Recently, the grocery store where Lin Tian works has been in a buzz because of rumors circulating within the store that a grocery store will be built nearby.
The grocery stores of this period were somewhat like the supermarkets of later times, which were commonly known as the seven necessities of life: firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar and tea. Only firewood and rice had nothing to do with grocery stores; that was the business of food stores.
At this time, the food companies sold everything from cooking oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, sesame paste, yellow paste, to liquor, vermicelli, vermicelli, starch, baking soda, ice cream, and popsicles. In winter, they also supplied Chinese cabbage, and the cigarettes that could be purchased with coupons included Daqianmen, Hengda, and Mudan. The liquors included Yanghe, Shuanggou, and Si Te, as well as cucumbers, beans, hairtail, and various fresh vegetables supplied according to the season.
Director Xin has not been in the store in recent days. He must have been running around for this matter. Regardless of whether the level can be upgraded, if it is changed into a grocery store, there will be a lot of money to be made there. The two times Director Xin came back, everyone saw that his face was glowing, so everyone speculated that this matter might be confirmed.
Sure enough, within a few days, Director Xin gathered together Li Mancang, Lin Tian, as well as purchasing and accounting staff, in other words, all the people working in the store.
I was very excited to tell everyone, "After my unremitting efforts, the superiors finally agreed to change our store into a non-staple food store. I will serve as the first director. As the old employees of this store, I will also give you a chance to choose, because we are going to separate from the grocery store, so you can choose to go to the new food store or transfer to other grocery stores."
Lin Tian looked at the excited crowd and thought, is there any need to say this? At this time, the grocery store was a little worse than the department store. But it was also one of the eight major employees. In this era, salesperson was already one of the best jobs. I'm sure everyone would like to work in a grocery store. What's so nostalgic about that shabby grocery store?
Seeing everyone talking excitedly, Director Xin pressed his hands and continued.
"Because the scale of today's grocery stores is so large, in addition to you, many people will come in. In the future, there will be many departments, including accounting, personnel, purchasing, and sales. The sales department will also be subdivided, with specialized manual workers responsible for making pickles, meat, vegetables, and fish, etc."
"This is a very good opportunity. If you are interested in transferring, you'd better put it forward as soon as possible. I will consider it as appropriate."
Director Xin is also trying to win people's hearts. After all, these people are his old team. Many people will join in, and there should be leaders coming in. A grocery store needs at least 20 to 30 people to support it.
"So now everyone should think about this issue. If you have any ideas, you can come to me later."
Lin Tian was also thinking about this issue. If he went to the purchasing department himself, Director Xin would probably agree.
Because grocery stores at that time were a means of guaranteeing people's livelihood, the purchasing department should have been very idle. At most, they would just get some unplanned supplies, and the rest would depend on allocation from their superiors.
Or should I continue to look for a counter to slack off? If I want to find a quiet counter, Director Xin has no reason to refuse. But I guess it will be inconvenient to study in the store when there are too many people. After all, if you do your own thing during working hours, you may be sued by someone if you are not careful.
Lin Tian thought about it again and again. Although he might receive some strenuous tasks in the future, he still decided to work in the purchasing department. First, he would have space to easily get some supplies. Second, he would not have to stay in the store every day, and he would have plenty of time to study medicine with his master.
So after making the decision, Lin Tian went to find Director Xin.
"Director Xin, I want to be transferred to the purchasing department," Lin Tian said directly.
"Have you thought it through? Purchasing is not that easy," asked Director Xin.
"I've thought about it. Going to the countryside for purchasing and other things went smoothly in the past few months, and I've also built some relationships." Lin Tian introduced the situation and then continued.
"I also have some classmates and friends who can help me. It won't be a problem for me to add some unplanned supplies to the store."
In fact, if it were not a difficult period, grocery stores would not need to make any purchases at all, because grocery stores during this period were for people's livelihood security, and they had everything they needed, so purchasing was still a leisurely department.
Then there is purchasing, and the second task is to accompany the leader for a drink. This is not a big problem for Lin Tian. At most, he can just pour the wine into the space when the time comes.
Because even for unified supplies, there is priority supply and delayed supply. For superiors and distribution departments, it doesn't matter who they get it first, but the lower-level departments will definitely strive to get the good supplies first, which can also be regarded as the achievement of the store.
"Okay, once the official document comes down, I will transfer you to the purchasing department. The buyer Li Wenhua in our store should be the section chief of the purchasing department, and you will follow him then." Director Xin pointed to the buyer Li sitting at the next table, but Lin Tian had a good relationship with this buyer.
It's good to have an acquaintance as a leader. At least he won't be too strict, and there won't be many people involved in purchasing. According to Lin Tian's estimation, there will be at most one more person, or just the two of them.
A few days later, we received a notice that the store had been officially changed to a non-staple food store. At the same time, there were recruitment documents issued, and several leaders and masters were assigned by the higher authorities.
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