Chapter 97: Hot temper (revised)
During this period, I added wholesale business to my stall, and the sales volume is considerable. The goods I bring in every day are not enough to sell. Looking at this situation, I am not sure whether the inventory can last for more than half a month.
Thanks to the publicity by Master Shen and his team, all the old customers of Qiao Qinglu's family soon knew that the Xidan store would open on June 6 and there would be gifts in the first three days.
Xiao Qinyun used his connections to buy four human-powered tricycles, one for each shop and stall. Master Shen and his six companions, along with the three young men and two new girls, were now able to ride them skillfully.
In addition, he also took Master Yu from the electronics store, Liao Shaohui, and Wang Hui to dismantle a tape recorder in preparation for the electronics store's repair service.
Qiao Qinglu ordered a batch of cardboard cards as membership cards for the clothing store and prepared a membership record to protect the interests of members as much as possible. She also asked Master Wang to make a few wooden model stands, which looked a bit rough, but matched well with the clothes.
She also took people to clean the shop, and took 600 short-sleeved shirts, 600 floral shirts, 1,200 pairs of jeans, 1,000 dresses, 800 suits, 600 umbrella skirts, 600 pairs of sunglasses, 2,000 pairs of tights, 2,000 small accessories, and 823 magazines to the clothing store, and took the dual-cassette recorders, tapes, and electronic watches in stock to the electronics store for final sorting.
After taking another look at the store layout, Qiao Qinglu arranged for Zhong Xueqi and He Jiani to go to the Chongwenmen Flower Shop to buy some potted flowers and green plants to decorate the two shops, and asked Xiao Qinyun to go back to the warehouse to get two tape recorders and various tapes.
There is one on the checkout counter of a clothing store, playing Hong Kong and Taiwanese hits; there is another on the checkout counter of an electronic store, playing English pop songs. It feels really good.
Everything was ready. On the evening of June 5, Qiao Qinglu and Xiao Qinyun invited Master Shen and 11 others to have a meal together and then started giving out red envelopes.
Master Shen and his six companions are the main force, and they receive commission red envelopes and big red envelopes; the five newcomers are still in the probation period and receive small red envelopes.
However, two girls, Zhong Xueqi and He Jiani, helped sell goods this week, so their red envelopes were bigger than those of the three boys.
Qiao Qinglu calculated that in the past half month, she had sold a total of 20,948 pieces/sets of shirts, jeans, dresses, etc. and 5,248 pairs of sunglasses, and wholesaled 2,900 pieces/sets of jeans, dresses, suits, etc. and 1,800 pairs of sunglasses.
The retail commission remains the same, the two veteran wholesalers receive a 5% commission, and the newcomers receive a 2% commission. Master Shen and Master Yu each receive 1,690 yuan, and Liao Shaohui and the other four receive 954 yuan each.
The commission is placed in a red envelope. Now the amount is less than 100 yuan, so the red envelope looks thick and is particularly eye-catching.
Then, Qiao Qinglu gave red envelopes of 100 yuan to 6 people, 40 yuan to Zhong Xueqi and He Jiani, and 20 yuan to Chu Jun and three others.
After distributing the dividends, everyone took a rest. Starting tomorrow, there will be 7 people looking after the store in Xidan, and only 4 people will be left at the mobile stall.
Master Shen and Master Yu were very happy with the money. Now they had enough money to renovate the yard, and they would go to see Master Wang during their vacation.
June 6, 1982, the 15th day of the fourth month in the lunar calendar, is the Grain in Ear Festival, a good day for making money and opening a business.
After breakfast, Xiao Qinyun, Qiao Qinglu, Master Yu, Liao Shaohui and Chu Jun set off for Xidan.
Zhong Xueqi and He Jiani had already arrived at the store and were waiting. Qiao Qinglu and Xiao Qinyun opened the doors of IMMORTAL Nishang and Xiao Home Appliances stores respectively.
After a simple cleaning and scrubbing, the girls at IMMORTAL Fashion changed into the store's main dresses, the boys changed into red shirts and jeans, and the boys at Xiao Home Appliances Store changed into floral shirts and jeans. After sorting the merchandise again, they closed the glass door and spread the firecrackers on the steps in front of the store.
At 9:18, firecrackers were set off to wish a good start to the business.
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