Chapter 036: The Big Business That Comes to Your Door
Lin Yi originally exchanged a total of 138,000 Hong Kong dollars, gave Factory Director Wang 120,000, and kept 18,000 for himself.
He plans to keep these until he goes to the Friendship Store later to see if he needs anything and can buy them directly with Hong Kong dollars.
The goods at Youyi Store are good and have a full range of products, and they don’t require tickets. For example, products like Zhonghua and Moutai require special cigarette and alcohol coupons, but Youyi Store does not require them. You can buy them freely.
There are also some items not found in ordinary department stores, such as Hershey chocolates, Marlboro cigarettes, imported clothes, etc.
Large items such as color TVs, refrigerators, bicycles, and sewing machines that need to be purchased with tickets can be purchased as long as you have foreign exchange or foreign exchange coupons.
There is another type of things, which are jade, gold, antiques, celebrity calligraphy and paintings, etc., which can also be seen in Youyi Store.
Why is Factory Manager Wang so happy to see so much foreign exchange? Because this thing is easier to use than RMB. Even if you don't spend it in Hong Kong, you can buy many useful and good things in the mainland.
night,
Director Lin asked the master chef from the canteen of the printing factory to prepare a large table of dishes. Today he personally accompanied him and had a good drink with Lin Yi.
In the end, Director Wang was a little tipsy, patted Lin Yi on the shoulder and said: "Xiao Lin, please feel free to talk about printing matters in the future."
The next day,
Lin Yi and Li Xiangqian followed the large truck back to Jiangcheng.
The calendar travels every ten days and earns 40,000 yuan at a time, which is 120,000 yuan a month. The sunglasses earn 30,000 yuan a month, which adds up to a monthly income of 150,000 yuan.
Such a business,
In the 1980s, telling the truth would definitely shock the jaws of countless people.
To know,
At this time, many people are still struggling to make ends meet.
...
Master Qin came to deliver furniture again, this time he pulled a whole cart and wrapped it tightly to avoid any bumps.
He even asked his two sons to help push the cart.
When they arrived at the door of Lin Yi's shop, Jiang Wu and the others saw it and quickly sent out a few people to help. At this moment, Lin Yi was lying on the couch reading a book. Two days ago, he specially found a shop on the street that spun cotton to make quilts and asked them to make them for him.
Several new mattresses and quilts.
It's so comfortable to lay on a soft new mattress and lean on the pillows.
He remembered watching ancient TV dramas, in which the emperor and ministers loved this kind of hand, leaning on pillows to rest, with several women around them serving them.
Jin Ping Meili also has a description of the horizontal couch.
The evil feudal society.
Hearing the noise downstairs,
Lin Yi stood up and saw a few guys carrying new furniture upstairs.
"Boss Lin, you are here. Last time I sent you furniture. I heard that you were buying it, but I didn't ask you whether you liked it or not." Master Qin asked with a smile when he saw Lin Yi.
"I like it very much, and it suits me very well." Lin Yi said.
"What did you bring this time?"
Master Qin's face showed joy, "There are good things this time. I have repaired furniture for this family before, and I know that they have a lot of old items. I went to ask about it this time. The family wanted to replace it with new furniture, so I took it.
Already."
"The large square table made of rosewood is definitely a good thing. It's hard to find something that big now. This large table is very practical for eating or studying. It also has two pairs of rosewood armchairs, which are very comfortable to sit on."
"There is also a large coffee table, made of real rosewood. The withered flowers are so beautiful. It feels comfortable just to look at it."
While they were talking, the furniture was brought up, and Master Qin directed it to be placed in the appropriate place. Master Qin had seen the style of the house before, and in his mind, he had already thought about where to place it.
When people went out, only Master Qin and Lin Yi were left in the room. Master Qin touched the red sandalwood table and couldn't put it down, saying: "Now, you can't find such good wood. It's a pity that people don't recognize old objects.
