Reborn in the Millennium: Building a Fortune from Fishing

Chapter 516 Fishing Gear Sales Market

Coming out of the CD recording workshop, Qin Dahe struggled to pull the cart with eight boxes of CDs on it.

Twenty thousand CDs weigh eight hundred pounds, and there's no one here to help him, so he has to carry it all by himself.

Each box weighed 100 kilograms, and people were sweating as they carried it onto the car.

He has been driving this Land Cruiser for a long time and he quite likes it. It is really powerful for hauling goods.

With a load of 800 kilograms, it rushes out with just a press of the accelerator, and it is almost the same as an empty truck.

Then I drove to SF Express and delivered the goods to each agent and fishing tackle store.

Any store that cooperates with him must take on some CD sales tasks.

The four agents each received 4,000 tickets, and the rest was borne by the more than 30 fishing tackle stores.

This thing doesn't make money, but everyone is happy to sell it, and even actively promotes the CDs.

Every additional silver carp and bighead carp fisherman has to contribute at least a few hundred yuan a month.

We also have to distribute goods to some individual stores, and these people's requests for goods are very disorganized. Yanyan sometimes has a headache when she has to compile the total bill.

Although an agent was added in June, the shipment volume to individual stores was still 15,000 kilograms.

This month, 800 kilograms of CDs were shipped out, and the 10,000 kilograms express delivery task is almost completed.

SF Express's boss Qin was all smiles when he saw him. He earned 20,000 to 30,000 yuan in express delivery fees every month, and it was not easy to find such a stable customer.

"Brother Qin, this is the CD distribution plan. Please fill out the form yourselves."

This thing is a bit annoying. There are nearly forty forms, and he has to fill them out for half an hour alone.

"There are also 300 kilograms of silver and bighead carp bait and 60 kilograms of corn, which were sent to Ganzhou, Jiangxi."

SF Express has records of all shipping points, so he just needs to tell the approximate location.

"Okay, I'll take care of that," said Mr. Qin from SF Express with a smile. "Let's have a drink at noon?"

"I'm driving, haha." He declined the other party's invitation. It was already eleven o'clock and he also wanted to go home for dinner.

The sun was getting hotter and hotter, so he got in the car after just saying hello.

The air conditioner in the car turned on and I felt comfortable immediately. I stepped on the accelerator and drove out of Xinshikou towards the Yangtze River Bridge.

In the afternoon, he went back to Longwangguai again and took care of the nest.

Business is business, it shouldn’t interfere with fishing.

It has been a long time since he last fished, and it was exposed to the sun during the day, so he had high hopes for this blue carp nest.

When I got home, Hanwa brought me something.

"Brother, fish roe."

Qin Dahe's eyes lit up when he saw the bunch of fish roe and fish bubbles handed to him by his brother.

"Did you kill that catfish?"

"Well, there are a lot of seeds, fish bubbles and meat." He also cut half of the fish belly and handed it over.

"Haha, catfish roe contains heavy metals. Let's eat less, half each. You can try it when you go back." He happily pulled half out with his hand.

He knew that this thing was slightly poisonous, but it tasted good, so it would be fine as long as he didn't eat it too often.

Anyway, that big piece of fish belly is enough to eat, so just cook them together.

"I just set up the nest. You should spend more time with Baoer these two days." He was almost devoted to her and would do it twice every night.

I'm going out for night fishing soon, and I must coax my wife into it.

"I know."

It was hot, so Hanwa delivered the fish and prepared to go back.

"Wait a minute, tell me about the mold." He pulled the man to sit in a cool place, took out a cigarette, handed it to him, and lit one for himself.

"It's very easy to use, but it takes a lot of effort to polish it. It takes the master half an hour to polish out a qualified mold."

"How's the efficiency?"

"With this aid, I can make 60 to 70 pieces a day, but preparing the materials takes time."

Qin Dahe nodded. This is the disadvantage of manual production. The master chef does everything alone, and the output limit is here.

"What about belly bleaching alone? How many can you do in an hour?"

"Probably a dozen or so, and the master is the same." The kid smiled innocently and took a puff of cigarette happily.

Even with the mold, the master's speed is sometimes slower than his.

Qin Dahe calculated that if he built an assembly line, with his father-in-law and the silly boy as the core, it would be no problem to produce 200 heavy floats a day.

That’s 80 pieces a month. The four agents have about fishing tackle stores under their control, plus more than individual stores, which means more than sales points.

On average, a store can produce 60 floats per month and sell two per day.

This is just a bunch of nonsense, even running an assembly line is not enough.

"You go back first, I want to think about something." "Okay!" Silly boy nodded and left. He didn't know how to do business and couldn't help his elder brother.

