Chapter 134: Officially Open for Business
On the first Sunday in May, amidst a thousand firecrackers, Qiu Ye's three 'Good Fortune' stores opened simultaneously.
Because it was a weekend, many students and teachers' family members came to watch, surrounding the three shops in layers. This is also thanks to Qiu Ye's tireless promotion. Every time she sets up her lamb skewer stall at noon or evening, she would tell each customer that her business is ending and has been sold to the barbecue shop at the entrance of the teachers' university, and if they want to eat lamb skewers in the future, they can go there directly.
The shops at the entrance of the teachers' university are about to open, and on the opening day, there will be activities. The barbecue shop and cake shop will offer a uniform 20% discount, and the supermarket will give away gifts for purchases above a certain amount.
In this era, entertainment options are still limited, and TV channels are scarce, so whenever someone has a celebration or something, everyone loves to go and join in the excitement.
Through word of mouth, almost everyone at the university knew that the brightly colored 'Good Luck' restaurant, which had been decorated for two months, was about to open and everything would be cheap on opening day.
No matter when, the common people's hearts are all the same, which is to love taking advantage of small benefits. In order to save a penny, they can walk two more miles, so once they know where there is a cheap deal, they will flock to it, more actively than anyone else.
After the cannon sounded, Zhang stood outside the store and gave a long opening speech (from an outsider's perspective, Fang Haibo bought these stores and rented them to his students; all three stores were opened by this boss), which was very sincere and exciting. He meant that he was a graduate of Shida University, and now he has returned to his alma mater to open a store in order to provide convenience for his younger brothers and sisters, as well as the ordinary people of Shida. He also explained the situation of each store to the onlookers, especially the supermarket, which is different from traditional small shops. Inside, everyone can pick up goods by themselves, see the prices clearly marked, and no haggling is allowed. If you like something, just take it to the door and pay for it directly.
He finished speaking, and then opened the supermarket store, letting a service staff simulate the shopping process, so that the ordinary people who had never seen a supermarket before could understand. Only then did he officially let customers into the store.
All the waiters and helpers are well-trained, very calm in the face of more and more people in the store, doing what they should do.
On this day, among the three stores, the supermarket was the most popular. Many housewives were scrambling to squeeze in, fortunately, Qiu Ye had designed the distance between shelves and shelves large enough at the beginning. Otherwise, with the ferocity of these housewives, it would be easy to get into danger.
That's right, Zhang Wu also stood at the door all the time, comforting those who squeezed in and telling everyone to calm down, saying that there were many cheap things and guaranteeing that everyone could buy satisfactory goods here. But the effect can be imagined, it was like he didn't say anything, no one paid attention to him.
Zhang Dong's lover, Sun Aifang, and a specially trained servant were in charge of collecting money. The two people roughly remembered the prices of all goods in the supermarket. Next to it was also placed a price list (in case of forgetting), a calculator. When someone came to settle accounts, they just added up the prices and that's it. There were also gifts that could be received directly at the checkout counter. Qiu Ye set the gift as: for purchases over 10 yuan, a packet of flavor enhancer worth 0.5 yuan was given; for single purchases over 30 yuan, a basin worth 2 yuan was given; and for single purchases over 50 yuan, a pair of pillowcases worth 5 yuan were given.
Four shopping assistants are responsible for taking care of the goods in the supermarket. The first time everyone enters the supermarket, they are not very clear about the shopping rules of the supermarket. Sometimes when they see something to eat, they want to open it and taste it, or if they like it, they will put it directly into their own pocket. Therefore, during the period when everyone has not adapted, personnel reminders are still needed.
In the supermarket, a recording repeatedly plays promotional activities. The customers who are shopping inside unconsciously add a little to the goods in their hands. Some of them just need to spend an extra 80 cents to get a free gift, so they casually grab a bag of salt to make up the number.
The second floor of the supermarket sells clothing and knitwear. After the female students from the university came up, they saw that the middle row was all plastic models wearing beautiful clothes standing there to greet everyone. The visual dressing effect gave them a great shock, and they carefully touched the clothes on the model's body, asking the sales staff where these were sold. After getting the answer, they took their favorite clothes from the clothes rack and tried them on in the fitting room. Among them, the fastest-selling items are jeans and denim jackets.
In short, the supermarket's first day sales were surprisingly high.
The barbecue shop is slightly inferior to the supermarket, today it's Qiū Dà and Qiū Fēng who are personally taking charge of grilling skewers in the kitchen (Qiū Dà is responsible for grilling skewers every night in the bathtub), there are two waiters outside taking orders, serving food, and collecting money. Due to the addition of many new barbecue varieties, it has attracted a group of lamb skewer enthusiasts.
The barbecue shop has added new items, including roasted beef, roasted pork ribs, roasted pork chops, roasted shrimp, roasted chicken wings, roasted chicken feet, roasted chicken hearts, roasted pork kidneys, roasted large intestines, and roasted meatballs.