"
"Don't worry, people will recognize it in the future." Lin Yi said.
Lin Yi knew that now was the worst time for antique furniture. It was not until 1986 or 1987 that antique furniture was gradually recognized by antique collectors, and then a craze for collecting antique furniture started. It then heated up rapidly and was finally sold to sky-high prices.
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"Boss Lin, I have something to tell you." Master Qin said.
"Have the deposit been spent? I'll get it for you again," Lin Yi said.
"It's true that it's almost spent, but I'm talking about another thing. I recently saw a top-notch bed. It's much better than the one I originally planned to buy you. It's made of top-grade rosewood.
The workmanship is definitely a fine product from the Royal Manufacturing Office, and it is also extremely well preserved."
"It's just that I asked about the price. The owner's price is too high. It costs 500 yuan. So I came here to ask you, do you want the one I originally mentioned, or is it better to consider this one?"
After Master Qin finished speaking, he looked at Lin Yi.
five hundred,
For today's Ming and Qing furniture, the price is absolutely high, and adding another five hundred is enough to buy an apartment in Jiangcheng.
But five hundred is nothing to Lin Yi.
He believed in Master Qin's vision.
"Take away both beds, put one here and the other at my house." Lin Yi said very simply.
Master Qin was stunned.
Then he realized that Boss Lin was rich and generous.
"That's done, I'll go find the owner to discuss it."
Before leaving, Lin Yi gave Master Qin another 1,000 yuan to buy furniture. He glanced at the room and saw that it was getting richer and richer.
Good.
Just when Lin Yi was about to lie down and continue reading, Li Xiangqian came up again, "Brother Yi, someone from the Industrial and Commercial Bureau just came and informed me that we will have a meeting at the Industrial and Commercial Bureau tomorrow."
"Meeting?"
Lin Yi couldn't guess what meeting he was going to hold.
"Did you say something happened?"
"I didn't say it, but we were not notified. Many larger stores and stalls on the street were notified, but they all seemed to be selling goods. Those restaurants, barbers, and shoe repairers were not notified," Li Xiangqian said.
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Lin Yi thought for a while,
I didn’t care too much,
You'll know when you get there.
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The next day,
Lin Yi rode his bike to the Qiaokou District Industrial and Commercial Bureau. There were already many people in the yard, all self-employed business owners on Hanzheng Street. Many of them knew Lin Yi. As soon as Lin Yi appeared, they all greeted him, and Lin Yi responded with a smile.
The conference room was more like a large classroom. There were portraits of great people on the walls and slogans on both sides, but they had been replaced with promotion of economic development. The self-employed bosses sat down on the benches one after another, waiting for the meeting to begin.
No one knew what they were being asked to do, so familiar people gathered together to chat and discuss.
"Old Wang, why did you ask us to come to the meeting?"
"I don't know. It's not because the policies above have changed again. We've just been doing this for a year, are we going to stop?"
"I was worried all night last night and couldn't even sleep well."
"Don't do it. My whole family lives on Hanzheng Street," said a woman.
"It's probably not that serious. Don't make random guesses. The leader will definitely tell us what happened soon."
The greater the unknown, the more fearful they become. Everyone doesn’t know what the leaders will say to them later. After all, Hanzheng Street is now the first in the country, so it is not impossible to stop it.
The conference room door opened again, and several people walked in. The leader was familiar to everyone, Director Zheng of the Industrial and Commercial Bureau.
I haven't seen the ones at the back.
A few people sat down on the rostrum. Director Zheng looked at the Hanzheng Street merchants with worried expressions on their faces and said, "I heard a few words from everyone's comments just now. Don't worry, Hanzheng Street will not stop. I have called you here today."
Something else."
When everyone heard this, they immediately felt relieved.
"Let me introduce to you the people on the stage. This is Director Wang, who is from Suizhou. He is the director of Suizhou Flintstone Factory. This is Director Ma of the Umbrella Oilcloth Factory, who is from Ezhou. This is the director of Xiangyang Writing Brush Factory.
