1988: Back to the human world for a few years

Chapter 338 No, I have to contact you in advance

In the middle of the left side of the leisure square, there is a cement stage, which is almost the same in style as the stage in the village, except that it is much larger.

Although the stage is made of high-grade cement, with no rough particles visible under the craftsmanship of the master craftsmen, and the walls are covered with textured volcanic rock tiles, which look quite exquisite, this thing that represents "old" in itself stands abruptly in such a square full of fashionable elements, which is indeed a bit abrupt.

But who made him the planner of this commercial demonstration zone? Since he decided to build a stage in this conspicuous location, the people below had no choice but to do as he said.

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Clank, clank, clank.

Following a rather long prelude and the outpouring of soldiers, a female general with four flags on her back appeared on the stage with agile yet graceful steps.

Reach out, pull diagonally, and turn around.

After two minutes of recitation and martial arts postures, the high-pitched and beautiful singing voice rang out.

"Little Hou Bin came up the mountain to report to me~"

"He said that my elder sister's fate was to be affected by the Chinese and foreign people~"

"Tell Qin Qiong to break my silver teeth;"

"Wang Junke is a thief with limited martial arts skills;"

"Xiao Luo and I are enemies;"

"One day when I lead the army, I will kill Xu Ji first."

"I took the command arrow from the rack and got angry..."

Looking at the crowd of people surrounding the stage and cheering enthusiastically, Tao Quan couldn't help but his lips trembled.

Hey, hey, hey, although he knows that martial arts are popular in the Central Plains, but the commercial district is about to officially open for business. Instead of wishing for a good start, he would sing songs about fighting and killing at the door... Is that appropriate?

If this happened to us, we would not be wronged if we were beaten to death!

Thinking of this, Tao Quan couldn't help but ask the person beside him: "Who invited this person here? He sings so murderously."

Niu Wa looked at him as if he was a fool: "Didn't I just say that Manager Lu will take the first one... This is Manager Lu!"

Is this the Manager Lu?

I thought it was a middle-aged man...but it turned out to be a young girl?
Tao Quan's mouth twitched: "What kind of song is this? The park authorities didn't review the content and let this little girl do whatever she wants?"

Niu Wa, who was listening with great enthusiasm, didn't understand what he meant. When he heard the words "foolishness", he immediately became unhappy: "Why is it nonsense? Didn't Manager Lu sing well?"

Seeing Niu Wa's extremely dissatisfied look, Tao Quan was somewhat speechless: "No, I mean, this place is about to open for business, and you guys don't care about etiquette and sing songs like Here Comes the God of Wealth to bring good luck? Even if your Qilu Bangzi opera doesn't have any good luck songs, there's no need to sing songs about fighting and killing... It sounds so creepy!"

In the 1990s and even in the early 2000s, businessmen in many coastal areas were very superstitious about these things. On the one hand, there was certainly a superstitious element in it, but on the other hand, it was because during this period, many people's businesses and the money they earned had a rusty feel to them.

Niu Wa heard this and curled his lips in disapproval: "You southerners are really superstitious. We don't care about these things. What's creepy or not creepy? Don't you think singing this before opening the business can really boost our spirits... People at Xialiu Sales Agency often say that fate is determined by heaven and success is determined by man. Only those wimps care about those weird things all day long."

Feeling that he was being despised, Tao Quan's eyes twitched. He really wanted to tell this little brat that the idea of ​​man conquering nature was just a joke. How could there be so many things in this world that could be controlled by man?

However, after looking at Niu Wa who looked as if it was a matter of course, and then at the group of enthusiastic audiences around him, he swallowed his words.

snort!
madness!

childish!

You deserve to be poor!
Subconsciously adjusting the wrinkles on his shirt, Tao Quan found that this famous brand clothing that attracted everyone's attention in Shantou seemed out of place here, and few people took it seriously. Then he muttered in frustration: bumpkin!
Then he subconsciously crossed his arms across his chest, somewhat awkwardly hiding the rabbit logo.

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When Tugou had his fill of acting, he did not leave the stage immediately. Instead, he took the microphone from the staff and looked at the audience with a smile: "Isn't the performance of Leopard Head Mountain that I just performed not bad?"

"It's not bad at all!"

The audience burst into laughter, including many young people.

Classmate Tugou has been busy here almost every day recently. Many people are familiar with this pretty girl. In addition, this girl has a likable personality, so people who often come here for activities and play have a good impression of her.

Seeing the noise from the audience, Lu Yingying laughed smugly: "I think I sang well...My village didn't want me to join the troupe, that was pure blindness!"

Seeing Tugou's fierce and silly look, the audience laughed even louder.

Lu Yingying smiled foolishly and waved her hands: "Okay, there are still several groups waiting to perform for everyone. I will make it short and tell you the most important things first."

Upon hearing this, the people in the audience immediately quieted down.

This has been the routine in recent times. First, they perform a play to attract popularity, then they announce some important things, and after that, everyone continues to listen to the play and have fun... People who come here often have figured out the pattern.

Seeing that the audience had quieted down, Tugou cleared his throat and said, "Today I want to tell you three things."

