Chapter 19 Open a Supermarket 3
Qi Bosong borrowed a big carriage, and the horse of Zhenxing's family hung it up. Eight shelves were neatly placed on the carriage, and the documents with Widow Li were also signed, twenty taels of silver a year. A total of ten taels of silver were spent on nine shelves. Back and forth, I invested thirty taels of silver.
When the shelf was pulled to Yili, Zhen Xing was not in a hurry to put it in. She cleaned the house with Qi Bolson inside and outside before putting the shelves in. Nine shelves are neatly arranged in three rows. A counter was placed at the door. Zhen Xing wiped the shelves again, and then the family looked for the source of goods.
The rouge of Wang Ji Rouge Shop, the rice paper of Zou Ji Paper Shop, the sorghum wine of Zhang Ji's wine shop, and a bag of salt and white sugar. Snowflake candy is also put into the paper bag. It looks like a small supermarket.
Zhenxing took the abacus and calculated these things. Because there are not many purchases, these businessmen who can't keep up with the trend of the times don't want to be cheaper, so the profit is pitiful.
However, it doesn't matter. As long as she is popular, she won't worry about this.
Zhen Xing ran to the printing shop again and carved a board with "Qiji Supermarket" written on it. This five-tama silver board is engraved with gluttonous lace, which has a unique flavor.
Before the signboard was delivered, Qi Bosong took the printed board, coated it with a layer of ink, and then put the paper on it. Soon, the first piece of paper was printed out.
In addition to being used for advertising, these printed papers are also used to wrap salt and sugar. Under half a catty of salt and sugar, there is a clear label of real price.
Qi Bosong was afraid that Zhen Xing would forget the price, so he deliberately copied the price of all the items in small regular script and put it at the counter.
On the auspicious day of the zodiac, the signboard of "Qi Supermarket" was hung on the lint, and Zhen Xing hid in the house. Qi Bosong and Boss Liu stood outside. Qi Bosong smiled and punched everyone. As soon as the auspicious time arrived, Qi Boxong pulled the big red silk hard and the signboard of "Qiji Supermarket" was displayed in front of everyone's eyes. At this time, the firecrackers sounded, and more and more people were watching the bustle.
There are more people watching the bustle, and there are many people entering the door. Zhenxing stood up inside and outside, checking out the bill for shopping customers, and carefully guarding against thieves.
It is the first time for people in this era to see such a place. Everything is arranged, just waiting for people to choose by themselves. With selectivity, everyone is happier. It's just that although the salted paper is strong, it can't stand everyone's groping. Before long, a bag of salt was poked out.
Qi Bosong stood behind, supervising the thief, and telling everyone with a smile, be careful when shopping. People who enter the supermarket for the first time feel fresh and feel a little embarrassed not to buy things.
In the evening, Zhen Xing calculated an account. At the end of the day, a total of ten taels of silver were sold. However, the purchase price of these ten taels of silver is eight taels of silver. That is to say, I only made two taels of silver. Two taels of silver a day, twenty taels of silver for ten days, and sixty taels of silver for thirty days a month. Even the original and profitable people came back, and Zhen Xing was very happy. However, on the first day of opening, the turnover will always be a little inflated. Let's take a look in two days.
Before going home with Qi Bosong, Zhen Xing put in some oil paper. Repackage the salt and sugar so that it will not be poked by customers.
On the second day, Zhen Xing organized several poor children. Each person gave a stack of leaflets and asked them to distribute them at various intersections. It was agreed that each of them would be distributed to ten big children.
Soon, the name of "Qiji Supermarket" spread in Ili City. The people who didn't know the truth came here with curiosity and followed the address on the leaflet to see what the supermarket was.
Seeing that there was not much stock in the back warehouse, Qi Bosong was calculating to buy it. Zhen Xing told him confidently, don't worry.
Sure enough, the business of Qiji Supermarket is booming. The first person to negotiate was the boss of Zhang Ji's wine shop. His sorghum wine is very popular in Qiji, which can help Zhang Ji sell ten small jars of wine every day. Although this ten catties of wine looks like a feather to Zhang Ji, the old fox boss Zhang still decided to seize this business opportunity.
Zhen Xing negotiated with him. After one afternoon, Zhang Ji's purchase price was 20% lower. The original purchase price of 50 yuan has been reduced to 30 yuan. Zhenxing discussed with Boss Zhang that there should always be a promotion when it opens. Every month before the opening, buy a jar of wine of Zhang Ji, the original price is 80 yuan, and the current price is 60 yuan.
Qi Bosong is very interested in Zhen Xing's business experience, and he admires Zhen Xing's business ability from the bottom of his heart.
One day, in the evening, Zhenxing took a roast chicken to Widow Li's home to thank her for taking care of them. There was a lot of trouble in front of the widow's door. Zhen Xing went in and sat down and followed Qi Bosong home.
