Wang Gang was sitting in the shop, looking at the people coming and going on the street outside. Zhao Zihao was standing outside, selling hard, but there were still not many people entering the shop.
Many people came in to take a look, asked about the price and then walked out.
After opening the store for three days, there was no sales, which made Wang Gang very puzzled.
Zhao Zihao seemed a little tired, so he walked into the shop and sat next to Wang Gang, drinking some water.
Neither of them spoke, and neither of them was in a good mood.
Wang Gang finally stood up and said to Zhao Zihao: "I'm going to take a look around."
After walking out of the store, Wang Gang walked towards Wangfujing Street, where the flow of people was larger and more lively.
The store Zhao Zihao found was in a very good location, with Wangfujing Street next door. Originally, Wang Gang thought that with the flow of people on Wangfujing Street, their store would be able to make a fortune every day.
After Wang Gang walked around, he walked back to his shop and wanted to understand the reason for his bleak business.
"I know why we have no business." Wang Gang said to Zhao Zihao.
"What's the reason?" Zhao Zihao asked anxiously.
"We are still too ahead of our time. People nowadays can't accept things from private stores." Wang Gang sighed.
Zhao Zihao is still confused?
Wang Gang patiently explained: "We are the first private store on this street. Most of the other stores are state-owned. Even the restaurants are state-owned."
Zhao Zihao wondered: "Is it that important whether it is state-owned or private?"
Wang Gang said: "It takes time for people to accept new things. In the past, people had only two ways to buy things, either going to state-owned shopping malls or going to the black market.
Now there is suddenly an additional way, and it will take time to accept it."
Zhao Zihao said anxiously: "How long will it take to open a store? The cost of opening a store is not low. We need to pay for rent, water and electricity!"
Wang Gang thought for a while and said: "You will do one thing later. Find some agents to pretend to be customers. Try to find as many people as possible. Don't be afraid of spending money."
Zhao Zihao is not stupid either. He immediately understood what Wang Gang meant and immediately ran out to find someone.
Wang Gang also underestimated Zhao Zihao's mobility. In less than an hour, Zhao Zihao attracted more than 20 people, pretending to be customers, to buy clothes and shoes.
Among them are Zhao Zihao's wife and children, Niu Meilan and Zhao Duojin.
As soon as there were more people in the store, many people came to watch.
"Sister, are the things in this store good? There won't be any trouble buying them, right?"
"Okay! His business is a formal business, approved by the state, and does it have a license?" Niu Meilan pretended to be a customer and explained to others.
"Look, his clothes are so beautiful, you can't buy them anywhere else."
"My son really likes this kind of jeans. I heard that his classmate has one, so he insisted that I buy it for him."
With these customers pretending to buy, many people were attracted and were very excited when they saw the clothes and shoes in the store.
Wang Gang came out at this time and said to the customer: "Our goods are all shipped from Yangcheng, and they are the most popular styles nowadays.
Our leather shoes are of better quality and are all made of real cowhide.”
Customers were impressed by the product one by one, and they began to be inspired by the customers who paid without hesitation.
The store's business is gradually improving.
Wang Gang asked Zhao Zihao to find some different agents every day for seven days in a row, and finally managed to make the store popular.
Soon a saying spread in Sijiu City: If you want to buy the most popular clothes or shoes, you should go to "Taobao King".
All the goods in Wang Gang's store are carefully selected. There is no doubt about the quality. The prices are slightly lower than those in state-owned stores. The styles are even better than those in the market, so it is expected that they will become popular.
After getting through the first few days, Tao Huo Wang became more and more customers, and Zhao Zihao was so happy every day.
The best sellers of "Taohuo King" are women's leather shoes. Those latest styles of leather shoes quickly attracted a group of young girls to buy them.
After a busy month, Wang Gang and Zhao Zihao sat down to reconcile their accounts and discovered that their monthly turnover exceeded 100,000 yuan, which shocked both of them.
"You are correct, right? The turnover is one hundred thousand, and the net profit after deducting costs is fifty thousand?" Zhao Zihao looked at the account book, a little incredible.
"You didn't calculate the tax. After deducting the tax, the profit is almost more than 20,000 yuan!" Wang Gang said calmly.
"That's not a lot. If we divide it equally between the two of us, we will earn not only 10,000 yuan a month, but 120,000 yuan a year." Zhao Zihao exaggerated.
"It's not like you've never made so much money before, why are you excited?" Wang Zangzhang smiled.
"Can it be the same? In the past, we were too nervous to spend the money we earned on the black market. Now all we earn is legal money," said Zhao Zihao.
Wang Gang smiled and said: "Let me discuss something with you. I see there are many empty shops next to us. You can contact the street to see if we can rent them together."
Zhao Zihao said: "I'll go right away."
Wang Gang stopped the excited Zhao Zihao and said with a smile: "What time is it now? The street office is off work."
"Yes, yes, you see I am too happy." Zhao Zihao laughed.
"I see that the business is getting better and better now, and I plan to rent two more stores. In the future, we will operate clothes, pants and shoes separately. One store will specialize in shoes, one store specializes in clothes, and one store specializes in trousers." Wang Gang said.
"Can we cover three shops?" Zhao Zihao asked.
"We definitely need to hire people. I have thought about hiring some young and beautiful girls and letting them wear our products and sell them. The effect should be good," Wang Gang said.
"Young and beautiful girl." Zhao Zihao seemed to have thought of something, and he was a little crazy.
Wang Gang ignored him and continued: "I'm going to Yangcheng in two days to find more cooperative brands and try to have as many products as possible in our store."
The two of them decided to go their separate ways and focus on business.
Soon "Taohuo King" became three stores, namely Taohuo King Clothing Store, Taohuo King Shoe Store and Taohuo King Pants Store.
The three stores are right next to each other and have exactly the same decoration style. You can tell at a glance that they are owned by the same owner.
Zhao Zihao signed a rental contract with the subdistrict office. The rent for each shop is 100 yuan. The contract lasts for ten years, and the rent increases by 5% every year.
The business of Taohuo Wang's three stores is getting more and more popular, and private stores are gradually opening in Sijiu City. Some like Wang Gang buy clothes and shoes, and some operate restaurants. The spring breeze of reopening has completely blown into Sijiu City.
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The 80 years have passed very quickly. Wang Gang and Zhao Zihao are busy welcoming the Spring Festival. The three stores of Taohuo Wang are also closed for seven days due to the Spring Festival.
On New Year's Eve, Wang Gang rarely got together with his family.
This year, Wang Gang and his family were going back to the courtyard to celebrate the Chinese New Year. It happened that his master, Liu Xianxian, and his family were also there.
Wang Gang's family put on new clothes and walked into the courtyard with new year's goods, which immediately attracted the attention of all the neighbors.
"Xiao Wang, you are back!" Yan Bugui greeted Wang Gang and his family as soon as he saw them.
"Hey, the clothes on your family are so beautiful. Did the Taobao King buy them?"
Wang Gang kept a low profile after his resignation, and few people knew that he was the boss of Taohuo King.
"Third uncle, do you also know Tao Huo Wang?" Wang Gang pretended to be dumbfounded and said.
"Who in Sijiu City doesn't know that if you want to buy the latest styles of clothes, you have to go to Taobao King." Yan Bugui said:
"It's just that the things there are too expensive, so I don't dare to go."