Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1906, Business is Booming

Duan Ping is the owner of a high-end clothing store. He opened a high-end clothing store on Zhuque Street, which specializes in selling all kinds of high-end clothes made of high-end cloth, satin, fur, silk, etc.

As a high-end clothing store, in addition to guaranteeing the quality of its own goods, service is also very important. When customers buy clothes in the store, they must have a good service experience.

The decoration and decoration of the store itself must also keep up with the trend of the times. It must be fashionable, trendy, exquisite, high-end and high-end, so that it can attract high-end customers and sell things that can raise prices.

If your decoration is very ordinary, no matter how good the things inside are, the guests may think that your things are not good.

This way of doing business is Duan Ping's experience in business for many years, so Duan Ping's clothing store decoration has always followed the trend of the times, very fashionable, trendy, high-end and high-end.

When the glass lamps came out, he immediately installed glass lamps in his store. After the glass lamps were lit with oil lamps, the grade of the whole store immediately went up.

When the mirror appeared, it was absolutely necessary to arrange it. Even though the mirror was expensive at that time, he gritted his teeth and installed a lot of full-length mirrors in the store, spending a lot of money.

After the appearance of clocks and watches later, he spent huge sums of money to buy several clocks and clocks hung on the wall for decoration, so that customers can know the time at any time, and it also shows the grade and level of his store.

After all, the price of clocks and watches was very expensive at that time. Even now, the price of watches and clocks is still not cheap. The price of a good high-end watch can be hundreds of taels or thousands of taels of silver.

Duan Ping's concept of keeping up with trends and fashions and focusing on quality and service has also kept the business of the store in his family very good.

For the same piece of clothing, other stores may only sell five taels of silver, but his store sells it for ten taels of silver, but customers like to buy clothes at Duan Ping's store, and the sales volume is better than other stores. It also makes a lot of things puzzling.

At this moment, Duan Ping took the banknotes and came to Daming Electric Company, ready to install electric lights in his shop.

As soon as he saw the electric light, a new thing, his eyes immediately lit up, and he was deeply attracted by it. The businessman's intuition and instinct told him that this thing would definitely become popular in the future.

At the same time, he also immediately discovered many advantages of electric lights, such as brightness, convenience, safety and many other advantages.

His store is a clothing store, and the items in the store are all clothing. It is actually very unsafe to use candles, lamp oil, etc. If one is not careful, it is extremely easy to cause a fire, and the expensive clothing will be burned to nothing.

But for a clothing store, you must have enough light, because if the light is not good, customers will not be able to see the color, pattern, etc. of the clothes, and they will not be able to see clearly when they try them on.

Lamp oil is a must, and the windows must be opened large enough so that the light is good.

This also brought many hidden dangers, so he has always been cautious, for fear of going out of water, and burning the clothing store he managed so hard to manage.

The appearance of the electric light gave him hope to solve this problem.

Bright electric lights can provide enough light for the store, and are safer, more convenient and more reliable. The only thing I pray for now is that the electric light will not be too expensive.

When Duan Ping came to the electrical firm, he realized that it was already crowded with people, and everyone was waiting in line to handle related business.

At the same time, the staff of the electrical firm saw a newcomer, and hurriedly sent a pamphlet to Duan Ping.

"Sir, this is the relevant brochure and information letter for the electric lighting business of our electrical firm. It contains all kinds of information and content that you want to know. You can decide whether to apply for electric lighting after reading it."

"Ok."

Duan Ping took the brochure and began to read it in detail.

This booklet is similar to the instructions of later generations, which introduces the contents related to electric lights in detail.

Including the conditions required for the installation of electric lights. At present, those areas in the capital can install electric lights, and those areas cannot be installed temporarily. When will it be possible to install them.

In addition, how much is the installation cost, the price of various light bulbs, the price of the switch that needs to be added, etc., all the costs are clearly written.

At the same time, the booklet also introduces the cost of using electric lights in detail, which is calculated according to the electricity consumption. During installation, a meter box needs to be installed, and the meter inside is used to calculate the monthly electricity bill according to the degree of the meter.

