Chapter 501

Zhou Andong didn't say where they were going, and Yang Xiujie didn't ask anymore, but she kept thinking about this matter, and was even a bit absent-minded during the meal.

After the meal, Zhou Andong settled the bill: "Are you going to the hotel to rest, or are you coming with me for a walk?"

Zhou Xiurong asked: "Where to?"

Zhou Andong said: "To the mall!"

"Let's go!" Zhou Xiurong looked at her eldest sister Zhou Xiaofang, "Are you going?"

Zhou Xiufang nodded: "A walk is fine too."

"You guys go shopping!" Li Xianghui shook his head, "After sitting on the train all night, I'm going to the hotel to sleep."

Duan Chunsheng also said: "I'm not going either, I'll go back to the hotel with my brother-in-law."

"Alright, you guys go back." Zhou Andong said to Xiaobei, "You take my aunt's husband and old aunt's husband to the hotel and open three rooms."

Zhou Anbei also wanted to go, but hearing his eldest brother say this, he could only nod.

Zhou Andong and the others squeezed into a yellow 'mian' car.

Jinghua Self-Selection Mall is the first supermarket in Jingcheng, which opened in September 1984.

Shopping here, there is no traditional three-foot counter. Customers can choose goods from the shelves by themselves and pay at the door.

This brand-new consumption mode, as well as rich commodities, attracts a large number of citizens to shop.

The flow of people is so large that it can be described as bursting. Even the plastic shopping bags in the mall became fashionable items at that time.

Now there are many more, but because of the New Year, there are still so many people in the self-selection mall, crowded and unable to open.

Zhou Andong took his two aunts and his old uncle and aunt into the mall. Seeing customers taking goods directly from the shelves and putting them into a shopping cart, it was like 'Grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden', so curious about everything.

Zhou Andong pushed the shopping cart: "If you want to buy anything, take it yourself and put it in the cart."

"There's nothing good to buy." Zhou Xiufang said with a smile, but this novel shopping method made them eager to try.

Yang Xiujie took a bottle of soy sauce from the shelf thoughtfully, put it in the shopping cart, and then looked up at the crowded self-selection mall. Her heart beat violently. She already realized what Zhou Andong had arranged for them to do.

Zhou Xiufang and Zhou Xiurong couldn't help but take a bag of salt and a bag of MSG from the shelf and put them in the shopping cart.

Then, it was out of control. Before they finished walking around the mall, the shopping cart was full.

Zhou Xiurong was startled: "Why so much all of a sudden."

Zhou Xiufang was also stunned and hurriedly said: "Put it back, put it back."

"If you buy it, you buy it, why put it back? And they are all daily necessities, the family can use them." Zhou Andong said with a smile, "Let's go, let's go over there and see."

Several people walked around the mall for more than an hour before they went to the cashier to settle the bill.

The computer used for settlement at this time has a palm-sized screen on it. In Zhou Andong's view, it is actually a large calculator connected to a terminal computer.

A few months later, a capable person developed a POS system, but embarrassingly found that there were no decent supermarkets in Jingcheng. Even the Jinghua Self-Selection Mall didn't look so standardized, and the system he developed was actually useless.

So he decided to open a supermarket himself, and then rented a factory building and renovated it. In this way, at the end of 1994, this supermarket opened.

Due to standardized management and centralized procurement, commodities were generally about 20% cheaper than traditional stores. The reputation of good quality and low price soon spread, and even residents in the suburbs of Jingcheng ran over to shop.

Now, this capable person should have returned to Jingcheng and established a company called Kaster. In less than two months, the POS system will be developed, so Zhou Andong must find him as soon as possible.

After settling the bill, everyone came out with a big bag.

Zhou Andong put down the bag, took out a cigarette and lit it, then threw one to Zhou Xiaoli.

"Old uncle, what do you think of the shopping form of this mall?"

"Good!" Zhou Xiaoxin said: "If you see what you want, take it yourself. If you think it's not good or don't want to buy it, you can put it back. You don't have to look at the salesperson's face."

Zhou Andong took a puff of cigarette: "This is called a supermarket, referred to as a supermarket. This is the road I arranged for you."

Yang Xiujie was happy on her face. Although she had some guesses, hearing Zhou Andong say it himself, her heart was finally put in her stomach.

Zhou Xiaoxin was a bit hesitant: "Such a big mall, what if I can't manage it well?"

Zhou Andong said: "You definitely can't manage it well. And, we can't just open one such supermarket, but open it all over the country.

Therefore, we must find professional management personnel. As for you, just be the boss and learn slowly. Practice makes perfect. After a long time, you will understand and know how to do it."

Zhou Xiaoxin still had no confidence, but Yang Xiujie nodded: "Yes, if you don't know, learn. As long as you are willing to work hard, you will definitely be able to learn."

Zhou Andong said: "Originally, I thought about calling my old uncle in a few days. Since you are here, don't leave for the time being, stay in Jingcheng. Our first supermarket will start from Jingcheng."

"Alright!" Yang Xiujie smiled, "When I go home and arrange things, I will come over to accompany him."

Zhou Andong smiled. This old aunt of his is too shrewd, fortunately, her heart is not bad.

They took a taxi back to the hotel and chatted in Zhou Andong's room until past three o'clock before going back to sleep.

In the next few days, Zhou Andong took them everywhere. On the evening of the seventh day, he sent them on the train.

When he returned to the hospital, Jian Qiu was sitting on the sofa, playing with the fourth child.

"So late, why are you here?"

Seeing his eldest brother come back, the fourth child sat aside obediently and stopped making trouble.

Jian Qiu said: "The radiator factory has been acquired, and the contract will be signed tomorrow."

Zhou Andong asked: "Did Jian Minglang agree to bet with me?"

Jian Qiu said with a smile: "He didn't want to, but he was forced by me, so he agreed."

Zhou Andong shook his head and said: "Then your action is too fast."

Jian Qiu said: "I was dragging the time, otherwise I would have been asked to return to the UK."

Zhou Andong sighed: "The radiator factory has been taken down, when are you leaving?"

"After the New Year..." Jian Qiu was very helpless: "This was something I fought for after struggling to resist."

Zhou Andong got up and took Jian Qiu away.

Jian Qiu asked: "Where to?"

Zhou Andong said: "What time is it? Of course, it's to go back to sleep."

Jian Qiu rolled her eyes at Zhou Andong, greeted Yuan Liying and Zhou Xiaoxin inside, and then called Zhou Anbei and Zhou Anqin back to the hotel.

January 30, 1993, the eighth day of the first lunar month, Saturday!

Shanye Radiator Factory, more than a hundred employees, holding colorful flags standing at the gate, plus the onlookers watching the fun, a dark mass.

A fat middle-aged man blinked his mung bean-sized eyes and said to the man in his fifties beside him: "Director, is our factory sold like this?"

The director was tall, wearing a suit and tie, looking very stylish, but at this time his face was not so good-looking.

"This is the decision of the district, what can I do."