Chapter 247 One-year after-sales service
Cycle? It seems like you buy appliances from his appliance store, and when they break, you go to his repair shop to get them fixed.
Making two bucks, this Shen Zhihui is really bold.
"The profit margin on home appliances is much higher than this. Besides, many people are buying foreign goods these days. Even department stores and supply and marketing cooperatives may not be able to sell all those home appliances. How can you be so confident in selling an outdated radio?"
Shen Zhihui just had a headache. His instant agreement resulted in three days of insomnia.
"Help me figure out a way to split the profits on this shipment. How about we split the profits 60-40? I'll split 60 and you split 40."
Chen Zhihui is very good when dealing with his partners. He would rather suffer a loss himself than let Xia Mi suffer any loss.
Xia Mi thought, "It's outdated. I can't think of any good ideas for the time being."
Today's radios are the mainstream source of information for people. They are updated very quickly, with each generation being more advanced than the last and having many more functions.
The economic level of city dwellers is much higher than that of rural residents. Most families use new models, and some people even directly replace their radios with televisions.
It is not easy to sell it in the city.
Soon, Xia Mi thought of the after-sales service package in the future.
This type of service is widely used in electrical appliances. A warranty card will even be issued, followed by a three-year warranty. The more expensive the appliance, the longer the warranty.
"Selling radios, one year of after-sales service."
Shen Zhihui understood this sentence literally, “Something in the back is broken, and we still have to help repair it?”
Nowadays, it’s an era where payment is made before delivery, and this is the first time he has heard of after-sales service being included.
Isn't this one less opportunity to make money?
“Who would buy these old radios of yours otherwise?”
Xia Mi's words were to the point.
After Shen Zhihui thought about it carefully, he found that what she said made no sense. Considering the people who had repairs done in the store over the past year, the service life of most home appliances was two to three years.
Although this radio is a bit old-fashioned, its quality is definitely beyond reproach.
In two or three years, only a small number of people will come to repair it. This thing is iterating so quickly and is not expensive. By then, most families will definitely choose to replace it.
Chen Zhihui drew inferences from one example, "If I turn on home appliances, can this method also be applied to TVs and refrigerators?"
"Yes, they can be used in all cases. When you open a new store, hang a banner with this sentence at the door, and you won't have to worry about traffic."
Nowadays, Chinese people love foreign products simply because their technology is more advanced than domestic ones, their products are more stable, and their pictures, volumes, etc. are better than domestic ones.
Brands like Panasonic, Sony, Sanyo, Toshiba, and Sharp are all popular brands among Chinese people.
Even state-owned supply and marketing cooperatives and department stores don’t have much of this kind of foreign brand, let alone individual stores that want to get it.
Xia Mi believes that if Shen Zhihui really wants to make home appliances successful, he can only use marketing methods.
Shen Zhihui originally thought there was no hope, but after hearing Xia Mi's idea, he suddenly had hope for that batch of goods.
"That's great! How come you're so smart? Even a college student like me feels a little ashamed in front of you."
Xia Mi smiled and humbly accepted his compliment.
This is all due to her information asymmetry. In the 21st century, marketing methods are everywhere and there are countless routines.
If you just pick a few that you still use today, then doing business will be much easier.
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The next morning, Xia Mi got up early and rushed to the dock after breakfast.
She stood on the dock, the sea breeze howling, ruffling all her hair.
Xia Mi found a sheltered place and watched the ship floating on the sea approaching her. Finally, as the throwing work was completed, the passengers on the ship began to go down.
Huo Jingchen has a tall and straight figure, and stands out in the crowd.
Adding a navy uniform makes it even more eye-catching.
"Xia Mi!"
A familiar female voice sounded, noticing Xia Mi's presence before Huo Jingchen did.
Li Jiajia was at the front of the line and was the second one to get off the boat. She ran towards Xia Mi.
"How did you know I was coming to the city? Did you come here specifically to greet me?" Li Jiajia was very excited and spoke in an excited tone.
Xia Mi looked at her expectant face, unable to bear to tell the truth, and then nodded, "Yes, your father and Jingchen told you."
Li Jiajia had no doubts because she had indeed told her family that she was coming to the city.
Xia Mi also calculated that she had the character of not being able to hide things.
"Captain Huo is here too?" Li Jiajia looked back curiously at the passengers getting off the bus, and sure enough, she found Huo Jingchen's figure behind them.
Xia Mi felt helpless and lamented that Li Jiajia was so magnanimous.
After all, it is a place to board the ship, and the ship is not big, but they didn’t even notice this.
