The richest man starts from a street stall

Chapter 202 Printing Tenders

Chen Shi asked again: "Mr. Yang, how long will it take to print it?"

Yang Hanwen received confirmation: "Boss, for 5000 million copies, I suggest inviting several large printing houses to bid. It will take two to three months after printing is completed."

"It can be divided into several cycles, a cycle of fifteen days."

The production capacity of a printing factory is limited. Generally, a medium-sized publishing and printing enterprise has an annual black-and-white printing production capacity of about 5 reams of paper. One ream of paper has 500 sheets of paper, which is 2500 million sheets of paper.

It is equivalent to 250 pages of 32-carat novels, which is 600 million volumes per year, which means that the annual output value of black and white printing is about 2500 million yuan.

Large-scale printing factories must have a higher production capacity, 1000 million copies per year is no problem, and the black and white printing capacity of millions of copies a month is not a problem. The company is larger, and millions of copies a month is not a problem.

If the 5000 million copies requested by Chen Shi were completed in two months, 2500 million copies would have to be printed in one month.

If a large printing factory only takes Chen Shi's order, it can print 2500 million copies a month, but it is best to divide it into several printing factories so that the progress can be guaranteed.

Moreover, it is impossible for the manufacturer to stop other orders and only make Chen Shi's orders.

If you are in a hurry, you can invite a few more printing manufacturers, but in terms of price, there is no advantage, and large printing manufacturers are not easy to find.

There are not many employees in the company, and quality supervision is also troublesome. It is more appropriate to entrust up to five companies.

Chen Shi thought for a while and said, "Then plan for two months and invite bidding."

Print out a batch, you can sell first.

For 5000 million copies of the novel, the printing cost alone would be at least 2 million yuan. He couldn't afford so much money at once.

Divided into several cycles, plus the payment is an advance payment, it is no problem to take out tens of millions at once.

Bidding is divided into open bidding and invited bidding, or no bidding, directly entrusting designated manufacturers.

The efficiency of public bidding is too slow, but due to the public bidding, the price will be lower for the entrusting party.

Of course, there are also bidders who collude secretly to lower the price, which is very common.

It is faster to invite bids, notify the manufacturer directly, and the information is transmitted quickly, so you can quickly get feedback on whether you want to bid or not.

The novel is made of paper, and the cover is planned to be 250g coated paper, color printed and laminated.

Paper for the text, 70g pure paper, printed in black and white.

"Department of Technology, how is the online store going?" Chen Shi asked again.

"Boss, T Mao has already built a flagship store, and T Bao is the same." Seeing the boss asking this, the technician in charge replied cautiously.

There were twenty people in the conference room, and it was their boss who was always talking to Mr. Yang, asking and answering questions, and most of the employees were listening attentively.

"Oh, I don't know about the online store, how long will it take to get the account?" What Chen Shi is most afraid of is the backlog of funds on the platform. A few days is fine, but if it is a month, he must be very annoyed.

"T Mao is Alipay that automatically returns money to merchants 10 days after the goods arrive.

For T Bao, if the buyer does not confirm receipt of the goods, it usually takes more than 10 days to arrive at the account set by the company. If the buyer pays and confirms receipt after purchase, the account will be credited within 24 hours. of. "

Chen Shi asked again: "There seems to be a platform service fee, how many percent is it? It seems that Tmall Mall needs money to enter, right?"

The technician replied: "The entrance fee of T Mao Mall is 3 yuan for books and audio-visual products. If the sales volume reaches 60 yuan, the annual software service fee of 3 yuan will be refunded.

As far as software service fees are concerned, books and audiovisuals are 2%, which is relatively small, other categories are generally 5%, and service categories are as low as 0.5%.

There is no entry fee for T Bao, and the service fee is 2% of sales. "

Chen Shi took a sip of tea, stroked his chin with his right hand, and thought seriously.

2% is not a lot.

If all 5000 million copies are sold, according to the price of 22 yuan a book, if it is not sold at a discount, the sales will also be 11 billion yuan.

The service fee is 2200 million yuan.

hiss!
One count is the big head.

But no way.

If he builds a website by himself, there will be no users.

Even if it attracts users, data processing is a big trouble.

But no matter what, the company's retail website has to be put on the agenda.

For the time being, I will borrow the Tmall and Tbao platforms and get a link. I can sell books and promote the company's website at the same time. It will definitely be of great use in the future.

"Mr. Yang, I don't know much about network technology."

Chen Shi turned to the vice president and said, "If you sell 5 sets of books a day, look at how many customer service and order takers you need to match. Find a way to hand over this business to the courier company and reduce the company's employees."

“Also, the service fee seems to be only 2%, but if the transaction volume exceeds [-] billion a year, it is not a small amount of money.

If the sales are several billion, the money will exceed [-] million, which is a bit scary.

In the future, the company will not only sell my works, but may also sell other products. The retail website will be included in the company's core development plan. "

Chen Shi himself just made a rough calculation. According to the printing speed of the printing company, 5 sets of books are sold a day.

A set of books, Dou Po is 10 volumes, Material/Empire is 20 volumes, one is a set of 10 volumes, and the other is a set of 20 volumes.

No individual volumes are sold, a minimum of 10 volumes is sold in a set.

The novels on Tbao are all sold as a set of books, and some sets of books cost 800 yuan to buy.

Considering the purchasing power of consumers, Chen Shi reduced it to a set of 10 volumes, about 220 yuan, free shipping.

