Shen Mingzhi was very busy before May Day.
She was only finished with her work three days before May Day.
On my way to Ren'an Pharmacy this morning, I saw many shops that were already launching sales promotions for Labor Day.
Among them, the topic of bicycle shops was the most popular.
Shen Mingzhi recalls that bicycle sales were booming in the 1980s. During the May Day holiday in 1985, sales in major shopping malls increased by 23% year-on-year, with bicycles accounting for as much as 18% of that increase.
This ratio is quite astonishing, which shows that bicycles have become the most mainstream consumption trend in this era.
Although the medicine is not outstanding, it is indispensable.
Shen Mingzhi passed by a women's beauty products store, stopped, locked her bicycle at the door, and went inside.
In this era, there are many types of women's cosmetics, with face cream and hair oil being the mainstream products.
Shen Mingzhi turned around and was about to leave when she bumped into Jiang Yinyin, who had entered the store with Song Wanyin.
As soon as Jiang Yinyin saw her, she immediately raised her chin and said arrogantly, "Why haven't I seen you setting up your stall lately? Oh, I forgot to thank you. Thank you for the cooling balm and fever-reducing patches. I made almost 500 yuan, which is much more than the 130 yuan you swindled from me."
Song Wanyin sized up Shen Mingzhi.
She was still dressed in the same simple outfit, without any change.
"What I told you, what have you thought about? You only have two days left." Her tone carried a hint of threat.
"I've made things clear with Jiang Shaozhen. What, didn't he tell you?" Shen Mingzhi said this and then walked away from them.
It's not that she doesn't want a divorce, but that she hasn't seen Jiang Shaochen at all.
Song Wanyin said from behind her, "I told you about the plan. It'll be quite lively during the May Day holiday. If you make a fuss about your matter, won't it be even more lively?"
Upon hearing this, Shen Mingzhi stopped at the door, turned around and looked at her, "Go ahead and spread the word, make sure the whole city knows. If there are still people who don't know, then you're really useless."
After she left, Song Wanyin's face turned gloomy.
Shen Mingzhi was not afraid at all.
She may indeed be trampled into the mud and unable to recover for a long time, but the more people know about her, the more she will become a mark of the times.
As long as she lives, and as the law improves, this humiliating mark will become evidence to overturn her conviction.
When they arrived at Ren'an Pharmacy, Shen Mingzhi sat with Li An and Shen Xiuzhu, and she showed them a contract.
“Young Master Shen helped me, so I’m willing to give him 10% of the profits. As for the remaining 90%, since I handled the medicinal herbs, labor, and packaging, I’ll take 70% this time, and you can have 20%.” Shen Mingzhi explained her purpose directly to Li An.
"Furthermore, for every 100 yuan of sales of all medicines in your pharmacy from the start of the promotion until its end, I will take 1 yuan, and the commission will be calculated based on this ratio." After she finished speaking, she leaned back in her chair.
Ang Lee frowned unconsciously.
Shen Mingzhi is making outrageous demands. He paid for the medicine at the pharmacy; she didn't contribute anything, yet she wants a share of the profits?
“You can take a look at the sales plan before you decide. Mr. Li, I believe you’ll find it very worthwhile after you’ve seen it,” Shen Mingzhi said with a smile.
Shen Xiuzhu was silently flipping through the contract. After all, he hadn't done anything and was getting 10% of the money for nothing. It was Shen Mingzhi who had helped him get it. At this point, he had to keep quiet even if he had something to say.
Ang Lee reviewed the contract and felt that the profit-sharing ratio was reasonable.
He continued reading the sales plan written by Shen Mingzhi, and the more he read, the more shocked he became.
Shen Mingzhi wrote a sales plan that was several pages long, covering every detail. After reading it, he was still a little unsettled.
He took a sip of water, barely suppressing his excitement, before saying to Shen Mingzhi, "I agree to your suggestion. Shall we start preparations now?"
"Okay. We'll start warming up these next couple of days, and the event will begin on May Day. Tonight, have someone sneak into my courtyard house and deliver all the medicine to your pharmacy," Shen Mingzhi said. During the May Day holiday, she needed to take her child to buy new clothes, get some summer clothes for Wang Sao as well, and buy her an electric fan.
On May Day.
Shen Mingzhi gave Wang Sao a day off, and then put the two children in bamboo baskets on either side of her bicycle and took them shopping.
When she passed by the entrance of Ren'an Pharmacy, she found that the entrance was crowded with people. After two days of pre-event promotion and empty bottle recycling benefits, the entrance of Ren'an Pharmacy was now packed with people.
As soon as the door opened, everyone rushed in.
Because she makes a limited quantity of "baby skin cream" and "traditional handmade fever-reducing patches," they are sold on a first-come, first-served basis with discounts for bulk purchases, and people start queuing up at the entrance of Ren'an Pharmacy as early as 5 a.m.
Shen Mingzhi went to the entrance of Chunshan Pharmacy and found that there were hardly any people there.
Some people even planned to go in, but were persuaded to go to Ren'an by a few words from the "extras" that Shen Xiuzhu had hired according to the plan.
Jiang Yinyin was in the shop when she saw Shen Mingzhi pushing her bicycle past. She immediately rushed out and asked, "Those guys soliciting customers, are they your hired people?!"
"It's just a sales tactic, you could do that too." Shen Mingzhi didn't argue at all, and readily admitted it. "You stole my prescription and even tried to sell it to me at a lower price, but I didn't come to settle accounts with you, right?"
Jiang Yinyin was so angry that her face turned ashen.
She had specially arranged with the pharmacy owner to produce tens of thousands more sets for the May Day holiday, hoping to make a fortune during the holiday, but now no one is even coming into the pharmacy...
“You’ve made quite a bit, haven’t you? I can tell you with certainty that none of that will sell. I’ve calculated the cost of your herbal balm and fever-reducing patches. You and this pharmacy, after deducting your own four-tenths profit, won’t be able to squeeze out any more.” Shen Mingzhi finished speaking with a smile, then got on her bicycle. “No matter how much you make, it’ll all be stuck with you. What you earn will be made to give back many times over during this May Day holiday.”
After she finished speaking, she rode away on her bicycle.
Before Jiang Yinyin could get angry, the store manager ran out and told her that the boss had called.
She only earned six hundred yuan... The boss spent several thousand yuan on tens of thousands of sets, and now the goods can't be sold. Isn't she going to be confronted by the boss?
She answered the phone as soon as she entered the store.
"Hello……"
Before he could even speak, a furious shout came from the other end: "Before May Day, you said you'd make tens of thousands more sets, and that you'd definitely make a fortune during the holiday. I saw everyone heading to Ren'an! If you don't sell these tens of thousands of sets of medicine, I'm telling you, I'll go to your house and demand compensation from your parents for my losses!"
Just as Jiang Yinyin was about to retort why he didn't say anything when he was making money, the other party hung up on her!
Enraged, she slammed the phone on the table and turned to leave. She wanted to see how Shen Mingzhi would turn the tide and get everyone to go to Ren'an Pharmacy!
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