Chapter 81
This food street was bustling with people, and pedestrians and tourists were in a hurry, even making the most of their time to eat.
I was afraid of wasting even a little bit of precious time.
But Ji Wanmei and the others had already picked out most of the goods, so they could leisurely browse around without rushing.
Lei Tingjun took the rice bowl and added a bowl of rice to Ji Wanmei's bowl, saying, "Eat more, it takes a lot of energy to get supplies."
Ji Wanmei was indeed a little hungry. After delicately drinking half a bottle of water, she began to eat.
While shopping at the market earlier, Ji Wanmei specifically chose a pair of sunglasses for herself.
Now, when she eats, she takes off these glasses and clips them on her head.
Ji Wanmei wore a loose braid, which she draped diagonally over her shoulder.
He wore black-rimmed sunglasses with white edges, a sailor-style short-sleeved shirt, slightly flared jeans, and small leather shoes with Chinese knot buttons.
The design is both retro and fashionable.
This attracted the attention of those around her.
Lei Tingjun also overheard a customer at a nearby snack shop whispering, "That girl's clothes are really nice, I wonder where she bought them, and her glasses are very fashionable too."
"It must have been bought in this wholesale market. Let's go take a look later."
A little while later, the two customers finished their meal, got up, and walked over to Ji Wanmei and the others.
He asked somewhat awkwardly, "Excuse me, miss, where did you buy your clothes and sunglasses?"
Ji Wanmei was a little surprised.
People in Zhejiang are quite straightforward and warm-hearted, she smiled and said:
"I'm wearing all my old clothes, but I just bought these sunglasses on the third floor of the wholesale market."
"Oh, I see. Thank you. Let's go check out the third floor too."
The two girls thanked them, smiled, and turned to leave.
Luo Chunyan, who was standing nearby, said, "Meimei, you're like a living advertisement. Everyone who sees you looking good wants to buy the same clothes as you."
Ji Wanmei took a bite of her food and joked to herself, "Then when we get back, I'll wear all the goods we just bought and stand at the entrance to attract customers, how about that?"
"Okay, good idea!" Luo Chunyan genuinely thought this method was quite good.
Meimei is beautiful. Anything she wears looks like something out of a movie, and she looks many times better than the average person.
Moreover, she possesses an indescribable aura that makes people feel that no matter what clothes she wears, they all exude an expensive, elegant, and high-end feel.
At this time, Luo Chunyan lacked eloquence and knowledge, and did not yet know that this was actually what was called "people wearing clothes".
Many people don't have the right figure and temperament; clothes just wear the person. This means that people with physical defects or unremarkable appearance and temperament are not good at dressing.
When choosing clothes, you should select those that are eye-catching and brightly colored.
It makes people stand out more.
But Ji Wanmei was different. She had fair skin, thick hair, red lips and white teeth, bright and sparkling eyes, a long neck, and a slender and graceful figure. There was not a single flaw to be found.
Such a natural beauty, even if she wore a long gown left over from her grandmother's era, would still make people think that she was a refined young lady from the Republic of China era.
Luo Chunyan vaguely remembered that Ji Wanmei's mother was a great beauty with the temperament of a lady from a prominent family.
His early death was due to the hardships he experienced as a sent-down youth in his early years, which damaged his health.
Ji Wanmei must have completely inherited her mother's beauty.
“After we get back, we’ll open the shop. Anyway, you still have a month or two before school starts, so for the next two months, you can be the shop’s model.”
"With you here, I guarantee our business will be booming!"
Luo Chunyan said excitedly.
It seems they've already envisioned a booming business, with people counting money until their hands cramp up every day.
But then she thought of the two hundred pairs of trousers that Ji Wanmei had brought in, and Luo Chunyan still didn't have much confidence.
That's two hundred!
It's not twenty articles.
Although Pingquan County has a permanent population of over 100,000, poverty was the majority in those days.
Everyone's monthly salary is only a few dozen yuan.
Like Luo Chunyan's parents, both of them work, and they don't even get more than 200 yuan a month.
The consumption power in the county is still incomparable to that of large cities in Zhejiang.
"It's alright, let's get the goods back first," Ji Wanmei comforted Luo Chunyan.
"At least, our products don't have an expiration date like food, so we don't have to worry about them expiring and then not being able to sell them."
"Take these sunglasses for example. If we don't sell them all this summer, we can bring them out to sell next summer. It's okay if we have some unsold stock."
Lei Tingjun listened to their conversation quietly for a while, then suddenly interjected, "I don't know much about the things you girls use, but I saw that you've got some pictorials of Hong Kong and Taiwanese celebrities in stock. I guarantee those will sell very well."
Putting everything else aside, just look at his guys at the factory. If he mobilized each of them to buy one ticket, they could sell out in just half an hour.
“You can bring in a little more of those things,” Lei Tingjun said.
Two years ago, Lei Tingjun also went south with some businessmen to travel all over the country. He knew that recently, it was very popular to open video arcades in coastal areas to rent DVDs and tapes. That stuff was very profitable.
There isn't one in Pingquan County yet.
I don't know if they have them in the city.
However, the celebrity posters that Ji Wanmei took back were the closest thing to those big stars among those DVDs and cassettes. Lei Tingjun had a feeling that this would even become the best-selling item among the things Ji Wanmei bought this time.
Ji Wanmei listened to his suggestion and thought for a moment: "Let's replenish the other goods first, and then see if we have any extra money left. If we do, we can buy some more celebrity magazines."
Lei Tingjun still had seventy-eight yuan on him. If Ji Wanmei didn't have enough money to buy goods, he would give her all of it.
He only kept enough money for his return train ticket.
Lei Tingjun also wanted to take this opportunity to observe the market in coastal cities during his trip to Zhejiang.
With his innate keen insight, he can observe what people need most right now, and what industries and categories have the best development prospects.
Based on Lei Tingjun's observations, the only way to quickly make big money in the short term is by selling cassette tapes in video arcades.
He was certain that in the next few years, DVD players would become commonplace in every household, and if he could open such a video arcade, he wouldn't have to worry about making money.
Lei Tingjun pondered for a moment.
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