Huo Jingchen walked towards the two of them with his long legs. He was not surprised to see Li Jiajia. It was obvious that he already knew that she was on the boat.
"Captain Huo, you and I are on the same ship, why didn't you say hello to me?"
Li Jiajia stood beside Xia Mi. The sea breeze was too strong, and she squinted her eyes as she looked at Huo Jingchen who was approaching.
"When I boarded the ship, you were already asleep on it. It's not my style to disturb someone's sweet dream."
Xia Mi looked at Li Jiajia and finally understood why she didn't recognize her. It turned out that she fell asleep as soon as she got on the boat.
Li Jiajia was embarrassed for a moment, but quickly recovered. "That's right, but what are you doing here today?"
"I should ask you that."
Seeing that the two were about to start arguing again, Xia Mi quickly interrupted, "Alright, alright, why are you two acting like children as soon as you meet?"
Not entirely. Anyone who argues with Li Jiajia seems to naturally look much younger.
"He came to see me. What about you? Are you in town to buy something?"
Li Jiajia nodded and said confidently, "I came here to see you too. I came here to ask you to go shopping with me, and my mother asked me to give something to Aunt Jiang."
When he heard that the man was here to snatch his wife away from him, Huo Jingchen spoke up to refuse on Xia Mi's behalf.
"No, we have our own plans for today, please do as you please." Huo Jingchen was unwilling to spend some of his time with his wife, as it was a rare opportunity to spend a day with her.
Li Jiajia quickly took Xia Mi's arm and said, "What's wrong? Xia Mi and I haven't seen each other for a long time. You are husband and wife, and you have a long time to live together. Besides, she is pregnant now. What can you do?"
“…”
Xia Mi and Huo Jingchen remained silent, and no one dared to respond to Li Jiajia's words.
Her words were too bold.
"How about we go to my sister-in-law's house together? I haven't visited her since I came to Qingcheng for a while, and it just so happens that you and Captain Jiang haven't seen each other for a long time."
Huo Jingchen refused to buy it and refused to give in. "I just met him at a meeting two days ago."
"Then don't go. Let Xia Mi accompany me. She has never seen it. You can't be so selfish."
Huo Jingchen looked at Xia Mi, as if to confirm her attitude.
Xia Mi had no choice but to nod and agree, and invited Huo Jingchen again, "I haven't seen the new house yet. If you don't want to, you can go home and rest for a while."
"Here are the keys." Xia Mi took out the keys from her pocket.
Huo Jingchen turned away arrogantly, didn't respond, and walked forward alone.
"Look at the kind of man you found. He can't even say a few words to you." Li Jiajia added fuel to the fire.
"Okay, he's already given in. If he gets really angry later, don't hide behind me."
Li Jiajia curled her lips and didn't dare to say anything more, worried that Huo Jingchen would really get angry.
Among the three, only Huo Jingchen knew about Jiang Shengmei's family's new home, so he had to go.
Li Jiajia was no longer as arrogant as before. She just slept and completely forgot the address. Facing Huo Jingchen's ridicule, she could only listen silently and did not dare to refute at all.
Passing by a grocery store, Xia Mi stopped and prepared to go in to buy some fruit or something.
It is never a good idea to visit someone empty-handed.
"Hey, girl, it's you." An old comrade was sitting at the door to rest. When he saw that it was Xia Mi, his cloudy eyes lit up obviously.
Xia Mi looked at the unfamiliar face and couldn't remember where she had seen him.
"Do you know me?"
The old comrade waved his hand and said, "I used to be the old man selling newspapers at the entrance of the TV factory. Don't you remember me?"
"Or did you ask me to introduce you to clients and then pay you? Have you forgotten all this?"
After hearing this, Xia Mi suddenly realized and remembered this old comrade.
When I saw him last year, the old man was still full of energy. How come only half a year has passed, but he looks more than four or five years older and has directly entered the state of old age.
Seeing the change in Xia Mi's expression, the old man knew that she remembered and understood the confusion in her eyes.
"I'm old and my body is failing. I almost died in the hospital at the end of last year. I barely managed to survive."
I see.
"Uncle, don't you run a newsstand now?" Xia Mi asked casually.
The old man shook his head. "Don't mention it. Didn't the government loosen up the rules at the end of last year? My idiot son and some friends tried to do business, but they got scammed out of everything. So I had no choice but to let him go."
"I spent most of my life savings to buy a store, and now it's empty and no one wants to rent it."
The old man raised his cane and pointed at a closed shop across the street. "That's it. My daughter works in this grocery store, so I came over to sit down."
Is there a vacant shop? This is a great opportunity!
