Chapter 614 Leading Product
Chapter 614 Leading Product
One sells raw materials.
One sells elixirs, weapons and other refined products.
There is an actual "scissors gap between industry and agriculture" between Dashun and the mermaids.
That's why.
It was inevitable that the mermaid tribe would be harvested by this "invisible scissors".
Because the value of things is difficult to measure directly, one may not even notice that they are being cut.
A few moments.
Quan Linghan and many other tiger-hunting mermaids stared blankly.
I don’t understand…
"Clan leader..."
Quan Guangqin had a general understanding of it and described it in plain language to everyone present.
Simply put, from a vertical comparison, the mermaids do make money and their living standards have improved. However, from a fair trade perspective, the mermaids are far from earning the profits they deserve.
Every time you trade, you lose money.
Liang Qu gave a thumbs up and praised: "As expected of a young man, you have a quick mind."
Quan Guangqin bowed respectfully and said, "Your Excellency has real insights, and I am just parroting others' ideas."
Everyone in the venue looked at each other.
It sounds reasonable...
A faint sadness came over me.
Originally, everyone had decided to move to the Jianghuai Lake. Trading with the human race was a good thing, but what they cared more about was the safety issue. But when they heard Liang Qu talking about the loss, they felt uncomfortable.
deficit.
uncomfortable.
Not just mermaids.
Long Binglin and Long Eying both frowned.
The two tribes' business methods are almost exactly the same...
The situation of the dragon people doesn't seem to be much different from that of the mermaids?
Quan Linghan pondered.
"If the refined products really bring in a lot of money, not to mention porcelain and fine craftsmanship, just elixirs and weapons are all necessary for cultivation. Our clan has nothing comparable. Are we just going to be slaughtered by others without any resistance?"
"Alchemy, refining equipment... even firing porcelain, none of these can be made up by one or two geniuses."
The mermaids responded one after another.
The number of mermaids is a fatal flaw, and it is visible to the naked eye. Even if they practice for another thousand years, they will not be able to catch up with humans.
How to sell it?
"Processed products versus processed products, the one with better technology wins. It is a head-on collision, and there is no chance of success. If it were someone else, they would be helpless and suffer the loss silently."
Liang Qu leaned back in his chair, stretched out his shoulders, and stretched out his sword.
Long Binglin's eyes lit up. It was this sense of confidence and security!
Seeing this, Long Yao pinched Long Li's shoulders. Long Li fell behind by one step and had to squat down and pinch his legs.
Quan Linghan leaned forward and lowered his head.
"Please tell me..."
"If we don't have a monopoly on raw materials, we can't sell them in various ways. Mermaid tears can actually be considered a monopoly... But you mermaids have a difficult time giving birth, and you only produce one or two in your lifetime, so they can't be sold as products, so we can only think of ways to process them into processed products."
"Processed product." Quan Linghan thought for a while, "Jiao Xiao?"
"Yes!" Liang Qu snapped his fingers. "Although the production of mermaid silk is limited, it is better than the mermaid tears which can only be produced once or twice in a lifetime, and it has a stable output."
"We sell shark silk..."
Liang Qu was speechless and reached out to grab the cuffs of Long Yao's silk gown.
"What do people buy shark silk for? To use as tablecloths or carpets? People buy shark silk to make clothes! You make shark silk from fish scales, but shark silk is essentially a roughly processed 'raw material', and clothes are the processed products!"
Everyone was stunned.
Quan Yuxuan was puzzled.
"When it comes to making clothes, we mermaids can't compare to humans."
"There's no need to compare. What we make doesn't need to be technically superior, and we need to find new ways!"
Liang Qu's eyes sparkled.
In addition to building an "industrial chain" and competing head-on in quality, there is another thing about the trade gap!
Luxury!
The original luxury goods were able to conquer the world because of their cultural attributes. Behind the cultural attributes stood the hard power, so in essence, they were the same as building an "industrial chain".
The ultimate truth - whoever is stronger has everything.
But this world is slightly different.
Apart from mermaids, no one else can grow scales and really cannot make mermaid silk.
Quan Linghan's expression became more respectful.
He felt that he had opened an incredible door and was about to lead his people to an unprecedented peak!
"What will your Excellency do?"
"Is there any mermaid?"
moment.
Quan Yuxuan brought a piece of shark silk.
Liang Qu took the cloth and looked back at Long E Ying: "Give me your feet."
Long Eying took half a step back.
"..."
Liang Qu turned to Long Li who was massaging his legs and waved.
Long Yao pinched his shoulders and chuckled.
