In the 1980s, there were no surveillance cameras covering the sky, so monitoring of the entire market had to be done manually.
300 public security police, some covert and some overt, were stationed in every corner of the market, watching everyone coming and going with their eyes wide open, monitoring every suspicious guy. Not to mention, they actually caught more than 30 bag thieves, and a pair of male and female police even caught a wanted criminal.
The market employs more than 40 managers, security personnel and cleaning staff, who are also assigned to areas arranged in advance and handle various matters according to their responsibilities.
The county industrial and commercial bureau drew more than 30 people from the county government and surrounding towns and villages, and assigned them in groups of two to various specialized market areas to supervise the quality of goods, mediate transaction disputes, and maintain market fairness.
Honghua Township also selected 100 cadres from township agencies and village militia company commanders. According to the pre-arranged occupations and training requirements, they were divided into four large groups and 20 small groups to work with the public security and industrial and commercial departments to build an invisible wall to maintain order.
The county health bureau and fire brigade also dispatched special forces to guard around the market. If anyone has an unexpected physical condition or emergency, the medical and emergency teams will arrive at the scene immediately to ensure the health and safety of the people.
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In the market office, Secretary Li Jianguo, Township Head Zhao Yuncheng, and Deputy Secretaries Shang Heping and Li Yushan waited until 5:30 p.m. when it got dark and the crowd gradually dispersed before returning to the township party committee.
Sun Zongyuan spent the whole day in the market. If he had a pedometer, he would have walked about 100,000 steps that day. He was tired like a dog and vowed never to go to the market again.
Several of his factories also sent out capable sales teams to sell goods wholesale in the market. When they asked how the price was determined, he thought about it and proposed to wholesale at a rate of 5% higher than the ex-factory price, and to ship the goods as soon as the wholesale order was received.
At eight o'clock in the evening, the data for the first day of market opening was finally compiled:
1,126 companies participated in wholesale transactions, with total sales reaching 27.4 million yuan, and 322 vendors had a total retail sales of 230,000 yuan.
The total transaction volume of Fushan Wholesale Market on the first day of opening was 27.63 million yuan.
Is this number a lot or a little?
There is no data for comparison, so it is really unclear whether the market has had a good start?
Well, morale should be boosted rather than let down. For the sake of publicity, let’s just say it’s a good start for now!
I reported to the township leaders over the phone. After reporting through various levels, the feedback I got was very good and we should continue to maintain the good momentum!
The Administration for Industry and Commerce also gradually reported the matter to higher authorities. At 10:30 the next day, the following information was returned:
This was the day with the largest transaction volume in a single market in the province since the founding of the People's Republic of China.
The next day, the market was still crowded with people, but there were basically no cadres at all levels who came to make up the numbers. After all, they had their own jobs and it was impossible for them to have nothing to do and go to the market every day.
Although the number of people was not as large as yesterday, there were still 24,000 to 25,000 people. According to the experience of the public security, 7,000 to 8,000 of them came to watch the singing and dancing and join in the fun.
The public security's vision was indeed very accurate. There were actually 15,000 to 16,000 people who came to buy and sell goods.
Due to the extensive pre-promotion, all the hotels in Ganhe City, which is very close to the Fushan Wholesale Market, are fully booked. Many of them are temporary beds, and some people just stay overnight in the stalls or cars in the market. Fortunately, the market service facilities are relatively complete, with convenient toilets and tap water. Snack vendors sell until 11 o'clock in the evening, and the sounds of selling soy milk, fried dough sticks, millet porridge, buns, egg soup, pot cakes, and noodles are heard continuously in the morning.
After nine o'clock, the market gradually began to fill up, and at half past ten the cultural performances began again.
The first show was again a performance by a model team from a regional garment factory. The audience was packed with people. They craned their necks and stared at the girls on the stage with their eyes wide open. No one knew what they were thinking, but of course they knew it very well.
Today, half of the staff from yesterday came to maintain order from various departments. Due to yesterday's actions, today's order is much smoother than yesterday.
With fewer idle people, transactions in the market seem busy but not chaotic. Although there are loud arguments from time to time, they are all business negotiations, making the market seem very popular and down-to-earth!
Sun Zongyuan forgot his oath today. He walked around the market one by one in the morning and again in the afternoon. He was so tired that his legs could not move.
After walking around twice, I found that the market planning and design is still not comprehensive. For example:
There is no storage area. After receiving an order in the market, a certain amount of goods has to be transported back to the factory. The efficiency is too low. It seems that a number of storage areas need to be built nearby.
Another problem is that there is no fixed place to park vehicles. Fortunately, there are plenty of places to park around. Otherwise, the parked vehicles are in a mess, all over the place, making it inconvenient to get in and out.
The next step is to build a logistics area. Oh, and there must be a professional logistics company to facilitate the distribution of goods. The logistics industry in the past was very promising. I wonder how many couriers made a living from it.
A hotel and apartments also need to be built nearby. It is inconvenient and unsafe for merchants who come here to set up stalls and wholesale for a long time to travel back and forth to the Ganhe city area more than 20 kilometers away for accommodation. I believe the occupancy rate will be very high after the construction is completed.
Sun Zongyuan got a headache when he thought about this:
There are already enough industries, and if we add the tertiary industries such as the hotel industry, logistics industry and warehousing industry, I really can't handle it all.
Today the speakers are playing soothing Guangzhou light music, and the volume is much lower than yesterday. You can listen to it in your free time so that people who come to order goods will not be delayed in conducting business.
I eat three meals a day in the snack street. The food tastes good and the hygiene is acceptable, but the environment is poor and noisy. It's not like a five-star hotel in the market. I am content as long as I have enough to eat.
Most of the people who run snack shops are villagers from nearby. They also come to enjoy the grand opening of the wholesale market. They receive collective training from the industrial and commercial authorities beforehand and are given strict orders that anyone who fails to do their job well will be severely punished. They also set up a group supervision system to supervise each other.
Sun Zongyuan hopes that they can produce several catering brands like Shahe snacks, Haidilao, Chongqing hotpot and Lanzhou ramen.
Manager Shao Shifang has been incredibly busy lately. I've lost weight, my eyes have gotten bigger, I walk with a gust of wind, and my temper has gotten worse, I'm ruthless when I criticize people. Is this my true personality? Why is it so different from my old style?
Since yesterday was the first day the market opened, many companies involved in wholesale had no idea about the sales price. After all, they had never had such experience before, so the prices they offered were uneven, high and low, and there was no standard.
Later, several companies heard that several companies owned by the market owner also set up stalls here for wholesale, so they went there specifically to ask them how they set their wholesale prices.
When I heard that they were increasing the factory price by 5%, including shipping costs, labor costs and other costs, I adjusted my wholesale price to this standard.
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