Chapter 222

"Yo, Officer Yang, welcome, welcome. Take a look around. I'll give you 50% off later!"

"Can you still make a profit at 50% off?"

"Who told us to be old colleagues? Although I was just a temporary worker before, I have always considered myself a Peking University person," Mei Mei Wenhua said with a chuckle.

Yang Hao finally asked that question: "Is this shop yours or Wei Ming's?"

"What's his or mine," Mei Mei Wenhua said, "It's ours."

Sure enough. As for who is big and who is small, Yang Hao didn't ask. He still had a sense of propriety.

Afterwards, Yang Hao strolled around this open-shelf self-service clothing store he had never seen before. This model was different from the past.

In the past, clothes were all placed behind the counter. Customers would point to whichever one they wanted and let the shop assistant take it down. Usually, they couldn't try them on either. Buy it if you love it; get out if you don't.

Now, this procedure is missing. Customers walk freely in the shop, directly touching the clothes they want, and there are fitting rooms to try them on and experience them.

Yang Hao walked around and asked Mei Mei Wenhua: "Are your jeans and bell-bottoms all imported from the south?"

"Yes, aren't they very fashionable!"

Yang Hao nodded. The styles are indeed good, but the more fashionable ones are those women's clothes. It's a pity he doesn't have a partner, otherwise, he would definitely have to bring her over to see.

He had never seen such dazzling women's clothes in Yanjing, and every set was so beautiful, completely different from the monotonous colors and styles of the past.

If the streets were full of girls wearing these clothes, this would be a blessing for their photographers!

Later, Yang Hao bought a pair of jeans. Calculated at 50% off, it was only a little over ten yuan. Even at 20% off, it was cheaper than those scattered stalls on the street.

Because Mei Mei Wenhua buys a lot at once, he can get a more favorable price. Even if he fights a price war, he has more advantages.

Yang Hao enjoyed the 50% discount, and his relationship with Wei Ming was also good, so he thought about helping this shop.

Mei Mei Wenhua thought for a while: "How about this? You can help us investigate outside. Why do these customers buy our clothes, or why did they come in but didn't buy, and what are their feelings about our shop."

Isn't this an interview? Yang Hao thought to himself that he was familiar with this job.

So he immediately ran out, hung the camera around his neck, and started working.

"I saw it was quite lively, so I came in... I didn't buy anything. I'm not short of clothes to wear."

"I've never seen a shop like this where you can touch and try on things at will. It's quite interesting."

"You can actually try on clothes here. It's so thoughtful!"

"I tried on a few pieces of clothing, and they all looked good when worn. I want them all! Why don't I want them? My mom won't give me money!"

"The clothes are quite good-looking, but I want to look again."

"I bought a pair of bell-bottoms. They are cheap and look good in quality!"

"I think the songs played inside are particularly good, so I bought a silk scarf."

"I'm embarrassed to try them on. There are men outside. It's so embarrassing."

"I saw two little girls standing at the door. They were quite hard-working, so I came in to take a look. I didn't bring that much money this time. Next time, I'll definitely buy next time."

Looking at the full sheet of paper, Mei Mei Wenhua said sincerely: "Thanks, Brother Yang!"

Yang Hao waved his hand: "Work hard. I'll promote it to my colleagues at school later. Your shop is indeed interesting. The song you played is also good. I haven't heard of it before. Who sang it?"

"Oh, a Hong Kong singer sang it. This song is called 'Dream Camel Bell'."

"Good to hear!"

After Yang Hao left, the passenger flow was still quite considerable at noon. Mei Mei Wenhua noticed that there were almost always more than ten customers in the shop at the same time.

So the two shopping guides seemed to be a bit stretched. One person had to serve several customers, so he decisively recruited Xiao Hong and Xu Yunyun, telling them not to be greeters anymore.

It was also time to eat. The little girls didn't bring food on their first day of work, and no one could leave the shop now.

Fortunately, Mei Mei Wenhua had arranged it long ago, asking Biao Ma to send five portions of steamed buns at noon, tomato and egg filling, and then everyone took turns eating.

While eating, a shopping guide named Xiao Cui complained: "Being a shop assistant is too tiring. Not many people tried on clothes before, but later there were more and more. After trying them on, we still had to smile and tidy up if they didn't buy."