"First, it's the same old thing... There are only fourteen days left before the official opening of Commercial Street 1. There are currently eleven small shops vacant in the catering and small handicraft areas."

"Please tell your relatives and friends when you go back. If you think your craftsmanship is good, the things you make are delicious, the things you paste are exquisite, and the little things you carve are interesting, please bring your things here for review. Once you pass the review, we will not only waive your rent and water and electricity for a year, but also help you advance the money if you have financial difficulties!"

Then, Tugou said with great sorrow: "Uncles, aunts, brothers and sisters, you have to hurry up. The company has a policy of giving priority to local talents like us... There are a lot of family members of the Southwest Drilling Company who are watching. They are good at many things. If you don't take advantage of this quickly, these shops will be cheap for them!"

Many people in the audience laughed bitterly upon hearing this.

Indeed, this matter was released a long time ago, and it was made very clear that in order to take care of the local needy families, 248% of the 90 restaurants and small handicraft shops on Commercial Street 10 were reserved for DZ City and various villages, and the families of the drilling companies only had % of the shop quota.

If the shop is unable to fill the vacancies, the family members of the drilling company will fill the project.

To be honest, this policy is very attractive, and they really take good care of the locals. Otherwise, the proportion of store allocation should be the other way around.

But the problem is...

Several people in the crowd complained, "Manager Lu, I know you're doing this for our own good, and I know you don't want us to lose face in front of those people from the southwest, but... your screening is too strict, isn't it? We don't want products without any special features, products with even the slightest bit of poor workmanship, products that sell well in the city, and products that are not confirmed as needy households by designated guarantors... Well, even if all the above conditions are met, but you're a step late and there are more than five merchants selling similar products, we won't want them either!"

"The requirements are so high and there are so many restrictions. Even if the conditions you offer are the best, it is not easy to gather people to help you!" This is the truth. The investment promotion activities in Commercial District 8 started at the beginning of the year. The name of the drilling company is there. Countless people are attracted by their reputation or simply by these preferential policies. However, three months have passed, and there are still vacancies in the catering and small handicrafts sectors. It can be seen that the review conditions are very harsh.

Hearing this, Lu Yingying shrugged helplessly: "Being strict is also for everyone's good. We can't just take care of ourselves, right? Think about it, if the commercial street is full of delicious food and fun things, then the business will be more and more popular, and even outsiders will come here to visit. When there are more people, not only will everyone have fun, but there will also be a lot of work to do!"

"But if we don't strictly control it, the food and entertainment here will be similar to those in other places. How can we attract others to come here to play? The villagers themselves will also find it boring. Don't you agree?"

"Besides, why has Texas' economy never gotten better? Why have Texans always been looked down upon?"

"Are we dishonest and not hardworking?"

"no!"

"It's because we are unwilling to use our brains, don't know how to innovate, and are unwilling to innovate!"

"Do you know what outsiders think of when they mention Texas?"

"Just two things... the train station and roast chicken!"

"They don't even know that we have a lot of watermelons and cotton, let alone a bus tape recorder."

"As a Texan, I feel ashamed every time I hear this! ... I don't even have the confidence to argue with those people from the southwest in the company and fight for policies... They quietly innovated the silent 817 fried and silent stewed chickens, and also introduced such a large project as broiler chickens, but what about us?"

At this point, Tugou waved his hand angrily: "So, I think the company is right to raise the requirements. I don't have the face to tell the company that because we are Texans, we can't think of any better and newer things, so please relax the conditions and give us the remaining shop quotas... We don't fight for our reputation. I don't believe that so many people can't come up with a few reliable things if they help each other!"

I have to say that this rhetoric, which implies regional confrontation, is very effective for these locals... No matter whether they are really lazy on weekdays, they do have a sense of regional pride. Seeing that a group of southwestern people actually look down on them, how can they tolerate it?
So, they started thinking immediately... Manager Lu said it very bluntly. The projects they applied for later had been rejected one after another, and innovation was the biggest obstacle. As she said, if they found a few more people and got together with relatives and friends around them to discuss it, they might be able to come up with something.

Tao Quan, who had been listening quietly, caught other information.

The number of merchants selling similar products is limited to five? Given the influence of the other party and the popularity of this commercial street, there are still 11 empty shops?
Wow, such high requirements?

Then after this trip, I’m afraid the subsequent cooperation won’t be that easy... at least it can’t be done just by investing money.

He knew very well that if what Manager Lu said was true, then the popularity of this commercial street would reach an abnormally exaggerated level... Even though the current economic environment is not good and people do not have much money, in such a boring living environment, no one can refuse this kind of leisure and commercial place with almost no entry threshold but full of novelty everywhere.

And now he is almost certain that this commercial street is the core engine used by the drilling company to test and select new products and new projects... As long as they can withstand the test and screening of the market here, the related products and projects will inevitably seek wider promotion and penetration.

The drilling company is a state-owned enterprise, and he knows very well what the nature of state-owned enterprises is like these days.

only……

Are you taking things for granted? After all, you live in the north, in a small inland city. How can the good things you have seen compare with those of me who has been in the special zone for several years?
Haha, I'm afraid that if I just take out some good stuff and give you some random pointers at that time, you will just hope to cooperate with me, right?

