Courtyard House: Drunk and tipsy, the whole courtyard exposed at the start.

"Even if we take the lowest value of 200, considering that there are more fishermen and workers in the inner Shau Kei Bay, the sales in other places may not be as high as in this densely populated area."

「塑料杯一天的消耗量是200乘以2800乘以7仙一个，等于39200块，一年就是1430万8千！」

"And that doesn't even include the disposable plastic cups used by some street food stalls and restaurants for drinking alcohol and tea. We also produce straws, disposable bowls, paper cups and bowls, the transparent anti-saliva-splash masks our employees use, disposable plastic gloves, plastic packaging bags, and semi-automatic milk tea capping machines—"

"This market has an annual sales volume of at least HK$3000 million. I can't calculate the profit, and I don't know if we can make a name for ourselves and export it."

"But do you think this is profitable? Is it still just a small business?"

Lou Yufan was dumbfounded. He had previously suffered from the "high-end, comprehensive" approach, and had been utterly defeated by Li Huanggua in the competition for high-end plastic flowers.

But I never imagined that these plastic cups that cost 7 cents each would have such a big market.

And Zhang Yaoyang is right, anyone can make that factory and those products. The most crucial thing is that "Mixue Ice Cream" is an officially recognized hygienic and designated sourcing point! (I've already been completely fooled.)

That's where our biggest advantage lies!

In his excitement, he grabbed Zhang Yaoyang's hand directly, with one hand, because his other hand was still wrapped up.

Lou Yufan said with deep affection—

"Brother Yaoyang! Teach me!"

Zhang Yaoyang quickly and obsequiously brushed his hand aside: "Hurry back and get the raw materials! Keep the workers!"

"Let's finish the order first!"

"Later, we'll set up a catering supplies company under the Mixue Ice Cream brand. Your plastics factory and Mixue Ice Cream will invest in it. Once the brand is established and we have customers, all that's left is to seize the market and update our technology to reduce costs."

"Do I really need to teach you this?"

Upon hearing this, Lou Yufan excitedly stood up and ran away.

Zhang Yaoyang is right. Before other plastic factories can react, we should stockpile raw materials at low prices! Retain skilled workers and reduce production costs!

Putting aside other factors, it's hard to say whether Li Huanggua will pay attention to this market, but Hong A definitely will, since they started out making catering utensils.

But as long as Yufan Plastics Factory can seize the opportunity and get a share of the market, there is potential in this catering supplies market!

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Lou Bancheng, who was far away in Beijing, was also stunned when he heard the news.

Disposable plastic cups?

It costs 7 cents each, but the market is worth 3000 million every year?

With a casual move, Zhang Yaoyang created a market worth tens of millions?

The Zhang brothers...

They're all incredibly fierce!

However, what about the idea of ​​starting a catering supplies company under the name of Mixue Ice Cream?

Lou Bancheng's instruction was—40% of the shares must be retained! At least 30%!

This company... might really be amazing in the future!

The final agreement was that Lou Yufan would contribute 100,000 yuan—using three shops as 100,000 yuan, because he really had no money left and had invested the rest into production.

Zhang Yaoyang invested 20,000 yuan, which is the money he made from reselling plastic cups today plus the turnover of the past few days. After all, he still needs some operating funds, plus the influence of Mixue Ice Cream.

Mixue Ice Cream Catering Supplies Co., Ltd. was established, with Lou Yufan's plastic factory holding 20% ​​of the shares and Mixue Ice Cream (Zhang Yaoyang) holding 80%.

The minimum is 30%? The Lou family is dreaming.

Then, Hong Kong entered a busy period.

Making money...

It may seem like you can't make much money from a cup of milk tea, but it's a fast-moving consumer good, and the volume is huge!

Anyway, the turnover is skyrocketing!

Lou Yufan's plastic factory was receiving orders from catering supply companies and other miscellaneous orders, and the factory's profits gradually increased.

But don't get too excited yet. By the end of the year, we'll have to find a way to exchange it for US dollars and send it to Zhang Dabiao in mainland China to pay off his debts.

However, at least there is hope.

As for expanding into a chain of stores, Zhang Yaoyang doesn't have that idea yet. Firstly, he doesn't have enough funds, and secondly, this is Hong Kong, and without his own people, it's easy for something to go wrong and for him to be targeted.

As for those three shops, let's wait and see. Anyway, it's a free lunch. Zhang Yaoyang didn't pay for them, so let's just leave them there and continue renting them out.

Zhang Yaoyang has given Ah Xiang more responsibilities. Ah Xiang is an old buddy who followed him from the beginning and is very reliable. Zhang Yaoyang has set him the goal of becoming a store manager—the store manager of Mixue Ice Cream Store No. 1, the Shau Kei Wan flagship store.

They paid him 100 yuan a month...

Zhang Yaoyang himself felt a little guilty, as this was completely capitalist behavior. However, he couldn't set the price too high now; he would try it out first. The average monthly salary for a paper mill worker here was only HK$30, while shipyard workers earned HK$80-120, and higher-level management earned over HK$600.

There are very few clerical jobs near Po Kei Wan, and I heard the monthly salary is around HKD 100-300.

After the New Year, Zhang Yaoyang will check the sales figures. If the results are good, he will have to recruit people from universities in Hong Kong. Relying solely on his group of villagers won't be enough to sustain the business.

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Zhang Dabiao was busy in Hong Kong every day until almost the end of January when things finally calmed down, and things were basically back on track there.

Based on the sales figures, the company sells an average of about 1500 cups of milk tea and 2000 cakes and breads per day.

The shop assistants were so busy they had to use eight hands, but the daily turnover was around 1800, with a net profit of 1350 per day—Zhang Dabiao had kept the cost of raw materials and labor to 25% of the price.

It's absolutely outrageous!

Zhang Dabiao made a net profit of HK$40500 this month!

Although it can't compare to Yu Fan Plastics Factory, how much investment does his factory have, and how many people does it employ?

What about our side?

In addition, the newly opened Mixue Ice Cream Catering Supplies Co., Ltd. has also received a lot of orders. Yufan Plastics Factory is working overtime in three shifts to produce them. In a month, they earned more than 3 yuan, but it has to be split between the two companies.

In addition, Yufan Plastics Factory also has other orders, so it is impossible to produce all of them disposable plastic cups. After all, this market has not been fully developed yet, and such a large quantity of products is not needed in the early stages.

Let's just stay put for now and talk about everything after the New Year.

As for grain, the Lou family owns a rice shop (grain and oil shop) and purchases directly from the Lou Family Trading Company in Hong Kong, at a price 2% lower than Zhang Dabiao's previous purchases.

That means Zhang Dabiao can now buy 2200 Hong Kong catties with 1000 Hong Kong dollars, which is equivalent to 2640 catties in the Chinese market.

Zhang Dabiao buys various kinds of rice, noodles, eggs, etc. every week...

The money flowed back into the hands of the Lou family's trading company in Hong Kong. In any case, everyone could make a small profit this time. Even miscellaneous items such as black tea, evaporated milk, chocolate, taro, and coconut juice could be purchased on behalf of the Lou family, which would save them some effort.

As for the grain problem between Qinjiatun and Lao Zhang's family, it's not a problem at all.

However, Zhang Dabiao was very strict. He agreed on 2000 jin, and if you wanted more, you had to exchange it for something else.

The same goes for Old Zhang's family; they provide 800 jin (400 catties) of goods per month. However, Old Zhang's family keeps sourcing good things for him, so Zhang Dabiao doesn't lose out.

At the end of the month, Master Lei came to visit.