Wang Yi planned to design Meiyou 3.0's main page like future Xiaohongshu and Jinri Toutiao, using simple big data tag pushes!
The only difference was that 2G and 3G network speeds were undeveloped in those years, so pushed content was mainly text and images, not short videos of the 4G era.
For those who liked seeing romantic encounters, posts related to affairs would be pushed to them.
For those who liked seeing mother-in-law and daughter-in-law conflicts, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law conflicts would be pushed to them.
For those who liked a refined life, elegant and light luxury lifestyles created by capital would be pushed to them...
Making them like it more and more as they scrolled, completely unable to leave Meiyou!
The same applied to ad pushes.
For those with high spending power, Meiyou's 599 yuan dresses would be pushed.
For those with average spending power, Meiyou's 399 yuan dresses would be pushed.
For those even more average, Qingyou dresses would be pushed directly!
It could be said that Wang Yi's Meiyou was a combination of future Meiyou and Xiaohongshu!
It was just limited by network speed, so there weren't many short videos for now.
Simple big data tag pushes were Meiyou's biggest core competitiveness!
Core competitiveness that other companies couldn't achieve at present!
This kind of big data algorithm was still in its initial stages in 2011, with internet giants still researching it.
The founders of Douyin and ByteDance were also in the envisioning stage.
It wasn't until 2015-2017 that they entered the big data collection stage.
From 2017-2020, it entered the sales stage.
After 2020, big data pushes entered the diversified integration stage!
But Wang Yi, who had worked at a major company, was very familiar with it.
Especially the simplest user tags, no R&D was needed, they could be used directly!
The biggest asset of a transmigrator, besides information asymmetry, was their solid technical skills!
Jinri Toutiao relied on big data pushes to break through over 1000 news and information APPs, becoming the news and information overlord, and then incubated Douyin.
However, Jinri Toutiao had not yet been established, but Wang Yi could preemptively develop big data tag pushes.
Once it grew larger, they would continuously research and upgrade big data 2.0, 3.0...
Even the 1.0 user tag pushes were years ahead of competitors, sufficient for current Meiyou's use.
As for servers, they had to be increased, otherwise, they really wouldn't be able to handle it.
In the following days, Meiyou entered a rhythm of rapid development, like a high-speed rail.
Not only was the number of employees rapidly increasing, but various departments were also quickly improving.
Of course, money was being spent faster and faster...
On July 24th, 100,000 yuan was transferred to Song Sining in the morning, and a batch of servers was leased to prepare for the e-commerce launch.
In the afternoon, 200,000 yuan was transferred to Wei Ming to purchase equipment, upgrade the warehouse into a workshop, and recruit 50 garment workers to increase production capacity.
On July 25th, 200,000 yuan was transferred to Chen Chuanqing in the morning to order ten thousand small cardigans and ten thousand chiffon blouses, which would be sold with pure desire style dresses.
In the afternoon, another 300,000 yuan was transferred to Wei Ming to purchase materials, start construction, and expand the factory by 1000 square meters!
In just two days, 400,000 yuan was earned from selling discontinued size clothing, with expenditures of 800,000 yuan!
Wang Yi only had 1.1 million yuan left in his hands, and the problem was, this was just the beginning!
With the e-commerce launch imminent, everything had to be bought, everything had to be brought in, there were many places to spend money!
"Starting a business, starting a business, indeed, the more you start, the poorer you get!"
Wang Yi sighed, comforting himself:
"It's alright, another 200,000 yuan will come in tomorrow. But calculating the time, it's been about ten days, not much discontinued size clothing is left, so I need to find new sources!"
Short-sleeved shirts and shorts sold out a few days ago, and long dresses also sold out.
Now only long-sleeved shirts and long pants were left, all for one hundred yuan for three pieces.
Long-sleeved shirts and long pants sold slower this season, with sales only six to seven tenths of short-sleeved shirts, but the profit per piece was higher.
With these offsets, a daily income of about 200,000 yuan could still be guaranteed, and Wang Yi was quite satisfied.
However, the remaining stock, at this pace, could only be sold until the 30th at most!
New sources of goods had to be found as soon as possible.
Early on July 26th, just as Wang Yi received the 210,000 yuan payment from Sun Rui, Chen Chuanqing approached him with a bag:
"Boss, there's progress on the Meiyou packaging you asked about. Three factories are suitable, one large and two small, all in Jizhou. The two smaller factories even made samples!"
Chen Chuanqing took out two sets of samples, along with the quotation:
"The set on the left is a bit more refined, with a minimum order of five thousand sets at 3 yuan per set. The quality of the one on the right is slightly inferior, with a minimum order of five thousand sets at only 2 yuan per set!"
