Seeing the excited crowd below, Xiao Weiguo's lips curled into a smug smile.
The situation was as he expected; profit was the biggest driving force.
"Don't fight, everyone gets a share. Now, let's form groups and go to the warehouse to register and collect our clothes."
People voluntarily formed groups, and everyone looked for people they knew well or were close to. Soon, they split into groups of four and formed a long queue in front of the warehouse.
Old Zhang, the warehouse manager, was in charge of registration, while another young man in charge of the warehouse was responsible for distributing sportswear and socks.
Each team receives 200 sets of sportswear and 800 pairs of socks.
Xiao Weiguo had calculated it in advance, and the quantity should be about right and match perfectly.
After everyone had received theirs, about half of the sportswear stored in the warehouse had been gone.
Everyone carried large and small bags of clothes on their shoulders, discussing among themselves as they went to find the nearby market.
After watching everyone leave, Xiao Weiguo returned to his office and found Wang Xiuhong.
"Manager Wang, I need to talk to you about something."
It was working hours, and Xiao Weiguo couldn't keep calling her "Auntie" in a formal setting, which Wang Xiuhong understood.
"Chairman, what's the matter? Please tell me."
“I sent the employees to the countryside to sell sportswear. Some villagers might not have money and would trade eggs for clothes. So, we need to organize some people to contact a few places that can buy eggs.”
Xiao Weiguo estimates that nowadays, farmers have virtually no other income besides farming, and almost no one has much spare money.
This means that quite a few farmers will likely trade eggs for clothes. When the workers bring back large quantities of eggs, finding buyers will be a challenge.
At this time of year, eggs are a hard currency, as long as the price is right. Supply and marketing cooperatives and canteens of various units are all scrambling to buy them.
Xiao Weiguo set the price at 1.25 yuan per jin, which is cheaper than the market price.
Wang Xiuhong thought about it for a moment and realized that it wasn't too difficult, so she organized some of the idle people in the office to go out and contact buyers.
The county town is only so big, and everyone here is a leader; everyone has connections.
Near the county seat, at the major rural markets.
Garment factory workers were seen everywhere.
"Come and take a look! We're having a clearance sale on our new sportswear from the garment factory. Each set is fifteen yuan, and we'll even throw in four pairs of socks. Don't miss out!"
The stalls were set up, and the employees were enthusiastically hawking their wares, after all, the chairman had said that for every set sold, they would receive a one-yuan commission.
The hawking quickly attracted many villagers.
Normally, these kinds of sportswear are only sold in regular stores, such as supply and marketing cooperatives and state-run department stores.
This is the first time I've ever seen someone set up a stall at a local market.
"Comrade, are you really sending four pairs of socks?"
An old lady walked up and asked cautiously.
The employee who was being questioned picked up a sock from the side and showed it to the elderly man.
"These are genuine products from the county sock factory. They sell for two yuan elsewhere, but we're giving them away for free today. And we're giving away four pairs at once."
The old lady counted on her fingers: a set of sportswear was fifteen yuan, each pair of socks was two yuan, and four pairs would be eight yuan.
Subtracting eight from fifteen, a complete set of sportswear only costs seven yuan.
The old lady's eyes lit up, and she pulled a handkerchief pouch from her pocket. Inside were crumpled coins.
She counted out fifteen yuan and handed it over.
"Comrade, give me a large size, for my grandson to wear."
"Okay, ma'am, this is our largest size. Take it and try it on when you get home. If it doesn't fit, come back and exchange it right away. We've been here all day. Here are four pairs of socks for you."
The old lady happily accepted it and ran home with her small feet.
Once someone started, others quickly followed suit, and everyone eagerly pulled out their money, thinking that such a bargain was too good to pass up.
Of course, there are also those who want to buy but don't have the money and can only watch longingly.
Seeing this, the employees seized the opportunity to tell them that it was okay if they didn't have money. They asked if they raised chickens at home and suggested they go home and weigh out twelve pounds of eggs, and bring one of those eggs to change into a new set of clothes.
"Then, should we send socks too?"
"Yes, of course we'll give you a gift. It's the same as buying it with money; we'll give you four pairs of socks."
Those who had no money in their pockets, upon hearing this, thought, "What are we still hesitating about?"
These days, chickens are like banks; almost every household raises a dozen or twenty chickens.
No money, no eggs? One by one, they hurriedly turned around and went home to weigh the eggs.
In just one morning, the four employees at the market sold out all the sportswear. However, they had several large baskets of eggs, so they had to spend a few yuan to hire a local villager's donkey cart to haul them back to the county town.
Xiao Weiguo was already waiting in front of the warehouse.
He checked the payment and the eggs, confirming it was for two hundred sets. He then took out two hundred yuan and handed it to the four of them.
"Good job, here's your commission. Let's continue tomorrow."
"Alright, Chairman, you can hold it up now!"
The four men happily accepted the money, each receiving fifty yuan, more than half a month's salary for them.
"Come on, guys, let's have a drink at noon!"
With money in hand, everyone was happy and went to a nearby tavern in a noisy chatter.
One by one, the employees who had been scattered in various markets returned.
Just like the first batch, besides the payment for the goods, about half of the money was eggs.
Xiao Weiguo's estimate was correct. People are not flush with cash right now, and the egg-for-clothes deal has really solved the problem of not having cash for many people.
The buyers that Wang Xiuhong and her team contacted arrived quickly, and baskets of eggs were weighed, loaded onto trucks, and driven away.
After all the eggs were delivered, two state-run canteen trucks were still late and hadn't been loaded.
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