Zhu Jingyuan stayed with his grandfather Zhu Zhongliang in Bishui Garden for many days. It was troublesome for officials and shopkeepers from Meng County to report frequently.
Zhu Jingyuan considered returning to the castle next to the county government to live.
Zhu Zhongliang didn't have much interest in ordinary gardens like Bishui Garden, so he simply followed his grandson to the castle.
This morning, after Zhu Jingyuan chatted and walked with the old emperor, he wrote down some of his own thoughts.
In the afternoon, two staff members were called to discuss the recently discovered problems.
Zhu Jingyuan took Lin Zexu's report. In fact, he had already read it roughly before. Now when he turned to the information he summarized again, Zhu Jingyuan couldn't help but feel mixed.
Chu Yuqiang's product promotion in Thailand and the West has been great.
Although rayon and elastic silk are Zhu Jingyuan's inventions, pantyhose is Chu Yuqiang's creation.
Based on his understanding of the Thai and Western clothing system, Chu Yuqiang directly solved the pain points that have plagued Thai and Western men's clothing for hundreds of years.
Then, seizing the time when rayon and elastic silk were still completely monopolized by the big food countries, we launched a comprehensive and high-intensity luxury propaganda targeting the entire middle and upper class society in Thailand and Spain.
A newspaper targeting aristocrats said, "The seams and ties between tight shorts and stockings may become a symbol of the declining family, because other nobles have begun to enjoy the complete integration of shorts and stockings like His Highness Prince Charles." The ultimate luxury all in one!”
A newspaper targeting businessmen said, “If you are still wearing traditional stockings and tight shorts, you may not be suitable for investing. You have not seen a huge market full of huge potential, and you have no connections that can always remind you of fashion and investment trends. lock up."
A newspaper targeting civil servants and shop managers said: “A person who does not wear pantyhose now may soon not be considered middle class, and he may lose out to competitors when negotiating business because he is not dressed decently. "
A newspaper targeting working-class people said, "Pantyhose are the best step for you to integrate into the middle and upper class society, and they are the best bridge and link to connect all social classes. To put it bluntly, they can prevent you from being Rich people exclude.”
A newspaper for intellectuals said, "Compared with crude cotton and linen textiles, rayon and elastic silk are the clothing materials of the future of mankind that represent technology. Pantyhose are the splendid civilization and latest technology of China that perfectly match the traditions of Europe." The crystallization of fusion.”
In a newspaper for conservatives, it was said, "American cotton is harvested by the most filthy and lowly humanoid beasts, the Ink slaves. Rayon is the latest invention of the most noble Ming prince in the world, His Highness Prince Dashi. It is the most civilized With the wisdom and hard work of Ming Dynasty craftsmen, rayon pantyhose can make your posture perfect, and life without them will be lacking."
A newspaper for new women said, "Rayon is the invention of His Highness Prince Da Shi. Pantyhose includes pants and socks. Pants are exclusive clothing for conservative Thai and Western men, but socks can be worn by women. This All-in-one clothing can serve as a tool and symbol for sisters in the progressive pursuit of equal rights, so let’s wear pantyhose and go out together!”
Except for the last one, the rest are basically propaganda aimed at men.
This is a natural choice and status as well as a natural result in this era.
Zhu Jingyuan's stockings trend in his previous life was of course aimed at women.
Because the long stockings invented during World War II did not appear until more than a hundred years after Thai and Western men stopped wearing long stockings.
The Chu Yuqiang pantyhose of this world were invented when Thai and Western men wore tight shorts and stockings.
So of course this trend started among men, and it just tested the needs of women.
Men's consumption may not be as diverse as women's in many cases.
However, there are many nearly rigid needs in the male consumption range.
Formal clothing, pocket watches, belts, boots, hats, pens, all are expensive if you want to be high-end.
Now Chu Yuqiang's propaganda ties pantyhose to the upper-middle class status, the middle class and civil servants.