Wang Yi examined the two sets of packaging samples; each set included an outer cardboard box, a paper shopping bag, and an inner cardboard box.
The price was also much lower than Wang Yi had expected.
Indeed, prices in 2011 were nearly half of what they were more than ten years later.
"So, you talk to the refined packaging factory; we'll directly order fifty thousand sets of packaging, negotiating the price down to 2 yuan per set!"
Wang Yi calculated clearly that with Meiyou, Taobao, JD.com, Amazon, and five or six other e-commerce platforms, and over thirty dress styles, fifty thousand sets should sell out.
On average, one or two thousand sets of each dress style would be sold, and ten thousand pieces per platform!
"Fifty thousand sets!" Chen Chuanqing was somewhat surprised but still nodded:
"No problem, fifty thousand sets make it easier to negotiate the price. Two yuan shouldn't be an issue; I'm familiar with that boss, I'll go there again shortly!"
"You've worked hard, Manager Chen," Wang Yi said sincerely.
In the past few days since joining, Chen Chuanqing had been constantly running around, traveling between major factories.
If he didn't have extensive resources, Wang Yi and Song Sining would have had to search factory by factory, negotiate factory by factory, which would have been time-consuming.
But Chen Chuanqing was familiar with all those people, so one trip was usually enough to get things done.
This was the power of professionalism!
"It's no trouble, no trouble at all, it's what I should do," Chen Chuanqing smiled:
"Oh, boss, I found five reliable designers who specialize in subtle modifications for the pure desire style, and they've already modified thirty-two designs. Please take a look!"
"That fast? Good," Wang Yi beamed.
The efficiency was too high!
Chen Chuanqing took out his notebook and showed Wang Yi the thirty-two subtly modified pure desire style designs, each marked with a number and the designer's name.
"This one won't work."
"This one is acceptable!"
"This one is good!"
"This one is very good!"
...
Wang Yi evaluated each one, and Chen Chuanqing recorded them one by one.
"Boss, you said these seven designs are acceptable, these five are good, and these four are very good!"
After Chen Chuanqing finished counting, he confirmed again with Wang Yi.
Wang Yi was very satisfied with such a meticulous attitude:
"Very good, these are the ones. For the seven acceptable designs, use ordinary fabric, control material costs to around 10-15, making Qingyou 159, 259. Produce 1000 sets of each first."
"For the five good designs, upgrade the fabric material a bit, control material costs to around 20, making Meiyou 399, 1000 pieces of each."
"For the four very good designs, upgrade the fabric material further, costs around 30, making Meiyou 599, 1000 pieces of each!"
"Okay, boss, I've been to both of those garment OEM factories. They also gave quotations. Material costs like fabric are similar in the industry; you pay for what you use, the difference is the processing fee!"
Chen Chuanqing took out a few samples:
"These are products from Dongrui Garment Factory, the workmanship is more refined. The processing fee for this type of dress is 9 yuan per piece, many big brands use them for OEM!"
Wang Yi took a look; it was indeed very good, on par with the skilled workers of Liangcai Garment Factory, no less than big brands.
The OEM price was also reasonable.
For a pure desire style dress, Wang Yi's Liangcai Garment Factory paid employees four yuan per piece, producing 20 pieces a day, which was 80 yuan.
The OEM factory charged nine yuan per piece, so a five-yuan profit was considered normal.
After all, they provided employees, workshops, and equipment, so they definitely had to earn a portion.
Chen Chuanqing took out a few more samples:
"These are products from Miansen Garment Factory, the workmanship is not as good as Dongrui, but it's still first-rate. The processing fee is only seven yuan per piece, Vancl even uses them for OEM."
Wang Yi carefully examined the clothes from Miansen Garment Factory and nodded:
"It's also not bad, considered first-rate."
"So, all 9000 pieces of Meiyou's order will be given to Dongrui. Try to negotiate the OEM fee down to 8 yuan per piece, and mention that there will be orders starting from ten thousand pieces afterwards!"
"As for Qingyou's 7000 pieces, give them to Miansen, try to negotiate the price down to 6 yuan, also for long-term cooperation."
"Okay, I'll do my best!"
Chen Chuanqing nodded:
"They should give me some face."
"Haha, how's the production capacity of both factories?" Wang Yi laughed.
"Don't worry, boss, they are both large factories, producing ten to twenty thousand pieces a day is no problem. Once the order is placed, one day for pattern making and material intake, one day for production, and it will be done in two days."
"Very good, start production as soon as possible, the e-commerce platform will be launched next week!"
(End of Chapter)
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