Wang Yi clearly understood the subsequent business development.
The mobile phone business was very complex, and Wang Yi had to prepare in advance, accumulate funds, and planned to officially enter the market next year!
In the next few months, he would first poach talent!
He would first recruit several capable big figures in the mobile phone industry at high prices before they had achieved success!
For example, Yang Yan, the father of Flyme!
He was the one who single-handedly created Meizu's fresh and flat-style Flyme OS, making it one of Meizu's core competencies.
Currently, Yang Yan was still serving as the creative director of eicodesign, and would only join Meizu after some time.
Wang Yi was going to intercept this system big shot!
With Yang Yan, Wang Yi would find it much easier to develop a mobile phone system.
As for Lei Busi and Yu Shicheng, they were truly impossible to poach.
However, several others could be considered.
Wouldn't future Xiaomi gather the major stewards of its former competitors to form an Avengers-like alliance?
Regarding chips, Wang Yi would not manufacture them himself.
At most a few years later, when he became stronger, he would invest heavily like Huawei, research and design his own chips, and then find third-party foundries like SMIC for production.
As for moving the official sector to lay out semiconductors, Wang Yi would do his best.
There were also many academicians and big figures who shared similar ideas, attaching importance to domestic lithography machines and semiconductors.
What Wang Yi needed to do was to "cast a brick to attract jade," and ultimately it would depend on the big figures making their move!
He was not alone in this path; Wang Yi just needed to do his best!
If successful, Wang Yi was willing to invest heavily in companies like SMIC and Modu Microelectronics, contributing his own strength.
If it failed, there was nothing he could do.
He was just an ordinary person; as long as he had put in his best effort, he would have no regrets, regardless of the outcome.
Some things were difficult to do, but he had to try; what if it worked out?
However, the current focus was still Meiyou Apparel!
By pioneering the "pure yet alluring" style and performing a "dimensionality reduction strike," he would make Meiyou bigger and stronger!
Next month, with the brand ambassador's explosive popularity and the full rollout of offline physical stores, Meiyou's sales would reach a terrifying level.
At that time, factories and contract manufacturers would all have to increase significantly.
If all factories were located in the north and then transported nationwide, it would clearly be unsuitable.
Transportation costs, distance costs, and time costs alone would be a major issue.
According to Wang Yi's plan, factories and contract manufacturers would be dispersed across the country.
Summer apparel factories would mainly be located in the south!
Because skirts sold for a longer period in the south, they could basically be sold all year round.
Autumn and winter clothing would primarily be produced in the central and northern regions.
Each factory would supply several nearby provinces, providing and shipping locally.
Shen Qiuyun's family was in the garment manufacturing business, so they could certainly cooperate.
Whether it was acquiring the Shen family's contract factory or entrusting some Meiyou skirt orders to them, both were viable options.
The craftsmanship, cost, and service of southern contract manufacturers might be more advantageous than Dongrui and Miansen!
More importantly, Shen Qiuyun's demeanor today made Wang Yi feel that she was someone he could cooperate with.
Having gone through experiences in his previous life, Wang Yi understood a principle.
What a girl was like, her parents and family would likely be like too.
Like Feng Yaoyao, who immediately demanded a 400,000 betrothal gift, wouldn't bring it back to her new home, and only provided ten quilts as dowry...
She was poisoned by her parents' ideology from a young age, beyond salvation!
Any girl with an independent personality and independent thought wouldn't do something as foolish as emptying her own small family's finances to support her younger brother!
After all, 400,000 was the savings of most people for many years.
Once the 400,000 was given to the younger brother, he would be comfortable, but the quality of life for the young couple would be greatly reduced, and they might even incur debt!
What was the point of struggling, tightening their belts, and living in debt just to support a younger brother?
Such a simple truth could be understood by anyone with a brain, but some people were simply irredeemably brainwashed by their parents...
Judging a person reveals their parents.
Shen Qiuyun had a good personality, was a discerning businesswoman, and had her own principles.
Then, her parents and family would likely also be discerning people and suitable cooperation partners.
As long as they could cooperate solidly and each get what they needed, Wang Yi wouldn't mind sharing some of the profits to make big money together!
"Deepen cooperation?"
Shen Qiuyun smiled charmingly, her beautiful eyes fixed on Wang Yi:
"Boss Wang, how do you plan to deepen it? Bah, how do you plan to cooperate!"
Wang Yi: "..."
For a moment, Wang Yi felt a bit regretful, wondering if this girl wasn't quite serious?
