"What do you mean?" Director Wang said solemnly.
Lin Yi still had a smile on his face, "I have an idea to buy the backlog of calendars from our factory."
Um,
Everyone else present was stunned.
Factory Director Wang and Liang Satisfied looked at Lin Yi, thinking that this person was stupid. Li Qianqian looked at Lin Yi but was not surprised. He knew that Brother Yi would not do business at a loss.
"The wall calendar is time-sensitive. Last year's date is printed on it. What's the use of taking it?" Director Wang frowned slightly.
"I have an idea. Brother Yiyi brought me some wall calendars that we printed last year today," Lin Yi said, taking out a roll of wall calendars from his bag. It was one of the sets printed by Yueyang Printing Factory last year.
"I have to say that the pictures you chose are really good. For example, this set is all the work of great domestic calligraphers. To be honest, such wall calendars are valuable for collection. There is also this set of ancient furniture tastings. This
Appreciation of southern gardens, all of them are made of the best quality."
Factory Manager Wang's face became slightly better after being praised by Lin Yi. To be honest, he personally selected these patterns and they were all his favorite styles.
"But the basis can't be used?" Director Wang asked doubtfully.
"I have an idea. You see these pictures, they are all placed in the middle, right? My idea is that we do a second cut, cut out these pictures, and then print a blank page with only the date, and then bind it.
These cut-out pictures are placed in the middle, so they fit perfectly, and no one can tell that they are last year's models," said Lin Yida.
Lin Yi finished speaking,
The three of them widened their eyes again.
What a genius idea,
Why didn't they think of it?
The most difficult part of printing these wall calendars is to print the paintings inside. Ink is more expensive than paper. If you just print a date, it would be too simple.
"How many calendars from last year are there in the factory warehouse now?" Lin Yi continued to ask.
"More than 20,000 sets."
A total of 30,000 sets were printed last year, but very few were sold. The more than 20,000 that Director Wang claimed was almost 27,800.
"I want them all."
Lin Yi's words shocked everyone.
"Want everything?"
"That's right, I want them all, but you have to do it as I said before, cut it again, print next year's calendar, and rebind it, and you have to give me the lowest price." Lin Yi said.
Director Wang took a deep breath.
"No problem, I agree to your request."
These calendars were one of his faults, and now that Lin Yi helped him solve them perfectly, his favorable impression of Lin Yi immediately improved by several levels.
"Director Wang, what price do you think is suitable for those old calendars?" Lin Yi asked.
Director Wang thought for a while and said, "The cost of those calendars is about one yuan and eighty, plus the new time for the renovation and printing, you can give me one yuan and five per copy."
When it comes to calculating the accounts backwards, Director Wang is really a trustworthy person.
In fact, for Factory Director Wang, he was very happy just to sell the batch of pressed calendars.
"Okay, I'll give you as much as you want for one dollar and a half." Lin Yi readily agreed.
"Director Wang, what do you think about printing the new calendar?" Lin Yi finally proposed the biggest purpose of this trip.
"What kind of printing do you want to print? Let me see." Director Wang's tone of voice was much more relaxed now.
Lin Yi took out a larger roll of wall calendar from his bag and spread it out one by one on the table. Good guys, they were all full of plump and fat beauties, both Chinese and foreign.
Factory Manager Wang nodded after reading it,
"It's not difficult to print these. If you have photos, you can print whatever you want. How many do you want to print?" Factory Director Wang asked.
"First come one hundred thousand copies."
Lin Yi's words once again shocked Factory Director Wang and Liang Yiyi. He had printed 30,000 copies before, but more than 20,000 were unsalable. Lin Yi asked for 100,000 copies.
young people,
It's really courageous.
You know, the wholesale price of printing is RMB 18 per book, so the 100,000 wall calendars are 180,000. Adding the backlog of wall calendars that were previously agreed to be purchased, this is more than 200,000!