Chapter 014: Investigating Hanzheng Street and researching new businesses
Hanzheng Street is located in Qiaokou District, Jiangcheng.
Blue slate, white walls and gray tiles.
Located in the prosperous area of Jiangcheng, it has a history of more than 500 years, and its business is very developed. It is known as the "No. 1 Street in the World". However, within ten years, all private businesses ceased, and the merchants on Hanzheng Street disappeared, and even the name was changed to
'Xingwu Street'.
It was not until the country announced reform and opening up that the name "Hanzheng Street" was restored and more than 100 households were issued self-employed business licenses.
You can park your bicycle at a parking stall at the street corner, pay for a number plate, and pay 2 cents to keep the bike unlimited throughout the day, with a dedicated person to take care of it.
It's not safe at this time. Lost cars are common. Even if you don't steal the car, it's not easy to twist the bell cover.
When I walked into Hanzheng Street, I saw a series of bamboo bed stalls. The shops on both sides were open for business. Many people came to purchase goods with canvas bags on their backs. They had various accents and there were many foreigners. Hanzheng Street was already showing signs of prosperity.
From the fact that there are so many foreign merchants, it can be seen that the business on Hanzheng Street is already done.
needle thread brain,
button zipper,
children's clothing,
handkerchief scarf,
Bamboo basket and bamboo stool,
Lace elastic...
All in all, they are small commodities.
There are also restaurants, tailor shops, soda stalls, cigarette stalls, used books stalls, candy stalls and so on.
Lin Yi walked around and had a general impression of the current Hanzheng Street, but he knew that walking around could only give him a superficial look.
I saw a comic book stall and thought about it and walked over.
The owner of the bookstall was a middle-aged man with a very thin build. Lin Yi asked: "Are the books on villains for rent or for sale?"
"You can rent it or sell it. It costs 2 cents a book. If you read it here, you can read it for 2 cents a book." said the stall owner.
There were several bamboo stools in front of the bookstall. Lin Yi took one and sat down. He randomly found a copy of Journey to the West and handed the stall owner a two-cent coin. The stall owner happily took it.
Lin Yi glanced at the book for a few times, then raised his head and said to the stall owner: "Brother, how is the business on Hanzheng Street now?"
The stall owner looked at Lin Yi and said with a smile: "That's great. It seems like there are all these people coming and going. Hanzheng Street is definitely the busiest place in Jiangcheng now."
"Have I applied for a self-employed business license?" Lin Yi asked.
"That's definitely the case. You need a license to set up a stall on Hanzheng Street."
"I don't know how to get a business license. What are the rules for doing business now?" Lin Yi asked.
The middle-aged man looked at Lin Yi and said with a smile: "Young man, I don't think you are here to read the novel. Are you planning to come to Hanzheng Street to do business?"
There are not many fools these days, and the first batch of people who dare to do business on Hanzheng Street are all shrewd people. The middle-aged man heard Lin Yi's intention in just a few words.
Lin Yi smiled, took out a box of cigarettes from his body, popped one out and handed it over. The boss took the cigarette. Lin Yi wanted to light it for the boss. The boss waved his hand and took out a match to light it.
Smoking and alcohol are the easiest way to bring people closer together.
After taking a puff of cigarette, the bookstall owner started talking.
"Last year, the country said we could do business, but we people kept beating the drum in our hearts. We were beaten so hard that year, and we boarded planes with our hands tied to criticize and fight. Who knows if it will happen again, but there is no way. The poor at home can't afford food or drink. In the end,
I gritted my teeth and joined in, and it has been a year now.”
"Not everything can be sold in the business on Hanzheng Street now. There are instructions above that no large-ticket goods are allowed to be sold. The goods cannot conflict too much with the goods of supply and marketing cooperatives and department stores. They can only carry out supplementary operations of state-owned commerce. To put it bluntly, this is
The supply and marketing cooperatives and department stores will let you do it only if they are not willing to do it."
"You can sell children's clothing, but not shirts. You can sell batteries, but not flashlights. Don't even think about big-ticket items like bicycles and sewing machines. They can't be transported over long distances, so they can only be sold nearby..."
"Brother, how far is long-distance transportation?" Lin Yi asked.
“It doesn’t matter if it’s across provinces.”
At this point, the boss lowered his body and whispered across the bookstall: "Actually, there are also many people who secretly transport things across provinces. After all, how many goods can we have in one province? Communication between the north and the south is called business."
"The Industrial and Commercial Bureau doesn't care?" Lin Yi said in surprise.
