Chapter 210 – “Just keep an eye out for me.” (2)
“Mmm. CCTV is different, after all. Our 2-minute version will be aired on all major satellite television channels during the non-prime hours and the 20-second one during prime time. We have also reached out to some local television stations and they will be airing the 5-minute version during prime time. We are covering about half of China.” Hu Ruixue didn’t sound fully content. “I was hoping to play the 5-minute version during prime time. Too bad we couldn’t pull that one off.”
That was just nonsense. The entire advertisement period was between five to eight minutes long during prime time, which was the same length as their entire commercial. Of course they would agree to it.
“What about the cost?” Shu Yan only knew that CCTV costed 5 million yuan. She had no idea about the others.
“CCTV costs 5 million yuan. The rest aren’t too bad. All of them combined is another 12 million yuan or so,” said Hu Ruixue nonchalantly.
That cost well exceeded Shu Yan’s original budget. That being said, how else could they expect results without putting in the appropriate amount of investment? Shu Yan had a prior conversation with Hu Ruixue about their capital. The company had taken out a 5-million-yuan loan along with their 200 million yuan of initial investment. That’s a total of 700 million yuan. That was still enough for the time being. If they really needed more, Hu Ruixue could increase her share of the investment and decrease Shu Yan’s share of ownership.
That may have been their agreement but Hu Ruixue wasn’t really planning on decreasing Shu Yan’s share. If that was her intention, she wouldn’t have given Shu Yan such a big share to begin with.
“Okay, the planner of the commercial. We are going to air this for real if everything looks okay to you.” Hu Ruixue took another look at the commercial. This was for sure a commercial that had never been seen before.
“Yep. I’m good. How soon till we start seeing this commercial on television?” Once the commercial was being aired, they would also need to up their production. “How are we doing on the factory end?”
“The expansion has been completed and all of the machines are ready to go. We have hired a new batch of employees in addition to the original crew. They are ready to officially start tomorrow. As for production, if we run all the machines, we should be able to crank out almost 10,000 sets a day.” Hu Ruixue had already acquired all of the smaller factories around them.
Then that shouldn’t be a problem. They were all set and just waiting for the commercial to air. That was when they would find out how their company was really doing.
When things were settled over on this end, Shu Yan went to check on the progress of the direct sale shop. The overall remodeling had already been completed and they just needed to take care of some of the fine tuning.
She went over to her own shop and the two new salespersons greeted her passionately.
She asked Zhang Huaxiu at the end of closing that night, “How are the two new employees?”
“They work hard and take initiatives. Mainly, they have good attitudes. I don’t see them being impatient even when the customers try on multiple sets of clothes.” Zhang Huaxiu liked the two new employees a lot. They were reserved, hardworking, and driven.
They had both been let go from the factories just this year. Both of them were between the ages of 35 – 40. That was the most awkward age range with the most pressure. They had parents and children and it was difficult for them to find work. As such, they were usually very hard workers when given a chance.
Both Hu Ruixue and Shu Yan had been housewives before and had first-hand experiences at this job that might seem easy but was nowhere close to it. As such, they tend to give people in this category a chance when they were hiring. That being said, whether they could make the best out of the opportunity, that was up to the individuals themselves. After all, they were running a business here and profits were important.