At the back of the booklet, it also mentions in detail the precautions for using electric lights, the harm of electricity to the human body, and self-help methods after related problems occur.

This booklet is very detailed. It organizes all the contents related to electric lights and explains clearly. It also clearly explains the service content, fees and charging methods of Daming Electric Company.

"This fee is really not cheap. A light bulb costs a few taels of silver. How expensive is this thing?"

"Didn't the above say that the production of this light bulb is very difficult and the output is very low, so the price is expensive."

"But after buying the electric light, why do we have to pay the electricity bill every month?"

"After you bought the oil lamp, didn't you still have to buy lamp oil every month?"

"That's true, it's just that the electric light has been replaced with a burner, and the essence is the same."

"That's the reason, but the fee is really not cheap. The installation fee is 10 taels of silver. If the wire is too long or there are too many switches, there will be an extra charge."

"The fee is not cheap, but everything has been clearly stated. This week when Zhou Yu beat Huang Gai, one was willing to fight and the other was willing to suffer, so there is nothing to say."

"Yes, yes, it is very fair to do things in the property of His Royal Highness, and I have told you in advance, you can do it if you want to, and forget it if you don't want to."

"It must be done. Have you seen the light show on the Empire Square? It's really beautiful. After the electric lights are used in this house, it feels completely different. It's very bright and convenient."

"Yes, yes, it must be done, and the child will also need it for reading and so on."

"Dude, why can't Dongcheng District handle it now?"

"Sir, we haven't assumed that the transmission line has passed in Dongcheng District yet, so we can't handle it for the time being. In about a month, we will assume that the transmission line has passed, and then we can handle it."

"What are you doing? I read this brochure. Almost all areas in the new city of the southern district can handle it, and almost all the old districts in the center of the city can also handle it. Most areas in the west district can handle it. Only Dongcheng District will have to wait another month."

"Sir, we also need time to erect this line, and many lines need to be buried underground, and some need to be passed on the roof of the house. These all need time to be done."

"So we can only wait for a while and come back next month to handle it."

"Guys, what are your light bulbs made of? How many taels of silver does this light bulb cost? Isn't that too expensive?"

"Sir, the production process of this light bulb is not yet mature, so the output is very limited, and the tungsten wire used in it is very expensive, and the process is very difficult, so the price is relatively expensive."

"When the technology matures and the output increases, the price will come down."

"It's almost there."

Around Duan Ping, many people who came to deal with business were also talking about it. After reading this booklet, everyone was very clear about electrical and related installation matters, and they were all asking about some things.

The speed of the electrical business is very fast, because everyone has read the brochure and is very clear about the business related matters, so if you want to handle the installation business, you only need to register with the electrical business and hand in 10 taels The installation fee of silver, and then you can go home and wait for the guy from the electrical firm to come and install it.

At that time, after the installation is completed, the extra cost can be made up.

Duan Ping registered his own information and handed over the 10 taels of silver invoice. This business was completed, and the next step was to go home and wait.

In the hall, Duan Ping looked around and carefully looked at the people who came to handle business.

All of them are well-dressed, and they can be seen as rich people at a glance, and some are servants of rich families or employees of some commercial firms, factories, and workshops, who come to do things for their employers.

The appearance of the electric light illuminates the night.

But at present, the installation fee, usage fee, and the price of electric lights are relatively expensive, and ordinary people are really reluctant to deal with it.

The installation fee alone costs 10 taels of silver, which is higher than a worker's salary for a month. In addition, there are lamps, wires, meter boxes, switches and the like. It costs dozens of taels of silver, which is almost the annual income of ordinary workers.

Ordinary people are of course reluctant to use this electric light, and only rich people, merchants, factories, workshops, commercial firms, etc. who are not short of money will be willing to handle this business, keeping up with the trend and development of the times.

But even though the fees are very expensive, not cheap, the business of Daming Electric Firm is still very hot, and there are a lot of people waiting in line for registration and related business.

The most indispensable thing in the Beijing-Tianjin area is rich people. Cars with thousands of taels of silver are now filling the streets, let alone this small electric light. It's all drizzle for the rich.

(End of this chapter)