If [-] sets of mail are sent out a day, there will be a lot of customer service and order takers.

One day's postage costs a lot, nearly one million yuan.

In order to reduce postage, Chen Shi plans to rent warehouses in five cities in the east, west, north, south, and middle, and send marketing personnel and order takers to manage them.

In this way, the postage alone can save almost half of the expenses a day.

Chen Shi put forward the requirements, and Yang Hanwen recorded them one by one, then sorted them out, and wrote a plan for Chen Shi to review and approve.

Chen Shi asked the vice president to make a plan based on the sales of [-] sets of books a day. Although the vice president had doubts, he would not raise them at the meeting. Otherwise, he would be questioning the boss, and the boss wanted to save face.

When Yang Hanwen completed the plan and submitted it, he would ask the boss again to confirm again.

If you have doubts, you should communicate clearly. This is what you should do. After all, it is not a trivial matter.

Chen Shi just explained, and planned and executed according to this hot sales situation.

After Yang Hanwen left the boss's office, he acted immediately.

Two days later, in a public conference room on the third floor of the Times Financial Center, a bidding activity for Shenshi Culture Media Company was being held.

The first printing of 5000 million copies, with a contract value of about 3 million yuan, will be divided into five copies, which must be completed within two months.

Yang Hanwen notified 20 printing factories, but none of them came, and finally 15 printing factories came.

Yang Hanwen also called two suppliers to serve as foils. Of course, there will be some orders, but not many.

Chen Shi also participated in the bidding meeting, but Yang Hanwen presided over the entire bidding process.

On the screen illuminated by the projector, Yang Hanwen clearly stated the content of the PPT, the target requirements, that is, printing quality, specifications, quantity, what to print, delivery time, first payment ratio, delivery payment ratio, final payment ratio, etc.

When bidding on the same day, the bid is a hidden bid, the bid is evaluated and the results are published on the same day, and then the bid winning notice is issued, the contract is signed and the contract is filed.

The winning bidders were Rainbow Printing Factory in Yu Province, Jiahe Printing Factory in Shenshi, Fengyang Printing Factory in Rongcheng, Fengyang Printing Factory in Wucheng and Jialong Printing Factory in Jinshi.

These five printing factories are also close to the cities where the warehouses are arranged, and some of them are in the same city.

The transportation volume of 5000 million books is quite a lot, using 70 grams of paper, 4 sheets of paper per volume, plus the cover and others, it weighs nearly a catty.

Almost [-] tons of books!

There are [-] trips for a van with a load of ten tons, and the freight is quite a lot.

When delivering the goods, the courier company directly sends personnel to the warehouse, scans the orders, packs them, and distributes them to various cities.

The reasons for not winning the bid include that the production capacity cannot cope, or there is no bid, and the requirement to print 2 million copies in two months is too large.

If the bid is not successful, Shenshi Company will also entertain the bidders, let them eat and drink well, and give them gifts.

Otherwise, the people who bid for the company will come in vain and toss the bidding documents in vain, which will cost a lot of money.

If the printing house goes well, it will be available for sale on September 9st.

Chen Shi also posted the progress and sale announcement of the two physical books on his Weibo.

First print of 5000 million copies!

The fans were shocked by Chen Shi's madness, and if he made a big move, he would lose a lot of money.

Qihang Platinum Gods were even more shocked. I don’t know where Jiangnan Xueye’s confidence came from. It’s possible to sell millions of sets.

But the book "Materials/Empire" is not poorly written, but the audience is relatively small. It plans to sell 2000 million copies. Everyone feels that Jiangnan Xueye is crazy.

At the same time, he was surprised by Jiangnan Xueye's energy.

This is self-publishing and selling, without cooperation with publishing houses and booksellers, let alone whether it can be sold, but the cost of printing tens of millions of copies is generally beyond the reach of the masters.

Even if it is platinum, it is estimated that few can get so much cash.

No matter how small the down payment is, it will cost tens of millions of yuan.

Where did he get so much money?

Could it be the copyright fee of 5000 million yuan, it is estimated that after tax, it is only more than 3000 million yuan, plus his accumulated manuscript fees.

From the looks of it, it is estimated that Jiangnan Xueye poured all the income from writing her book into it.

The editor in charge, Xiaomi, asked Chen Shi and knew about it.

Can this be sold?
Another thing that confuses everyone is that there is no cooperation with the publishing house. As for the sales channels, if there is no cooperation with the bookstore, how can so many books be sold?

Is it just the advertised flagship stores of T Mao and T Bao?

Can this sell?
crazy!

Jiangnan Xueye was really crazy.

Writing is silly.

Readers, writers, and even quite a few editors think so.

The editor-in-charge Xiaomi sent a TT message: "You are really rich, and the printing cost is more than 2 million, right? Why don't you cooperate with booksellers, how can this be sold! Surprised.jpg"

When Chen Shi saw the editor-in-charge's message, he smiled and replied: "2.25 million printing costs, just sell it in the online store, if you can't sell it, sell it slowly, haha! Laughing.jpg"

What Chen Shi didn't know was that many die-hard fans said that he would definitely support his book when it was released, and even bought one or two more sets to give to friends, or to collect.

　PS: Usually there are two updates of more than 5000 words. Today, the third update is more than 8000 words. I threw away the weekend manuscripts. It is not easy for office workers. You can’t rush updates. Writing in a hurry will affect the quality.

　　
　
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