Chapter 629 Base Supermarket

This road is relatively narrow. If you stop the car directly, most of the road will be blocked.

So Gu Zhiyu responded, drove the car forward, and parked it on another street next door.

Then he asked curiously, "Do you want to buy anything?"

The two's current inventory can be said to cover all aspects and have everything.

Not only are there the supplies that Annan had previously stockpiled and collected, but there are also the three major warehouses in Guzhiyu, as well as the spoils collected from the various criminal organizations they defeated.

The food and drink expenses in the space are enough for two people or even their descendants to live a luxurious life.

Gu Zhiyu didn't understand why Annan still had the need to shop.

Annan shook his head and said, "I don't want to buy anything in particular, I just want to go in and have a look."

Then he explained to Gu Zhiyu: "I heard that in the previous life, someone bought a gun there."

Gu Zhiyu was extremely surprised when he heard this: "A government-run supermarket selling guns?!"

Annan nodded: "It was like this in the last life."

This incident was a big sensation at the time, and it was widely reported that someone had bought a gun at a supermarket inside the official base not long after joining it.

She hadn't seen it with her own eyes, but the story sounded so convincing that it didn't seem false.

Although she was not short of firearms, since there were guns in there, there might be other good things. What if she could find something unexpected?

Since you're already passing by, you won't lose anything by going in and taking a look.

Gu Zhiyu listened to her and raised his eyebrows slightly. If you can buy guns, can it still be called a supermarket? It's almost like an arms trading market.

Then he couldn't help but sigh: "We have always implemented gun control here, who would have thought that after the end of the world, you can still buy guns from the government."

It's incredible.

Annan shook his head and said, "The things in the rumor were indeed bought in the supermarket on the base, but they were not sold by the official outlet."

It is said that this supermarket is just a reliable intermediary platform established by the government.

Just like Taobao, JD.com, and JD.com, they just provide a formal transaction channel for sellers and buyers.

This can avoid vicious incidents such as survivor fights and robberies caused by market chaos and improve public security.

Ultimately, things are still equivalent to buying from other survivors.

Annan added: "I don't know the details, we'll find out when we go and take a look."

Gu Zhiyu nodded, and the two got out of the car and walked side by side towards the street they had just walked.

The weather was very cold and there were almost no pedestrians on the road. It was not until we returned to the supermarket entrance that things gradually became lively.

This is an independent building, covering an area of ​​several thousand square meters, with a total of two floors. It is somewhat similar to the large shopping malls before the natural disaster.

However, the decoration outside is very simple, with only two big red words "Supermarket" hung on the door of the building, which looks very old-fashioned at first glance.

When the two of them walked in, the first thing that caught their eyes was not the dazzling array of merchandise, but a very large service counter.

On one side it says "Inquiry Office" and on the other side it says "Registration Office".

The information desk only had a small window with one staff member sitting inside. There were seven or eight staff members working at the registration desk at the same time, and there were quite a few customers waiting in line in front of them.

Annan thought about it and went directly to the consultation office.

"Hello. This is our first time here. What is the registration office for?"

The female staff member glanced at her and replied patiently:

"You need to use points to spend in the supermarket. At the register, you can exchange the items you have for points and use them to spend in the supermarket."

After a pause, he continued, "Of course. If you have enough points on your card, you can go directly inside and shop without going through the registration desk."

Annan thought thoughtfully: "So you have to sell first before you can buy?"

After a pause, he asked again, "Is selling supplies the only way to earn points?"

The woman shook her head. "No. Everyone has 10 initial points in their ID card. If you want to get more new points, in addition to selling idle items, you can also participate in work and labor to earn more points."

Of course, she didn't mention that all the jobs and chores were very popular and almost impossible to get.

Workers recruited at official construction sites are only provided with food and drink, and do not receive much salary or rations, yet many people are scrambling for them.

Annan didn't care about this, but continued to ask: "Then the things sold in the supermarket are the same things sold by the people at the registry, right?"

The woman smiled and answered, "Not all of them. Some are run by the government."

Annan became interested: "Are there any government-run ones?"

The woman nodded. "Most of them are resources that are not used by the government. They are placed on the second floor and sold to ordinary people."

After a pause, he explained in detail: "The supermarket has two floors in total. The items sold by the government and those purchased by the registry are all on the second floor, and the prices are fixed by the government."

Annan asked curiously, "What's on that floor?"

The woman replied: "The first floor is mainly filled with groceries that the survivors have consigned for sale."

Annan: “Consignment?”

The woman nodded. "There are two ways to trade at the registration office. One is to sell the supplies directly to the supermarket and exchange them for points according to the supermarket's fixed price. The supermarket will display the items directly on the second floor and sell them to other survivors at the original price."

"The second way is to register for consignment. For some more expensive items, or if you are not satisfied with the price given by the official supermarket, you can directly register and put them on the first floor for consignment."

She paused and emphasized, "If you want to buy something, you need to carefully compare the prices of the products on the first floor. If you want to consign something, you have to wait until another survivor buys it before the points are credited to your account."

Sometimes, the items placed here for consignment cannot be sold for several weeks, so there is no point income.

After the staff explained clearly, they asked politely: "Do you need to go to the registration office to sell items, or register for consignment? I can call a number for you."

Annan shook his head: "We want to go in and take a look first."

If she really comes across something useful, she will exchange it for points.

The woman nodded and said, "Then you can just go in through the door next to the registration office."

Annan thanked him and went into the supermarket shopping area with Gu Zhiyu.

There had been no renovations inside, and rows of large shelves were simply and roughly placed on the concrete floor, somewhat similar to the storage warehouses of large supermarkets before the natural disaster.

Moreover, the display was not as full and dazzling as Annan had imagined. The items on all the shelves were basically scattered.

It seems that even if the government takes action and gathers most of the resources, supplies are still very scarce.

Fortunately, the area here is large, so the total number is still considerable.