National Tide 1980

What Xiao Wei and Xiao Meng said seemed a little strange.

Whether it’s grapes or bionic porcelain, isn’t this the new product that just hit the shelves on the first day? Who can still book?

What's more, after paying the money, you still won't take it away? Isn't this stupid?

But in fact, it is very simple to explain the whole story clearly.

At about ten o'clock in the morning on the day of Qingqing, a British couple visited the shops in Zhai Palace accompanied by an interpreter.

I immediately fell in love with the silk figures, grape utensils and bionic porcelain in the store, and I couldn't put it down these new ethnic handicrafts.

After repeated selections, the British couple selected six large Peking Opera silk figures, four utensils and grape ornaments, and four or five pieces of bionic porcelain, with a total price of about 1,600 yuan in foreign exchange coupons.

But then how to take it away became a problem.

The translator who accompanied them was a woman. It was not difficult for the three of them to take away the bionic porcelain and silk figures, but the four grape utensils were really inconvenient to carry.

You know, this thing with the glass cover itself is equivalent to a large shoe box.

If you add the outer packaging, it will be even bigger, and the key is to avoid falling and bumping.

If such a precious thing accidentally falls on the ground, everything will be ruined.

Besides, the British couple had just enough money to pay for these goods.

If you spend all your money here, I'm afraid even paying for lunch will be a problem.

They couldn't continue their pleasant sightseeing plans.

So in the end, the British couple decided to buy the silk man and the bionic porcelain first.

As for the four grapes, they only paid a hundred yuan in foreign exchange coupons as a deposit.

They agreed to wait until tomorrow to pick up the goods and then pay the rest.

It should be said that it is a very smooth and normal thing for this matter to proceed so far.

Xiao Wei and Xiao Meng just need to keep these two pairs of grapes for the British couple.

But the problem is, this is a rare cloudy weekend in summer.

And the morning is the coolest time of the day, so customers come almost one after another.

Xiao Wei and Xiao Meng had no free time at all and were busy all the time.

Even if it's lunch time, they can't even change to eat.

I completely forgot that I should take the grapes, which the British couple had paid a deposit for, to the warehouse next door.

This continued until one o'clock in the afternoon.

When the sun returned and the temperature soared to thirty-three degrees, the bionic porcelain was almost sold out, and the number of customers gradually began to decrease.

Only then did they have time to get some food to soothe their hungry stomachs.

But just when Xiao Meng was looking after the store alone and Xiao Wei went to get food for the two of them, a tour guide from Beijing International Travel Agency who came frequently came into the store with a Japanese tour group of fourteen people.

Good guy!

In this group of Japanese people, there are more women than men, and most of them are Obasans in their forties, so it’s quite a scene.

When they saw such interesting and unique handicrafts, they could just describe it as bombing the temple.

To be honest, don’t look at the ingenious details and fine workmanship that the Japanese are best at.

But when it comes to the production of traditional arts and crafts, they are still far behind.

The craftsmen of the Republic have no rivals in this respect.

Just the lifelikeness of the straw insects in the shop and the exquisiteness and beauty of the Peking opera silk figures are beyond the imagination of Japanese people.

Not to mention the nobility shown in the lifelike grapes and the whimsy reflected in the exquisite shapes of bionic porcelain.

In addition, the Japanese economy has been running on a high-speed track in recent years, with national income rising year by year.

Today, the average monthly salary per capita in Japan is equivalent to 10,400 yuan, making more than Americans.

So it is conceivable that among the international travelers who have plenty of money in their pockets, seeing such good things, who wouldn’t want to buy some back and put them at home?

To put it bluntly, in the eyes of those Japanese ladies, a few hundred RMB is actually just a day's food allowance for a family.

This little money is not enough to pay for a designer dress.

So naturally, customers from Japan started buying in groups.

Straw insects, those are all ten or eight things!

Silk figures are all taken in pairs!

To these Japanese, everything in the store is like free money.

As long as it suits their eyes, as long as it can be picked up and carried away, they will happily buy it.

Among them, the most popular varieties among the Japanese are the bionic porcelain and container grapes that have just been put on the shelves.

You know, Japanese art and culture was originally born in the land of China.

Their ceramic firing history is only about 500 years, and they cannot even fire at high temperatures above 1,380 degrees.

Even in art porcelain, the "Qibao Yaki" that makes them most proud is still a recipe for cloisonné.

Therefore, as the great-grandchildren of Chinese art and civilization, the Japanese simply cannot help but be fond of and possessive of these exquisite bionic porcelain and utensils.

As a result, these dozen people snatched up the few remaining pieces of bionic porcelain in the store, and then started fighting over the grapes.

It was a generous donation that never wanted to be left behind by others. It seemed that if you bought it, you would make a profit, and if you didn't buy it, you would suffer a loss.

Needless to say, don't look confused or tired.

