Chapter 92 Let’s Buy a House There
Liu Wenhai's wife Zhao Jinling is unemployed, and their family of four relies on Liu Wenhai's salary alone. Their two children are still in school, so they live a tight life.
They'd noticed the Gu family's shop last year, and Zhao Jinling had even been staking out a spot nearby for a while. Seeing how prosperous their business was, she'd been unable to sleep for several nights. The desire to start a business was sprouting like a seed, making her itch to do it.
She told Liu Wenhai about her business idea, and Liu Wenhai observed the Gu family store for a few days and thought selling clothes would be a good option. However, how to get the goods was a problem.
Obviously, the clothes in Gujia store were not available in Lizhou clothing factories, but their conditions did not allow them to go to the south to purchase goods.
Liu Wenhai worked at a school and didn't have time to go south to buy goods. Even if he had the time, he couldn't make up his mind. The journey south was long, and he heard that both the trains and the cities in the south were chaotic. What if something went wrong?
As a woman, Zhao Jinling wanted to make money, but she didn't have the courage to go to the south alone to purchase goods.
Because they wanted to start a business but couldn't, the couple didn't have a good New Year. Surprisingly, Liu Wenhai ran into Gu Jianguo at school, and the two chatted well, barely becoming acquaintances.
After Liu Wenhai returned home, he discussed this business with Zhao Jinling, and they finally decided to sell the goods from Gu's shop. However, they didn't know if Gu Jianguo would do a business like theirs.
Today they came to the store with a try-it attitude to discuss the matter of purchasing goods with Gu Jianguo, but they didn't expect to find that someone had already purchased goods from this store and sold them.
So what's there to hesitate about? Liu Wenhai expressed that they also wanted to take the goods and sell them.
Gu Erhui smiled and told them the retail price and purchase price of each style. Finally, she said, "You are a teacher at my Xiaosi school, and we can't let you take the risk of losing money. After you take the goods, you can return them within three days, but you must ensure that it will not affect my future sales."
Zhao Wenhai and his wife hadn't expected such a good thing to happen. They wanted to start a business, but they were prepared for the possibility of losing money.
They just didn't expect that such a good thing would happen to them.
"Then we need... five of each style of leather jackets and wool coats." Since they could be returned anyway, Zhao Wenhai decided to take a few more.
Gu Yimin and Gu Erhui were once again settling accounts while the other was picking up the goods. When Gu Jianguo returned, Zhao Wenhai and his men had already left with the goods.
Calculating the time they spent, they earned a total of 540 yuan from the two wholesale deals.
They once again felt that the wholesale business was viable.
After these two wholesale customers, Gu Jianguo and his team realized that wholesale is more profitable than retail. However, neither Gu Jianguo, Gu Yimin, Gu Erhui, nor Gu Xueqiang were impulsive enough to immediately start wholesale business.
Apart from anything else, the storage of goods is a problem.
It takes six or seven days to travel from Lizhou to Shenzhen and back. Even if they go there every day, there's no way to guarantee sufficient stock. You said you can import a lot of goods at once, but what if there's a backlog?
Of course, there are risks in doing business, but now that we have considered the existence of the problem, we must reduce the risks as much as possible.
There is also the issue of customers. Two wholesale customers are not enough to support their wholesale business, so they need to expand their customer base. So, how to expand their customer base?
After closing the door and going home, everyone was silent, thinking about how to solve the problem.
"Dad, these are anti-epidemic flyers distributed on the street." Gu Siqing handed the flyer to Gu Jianguo and said, "Vaccination should be done early to drive away all the plagues and diseases. It reads quite smoothly."
Gu Jianguo was preoccupied and held the flyer in his hand without looking at it.
Seeing that he didn't move, Gu Siqing leaned over to Gu Erhui and said, "Second sister, this flyer is great. Look, if you pass it out, we'll all know the importance of epidemic prevention."
Gu Erhui hummed, and two seconds later her eyes lit up, "Yes, a flyer!"
Her voice was filled with joy, and the whole family looked at her. Gu Erhui said excitedly, "Doesn't anyone know that we're doing wholesale? We're handing out flyers, like the ones for epidemic prevention."
Gu Jianguo laughed and looked down at the anti-epidemic leaflet in his hand as if he had found a treasure. After a while, he said, "This method is okay."
"You can send it around our store, the train station or the bus station." Gu Yimin said.
The others gathered to discuss how to make and distribute the flyers. Gu Siqing and Gu Sanjing helped Wang Yueju with the cooking. School was starting tomorrow, and Sanjing was living on campus. Wang Yueju had spent the entire day in the kitchen, making some chili sauce, tea eggs, and dried tofu for her to take to school.
"Don't eat alone. Share these with your classmates." Wang Yueju gently instructed Gu Sanjing, "We will visit you every few days. Mom will bring you whatever you want to eat."
Comrade Wang Yueju's voice was filled with reluctance, making it sound like a farewell between life and death. Gu Siqing and Gu Sanjing didn't want to disturb her mood, so they listened silently.
During the meal, Gu Jianguo and his team had almost finished discussing the flyer issue. Sitting down at the table, they began to discuss how to ensure sufficient supply without overstocking.
This seems to be a problem of having your cake and eating it too.
"If it really doesn't work out, I will stay in Shenzhen for a long time. If there is a need for goods here, I will ship them over by train." Gu Jianguo said.
Gu Siqing perked up when she heard his words. Shenzhen! Housing prices will be incredibly expensive in the future. Let's buy a house there!
"Dad, you're going to be there for a long time. It's so inconvenient to stay in a hotel all the time. Why don't you buy a house there? It'd be best if it has a yard like ours, so it's convenient to live in."
Gu Jianguo: “”
I just put forward an idea, and you want me to buy a house there. Are you not going to let me come back?
Gu Jianguo: "We'll talk about this later."
Gu Siqing: "Oh."
After hearing what Gu Siqing said, Gu Jianguo was even more certain that this method was feasible. Furthermore, this was just the beginning, and once he got used to it, he might be able to find a way to avoid having to stay there for a long time.
School was about to start tomorrow, and after dinner, the family watched Wang Yueju count Sanjing's belongings. Everyone was a little worried about a ten-year-old living in the school dormitory, and they all gave Sanjing some instructions.
Gu Jianguo: "Practice well when you get there, but don't push yourself too hard."
Gu Yimin: "If the training intensity is too much and you can't bear it, tell your coach and tell us too."
Gu Erhui: "Be careful and don't let others plot against you."
Gu Siqing: "They have said everything I wanted to say. I wish you a bright future."
Gu Xueqiang: "If anyone bullies you at school, I will bully him."
After counting her luggage, Wang Yueju said, "When we get to school, just eat well, practice well, and have fun."
Gu Siqing gave Comrade Wang Yueju a thumbs up, saying that the summary was very accurate.
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