Director Qian of the factory, this is Director Liu from the Jacquard Fabric Factory in Xiaogan, and the last one is Director Lu from the Second Garment Factory in Huangshi."
Director Zheng introduced them one by one.
The people in the audience were still confused, not knowing what these people had to do with them.
"The thing is like this, the province held a light trade union a few days ago, and these factory directors came to participate. They all encountered some problems in the factory, that is, there was a backlog of products that could not be sold. There were various reasons, some of which were related to products.
The models are wrong, some are returned by supply and marketing cooperatives, some are due to declining market consumption power, etc. In short, the products are backlogged."
"After negotiating with the supply and marketing cooperative, the supply and marketing cooperative couldn't solve these problems. If it couldn't be sold, it couldn't be sold. The provincial leaders later thought of Hanzheng Street."
"Our Hanzheng Street is a supplementary force to formal business channels. We have called you here today to discuss together and see if there is any way for you to sell these products and solve the problem of backlog of products in these factories."
When the people in Hanzheng Street heard that this was what happened, their worries suddenly relaxed a lot. Someone asked:
"Boss, I don't know how to sell. What do you want us to do?"
Director Zheng looked at the person who spoke and said with a smile: "It's very simple. If you think it can be sold, these goods will be sold to you. Of course, the price will definitely be cheaper, even more favorable than the original wholesale price. The specific discount depends on
How did you negotiate with the factory? Our Industry and Commerce Bureau is only responsible for pulling the strings."
After speaking, he looked at several factory directors and said, "Factory directors, please introduce the situation respectively, so that the comrades in Hanzheng Street can have a picture in their minds and see who can take over and have a way to sell it."
Several factory directors introduced their situations one after another.
For example, the flint factory has a backlog of more than two tons of flint. In terms of granules, there are hundreds of millions of flints, with a total price of hundreds of thousands. The supply and marketing cooperative sells five flints for one cent, and their wholesale price is one cent.
10 grains of money.
It seems that the profit margin has doubled, but the market for this thing is very small. Nowadays, people still generally use matches, and very few people use lighters. Naturally, the sales volume of flint and steel cannot increase.
Another example is the writing brush factory. In the past, the writing brush was one of the four treasures of the study and a commonly used tool. But now people use pens to write. Besides calligraphers and painters, there are also a few calligraphers who use writing brushes. There are not many ordinary workers who practice calligraphy. People who don’t have enough to eat run away without anything to do.
Practice calligraphy.
The brush factory also has a lot of inventory, no less than hundreds of thousands of them.
Many merchants whispered after hearing this,
With so many goods, I'm afraid it will take decades to sell them.
The last person to speak was Factory Director Lu of Huangshi's Second Garment Factory. This man was in his fifties. As soon as he spoke, the merchants present were shocked.
"Our second garment factory mainly produces children's clothing. We had an agreement with supply and marketing cooperatives before, and our products were supplied to many provincial supply and marketing cooperatives. This year, some provincial supply and marketing cooperatives introduced products from other garment factories. Our factory's products were unsaleable, and a large number were later returned.
We had miscalculated the sales situation before, and the production volume was relatively large, which resulted in a backlog."
"I have reviewed this with the provincial leaders. This is caused by my negligence in my work, but I guarantee that the quality of our clothes is no problem."
"Let me talk about the backlog of products. They are available in summer, spring, autumn, and winter. There are seven or eight kinds of fabrics including cotton, polyester, and nylon. The total number of clothes is about 350,000 pieces. The wholesale unit price ranges from 1.5 yuan to 6 yuan.
The total value is 1.36 million."
Hearing the figure of 1.36 million, the merchants in the audience couldn't help but exclaimed. More than one million is an astronomical figure for them. They came to Hanzheng Street to sell it. Good guy, who can afford this!