Integrated into the new Ming-style formal wear designed by Zhu Jingyuan, it is included in the urgent needs list of Thai and Western nobles and office men.
Driven by the nobility and the middle and upper classes, wearing pantyhose became a trend, and the middle and lower classes instinctively continued to follow the trend.
Women also fell in love quickly, which surprised Chu Yuqiang a little, but Zhu Jingyuan felt it was normal.
Silk stockings can not only attract men, they can also attract women. They were women's clothes in their previous lives.
Nowadays, in many big cities in Thailand and Western countries, whether rich or poor people, men, women, old and young, all are pursuing pantyhose.
Zhu Jingyuan could only say that this boy Chu Yuqiang is really a damn talent.
Using the tools of Western public opinion propaganda, they have kidnapped the thinking of most of Western society.
Let an invention that is not very important in itself gradually become an indispensable prop that reflects identity, and become a clothing style pursued by most of the society.
This certainly created considerable profits for itself, but it also created some management problems.
Workers in their own factories can make huge profits of a few silver coins, or even more than a dozen silver coins, just by moving their hands and walking a few steps.
Therefore, there are endless incidents of reselling welfare goods and smuggling and reselling goods and raw materials.
As the industrial zone continues to expand and develop, the amount and frequency are also continuing to rise.
Now it has reached the point where Lin Zexu dare not make his own decisions and has to ask for his own opinion.
Zhu Jingyuan looked at the data on resale, reselling, and smuggling incidents compiled by Lin Zexu:
"So, the situation is already very serious and the factory area can't control it?"
Lin Zexu nodded with a serious expression and said:
“The benefits His Highness provides to employees are too low, especially for the special product of rayon pantyhose.
"In Thailand, a banknote of more than 100 yuan is equivalent to a pair of pantyhose and is worth 100 grams of gold.
“Workers buy it back at welfare prices and then sell it for several times the profit. Very few people can resist this temptation.
“The key is that the vast majority of workers buy their products at product stores in the park in a manner that complies with regulations.
"The places they sell to are all kinds of places, and any orchid or businessman may be the acquirer.
“And too many workers are involved. If we really have to strictly arrest and punish them, the scope of the impact will be too great.
“Many production lines may have to stop production, which is very uneconomical when calculated in terms of profits and losses.
“Pantyhose are the most typical product with the largest price difference, and other welfare products exist for resale.
"At the same time, we have discovered a total of 19 cases of theft and reselling of elastic silk raw materials, various rayon blended fabrics, and even bundles and boxes of finished products containing elastic silk including pantyhose. .
"Based on the sales price of the corresponding finished products, the amount involved has exceeded 100,000 silver notes.
“Even based on our production cost, it has already caused the loss of thousands of banknotes.
"We can still relatively accurately investigate and arrest people who resell raw materials within the factory area and resell fabrics and finished products in batches from warehouses and workshops, and we can also decisively impose severe penalties. Although the situation is serious, it is barely possible. Pretty controllable.
"But if you want to prevent ordinary workers from selling employee benefits, you have to completely stop the relevant benefit regulations."
Zhu Jingyuan felt quite complicated when he heard this.
In the final analysis, the profits of elastic silk products are too terrible.
Even for ordinary elastic silk fabrics and products, the profit from the manufacturer to the sales market is at least ten times or even twenty times.
Even if there were two moves in the middle, each businessman would still have more than three times the profit, which is enough to allow people to risk their lives.
After four moves in the middle, each merchant still doubled his profit, which was still lawless.
The pantyhose, which Chu Yuqiang grasped and promoted, have a profit of nearly a hundred times.
Even if it takes six times from the factory to the West, each businessman will still double his profits.
Now this thing is probably the legal product with the most terrifying profit margin.
Zhu Jingyuan thought about it carefully for a long time, frowned slightly when he looked at the report and said:
“Now, a large number of workers already know the internal and external price differences of these commodities, and the gap between the cost and the market price.