Another shopping guide, Xiao Ying, said: "But it's 30 yuan a month. It's worth it even if it's bitter and tiring. And didn't Manager Mei say that after becoming a regular, you earn more, and there's that, that commission."

At this time, Mei Mei Wenhua was whispering to Biao Ma: "Auntie, it won't work. At this speed, I'm afraid there won't be enough manpower when we officially open, and there won't be enough goods. We've only been open for half a day without making a sound, and more than a dozen pieces have already been sold."

"What, so many!"

Biao Ma knew the price of these clothes too well. Don't look at the 20% discount, the profit is still very high. Selling more than a dozen pieces can already cover two days of rent and labor costs.

Although this is a golden location in Xidan, she thought it would be good to sell more than ten pieces a day. It seems that twenty pieces can't be stopped.

"Like this, I will continue to contact the neighborhood and find two more people for you. There are a lot of unemployed youth now, and at the same time, the factory will continue to rush work."

This makes five regular shopping guides. Wei Hong is not a regular worker, so five is still a safe number.

If it doesn't work, it can only be increased to eight. Eight is the definition standard for capitalists in Das Kapital.

The open-shelf self-service model was proposed by Wei Ming. Now it seems that the customers' purchasing enthusiasm is indeed very high, but the problem is that it requires a lot of manpower.

In the past, with a counter in between, one or two employees could support such a large shop, but now it is definitely not possible. It gets chaotic when there are many guests.

Mei Mei Wenhua thought to himself, sure enough, Brother Ming said that trial operation is very necessary.

Just thinking about it, Wei Ming walked in.

He picked up Zhu Lin for a meal, and then came to see how the situation in the shop was.

As soon as she came in, Zhu Lin was attracted by this selection model that allowed walking around at will. The nature of female shopping was released at this moment.

"Then you can take a look yourself. I'll pay for whatever you like," Wei Ming whispered to Sister Lin, and then walked to the counter.

"Brother Ming."

"Xiao Ming."

The two shareholders greeted the big boss. Mei Mei Wenhua told about Yang Hao's matter in the morning, as well as his questionnaire survey.

Wei Ming glanced at it, and it was all within expectations. Then he heard Mei Mei Wenhua's concerns and worries.

This was indeed something Wei Ming didn't expect. Li Li Chengru's "Te Bie Te" was opened in the early 90s. At that time, there were no restrictions on employment, so he could hire dozens of big beauties to greet customers in a flowery way.

But they have many restrictions at this time. If they are not careful, they will easily become a typical example, and then set off a national discussion.

"It's okay on weekdays now, but I'm afraid of Sundays and holidays," Mei Mei Wenhua worried, "Especially on the opening day, these few people will definitely not be enough."

Wei Ming looked at Biao Ma: "Auntie, do you think it's okay for us to hire temporary workers on Sundays and holidays? Like high school graduates like Xiao Hong, daily wages, but they don't count as our people."

Biao Ma was bold: "I think it should be no problem, but it's best if they don't wear work uniforms."

Wei Ming and Mei Mei Wenhua looked at each other, thinking that ginger is still old and spicy. If they don't wear work uniforms, they can become customers at any time.

What's wrong with me, a customer, helping the shopkeeper maintain order? I'm willing!

This problem was temporarily solved like this. Before the policy is completely stable, we must not expand, otherwise, it won't work at all.

Next, Mei Mei Wenhua let Wei Ming see the turnover of four hours in the morning.

"Good guy, this is almost 500 yuan!" Wei Ming sighed, "It might break 1000 today!"

Biao Ma quickly calculated how much money their mother and son's 24% stake could get after deducting costs from the 1000 yuan turnover, and immediately smiled. Sure enough, it is much better than going to work, and much, much better!

Limited by productivity, clothes are indeed expensive these days, so it is very normal to have patches on clothes. Even for families with good days, they may only buy one or two sets of clothes a year, one for the New Year, one for the summer, and shoes are also repeatedly repaired and used.

So Wei Ming gave all those clothes to Zhu Lin after she finished taking photos, which made Zhu Lin very moved. This gift was too generous.

