Chapter 29 Price War
"I want to make the Wang family regret it, make them cry bitterly, and let them go bankrupt!" Yuan Zhaoyi was filled with indignation, like a bewildered young man.
However, Li Xian was somewhat on guard against Yuan Zhao.
Li Xian turned to look at Zhang Quan, "Brother Zhang, I know you are the most careful in your work, how is the situation of the Wang family now?"
Zhang Quan thought for a while, "Concubine Hua is still Concubine Hua, Your Majesty still takes care of the Wang family. In addition, behind the imitation of the Wang family's lanterns, there is a shadow of the royal family. This is one of the reasons why I didn't tell you before. After I investigated part of the situation, I didn’t dare to continue the investigation.”
"Evidence?" Li Xian's eyes lit up. If the matter involved the royal family, it would be a lot of trouble.
"There is only one piece of circumstantial evidence, which is the night running lights. The Wang family's shop does not sell night running lights! They even sent someone to contact them secretly, but the Wang family did not respond."
"Circumstantial evidence?" Li Xian rubbed his fingers, pondering for a long time, "The circumstantial evidence is enough. It is understandable that the royal family is involved in this matter. I heard that His Majesty the Emperor is poor and crazy."
Yuan Zhao immediately interfaced: "Yes, yes, the poor are starting to sell their officials. As long as five thousand taels of gold, you can become a third-rank official; with 10,000 taels of gold, you can become a regular second-rank official.
I heard that the Wang family is already planning to use 20,000 taels of gold to buy the position of a first-rank official. "
"Yeah." Li Xian nodded. What Yuan Zhao said seemed to be a joke, but it revealed a very important message and also a very important evidence - the emperor is really poor and crazy! And the Wang family kept moving!
Li Xian thought for a while before he said: "Well, since this matter has the shadow of the royal family, we give up the low-end market and the colored lights, and we occupy the mid-range and high-end markets. At the same time, we adopt Price war, raise prices."
"Pfft..." Shangguan Yong took a sip of tea, "My dear brother, I heard you right, you said price war, you want to raise the price?"
"Yes, is there a problem?"
"Of course there are problems, big problems, isn't the price war about reducing prices?"
Li Xian smiled confidently, "What do you think if the life of our lanterns is extended to five years? And if we only produce mid-to-high-end lanterns, our workload will be reduced a lot, so we can carve and craft carefully. Let the lanterns be more colorful and colorful."
Zhang Quan thought about it for a while, "In this way, the cost of protection and transportation can be reduced, and we can also faintly express concessions to the royal family. But this will affect our reputation. When others see that we have regressed, they will think that we are weak and deceitful. "
Li Xian chuckled, "Didn't you just say that the royal family may be involved behind the lantern, so let's make concessions for the time being and let the royal family appreciate it.
But we can't let the Wang family go. Find out the location of all the 'cloth shops' of the Wang family, and we will open a chain store of the 'Bright Star Cloth Shop' opposite their cloth shop. The price is 10% lower than the price of all the cloth shops of the Wang family cloth shop.
Anyway, we use a lot of machine weaving, and we can beat the Wang family by several blocks in terms of quantity and cost. In terms of quantity, we can say that it is infinite. As long as the raw materials are sufficient, we have enough fabrics. In terms of cost, machine weaving is 20% to 30% lower than hand weaving, and machine weaving fabrics are more uniform and delicate. "
"Yes, let's do it like this!" Shangguan Yong yelled, "We still have to pretend to be angry, have insufficient supplies, and lose money."
Yuan Zhao shouted, "Okay, great, I want to throw all the cloth of the Wang family in my hands. No, we want to attract the Wang family to buy our cloth at a low price, and then let them throw all the cloth in their hands. Haha ..."
Zhang Quan squinted his eyes with a cold light, "Don't worry about the raw materials. I have already contacted the merchants in the Chen country around me to buy all the textile materials in the Chen country at a price that is 10% higher than the market price."
Shangguan Yong immediately raised his hand: "I have established a connection with the merchants of Qi State to ensure that the raw materials will continue to flow."
Yuan Zhao yelled, "I have connected with a businessman from Jin."
Li Xian was overjoyed, "With the support of textile materials from three countries, it is enough for us to win a big battle!"
For the next ten days or so, Li Xian, Zhang Quan, Shangguan Yong, and Yuan Zhao discussed various strategies; Xu Ren watched from the side, but Xu Ren never spoke on the spot, and Li Xian was the only one at night Only then will I tell my own suggestions.
During this process, Xu Ren helped Li Xian plan many, many dark hands, which may be used in the future.
Finally, twelve days later, the families of Zhang Quan, Shangguan Yong, and Yuan Zhao sent a total of 12,600 taels of gold, and then the three left with their respective looms. Of course, the textile machine was disassembled and transported. During this period, Li Xian also arranged for the three guards to easily repair and assemble the machine.
At the same time, the three of them also took away a full 6,000 bolts of cloth, which were all in stock and spun in the last ten days; although 6,000 bolts of cloth were not as shocking as 20,000 bolts, in this world without industry, 6,000 bolts were less than 6,000 bolts. The price of cloth is enough to cause a shock in the cloth market in Wuyang City.
Li Xian just wiped off a cold sweat when he saw the three-person convoy disappear completely; these bastards have been restless in the past twelve days, secretly contacting the craftsmen around Li Xian, trying to poach them. Fortunately, Li Xian has already won the hearts of the people through all-round means such as benefits, oaths, humanized management, and brilliant future.
After the three of them left, the Li family's caravan came late, packed up the remaining goods, and shipped them away. Of course, they also unloaded a lot of materials. By the way, Li Youwei also came here in person to ask Li Xian, his nephew, about business skills.
After Li Youwei left, Li Xiancai finally stretched his waist. This period of time was really exhausting; not only physically tired, but also mentally tired. Now that the industry has developed, it is impossible to build a car behind closed doors, and it is inevitable to go to the market; and once it goes to the market, it means leaking secrets. For this reason, Li Xian worked hard to calculate and finally came up with a preliminary satisfactory plan.
However, the problem of wires is still like a noose around the neck of this monster of science and industry; as long as the problem of wires is not fundamentally solved, the science and industry will not be able to achieve great development.
"Headache! Is it true that we still want to take the road of electric power science?" Li Xian looked at his plan, "Hey, now I have a little foundation, if it is really not possible, I really can only go for electric power science The path of development is over. It’s just that I’m not reconciled!”
Yes, not reconciled, anyone who encounters such a situation will not be reconciled to failure.
Looking at the green mountains and green waters outside the transparent glass window, Li Xian frowned.
As long as there are wires, Li Xian is sure to make the technology in his hands advance by leaps and bounds; as long as there are wires, Li Xian can realize too many dreams; as long as there are wires, Li Xian can control the entire industry and let science fly. monster. However, there is no wire.
Inexplicably, Li Xian became irritable: "Dude, I've read countless science fiction novels and time-travel novels, but why the hell am I the only one who has problems with wires! I don't even have any references!"