Sun Xian stepped forward quickly and opened the red cloth. A pedal sewing machine that looked like a slender iron pot lying across a small wooden table appeared in front of everyone.
This appearance was indeed a bit strange, causing people to whisper.
Sun Xian motioned to the waiter to take away the red cloth and loudly said to everyone: "I know, this thing doesn't look big. Maybe some people will doubt how useful it can be."
After speaking, they clapped their hands and at his signal, the two people walked onto the high platform.
Sun Xian pointed at one of the middle-aged men and said, "Tailor Wang, a famous scissor in the capital. Everyone must have heard of his name, right?"
When Tailor Wang was spotted, he immediately took a step forward and extended his hands in all directions. He smiled and said, "I'm showing off my ugliness today, so please bear with me."
"What does Master Wang want to do today?" There were quite a few people who knew Tailor Wang, and some people started teasing him.
“We’ll find out later.” Tailor Wang nodded with a smile.
The other person, Sun Xian, I won’t introduce, but he is just a young guy with no reputation. No one would know him if he introduced him.
Sun Xian stepped forward and said with a smile: "Aren't you curious how fast this pedal sewing machine can sew clothes? Today we will take a look, it has fast scissors Can the famous Master Wang be better than this apprentice who uses a pedal sewing machine?"
A well-known old tailor and an apprentice competed in speed. Such an interesting thing instantly attracted everyone's attention.
Sun Xian didn't say much and immediately asked the two of them to get ready.
Following the order, the two men immediately took action.
The people could clearly see that Tailor Wang's cutting movements were very fast and fluid, but in the blink of an eye, he had cut the cloth and started sewing.
On the other hand, the apprentice's cutting movements are much slower. It took Tailor Wang almost three times as long to cut the cloth.
But when the apprentice stepped on the pedal, a powerful banging sound came, and he saw that his hands were sewing faster than expected.
Tailor Wang has just finished sewing a sleeve, but the apprentice has finished sewing the clothes.
Putting the clothes aside, the apprentice continued to cut the cloth and sew it.
By the time Master Wang finished sewing one piece of clothing, the apprentice had already finished sewing five pieces and was rushing to make the sixth piece.
"Stop!" Sun Xian stopped the two people's movements.
Then he pulled the two people forward, pointed to everyone and said, "We can see that even Tailor Wang, who is famous for his fast scissors, is far slower than a tailor apprentice."
Everything was clearly seen by the people. Even by comparison, they could see that Tailor Wang was indeed much slower than the apprentice who used a pedal sewing machine.
Tailor Wang was not unhappy at all, but exclaimed: "The pedal sewing machine made by Mr. Sun is really ingenious, I admire you!"
"Ouch..." There was a roar among the people. With this on-site demonstration, everyone was convinced of the speed of the pedal sewing machine and no longer had any doubts.
As for those who boasted about the pedal sewing machine, people just regarded it as bragging and didn't take it to heart at all.
Seeing people's reaction, Sun Xian knew that today's effect was achieved. He even happily raised his hands and said loudly: "Everyone, the mechanical workshop will accept orders for pedal sewing machines from today. If anyone wants to buy one, please come to the workshop to place an order first. So far, the workshop only accepts customers who place orders. We will not accept orders for the time being. I will put it up for sale, please forgive me!"
"Place an order first? What do you mean?" someone shouted in confusion.
With such a good thing as a pedal sewing machine, of course no one would discover its advantages. Therefore, there were many people who wanted to buy, but they did not understand what the order meant, so some people asked loudly.
Sun Xian smiled and waited until everyone asked, then smiled and stretched out his hand to signal: "If you want to know how to place an order, please go this way."
Immediately, a waiter led everyone into the mechanical workshop from the side.
"What? You want us to pay money first, and then we have to wait for you to deliver the goods? What if you don't give it?"
"That's right, the world has always paid with one hand and delivered the goods with the other hand. Where can we pay first and then wait for you to deliver the goods?"
...For a while, people who came to buy a pedal sewing machine shook their heads.
In the face of everyone's questioning, the waiter still smiled and said, "Everyone, the so-called monk who can run away cannot run away from the temple. How can a large mechanical workshop like ours here defraud you of the money for a pedal sewing machine?"
As soon as these words came out, everyone looked at each other and couldn't help but agree. Behind this machinery workshop is Zhenguo Gong. Even if the mechanical workshop can run, can Zhen Guo Gong's mansion still run?
But everyone always feels that they take out money for no reason, but can't get anything, and there is always something empty and unsettled in their hearts.
"If we can't pay with one hand and deliver the goods with one hand, then we won't buy it!" Someone threatened.
"Yes, we won't buy it, let's see who you sell your treadle sewing machine to!"
