Jiang Shiyue was not surprised at all. She put down the water cup, leaned against the corner of the sofa, and looked directly at Duan Kunze.
"I understand what you mean, and I'm aware of the situation you're describing. But you've overlooked one thing: the future! Of course, I can't say you've overlooked it. If you hadn't seen the potential here, you wouldn't have come all the way here. However, I also believe that a somewhat hasty investigation report is definitely not detailed enough."
Duan Kunze stood up and fetched the kettle, personally filling it with water for Jiang Shiyue. After sitting down, he gestured for Jiang Shiyue to continue, "What do you mean?"
"If I'm not mistaken, your survey report must have focused on this city's spending power. You've already developed all the markets in Hong Kong, so of course you need another major city with spending power. That's why you chose Flower City and sent people to investigate. They simply looked at the average wage, average spending, and how many competitors there are in the city. While you might be a little disappointed with our salaries, you feel that since we're so many people, even if each person spends a dime in a store, it adds up to a significant amount, right?"
Duan Kunze didn't say anything, but he suppressed the contempt in his heart and his face became more serious.
"But you've overlooked one thing. Recently, the higher-ups..." Jiang Shiyue pointed his index finger toward the ceiling, "have been frequently conducting overseas inspections and inviting many foreign companies to open branches here, hoping to make our surplus labor less cheap. And..."
Jiang Shiyue raised her arm and pointed in a different direction. "There's a fishing village over there now, which is the preferred destination for many people to illegally cross the border. Now it's under strict control, and soon we'll conduct an experiment related to foreign trade there. Once the experiment is successful, a large number of foreign companies will enter the market and private enterprises will be established. By then, our economic policies will become diversified and flexible, and people's incomes will increase exponentially."
However, Jiang Shiyue's real life experience in her previous life could not convince Duan Kunze. He smiled and said, "It can be seen that Jiang is a patriot."
Jiang Shiyue knew that this was not a sincere compliment to herself, but a secret laugh at her own wishful thinking and overly rosy vision of the future.
But she really couldn't explain it.
Fortunately, Duan Kunze's upbringing wouldn't let him say anything truly embarrassing, so he took the initiative to change the subject. "Even if what you said is true, Mr. Jiang, and the domestic economy will take off in the future, Mr. Jiang, that's all in the future. The challenge right now is how to outperform the other team in our grand opening promotion. But you're..."
Duan Kunze pointed to a few places that only had titles but no detailed content and said, "It's not complete."
There was one more thing he didn't say. Judging from the title alone, it wasn't much different from their current plan.
"Oh, this is why I came here today." Jiang Shiyue took two sips of water and put down the cup again. "As the saying goes, only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you win every battle. Don't say that I don't understand Yong'an. I don't even understand Dongsheng. Do you dare to use the plan I made with my eyes closed?"
Duan Kunze smiled but said nothing.
Don’t dare to use it.
He was only giving her a chance out of politeness and because Jiang Shiyue was so determined.
"What do you want to know?" Duan Kunze asked.
"I want to fully understand Dongsheng and Yong'an. Not just your two stores. I also want to visit other department stores in Huacheng."
Duan Kunze nodded.
It turned out that she had just told the security personnel the truth.
Duan Kunze was also a straightforward person. He stood up first and said, "Then shall I take you for a stroll downstairs?"
Jiang Shiyue couldn't ask for more.
Since the two people were on the top floor, they could look down directly from the internal passage, floor by floor.
Duan Kunze explained to Jiang Shiyue the layout and function of each floor as they walked.
The top floor is an indoor entertainment venue, which is equipped with some classic game consoles and other entertainment items.
The entertainment that can be moved into department stores must be relatively healthy, except for game consoles and items like billiards.
Further down is a more traditional version of a food court. It's not as bustling as a post-modern shopping mall, nor does it have as many dazzling shops. Rather, it's more like an indoor food court, with a bit of a food stall feel. Besides the food court, there are also other vendors, such as photo studios.
The next level down is the clothing area, with separate areas for men, women, and children.
The second floor is more mixed, selling gold and silver jewelry, small appliances, children's toys, detergents and other miscellaneous general merchandise.
The first floor is the simplest, which is a large supermarket. The supermarket also provides food, clothing, housing, transportation and all kinds of things for three meals a day.
All in all, this layout is very similar to many large supermarkets in the future, and can be said to be the prototype of the old-fashioned department store.
Seeing that Jiang Shiyue just walked along without saying anything, Duan Kunze took the initiative to speak, "How do you feel?"
The tone is quite confident.
Their department store is very different from the existing department stores in Huacheng. When he accompanied local officials to inspect it, what he heard most was various praises.
Those people were filled with surprise: I didn’t know a department store could be like this?!
But Jiang Shiyue was different. She was really visiting and would occasionally stop to write on paper.
There was one time when Jiang Shiyue stayed there for a long time and wrote a lot. Duan Kunze took a look and found that she wrote about the shortcomings of the place where she stayed and the optimization plan.
Duan Kunze thought about it and found that her consideration was particularly correct and meticulous.
This girl is quite capable!
Duan Kunze's opinion of Jiang Shiyue completely changed.
After walking around the whole circle, Jiang Shiyue finally spoke, "It's pretty good." She pointed across the street and asked, "Is the layout and products of Yong'an similar to these?"
Duan Kunze nodded, "With this road as the boundary, we can probably form a mirror image."
Jiang Shiyue: “…”
You can't say they are very similar, you can only say they are exactly the same!
Seeing that Jiang Shiyue looked eager to try and wanted to go to the other side to take a look, Duan Kunze quickly stopped her.
"I advise you not to. Both our families have specially arranged people to monitor the other side. To exaggerate, I can even tell the male and female of a fly that comes in and out of the other side. You have already shown yourself here and stayed for so long, you will definitely be detained if you go there."
There was one more thing Duan Kunze didn't say.
She had a feud with the people of Yong'an. If He Tianning saw her on the other side, she would be in trouble.
Jiang Shiyue was a man who listened to others' advice and had a full meal. He accepted Duan Kunze's kind advice and decided to change direction. "Since you have finished the tour, I will not disturb you."
"where did you go?"
“Go to other department stores.”
Since the start of school, I have been busy adapting to the new environment, attending classes, doing homework, and trying to find ways to establish a regular call with Chen Shanhe, so I haven't had time to go out for a walk.
Last time I finally wanted to go shopping under the pretext of sending a letter, but was forced by the people from Yong'an to become an undercover agent.
Duan Kunze stopped Jiang Shiyue and said, "Can you wait for me for a moment? I'll finish the work I have and go with you."
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