282. Chapter 282: 282, The wicked have their own grind 12
He Chunmei nodded and took the things to the kitchen to get busy. Lu Ziwan then told Lu Donglin about Sister Lan making dolls to sell in the town.
Lu Donglin was surprised when he heard that he was going to the town to open a shop, "How much money would it cost to open a shop in the town?"
"Did so many people really like the puppets Sister Lan made last time?" Ge Rui was more concerned about this.
"If you don't believe me, just ask Sister Lan. Did those girls like her last time?" Lu Ziwan said, "This puppet is also a rare thing. There are many people in the town and county who haven't made it yet.
If the price is set higher, the profit will be greater. After everyone follows suit, we will lower the price a little, and I think we can make money."
"But the shops in town are not cheap to rent. We can't afford that much money here~" Lu Donglin was a little excited when he heard Lu Ziyuan say that he could make money, but he only had so little money at home.
His family's wealth, a dozen taels, is enough for his family to last for more than a year, but renting a shop is probably not enough.
"Second uncle, you don't have to worry about the money. I have it here. Anyway, I don't need it now. I can lend it to you first and then pay it back when you make money." Lu Ziyuan smiled and thought to herself, it was fortunate that I had it.
She hid the money in the space, otherwise, wouldn’t all the people who changed her wedding dress have been taken away at once?
"Cousin Ziyuan, I can't make so many styles. If you want to open a shop, you must make more, faster, and more styles." Lu Lan said worriedly.
"Of course I know that opening a shop requires a lot of goods. You can ask the aunts and sisters in the village who are good at embroidery to help. As for the styles, I am not here, so what are you worried about?" Lu Ziyuan replied, "I
Let me tell you the math: a piece of fairly good cotton costs one tael of silver. One piece of cloth can make about ten puppets. Each puppet requires about half a catty of cotton. Half a catty of cotton costs two hundred cents. One piece of cloth costs two hundred cents.
The puppet's embroidery work can be done for others for 20 cents. The capital cost of this puppet is 520 cents. So if we sell a puppet for three taels of silver, we can earn 20 taels and 480 cents for each doll.
Wen Qian, if the monthly rent of the shop is ten taels of silver, then selling four of them will be considered as recouping the original cost, and selling the rest as extra will be considered as profit."
"Three taels apiece!" Several people exclaimed, "Is it too expensive? Can anyone buy it?"
"A poor family would not buy this thing even if it costs ten cents, but a wealthy family would buy it even if it costs five or two people. This is just the beginning. Later, when the puppet business is easy to do, I will definitely buy it.
If many people follow suit, everyone will start a price war. When we make enough money, it won’t be too late to lower the price,” Lu Ziwan said.
"How many goods should be shipped at the beginning?" Lu Lan asked.
"We should have at least thirty items for everyone to choose from." Lu Ziyuan thought for a moment, "The shop doesn't need to be too big, as long as it can accommodate thirty items."
"Thirty dozen?" Lu Donglin calculated in his mind. The cost of ten is more than five taels, and the cost of thirty is more than fifteen taels. This still does not include the money to rent the shop. If you can't make it back, then
Aren't dozens of taels of silver wasted?
"Second uncle, I know what you are worried about. Otherwise, I will pay half of the money and hold 30% of the shares, but you will take care of the shop and I will only draw the dolls. How about this?" Lu Ziwan felt this in her heart.
At the beginning, I thought the puppet business would be booming, and they would be able to make a lot of money by taking advantage of it. Later, even if everyone else started doing it again, and Lu Donglin didn't want to do it, and the shop closed, they could still make a lot of money first.