"Hehe, just turn a blind eye. As long as things come in and don't conflict too much with the supply and marketing cooperative, basically no one will check. In fact, the roads are the most troublesome. The checks are much stricter than in the local area. Just catch them.
Confiscated.”
Lin Yixin said that if it was just confiscated, it wouldn't be a big deal.
These days, when selling goods, I have been caught three times out of four times. As long as I succeed once, I can not only plug the hole from the previous three times, but also make money. If I succeed twice, my profit can be doubled.
...
After chatting with the bookstall owner for more than an hour, Lin Yi gained a deeper understanding of the business situation on Hanzheng Street.
Farewell book stall owner,
Seeing that there was still time, he rode his bicycle to the Qiaokou District Industrial and Commercial Administration Bureau, knocked on the door and went in, "Comrade, I want to apply for a Hanzheng Street individual business license."
Naturally, it is not that simple to apply for a self-employed business license. You need to go to the street to issue a certificate. If you have a formal job, it will not be issued to you. However, Lin Yi, an educated youth who has returned to the city without a job, is encouraging the ranks.
"What are you going to run?"
"Clothes, groceries."
These days, the scope of business is not so rigorous, and the groceries category is all-encompassing, including needles, threads, and balloons and buttons.
"I understand your situation. The government supports educated youths like you who have returned to the city to become self-employed and become self-reliant. However, they must operate legally within the permitted scope. When you apply for a business license later, we will give you a business directory.
." explained the staff of the Industrial and Commercial Bureau.
"I know that I must be a good citizen who abides by laws and regulations." Lin Yidao.
The other party nodded with satisfaction.
Lin Yi seemed to remember something and asked tentatively: "Comrade, are you allowed to sell defective products?"
"What do you mean by selling defective products?" the other party asked in confusion.
"That's it, for example, a factory processes a batch of clothes, but due to cutting problems and sewing problems, defective products appear. In fact, such clothes can be worn after being taken back and altered. It would be too wasteful to throw them away. You think so? Sell them cheaper.
Going out does not count as benefiting the people. This should not conflict with the Supply and Marketing Cooperative Department Store, right? After all, the Supply and Marketing Cooperative Department Store must sell the best qualified products." Lin Yi asked with a smile.
The other party thought for a while.
"There are regulations on this. You can sell defective products, and there is no conflict with supply and marketing cooperatives and department stores. However, you must indicate that they are defective products when operating," the industrial and commercial staff said.
Lin Yi smiled and thanked,
"I'll go back and prepare the materials to apply for a business license."
"Okay, come to me when you have the materials ready." The other party said kindly. When Lin Yi went out, the man opened the drawer and looked at it. There was a box of Chinese cigarettes inside, and the man smiled.
Lin Yi rides home,
The face is full of smiles.
He had considered starting a self-employed business in Hanzheng Street from the beginning, but he had no capital at the beginning, so he started with smuggling.
Now he has a preliminary foundation and is ready to implement the original plan.
Moreover, the money he earned from smuggling must have a source, otherwise an unemployed educated youth who went to the countryside and returned to the city would spend all day lavishly, which would easily arouse others' suspicion. If he became a self-employed person, no one would suspect it.
.
After all, many people still look down on self-employed people, but they all know that self-employed people are very profitable, so Lin Yi has a reasonable source of money.
As for the electronic watch business, he will continue to do it. Being self-employed can also provide a cover for the electronic watch business, otherwise the income of those under him would be unclear.
As for what to sell,
He has already thought about it.
sunglasses.
With the broadcast of "The Man from the Bottom of the Atlantic", sunglasses have become popular, but there is no supply of goods in the mainland for the time being, so they have not become popular yet. Lin Yi is planning to take advantage of this trend and open up the sunglasses market in Jiangcheng.
He plans to go to the south to buy a batch of sunglasses. If this business is successful, the profit may not be less than that of electronic watches.
Wait until there is a suitable opportunity in the future,
He also plans to make clothing. Clothing is very profitable in this era, but there are many restrictions now and it cannot conflict with department stores.
But he already had an idea. If you don’t allow many products to be sold, then we’ll just take a side step and sell them as defective products.
In fact, he had already read in a business administration book that defective products can be sold these days, and they are not within the sales scope of supply and marketing cooperatives. The only requirement is to indicate that they are defective products. Lin Yi asked this question in the industrial and commercial office just for final confirmation.
one time.
As for whether the goods he sells are defective or not, that's not his final say.
He made up his mind to go to the street to get the certificate and submit the application materials tomorrow. When the self-employed business license is issued, Lin Yi is ready to go out again. This time he plans to visit the city at the forefront of reform and opening up.