But whether it was Xiao Wei, who was busy and had a dry mouth, or Xiao Meng, who rushed to help after returning from cooking, he was also sweating.

Or the travel agency guides who help this person choose, help that person choose, and finally help pick it up and carry it, all of them are happy to see this.

For no other reason than because of the distribution regulations formulated by Ning Weimin.

Zhai Palace is the closest partner to any formal or informal tour guide, and the amount of kickbacks and commissions is clear at a glance.

This means a huge harvest for all of them.

What are you afraid of? What's the point of being tired?

The more these Japanese people spend, the more they are paid, and of course they are happy.

But just after the Japanese group went shopping, when Xiao Wei and Xiao Meng were cleaning up the shelves they had messed up, they discovered that the four utensils ordered by the British couple in the morning were actually missing two.

It turned out that in the chaos just now, the two of them actually sold the goods to the Japanese for which the British had already paid a deposit.

Look at how fatal this thing is!

When the British come tomorrow, what will they give them?

Needless to say, the first remedy that Xiao Wei and Xiao Meng thought of was to go find the girls who were selling grapes in other places in Zhai Palace.

Unexpectedly, it is common for grapes and bionic porcelain to be popular, and other places have sold out both of them.

The other girls were planning to get away from them to have sex with them.

Just like that, good things were about to turn bad, and both Xiao Wei and Xiao Meng became anxious and angry.

They knew clearly in their hearts that this matter was their fault.

As long as the British are here tomorrow, they will definitely not be able to eat and walk around, and they may have to damage the shop again.

Therefore, the lunch they had never had time to eat was completely wasted today, and they couldn't eat it at all.

Now that things have happened, they are counting on Ning Weimin to find ways to properly solve the problem.

They had to take the initiative to show off their cards and express their willingness to accept any degree of punishment, including deduction of their commissions.

"Don't worry, I'm just missing two grape utensils, right? Are they single or double bunches? Do you still remember them?"

"It's a single string, right? Okay, then I'll call the manufacturer right away to see if there are any new ones made in the factory."

"Hey, why are the circles under your eyes still red? It's not such a big crime. Don't worry, it shouldn't be a big problem. Besides, this is just your unintentional mistake..."

Ning Weimin couldn't help but feel a little pity in his heart when he looked at the two girls who looked depressed.

Last time it was Ye Hemin, this time it was the British.

For some reason, these two girls are particularly prone to troubles that offend customers.

"By the way, are there any statistics on the store's turnover now?"

Seeing that the two girls' moods were not improving, Ning Weimin really didn't know how to persuade them.

I asked casually, hoping to divert my attention.

Unexpectedly, this topic really cheered up the two girls, and the positive news blurted out.

"I did a count half an hour ago. Manager Ning, you probably can't imagine how good the business is! Fifteen thousand and five thousand!"

"Yes, so far, today's turnover has not only broken our store's daily turnover record, but has also been more than five times that of the past!"

"so much!"

Ning Weimin was indeed a little shocked, even though he knew that the grapes and bionic porcelain had been sold out, which accounted for tens of thousands of dollars. But I didn't expect that it would also drive the sales of other products to nearly double.

According to the normal situation in the past, in fact, the sales on Sunday did not exceed 3,000, and the second-hand goods bought by Peking Opera Silk Man and Taobao were the main part of the daily turnover.

This means that there is undoubtedly room for price increases for feeders and bionic porcelain!

So how high should the next step be?

Two percent, three percent, or five percent?

And you have to remember that this is 1983!

It was an era when a household worth 10,000 yuan was still rare!

With his extremely low purchase cost and operating cost, if the output can keep up, the price will be adjusted again.

Then this store of only 30 square meters has been making huge profits for a long time.

It is possible to create a net profit of more than 10,000 yuan for him in one day, or even more.

This is truly a miracle!

Although he is the only person in the capital who masters these crafts.

Although the texture and grade of these crafts are indeed high-end.

Although the Japanese are recognized as mobile wallets in this era, the probability that they will appear here will increase more and more in the future, bursting out with incredible spending power...

In short, although there were many reasons for Ning Weimin to believe the scene he imagined in his mind, he still couldn't believe it.

Ten thousand a day will be more than three million in a year.

He is not even sure whether his newly opened restaurant, No. 87 Tiantan North Road, can create such profits?

He can even clamor that as long as the Japanese economic bubble does not burst, by selling cutlery and bionic porcelain in this store, he can be the richest man in the Republic and the king of cash at the same time!

And ten years later, when the Japanese economic bubble burst, he had already made a fortune, and no one could surpass him!

However, despite the shock, Ning Weimin's head was still clear.

He immediately thought of the trouble that would come from this.

You know, the tour guide who brought a Japanese group shopping today.

According to the commission ratio of 10%, this vote will result in a kickback of 600 to 700 yuan.

Leading this group is almost as good as leading ten groups under normal circumstances.