"If... I completely cancel related welfare products, will it intensify the reselling and smuggling of silk materials and fabrics?"
Lin Zexu couldn't help but frown after hearing this:
"This... it's very possible that His Highness has thought it through, but the situation is really serious now, and the students think it's necessary to take action..."
Niu Jian, who was standing next to him, thought for a while and then tried to express his thoughts:
"Your Highness, illegal smuggling and illegal reselling must be driven by excessive profits.
“Once benefits and profits decrease and risks increase, related activities will definitely weaken.
“We might as well lower the market price and expand the sales scale, so that the revenue will not decrease, and may even increase.
“The output of rayon and elastic is growing very fast, and the production costs of the entire product line are constantly decreasing.
"If nothing else happens, the cost of 20% elastic pantyhose will soon be reduced to less than 500 copper coins.
“At the same time, we will increase the selling prices in employee welfare stores to narrow the gap between market prices and welfare prices.
"I agree to cancel this welfare product. Women of the Ming Dynasty and women of surrounding vassal countries have no interest in this kind of clothing.
“The vast majority of them were taken out to resell them, and many workers even learned that they could easily make a fortune after being contacted by businessmen who were being resold outside.
"On the basis of such control, we will continue to increase the intensity of investigation and punishment operations, arrest and severely crack down on a group of illegal reselling personnel from time to time, and repeatedly publicize them as a display model of punishment.
"With such comprehensive implementation, although it is impossible to say that reselling and smuggling can be completely stopped, it can certainly reduce the scale.
"In general, it is a two-pronged approach to channel market demand while controlling flow channels."
Zhu Jingyuan nodded slowly as he listened.
As long as there are profits and excess profits, it is impossible to eliminate smuggling and resale.
Even if the goods themselves are not profitable, there will be people who resell the raw materials and products through theft, embezzlement, etc.
Zhu Jingyuan has no illusions that everyone will perform their duties and be selfless, but he can't do it himself.
Even if the two staff in front of him are completely honest, he doesn't care.
Using their position to create some extra benefits for themselves and their loved ones within the scope of no violation of regulations is a gray area that cannot be eliminated.
Zhu Jingyuan is very calm and only pursues controllability.
Lin Zexu took the initiative to single out this kind of thing, which shows that he did not completely let go of making money and did not take the opportunity to make black money.
Gray is OK, black is not.
This is almost Zhu Jingyuan's bottom line.
Zhu Jingyuan also believed in them. Such a young and outstanding young man still followed him, a prince with a promising future.
It is impossible to ruin a great future just to make money crazily.
Zhu Jingyuan also had a similar attitude towards the current situation in the factory.
Keep the situation under control.
We should start from both the market and smuggling channels, control the scale of smuggling and reselling as much as possible, and maintain profits from normal channels.
While Zhu Jingyuan was thinking about it, Lin Zexu's secretary knocked on the door and entered the conference room.
He walked up to Lin Zexu and whispered a few words in his ear.
Lin Zexu was obviously a little surprised after hearing this:
"Is there such a thing?"
Zhu Jingyuan also asked curiously:
"what happened?"
Lin Zexu immediately conveyed:
"A female worker came to report that there were clerks in Dashi Clothing Store who were actively purchasing welfare products from the factory.
"But...she also surrendered, and she had already sold the things to the clerk.
"Besides...she has almost spent all the money she earned from selling things."
Zhu Jingyuan smiled unexpectedly and said:
"Hasn't anyone reported and surrendered before? Do you need to be specifically informed of this kind of thing, the boss?"
Lin Zexu immediately explained:
“There were many workers who reported it, so we collected a lot of information.
“But today this female worker is really the first one to surrender after she sold it.
"And this female worker is special. She is a Japanese woman, but she is wearing the new Ming-style formal attire designed by Your Highness.
"In addition to buying a bicycle with the money from the sale, I also bought two sets of clothes from the big food store."
