I have to say that August 1988 was probably the happiest month for businessmen.
It was this month that the Republic's reforms entered the "price breakthrough" of the toughest, and only a few important commodities and labor prices were managed by the state, and the vast majority of commodity prices began to be relaxed and adjusted by the market.
As a result, retail prices in Beijing soared by 30%, and almost all the rising prices were daily necessities. How can the people in Beijing not be anxious?
Buy! Buy!
What left the deepest impression on people in 1988 ultimately fell on these two words.
On the other hand, businessmen and the traitors in the capital were all so happy that they were crazy.
Because this is a once-in-a-lifetime situation for state-owned enterprises or private transactions, and an absolute seller's market.
Everyone has been doing business for so long, and no one has seen such things as this kind of product that you don’t have to worry about selling. Even if you put it in a box, you can’t wait to grab someone crazy.
That was a great market, and it was a lot of money.
Take Meishijie Street Clothing Factory as an example. In this big buying trend, not only did the clothing they produced for Ning Weimin be snatched away by customers from three brand stores under Yunxiang Clothing Company.
Even the unsold goods and defective products that Yin Yuetin Weimin took over from the Honglian Factory and those in the street factory warehouses took the opportunity to clear the inventory and even sold them at a good price.
This made Yunxiang Company and the clothing factory's accounts particularly beautiful.
The clothing factory received more than one million in cash, while Yunxiang Company bought more than three million in cash. This is all cash.
Su Jin, the director of the clothing factory, and Yin Yue, who has always been responsible for transfusions of blood for Ning Weimin, have never felt that they were so generous.
But because of too much money, I can't help but be frightened and worried.
Don’t forget that now you are all people withdrawing money from the bank, and you can’t save money if you want to save it.
And their safe can't be put, so who is not afraid of having so much money hidden in the house every day?
There is really a mistake, it’s too late to regret.
Also, the goods seem to be sold too clean.
Now, in the brand stores under Yunxiang Clothing Company, even the display clothing worn by plastic models has been bought. It looks so bare that it is really out of shape, so it can only cover it with a piece of fabric.
But clothing fabrics are also rising prices and even sold out of stock, which undoubtedly makes it difficult for clothing factories to produce new products.
If the right fabric cannot enter, the factory will not be able to produce new products.
After all, it is hard to cook without rice, so it is inevitable that you will not be able to deal with the green and yellow food.
Fortunately, all the sportswear supplied to the Olympic delegation had been made in advance and was delivered successfully.
Otherwise, if they catch up with this situation during the production period, the production rhythm will be messed up, and if they are not done properly, they may breach the contract. It would be really lingering.
Of course, if compared with clothing products, addictive products such as tobacco and alcohol will undoubtedly be better sold.
So for Huimin Smoking Hotel, the actual situation is actually better than Ning Weimin expected.
Now not only Moutai and Wuliangye continue to rise, but the goods that Zhang Shihui then raised money to supplement are rising, but even the goods that originally needed Zhang Shihui to dump and wholesale are also rising.
Not to mention that there is no need to discount any more, even if everything increases a little, people don’t care. No matter how you sell it, it will be a profit.
The business of buying back tobacco and alcohol has completely stopped, and no one is so stupid that he can exchange high-end tobacco and alcohol for money.
So even Sister Tan, a master of the tobacco and alcohol business, returned to the store and was only responsible for taking out goods every day.
Zhang Shihui saw the price soaring and people rushed to buy it wildly. At the beginning, she was a little at a loss and was a little unsure of her determination. She was very happy.
As a result, just two days later, he found that half of the goods in the store had been sold, especially low-end tobacco and alcohol, which were sold out at the highest price.
Moreover, the relatives and friends around him tried every means to find him, and even the father-in-law wanted to buy more from him.
He then woke up and hurried to the sugar industry tobacco and alcohol company to find Manager Huang to ask for goods.
Unfortunately, he was already late when he went there, and the large warehouse of the Sugar Industry Tobacco and Liquor Company was empty and there was no goods to carry.
At present, there are only a few candies, brown sugar and rock sugar. All the others have been snatched away by dealers at all levels below the company.
