He borrowed the car so frequently that his wife began to suspect that the old man was trying to cheat on her and was driving his car out to pick up young girls.
So this morning, while eating breakfast, Han's father ate porridge and picked up duck eggs and said, "When our son makes more money, he will return the principal I paid out to me. Then I will buy a good car, a Mercedes or a Cadillac. It's too embarrassing to drive this car now."
Han Chudong's mother immediately retorted: "Speak clearly, whose capital did you take out? It was originally intended for my son's wedding, so it's considered an advance payment and doesn't need to be repaid.
Why can't I drive my car now? I don't have many formal social events throughout the year, and I still have a police car for free. What dignity do you have in a job like yours? You won't change it until it's scrapped."
He spoke in a decisive and firm voice, although it was not loud, it carried a lot of weight.
In this small family, the status of each family member can be seen at a glance from daily life. Although his mother's voice is not as loud as that of the father Han Yiqiang, it is obvious that she is half a head louder than her husband.
I glanced at my wife and wanted to say a few words, but after being married for so long, we already know each other very well.
Noticing that the child's mother looked strange, Han Yigun swallowed the rest of his words out of a desire to survive, and whispered: "Why don't you let him pay it back? This little bastard is good at making money and doesn't care about us... Look at your $20,000 on his bedside table, the bundles of money are almost piled up like a mountain."
They were all scattered bills, and the total was just over four thousand US dollars. I've been spending money a lot recently, so it's true that I made some money, but most of it was invested again to continue to expand.
Shop rent, car purchases, stocking up on yo-yos, electrical appliances, clothes purchases, poster design, flyer printing, none of these costs money. Currently, there is limited working capital. Fortunately, the salesmen work very hard and help Han Chudong make a lot of money.
Baofeng Electric Appliances will also open for business next. It is hard to say how the business will be. It is not just about getting the business creativity and sales positioning right, luck is also very important.
I got rid of the 20,000 US dollars "foreign debt" in a confused manner.
Han Chudong got the benefit, so he just ate without talking, to avoid getting involved in the conflict between the couple, for fear that if he said something wrong, his mother would change her mind.
After eating in a hurry, everyone went out to do their work.
His mother continued to go to work at school, and the old couple was sent to the dry goods store in Chinatown by Han Yiqiang. Han Chudong came to the Meng Ouzhifeng archway, opened the doors of several shops, and wrote a recruitment advertisement, trying to recruit a shopping guide with sales experience.
First, walk around the electronics store you created to make sure you wrote the correct prices.
After a while, people kept coming into the store and looking around. Han Chudong was the only one dealing with them. Before the flower basket was delivered, he actually sold two radios, and the total profit was only six US dollars.
After the flower basket was delivered, flyers and posters were soon delivered as well. After a string of firecrackers were set off at the door, the business was officially opened.
The old couple were not busy with their work in the dry goods store. They were laughing happily not far away. Han Yiqiang went to report and soon came over under the banner of patrol.
Watermelon Head was busy making money, so he asked two relatives to help him distribute flyers everywhere.
People are not willing to visit such stores early in the morning.
They were all passers-by who were buying groceries, sending their children to school, or going to work. Some of them glanced at the flyers and threw them away, while others came into the store to take a look, but because they didn't have that much money on them, they simply gave up for the time being.
It's different from the charity work we did back then. This is a long-term business and a short-term outcome won't matter.
If you don’t buy it now, you may get it when you feel that your home is lacking a certain kind of home appliance.
At Baofeng Home Appliances, all items are clearly marked with prices, and even the price list for home delivery is written on the wall in Chinese and English, leaving customers with more choices. There are tens of thousands of families living in the Chinatown area, and the number of potential consumers is enough to support the performance of this store.
I prepared some small activities in advance, but they haven't started yet this morning.
After An Jing opened the store, Han Chudong stood there in formal attire, and customers looked at things on their own. If anyone had any needs, they would naturally ask him.
Not many consumers are willing to have someone following them all the time, asking them to buy this and that, and they certainly don’t want to be unable to find someone to ask when they want to know some information.
He was used to bargaining, but then an old man pointed at a TV and asked him, "I see the price on it says $199. Give me a minimum price. How much cheaper can it be?"
"Other stores sell the same model for at least 220 dollars, so my price is already the lowest. But we just opened today, so I'll just make a loss to attract customers. If you really want to buy it, I'll give you a small radio, the one with the $18 price tag."
Han Chudong had even planned and hosted donation events, so sales on a small scale like this were no problem at all.
The old man nodded, put his hands behind his back and looked at the radio, hesitated for a moment and replied: "Okay, but I don't have any money for the time being. I'll come back to buy it in the afternoon. Let's go to the vegetable market first."
Don't get me wrong.
At my age, even if I am willing, my body can't bear it. The vegetable market is really a vegetable market during the day. Only after it closes at night do people go to the streets and alleys over there.
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Without forcing anything, he smiled back and said, "Then I'll wait for you. I'll arrange for someone to deliver it to your home. It won't be too late to collect the money after it's installed."
There were many customers asking questions, and then he went to receive other potential buyers and sold them a discounted TV and an electric fan one after another.
Most people don’t have money with them. They may have their eyes on something, but they are just taking a look and asking about the product.
Han Chudong didn't feel that he had wasted his time and remained calm. He didn't ask them to like him, but just not to hate him.
He was not in a hurry, but Old Man Han was.
After watching for a while, he leaned over and asked in a low voice, "Grandson, how much did you sell today? I heard your dad say that he made three hundred dollars from a single sale yesterday."
"How can there be so many people who just happen to want to buy home appliances? I want to take my time and do it slowly, just like you sell dry goods. It's great that so many people come in. In the future, if someone needs home appliances, they may come to me to buy them."
Agreeing deeply, Old Man Han nodded to indicate that this was the truth, and continued, "Well, don't worry, take your time. My dry goods store has many repeat customers, but don't overcharge them. They are all neighbors. If the reputation is ruined, no one will come."
"Don't worry, I know the price is absolutely fair." Han Chudong said this, and when he saw someone waving at him, he walked over to help introduce the washing machines.
Old Man Han didn't talk much, he just quietly took some brochures.
I thought that on the way back to the dry goods store, I would slip a ticket into the hands of those acquaintances and tell them that my grandson had opened a store. Maybe one of them would happen to want to buy some home appliances.
I am old now, and there is not much I can do to help. For the sake of this precious grandson, I will do my best...