Some girls who appeared proper and pure on the surface actually hid a wild horse within.
They usually wouldn't easily unleash it, but once unleashed, it would be hard to tell whether it was a blessing or a curse!
Hopefully, Shen Qiuyun wasn't that type!
Wang Yi got straight to the point:
"It's simple. Meiyou is preparing to expand offline and make a major push into the southern market, so we need to acquire factories in the south or cooperate with contract manufacturers."
"This is good news!"
Shen Qiuyun's eyebrows lifted in delight, instantly realizing the business opportunity.
Meiyou was getting bigger and bigger now.
The two major contract manufacturers, Dongrui and Miansen, originally had tough times.
But ever since they got Meiyou's big orders, they were now rolling in money.
Those two bosses now walked as if they owned the place!
They weren't just a little inflated!
There was no way around it; production capacity was fully utilized, and they were making money hand over fist.
Dongrui earned eight yuan in manufacturing fees for each skirt it produced for Meiyou.
With the suspended assembly line, efficiency was higher; two yuan for labor per piece was enough, and after deducting other depreciation costs, they could still net five yuan.
At full capacity, producing 50,000 pieces daily meant 250,000 yuan, and 7.5 million yuan a month!
Shen Qiuyun was incredibly envious!
"Boss Wang, my family's factory is very large. As long as you are willing to give me a big order, this Qiuyun Garment Factory is yours!"
Shen Qiuyun waved her hand, showing extraordinary generosity!
"???"
This time, Wang Yi was completely stumped.
This was too generous, wasn't it?
Qiuyun Garment Factory was similar in size to Dongrui, estimated to be around ten million yuan.
Ten million yuan in 2011 was still very valuable.
But compared to tens of millions in manufacturing profits, what was a mere ten-million-yuan garment factory?
It must be said that although Shen Qiuyun was young, she had considerable courage!
Some people can achieve great things because they are willing to spend money.
No pain, no gain!
Seeing Wang Yi hesitate, Shen Qiuyun thought her price wasn't enough and continued:
"Boss Wang, I'm not boasting. My family's contract factory uses all suspended assembly lines. The craftsmanship is even better than Dongrui's, and the cost is lower. For Meiyou's 'pure yet alluring' skirts, Dongrui charges eight yuan per piece for manufacturing, while my family only charges seven yuan!"
Southern apparel costs were lower than in the north, so even if it was one yuan cheaper, they might still earn more.
One yuan cheaper per piece meant ten million yuan cheaper for ten million pieces!
Plus the ten-million-yuan Qiuyun Garment Factory, he could save twenty million yuan!
Most importantly, it also saved the time cost of building his own factory!
Wang Yi was moved:
"Okay, as you said, I'll sign a one-year, ten-million-piece big order with you first."
"Alright, Boss Wang, this Qiuyun Garment Factory is yours!" Shen Qiuyun's eyebrows lifted in delight.
For ten million pieces at seven yuan manufacturing fee each, their family could also earn fifty million yuan.
Giving Wang Yi a ten-million-yuan garment factory would still leave them with a net profit of forty million yuan!
This deal was worth it!
More importantly, this was just the beginning.
As long as this cooperation went smoothly, getting another big order next time wouldn't be an issue.
At worst, they could lower the price by another yuan, giving up another ten million in profit!
Contract garment manufacturing was tough these days, especially in the south, where factories were everywhere, locked in fierce competition.
Let alone making money, many garment factories were just glad to have work.
After all, without orders, they couldn't operate and would incur continuous losses every day!
Chen Chuanqing was also shocked watching their conversation.
Weren't they talking about acquiring a factory?
How did it turn into giving away a factory?
And a huge order for ten million pieces was signed!
But the result was very good, a win-win!
The boss was still amazing!
Wang Yi also breathed a sigh of relief.
The southern apparel market would be developed by Zeng Zhi and the other two.
As for contract manufacturing, it would be entrusted to Shen Qiuyun.
Their family's production capacity was very large; producing 50,000 pieces daily was a piece of cake.
Even if sales in the southern market zoomed, they could still increase production capacity.
The gifted Qiuyun Garment Factory, like Dongrui, had a daily production capacity of 50,000 pieces.
If Shen Qiuyun wasn't a southerner who couldn't adapt to northern drinking culture, she wouldn't have been in a hurry to sell the garment factory!
Now with Qiuyun Garment Factory's daily capacity of 50,000 pieces, he could easily allocate one production line to mass-produce Zhenyou.