Qin Dahe took a pen and wrote some numbers, then called Boss Wan in Hubei.

"Brother Wan, how are the bait sales going?"

"It's pretty good. My own store sells 7000 to bags a day, and this month we've sold kilograms."

"Amazing." He said sincerely.

"Haha, at twenty yuan a bag, many of our anglers are starting to make money."

"Can you tell me about the sales of fishing gear?"

"Fishing boxes are selling very quickly. I've already sold over 20 of them. I'm just waiting for them to become a trend. Wholesale is still a bit difficult right now."

The wholesale price of the fishing box must be at least around 200 for him to make some profit, and many small fishing tackle stores dare not purchase it at this price.

“Sales at the fishing platform are worse.”

"Oh, I have a question for you. If you sell handmade floats individually, how many can you sell in a day?"

At present, these floats have been handed over to the second-level agents, who do not wholesale them but sell them directly themselves.

Not only is the profit high, but it also sells well to regular customers.

Nowadays, few fishing gear manufacturers produce heavy floats, and the market demand is still very large.

"Emmmmmm, this is probably one of the harder-to-find fishing tackle shops. I can easily sell more than a dozen a day."

The fishing tackle shops that are easy to find are all along the Han River, and he mainly does wholesale business.

"The demand for heavy floats is directly proportional to the sales of silver carp and bighead carp bait. You really need to find a way to get more heavy floats. Many people just put foam on ordinary floats." He said with a smile.

Qin Dahe nodded. When he went to Hubei, many of the silver carp and bighead carp fishermen did the same thing, otherwise the buoyancy would not be enough.

Fishing for silver carp and bighead carp is float fishing, and you often encounter problems such as water flow, wind and waves. You need double lead positioning, plus a spring hook and a large amount of bait. An ordinary four or five gram float is useless.

"Okay, I'll find someone to give birth."

"As for the fishing platform, if you can sponsor a few anglers in some small competitions and give them away for free, I'll take the credit."

"it is good."

Fishing platforms are still widely used in black pits and competitions, but they are not suitable for wild fishing because they are too heavy.

He had only ordered 500 at first, fearing they wouldn't sell.

Then I called the other three agents and asked them about it.

The sales of fishing boxes are generally good, and there are still people willing to pay for new fishing methods. They can be used as retractable benches and can hold things.

There are also supporting fishing gear such as brackets and bait trays, which is really convenient.

As for the fishing platforms, the sales are very poor, only Da Liu's is selling well.

I also asked him to send 50 of them over, and also to add 100 fishing boxes and 5000 kilograms of silver carp and bighead carp bait, so as to save on shipping costs.

A fishing platform weighs more than 100 kilograms, plus 5000 fishing boxes weighing ten kilograms each, that's more than a ton. It's a bit of a loss to send it by express. It's better to call a truck and add kilograms of bait. You can get more rebates next month.

Qin Dahe wrote down the order. This guy was not afraid of financial pressure. I heard that he even built a warehouse nearby.

"Why are they selling so fast? Even Brother Wan can't sell them."

"Haha, I gave some gifts to some friends, and these people gave me face." Liu Da said proudly.

There are many black pits in the Shanghai Stock Exchange, and some people go fishing in Taihu Lake. Everyone is happy to make friends with a young master.

Moreover, there are many private cars in Shanghai, so the sales of fishing platforms have increased. The fundamental reason why fishing platforms are not selling well in Hubei is the different modes of travel.

Without a private car, a fishing platform and a fishing box weigh more than 30 kilograms, and you will be exhausted when you get to the fishing spot.

"Awesome! I'll put the money I gave away on my account and I'll make up for it."

"Forget it. I'm a shareholder after all. We don't have to settle accounts." He really didn't care about these things.

And I don’t even remember how much I gave away. It would be great if I could just keep the favor myself.

"Okay, I'll arrange for delivery for you tomorrow."

I asked about the handmade floats again, and unexpectedly, everyone wanted them, even the fishing tackle shop downstairs started asking about them.

Reed floats that cost only a dozen yuan each are now completely unavailable.

Qin Dahe knew what was going on when he heard this, that the production of floating floats needed to be expanded.

There is no rush for the assembly line as the factory has not been built yet. Let’s first use the home workshop production method to see the market reaction.

There are so many fishing tackle stores, and the products they sell are different. He will not blindly expand production capacity.

Grandpa gave the carpenters a task, which could be done in exchange for a favor. Making floats can make more money than being a carpenter.

There's no big work like that in a manor, and the maximum pay is two or three hundred a day.

In the future, when we set up the assembly line to expand production, we will just recruit people to work there, and my father-in-law will be the leader.

(End of this chapter)