At this time, Zhang Shihui regretted that he wanted to come here early and buy more goods, he would definitely make a fortune this time, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
In order not to beautify the last bite of meat, I wish I could slap myself in the face.
Fortunately, Manager Huang, who didn't know what to do, was quite admired by Zhang Shihui who came to buy unsold products in the past few days. He mistakenly thought it was his own vision and praised him very much at this time.
He said to him, "I said, you have taken away the most profitable goods, why bother to care about this little profit? You can also leave some food for others. You can't make all the money in the world..."
In this way, Zhang Shihui became happy and happy. He was so proud that he could not help but brag again, and then burst into tears and laughed.
This is still the case with him. Sometimes he is very innocent and bright with some sunshine.
To put it better, it means that you don’t have much worries and live a very positive life.
But at the disadvantage, it is a bit arrogant and not a beat.
In addition, Manager Sha’s foreign wine shop is just right at the right time.
The huge price increase at this time inadvertently contributed to the price of foreign wine.
Originally, foreign wine and red wine were not sold very much due to different drinking habits and consumption levels.
It can only be sold at counters in Beijing, including not too many foreign-related hotels, hotels, high-end restaurants, restaurants and large and medium-sized shopping malls.
Although Manager Sha has extensive communication and is also an agent of internationally renowned big-name wine, as the domestic consumer market is just starting and consumption habits still need to be cultivated. If he wants to sell the goods, he will inevitably share the benefits of these friends.
Needless to say, food, drink, gifts, etc., kickbacks are even more essential.
To put it bluntly, in order to do what Ning Weimin said, try to seize the domestic market and try to squeeze out all the foreign wines that Hong Kong cowards agents, Manager Sha tried his best and paid a lot of money. You should know that Ning Weimin gave him a reserve price equivalent to a wholesale setter. Only when he sold it outside this price was his ability, and the money he earned from it was from a foreign wine company.
Needless to say, the public relations expenses are all paid from the expenses other than the reserve price, and a large part of them belongs to Manager Sha’s own money.
But now it's good. With such a turmoil outside, everyone is snatching things now, and any goods are becoming scarce. Manager Husha's business has become easier to do. All the friends he contacted in the past came to him overnight to ask for goods. The roles of the people who were eating and treating guests began to be exchanged, and others even asked him to give him kickbacks.
The sales of foreign wines are emerging, and it is no longer difficult.
In just one month in August, Manager Sha completed all this year's sales indicators, and even doubled them.
Originally, he thought that even if he could sell one million wine this year, he would succeed, but he didn't expect that he would leave 3.7 million goods this month alone.
And it must be admitted that Manager Sha is quite forward-looking. He knows that such good things are only temporary and cannot continue like this for a long time.
Therefore, for the long-term plan, he adhered to the principle of "staying at the forefront of being a person and meeting each other well in the future". Not only did he not take any blame for kickbacks, but he was still very attentive to these friends who wanted goods.
It is better to treat him or treat him or give him or give him or give him or give him or give him or give him or give him or give him or give him or her. As for the kickbacks that account for the majority, they will naturally be exempted.
This not only did the matter and the goods were sold, but also gained a wave of good popularity and deepened their friendship.
People who do business with him think of his good deeds, and many people who make money because of this say they don’t know if they don’t know anything. Manager Sha is a real good friend, which is great.
As for future cooperative relationships, it's more than enough.
That's not all. Although this rush to buy starts from daily necessities that ordinary people need, the final impact is very wide, and it is not limited to the rush to buy daily necessities.
Because the people are afraid that the prices of things will continue to rise, and they will only rush to buy them after the price rises. The problem behind this behavior is inflation, which is the rapid depreciation of the money in the hands of the people.
Therefore, things that have value preservation functions and are easy to monetize are of course more popular among the people.
So at this time, the only organized and large-scale speculative market in China also took advantage of this enthusiasm to enter the crazy corridor - that is the post market.
The Beijing Post Market in the summer of 1988 was a completely different scene than in the previous years when it was deserted.
As this year continued the policy of reducing issuance in 1987, there were also popular themes such as "Three Kingdoms (One), "Taishan", and "Orchid". In addition, the stamp company significantly increased the price of stamps in the Republic, and the national philatelic army also quickly grew to 5.7 million people. Before the rush to buy, the temperature of the postage market had completely recovered.
