Chapter 188: Hard to Guard Against

There was a pile of money on the table. The four sisters divided the money into denominations and began to count. After more than ten minutes, Gu Yimin did the statistics and found that the sales for the day were 3574 yuan.

Based on a profit of 20, today's profit is 714 yuan.

How can we describe this sales volume? It met their expectations, but the supermarket's daily profit is not as high as that of the clothing store. Furthermore, running a supermarket business is more tiring.

"Not bad." Gu Jianguo smiled and said, "Although the profit is not as high as that of a clothing store, our goal is not to have only one store. The more stores we have, the more money we can make."

We must look beyond the present and into the long term. If one supermarket is successful, it's easy for the next to replicate it, and gradually a brand can be established.

Clothing wholesale seems to be profitable now, but it cannot be scaled up unless you create your own clothing brand or open a clothing processing factory. However, both of these are not easy to do.

"Today is the first day of opening, and our profit is over 700 yuan," Gu Erhui said. "In the future, the daily profit should be around 300 to 400 yuan. 300 to 400 yuan per store, 3,000 to 4,000 yuan for 100 stores, and even more if we have 100 stores."

"That's right. Besides, the more goods our store sells, the cheaper the purchase price will be, and the profit will be higher." Gu Jianguo said with a wave of his hand, "Okay, everyone is tired today, let's go eat."

Wang Yueju had packed a lot of food from the restaurant and placed it in a room in the backyard. The Gu family, along with Zhang Zijun and the Han brothers, filled the large table.

Gu Jianguo was in high spirits today. He opened a bottle of wine and poured it for Zhang Zijun. Zhang Zijun didn't dare let him pour the wine. He quickly stood up, took the wine bottle from his hand, poured him a glass, and said with a smile, "Uncle Gu, you will have a lot of money in the future."

Gu Jianguo laughed heartily. He was becoming more and more satisfied with Zhang Zijun. Although he had been a bit sloppy and unprofessional before, he was doing well now. He had started a business, and Erhui said he was doing quite well.

Not to mention that their family has a clean and upright tradition and there aren't so many messy things going on.

"Zijun, the smooth opening of the supermarket is inseparable from your father's help. Please go back and say thank you for me."

Gu Jianguo raised his glass, and Zhang Zijun immediately clinked it with his. He said, "My dad said your supermarket is a good thing that benefits the people, and the government should support it."

After saying that, he tilted his head back and drank the wine in the glass, then said: "I don't usually drink much."

After hearing what he said, Gu Siqing leaned over to Gu Erhui's ear and said, "Do you believe this?"

Gu Erhui smiled but said nothing. She naturally didn't believe it. This guy sometimes lied without hesitation.

Gu Jianguo naturally didn't believe him, but knowing he was trying to impress him, he didn't care. He smiled and poured him another glass. "You helped me a lot today. This is a thank you."

Gu Jianguo raised his head and drank the wine in his glass. What else could Zhang Zijun do? He had to drink his glass too.

Then everyone started eating. After a while, Gu Jianguo glanced at Han Zhengping. Han Zhengping immediately understood and put down his chopsticks to pour a glass of wine for Zhang Zijun. "Brother Jun, I toast you."

Zhang Zijun: What does this mean?

But since they had already poured him some wine, he had no choice but to drink it, tilting his head back and draining the contents of his glass. But then he saw the young boy in front of him take a few gulps of soda, then smiled and said, "I'm still in school and can't drink alcohol, so I'll just drink soda."

Zhang Zijun: “…”

If you can't drink, then what kind of wine are you going to pour for me?

Then Gu Jianguo and Han Zhengping took turns pouring wine into Zhang Zijun's mouth. Wang Yueju couldn't stand it anymore and whispered in Gu Jianguo's ear, "That's enough."

Gu Jianguo gave him a look that said, "Don't mind your business."

No matter how dumb Zhang Zijun was, he knew his future father-in-law was going to force him to drink, so he looked at Gu Erhui for help. Gu Erhui pretended not to see and turned her face away.

If his father wanted to get him drunk, he must have a reason.

Finally, Zhang Zijun got drunk. Being drunk, he couldn't leave, so Gu Jianguo and Han Zhengping helped him to the next room.

After leaving the house, Wang Yueju looked at Gu Jianguo with dissatisfaction and said, "Why did you get me drunk when I was fine?"

"What do you know?" Gu Jianguo said, "A man's drinking behavior represents his character to a certain extent. Besides, if he is a drunk and crazy person, his relationship with Erhui really needs to be carefully considered.

When drunk, it is easiest to show your truest side.

After hearing what her father said, Gu Siqing couldn't help but give him a thumbs up. This was a good idea.

After eating and drinking, Gu Siqing and the others went home, leaving Gu Jianguo and Zhang Zijun behind. Tonight, Gu Xueqiang was watching over the clothing store.

The next day, when Zhang Zijun woke up, it was already past eight o'clock. He held his head and went out, and saw Gu Erhui tidying up things in the yard.

Seeing him come out, she smiled and said, "Awake?"

Zhang Zijun scratched his head and walked over. He looked around and saw that they were the only two people in the yard. He asked quietly, "Why did your dad get me drunk last night?"

Gu Erhui put down what she was holding and went to get him some water to wash his face, saying, "My dad said he wanted to see how good you are at drinking, to see if you'd do anything out of line when you're drunk."

Zhang Zijun was so frightened by her words that he broke out in a cold sweat, "I...I didn't do anything last night, right?"

Gu Erhui smiled: "What do you want to do?"

Zhang Zijun quickly shook his head, "No, no, I don't want to do anything."

It's really hard to guard against the actions of this future father-in-law!

"Okay, come and wash your face."

Zhang Zijun walked over and put his hands in the basin to wash his face, but he was still a little worried, so he asked carefully: "Did I really not do anything?"

"No, I just lay down on the bed and fell asleep. My dad said you were very quiet all night." Gu Erhui couldn't help laughing when she saw his worried look.

Zhang Zijun breathed a sigh of relief. "Do I pass this test?"

Gu Erhui nodded, "I've passed this level."

"Anything else?" Tell me in advance so that I can be mentally prepared.

Gu Erhui shrugged, "I don't know either. You're the first one, so I don't have any experience to draw on."

Zhang Zijun: “…”

I used to brag about this first place to Ye Chi, but now it seems that it is not a good thing.

No matter what, it's a good thing to pass this level. Zhang Zijun comforted himself, cleaned himself up, and went out to continue helping in the store.

The opening event lasted for a week, and the daily sales during that week were between 3,000 and 4,000. The Gu family was very satisfied with the sales, and Gu Jianguo was even planning to open another store.

After the opening ceremony, there were fewer people in the store and everyone was not so busy. Gu Yimin remembered the calligraphy and painting that Ye Chi had given her and picked up the phone to call him.

: Regarding supermarket turnover, I looked up the data on Baidu. Now the average convenience store has a daily turnover of 7,000 to 8,000. Of course, convenience stores like No. 7 will have more, with a daily turnover between 10,000 and 20,000.

Although things weren't as expensive as they are now in the 1980s, it was still difficult to buy things back then. You needed tickets, and even with a ticket you couldn't buy some things. So I think with the help of the supermarket opening event, it should be possible for the supermarket to achieve a daily turnover of 3,000 to 4,000 yuan.

Of course, my analysis may be wrong. If it is wrong, don’t take it too seriously. Anyway, we are not reading a business paper.

Hahaha