At this moment, Zhu Lin was strolling in the women's clothing area. She is now completely not short of clothes to wear, just wanting to stroll around. Seeing a customer, Wei Hong immediately greeted her.

"Hello, comrade. If there are clothes you like, we have fitting rooms here where you can try them on, and there are full-length mirrors," Wei Hong tried hard to speak Mandarin.

Zhu Lin looked back at her. With just this look, the two of them looked at each other.

Xiao Hong: This sister is so beautiful, it seems I have seen her somewhere.

Zhu Lin: This, this seems to be Wei Ming's sister, I have seen her in the photo album!

Xiao Hong was busy turning around and didn't notice her big brother coming in. When she tried hard to let Zhu Lin buy and try, she suddenly found that the clothes Zhu Lin was wearing were from their shop, and customers had bought them before, but they didn't look as beautiful as this sister when worn.

Only then did she see her own brother standing with Mei Mei Wenhua.

"Ah, I remember, you are Sister Zhu Lin, right? I have seen your painting at home!"

Zhu Lin was a little embarrassed. The brat didn't say to put it away. Although she was wearing clothes in the painting, it was a bit embarrassing to be recognized by the little girl.

She nodded: "You are Xiao Hong, right? I often hear your brother mention you, saying you..."

"Sorry..." Just as Zhu Lin was speaking, Xiao Hong hurriedly greeted another female customer. After realizing that Zhu Lin probably wouldn't buy clothes, she decisively turned to a customer with more potential.

Zhu Lin: The sister-in-law is too realistic!

And at this moment, Xu Yunyun in the men's clothing area couldn't speak at all, her mouth was like being stuck with paste.

The young customer in front of her was also embarrassed and couldn't speak. Under the gaze of the beauty, he had long lost the freedom of a Beijing master.

He touched a pair of bell-bottoms, gestured on his legs, and looked at the price. Only then did Xu Yunyun say: "It will be 20% off based on this price."

The young man calculated the price after the 20% discount and touched his pocket. He gritted his teeth and stomped his foot.

"Then this one." Fortunately, he just got his salary, otherwise, he really couldn't be so free and easy.

Xu Yunyun was pleasantly surprised. This was the first order in her career!

And Xiao Hong hasn't sold a single piece yet.

The other two shopping guides finished eating and returned to work. Mei Mei Wenhua recorded a note for Xu Yunyun, and then greeted her and Xiao Hong to eat steamed buns. Zhu Lin also walked over.

"Who thought of this sales model? It's so good, I can't help but want to buy one," she sighed.

Mei Mei Wenhua praised: "Of course it's Brother Ming. We haven't seen anyone selling clothes like this in Guangdong."

Wei Ming smiled: "This is not my original creation. I learned about it when I was chatting with that little pen pal in Hong Kong."

He pushed it to A Min, but in fact, they only mentioned it once, and it wasn't that detailed at all.

Wei Ming: "Okay, you guys continue. Xiao Hong hasn't opened an order yet, you have to work hard. Sister Lin, let's go."

Xiao Hong watched her brother and Zhu Lin leave side by side, a talented man and a beautiful woman, and saw Zhu Lin get on her brother's motorcycle. The two were almost sticking together.

She suddenly reacted and asked Mei Mei Wenhua: "Brother Mei Wenhua, what is the relationship between my brother and Sister Zhu Lin?"

Mei Mei Wenhua insisted: "Friend relationship."

Now he is much more sensible. Since Xiao Hong doesn't know what the relationship is, it must be that Wei Ming didn't say it. He didn't say it, so there must be a reason for not saying it, so he just played dumb.

!

After sending Zhu Lin back, Wei Ming immediately returned to Peking University. He didn't return to the School Journal Office, but went to the school bus team to find Liu Shi.

"Can I take the test now!" he asked as soon as he came in.

Liu Shi spat out tea foam: "Although you didn't practice much with me, you are smart enough. You performed extraordinarily well on your first time on the road. You should be able to handle it."

Wei Ming smiled: "Then how about we go out for two laps before the official exam?"

There was no driving task today. To ensure that Wei Ming passed the exam smoothly, Liu Shi took him out for a stroll.

Because it was too hot, Liu Shi specially turned on the air conditioning.