And that year, a major event that could be recorded in the history of stamp trading in the Republic.
That is, after research and negotiation with the Xicheng Postal Association, Xicheng District Public Security Bureau, Xicheng District Garden Bureau, and Yuetan Park Management Office, a formal stamp market was planned for philatelic enthusiasts in Beijing.
This market was finally selected in Yuetan Park, and the postage market funds were raised by the Xicheng Postal Association.
On May 22, 1988, the Yuetan Philatelic Market held a grand opening ceremony in front of the Yuetan Park Furnishing Hall, which not only completely ended the history of Beijing stamps trading on the street market, but also meant that stamp trading became a legal transaction and no longer belonged to the gray area.
It is conceivable that just for this, they were all sneaky, but now they have become open and open. How can the post market not be popular?
In August, as the threat of currency depreciation increases, the public has launched another rush to buy, which makes these stamp resources more valuable, highlighting the preservation of value and even speculative attributes.
Therefore, with the active participation of large, small, open, dark, professional, and amateur stamp speculators, the price of stamps is out of control like a kite with broken strings.
And this person wants to rush to buy stamps, it is even more crazy than rushing to buy other daily necessities.
Just during the period when most people in the capital were rushing to buy daily necessities, the Yuetan Post Market refreshed the price of stamps in an even more exaggerated way.
The rapid change in stamp prices is not an exaggeration to summarize it as "three increases in a day".
As long as you don’t go to the stamp market for a long time, the prices of all stamps will become unfamiliar.
The prices of all varieties, including small sheets, commemorative postage seals, low-end version tickets, especially zodiac version tickets, have skyrocketed across the board.
And the sign of the climax of the postal market must start with the surge in the recent issuance of small-sized stocks.
So just look at the small "Panda" sheet issued in 1985 rose from 3 yuan to 16 yuan, and the "White Crane" issued in 1986 rose from 3 yuan to 17 yuan, and it is completely certain that the bull market of this stamps was at a surprising speed, directly entering the crazy speculation period.
Even in Luo Guangliang and Xiao Tao's eyes, the price of stamps is like being magical, and it is realizing huge profits every moment.
So they didn't care about anything else at this time. They ran to the moon hall every day and spread goods to Ning Weimin.
Ning Weimin received too many small panda sheets and stamps from low prices, as well as the full version of zodiac tickets such as rats, oxes, and tigers that they "take" from colleagues such as Piercatton.
Luo Guangliang and Xiao Tao were really afraid that they would not have time to sell it, so the rush to buy was over, so naturally they could no longer care about other things.
The two of them were nailed here like nails.
Yin Yue occasionally had to run here, contact Lao Feng appropriately and help them. However, the main combat power depends on them.
Because in this era, transactions mainly rely on banknotes and cash.
In a lively place like a mixed place in the mail market, where there is no foothold, you can turn the goods into money safely and then take the money away. If a woman fails, it depends on the man.
Moreover, the transactions they make are calculated in tens of thousands, and ordinary men are not good at all. They have to be like Luo Guangliang and Xiao Tao, and have the ability to get involved in the world and have experienced qualifications in some special places.
To be honest, it is actually thanks to the fact that the People's Bank of China began issuing the fourth set of RMB since last year, with a face value much higher than the third set of RMB.
The "great unity" of ten yuan in the past has obviously become increasingly incompatible with daily large-scale transactions, and has now "retreated" to the secondary position.
This time, large bills with a face value of 50 yuan and 100 yuan were issued, which made it much easier to spend.
Otherwise, just counting and transporting money would be exhausted just like they did with Ning Weimin for the first time.
This is also a change in the times, and the situation is very different from the past.
In short, the rise in the Beijing stamp market in 1988 was caused by many comprehensive reasons, and it cannot be explained in just one or two sentences.
Especially because it caught up with a special historical node, the bull market of stamps has risen sharply and has an astonishing increase.
The rise is fast.
It can be said that the buying trend is like a sudden tornado, which also disturbs the uneasy stamp market, which is dim and dark, causing the