"I heard that your business in Hanzheng Street is doing well. It's only been a few months. I'm very pleased." Director Chen said with a smile.
"It's not Director Chen's support back then." Lin Yi said obediently.
"Why are you here today?"
"One is to see you, and the second is that I heard that there is a store opposite my store on Hanzheng Street that is run by the street. I came to ask."
Director Chen nodded Lin Yi.
"See if I'm fake, let's see if the store is real."
Lin Yi chuckled.
"There is indeed a house over there. A few years ago, all businesses were shut down. Some people were timid and sold the business and the house to the collective. What, do you want it? Do you want to rent it or buy it?" Director Chen introduced briefly.
asked after looking at the situation.
"It's OK to rent or buy," Lin Yi said.
"It's easy to talk about renting. I'll write you a note. You go to the office to report it and it will be given to you today. If you want to buy it, it is collective property and needs to be discussed at a meeting. I'm afraid it will take a while to make it happen.
must."
What Director Chen said is indeed a normal process. Although he is the chief director, he does not have the right to decide whether to retain collective property by himself.
"Then I'll rent it first. Later, you can discuss at the meeting whether to sell it or not. If you want to sell it, I'll buy it." Lin Yi's idea is very simple. If you can rent it, use it. If you can buy it, buy it.
Not force.
Director Chen wrote a note, "Okay, take this note to the office."
Lin Yi smiled and took the thank you farewell.
I went to the office to apply for a lease, which cost 300 a year.
afternoon,
Li Qianqian and Jiang Wu took a few people to open the new store and pack it up. The situation of the house here is similar to that of Lin Yi's current store. It is also about 300 square meters and a two-story building. The only difference is that it is on the south side of the street.
The two families are only a few dozen meters apart and can be seen by looking up.
It will be convenient to take care of both ends of the business in the future.
Lin Yi just asked Qiang Qiang and the others to simply clean it up without any decoration. Firstly, there was not enough time, and secondly, it was mainly used as a warehouse and no one lived there, so there was no need to clean it up too much.
night,
Lin Yi went to Director Chen's house again.
Naturally, I won’t be empty-handed this time.
"Director Chen, thank you for cultivating me. Isn't it New Year's Day? I brought some local products for you to try."
Cigarettes, wine, snacks, bacon.
This is a very local specialty,
the next day,
The sub-district office held a working meeting, where they discussed the facade on Hanzheng Street. Director Chen expressed his opinion:
"The house has been idle for more than ten years. There are many leaks and air leaks in the house, which need to be repaired, otherwise there will be a risk of collapse. I asked the comrades in the office to take people to take a look. The repair cost is at least 500 yuan."
"There is another way to deal with it, which is to sell the house. A few days ago, a Hanzheng Street merchant came to the street office and asked if he could buy the house. I think it can be disposed of. One is that there is a document above, allowing us to dispose of idle assets.
The second is to make the house function and avoid the waste of resources, and the third is to support commercial construction, killing three birds with one stone."
The final result is of course passed.
Lin Yi got the second facade house for 3,200 yuan, and the 300 yuan for renting the house was directly included.
...
Director Wang of the Flintstone Factory acted quickly. On the day Lin Yi bought the new storefront, a large truck pulled a load of lighters to Hanzheng Street.
Jiang Wu, Li Xiang, and the others were notified in advance, and when the truck arrived, they quickly moved the goods down. All these lighters were placed in the new storefront.
No. 04596, 1100 pieces, unit price 0.52 yuan.
No. 43668, 1600 pieces, unit price 0.38 yuan.
No. 74566, 3600 pieces, unit price 0.22 yuan.
No. 89242, 500 pieces, unit price 0.85 yuan.
...
The lighters all have model codes, and the model, quantity, and unit price are recorded on the manifest. Li Xiangqian checked the quantities one by one.
Lin Yize and Factory Manager Wang were drinking tea on the second floor.
Li Xiangqian checked everything and went upstairs with the list. "Brother Yi, the goods have been unloaded and everything has been checked. There are 36 types of lighters in total, the quantity is 44,600 pieces, and the total price is 15,685 thousand."
Lin Yi took a look at the order and did a quick mental calculation. On average, a lighter costs less than 3 cents. He looked at Director Wang and said, "Director Wang, is the quantity and amount okay?"
"No problem, it matches ours." Director Wang said with a smile.
"That's it, this is our first batch of goods. I hope the lighter sales are booming and both of us make money." Lin Yi raised his tea cup and replaced the wine with tea.
Factory Manager Wang also raised his tea cup.
