Spring Breeze Twenty Years

Chapter 805 Xia Maosheng's Ideas

Chen Hui said, "That works too. It's more convenient living alone. We can eat in the cafeteria, right?"

Xiao Wei said, "Let's stay in the cafeteria. We can keep you on duty during holidays and festivals."

Chen Hui said, "Old Xia's eldest sister used to sell clothes, and her second sister ran a cake shop. What about your uncle? Is he just going to stay here and retire?"

Xiao Wei said, "How could that be? Do you think he can just stand there? Let him see for himself, see what he wants to do. If he really can't figure it out, I'll help him come up with a solution."

Xia Maosheng said, "Actually, I think you should bring your fourth uncle over too. Now that everyone else is here, how can he feel comfortable being all alone?"

Xiao Wei said, "It's okay. Now that we're in the county, we won't be farming anymore. We'll just help set up that mountain products company for us. I'm thinking of getting into some deep processing."

Liu Hongliang said, "How are we going to eat tonight? There are suddenly more than a dozen extra people here."

Xiao Wei said, "Go and take a look. If it doesn't work out, just eat in the cafeteria. Bring the food over there; there aren't enough seats for five or six tables."

Xia Maosheng said with a smile, "We were waiting for you to decide. We brought it over a long time ago. Didn't you see there was no one here? Everything has been moved upstairs and everyone is tidying it up."

Chen Hui said with a smile, "This will be really lively from now on, and there will be people to play with."

Xiao Wei said, "Zhang Fu will definitely be coming from now on. Let me tell you, no matter what he's up to, none of you are allowed to pay him any attention, understand?"

Chen Hui said, "Don't bother telling me, I definitely won't talk to him. Unless he gets into trouble outside, I won't care about anything else."

"Xiaowei, you guys just come back and talk nonsense, don't you? You didn't even say you'd come up and help." Xiaohong leaned over the side wall from the three-bottom platform, looking down.

Xiao Wei said, "I just got here too, and that's how I ran into Lao Xia. Besides, what's there to help with? It's not like you've done any work. Lao Xia said he hasn't done any work at all."

Xiao Hong said, "Isn't wiping dust and arranging things considered working? You old geezer, you do nothing and still have the nerve to complain."

Xia Maosheng laughed and said, "We don't even need to move things, why would we need to set them up? Do you even know where they're going to put their things? You just love to join in the fun, hurry up and get down, stop pretending up there."

Xiao Hong said, "I can't control your sister's family, but I can't control my uncle's family and Zhao Di'er's family? My uncle can't be bullied."

Xiao Wei said, "Is it not done yet? Are you finished? Should I come up?"

Xiao Hong said, "My mom and aunt are here, hehe. Actually, I can't help them at all. They don't need me."

Xia Maosheng said, "The furniture factory needs to settle accounts, right? They brought over quite a lot of stuff."

Xiao Wei said, "We need to settle the bill separately over there, one thing at a time. These pieces of furniture aren't cheap. Let's check the prices tomorrow."

Xia Maosheng said, "I'll give you what's mine, and you can decide what to do with what's in your uncle's and Ga Zi's families."

Xiao Wei said, "My uncle's is definitely on me. Why would I ask him for money? Ga Zi and Liu Liu's houses and furniture also need to be paid for. I told them I couldn't give them away for free. Let's just cover the costs. Oh, and Uncle Li and Uncle Qin are moving in too, so that's all on me."

Chen Hui said, "Let's forget about Uncle Li and Uncle Qin, let's count it as the three of us."

Xiao Wei said, "Hey, by the way, Han San said his hotel business is closing down because his wife doesn't approve. What should we do?"

Chen Hui said, "Han San handled this matter so poorly, it's completely messed up. Why don't we see if anyone else is interested in doing it? I feel it's pointless for us to do it ourselves, that stuff is too troublesome."

Xiao Wei said, "Han San meant that we should contract it out or find a hotel to cooperate with. I don't really understand this stuff and don't know how to do it. But what he said later made some sense. He said that now that our business is big enough, we need to find a way to expand our network. There are always people in the district, city, and province who want to do something, and we can cooperate with them."

Chen Hui thought for a moment and said, "Let me ask my parents. We need to be selective about who we partner with. Anyone can do it, right? What if we end up with someone we don't get along with?"

Xiao Wei said, "Okay, you can ask around. Restaurants, hotels, and car dealerships in the surrounding cities. Actually, we can find some people to sell cars. Each city can only give one slot, and we can just make a little profit from the difference."

Xia Maosheng said, "Actually, I think those small supermarkets that are becoming popular now are pretty good. We can do that. Most of the ones on the market now are converted from old grocery stores or something. They're small and don't have a full range of goods. If we make a bigger one, with a wider selection, and then stuff it with local products and cakes and other food items, the business will definitely be good. It doesn't need to be in a prime location; just being near a residential area will do."

Chen Hui clapped his hands and said, "There's meat too! Our pigs will be ready for market in the second half of the year, so we'll have somewhere to sell them, right? Daily necessities, groceries, tobacco and alcohol, meat, mountain produce and local products—if we add vegetables, we'll have everything we need."

Xia Maosheng said, "Why don't you just bring the electrical appliances too? That would make it more complete."

Chen Hui said, "You know what, it'll definitely work. There are plenty of families with spare money these days, and when they buy big-ticket items, they have to go to department stores, where the prices are high and the service is bad. Why should they? We'll definitely succeed if we sell them ourselves."

Liu Hongliang said, "Now there are electronics stores on the street that sell tape recorders, TV recorders and the like."

Chen Hui said, "If we're going to do this, let's go big. Let's make sure he can find whatever he wants to buy. You see, business will definitely be booming. TVs, washing machines, refrigerators, tape recorders, video recorders, electric fans, and even a car in there—who else can compete? I'm telling you, who else can compete?"

Xiao Wei said, "How big would that be? All of what you're talking about adds up to over a thousand square meters! Does that include clothing and footwear?"

Chen Hui said, "Xiao Wei, trust me, let's find a place to get one and try it out. If it doesn't work, it's on me, okay?"

Xiao Wei said, "Was this something Lao Xia brought up? Why are you getting all excited? Are you really going to do it?"

Xia Maosheng said, "I feel like I can give it a try, it's not a lot of money anyway."

"What are you trying?" Little Red skipped over.

Xiao Wei said, "They said they wanted to open a supermarket and sell everything."

Xiaohong said, "Those things are just regular stores abroad, called self-service stores. We've had them in China for a long time. But it seems like we don't have any on a large scale. I've read some information; abroad, these stores are divided into three types: one is large and comprehensive, selling everything, with a single store spanning thousands of square meters; another is small, selling only daily necessities or just fruits and groceries; and the third is somewhere in between, either leaning towards daily necessities or general merchandise. What kind of store are you planning to open?"

Xiao Wei said, "If I'm going to do something, I should do something big. What's the point of doing something small? It's all the same work."

Liu Hongliang said, "Where do you get your goods? That's a good idea, but where do you source them? If you're going to do that, how much stock do you need? You must have everything from all over the country, right? You can't just sell to local markets, can you? There are still a lot of state-owned factories these days, do they even bother with you?"

(End of this chapter)