Why should our factory's products be priced according to similar products in the market? Li Zhi felt that there is only one 'Nebula i9 Smart Factory System' in the world, and the products manufactured do not need to reference anything.
Dong Xiaorou did not say that Li Zhi's words were wrong, but looked at him and asked, "So, how much do you plan to sell the fish meatballs produced in the factory for per kilogram?"
Li Zhi thought for a moment and said, "The cost is already over six yuan." "I think our fish meatballs are worth at least sixty yuan per kilogram."
"Sixty yuan per kilogram?" Dong Xiaorou chuckled and muttered, "No one would buy that!"
Li Zhi smiled and said, "I don't know if anyone would buy it, but the fish meatballs produced in our factory have to be sold at this price."
"A fish meatball weighs 25 grams. There are 20 fish meatballs in a kilogram, and it's priced at sixty yuan per kilogram." Is this your retail price or factory price? If it's the retail price, what is the factory price, and if it's the factory price, what is the retail price? Have you thought about these? Dong Xiaorou asked calmly.
"I haven't thought about it!" Li Zhi shrugged and said, "But don't you think the fish meatballs we produce are delicious?" "Completely free of any additives, these pure natural fish meatballs are selling for only three yuan each. I feel like we're at a loss."
Dong Xiaorou rolled her eyes and muttered, "Then try selling them for ten yuan each and see if anyone buys them!"
With that, she got up and walked out.
In the factory processing workshop, two hundred pounds of fresh fish were transformed into over a hundred pounds of fish meatballs. The meatballs would spoil quickly in the hot weather if not refrigerated.
It was not yet noon; still early.
Li Zhi asked Dong Xiaorou to stay in the factory to watch over things while he took a portion of the fish meatballs and went directly to the market.
There were two things to do today. First, purchase a larger freezer to temporarily store the fish meatballs. The small factory's processing scale was limited, and Li Zhi didn't have the funds to invest in a cold storage facility, so he could only start on a small scale.
The next step was to transport the fish meatballs from the factory to the market in order to sell them.
If the factory were to operate at full capacity, it could produce over a thousand catties of fish meatballs in a day. But producing them was one thing; selling them was another. Only by selling them could they turn into money and generate a profit.
Star Moon Bay Hotel!
A local five-star hotel in Haicheng is most famous not for its environment or service, but for its seafood. While it may not be the best in Haicheng, the seafood at Star Moon Bay Hotel was definitely top-notch.
Li Zhi stood at the entrance of Star Moon Bay International Hotel, hesitated for a moment, and then walked in with the box in his hand.
He had often dined at this hotel before, so he was familiar with it. Star Moon Bay Hotel was a part of the Star Moon Group in Haicheng, owned by one of the wealthiest families in the city, the Zhao family.
The actual manager of Star Moon Bay Hotel was Zhao Xueying, the third daughter of Zhao Sihai, the head of the Zhao family, also known as the 'Star Moon Princess'.
Li Zhi did not know Zhao Xueying, and she did not know him either, but Li Zhi knew Zhao Mingyue, who is her niece.
Zhao Mingyue was Li Zhi's ex-girlfriend!
"Hello, sir, is there anything I can help you with?" A staff member approached Li Zhi with a smile.
Li Zhi nodded and said, "Could you please call the head chef of your hotel's kitchen?" I have something to discuss with him!
"The head chef?" The staff member was taken aback and looked at Li Zhi from head to toe before saying, "Let me check for you!"
"Thank you!"
The head chef did not come out. As the head chef of Star Moon Bay Hotel's kitchen, his rank was only below that of the hotel manager. Although he did not have authority over the hotel's operations, he had full control over everything in the kitchen.
The head chef of Star Moon Bay International Hotel was rumored to be a renowned top chef in the country, personally invited by Zhao Sihai, the chairman of the Star Moon Group.
"Are you looking for the head chef?" A chubby man emerged from the kitchen, with small eyes and a sharp, sarcastic expression on his face. Li Zhi smiled and asked, "Yes, are you the head chef?" "I am?"
"I am the deputy head chef, Huang Youwei." "What business do you have with our head chef?" Huang Youwei looked at Li Zhi and asked.
Li Zhi offered him a cigarette, but he rejected it. Li Zhi was not upset because he was the one who came to sell his products, and he was trying to be polite.
"Here's the thing." Our processing factory has produced a batch of special fish meatballs made from freshly caught fish using unique processing techniques and no additives.
Huang Youwei waved his hand, interrupting Li Zhi, and squinted his eyes as he said, "Kid, you're not the first one to come here to sell ingredients; you're the first one to come and sell semi-finished products." Don't you know that Star Moon Bay Hotel only uses the freshest ingredients and avoids processed or semi-finished products?
"…" Li Zhi touched his nose and chuckled a few times. He really didn't know that.
Huang Youwei snorted and said, "Take out your fish meatballs and let me have a look!"
"Alright!" Li Zhi opened the foam box in his hand, which contained ice to keep the fish meatballs fresh. They were packed in a plastic bag.
Huang Youwei frowned at the packaging and thought, "And you want to sell these to Star Moon Bay Hotel?"
He took out a fish meatball, sniffed it, and then squeezed it with his hand.
"How much is this fish meatball per kilogram?" Huang Youwei asked with narrowed eyes.
"Not expensive, six... six hundred!" Li Zhi originally wanted to say sixty, but he swallowed the 'ten' and changed it to 'hundred' before it came out.
The people who could afford to eat at Star Moon Bay Hotel were either rich or wealthy, so sixty or six hundred per kilogram didn't make much of a difference to them. As long as the ingredients were good, Star Moon Bay Hotel didn't mind the price. Li Zhi had heard from Zhao Mingyue that her aunt had once spent three million in cash to buy a chicken. He had thought at the time, "Three million for a chicken?" What did it eat? "Three million could buy a whole chicken farm!"
Taking the initiative to sell to Star Moon Bay Hotel, Li Zhi was just trying his luck. If they liked it, the quality of the fish meatballs produced in his factory was definitely not bad. Whether they caught the hotel's eye depended on their taste.
"Six hundred?" A bit expensive. "How about you leave me two pounds to taste, and I'll contact you later?" Huang Youwei squinted as he threw the fish meatballs back into Li Zhi's box.
"Sure!" Li Zhi agreed with a smile. It was just two pounds of fish meatballs, and the cost was only ten yuan. He wasn't stingy; therefore, he left his phone number and placed the ten pounds of fish meatballs in the foam box.
"You're quite good at this!" Huang Youwei muttered as he watched Li Zhi's back. He weighed the box and calculated that it contained at least twelve pounds, which would be worth over seven thousand yuan. Li Zhi would be overjoyed if he knew what Huang Youwei was thinking. The cost of twelve pounds of fish meatballs was only sixty or seventy yuan, so he could afford it.