The two have been opening a store for ten days, going back and forth to Ili. Start in the morning and go home in the evening. It's very hard for two people to have a hard time.
After ten days, Zhen Xing also lost a lot of weight. Qi Bosong proposed that he should rent a house in Ili? Zhen Xing refused Qi Bosong's request. She worked hard to decorate her home, so she didn't want to be idle.
Qi Bosong discussed with Zhen Xing again, otherwise he would buy a house in Yili. Although Zhen Xing was moved, she considered a particularly serious problem.
It's her toilet.
If you buy a new house, of course you can also make a toilet like this? However, Yili is a big city, and she can't be allowed to dig a septic tank at will. The toilet is a big problem, and she doesn't want to wash the toilet every day.
Zhang Ji's sorghum wine is popular in Qi Ji Supermarket, and Zhang Ji's boss is so happy that he can't close his mouth. At this time, Zhang Ji's competitor Wang Ji also sent someone to discuss with Zhen Xing.
Qi Bosong often wink at Zhen Xing, and his meaning is clear. Qi Bosong believes that since he has sold Zhang Ji's wine, why do he want to sell Wang Ji's wine? Isn't this apologize to Zhang Ji?
But Zhenxing doesn't think so. They are the biggest winners of fair and orderly competition. As soon as Boss Wang Ji opened his mouth, he reduced the price of Wang Ji's sorghum wine from 30 yuan to 25 yuan.
Zhen Xing sent the sorghum wine to Qi Bosong. Qi Bosong tasted it and indeed said to Wang Ji's boss that the price was not much different from Zhang Ji's price.
Seeing that there was no problem with the quality, Zhen Xing agreed to the problem of Wang Ji's boss entering the store. In support of the opening of Qiji, the price of Wangji sorghum wine was reduced from 85 yuan to 60 yuan.
Zhen Xing was secretly happy and knew that the day she was looking forward to was coming. She plans to gradually expand its scale if it continues to develop, and then develop into a large chain supermarket.
After half a month, before it closed one night, Zhen Xing calculated a small account again.
In the first five days, he made a profit of two taels of silver per day, and in the middle five days, he made a profit of about two taels of silver per day. In the last five days, due to the reduction of the purchase price of two liquor stores and a porcelain shop, the profit per day was about three taels of silver.
After half a month, I actually made more than 32 taels of silver. The money for renting a house and making a showcase has been earned back. That is to say, they have entered the profit stage!
Zhen Xing got into the carriage excitedly. However, there is another point worth noting. In the past two days, when I count goods every night, I always find that I have lost something. Think about it, at noon every day, the most people are the busiest. Qi Bosong and Zhen Xing's four hands and two pairs of eyes are not enough at all. At this time, it is inevitable that someone will lead the sheep.
Zhenxing thought about it and probably needed to hire someone. The cost of hiring a person is about two taels a month. However, if they can really watch things, it will give them an extra choice.
Zhen Xing is lazy in the carriage, and opening a supermarket is more profitable than opening a teahouse on the official road. It seems that I really didn't choose the wrong industry.
As soon as he got home, the big black dog came over. It turned out that I forgot it during this period of time. The big black dog's meal time was interrupted, always a pot of rice in the morning and a pot of rice in the evening. In the past, he only ate at noon and evening.
Without the owner's care, the big black dog is even more unhappy. Zhen Xing touched its forehead with a smile and thought to herself whether it was true and that she should buy a house in Yili.
Zhen Xing looked at the layout of her house, which was soaked with her own painstaking efforts. Just talking about the wall with the flue. How long has she been nagging with the mason for that wall?
Besides, let's talk about the toilet she is most worried about. How much effort did she spend with the pottery master for the toilet? The sofa and bed can be taken away, so there is nothing to say. Let's talk about the layout of this room. Isn't that your own painstaking effort?
Zhen Xing, who had been tired all day, nestled on the sofa. It's cold at home because there is no fire. In order to keep warm at night, Qi Boxong ran to the kitchen to set the fire.
Yes, I have been busy with my career recently, and I don't have time to enjoy life at all. Who said that? Career and life should not be delayed.
No wonder people say that the life of a strong woman is always unfortunate. If a woman thinks too much about her career, she will ignore her family.
Just when Zhen Xing felt guilty that she didn't have time to take care of her family, her career was in crisis.
When the first month of their opening was almost over, another store opened on this street. The signboard of that store says "Yuji Supermarket", and the decoration is undoubtedly different from Qiji.
Qi Bosong took advantage of the opening to run to his house to have a look, and told Zhen Xing what he saw. Zhen Xing's heart gradually sank, and the family also handed out leaflets like them.
Zhen Xing smiled at Qi Boxong and said, "It doesn't matter. As long as the head is on our neck, they can't learn!" Zhen Xing took a deep breath and decided to deal with it calmly!