Chapter 214 Different from the Past

The monthly summary meeting was still held in the large conference room that could accommodate more than 200 people. A red banner was hung on the podium to welcome the leaders of the Kyoto Supply and Marketing Cooperative Municipal Headquarters to visit and provide guidance.

Because of the sufficient preparation, every participant was given a seat with attendee benefits: an enamel cup printed with the words "Glory of Labor", a Hero gold pen filled with black ink, a notebook wrapped in blue velvet with the red seal of the Supply and Marketing Cooperative's Dongcheng District, a floral handkerchief embroidered with the words "Dongcheng District" of the Supply and Marketing Cooperative, and a black cowhide briefcase!

Seeing this, everyone showed their white teeth with joy, sat upright and quietly waited for the leaders to enter, but their hands touched their pens from time to time, opened their notebooks and secretly sniffed the wood fragrance of the new notebooks, squeezed the briefcase with good texture and beautiful texture, took a sip of tea in the enamel cup, wiped the non-existent sweat on their foreheads with a handkerchief, and immediately felt very satisfied.

The person who came to attend the meeting was the second-in-command of the municipal headquarters, and he was surrounded by vice presidents or district directors and ministers from the Xicheng District, Zhaoyang District, Taifeng District and other district headquarters, filling the first two rows of seats.

From the moment they heard the noise in the corridor, everyone stood up and clapped their hands vigorously, their faces flushed with excitement, and even their hair seemed to stand up to express their welcome. These were all big leaders, and they usually couldn't even meet each other. Now that Dongcheng District had made some achievements and attracted leaders to visit, everyone was extremely proud and looked at An Zhixia with a kind of admiration and admiration that was beyond their status and age.

As the youngest and most promising minister in Dongcheng District, Li Hanqian served as the host of this event and, according to the rules, invited the senior leaders to speak first.

The leaders came to the stage one by one with manuscripts in hand to praise and encourage the employees of various supply and marketing cooperatives in Dongcheng District, and then briefly envisioned the future, hoping that in the new year, everyone will continue to work hard and make more contributions to the motherland.

This strict and serious meeting format made An Zhixia smile professionally, and she clapped loudly along with everyone else.

After the leaders finished their speeches, the meeting got down to business. Li Hanqian looked at the more than 100 people in the audience and couldn't help clearing his throat. He said, "This month is the first month of the lunar year of 1973. It is said that a day's plan begins in the morning and a year's plan begins in spring. We have to have a plan for the whole year's work in the first month, so today's meeting is extremely important.

However, today is different from previous years. A young comrade joined our team and set the highest sales volume of our entire supply and marketing cooperative system within one day before the New Year! In addition, we old comrades have an agreement with her that if the salesperson greets customers with a smile, the profit will increase by at least 20% compared to last month!

You have to know that last month was the rush-buying month for New Year goods, which is considered the month with the highest turnover in the year. This task is undoubtedly difficult. If the task is completed, then the leadership team of our Dongcheng District Supply and Marketing Cooperative is willing to use 20% of the extra profit as a performance bonus for the salesperson. If the task is not completed, then Comrade An Zhixia will formulate a rush-buying plan for each Dongcheng District Supply and Marketing Cooperative to sell all the inventory in the warehouse at a price not lower than the cost price.

Has the mission been completed? None of us knows, so let's wait and see!

Accountants from the supply and marketing cooperatives in Dongcheng District are invited to report your profits and growth rates this month!"

Because the Dongfeng Shili Supply and Marketing Cooperative sold out all its goods last month, it only made a simple profit report this time. Due to the aftereffects of the crazy sales before the New Year, as well as the fact that all the goods were new and the salespeople were friendly and enthusiastic, their turnover was equivalent to nearly a quarter's usual profit, which was almost the same as the normal monthly profit of an ordinary supply and marketing cooperative.

Everyone couldn't help but applaud to express their surprise. It was unexpected that such a place with no favorable timing, location, or people could achieve such results. However, when they thought about the profit of their own supply and marketing cooperative this month, they became enlightened and excited.

Next, the report will start with the supply and marketing cooperative with the lowest monthly profit last month. Except for Dongfeng Shili, the monthly profit growth of the other 22 supply and marketing cooperatives was greater than 20%, and some even reached 30% to 40%!

The entire venue was excited. Even the big leaders stood up again and again and applauded vigorously. Their faces were so stiff with smiles that their muscles were stiff, but they still couldn't hide their joy.

Yes, this was the planned economy era, and bills were used to allocate the destination of products. In theory, supply and demand should reach a human-controllable balance, and the products of supply and marketing cooperatives and department stores should be sold well at the same time, and there would be no warehouse backlogs. But this is only an idealized state.

The market and people's needs have their own complex rules. In addition, some bills have no expiration date, while others have a validity period of half a year or a year. People are often reluctant to use them and keep them. When they are about to expire, they exchange them with neighbors or colleagues, which leads to a backlog of goods in warehouses and widens the gap between department stores and supply and marketing cooperatives.

After more than a decade of increasingly serious gaps, they now seem to see hope for a turnaround!

Li Hanqian was called back and forth by the leaders, who asked him to write down the questions and give them to An Zhixia. When An Zhixia came on stage, he would answer everyone's questions one by one.

Everyone excitedly drank a glass of water, took a short break, and continued the meeting.

An Zhixia was wearing a khaki corduroy suit with a white turtleneck sweater underneath, black straight pants, shiny wedge-heeled shoes, and her hair was half tied up, looking both dignified and energetic. Her makeup was light, but her delicate eyebrows and eyes were still beautiful and captivating.

The leaders had actually seen her at Mr. Bai's birthday party. When they saw this beautiful young girl, they were immediately trembling with excitement. This was a very lethal tiger girl! At that time, she frightened all the old guys, pointed at the Bai and Fang families and cursed them, fooled Mr. Jiao away, and poked Mr. Bai's heart. On the contrary, she was treated with courtesy by the Bai family and happily took home a table of prizes.

Who can do this?

Maybe she can really lead the supply and marketing cooperative to a new journey!

An Zhixia smiled as she stood in front of the microphone on the podium. She made a few polite remarks before saying, "I know everyone is particularly confused. If the organization implements the bill system, then the people will definitely go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy whatever they need and should not be affected by the attitude of the salesperson. Why can the profit increase by 20% in just one month in the month with the best sales?

In fact, the reason is very simple. Everyone has aspirations, and consumption is an act of impulse. Whether you can make money from the customer's pocket depends on the salesperson's ability. "

(End of this chapter)