After all, high-end brands, starting at a price of 1,000 yuan, wouldn't sell in large volumes.
The remaining capacity would all be used to produce new Meiyou styles!
As for Dongrui and Miansen, Wang Yi wouldn't rush to cut orders.
Next month, with the brand ambassador's explosive popularity, Meiyou would see a huge wave of sales, so stocking up was not a problem.
When the weather got colder and northern sales decreased, Dongrui and Miansen could have their orders cut!
Meanwhile, Shen Qiuyun's family's contract factory primarily supplied the southern market, and they might even need to add more orders then!
Thus, the production capacity issue was completely resolved.
Wang Yi also officially owned a large factory with a daily production capacity of 50,000 pieces.
More importantly, Qiuyun Garment Factory was almost in the neighboring city, where land was cheap, the area was very large, and planning standards were high.
It adopted an advanced industrial park model entirely; within the garment factory park, there were employee canteens, dormitories, supermarkets, infirmaries...
Many employees lived and ate at the factory, which was more convenient for maintaining confidentiality and was highly favored by Wang Yi.
There were also many empty workshops where production lines could be added and capacity further increased.
There was also a large vacant plot of land, which was her unstarted Phase II project for the garment factory.
It was clear that Shen Qiuyun had genuinely been determined to expand her business!
However, due to "unacclimatized" conditions, she couldn't get many orders, and Phase I fizzled out...
After signing the contract, Wang Yi took a tour and instructed Chen Chuanqing to organize production as soon as possible and ensure confidentiality.
At the same time, the empty workshops would continue to install suspended production lines and recruit more people to increase capacity.
Phase II construction would also begin immediately!
A daily output of 50,000 pieces could not meet subsequent development; even 100,000 would not be enough.
After all, once their own production capacity increased, there would be no need to pay for contract manufacturing in the north.
However, offline expansion had to be rolled out quickly, otherwise, they wouldn't be able to absorb so much production capacity!
Subsequently, Chen Chuanqing stayed behind with Shen Qiuyun to handle the transfer procedures and follow-up issues.
Wang Yi and Shen Qiuyun exchanged contact information and returned directly to Meiyou Building.
Now that Meiyou had more funds in its account, Wang Yi was ready to initiate a "buy, buy, buy" mode.
Just then, Song Sining returned to the company after completing the transfer procedures.
Wang Yi immediately called her over:
"Sining, the physical stores in the southern provinces are all progressing, and those within the province should also begin."
Zeng Zhi and the other two went south and immediately leveraged their connections and resources to begin advancing Meiyou's offline expansion.
They sent all their staff out to inspect excellent shops and shopping malls in their respective responsible areas, analyze foot traffic, shop rents, and then negotiate rents...
Meanwhile, the three of them used their connections to contact many local media outlets, preparing to advance Meiyou's promotional campaigns.
Store expansion and promotional campaigns were advancing simultaneously, and progress reports were shared with Wang Yi daily.
Now that the south had started, the north couldn't fall behind!
Especially within the province, Meiyou's popularity had greatly increased; not seizing the opportunity to open stores and expand the market would be a waste!
Wang Yi opened his laptop and sent an email to Song Sining:
"Immediately recruit experienced talent and establish a physical store expansion department! Accelerate offline expansion."
"Yes, Boss," Song Sining replied, opening Folder One.
Inside was a map of various business districts in each district of Jishi City, all marked with different colors.
Wang Yi explained one by one:
"For the locations I've marked on the map, arrange people to go and negotiate as soon as possible, to see if there are any high-quality shops for rent or sale!"
"For the red areas, if the price is right, buy them directly! The bigger the better, the more advantageous the location the better. Especially high-quality shops and standalone shops near Nike, Adidas, and Starbucks. If the price is high, continue to negotiate, or look at other options."
These areas were currently large suburbs, not valuable, with shops costing only a few thousand per square meter.
But a few years later, when the city center shifted, these would become hot core business districts, with prices rising to 23,000 per square meter!
The current purchase price was even lower than future rent, a guaranteed profit!
"For yellow areas, if the price is very cheap, you can buy them. If the price is average, just rent, sign a ten-year lease, and pay annually!"
These areas had decent future development, but limited growth; if the prices were very low, they could buy at the bottom.
If the price was high, renting was better.
"For blue areas, only rent, do not buy. Sign a ten-year lease, pay annually."
These were all located in the current city center, and sales prices were exceptionally high, all above 10,000 yuan.
They were very prosperous now, but in a few years, they would start to decline, getting worse year by year...
