GBP Chapter 216: Too Many Orders
Chapter 216: Too Many Orders
"Jiang, your toy is amazing! Can we place an order now?" a customer shouted excitedly, his face full of excitement and eagerness.
Everyone nodded in agreement, staring at Jiang Weimin closely, as if they were afraid of missing out on this great business opportunity.
"Don't worry, I haven't announced the price yet," Jiang Weimin said with a smile.
When everyone heard this, they immediately quieted down and waited expectantly for Jiang Weimin to announce the price.
"Yes, yes, how much does this toy cost?" someone asked impatiently.
Jiang Weimin cleared his throat and said solemnly: "Small ones are $50, medium ones are $200, and large ones are $500!"
When the price was announced, there was no discussion at the scene, but everyone was rather impatient.
"We can accept this price. We can place the order now!" a customer said eagerly.
Looking at everyone's anxious expressions, Jiang Weimin felt both relieved and moved.
“Before you place your order, let me explain the rules.
For ordinary plastic toys, an order of at least $10 must be placed to buy 500 wooden carved toys. There are no restrictions on metal toys and plush toys.
But because we need to purchase equipment and set up production lines for metal toys, it takes longer.
I will first sign a letter of intent with you, and once the production line is completed, we will communicate with you to convert the agreement into a contract."
"Jiang, buying so many plastic toys worth $10 at once means 20 pieces. I can't sell them all!" some merchants from small countries complained.
“Let me start by saying that everyone knows that wooden toys are different from toys that can be mass-produced mechanically.
These wooden toys require the masters to carve them one by one with full concentration, and every detail shows the masters' painstaking efforts and exquisite skills.
This process is extremely time-consuming and labor-intensive, and because of this, the output is extremely low.
In view of this situation, we have no choice but to impose restrictions on everyone.
However, you can consider purchasing together, so that you will have the right to purchase wooden toys.”
Afterwards, everyone started a heated discussion. These merchants were all booksellers, and their own funds were relatively limited.
Although they had made some money from publishing comic books before, large-scale metal toys, 1000 sets of which would cost $50, were undoubtedly a huge expense for them.
Although small local booksellers earn a lot in a year, they can't spend all of it on toys!
After all, they have other expenses and business to consider. So basically, the orders they place are no more than $50.
Smith, the most successful American businessman in selling comic strips, earned a huge fortune of more than 10 million US dollars in just one year.
In the United States, each comic strip can bring Smith more than one million US dollars in revenue, and Smith's War Eagle comics now have a place in the American comics industry.
Smith also thought carefully about this toy order.
For plastic toys, he placed an order for three hundred thousand dollars.
For the wooden toys, he ordered 1500, 500 of which were small and 1000 were large, costing a total of $.
As for plush toys, he ordered 1 of them, totaling $.
The main products are metal toys, including 2000 each of the three models of Monkey King and Erlang Shen.
There are 500 of each of the three models of Nezha and the Giant Spirit, and these metal toys cost a total of US$ million.
All the orders add up to $3.1 million.
In the end, when Jiang Weimin got the order data, he was very surprised. The number of orders was much more than he expected.
Among them, a $1 million order for plastic toys;
For wooden toys, there are 5000 small-sized ones, with an order value of $200 million;
There are 5 plush toys, totaling $150 million;
The number of metal toys reached 2, with an order value of US$450 million.
After careful calculation, Jiang Weimin concluded that these orders were worth approximately 1000 million US dollars.
Jiang Weimin couldn't help but sigh, doesn't this mean that the half-year foreign exchange task has been completed so easily!
Jiang Weimin thought to himself that he estimated that foreign businessmen had not yet truly seen the huge profits that toys could bring.
After all, the potential of the toy market has not yet been fully revealed, and the strength of this group of foreign investors is relatively limited.
However, once they see the benefits, subsequent orders will surely increase significantly.
Thinking of this, Jiang Weimin's heart was full of anticipation, but also felt a little pressure.
Jiang Weimin looked at the huge order in front of him and couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
He began to rack his brains to think about how to produce these toys quickly to meet the needs of foreign businessmen.
For plastic toys, Jiang Weimin and Song Wenqing have carefully estimated that the current production capacity is 20 pieces per month.
However, this 100 million order is at least 200 million toys.
Based on this production volume, it will take a whole year to complete this batch of orders.
In terms of time, this is definitely not possible.
However, we can communicate with foreign businessmen and adopt the method of installment delivery.
After all, it would be impossible to sell all 200 million plastic toys in a short period of time.
However, the order for 5000 wooden toys was still a bit tricky.
However, Jiang Weimin was not helpless, he still had some ideas in his mind.
He thought of the jade carving factories in Beijing, where the masters seemed to be numerous and skilled.
Perhaps we can cooperate with the carving factory in Beijing and use their strength to complete the production task of this batch of wooden toys.
Afterwards, Jiang Weimin's thoughts turned to the matter of applying for a patent for metal toys.
An order worth $450 should be enough to convince the higher-ups.
After all, such a large order volume is enough to show the market potential and value of these metal toys.
If a patent can be successfully applied for, it will be of vital importance to future development.
Thinking of this, Jiang Weimin quickly made a long-distance call and informed Song Wenqing of the matter.
Jiang Weimin informed Song Wenqing on the phone that he had won a toy order worth 1000 million!
He also asked Song Wenqing to purchase equipment quickly and communicate with his superiors about applying for patents. In addition, he also contacted the engraving manufacturer.
Song Wenqing was very excited when he heard that Jiang Weimin had won such a huge toy order.
Song Wenqing knew that Qingdao Publishing House once again had an excellent window to earn a large amount of foreign exchange.
Of course, the things arranged by Jiang Weimin must also be pushed forward as quickly as possible, without any slackness.
After Song Wenqing hung up the phone, he immediately took action. He first called together the heads of relevant departments to urgently discuss the specific plan for purchasing equipment.
We also assign someone to be responsible for contacting the equipment manufacturer and strive to complete the equipment procurement as quickly as possible.
At the same time, Song Wenqing personally went to the superior department to report the situation of toy orders and the importance of applying for patents.
After listening to his report, the superiors also realized the great significance of this project.
After careful consideration, the leaders decided to fully support the patent application and coordinate resources from all aspects to help Qingdao Publishing House apply for a patent.
At the same time, Song Wenqing sent experienced business personnel to Beijing's jade carving factory for negotiations.
The person in charge of the jade carving factory showed great interest in this project.
After in-depth communication and consultation, the two sides finally reached a preliminary cooperation intention.