The next day,
At the entrance of Linyi Store on Hanzheng Street, a new sign was erected, selling lighters at cheap prices, and a new stall was set up full of lighters.
Lin Yi's store has released new products, and many merchants who have picked up their goods can't help but come over to take a look.
There were no disposable lighters these days, and they would not appear until the 1990s. Today's lighters are mainly made of metal shells and are rubbed with flint to ignite ignition oil.
Among the things that men like,
Cars, watches....
Lighters definitely have their place.
After purchasing the goods last night, Jiang Wuli went to a group of guys and played with all kinds of lighters. Lin Yi asked these guys to pick two each, and he also picked several.
Wholesalers come over,
I was immediately attracted by the new products.
“Boss, how do you wholesale these lighters?”
Jiang Wu worked hard to promote: "Every price is different, but we can guarantee that our lighters are sold directly by the manufacturer and are definitely lower than the prices in all channels. Moreover, each lighter comes with a pack of ten flints, plus A small oil pipe.”
A small oil tube is about the size of eye drops, and contains kerosene, that is, kerosene. A small oil tube can be used to fill a lighter twice, and each bottle costs 5 cents.
Because there were too many models, Li Xiangqian directly took out the wholesale price list. Of course, it was the price after calculating the profit.
Many of these wholesalers also deal in lighters. Looking at the prices, they are indeed much cheaper than buying them from other places.
"Boss, I'll give you fifty."
"I want it too. Give me two of the same and take them back to try."
Although what each person wants is not much, there are dozens or hundreds of wholesalers who come to Lin Yi to pick up goods every day, and each person wants dozens of lighters, which is not a small amount.
These lighters,
It's indeed cheaper than outside.
Lin Yiliu's profit is only 20%.
The profits are much lower than the electronic watches, sunglasses, and even wall calendars sold before, but this is a business that can be done for a long time, and as long as the channels are smoothed out, Lin Yi doesn't have to worry about it later, Jiang Wu, Li Qianqian and the others can take care of it.
End of the first day,
Take stock of lighter sales,
A total of more than 2,000 yuan worth of goods were wholesaled.
Lin Yi earns more than 500.
Less?
If it were other merchants on Hanzheng Street, they would definitely be overjoyed. They could earn 500 yuan a day and have a household worth 10,000 yuan in twenty days. How could you not be excited?
But for Lin Yi,
Just basic stuff.
With sunglasses and a wall calendar, an average of 3,000 to 4,000 yuan is recorded every day.
But sunglasses are too troublesome,
I have to make a trip to the south every once in a while,
As for the wall calendar,
It is also the last period. As soon as the New Year is over, sales will instantly disappear, so Lin Yi called Li Xiangqian.
"Go forward, this time you go to pull the calendar and tell the printing house that this is the last batch and they won't be printed any more."
"No more?"
It stopped when he said it would, and Li Xiangqian felt a little pity.
"No, and before the Chinese New Year, we should get rid of the calendars in our hands as soon as possible. After the New Year, the calendars will not be sold at all, and the rest will only fall into our own hands." Lin Yi said.
"I understand Brother Yi."
Li Xiangqian absolutely believed in Lin Yi's judgment in business.
the next day,
The lighter business was even better than the first day. Perhaps because the news spread, many merchants came to Lin Yi specifically to buy lighters.
The entrance of the new store is very lively.
Two people walked into Hanzheng Street,
One is the director of the flint factory, Wang, and the other is a middle-aged man in his forties with a rough appearance.
The two stood outside the store selling lighters for a long time, looking at the wholesalers coming in and out, carrying large and small bags. Director Wang smiled and said,
"Haha, the sales are pretty good. From what I mean, our factory's New Year's benefits are guaranteed."
Flintstone had a backlog before, not to mention workers' benefits and wages could hardly be paid. Now that the end of the year is approaching, Factory Director Wang has been very worried in the past few days.
Now that the lighters are sold, when they get the money, they can give workers New Year benefits, so they won't be scolded by workers at the door during the New Year.
"Lao Liu, do you want them to help you with sales?"
It turns out that the man next to Director Wang is Director Liu of the lighter factory. Lin Yi and Director Wang had previously told him to talk to the lighter factory. If they are willing to let them sell on behalf of the lighter factory, this business can really last for a long time.
.
Director Liu is counting on his fingers.
"Selling 500 pieces a day means 180,000 pieces a year. This is much more than what we give to the supply and marketing cooperative. This business can be done well."
Director Liu grabbed Director Wang's arm and said, "Let's go, Mr. Wang will take me to find that Boss Lin now."