At six o'clock in the morning, the bathroom alarm clock rang crazily.

"Little Plum, your alarm clock is ringing!" Luo Xiu kicked the bed next to him.

"Huhuhu..." He was answered by a continuous sound of snoring.

This guy put the alarm clock in the bathroom before going to bed last night, vowed to get up early and memorize English, and now he's lying in bed pretending to be dead.

The other two roommates did the same, covering their heads with quilts to see who couldn't hold on first.

Three minutes later, Luo Xiu crawled out of bed, cursing, and went to the bathroom to turn off the alarm clock.

Now that people are up, let’s get to work!

Luo Xiu turned on the computer and immediately logged into the backend to check the sales situation. Sure enough, not a single item was sold.

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Although I know in my heart that a store with 0 reputation and 0 sales volume is unlikely to have people buying it as soon as it is put on the shelves, I still feel uncomfortable when I look at the words selling for 0 yuan.

Forget it, let's go have breakfast first.

Luo Xiu patted the iron frame bed and said, "I'm going to buy breakfast. What do you want to eat?"

"Soy milk and fried dough sticks, thank you!"

Li Shan hesitated for a long time before giving the answer.

"+1."

"+2."

The remaining two people immediately followed suit and asked for the same thing. They were too lazy to think about what to eat for breakfast.

After all, "what to eat" is the most distressing question for human beings every day.

When Luo Xiu came back after buying breakfast, his roommates were still sleeping in bed. They didn't get up in a hurry until class was approaching.

"Brother Xiu, aren't you going to class?"

Before going out, Li Shan asked.

Luo Xiu answered while cutting out the picture, "My principle is that I must skip elective courses and skip compulsory courses. In the morning, I will take elective courses and I won't go."

Li Shan was a little moved after hearing this, but thinking that there were girls in the classroom and only games and men in the dormitory, he finally chose to go to the classroom.

Luo Xiu cut out pictures by himself in the dormitory. After a busy morning, he also put the second product on the shelves.

Once you have the design and layout of the first set, you can save a lot of time by putting the next new products on the shelves.

This is because Luo Xiu has not done design for a long time, and he is not very familiar with this version of PC, otherwise it would be faster.

Next time, Luo Xiu decided to talk to the express delivery company about the price. After all, large quantities of goods would be shipped in the future. For e-commerce companies, the cost of express delivery is an issue that needs to be considered.

There is no Rocket 101 in the school, so I can only go outside the school and contact the site owner.

In 2008, the main group of online shopping was still college students. There were three sites outside the east gate of the school, namely STO, ZTO and Yunda.

Luo Xiu went to STO first and saw a guy at the door carrying express delivery. Before Luo Xiu could say anything, he took the initiative and asked: "Young man, do you want to send something?"

"No, I'm looking for your boss."

"Second uncle, someone is looking for you." After he shouted, he said to Luo Xiu, "The boss is on the second floor, go up yourself!"

"Thank you."

Luo Xiu said politely, then carefully walked through the cardboard boxes on the floor and walked upstairs.

These days, express delivery sites are very simple. There is usually one boss, and two or three relatives come to help. He often relies on himself to deliver the goods, and when he is busy, his wife and children will work together.

The boss was a short-haired man in his early thirties, sitting alone in front of the coffee table making tea. When he saw Luo Xiu, who looked like a student, he was a little surprised, "Young man, are you looking for me?"

"Boss, my surname is Luo. I am a student at Yangcheng University and the owner of a Taobao clothing store. I would like to talk to you about express delivery cooperation."

Luo Xiu didn't want to waste too much time here, so he went straight to the point and stated his purpose, "Our store's monthly shipment volume is about 500 orders, so just give me the lowest price!"

"500 orders? What's the name of your store? Let me see."

The boss didn't quite believe Luo Xiu's words.

When people in this era talk about business, they pay attention to testing each other, only half of what they say, and the rest depends on your own understanding and guessing.

For Luo Xiu, who really came back from an Internet company, he hated this traditional businessman's way of communication.

"Boss, the express delivery quotation is not a secret. I can find out about it from other stores. Just give me different quotations for 100 pieces, 500 pieces and 1,000 pieces. I will pay the corresponding price for the quantity I can make.

Just settle the account."

Looking at him like that, Luo Xiu knew what he was thinking. He was just afraid that his peers would come to explore the bottom price. But in this era, there are no peers who don't even know the bottom price of their opponents, right?

The boss didn't adapt to Luo Xiu's way of talking for a while, so he handed over a cigarette and said, "Would you like to smoke?"

"I don't smoke."

Luo Xiu refused directly.

"In our Shentong province, it is 8 yuan per kilogram, and the additional weight is 2 yuan. It is different in different regions outside the province. You can see for yourself."

The boss handed over a quotation.

Luo Xiu didn't even look at it, so he put it aside.

"Boss, don't give me this kind of quotation. I'll give you a clear sign. You should be more cheerful and give me a clear sign."

Luo Xiu thought for a moment and continued: "I have asked both Zhongtong and Yunda, and their prices are much more sincere than yours."

"Come, let's have a cup of tea first!"

The boss originally thought Luo Xiu was just a student and looked down upon him, but now he found out that he seemed to be a veteran, and his attitude suddenly changed.

As the boss of a store in Shentong University Town, I have seen many such student Taobao shopkeepers. They will never be as confident and calm as Luo Xiu when they come to negotiate prices.

Unless you are a famous or rich second generation who has been trained by your family since childhood and is used to seeing all kinds of big scenes, you will be dismissive of your own small website owner.

He may not care about the shipment volume of a small Taobao store, but his background as a famous and rich second generation means infinite possibilities, and he cannot easily miss it.

After the boss served tea, he came up with a new quotation. The price in the province dropped from 8 yuan/KG to 6 yuan/KG, and the price from Yangcheng to Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and other developed e-commerce areas was only 8 yuan.

This price is very expensive for the logistics industry in 2020.

In 2020, if your volume is large enough, express delivery of clothing like this can basically do free shipping nationwide for 2 yuan. I heard that even worse express delivery can do less than 2 yuan.

But in 2008, the express delivery industry was not that developed, and it was impossible to achieve prices as cheap as later generations. Moreover, my own store had no sales volume and no ability to negotiate prices.

Therefore, Luo Xiu does not plan to spend too much time negotiating prices with them. When his sales increase, the courier will take the initiative to come to talk to you.

"I can accept this price, but there is one requirement. It is too troublesome to settle the price for each piece sent. We do not say quarterly settlement, but at least monthly settlement."

Luo Xiu is too poor now. Even if he sells the goods, he has to wait fifteen days for the other party to automatically confirm receipt of the goods before he can receive the money, so the monthly settlement is very important.

"According to usual habits, we usually work together for a period of time before making monthly settlements, but I believe that little brother, because of your character, this matter has been decided."

The courier boss didn't think too much and just agreed.

Luo Xiu was surprised when he heard that the other party agreed to his request so readily.

I am not a company, I am just sending mails personally. Normally, I have to work with you for a period of time to confirm my credibility and strength before I agree to the monthly settlement.

Luo Xiu never expected that the reason why the other party agreed so quickly was because he was regarded as a famous and rich second generation.
Chapter completed!