Mu Lanqing has learned the true story of Prime Minister Mu, and is indeed a master in playing politics and fighting in the court. However, even if he is proficient in everything, there are always things he does not understand. For example, the matter of Shanghai really corresponds to the old saying, every other line is like
Across the mountain, it is impossible for one person to be proficient in everything. This sentence is said every day, but it still cannot be stopped that people are fooled every day.
Mu Lanqing was really not worth the loss, so he found a person like Zhu Yuandao to manage Qingfeng Tea House. Although Zhu Yuandao had done a lot of business before, he had never really run a tea house. He just liked to taste tea.
, and they are not considered people who really understand tea ceremony, they are more arty. Tea ceremony is like being a human being, and it is impossible for a vulgar person like Zhu Yuandao to truly understand tea ceremony!
Like drinking tea and running a tea house are two completely different things. This is the same as a person who likes to taste good food opens a restaurant, thinking that if he likes good food, he will be able to run a good restaurant, but as everyone knows, it is completely different!
Of course, people who don’t understand tea ceremony at all may not be able to run a tea house well, but Ning Jingwan believes that the large-scale Qingfeng Tea House cannot be run well by people like Zhu Yuandao!
It will take ten days at the earliest to set up a tea workshop. After this period of time, even though Zhu Yuandao can purchase new tea of good quality, he may not be able to process the best tea. Moreover, there are arrangements by Manager Wang.
The people who belong to Tianya Tea House must not be sloppy at all in the process of making tea, including heat, time, and sunlight. As long as they make a little effort in the process, it is not too difficult to affect the quality of the tea!
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Ning Jingwan listened to the reports from Ji Qin and Manager Wang every day and just smiled slightly!
Qingfeng Tea House seems to be a big business and wealthy, but as time goes by, potential crises will slowly emerge!
In the newly established teahouse, all the people in it are newly hired, and the internal structure itself is immature. They don’t know much about each other’s way of doing things, and the tea workers are not familiar with each other.
There must be many contradictions!
These all take time to get used to. Doing things is the same as being a human being. You can't eat hot tofu in a hurry, especially in an industry like tea, you can't be in a hurry!
Operating the tea industry is like boiling medicine over a slow fire. It needs to be simmered slowly. Tianya Tea House has today’s status, the most important connections, reputation in the industry, a stable customer base, a mature internal structure of the tea house, and top-down management.
Relationship management is the result of decades of hard work by Grandpa and Manager Wang, but Zhu Yuandao thought that with his strong backing and financial resources, he could take away all of this in a short period of time!
But Zhu Yuandao simply couldn't have the patience to endure it slowly. He was eager to claim credit from Mu Lanqing and achieve success, which showed that he was a business talent!
Jingjing Wan secretly sighed, if Zhu Yuandao was not so impatient, given time, he might be a talent that could be made, but unfortunately he was too impatient and eager to prove himself to Mu Lanqing!
Ning Jingwan closed her eyes and looked at the dark clouds in the sky, with a light smile on her face.
Thinking of my grandpa, he said that the so-called strategy is nothing more than mobilizing all the resources around you to use these resources to achieve things that others have not thought of or think are impossible. Will it succeed in the end, or to what extent it can be achieved?
The key is to see how you integrate and utilize the resources around you.
This time, she will take advantage of Tianya Tea House’s familiarity and familiarity to fight against Qing’s wealthy Feng Tea House!
"Miss, what should we do next?" Ji Qin asked from the side.
Jingjing Wan smiled slightly, "Zhu Yuandao is now focusing all his energy on processing tea. If a person focuses his eyes on one place, he will ignore other places. There will be bigger problems waiting for him later!"
Ji Qin understood, "Yes, Miss!"
Manager Wang came in, "Miss, I just sent someone to count the amount of new tea we collected this year. In the past, we could collect at least 100,000 shi of new tea every year, but this year it is less than half of previous years!"
Jing Jing Wan said: "It doesn't matter, Uncle Wang, you must carefully process the new tea we purchased, and send people to follow the whole process. The process of making tea must be carefully developed, and slow work will produce fine work. The most important thing is,
We want to ensure that the quality of our Tianya Tea House’s tea leaves this year is better than in previous years!”
Manager Wang responded: "Yes, Miss!"
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Qingfeng Tea House.
Zhu Yuandao looked at the mountains of finished tea leaves and smiled proudly. Tianya Tea House wanted to suppress him just by buying those tea processing workshops. It was still early!
As long as these tea leaves are sold smoothly, even if he spent a lot of extra silver to buy new tea, the profit from the tea leaves is huge. Even if he spends more money, he will still make enough money!
In less than three years, Qingfeng Tea House will replace Tianya Tea House. From now on, his family will be the only one, and he alone has the final say on how much he charges and sells!
Thinking of this, Zhu Yuandao became even more proud, but before he could finish being happy, trouble came again!
There is a Grand Canal between Yangzhou and the capital, and there is a large amount of tea. Transportation to the capital is mainly by ship, not horse-drawn carriages, and there are also special caravans here in Yangzhou to transport goods to the capital!
He sent someone to contact the caravan, only to realize that what he had thought before was too natural. Since the amount of tea was huge and the warehouse needed was large, the one who could take over this kind of business must be a strong caravan!
