Chapter 184 - 142: The Peach Is Ripe
Chapter 184: Chapter 142: The Peach Is Ripe
Century Center.
Gao Yuan had just finished up his work when Lin Hongnian had someone deliver the new products.
Only one set was delivered this time. It was packaged according to the traditional Chinese-style design Gao Yuan had provided. The set was sent to him in advance so he could photograph it and create marketing materials.
The promised ten thousand full-range product sets wouldn’t be delivered until next Monday. This would ensure that the products for his New Year’s Day sale could be shipped out on the day of purchase.
As Gao Yuan looked at the full product line—seventeen items in total, with bottles large and small spread across his desk—a new idea suddenly struck him.
He immediately contacted the packaging company to make an adjustment to the previously designed traditional Chinese-style packaging.
He wanted to redesign it as a gift box, modeled after the ancient Treasure Box of Du Shiniang. It needed a unique style, and even its opening and closing mechanism had to incorporate traditional elements.
He was determined to make this gift box a highly coveted luxury item.
For instance, a customer could place the gift box right on her vanity. She would open it to take out the products she needed, and when closed, it would serve as a beautiful decorative piece in her home.
Gao Yuan also had another request: a proportionally scaled-down version, roughly the size of a Chanel classic flap bag, to be sold as a travel set.
Since he was aiming for a luxury feel, the packaging couldn’t be made of paper, which wasn’t suitable for long-term use.
To truly capture a customer’s loyalty, the GY brand needed a constant presence in their homes. They needed to see GY products all the time.
Even after the products were used up, the box itself would remind them of GY.
In Gao Yuan’s vision, the entire gift box would be wrapped in leather—the same kind of material used by Louis Vuitton—and stamped with traditional Chinese patterns and the GY logo.
After giving the task to the design firm, Gao Yuan made one last demand: he wanted to see the final design drafts by 10 p.m. that night.
The deadline was tight and the task was demanding. The design firm had to temporarily shelve all its other projects to focus completely on Gao Yuan’s last-minute job.
They had no choice. Gao Yuan was simply paying too much.
He was paying 200,000 for the design of this single gift box!
Earning 200,000 in a single day? They’d work themselves to death for that kind of money. Besides, it was the designers who’d be doing all the heavy lifting.
After settling that matter, Gao Yuan had Sun Qiang arrange for a photographer to shoot product photos on a white background.
He then started searching his e-commerce circles for a leather goods manufacturer, directly requesting quality on par with LV.
A finder’s fee of 10,000.
A hefty reward is sure to attract brave souls. The fact that Gao Yuan was willing to pay a ten-thousand-yuan finder’s fee alone suggested this had to be a massive order.
Furthermore, his demand for LV-level quality strongly suggested he was looking to produce high-end replicas, if not perfect counterfeits.
But what did they care? Getting paid was the only thing that mattered.
Even the factory wouldn’t be worried. They were just manufacturing a batch of goods for a client. How the client decided to sell them was their own business and had nothing to do with the factory.
Factories like that were a dime a dozen in Yuehai.
Before long, someone in the ever-resourceful e-commerce group chat had already recommended several leather goods factories to Gao Yuan.
Gao Yuan looked over the information on these factories and was pleasantly surprised to find that one of them had previously done OEM work for LV.
After connecting on WeChat, the factory even sent over their certification documents from a few years back when they were an OEM for LV, along with photos of the specific products they had manufactured.
The moment he saw the products, Gao Yuan knew this was the factory he was looking for.
This factory hadn’t produced handbags for LV, but rather leather trunks.
This was a perfect match for his needs!
"We’re Yuanfang Company. We currently need to custom-order 10,000 similar leather trunks. If you’re interested, you can bring a sample to our company to discuss a partnership."
Gao Yuan sent the invitation to the company but didn’t receive an immediate reply.
「Yuehai Province. Inside a leather goods company.」
The head of the e-commerce department grabbed his phone and ran straight into the boss’s office.
As the office door swung open, the e-commerce manager saw a secretary scrambling off the boss’s lap. He completely ignored the boss’s thunderous expression and cut right to the chase, "Leather trunks. An order of ten thousand. Are we doing it or not?"
The boss’s anger vanished the moment he heard those words. He waved the secretary away and boomed, "Of course, we’re doing it! My boy."
After the boss finished reading the contents of the WeChat message, he looked up at his e-commerce manager. "Is this Yuanfang Company legit?"
The e-commerce manager looked at him, speechless.
’That’s Yuanfang we’re talking about!’
’The entire e-commerce world has been buzzing about their wild moves lately.’
’If a company like that wasn’t legit, then no one is.’
"We’re doing it!"
Once the boss confirmed that Yuanfang Company was the real deal, he had the e-commerce manager reply immediately and told him to prepare for a trip. They would head to Hang City right away.
If Yuanfang was serious about ordering ten thousand LV-quality trunks, it would be a massive order worth tens of millions.
There wasn’t a single leather factory that wouldn’t kill for a deal like that.
Back in his office, Gao Yuan received the confirmation. He immediately sent a private red envelope for 10,000 yuan to the referrer in the group chat.
The finder’s fee had to be paid. Gao Yuan understood the value of demonstrating his sincerity with a generous reward; it was an investment that would attract even greater opportunities in the future.
"Boss, is Yuanfang still hiring?"
The moment Gao Yuan sent the red envelope, a discussion about the employee benefits at Yuanfang erupted in the chat.
This group wasn’t just full of factory owners; its main members were e-commerce professionals.
Gao Yuan replied directly in the group, saying that Yuanfang Company welcomed all capable people.
He would be more than happy to take on a few talented new hires if they came his way.
However,