The clerk was not afraid at all and responded loudly: "I don't mind telling you the news. The palace directly placed an order for two thousand units. In other words, even if you place an order now, you have to wait for the workshop to send the order to the palace first. After the two thousand units are delivered, it will be your turn."
"If anyone doesn't want to place an order, please go out and don't block the distinguished guests behind!"
...What, it’s not even my turn to place an order now? The expressions of the people surrounding the waiter changed. Someone took out his banknotes and slapped them on the table: "How much does one cost? I want two."
"Sheng Hui, four hundred guan!" the clerk said with a smile.
When the person who took out the treasure money heard this, he immediately took the money back quickly, as if he was about to be taken away if he was one step too late.
He exclaimed: "What? Four hundred and two sets, why is it so expensive?"
"That's right, isn't your treadle sewing machine just a wooden table and an iron box? It costs two hundred dollars a piece? You are trying to steal money!" Someone immediately agreed.
"It's too expensive, it's too expensive, I won't buy it, I won't buy it..."
Everyone shook their heads and talked about expensive things, but no one was willing to leave.
In the face of everyone's accusations, the clerk still smiled and nodded patiently in response: "Wood is not valuable, and iron is not valuable, but the skill of our mechanical workshop in making pedal sewing machines is worth the price!"
"I just said, if you don't want to buy it, you can do it, don't block the people behind you. The price of two hundred guan seems expensive, but a pedal sewing machine can be used for at least ten years, and the average is only 20 guan per year. . If even this is too expensive, then there is nothing we can do."
"Also, don't think the price is expensive. To tell you the truth, the palace bought two thousand units at once, and it was the same price. It wouldn't be a penny less."
"And at first we were planning to sell each unit for three hundred guan, but it was because of my compassion that I insisted on selling it to you for 200 guan."
The implication of the man's words is, don't be ignorant. There is no need to worry about no one buying the pedal sewing machine. If you don’t buy it, you will be the one who suffers.
Sure enough, the guy's words were very effective, especially after hearing that the original price was three hundred guan, everyone felt that if they didn't buy it now, they would feel like they had lost a hundred guan.
People are willing to endure hardship, but almost no one is willing to suffer losses.
The man who had just taken back the banknotes immediately took out another stack from his arms, put them together and slapped them in front of the clerk.
"I'll order two!"
In an instant, the man was surrounded by people waving money.
Faced with such a noisy situation, the waiter shouted: "Everyone should line up, one by one, and if we continue to gather around here, we won't even be able to buy one!"
The next moment, there was a burst of light around the guy, and in front of him was a line of people lined up straight.
A man dressed as a merchant, bowing his fat body, respectfully presented a thick stack of banknotes, and then exchanged it for a light and fluffy banknote from the clerk's hand. of five notes.
Each piece of paper represents a pedal sewing machine, and each piece of paper has an independent number and anti-counterfeiting mark. At that time, as long as the merchants come to the machinery workshop with a note, they can pick up the five pedal sewing machines.
She put the note into the innermost compartment of her chest like a treasure and pressed it with her arms. Then when he thought of the treasure notes he had just placed here, the merchant couldn't help but feel unwilling.
So much money was exchanged for these five pieces of paper, and I always felt very disappointed. But there is no way. This is the rule. If he doesn't follow the rules, he won't even be able to buy one. Now he could only go back and wait until someone from the machine shop notified him to pick up the pedal sewing machine.
...
"My father-in-law, you are really smart. We didn't even buy the materials, but you sold so many units." Sun Xian simply couldn't believe his eyes. He never thought that he could actually do it. Someone spent money to buy a note and go back.
After building the two thousand machines needed by the palace, Sun Xian thought about buying materials quickly to continue building pedal sewing machines to sell.
But he was stopped by Han Du, and then he came up with the sales method of placing an order first.
Originally, Sun Xian was not optimistic about this method. After all, no one was a fool. How could he spend hundreds of dollars to buy a note? But the result was far beyond his expectation. He didn't expect that there would be so many people buying it.
Han Du smiled faintly and said: "Actually, the biggest advantage of order-based sales is not that it solves the problem of purchasing materials. It is that we can rely on orders to build as many as we can sell, and no one will be wasted. This is the best Pivotal."
What does material count for? The machinery workshop has enough money in its account to be able to afford materials. But there is no way to know how many units need to be built to just be able to buy them all.
Once you have an order, you can buy as much as you want and make as much as you want, and everything can be quantified. There are so many benefits in this that Sun Xian couldn't help but look happy.
But then Sun Xian lowered his head and smiled bitterly, handed the document in his hand to Han Du, and said: "But this order is too much. More than 8,000 units were ordered in a short period of time. With our current manpower, it is completely insufficient." Ah! What's more, there is a steady stream of orders coming from behind."