Wei Ming was too greedy. He had been riding a motorcycle for more than half a year, and started to dislike that it was cold in winter and hot in summer, and there was no shelter on rainy days.

He couldn't help thinking, when can he drive this car? His 80s will be complete—having a car, a house, and two brides.

According to Melinda's estimate, the foreign exchange income brought to him by "The Brave's Game" can definitely afford it. It's just that he is not qualified to buy it now, and not qualified to use it.

After driving for half a day, Liu Shi was completely relieved, and then set the exam time for him.

Afterwards, Wei Ming went to pick up Zhu Lin again. The two made an appointment to watch "Lushan Love", which was just released today, at Daguanlou. Of course, they had to eat first.

Because it was a new movie that had been promoted for a long time, Zhang Yu also had some fame, so tickets were hard to buy. Fortunately, he knew the internal staff of Daguanlou and had already gotten the tickets.

"Brother Wang, let's go in." Wei Ming greeted Wang Wang Qiankun and went in.

Because Master Wei was working for him, Daguanlou didn't post new posters. Anyway, the screening cycle of a movie is very long now, and it's not too late to post them later.

In order to make watching the movie more ritualistic, Wei Ming also prepared two bottles of Arctic Ocean soda in advance and bought popcorn, but the taste couldn't catch up with what was sold in cinemas in later generations.

After the movie started, the two began to crunch. The surrounding audience was envious. This young couple watching the movie is too comfortable.

This kind of movie with love as the theme is too scarce, and the male and female leads can be considered handsome and beautiful. The Lushan scenery is even more beautiful, so the audience's response is very good.

Especially when the heroine Zhang Yu appeared in a swimsuit, the whole audience boiled, and the male audience howled.

Actually, it was just a one-piece swimsuit, just showing a thigh, but they couldn't stand it anymore. The female audience was also embarrassed to cover their eyes, but left a slit.

Wei Ming observed Sister Lin's reaction, and as a result, she was also observing Wei Ming.

Wei Ming immediately pinched her leg and whispered: "It's far worse than you."

Sister Lin smiled lightly and replied: "The male lead is also not as good as you."

The male lead Guo Guo Kaimin only had swimming trunks left. His body lines are indeed incomparable to Wei Ming's, lacking a bit of hormonal charm.

And later, when the heroine kissed the male lead's cheek, the whole audience boiled again.

Just because of this shot, two young men in front promised to come and watch it again. It's too exciting, it feels like flying!

Zhu Lin: Just this?

Just kissed the cheek, it's far worse than the 360-degree wild kiss with Wei Ming.

Zhu Lin found that since she and Wei Ming had a relationship, and was influenced by him, she matured particularly quickly. Her outlook on life, world, and values had collapsed and reshaped, and she was a bit out of tune with the people around her.

She looked at the shy big girls. Should she also be shy symbolically?

Although she felt that the scale of this movie was very pediatric, she still liked the movie very much, especially the perfect ending at the end. This is the most watchable one among the movies she has watched recently.

The audience present were also very satisfied. When they left after watching, they were all discussing the plot, and even expressed that they wanted to watch it twice or three times.

It seems that the audience needs movies with strong entertainment. After a tiring day, between entering the cinema to receive education and enjoying entertainment, most people will definitely choose the latter, so later "The Mysterious Buddha" also exploded.

"Hello, comrade~"

Wei Ming and Zhu Lin were walking when someone suddenly shouted. Zhu Lin looked back: Me?

It was indeed calling her. A young woman asked: "Comrade, why is the clothes you are wearing the same as Zhou Yun's?"

Zhou Yun is the character played by Zhang Yu.

Zhu Lin smiled: "Yes, I bought it in Xidan."

"What shop?" The female comrade was very serious. She also wanted to buy it. She felt that Zhu Lin looked better than Zhang Yu, so she shouldn't be bad either.

Zhu Lin: "A shop called Oriental Dongfang Xintiandi in Xidan, newly opened."

"But it hasn't officially hung the signboard yet," Wei Ming added, and then told the female comrade how to find it.

After leaving Daguanlou, Wei Ming and Zhu Lin looked at each other and smiled.

Originally, they should go home to exercise after watching the movie, but now Xiao Hong and the others might come home at any time. Wei Ming could only helplessly send Zhu Lin back to her home and entangled with her sister in the dark.