Obviously, how to balance the huge interests has become a new problem.

So it's too early for him to be happy!

We must quickly get along with each other to solve the hidden dangers.

Because since it is so easy to sell grapes and bionic porcelain, the output is not very sufficient.

It has become a public fact that the tour guides working with him strive for kickbacks in order to obtain and realize their personal interests.

He could fully deduce that these limited commodities would soon become something that everyone coveted among tour guides, and they would inevitably compete with each other for a share.

From an economic point of view and from a humanistic point of view, this is a reasonable and understandable fact.

So how should he balance this contradiction then?

How can we safeguard the interests of the majority of people and solve it in a relatively appropriate way?

If you are not careful, you may offend many people...

Even the employees of their Zhai Palace may be adversely affected by this.

Although he initially implemented a commission distribution system within the Zhai Palace to prevent the gap between the salary and salary of the position from being too large.

But in order to improve personal motivation, some additional reward policies will be given to sales champions.

Obviously, nowadays, it is easier to create sales for grape utensils and bionic porcelain than any other handicraft.

It is inevitable that the positions in Zhai Palace's internal stores will arouse envy, jealousy and competition among the girls.

It is probably unrealistic to expect these little girls to understand the principle of "what I gain is my fortune, and what I lose is my life" and consciously maintain the existing harmonious working atmosphere in Zhai Palace.

Moreover, making such quick money is also high-intensity work. It is like this every day, and no one can stand it...

Ning Weimin was thinking with his brows furrowed suddenly, when the storefront of the internal store was opened from the outside again.

As a joking voice rang out, a person who should never be here walked in.

"Manager Ning, Manager Ning, I have found you. You are here as expected, but it is so uninteresting. I only found out today that you like to eat alone so much, and you have so many secret weapons hidden here!"

Ning Weimin's eyes suddenly widened, quite unexpectedly.

Because the visitor was an acquaintance from the Temple of Heaven Park - Old Liu.

Director Liu is also the main person in charge of attraction tickets and canteens.

"Hey, Director Liu, you really confused me! What secret weapon do I have here? Why am I eating alone? Is there something wrong with the accounts our cafe paid you? This month's profit ratio is Missing last month? You should know me, I am not..."

"Hey, no, no, I'm not here to see you about splitting the bill in your cafe."

Director Liu chuckled, "I'm already standing here, and you're still playing tricks on me? Young man, you are not kind..."

Watching Director Liu scan the shelves little by little, his eyes lit up, and he walked a few steps to the only two grapes in the container, and happily picked them up to look at them.

"Director Liu, why are you here?" Ning Weimin understood.

"Hey, if you like it, I'll give you one later. But you can't take this away. I've already collected a deposit, so it has to be taken away tomorrow. We are still short of two, and I have to think of another way. Let's make it up with someone else..."

"Well, since you want to make up, can you make up another three hundred for me?" Director Liu put down the feeder, but his blunt words were even more shocking.

"No, what do you mean? Three hundred? No, no, I can't get it..."

"Are you bored? Are you just hiding here to make a fortune? If I hadn't gone to chat with Lao He in Qingyuntang today, I wouldn't have known you were so capable. This is a prosperous arts and crafts shop. It specializes in making foreign money. I have been making a lot of money."

The Qingyuntang that Director Liu mentioned was the antique shop in Liulichang. Due to the renovation project of Liulichang, foreigners were temporarily operating here.

Lao He is the manager of Qingyuntang. As an insider, he often visits Ning Weimin's internal store.

Over time, I picked up two small leaks from Ning Weimin's fingers.

After getting two gadgets that caught Ning Weimin's attention, he naturally knew the situation here very well.

When Ning Weimin heard this, he knew that Lao He was probably here again today, and the business inside the store was booming, which probably made him very jealous.

Obviously this was right for Jing'er, Lao He was complaining to Director Liu.

Director Liu smashed his mouth and said, half jokingly and half seriously, "I don't care, we have to meet and share half of it. Anyway, the turnover of our park's store can't increase. The higher ups asked me to find a way, so I can only find a solution." Come on. Do you want everyone to make a fortune together, do you want me to be nice to everyone, or do you want me to close your store and none of us to do anything else?"

"Hey, let me tell you, don't think that just because you have paid the rent and set up that joint venture restaurant with us, you can do whatever you want in the Zhai Palace. One code is one code, and if you don't have the sense to stand by and watch, I I won't let you open this store. We have an agreement. Your company will rent this place as a showroom, not for commercial purposes..."

But such an unreasonable threat made Ning Weimin laugh.

Because such bold words certainly do not come from Director Liu's heart.

"I understand now why you came to me. You need to improve the business performance of our park, right? Cooperation is no problem. But I have to tell you the truth. I can't return three hundred feeders at the same time." I really can’t get it. To tell you the truth, this thing is very laborious to produce and the output is not that high..."