At the same time, Lin Zexu asked his secretary to come over and hand two simple instructions to Zhu Jingyuan here.
On it was Aoxue's basic personal and family information, as well as the events that were registered after arriving in Meng County.
What was your identity before coming here, who was in your family, when you arrived in Meng County, and where you lived.
What tasks were assigned, what punishments were received, what rewards were received, etc.
When Zhu Jingyuan heard Lin Zexu's introduction and looked at the woman's information, he was obviously stunned.
Although Lin Zexu didn't say it directly, the underlying meaning was already hinted at.
Kazuo who takes the initiative to buy and wear clothes designed by herself may be interested in this situation.
For Lin Zexu's secretary, he felt that this might be more worthy of a special report than the "only surrender" feature.
Zhu Jingyuan was indeed a little curious about this Japanese girl, and even became serious:
"Bring her here, I want to ask her something."
Lin Zexu and his secretary immediately agreed, and at the same time they chanted in their hearts:
"As expected..."
However, Zhu Jingyuan's own thinking was not at all in the same direction as that of his two staff.
Zhu Jingyuan thought of his special identity.
Now this Henuo Aoxue takes the initiative to buy typical modern clothes designed by herself, which makes people feel suspicious.
Isn't this Kazuo named Aoxue a time traveler?
Other local women in China and surrounding areas have always been insensitive to the clothes they designed.
Almost no one can accept those clothes directly, let alone wear them directly when going out.
In addition, this world already had the ancestor emperor Zhu Cixiang, and now he has himself.
At this time, if a third time traveler appears, I dare not say that it is completely impossible.
Emperor Shizu and himself both invented so many things, changed so much history, and were extremely famous.
If this Aoxue is also a time traveler, he must already know his identity as a time traveler.
Now he came to the Yamen specifically to surrender, maybe even because he wanted to see himself and get care or communication from him.
Her registration information is very simple. The most obvious one is that she has been detained.
On the morning of the second day after arriving in Lin County, because I was crying with my mother in the dormitory, the dormitory manager locked me in a small dark room for a day and a night.
Then there is the evaluation in study and work.
It is said that he is very smart, his hands and feet are also flexible, and he learns things quickly.
He also has a harmonious relationship with supervisors, masters, and colleagues, and is considered suitable for training as a low-level manager.
All in all, it was highly praised, and I received a salary of 20 yuan in silver notes in the first month.
It seems that she is a very smart and sensible girl. Why was she locked up in a small dark room because she was quarreling with her mother?
I didn't understand the situation after being transported, so I got into trouble with my mother?
Or was Guan Xiaohei time travelled, so his personality changed drastically after that?
In any case, the influence of time travelers is huge, and even if they are just suspected time travellers, they must be treated as carefully as possible.
Now that she has arrived, she must be called over to check and confirm.
The only question is how to confirm it yourself.
Simple passwords may not be accurate. Too many dirty words were used by Emperor Shizu. People in this world may be full of passwords.
The key is that the other party is still a woman, and the codes of men and women may not match.
At the same time, Lin Zexu’s secretary went back to call Aoxue. Lin Zexu and Niu Jian looked at each other and stood up to say goodbye:
"Your Highness, there are still some matters at the Yamen and the park. Let's deal with them first."
"Your Highness, I still have some data that I need to calculate and evaluate again."
Zhu Jingyuan was a little surprised and didn't realize why the two of them had to say goodbye.
But if that woman is really a time traveler, I have to talk to her alone, and it's best if there are no outsiders at the scene.
There is no need to worry about your own safety. Before a woman comes in, she must be searched by Chunxiang and Dongmei.
I have a physique that I have participated in military training since I was a child, and I always carry a usable firearm close to my body. It is impossible for a weak woman with bare hands to hurt me.
So Zhu Jingyuan didn't say anything, and just nodded to indicate that the two of them could go about their business.
