A trial opening is a trial opening, as long as the store can be opened normally, Chen Lishu quietly collected the newly issued business license and turned to leave.
When she walked to the door, Chen Lishu suddenly remembered that the man just now seemed to be Sun Ling's father, who sent Sun Ling to the dormitory when school started.
Thinking of her grandson's father's attitude just now, Chen Lishu felt that like father, like daughter, the attitudes of both father and daughter were equally bad.
A few days after the business license was issued, the entire store had been installed. Chen Lishu took a special look. The limited materials were definitely incomparable with the subsequent decoration, but compared to the nearby store, it was countless times more spacious and bright.
Everyone was very happy to see Chen Lishu coming, especially Liu Dashan, Zhao Qi and Zhang Tiezhu. When the work was done, it meant it was time to pay.
Sure enough, Chen Lishu soon took out a dozen dollars and handed it to Gu Xingye: "Fourth brother, here is a total of 192 yuan. You can share it with everyone later."
"Sister Chen, before you asked me to contact any stores that needed decoration, there were three. They also came to our store to see it. In the end, because of the price, only one was settled," Lin Qi reported.
"Third sister-in-law, can we still have work?" I made more than thirty in half a month after I came out. If I work for a month, I will make sixty or seventy.
"Yes." Chen Lishu nodded, looked at Gu Xingguo and the others and said apologetically: "Brother, my place will open in two days, so you will definitely not be able to live here, but I can subsidize each person with one yuan a day for room and board.
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What Chen Lishu asked Lin Qi to discuss was contracting work and materials, so it was equivalent to her paying wages to everyone.
A dollar a day subsidy?
Several people were very happy to hear it, and no one disagreed.
The large room in the guest house costs two yuan a night. It is definitely enough for the six of them to squeeze in. This is equivalent to only 30 cents per person for accommodation, 3 cents for a steamed bun, and only a few cents for a dish. If you save a little
If everyone eats together, the daily food expenses will definitely not cost more than 50 cents, and an additional 20 to 30 cents will be saved.
The longer you work, the more you save. Even if you only make a few dollars a month, you will save more.
The place that Lin Qi negotiated was not too far away from where Chen Lishu opened the store, about one station away. The other party was a resident who wanted to convert his house into a store.
It’s hard to buy building materials now, and it’s not easy to find people. Most of them are working. Finally, the other party saw the appearance of Chen Lishu’s shop and decided to decorate it. After all, Chen Lishu is not the first person to dare to eat crabs.
This will not be the last one.
I heard from Lin Qi that the other party even had a machine hidden in his house.
Before the opening, Chen Lishu made a special trip to the photo studio, not just to take pictures, but to let the other party take two promotional posters of the protagonists of "Manhunt" and "Looking Home" in the cinema.
Since the two movies were released, the minds of young people have been greatly impacted, and the word "ideal" is the most talked about on a daily basis.
Of course, the ideal here is positive and uplifting, which is different from the later ironic ‘ideal’.
Chen Lishu enlarged the photo of the protagonist wearing bell-bottom pants and pasted it in the most eye-catching place on the glass.
In later generations, there will be celebrities as endorsements, and now there is free popularity to ride on.
The day before the opening, she, Lin Qi, and Wang Aixiang shipped two large packages of clothing, one package each of floral shirts and bell-bottom pants.
By the time all the goods were spread out, it was already past six o'clock in the afternoon, and everything was ready, just waiting for the opening early tomorrow morning.
The next day, Chen Lishu woke up early and arrived at the store at around seven o'clock. Not long after, Wang Aixiang also came.
"I feel a little nervous, my heart keeps beating." Wang Aixiang said, and couldn't help but look outside for the third time.
Chen Lishu smiled: "Relax, most people will not be able to accept our clothes at first, so not many people will buy them."
In line with the principle of keeping a low profile, Chen Lishu did not set off firecrackers or beat gongs or drums on the opening day. She only hung up a sign and posted two promotional posters on the glass at the door.
Not long after, the store door was pushed open with a creak, and two lesbians walked in. Chen Lishu greeted them with a smile: "Look, comrades, the goods in our store are all imported from the other side of Xiangjiang.
The clothes worn by the protagonists in the movie are all the same style, and each item only costs 18 yuan."
Although the purchase price was only nine yuan, she had shipped the goods all the way here. A pair of ordinary pants in the store was only fourteen or five yuan. The price of eighteen yuan didn't make Chen Lishu feel that high.
The two lesbians kept looking at the hanging trousers. They looked very excited, but when they heard the price mentioned by Chen Lishu, they started to back off.
Seeing this, Chen Lishu hurriedly said: "We have a fitting room here. If you are not satisfied with the clothes after trying them on, you don't have to buy them. After all, you still have to try the clothes on your upper body to know the effect. These bell-bottom pants are narrow at the top and wide at the bottom. They are comfortable to wear on your body."
The legs are particularly long and slim, and there is a fitting mirror at the other end, so you can see the effect for yourself."
Seeing Chen Lishu's enthusiasm, the two lesbians couldn't say no if they wanted to refuse. In the end, they nodded and agreed to go to the fitting room to try it out.
Upon seeing this, Wang Aixiang hurriedly went to find the suitable size for the two of them.
"The zipper of these pants is in the front!" A girl exclaimed in a low voice.
Nowadays, most women's trousers are open at the side. It is indeed rare to open in the front like men.
Chen Lishu explained with a smile: "Women in big cities in the south are wearing these pants now, and they will definitely become popular here."
The two of them said nothing after hearing this and took their pants to the fitting room.
Soon the two of them changed their pants and came out. When they saw each other for the first time, they couldn't help but laugh out loud.
"I'm used to wearing pants with fat legs, but it's really awkward to put on these bell-bottom pants unexpectedly."
"Your legs are long, and I think they look pretty good after you put them on."
"Really?"
"Yeah, it feels similar to the poster on the door."
The two of them bit their ears and talked for a while, and then looked at each other in the mirror for a long time. The girl who was praised for her good looks hesitated for a long time, and finally made up her mind to buy one.
"Comrade, it's our first day of business, and you're our first customer. I'll give you a 15% discount. Here's your 90 cents, please keep it."
The girl didn't expect such a gain. She immediately felt as if she had picked up nine cents. She happily took it and left with her companion.
Later, a few more people came in, but most of them were attracted by the posters on the door, and only a few of them really wanted to buy.
At the end of the day, the store sold only five pairs of pants and two shirts.
Lin Qi had seen the popularity of stores in the county, and was somewhat frustrated by this situation.
Wang Aixiang was not much better than him. She originally thought that she would be snatched away if she hung out, but as a result, the gap between ideal and reality was too big.
"This is only temporary, trust me."
Chen Lishu's comfort didn't have much effect at all. From the customers' reactions, they knew that this batch of clothes was probably going to be thrown away.