“There are so many people…”
Long Li stood up and untied her shoelaces, hooked her index finger around her heels, and took off her embroidered shoes. She didn't wear socks because she was going into the water.
The Dragon Girl's feet are very beautiful. She can swim in the water without having to walk or squeeze her feet for a long time. Her toes are round and smooth, like white pearls, without any calluses.
The pursuit of beauty is an eternal trend.
pity.
I haven’t seen Long Eying.
Liang Qu felt regretful, so he raised his hand and wrapped Long Yao's toes and soles with shark silk, all the way to the knees, making it half hidden and half transparent.
“Let’s sell this!”
The mermaid didn't understand.
Long Binglin suddenly realized.
"Foot socks?"
"Correct!"
“Why sell socks?”
"The nature of food and sex."
"?"
The mermaid shook her tail, not understanding at all.
Are socks edible?
Only the dragon people understood a little.
Ever since Liang Qu saw Jiao Xiao for the first time, he had a bold idea - Jiao Xiao stockings!
Selling clothes is too difficult, we need to change people’s mindsets.
The reason why mermaid tears and mermaid silk have their current value is the result of poets singing about them for thousands of years.
Transportation and communication are inconvenient.
If we rely solely on publicity, the marketing costs in this life and the previous life will be extremely high. There must be an actual selling point to support the publicity so that it can have a foothold and reduce costs.
Stockings will do!
If this thing is made well, it is not only a luxury product, but also hard currency!
Women in Dashun could also become martial artists, and after the fourth level, the gap was not too big, so the customs were not so traditional and conservative.
What’s more, it doesn’t matter if you can’t wear it outside, you can just wear it at home and it will still be a best-seller!
As for how to create a flagship product that cannot be imitated or surpassed by others, the entire plan is inseparable from a key person - Xu Jia!
Liang Qu believes in one truth.
Unite what can unite.
We should all eat the meat together, so there is no need to worry about wolves snatching it away.
Xu family——Mermaid co-branded model!
Of course, the Xu family was not chosen for nothing.
First of all, the Xu family was originally in the cloth business. The truly high-end cloth they produced was no worse than the Mermaid Silk, and they had first-class tailors and their own customer channels.
Secondly, Yang Dongxiong is the master and Xu Rongguang’s son-in-law.
If his master had not reached the Grandmaster level, Liang Qu would never have had such an idea.
The benefits are exciting.
People's hearts are unpredictable.
Xu and Xu Rongguang supported it, and there were other branches in the Xu family, so disputes were inevitable. However, Yang Dongxiong became a master, which had a completely different meaning, and others would never dare to make any small moves.
It is the right time, the right place and the right people.
There are many members of the Xu family who serve as officials in the current dynasty and have great power. Even if there is no one, I don't believe there is no way to send Xu Rongguang to the palace.
Liang Qu spoke eloquently and fluently.
"Make a hundred of them first, regardless of whether they are white or black, dark or light, and send them to the empresses in the palace for trial use, so that the emperor can have a taste.
If the emperor likes it, he will make some arrangements and turn it into a tribute. He doesn’t want any money, just a title.
After building up a reputation and then selling to other companies, we will never go the route of small profits but quick turnover. The prices must be expensive, so expensive that others will be astonished.
A pair costs twenty taels, and there are only one thousand pairs per month, which are sold to various places in Dashun. Only one hundred pairs are produced in Huangzhou each month.
Don't ask. The answer is that the production is limited and the raw materials are precious. They use the belly scales of beautiful mermaids between the ages of twelve and twenty-six to make the products. Then they find two female mermaids with dignified looks, paint them into a picture album, and hang them in the store.
It won’t take half a year.
The imperial concubine of Dashun, the concubine of Beiting, the saint of southern Xinjiang...all have to wear our brand.
If you don’t want to do it, then don’t do it. But if you want to do it, do it in a grand way, so that when there are counterfeits on the market, others will feel ashamed when they wear them, thinking that they are fake…”
grunt.
Long Binglin swallowed his saliva.
It sounds like such a wonderful prospect...
Quan Linghan felt something was wrong and thought about it for a while.
"Isn't my clan in danger?"
"good."
Liang Qu let go of Long Li's feet.
He said so much, not for the sake of making money.
Once the trade route is opened and they experience a long-term path of steady income, the mermaids can rely on themselves or on others.
However, when the mermaid socks brand is successfully built, the quality of life of the mermaids who rely on him will be obviously better than those who rely on others.
And betrayal.
A mermaid tribe with a bad reputation but high value...
"The choice is yours."
(End of this chapter)