Chapter 13: First Time Being a Boss
To be honest, this was the first time that Chen Pingsheng himself became a boss.
I am definitely a little nervous, but I am more excited.
This large supermarket had about one to two hundred customers every day before it opened.
It dropped to one hundred a month after opening.
Two months after opening, the price was successfully reduced to fifty.
Nowadays, those who can come here either don’t want to travel too far or don’t know about this store.
He has basically ruined his reputation in this circle.
Although fruit stores are also traditional retail industries, the biggest difference between them and ordinary supermarkets is that the fruits cannot be preserved for too long.
If the fresh goods cannot be sold within three days, they will become stale.
Not only can this kind of fruit not be sold at a high price, it also affects the customer experience.
After all, it’s such a big store. If word gets out that the fruits they sell are not fresh, who would be willing to come here?
This has brought great difficulties to the operation of fruit shops.
It can be said that the biggest operating cost of a fruit store, apart from the store rent, is the loss of fruit.
That is, those that are not sold by the time the deadline comes and have to be thrown away.
"Old Chen, I've looked around. If we want to restock this store with fruit, it'll cost at least 50,000 yuan."
Fruits are sold in piles. The more piled up they are, the more customers will want to buy them.
This is a simple truth, and they all understand it.
The key point is that it is easy to import goods worth 50,000 yuan, but difficult to sell them.
Based on the current customer flow, the maximum sales per day is 7,000 to 8,000.
If the turnover is like this, the loss would be extremely huge.
So the key is to solve the traffic problem first.
The store is nearly 400 square meters. In addition to an extra-large cold storage, it also has a large office.
Chen Pingsheng, who was a boss for the first time, sat on the sofa inside and brainstormed, calling everyone to come together to discuss countermeasures.
"The goods must be fully stocked, otherwise it will be difficult for us to retain people once they come in."
Chen Pingsheng tapped the tip of his pen and said, "How about this? For the next two weeks, we plan to spend 100,000 yuan to attract traffic at a loss. As for the traffic-generating project, we can set up an event outside. Three apples for one yuan, any one you want."
Apple can be said to be the number one fruit.
Every household will buy it, and using it to attract traffic is undoubtedly the best choice.
"That's no problem. We can go to the wholesale market and get some apples. The smaller apples are only a little over two yuan per pound."
The purchase price is about the same, so each person only loses one or two dollars.
Totally acceptable.
"Zhang Tao, you and Liu Jing will be responsible for purchasing the goods for the next two weeks. We also know some people in this area. Ask them to help promote the product in the owner group."
Chen Pingsheng said, "We're not just selling apples at a special price. We're also selling other fruits at cost. Let's increase customer flow first."
Everyone divided the work and started to work.
Zhang Tao and Liu Jing are in charge of purchasing, while Song Yanxi is learning cashiering. She will be in charge of the financial sector in the future.
As for the others, they are responsible for clearing out the goods and stocking the shelves, which is not difficult.
The main reason is that everyone is familiar with it and can do it quickly.
In the afternoon, the first truckload of goods was pulled back from the fruit wholesale market.
Song Yanxi looked at her man busy at work and even took a moment to take a few photos.
The first picture shows him bending over and moving goods in the car.
The second photo shows him going to the store to direct the display of goods.
The third photo shows him at the cash register, learning the cash register system from someone.
As for the last photo, it shows the two of them making scissors hands together at the door of the store.
Here’s a couple photo, and Song Yanxi also added a caption.
"A new beginning in 2013, Tengsheng Fruit."
Just when she sent out a few pictures, Du Juan was the first to reply to her.
"What's going on? Is Brother Chen opening a supermarket?"
"Yeah." Song Yanxi replied with a smile.
Du Juan immediately left a message below, "If you didn't even inform me about this, I'm going to break up with you."
That being said, she still ran over immediately.
Then some classmates replied to her message. She only had a high school education, and was mainly married to Lao Chen after graduating from high school.
Many of her classmates are now studying for their master's degrees in Beijing.
There is no comparison between classmates. Most of them just greet each other and wish her a prosperous business.
The most exaggerated one is Song Ma Liu Fen.
She was at a relative's house, and all the relatives were sitting together in the room, comparing themselves to each other in various ways.
For example, the daughter of so-and-so found a manager of a foreign company.
The daughter of so-and-so married a civil servant or something.
Every time she heard this, Liu Fen wanted to bury her head in the ground. It was because her eldest daughter married the most useless outsider, who was a street vendor.
There is no hope in this life.
However, the youngest daughter, Song Wu, was admitted to an art school and is expected to become a big star in the future.
This made her proud.
"Liu Fen, why didn't your Yan Xi come?"
The happiest time in childhood is visiting relatives during the Chinese New Year.
When I grow up and visit relatives, if I have some potential, it's fine, but if I don't, the weirdness between relatives will be like snow in June.
It will sting you so much that you won't feel anything.
"She can't come because of something."
"What else could she be doing? Isn't she just following Xiao Chen to sell durian? Since your family sells durian, why don't you bring two people over?"
The person who spoke was Liu Fen's cousin. Maybe she didn't mean it, but when these words reached Liu Fen's ears, they were extremely unpleasant.
Feeling like sitting on pins and needles.
I made an excuse and went home without even eating.
Her youngest daughter, Song Wu, is already a senior and will graduate in half a year.
Now I am busy with my classmates trying to find connections to meet a certain assistant director, a certain producer, etc.
She is also beautiful, and the entertainment industry is not short of beautiful girls.
There are only so many opportunities, and it's a science to figure out why they fall on her.
Song Wu also knew about some of her female classmates, who had met a director with some fame.
Even the back door can be opened wide.
You can still get some opportunities, more or less.
For example, there was a girl in her class who everyone scolded in private.
When I got to the class, I had to curry favor with her. Otherwise, that female classmate really got some good resources in the future.
The starting point is much higher than theirs.
Liu Fen came back very angry and was also upset with Song Wu.
"Mom, my cousin is talking about Chen Pingsheng, why are you taking your anger out on me?"
"Humph, the big one is useless and the small one is also a worry."
Liu Fen sat aside angrily. It was because Song's father was not around, otherwise she would have caught him and scolded him anyway.
Speak of Cao Cao and he will appear.
Song Huamin opened the door and came back with some gifts in his hands.
Liu Fen was about to speak when he stopped her, "It's a good thing you're all here. Pingsheng has opened a large fruit supermarket that's opening tomorrow. Let's go over there and take a look."
"He runs a fruit supermarket?" Liu Fen was stunned. "How come I didn't know that?"
"With your attitude, what do you know?"
Song Huamin came back to call them and also brought two pairs of wine.
"I just spoke to Yanxi on the phone. Their supermarket is huge. If I hadn't seen her WeChat Moments post, I wouldn't have known this existed."
I just found out about this from my friends circle. Isn't she such a failure as a mother?
She was totally unaware of such a major event in her daughter's family, and she hadn't even discussed the supermarket plan with them in advance.
He is simply insisting on doing things his own way. She needs to go over and get some guidance.
Song Wu was quick to react and immediately opened her elder sister's circle of friends, then exclaimed:
"Is this my sister's business? Without tens or even hundreds of millions of dollars, I'm afraid it wouldn't be possible to open it at all."
Song Wu was still somewhat knowledgeable. When Liu Fen heard that it would cost tens of millions, her ears perked up.
(End of this chapter)
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