However, after asking around, the answers I got were surprisingly consistent. All the powerful caravans in Yangzhou have been very busy recently, and even the fastest caravans will have to wait until next month before they are free to take his business.
However, a small caravan cannot handle such a large amount of goods at the moment, so it can only look back and sigh!
Although the Mu family also has a caravan, the distant water cannot save the nearby fire, and it is far away from Yangzhou. Moreover, Zhu Yuandao does not want to be looked down upon. He knows that there are still people behind his back after he became the boss of Qingfeng Tea House.
, saying that he relied on nepotism and had no real talent or learning!
A person strives to take a breath of Buddha and receive a stick of incense. This matter can only be solved by himself. If he can't achieve anything, there are many people waiting behind him to laugh. The most important thing is, where is the face of the uncle? How to deal with the young master?
Explain?
But it was useless to be anxious. The large caravan could not spare the time to transport his goods. Zhu Yuandao was even more anxious and did not rush to transport the tea leaves before the plum rain season. When the plum rain season came, it rained continuously, and the moisture invaded the tea leaves sooner or later.
It will become moldy, which will seriously affect the quality of the tea. If it affects the quality of the tea, it will naturally affect the price of the tea!
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Linlang was making tea for Miss, Ji Qin, Manager Wang and others on the side!
After Ning Jing Wan took a sip, she said to Mr. Wang: "Uncle Wang, after our tea arrives in the capital this year, the price we sell it to those tea houses will increase by 30%!"
Mr. Wang has been immersed in the business world for many years, so he can certainly understand what the young lady means, and he immediately said: "Yes, young lady!"
Jingjing Wan smiled and said, "Uncle Wang, after the matter here is settled, I will leave for Beijing. I will rely on uncle to take care of the future matters!"
Mr. Wang said hurriedly: "The eldest lady has spoken harshly. This is what I should do. I really feel guilty for bothering the eldest lady to take action personally!"
Ning Jingwan smiled slightly. She didn't need to interfere with specific affairs. Uncle Wang had managed Tianya Tea House for so many years and he knew more about her and was more familiar with her. She only needed to formulate big strategies and didn't need to interfere with other matters.
, as long as you have identified the right person, you must give them full authority to do it, without asking them about every detail, so that they shrink back and ask for instructions on everything, and miss many ever-changing business opportunities!
Linlang was a little confused and said: "Miss, you said that although the tea we received this year was more than half less than in previous years, the profit was not less than in previous years, so why did the price only increase by 30%? The price should be increased by twice.
Ah? You used to sell it for one hundred taels of silver, but now you have to sell it for two hundred taels of silver, so that you can earn the same amount as before?"
Ji Qin looked at the confused Linlang and said half-jokingly: "If you can figure it out, you should take the eldest lady's seat!"
Several people were stunned for a moment, and then they all laughed out loud!
Linlang glared at Ji Qin, turned to Jing Jingwan and said, "Miss, I really don't understand!"
Jingjing Wan smiled and said: "Let me tell you this, if a box of goods is sold for one hundred taels of silver, and after deducting seventy taels of various costs, what should be the profit?"
Linlang immediately said: "Thirty taels!"
Jingjing Wan nodded and said, "If you want to make twice the profit, do you need to double the selling price to two hundred taels?"
Linlang still didn't understand, her big eyes were full of doubts!
Ning Jingwan drank tea from the cup, "You only need to increase the selling price to 130 taels. After excluding your cost of 70 taels, will the profit be 60 taels? Is it twice the original amount?
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Linlang suddenly realized, "This means that the lady has increased the price of tea by 30%. Although the amount of tea collected this year is less than half of last year, the profit has been twice that of last year!"
But Linlang soon became confused again: "But if the price is raised, people may not buy it, and fewer people will buy it!"
Ning Jingwan and Ji Qin looked at each other and smiled. There was no need to explain clearly to Linlang. She wouldn't understand if he said too much!
If it is a daily necessity, it will naturally not be sold if the price is raised. However, tea is a luxury product, and most people who want to buy it do not care about its value. Therefore, although the price of tea is not said to be sky-high, the price should be raised within an appropriate range.
It will not affect its sales to a great extent.
Moreover, the reputation of her Tianya Tea House is well-known in the capital, and the products produced are all high-quality products, of excellent quality, and are often in short supply!
She also used her tricks to delay the shipment of tea from Qingfeng Tea House to the capital. She had already expected that the plum rain season in Yangzhou would be advanced this year, so she calculated the time and booked all the large caravans before the plum rain season arrived!
Zhu Yuandao never thought that tea would be made, and transportation would still be a big problem. He thought that as long as he paid for it, it could be transported to the capital smoothly. His thinking was too simple, and he didn't know much about Yangzhou!
As long as he is delayed for a period of time, Zhu Yuandao's tea will definitely encounter the plum rain season, moisture will invade, and the tea will be stored for a long time, and the new tea will become old tea. Even if it is finally shipped to the capital, it will not get a good price!
The tea purchased this year is indeed less than half of previous years, but because of this, the total cost of Tianya Tea House has been reduced!
It used to cost 100,000 shi, but now it only costs 45,000 shi. The investment in manpower, financial resources, and transportation has been greatly reduced, but the selling price has increased. In this way, Tianya Tea House does not have much value.
Even with big losses, you may still make more than before!