After five years, when new city shop prices had multiplied several times, their prices would still be the current ones.
There was absolutely no investment value; just sign a low-price long-term agreement for long-term leasing.
"Yes, Boss. I'll get right to preparing,"
Song Sining quickly replied.
She herself felt a bit dazed; Meiyou was developing too quickly.
Next, they were actually going to expand across the entire city, opening and buying stores on a large scale!
But Wang Yi changed the subject:
"Also, Folder Two contains the commercial district layouts of other cities within the province. You should also arrange for people to go and negotiate for opening stores there."
In his previous life, Wang Yi had visited almost all cities in the province, so he naturally knew where the future core business districts would be and which areas had potential for development.
Similar to Jishi City, in areas with development potential, shops should be bought directly at low prices.
In areas without development potential, simply rent for a long term at a low price!
For example, shops in Jizhou's eastern suburbs were now 3,000 yuan per square meter, a 200-square-meter shop only cost 600,000 yuan, and developers couldn't even sell them!
But in a few years, when the financial center was built and the CBD was planned, these shop prices would rise to 30,000 yuan per square meter, making a 200-square-meter shop 6 million yuan!
A tenfold surge!
The nearby consumer base was even more astounding.
These shops had to be secured in advance and opened as Meiyou flagship stores, generating continuous revenue every month.
Wang Yi planned to allocate thirty million yuan to acquire these high-quality shops.
This applied not only to Jizhou but also to other potential cities like Daocheng.
As long as there was an investment return rate of five times or more, acquisition could be considered.
For seven times or more, acquire them directly!
It could both appreciate in value as an investment and make money by opening a Meiyou flagship store.
Wasn't that much more cost-effective than buying a house?
After all, buying a house meant pitiful rent and it would take many years to appreciate in value while held; how could that be as cost-effective as directly buying shops in prime commercial districts!
"Sining, how do you plan to handle this?"
Wang Yi inquired, also keen to observe Song Sining's capabilities.
Song Sining thought for a moment:
"For those requiring acquisition, I plan to first send employees to negotiate. Once negotiations are almost complete, I will conduct an on-site inspection and negotiate personally. If there are no issues, then we'll sign the acquisition contract."
"For leases, employees will handle negotiations, with one person responsible for one area. Their base salary will all be 800 yuan per month, with high performance bonuses.
Performance will be assessed based on the number of successful lease agreements; the more stores successfully leased and the lower the rent, the higher their performance and income! If few stores are leased or rents are high, we'll replace them!"
"Good, let's do that."
This assessment method was very effective.
"Additionally, the third file contains my interior design blueprints for Meiyou flagship stores. Once a store is secured, immediately arrange for a construction team to begin renovations. This way, it can open in about a month!"
"Yes, Boss. We also need to recruit store managers and staff in advance!"
Song Sining thought for a moment:
"Recently, Hallyu Tribe has been closing stores and laying off staff. I plan to poach their capable senior management, and then filter out excellent store managers and employees to bring them all under our wing!"
"Good idea, you can handle it!"
Wang Yi nodded, again wanting to be a hands-off boss.
However, for Meiyou to directly take in the excellent talent trained by Hallyu Tribe, that was indeed a good move!
"Yes, Boss."
Song Sining sighed, knowing she would be incredibly busy again.
But Meiyou was indeed getting bigger and bigger!
It was a case of being both pained and happy.
"However, Boss, we'll need to hire a lot of people now. Our Meiyou Building might not be big enough!"
Wang Yi frowned: "What about the sixth floor? Is the waterproofing done?"
"It's done. A part of it has already been put into use for the newly established design department. The remaining part won't be enough for the expansion department either!"
"Alright, I'll see about buying another office building," Wang Yi sighed.
Meiyou was indeed developing faster and faster, and more and more office buildings were needed.
Subsequently, Wang Yi went to the IT department to check, and seeing that the Symbian version of Meiyou had no issues, he breathed a sigh of relief.
Everyone had worked hard overtime on the system a few days ago, so he let them rest for a while.
In a couple of days, a new busy period would begin!
For "Protect the Radishes," Wang Yi only did the basic groundwork and made a sample; later, after Wang Yi completed the planning, he would delegate everything to them!
While Wang Yi was pondering, Song Sining's call suddenly came in:
"Boss, something happened at the company. The fire department came for an inspection. They said someone reported our unit for fire hazards..."
Wang Yi frowned slightly: "..."
Damn it!
Which old geezer did that?
(End of chapter)
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