Chapter 404: Learning from Failure
After Zhou Yong finished speaking, Li Baotian said, "Even if you can earn ten yuan a day, it's okay? It's still three hundred yuan a month, and three thousand six hundred yuan a year..."
Zhang Guifang continued: "Can you make ten yuan every day? Don't forget that this is a joint venture of three companies. If you make ten yuan a day, wouldn't each person make more than three yuan? It's one hundred yuan a month, and about twelve thousand a year. Even so, I think this department store can do it..."
If they could really earn twelve hundred a year, it would be much better than working in a job, in the eyes of the old couple.
Li Caiyun listened to what her parents said, and the corners of her mouth rose slightly uncontrollably.
"Mom and Dad, can you let me go now?"
When Li Caiyun was planning to open a department store, neither Li Baotian nor Zhang Guifang agreed. However, Zhou Yong supported her, and the old couple could not stop her too much.
Fortunately, the business was successful on the first day of opening, which left Li Baotian and Zhang Guifang with nothing to say. Otherwise, Li Caiyun would have had a hard time keeping her ears open.
The family chatted for a while. Li Caiyun, who was tired after a day's work, was panting heavily. Zhang Guifang saw this and hurriedly asked her daughter to go back to the house to rest.
At around three o'clock the next day, Li Caiyun crawled out of bed.
Zhou Yong saw her getting dressed, looked up at the wall clock, and saw it was only 3:10. He yawned and asked, "Why are you up so early?"
Li Caiyun was wearing clothes. She saw that she had woken up Zhou Yong by turning on the light. She looked apologetic and said, "I need to go buy some goods."
Many products were sold out yesterday, and we need to restock them today.
Zhou Yong frowned slightly: "Then there's no need to go so early to buy the goods?"
Li Caiyun argued: "If I go out now, I will probably arrive in the county town at five or six o'clock. By buying some goods, it will be noon when I return..."
Zhou Yong felt a little worried and slowly sat up.
"I'll go with you!"
Li Caiyun shook her head and pushed Zhou Yong who was sitting up. She buttoned her clothes and said, "You can sleep at home. Juanzi and I will go..."
How could Zhou Yong sleep peacefully at home when the two women went to the village in the dark?
If they meet a bad guy, the two of them will definitely be bullied.
After listening to Zhou Yong's words, Li Caiyun felt warm in her heart and swallowed back the words that were about to come to her lips.
Zhou Yong quickly put on his clothes, and the couple washed their faces one after another and then left home.
It was only half past three when they went out and met up with Liu Juan. Because it was too early, there was no place to store their bicycles, so they could only walk to the village.
The temperature in the north in the early morning and evening of late April is still quite cold, making them all hissing with cold.
We walked for an hour to reach Hongqi Township, and waited for more than ten minutes before a horse-drawn carriage arrived.
After more than an hour of bumpy ride in the carriage, they arrived in Qingmu County at around six o'clock.
The three of them didn't even have time to eat breakfast as Li Caiyun and Liu Juan started purchasing goods.
Zhou Yong was responsible for following behind them and helping to carry things, and it was not until after nine o'clock that he replenished the missing goods.
When they returned from the county town, it was already noon when they got home.
Li Caiyun and Liu Juan didn't even have time to eat lunch. They were in a hurry to enter the goods into the warehouse and then put them on the shelves.
The entire process took more than two hours, and by the time they had lunch, it was already past two o'clock in the afternoon.
They are mainly department store merchandise, most of which are small items, so it is a waste of time.
For several days in a row, the department store's revenue was around one hundred and twenty or thirty, which made Li Caiyun, Li Caixia and Liu Juan more motivated.
But soon, problems arose one by one.
Li Caiyun and Li Caixia have to go to work, so Liu Juan will be fully responsible for purchasing.
The key point is that Liu Juan also has classes to attend. Although she only needs to go to the brigade to clean once every three days, there are still many things waiting for her to do at home.
Ma San, who was unaware of the truth, advised Liu Juan to quit her part-time sales job in the department store. In his opinion, his wife worked hard from dawn to dusk to earn only twenty yuan a month, which was not enough for her to suffer.
But Liu Juan was determined not to quit the job, which led to frequent disputes between the couple.
Sisters Li Caiyun and Li Caixia were quite troubled by this matter, but they could not think of a way to solve the problem.
It was not a good idea to let Liu Juan and Ma San continue arguing like this. Li Caiyun had no other choice but to ask Zhou Yong what to do.
Zhou Yong’s suggestion was to let Liu Juan confront Ma San. After all, this kind of thing cannot be kept secret for long, so it is better to tell them sooner rather than later.
“What if Ma San asks Liu Juan to withdraw her investment?”
Withdraw investment?
Zhou Yong glanced at Li Caiyun and said, "Ma San wouldn't do that."
The department store has already opened and is doing good business. Even if Ma San is dissatisfied, he will not say anything for Zhou Yong's sake.
Li Caiyun glanced at Zhou Yong and said, "We were too impulsive at the beginning. We were in a hurry to open a department store and didn't consider these things at all..."
Zhou Yong's eyes drooped, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise slightly.
In fact, when they were preparing to open the department store, Zhou Yong had already seen through the various problems that existed.
However, he did not choose to point out these problems bluntly, but chose to remain silent and let Li Caiyun and others play freely.
Because he knew very well that if he interfered too much with Li Caiyun's decision, it would only make her feel disgusted and think that he was imposing his will on her.
“Learn from your failures so you can prepare for success next time.”
Zhou Yong muttered to himself, and Li Caiyun couldn't help but look at him.
The couple chatted for a while, and then Li Caiyun went to Li Caixia's house.
Zhou Yong washed his feet and went to bed early. When Li Caiyun came back, he was already asleep.
The next day, the weather was fine. After breakfast, Zhou Yong dawdled and arrived at the brigade at eight o'clock.
The brigade is very busy today, with many villagers queuing up to sell mountain products.
As soon as Zhou Yong came in, many villagers greeted him.
Walking and stopping along the way, Zhou Yong entered the office with a smile on his face.
When Sun Qing saw him coming, he immediately said, "Brother Zhou, Mayor Lu asked you to call him back."
Old Lu called at 7:30. Sun Qing didn't expect Zhou Yong to come to work at this time, otherwise he would have sent someone to his home to look for him.
"What happened?"
Sun Qing shook his head, meaning that Village Chief Lu didn’t say it.
Zhou Yong called and said that the county government wanted to purchase a batch of commuter buses at a low price. Old Lu asked if Huaixi Village needed to purchase a few buses at the same time.
Several factories in Huaixi Village are located in the Nanshan area. Even by bicycle, a single trip takes more than an hour. If there is bad weather, it will be very painful for workers to go to work.
After hanging up the phone with Lao Lu, Zhou Yong asked Sun Qing to use the radio to call the village cadres back to the team for a meeting.
Soon everyone arrived and Zhou Yong explained the topic of the meeting.
People have different opinions on this matter. Li Ming thinks that instead of having the money to buy commuter vehicles, the brigade might as well form a transport team.
It can not only increase the income of the village, but also provide more jobs for the villagers.
After Li Ming finished speaking, Zhao Min said, "I personally think that the commuter bus can also provide jobs for the villagers. It's just a matter of how many jobs..."
Anyone who works in the Nanshan area knows that when it rains, even if you wear a raincoat, the cuffs of your pants, shoes and sleeves will still get wet.
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