Rebirth 1989: My Unlucky Career

Zhang Yun couldn't help but smile when she heard that Zhao Zhuo had already had such an idea:

"I have to say, Zhao Zhuo, your business is simply awesome!

There are more than a thousand sheep. How come these more than 20 hot pot restaurants probably don't have to worry about meat for a year."

Zhao Zhuo nodded:

"How much meat can these hot pot restaurants use in total? My idea is that we can directly retail."

Zhang Yun was stunned when she heard the word retail, then looked at Zhao Zhuo in disbelief and asked:

"You mean, we go to a vegetable market and open a butcher stall?"

Zhang Yun's words immediately made Zhao Zhuo laugh:

"Who said you can only go to the wet market to sell meat?"

When Zhang Yun heard this, she looked at Zhao Zhuo with doubtful eyes, and then asked with a wry smile:

"Then tell me, where else can you go to buy meat if you don't go to the wet market?"

In fact, it is no wonder that Zhang Yun has such a confused expression.

There is no concept of large-scale supermarkets yet. When buying fruits and vegetables, in addition to the vegetable market, it may be to go to the market.

Therefore, Zhang Yun could not imagine where else to buy meat.

Zhao Zhuo explained with a smile:

"We can open a butcher shop, specializing in beef and mutton."

Zhang Yun thought for a moment after hearing this, and then said:

"Is this fundamentally different from setting up a stall in a wet market?"

Zhao Zhuo thought about it carefully and found that this was really the case.

"Yes, even if you open a pork shop, you will most likely open it next to the vegetable market. Apart from the fact that the rent is more expensive than the stall, there seems to be no fundamental difference!

Wanting to understand this, Zhao Zhuo couldn't help but smile bitterly:

"It seems that I thought things were a little too simple."

Zhang Yun nodded sympathetically:

"That's right, with so many cattle and sheep brought back from this trip, the cost is negligibly low compared to the market price of beef and mutton here, so we have a lot of potential in this business.

However, what form to use is indeed a question."

First of all, two people can agree on one thing, that is, they cannot be sold in the vegetable market.

This is not to say that Zhao Zhuo and Zhang Yun disdain the wet market, but that the wet market has nothing to do with Zhuo Yun's other businesses.

In other words, if you want to set up a stall in the wet market, Zhuoyun Company will need to find the corresponding person to do this, and there is no way to incorporate the overall operating situation into the company's financial statistics.

In this way, it is better to say that Zhuo Yun Company has developed a new business than that Zhao Zhuo has started a side business.

According to the ideas of Zhao Zhuo and Zhang Yun, the fresh beef and mutton business can be done, but it cannot simply follow the wet market model.

In this case, the specific operation method needs to be carefully considered.

The two of them sat together and discussed the problem seriously, but neither of them came up with a good solution.

The two feel that it is difficult to escape the limitations of the traditional model no matter what.

Just when things seemed to be at a standstill, Zhao Zhuo suddenly had an idea:

"I have an idea!"

Zhang Yun heard this and asked quickly:

"What's your idea? Tell me quickly!"

Zhao Zhuo said slowly:

"I just heard that a piece of land has become vacant in the center of Fengtian City recently. We might as well take this land and turn it into a shopping mall!"

Hearing this, Zhang Yun was stunned:

"Let's not talk about your plan for this shopping mall. Let me ask you first, is there any relationship between the meat sales we just discussed?"

Zhao Zhuo nodded:

"Of course it does matter! The shopping mall I'm talking about is not a shopping mall that sells clothes as you understand it, but a department store."

Hearing this, Zhang Yun smiled bitterly and nodded:

"Aren't you talking about those state-owned stores before? Now one by one they are about to close down, and you are still thinking about shopping malls."

Hearing this, Zhao Zhuo smiled thoughtfully.

The reason why he laughed was not to laugh at himself, but because he couldn't help but sigh at the characteristics of the times reflected behind the words Zhang Yun just said.

The development of the economy in the past few decades has evolved from state-owned department stores in the state-owned economy period to individual stores operated by individuals, and then large companies broke out to establish market share and establish modern department stores.

What Zhang Yun said was in the second stage, while what Zhao Zhuo said was in the third stage.

However, Zhao Zhuo naturally couldn't explain the second and third stages to Zhang Yun, so he asked with a smile:

"Tell me first, why can't those state-owned department stores continue to operate?"

Zhang Yun couldn't help but smile when she heard this:

"You may not know that my graduation thesis in college is about the rise and fall of state-owned department stores. I have done detailed research on this issue."

Then, Zhang Yun said slowly:

"First of all, the main problem why state-owned department stores cannot survive is that the stability brought by the state-owned economy itself leads to inertia among employees. In other words, everyone knows that they are working for the public and will not be fired.

In addition, they are all paid dead wages, so there is no motivation to work.

In addition, because state-owned department stores have been in a monopoly for a long time, the employees there are inevitably bossy and have a bad attitude towards customers.

Because of these long-standing shortcomings, once the individual economy rises, the state-owned model will no longer be able to continue."

After listening to this analysis, Zhao Zhuo nodded sincerely:

"It's true that I have done special research. It is indeed different! These words are very insightful and can be said to be a very accurate summary."

Zhang Yun smiled lightly when she heard this:

"I haven't finished talking yet."

Zhao Zhuole was delighted:

"Hahaha, then go on and I'll continue to listen."

So, Zhang Yun continued:

"In addition, another very important reason is that the state-owned economy naturally lags behind the market in acuity, so it is often a step slower than the individual economy or the market economy in making some decisions or grasping opportunities.

Sometimes, if we fail to catch up at one step or at every step, the state-owned economy will inevitably decline in the long run."

Hearing this, Zhao Zhuo nodded:

"Finished?"

Zhang Yun replied:

"Well, that's it."

Seeing this, Zhao Zhuo smiled and said:

"Then have you ever thought about whether we can continue to do business if we solve all these problems and create a department store that is free from or completely different from the previous state-owned model?"

Hearing this, Zhang Yun was stunned for a moment.

She has done some in-depth research on how state-owned department stores declined step by step, but she has not really studied in detail how to overcome these problems.