Seeing that the maid had put away the calligraphy and paintings, Qin Ming invited everyone to sit back on the sofa.
Before taking his seat, the eldest grandson glanced at Li Shimin to indicate that it was time to talk about business.
Li Shimin understood what he was thinking, and after sitting down, he said:
"My dear nephew, actually, my uncle came here this time because he has a business that he wants to discuss with you."
When Qin Ming heard this, he did not stop feeding the little Si Zi in his arms. He raised his head and said:
"Uncle Li, what kind of business do you have?"
At this time, the eldest grandson on the side answered:
"It's the tea you gave me last time, nephew. Auntie has been drinking it recently, and her friends also like it very much."
"Auntie thinks that if this kind of tea can be sold, it will definitely be very popular. It happens that auntie has several tea gardens at home, and there are also shops in Chang'an City."
"If you are willing, we can partner in this business. Auntie can use the tea garden and shop as a shareholding."
Qin Ming paused in the feeding movement, then lowered his head and began to think deeply.
Li Shimin and Changsun didn't bother him when they saw this.
Just wait quietly for his reply.
Qin Ming's original intention of making fried tea was not that he had never thought about selling tea, but that he had a relatively shallow foundation and was afraid of touching other people's cakes.
But now that Qin Ming has formed a escort team, he has more or less self-protection capabilities.
But just in case, I still said:
"Uncle Li, aunt, and nephew are willing to partner with you. We are also confident that this tea will sell well in the future and will even lead the tea drinking trend in the Tang Dynasty."
"But before we start this business, we still need to plan how wide the business will be."
"And within our business scope, we need to plan whether we will only do the high-end market, or whether we will do it in all three markets: high, medium and low."
"Only when we have some plans in place can we start to implement them in detail, otherwise it will be difficult for the business to last long."
"Because the business goals we want to achieve are different, the problems we face are also different."
Li Shimin and Changsun could understand the meaning of words such as business scope and planning mentioned by Qin Ming, but they still did not understand some terms, so Li Shimin said:
"What are high, medium and low markets? And what are the problems you mentioned?"
Others didn't understand what he meant, so they all looked at Qin Ming curiously to see what he would say next.
Qin Ming did not answer the question directly, but looked up at Li Shimin's bodyguards and Changsun's maid.
Li Shimin and Changsun were able to achieve their current status because they were both talented people. They knew what Qin Ming meant by just looking at him.
"Don't worry, nephew. These two are the family's confidants. If you have anything to say, you can say it clearly. Don't worry."
Upon hearing this, Qin Ming stopped feeding and said to Zijun:
"Zi Jun, please go to the backyard to find Chang Xi and ask her to come to the study."
Zi Jun guessed that Qin Ming asked his mother to come here now because he wanted her to take care of the tea business in the future. After hearing this, he said hello and went out.
Li Shimin and Chang Sun of the Qin and Ming dynasties explained:
"My nephew has a housekeeper in his house who has very good management skills. If we decide on the business, I plan to let her go to Chang'an to take care of the tea frying business."
"What we are going to talk about later is very important and related to the development direction of this business, so I asked her to come over and listen to it together."
After a while, Yang Zijun took Xiao Changxi to the study. On the way there, Zijun had already told Xiao Changxi what happened in the study.
When Qin Ming saw Xiao Changxi coming, he introduced everyone to her. He didn't communicate much else, and just asked her to sit next to him.
Zi Jun stood behind Qin Ming, ready to pour tea for everyone.
When Li Shimin saw that he hadn't come for a few days, there were two more people around Qin Ming, the beautiful mother and daughter Hua wearing veils. They looked at Qin Ming and the two people beside him with eyes that only men can understand, as if to say
"He also said that His Majesty is a good wife. I think you are a good wife, or the kind that accepts both mother and daughter."
Qin Ming understood Li Shimin's eyes, but it was difficult to explain because there were female relatives present.
So Qin Ming replied, with a big eye roll, and then said seriously:
"My nephew just mentioned the three markets of high, medium and low. This does not only refer to our Datang, but to all the countries we can come into contact with."
"The three markets respectively represent high-end consumer groups. This group includes the royal family, ministers of the court, noble families, nobles of the court, and the top businessmen;"
"The mid-range consumer group, this group includes ordinary families, relatively wealthy ministers, ordinary nobles and ordinary businessmen;"
"The low-end consumer group, this group is ordinary people."
Everyone nodded in unison when they heard this. After Qin Mingyi's analysis, they found that this term was interpreted very accurately and was applicable to all walks of life.
Qin Ming continued:
"I went to Chang'an City before and asked about the current price of tea. The current price of better tea is basically 200 yuan per catty, and the best tea is only about the same price per catty."
"And our tea-frying technology is relatively new. If others don't have this technology, we can sell it in the high-end market for 800 Wen to a pound."
"If we do it in the mid-range market, we can sell it for 400 yuan per catty. If we go to the low-end market, the labor conditions are not met, so we won't consider it for the time being."
"Excluding the price of purchasing tea and our labor, the profit of high-end tea can reach up to 800 yuan per catty, and the profit of mid-range tea can reach up to 200 yuan per catty."
"If our business scope is set in Chang'an City and our customer base is targeted at high-end people, then it shouldn't be a big problem for us to operate together."
"After we earn our first 100,000 yuan, we only need to acquire high-quality and rare tea plantations in the north and south, and then sell the tea-frying process."
"In this way, I estimate that our annual conservative profit in the first two years should be between 500,000 and 800,000 yuan, and it will decrease year by year."
"My suggestion is that we control our business in Chang'an City and only deal with the high-end market."
Qin Ming's tone was calm and he was talking to himself, and he easily applied the process of doing business for himself in later generations.
He didn't notice the ever-changing expressions of the people around him.
The most calm one among everyone was Xiao Changxi.
During this period of time, she had become somewhat accustomed to Qin Ming's way of speaking, but she was still shocked by the content of Qin Ming's words this time.
In addition to being surprised, Zijun's face was filled with admiration.
Qin Ming is not much older than her, but his way of thinking and vision are far beyond them.
Changle and Chengyang were surprised. No one of their own age could talk so eloquently in front of their parents.
Li Shimin and Changsun listened on the sidelines, and were also shocked by the profits of tea frying. Now the national treasury and internal treasury are short of money.
If there could really be such a high profit, they could not wait to start making fried tea today. However, they also heard that Qin Ming had reservations about his words.
Changsun asked:
"My dear nephew, since you are the only one who knows how to fry tea, why should we sell the art of tea frying to others when we earn enough 100,000 yuan? If we don't sell it, wouldn't we earn more?"
"It is true that we can earn more, but in this case, we will inevitably be targeted by other businesses to suppress us or cause us trouble from behind."
"Furthermore, we produce on a large scale, and we must recruit workers to make fried tea. This cannot avoid leakage of the process. The bustle in the world is for profit, and the hustle and bustle in the world is for profit."
"Auntie, we are all ordinary people. If we don't take the initiative to sell our craftsmanship, what awaits us will be jail at the least, and family destruction at the most. For such a huge benefit, those noble families and the nobles in the court will do it for them. Money can do anything."
Changsun understood Qin Ming's concerns. To put it bluntly, he was worried that he would be targeted because he had no backing.
She is not worried about this, after all, she and Li Shimin are the biggest aristocratic family in the world.
She then asked:
"Then why do we only do business in Chang'an? The world is so big, we can transport tea to Luoyang, Taiyuan and other places."