The tables in the house were all filled with people, and there was no room left upstairs in the private rooms. Still, students kept coming into the barbecue shop nonstop. So, Mr. Qiu moved a round table out from the house according to what the girl had said beforehand, and set up temporary seating at the entrance.
Among the three shops, the cleanest one is probably Zhao Shuyan's Cake House. In the morning, she carried Qiu Ye into the workroom and made a lot of cakes and bread, which were placed on the shelves on both sides. Then, the mother-daughter duo sat at the cash register, waiting for others to choose their bread and pay.
People nowadays do not pay too much attention to nutrition, they just eat enough and have not yet reached the point of being picky about it. Therefore, when decorating, Qiu Ye directly hung a propaganda board on one wall, listing the nutritional components of milk, the benefits of pairing milk with cakes and bread, hoping to attract more customers.
Qiu Ye also knew that at this time, everyone was not too familiar with bread and milk, so early on, she didn't let her godmother make too much of each thing, just one plate, and when it was sold out, they would stop.
That day, the cake shop was busy with just the two of them, as there were many people coming in but few buying. The cakes were not cheap either, ranging from 2 to 10 yuan each. The bread was relatively cheaper, with some costing 0.5 or 1 yuan.
Zhao Shuyan's store is not deserted, and there are often familiar faces coming in. Either they are her former students or neighbors from the teachers' college, each one chats with her for a bit and asks why she isn't teaching anymore but has come to do business instead.
Zhao Shuyan explained to everyone that she was here to help out, and teaching was still her old profession.
After the hustle and bustle of the day was over, Qiu Ye, Qiu Feng, and Zhang Duo's couple began to settle accounts at Zhang Duo's home. If you don't count it, you won't know; once you count it, you'll be shocked.
Today, the sales of Guang Supermarket reached nearly 10,000 yuan, and after deducting costs, they earned nearly 5,000 yuan. The main reason is that many clothes were sold on the second floor, such as jeans, which Qiu Ye obtained from a wholesale merchant in the provincial city at a lower price than ordinary merchants. These clothes are very popular among students, so the selling price is higher than that of ordinary clothes, and the profit is also high, it can be said that the earnings are doubled. Zhang Dong and his wife were amazed by the sales of so much money in one day, their mouths were wide open in surprise.
Zhang Dong's heart was not unmoved, this supermarket from the day it was about to open until now, can be said to have been set up by him. He knew that Qiu Ye had invested a lot of money in this supermarket, including decoration and procurement costs, which were around 30,000 yuan. At that time, he was very surprised by the child's lavish spending, not even blinking when spending money, which intimidated him, an adult. In his life, he had never seen so much money. However, today's sales have shocked him again, earning back one-sixth of the total investment in just one day! It's truly astonishing. Now saying that this supermarket is a hen that lays golden eggs is not an exaggeration at all.
But he quickly reflected and said calmly: "This is just the beginning, and the current sales are only temporary. Once everyone calms down, the daily sales will decrease. Haven't you noticed that many people bought a lot of salt, MSG and other seasonings today because they were cheap? They bought a lot at once, which indirectly suggests that in the future, these seasonings may be saturated and not many people will buy them. So, our current sales are unstable, we need to calm down first and can't get carried away by a one-day bonanza."
Qiu Ye had expected a good harvest on the opening day, but she hadn't expected it to be this big, and was somewhat surprised.
She nodded in agreement after hearing Zhang Dong's words. It was expected that the sales would be good on the opening day, but if they were always this good, it would be really great.
She shook her head at her own fanciful thoughts, she was indeed a bit too optimistic.
"Auntie Sun, do you have time to take stock of the supermarket's inventory and see if there are any goods that are about to run out? While we still have stock, contact the wholesalers in the provincial city and ask them to send some more goods over." Qiu Ye naturally assigned tasks to Sun Aifang in front of her.
Sun Aifang is now in charge of the supermarket section, and her salary has increased to 200 yuan. Moreover, Qiu Ye thinks that if she wants to spend money to hire someone, it's because she needs someone to help her with work, so there's no need to be embarrassed, and in the future, she will definitely have to show an attitude.
Sun Aifang nodded and said, "I'll start checking the goods tomorrow, don't worry." Sun Aifang was not a very talkative person, she was quiet in nature, but when it came to work, she was meticulous and efficient.
"When you place an order with the supplier, ask about the production date. When receiving the goods, also check them carefully. We absolutely cannot accept goods that are near expiration, or we will suffer a loss if they can't be sold." Zhang Dong added from the side.
Sun Aifang nodded in understanding.
Qiu Ye was very satisfied with Zhang Wu's ability and way of doing things, the talent she had hired at a high price did not disappoint her.
Later, everyone calculated the income of the barbecue shop and the cake shop. The barbecue shop was slightly worse than the supermarket, with an income of over 3,000 yuan, which is not bad either. Half of the profit came from the sale of wine and water, and beer sales were not low today.
The worst is the cake shop, which only collected more than 300 yuan.
