allonlinenovel Chapter 107 Art is priceless
Chapter 107 Art is priceless
As more and more people gathered, some people took out their cameras and wanted to take pictures.
Seeing someone taking pictures, the employees of the Third Printing and Dyeing Factory quickly stood in front of the poster.
“Sorry, we don’t allow taking photos of our posters.”
“Why can’t we take photos of such a beautiful work?”
"This is the latest style of clothing designed by our designer based on the fabrics from our factory. The rules state that you can only look at it but not take photos."
An Italian foreign businessman came to the poster with an interpreter and asked excitedly about the model's outfit.
"Do you have ready-made garment samples?"
Director Liu saw a foreign businessman asking, and quickly replied, "Yes, yes, Xiao Li, take out the ready-made clothes I prepared and show them to you."
During the two days of preparing the exhibition hall, Director Liu asked someone to make several sets of clothes in various sizes.
Director Liu then took out the finished clothes for display and reminded the foreign businessmen again that they could only look but not take photos.
The Italian foreign businessman was very surprised to see the clothes which were exactly the same as those in the poster. "How much do you charge for these clothes?"
Before the exhibition started, Director Liu took the finished clothes to Jiang Weimin and asked him if he had any comments or suggestions.
Jiang Weimin was surprised to find that Director Liu acted so quickly that the clothes had already been made.
Looking at the finished clothes, Jiang Weimin had more ideas in his mind.
"Director Liu, I think we can sell clothes and fabrics together. The cost price of the clothes is higher than the profit of the fabrics."
However, Director Liu frowned and expressed his concern: "Xiao Jiang, our Third Printing and Dyeing Factory does not have a garment workshop."
"Director Liu, we can outsource the order."
Hearing this, Director Liu asked curiously: "Xiao Jiang, what exactly is this outsourcing about?"
Jiang Weimin patiently explained: "We first collect orders from foreign companies and then hand them over to factories that can produce ready-made clothes."
After hearing this, Director Liu showed a surprised expression on his face: "So it can be operated this way!"
"Director Liu, this is a win-win situation. We can attract foreign investors with excellent works and earn foreign exchange.
At the same time, it also brings orders to other factories, so their factory welfare will also improve.
They will thank us then, and of course we can earn the difference in price, and it is foreign exchange that we earn.”
"Xiao Jiang, you still have an idea, so what do you think is a suitable price for this dress?"
"Director Liu, how much does this kind of fabric cost to make a suit of clothes?"
"Our fabrics are all ordinary cotton. If you make a set of clothes yourself, it will cost about 3 yuan. In the store, it should be around 10 yuan."
“那就按照商店的价格翻10倍，现在美元兑人民币汇率是1：1.8，一美元换1块8人民币。咱们就定50美元。”
"Xiao Jiang, our goal is too high!"
"Director Liu, we don't sell clothes, we sell art!"
"Art?"
“Haven’t you heard the saying, commodities have prices but art is priceless?
These two sets of clothes have unique designs and contain profound cultural heritage and artistic value.
For those foreign customers, they are willing to pay for this uniqueness and artistry.
So $50 is not an exorbitant price.”
"Although I don't know what art is, I feel that it should be okay to follow what you said, Xiao Jiang. I'll make a long distance call to report to my boss."
"Director Liu, don't be anxious, I haven't finished yet!"
"Xiao Jiang, do you have any other ideas?"
"certainly!"
When Director Liu heard this, he showed an excited expression on his face and hurriedly urged: "Tell me quickly! I will report to the factory director later."
Jiang Weimin touched his chin pretentiously, and then said slowly: "Director Liu, we have been talking for so long that my throat is about to smoke."
Director Liu nodded and said yes, and called to the people around him, "Xiao Li, go and get Comrade Xiao Jiang a glass of water."
At this time, Xiao Song on the side took the initiative to step forward and said with a smile: "Director, let me go!" As she said that, she picked up the thermos on the table and poured a glass of water for Jiang Weimin.
Jiang Weimin took the cup of water and expressed his gratitude to Xiao Song.
However, Xiao Li, who was not far away, looked at Xiao Song with disdain, muttering in a low voice: "What a vixen!"
Jiang Weimin took a sip of water to moisten his throat, then continued, "Director Liu, we may not be able to sell many clothes directly, right?"
"why"
"Because of the high profits, foreign merchants may buy clothes and then directly imitate them. At that time, they will still come to buy our fabrics. If they can't buy them, they may go to other printing and dyeing factories to buy them."
"I don't think so. I've looked around and found that the colors of other printing and dyeing factories are different from ours, and the patterns are also different. The clothes they make probably won't achieve the same effect as ours."
Jiang Weimin asked with a puzzled look, "Director Liu, how did this difference come about?"
"It has to do with the printing and dyeing formula, the time when the dye is added, and the temperature."
"Director Liu, I think as long as the profit is big enough, there will always be a way to copy it."
"Xiao Jiang, what do you think we should do?" Director Liu was a little confused by what Jiang Weimin said.
"I suggested that if foreign merchants could place a fabric order of 50 yuan, we could give them the clothing designs for free. This would also ensure that they would not go to other printing and dyeing factories to buy fabric."
"Foreign merchants are making their own clothes, so can we still sell our clothes?"
"Don't worry! The wholesale price of clothes produced by foreign companies is definitely more expensive than what we sell."
Director Liu thought about it carefully and understood a little, "So that's how it is! We sell the ready-made clothes and fabrics together. If foreign merchants want to make them themselves, we can directly provide the fabrics, and it won't interfere with our sales of clothes.
Xiao Jiang, I think you should just call him Xiao Zhuge, he knows everything."
"Director Liu, please don't flatter me. No matter how much of the clothes and fabrics related to these two sets of clothes are sold, Qingdao Publishing House will get 5% of the foreign exchange commission."
Director Liu wanted to make a few more compliments, but was choked back by Jiang Weimin's words. He thought for a while and said, "5%. In principle, I agree, but I still have to report to our factory director first."
Afterwards, Director Liu made a long-distance call to the director of the printing and dyeing factory to report Jiang Weimin's idea, and after some assurances, it was finally decided.