Maybe a library should be opened.

Otherwise, I wouldn't be able to put down so many books at home.

On the way back from Sanshan Street, I sat on the human resources "BMW". Although it was a bit bumpy, Shi Yiwen was still thinking about the library.

Where to run a library?

Is it appropriate to run a library in this era?

What if those books were put into the space?

Thinking about the book being released, Shi Yiwen just returned home and heard from Old Song that Director Li of the soap factory was waiting at home alone.

Seeing Shi Yiwen coming back, Li Mingdong quickly stood up from the chair and greeted him.

"I've seen the young master, are you... buying books?"

Looking at the book in Shi Yiwen's hand, Li Mingdong asked.

"I have nothing to do, buy a few books to read."

Shi Yiwen asked while haha, looking at another person.

"Who is this?"

Li Mingdong quickly pointed to the middle-aged man who had already stood up and said.

"The boss, this is Mr. Chen Fangshi, the boss of Yangzhou Fuguangxing. Today I came to visit my boss!"

Chen Fangshi, wearing a Confucian shirt, has come here now and introduced himself.

"I, Chen Fangshi, have met Mr. Shi. Although it was his first time meeting with him, his name was already well-known. I really wish I had met too late!"

Chen Fangshi's words were quite complimentary to Shi Yiwen, and he always called him a young master. Although he was old now, he was just starting to grow hair, so he should be the first-hand man.

Shi Yiwen bowed and returned with a bow.

"You are kind to Mr. Chen, please sit down."

After sitting back, Chen Fangshi said again.

"A mere polite gift, no respect."

After saying this, the servant next to Chen Fangshi handed over a gift list.

There were many rules and many etiquettes in the Ming Dynasty. Now Shi Yiwen knew that when visiting strangers' homes, he had to prepare gifts. Whether it was more or less gifts or whether they were convenient to hold, he had to prepare a gift list to list the gifts he had given. These things were placed in the doorman.

Although this was Shi Yiwen's first time receiving a gift list, after Xiao Lian took Chen Fangshi's gift list and put it on the table, he didn't even look at it.

This gift list cannot be viewed, just like the red envelopes sealed by others in later generations cannot be dismantled immediately.

Seeing that Chen Fangshi was so polite, Shi Yiwen also had a smile on his face.

"Mr. Chen is so polite. The hospitality at home is not good, so please forgive me."

After being polite again, no one mentioned the serious matters, but started talking from all over the world. Shi Yiwen was not surprised by this. People in this era generally do this. If they don’t talk for half an hour, they will not mention the serious matters.

It is easy to find the topic of chatting. Since Chen Fangshi came from Yangzhou, Shi Yiwen naturally mentioned Yangzhou. Although he had never been to Yangzhou, he had some knowledge of it.

"It seems that Mr. Chen's voice is not the Yangzhou accent."

"The young master is very good at hearing. I am from Shanxi. At the age of thirteen, I went to Yangzhou to go to business with my relatives. Although I have lived in Yangzhou for thirty years, my local accent has not changed much."

"Oh, Shanxi, that's a good place. It's just a Taihang Mountain next to Beizhili..."

After almost half an hour of chatting, Chen Fangshi finally got back to the topic and said.

"Young Master, I believe I don't know that even in Yangzhou, Tuanjie Soap is very popular. Since the soap entered Yangzhou two months ago, my wealthy and Guangxing has been selling soap. This time I came to Nanjing to pay homage to the young master, but then I still want to discuss a business with the young master?"

Finally, we have come to the point.

When Shi Yiwen heard Chen Fangshi say this, he smiled.

"It's all Mr. Chen's contribution to the fact that soap can be sold well in Yangzhou. Speaking of which, the young man still wants to thank Mr. Chen. I wonder what business Mr. Chen wants to discuss?"

Because he didn't know what Chen Fangshi came from, Shi Yiwen seemed a little polite.

"That's right, Mr. Shi, I heard from Master Li that the soap factory of Mr. Li has made soap now, which has various fragrances. After washing hands, there is still a fragrance after the hands are left?"

"Indeed, the soap has just been put into production, and there are only three kinds of fragrances at present. Other fragrances will be developed in the future."

It’s not that Shi Yiwen doesn’t develop other fragrances, but because the essential oils that add fragrance to the soap are only sandalwood, jasmine, and osmanthus, which are large in quantity, so naturally there are only these three fragrances.

"That would be better!"

Chen Fangshi said seriously.

"Young Master, I am here to visit you because I want to buy soap. I wonder what the young master wants?"

"Oh, that's it!"

It turned out to be for this matter, Shi Yiwen laughed.

"Since I opened a soap factory, just to do business, Mr. Chen wants to buy soap, but how can he not sell it? Just talk about this with Master Li!"

"Master Li can't make the decision."

Chen Fangshi said with a smile.

"Because I want a lot of things, only the young master can make the decision!"

How much?

Shi Yiwen asked directly:

"I wonder how much Mr. Chen wants to buy?"

After drinking a sip of tea, Chen Fangshi said.

"I buy five thousand boxes, five thousand boxes per month!"

Chen Fangshi's words made Shi Yiwen take a breath.

Five thousand boxes!

This is really a lot!

Although soap is not a large box of soap that costs 100 yuan per box, one box also costs 60 yuan, and five thousand boxes are 300,000 yuan!

This is not a small number.

Although Tuanjie Soap Factory has been expanded several times, it can now make 30,000 yuan of soap and 20,000 yuan of soap every day, which is about 10,000 boxes per month. He buys half of it. How can he not surprise Shi Yiwen?

It seems that this soap factory is going to expand its production scale.

I just don’t know if the essential oil can be supplied. But no problem, you can buy spice essential oils from other places.

After thinking about it, Shi Yiwen replied.

"Five thousand boxes...the quantity is a little more, but it's not impossible."

Seeing Shi Yiwen agreeing in one go, Chen Fangshi showed joy on his face and smiled happily.

"Young Master Shi is very pleased, but at this price..."

"Twenty words!"

After thinking about it, Shi Yiwen said again.

"Twenty cents per piece of soap is the price, and this is indispensable. A box of only 1,200 cents!"

"Please ask me to be cheaper."

Chen Fangshi bargained.

"After all, I want to ship it to Yangzhou, and I will order 5,000 boxes at a time. If the young master can be cheaper, I can order the goods for six months first! And pay a deposit of 50% at a time."

It's so generous to take action!

A 50% order is more than 10,000 taels of silver.

Despite his surprise, Shi Yiwen shook his head and said.

"Mr. Chen doesn't know that this soap is different from soap, and it is quite complicated to produce, so the cost is extremely high. If it were not for the purpose of opening up the market and opening up sales, these 20 papers would definitely not work. In other words, after the sales are opened, the price will still increase. To be honest, 20 papers will be at most 10% of the profit."

Of course this is fake!

In fact, it is not more expensive than soap, and essential oils are almost for free. Even the cost of soap is now low because of the low cost of cottonseed oil, so it can reach a huge profit of more than 500%.

Of course, Chen Fangshi didn't know all this. Li Mingdong, who was standing beside him, looked at his boss and spoke from the side.

"Mr. Chen, to be honest, if the young master hadn't spitted, I would never have agreed to these 50 million boxes. After all, you are not the only one who wants soap now!"

After he said this, Chen Fangshi thought about it for a while, as if he had made up some determination.

"Okay, just follow this price, but I need an additional 5,000 boxes of soap..."

Staring at Shi Yiwen, Chen Fangshi said.
Chapter completed!