Xia Mi looked in the direction he pointed. The store was not small, but it was a little different from what Xia Mi wanted.
To run a logistics business, she had to find a place with open space for convenient parking.
Unfortunately, such stores are hard to find.
There was a reason why the old man took the initiative to talk to Xia Mi. Now, nine out of ten people in Qingcheng knew about Chen Zhihui, a millionaire.
He just wanted to try and see if Xia Mi and the others needed it.
What if the blind cat catches a dead mouse?
Xia Mi used the excuse that she had something else to do, bought some fruit and left. When she walked out of the grocery store, she looked at the store opposite. It had a good location and a spacious entrance.
Probably because several people are running the business together, this store is much bigger than the others.
In terms of area alone, Xia Mi was satisfied.
"What's wrong?" Huo Jingchen saw that Xia Mi was absent-minded.
He and Li Jiajia did not go in just now, so they didn't know what happened inside.
Xia Mi came to her senses when she heard Huo Jingchen's voice. She shook her head and said, "Nothing. Let's go."
"Are you feeling unwell?" Huo Jingchen took the net bag from her hand, worried that she was unwell.
"No, I just ran into someone I know inside."
Li Jiajia was puzzled, "When did you have so many friends in Qingcheng?"
"Isn't it normal to have a few friends living here?" Xia Mi asked with a smile.
There was nothing wrong with what he said. Li Jiajia didn't think much about it. Instead, when her friend was mentioned, it reminded her of the millionaire.
"Xia Mi, after we go to my aunt's house, can you take me to meet your friend who is worth ten thousand yuan?" Li Jiajia's tone was full of anticipation and excitement.
Ever since her relationship with Shen Zhihui was exposed last time, Li Jiajia has always wanted to meet the legendary first millionaire.
"You missed the boat. He's out of town today."
Today is the day for Shen Zhihui to go to Hongxing Factory to pick up goods. After the goods are brought back, Li Meng and Li Yuan can officially go to Hongxing Factory to register and then start learning to drive.
Li Jiajia suddenly felt lost and her head drooped.
"Oh well……"
Xia Mi comforted her, "Wait until next time. He will basically stay in the city from now on. If you want to come to see me then, call me in advance."
"You still have a phone now?!"
"It's not mine, it's someone with a millionaire's salary." Xia Mi called Chen Zhihui a millionaire, and there was an inexplicable sense of fun in it.
Shen Zhihui followed the advice and installed a telephone, which made communication much more convenient than before.
"As expected of a millionaire! This is the first time I've heard of a self-employed person installing a telephone."
Xia Mi didn't answer because she had already seen the phone call at the Huo family, and the Huo family was not a business family.
But think about it, given my father-in-law's position, a phone call is nothing.
The three of them chatted all the way to Jiang Shengmei's house.
"Xiao Mi, Jingchen, why are you here too?" Jiang Shengmei only knew that Li Jiajia was coming, and did not expect Xia Mi and Huo Jingchen would also show up.
When she saw the two people, she was very surprised and quickly let them in.
Jiang Shengmei's new home is a small Western-style building with a garden. The floor tiles against the wall were removed and made into land, where onions and coriander are planted.
The small Western-style building has two floors and an attic on the top. The style of the house is very similar to the early European style.
"Auntie, do you want to change your shoes?"
Looking at the floor that was so clean that it reflected light, Li Jiajia didn't dare to step in.
"No need, why change your shoes? Just come in. Why are you talking about this as a family? I was cleaning too." Jiang Shengmei walked into the kitchen and prepared to pour water for the three of them.
Only after getting Jiang Shengmei's permission did Li Jiajia dare to step into the house with confidence.
There is a large sofa in the living room, a large color TV on the TV cabinet, and the cabinet is filled with books, among which the red book is the most eye-catching.
The house is fully equipped with appliances, including TV, refrigerator, radio, and even a washing machine.
Washing machines are rare nowadays, and some people even think that they are something only lazy people would buy.
Little do people know how wonderful it is to have free hands.
Jiang Shengmei came out with tea and said, "Please sit down."
Considering that Xia Mi couldn't drink tea, Jiang Shengmei poured her plain water. Seeing the people on the island appear in front of her, Jiang Shengmei was so happy that she was in a trance, as if she was back on the island.
"Stay at my place for lunch today. I happened to buy a lot of meat and vegetables last night."
"If I had known Xia Mi was coming to pick me up, I should have called my parents as well, so that my dad wouldn't have to go fishing when he has nothing to do. It would be better for us to come and have a look in the city." Li Jiajia felt very regretful.
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