Among the four most beautiful girls in the first year of high school at Lanfeng College, Wen Xinya was indeed the first one. Although it was just an empty title, it made Wen Xinya's reputation in Lanfeng College much higher.
Wen Xinya barely ranked seventh in the voting for Mist Flower, but as a freshman in the first year of high school, she stood out from nearly a thousand girls in the entire college in just over a month after entering the school. This is also very remarkable. You should know that the top four are all seniors, and there are only two sophomores. She is the highest ranked freshman.
And Xia Ruya was just outside the top 100.
Of course, these were all told to her by Zhou Tianyu and Xu Tongxuan, and she didn't care about these false reputations.
Today, she made an appointment with Li Mengjie and Yan Shaoqing to go together to check out the progress of the store renovation. After leaving the college, Wen Xinya hailed a taxi on the roadside and went to the store.
When Wen Xinya got out of the taxi, she was stunned by the magnificent building in front of her!
There are nine steps of green jade extending obliquely upward from the entrance. When you step on the steps, you will see nine wooden pillars carved with dragons and phoenixes. With green glazed tiles, red beams, golden eaves and white supporting columns, the antique palace-style building has begun to take shape.
Wen Xinya entered the hall, and Yan Shaoqing and Li Mengjie were already there!
Li Mengjie walked around the hall with Wen Xinya and said, "Currently, the renovation of the exterior has been completed. The interior needs to be renovated, so the progress has slowed down. But it is estimated that it can be completed within two months."
"Not bad, it seems to be more complete than the design on the drawing." Wen Xinya couldn't help but nod and praise after looking at the general decoration inside. The decoration company introduced by Gu Junlin was indeed extraordinary.
Li Mengjie nodded and said, "The renovation workers you found are very experienced. They can spot the imperfections on the drawings at a glance and come up with better solutions. This not only speeds up the renovation process, but also saves a lot of materials, saving us a lot of money."
"This is the financial statement of the current renovation costs." Yan Shaoqing handed the financial statement to Wen Xinya at the right time.
Wen Xinya looked through it carefully. There were two financial statements in total, one was the previous budget, and the other was the actual decoration cost. She did save a lot of money.
"I just happen to have something to discuss with you. The decoration master suggested that we use fired gold bricks for the floor of our main hall. Not only are they dense in texture, but they are also thick and majestic. They can also be fired into a variety of textures according to our requirements. The most important thing is that they are cost-effective. The master gave me a quotation and samples of gold bricks. Take a look at them!" Li Mengjie handed the things that had been prepared long ago to Wen Xinya.
Wen Xinya knew that gold bricks were not gold, but a specially fired stone. The fired square bricks had fine particles, dense texture, and made metal and stone sounds when knocked, so they were called gold bricks. Most of the ancient palace floors were made of gold bricks, but that craft has been lost, and most of the gold bricks used now are imitations.
She looked at the gold bricks carefully. They were burned with cloud patterns, flowers and birds, and the quality was very dense. They were no worse than marble. It was indeed a good choice. She looked at the quotation and found that it was indeed several times cheaper than marble. "Okay, we will use gold bricks."
Li Mengjie smiled and said, "I'll notify the decoration company in a moment."
Wen Xinya looked at Yan Shaoqing again: "Can we discuss the relevant content of the medicinal material supply base?"
Before, Grandpa Du introduced her to several authoritative medicinal materials bases in the country. With Grandpa Du as the middleman, she was able to connect with the people there very quickly. She had already had simple cooperation negotiations with them. Since she was a minor, it was inconvenient for her to be involved in the specific matters, so she had to leave it to Yan Shaoqing to handle.
Yan Shaoqing replied: "The specific matters have been discussed almost completely, and Lawyer Qiu is preparing the relevant contracts. I will give them to you for your review when the time comes."
Wen Xinya asked again: "How are things going at the factory?"
Yan Shaoqing said: "The factory renovation work is also in progress. It is estimated that after the store renovation is completed, the renovation work on the factory side will also be completed. In addition, some equipment and employees have already been in place. I am currently discussing relevant training courses with the Chinese medicine practitioner you found."
Wen Xinya nodded. She chose a location for her cosmetics factory in the suburbs of Jincheng. Although Jincheng will develop rapidly in the future, it is also the first city in the country to propose environmental protection as the key to urban management, and it has done a good job in this regard. The place she chose is surrounded by mountains and rivers and has a beautiful environment. In the future, that place will add a lot to the value of her cosmetics.
Wen Xinya looked at Li Mengjie again: "Yan Shaoqing is almost ready, how is the staff training going on your side?"
Because they are creating a palace feast, all employees in the store have to learn the etiquette of the Tang Dynasty. They also have to understand the concepts and basic knowledge of Chinese medicine skin care, as well as relevant information about the products.
Li Mengjie replied: "The staff training is progressing well and it is estimated to be completed in another month."
Wen Xinya smiled and said, "In that case, I can start preparing for product production, as well as the relevant certificates from the health and epidemic prevention departments and the Drug Administration."
Yan Shaoqing seemed to have expected Wen Xinya to do this, and took out some relevant information and handed it to her: "It would be best if we could get the GMP drug production certification, which is the highest requirement for domestic and foreign big-name cosmetics. Our products use traditional Chinese medicine for skin care, so this certification is particularly important to us. I have prepared the relevant information here, you can take a look."
"Okay, I'll study it carefully when I get back." GMP is a certified production standard recommended by the World Health Organization to countries around the world. It means "Good Manufacturing Standard" in Chinese. It is an autonomous management system that pays special attention to the implementation of product quality and health safety during the production process.
Li Mengjie said: "We also need to start designing the packaging of our products. The appearance of the product directly affects your intuitive and subjective impression of the product, so we can't be careless at all. We need to prepare early and have more time."
"I will take care of this, you don't have to worry!" Wen Xinya planned to design it herself, and she already had many ideas in her mind.
Hearing her say this, Li Mengjie felt relieved: "Regarding sales, are we only doing store sales?"
Wen Xinya said: "I have reached a special sales cooperation with Huayuxuan. Lan Xinya's products will be put on consignment at Huayuxuan, and Huayuxuan will take 20% of the profit. In addition, our customers must hold Huayuxuan's VIP card to purchase products in the store. Some skin care products will form a sales chain with Huayu, and try to let customers understand that our products will be more effective if they are paired with Huayuxuan's skin care technicians!"
The 20% profit is just the commission that Lanxin gives to Huayuxuan. It may not seem like much, but as long as customers know that the effect of Chinese herbal skin care combined with Huayuxuan's various top-level care products will be better, Huayuxuan will make a lot of money from enjoying the service.
"I understand!" Li Mengjie took a deep breath. The store hasn't even opened yet, but she has already found Huayuxuan to protect Lanxin's cosmetics. With the approval of a top-level and authoritative beauty salon like Huayuxuan, they will have no worries about sales once their products are on the shelves.