Back to 1979: Sending the Educated Youth’s Wife Back to the City

Chapter 58 Sales Talent

During his free time, Fang Mingche bent down to restock the goods by size. Fortunately, they were sorted by size and left and right before, so they were arranged in order from small to large. It was very convenient to restock the goods in the cartons now.

When he got home and divided the shoes just now, he cut the rope in the middle and then tied each side.

Everyone watched Fang Mingche work hard for a while, and by the end of the morning's small sales, he had sold 18 pairs of shoes.

He made at least one dollar and one ten-thousandth of a pair, so he made at least twenty dollars!

Everyone, including Lin Yan, was stunned!
Lao Wang asked, "How come this can be sold and sell so well?"

Lin Yan went to steam rice and listened attentively. Song Quan and others also listened attentively while eating the lunch boxes sent by Tongyi.

The lunch boxes for the people in the cooperative are delivered by their family members and then brought over in baskets on bicycles.

Fang Mingche said, "It's very simple. We Chinese people like to take advantage, or maybe it's human nature. Just make the customer feel like they've taken advantage."

Lao Wang looked at Fang Mingche's paper sign and nodded. First of all, no ticket is needed! And Xiao Fang always served with a smile, unlike the waiters in the supply and marketing cooperative who were rude. In addition, if you buy more, it will be cheaper. And it is not unlimited purchase, otherwise people will suspect that the seller has made a lot of money from it.

But Xiao Fang has set a purchase limit, with each person only buying four pairs at most, thus eliminating this risk.

Also because of the purchase limit, but not the practice of limiting the number of people who can place a group order, many buyers place group orders, feeling that they are getting a few cents cheaper per pair of shoes.

The four words "off-season discounts" are also deeply rooted in people's hearts.

Lao Wang couldn't help but stare at Fang Mingche and asked, "What on earth is wrong with your head?"

Others also looked over, and it was obvious that they all had the same opinion.

Fang Mingche spread his hands. "As an individual business owner, there is no guarantee. We can only think of a way. It is said that the human body uses only 10%-15% of its brain at most. Even for this 10%-15%, one has to be a figure like Einstein. Ordinary people like us only use a few percentage points."

Lao Wang nodded, "Yes, use your brain more often, otherwise it will become useless."

We sold more than sixty pairs of rubber sandals today.

Lin Yan calculated in her mind that she had made a total of over 100 yuan from the rubber sandals and tea stall today.

At this moment, Fang Mingche's eyes were shining in her eyes!

Alas, what a pity there are only more than 300 pairs!
When she got home, she expressed her regret.

Fang Mingche said: "The tea stall is a long-term business. Picking up unsaleable products from the supply and marketing cooperative is a coincidence."

However, when he gives the dividends to his uncle, his enthusiasm will definitely increase.

"Let's go, it's time to go. We're treating, so we should be here early."

Before closing the stall, he reminded those people to remember to come to the banquet.

"Don't worry, we will definitely be proactive if someone invites us to dinner. Besides, we all saw that you made money today, so we won't be polite to you."

The owner of the small restaurant had done everything he could today, hoping that Fang Mingche would treat everyone to a meal at his restaurant in the future.

Besides, this family of three is a regular customer. They come for three meals a day. They should behave well.

Fang Mingche has three requirements for daily meals: home-cooked, delicious, and hygienic.

Home-cooked food should not always be greasy or saucey, but should also be nutritious.

So far, he is very satisfied, especially the children's meals he makes specially for Yanyan every day.

But today, the boss once again demonstrated his banquet hosting skills.

Peking duck, shredded pork with Beijing sauce, sea cucumber with scallions, shabu-shabu mutton... Well, Yanyan and Song Zhao's meals are still mainly nutritious.

Everyone is an acquaintance, even Song Quan’s wife and children, they are very familiar with them.

The meal was a great success and everyone finished their meal.

When it came time to pay the bill, even though the price here was cheaper than the state-owned restaurants (after all, the storefront fee was not included), it still cost Fang Mingche twenty-seven.

The roast duck is made by the boss himself, which is much cheaper than buying it at Quanjude. But the taste is also unique.

Fang Mingche said, "Old Cui, I suggest you go back and go through the formalities to open a formal private restaurant."

Lao Cui asked, "Can we open a regular one?"

"It may not be a problem in the future. Would we dare to think of setting up a stall like this three months ago?"

At that time, the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee had not yet been held.

Everyone present was taking advantage of the momentum of the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee. They immediately felt that Fang Mingche's words made sense. In the future, this might be possible!

"Xiao Fang, Xiao Lin, thank you for your hospitality. Just let me know if you need anything next time!"

"Okay, see you later!"

The Fang family of three first sent Lao Wang and others away, and then parted ways with Song Quan's family of three at the gate of the small side courtyard.

Entering the small courtyard, I saw that Grandpa Gu was alone and cold, which made me feel uncomfortable.

When they were just having the meal, Lao Wang and the others asked why they didn't invite Uncle Gu to come along.

Because it was widely rumored that Grandpa Gu's son had passed away, Fang Mingche was his distant nephew, who came to take care of the old man and inherit the estate.

Fang Mingche said, "Actually, I'm just a tenant. Grandpa Gu is using me as a shield. I don't know how to get along with the old man. If I'm too enthusiastic, he'll misunderstand that I'm really after his property, and it will be hard for us to get along. However, Grandpa Gu and I agreed before that he would rent me a house, and I'm his shield. This prevents any bad people from taking advantage of him, an old man living alone. Don't tell anyone."

Therefore, what Fang Mingche hopes most now is that Mr. Gu’s son will reply as soon as possible.

Otherwise, it would be fine if there was only a small side yard now. After a while, when the policy of returning the property is implemented, the 300 square meter large yard next to it will have to be taken into account.

Wouldn't it be that instead of eating mutton, he got into trouble?

The people in the compound over there were not happy with the original owner, Grandpa Gu, but they would vent their emotions towards him. At the very least, they would be sarcastic to him all day long for picking up such a large piece of property for free and becoming their landlord in the future.

When Lin Yan returned home, her aunt and uncle came again. As soon as they met, her uncle stood up and asked, "Is the store open today?"

Seeing my niece smiling so happily, she should be doing well. But how is this possible?
The cousin, Lin's father, and Lin's mother also looked concerned. After all, this was a serious matter!
Lin Yan said, "It's open now, and we've sold more than 60 pairs. If nothing unexpected happens, we'll sell them all in four days. When the time comes, we'll send you a share of the profits. And you can open that bottle of wine and drink it with peace of mind."

Father Lin asked, "What's going on? Tell me quickly!"

Lin Yan's favorite thing to do is to sing praises to Fang Mingche.

She immediately told him what happened today, focusing on the sign written by Fang Mingche.

My uncle is indeed an old supply and marketing man, and he was the first one to appreciate the essence of it.

He clapped his hands and sighed, "Brother, your former son-in-law is definitely a sales talent! If he were the sales section chief of our supply and marketing cooperative, how could we have unsalable products?"

Lin Yan said: "Without a household registration, the supply and marketing cooperative will not accept him. Once he is admitted to university and has a household registration, he will definitely go to school."

(End of this chapter)