"Mom and Dad, you see, there are walls on both sides of our school gate. There are no shops. There are only three shops opposite the school gate, and they are still covered by the nursery wall.
"These three shops are closest to the school gate. Other shops are hundreds of meters away. Do you think this location is good?" Du Chen analyzed.
"Yeah, it's really good. I pass by your school every day on my way to work, and there are only a few shops there."
"Does that building belong to the railway company? Of those three shops, one was originally a stationery store, and the other two are empty. Don't you think we could open a stationery store there? Wouldn't that be a one-stop business? If it does well, we could also open the other two shops. What do you think?"
"That shop should belong to the building construction section. It was originally the storage room of the nursery. Later, several doors were opened at the back of the house. Let's not talk about this for now. What makes you say that we can make money by opening a stationery store there? Why did the one that was profitable before not open anymore?" Du Chen's father continued to ask.
"Please stop talking about it. That stationery store was a scam. The pencil leads were so brittle they broke with the slightest pressure. The exercise books were so thin and poor quality that the eraser would tear the paper."
"Every time I go there to buy some stationery, the female boss talks like she's been taken aback. If you ask a few more questions, she becomes impatient and starts to curse. Later, my classmates stopped buying things there. I always go to the stationery store over there in the market to buy stationery and exercise books." Du Chen said with a pout.
"What's the matter? Has she cursed you?" Du Chen's mother was unhappy.
"It's not insulting, actually. She's just impatiently asking if you're going to buy it or not. If not, sell it. That's the kind of thing you'd expect. With her attitude and the fakes, who would buy it?"
"Second brother, how many students are there in your class? How many classes are there in a grade?" Du Chen's father asked.
"There are about 40 or so students in a class. Our grade has two classes, and some grades have three. Usually, there are a little more than two classes."
"There are two classes in one grade, and 40 students in each class, which means less than 500 people. If it's just one store, it's not bad." Mom immediately calculated.
"Old Du, I think it's a good idea. I've also been looking for a job recently. I think if I can work for 500 people, I should be able to make some money. I just don't know if the rent is expensive. Why don't you ask about it tomorrow?" Du Chen's mother was a little tempted.
"Do you really want to do it? Okay, I'll ask someone tomorrow to find out which company owns the land and how much the rent is." Du Chen's father thought about it and felt that it was okay, and it shouldn't be a loss.
Du Chen's parents actually have quite opposite personalities. Du Chen's father is generally more Buddhist and is only interested in his own major.
Du Chen's mother is an independent woman who doesn't want to be just a housewife at home. In fact, her financial situation doesn't allow her to do so, and she wants to earn some money to improve her family's living conditions. In the past, people had no vision and could only do hard labor to make money. Now that there is such an opportunity, Du Chen is definitely more willing to let her mother give it a try.
First of all, as long as the store at the school gate is run with care, it will never lose money. Secondly, the rent cost of opening a store is low now, and the investment is not large, so parents are more likely to accept it.
If you are opening a shop now, you can reduce the inventory in the early stage. You don’t need to purchase anything except the necessities for students. This way, you can save money.
Du Chen's father is a driver and has a company car. When there is a shortage of goods, he can go to the city to purchase goods and rely on her husband's family, so there is no cost for transportation.
For example, if Du Chen wants his father to contract the repair shop of his company, the investment is quite large, which is not possible with the current family conditions, and the pressure on his parents will be quite great.
It happened that the stationery store at the school gate closed down, so Du Chen set a small goal first, to open a stationery store.
The next day was just like any other day: the two brothers went to school, their father went to work, and their mother did chores. But Du Chen was still thinking about opening a shop on his way to school. He was worried that someone would take over the shop right in front of the school first, which would have a huge impact on his future plans.
When it comes to making money, if you are one step behind others, it will be very difficult to catch up. To put it bluntly, eating shit is not as good as drinking hot soup.
Du Chen's father also went to the unit to check in first and saw if there were any tasks that were busy today. If not, Du Chen's father planned to go to the building construction section to ask his friends about the shop.
Comrade Lao Du took a special look at those shops when he passed by the primary school gate on his way to work this morning. He rode his 28-inch bicycle around the school and found that it was exactly the same as Du Chen said. Apart from the three shops opposite the school gate, there were no other shops around. The nearest one was several hundred meters away. Opposite the school gate was indeed the best location. With a good location and no other shops around, there was no competitive pressure.
I guess the previous store had no competitive pressure, so it just killed itself. Comrade Lao Du went to the shop entrance again to take a look. Although the door was locked and he couldn't see inside, judging from the outside, it was probably about 50 square meters. Comrade Lao Du was quite satisfied. So after going to work, if there was nothing else to do, he planned to skip work today and ask someone. It just so happened that a fellow villager worked in the housing construction section.
Having made up his mind and seeing that there was nothing else to do at his workplace, Lao Du rode his bike to the housing construction section. After asking around, he found his fellow villager Zhou Yaobang who was working there.
"Old Zhou, can you please go away? I want to ask you something." Old Du handed him a cigarette.
"Okay, let's go over there and talk." Lao Zhou took off his gloves and found a place where no one was around with Lao Du.
"Lao Zhou, my wife has nothing to do, and the two boys are grown up. We have a lot of expenses at home, so my wife wants to find something to do. The day before yesterday, I passed by the gate of the primary school and saw that a store there had closed down. I wanted to buy it, so I came here to ask if that piece of land is under the management of your housing construction section?" Lao Du stated his purpose directly.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading!
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