Humph, I came here this time to cooperate with you in depth, not to be your vassal.

Thinking of this, Tao Quan became a little proud again, and there was a hint of inexplicable superiority in his eyes when he looked at the pretty girl on the stage.

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Tugou naturally didn't pay attention to Tao Quan in the audience. After the audience quieted down a bit, he continued, "The second thing is that according to the company's instructions, a medium-sized vegetable market was opened next to the commodity trading center behind this commercial street."

"What's different from other vegetable markets is that the vendors in this market are all poor households in the village designated by the drilling company who take turns to set up stalls. The vegetables are also delivered by special vehicles and are all grown in their own homes or dug from the mountains;"

"In addition to tasting more authentic, I can guarantee that the food here is definitely cheaper than the food in the city, and much cheaper."

"The most important thing is... the dishes here are more diverse. Many side dishes that are not sold in the market can be bought here."

"I know that people may not care about a few cents cheaper per pound of vegetables, but we are all from Texas, and it is a good thing to take care of their livelihoods;"

“And don’t you think that even though you have to ride two or three more kilometers, it’s still very interesting to stroll around here and find some food you haven’t seen for a long time, or even food you’ve never seen before? … And as I said just now, these people are on rotation, and when their own food is sold out, they’ll be replaced by the next batch, so … maybe there will be surprises every time you come here!”

The people in the audience were immediately interested, but Tao Quan couldn't help but stroke his head.

This move again!
Although at first glance it may seem strange or even a bit out of place to open a vegetable market next to a commercial district.

But don’t forget where this is?
This is the edge of the city, two or three kilometers away from the main urban area... In later generations, perhaps two or three kilometers is nothing, but in this era when transportation is not well developed, two or three kilometers is already a very troublesome distance, okay?

Therefore, for a place like Commercial Street 1 which has no locational advantages, attracting traffic is of paramount importance.

He had carefully observed this leisure square before. The reason why this square was built so big and beautiful was to attract traffic.

But this is only on the surface. After attracting traffic, the traffic must be retained. What really retains traffic are those bizarre, yet competitive and interesting activity facilities... When enough people get used to coming here and a habit and atmosphere are formed, this wave of traffic will be completely stabilized.

The same goes for the vegetable market that is about to open.

Nowadays, anyone over the age of 30 has the habit of being thrifty. In an era when a pound of meat costs only about two yuan and a pound of vegetables costs a few cents, the fact that the vegetables here are one or two cents cheaper is enough to attract many people... Not to mention that this place is only two or three kilometers away from the main urban area, even if it is five kilometers, these people will ride their bicycles here under the scorching sun.

Although young people are generally not as sensitive to prices as those over 30 years old, you can't resist the strong curiosity of today's young people!

Think about it, being able to see some rare and strange vegetables or meats that you never see on weekdays in a vegetable market is a very interesting thing in itself; if the rare and strange vegetables in this vegetable market are different every day, and there are some special snacks, then it is a must-have place for young couples to have a low-cost date or to kill time!
In fact, there are quite a few similar vegetable markets in Guangzhou. As long as there are enough special things in it, there will always be people there no matter it is windy or rainy, and there are many rich people among them!
Damn, these people in the drilling company have really figured out how to use traffic!
I just don’t know whether the drilling company’s operation is simply to attract traffic to the commercial street, or whether it has any relationship with the commodity trading center next to it.

Thinking of this, a strange sense of crisis surged in Tao Quan's heart. He leaned over to look at the stage and whispered to Niu Wa, "Why hasn't Section Chief Yang come on stage yet... Forget it, can you help me see if he's here?"

Niu Wa stood on tiptoe and looked towards the stage, then shook his head as if to distance himself from the matter: "Section Chief Yang is not here... I just said that Manager Lu may just drag Section Chief Yang up to perform the show, but it doesn't mean that Section Chief Yang will definitely be there... Explain clearly, I'm not lying to you."

Tao Quan's forehead darkened and he waved his hand: "I know, I don't mean to blame you."

Seeing that Lu Yingying had returned the microphone and was about to leave the stage, Tao Quan hesitated for a moment and said, "Where is the investment promotion company here... no, the park management company? Take me there. I want to know something."

Although he only knew a little bit, the commercial demonstration area planned by the drilling company seemed very mysterious to him. From what the other party had revealed, it was not enough to rely on previous experience and his own eyes to observe and evaluate. Instead of being confused and then struggling to figure out the ins and outs of it, it would be better to contact them directly in advance to see if he could gain something.

Niu Wa looked at him in surprise, and after a while he asked hesitantly, "Mr. Tao, why are you asking this... Could it be that you are here to invest... a big boss?"

As he spoke, Niu Wa's eyes lit up.

Tao Quan snorted unhappily and showed off the logo on the chest of his shirt with some reserve: "Why, I don't look like a boss?"

Niu Wa grinned immediately: "It looks like it! It looks like it! I'll take you there right now!"

Let's talk, and then he rushed out of the crowd with Tao Quan impatiently...

(End of this chapter)