Because Zhu Lin ate and watched a movie, she went home a bit late. Her parents also interrogated her why she was so late.

"Oh, watched a movie, the new film 'Lushan Love', it's quite good, you can also go and see it." Zhu Lin hurriedly entered the room with a guilty conscience. The brat bit her lip.

The old father pushed his glasses and said to his wife: "Does Linlin have such a piece of clothing?"

"No, this child, she spends all her money on dressing up," the mother shook her head.

After Wei Ming returned home, he continued to write. Half an hour later, Xiao Hong and Xu Yunyun came back.

Today, the two of them stood for almost a whole day, worked a night shift, and talked a lot. After coming back, they collapsed on the sofa.

"So tired!" Xiao Hong howled, her voice hoarse.

Xu Yunyun was okay, because she talked less, and she also felt okay. After all, she grew up in a mountainous area and had strength in her legs.

Wei Ming put down his pen and walked out.

"I've already told Auntie to add manpower for you. I won't let you work until the evening in the future."

Wei Hong climbed up from the sofa again.

"Brother, you are idle anyway, why don't you go and help us?"

Wei Ming sat down steadily: "I have already invested funds and provided a business model. If you still let me do coolie work, wouldn't I have lived in vain."

Xu Yunyun talked more at this time: "Big brother, you don't know, more people came in the afternoon. We can only have one person eat at a time."

Even now, you have to wait until you get off work to have time to go shopping. This is normal, but there was no one later. They came back so late mainly to clean up, count, and stock up.

Wei Hong didn't complain all the time. She also brought back an exciting piece of data.

"Brother, Brother Mei Wenhua asked us to tell you that 1,200 yuan of clothes were sold today. He said he would contact the supplier to increase supply."

Wei Ming nodded. It is indeed necessary to increase the supply, otherwise, it will definitely not be able to cope on the opening day.

Today, after Mei Mei Wenhua returned home, he almost had no time to sleep. The first day of trial operation sold much more than he expected. The new model is too terrible. Calculated this way, the monthly turnover must exceed 30,000!

So the 20,000 rent a year is a fart!

If we keep doing this, soon he and Seeing Biaozi will become ten-thousand-yuan households!

However, today's trial operation also exposed many problems. The eating problem alone must be properly solved. We can't always let Biao Ma send it. She still has to be responsible for the clothing part.

In addition, he still has to go to the Jingshan clothing manufacturer tomorrow to negotiate cooperation. Relying only on those neighborhood small factories is definitely not enough. The clothes displayed today are already the results of their hard work for several days.

But who will keep the accounts when I leave? Xiao Hong, this child is smart, calculates fast, and is a close minister of the emperor.

Mei Mei Wenhua wrote a work summary for a long time, and then fell asleep. In his dream, gold was falling from the sky.

Waking up the next day, Wei Ming could eat breakfast directly. Xu Yunyun's craftsmanship, the cousin is too diligent, Xiao Hong is set off to be lazy.

So today Wei Ming went to Peking University to prepare to borrow some books from their major for her.

Since cooking is not as good as Xu Yunyun, at least learning should keep up.

The three of them went out together today, and then Wei Ming ran into the postman. There was international mail for Wei Ming.

Xiao Hong immediately grabbed Xu Yunyun who was still walking forward: "Brother, who is it? Is it Sister Mei?"

She also knew about this romantic transnational love.

Wei Ming nodded and didn't open it directly after signing for it.

When he arrived at the library, he found a reading room with few people and then opened it. Only during the holidays can the Peking University library be so quiet.

There were 500 US dollars in the letter. In addition, Melinda told him in the letter.

"The hardcover version of 'The Brave's Game' has been reprinted, and you have received another 6,100 US dollars in manuscript fees. This 500 US dollars is for your pocket money, and the rest is stored in the Hong Kong HSBC bank account I opened for you.

"In addition, the United States will also officially launch 'The Brave's Game' soon. However, because it is a US branch, the payment is relatively slow, so you have to wait a little longer."

In the letter, she also taught Wei Ming how to withdraw money in Hong Kong~

(Guaranteed today, seeking monthly tickets!)

(End of chapter)