Resource Tycoon Reborn

Chapter 137: Panic buying begins

On July 31, 1988, a piece of news quickly spread throughout the country - the central government decided to reform the current price and employee wage system. The general direction of the reform was: to eliminate a few important commodities within five years.

In addition to the national management of labor and labor prices, most domestic commodity prices will be liberalized and regulated by the market. At the same time, all walks of life will increase wages and appropriately increase subsidies for their employees to ensure that the actual living standards of most employees will not be reduced.

! It was originally a plan to improve prices and wages simultaneously, but people seem to only see the former, and regard "5 years" as just around the corner.

"Commodities are going to rise in price! Did you know that in March and April, the Shanghai Stock Exchange relaxed some commodity prices? Almost immediately, the price of commodities there increased by 20 to 4 percent with just one policy.

Ten! Twenty to forty percent!" said the well-informed person.

"It can't be that much, right? If it rises like this, the common people can't bear it at all?" Some people said with hesitation, "This country is a people's country, and the government is a people's government. He must also consider the affordability of the common people, right?"

"You don't believe it? Well, we can regard the increase in commodity prices in the Shanghai stock market as a rumor and don't believe it. After all, it is thousands of miles away from us. Then let me ask you, what are those tobacco and alcoholic beverages such as Maotai and Zhonghua?

There is a price but no market. We simply can’t buy it. Now there is a price and a market. Do you know how much it is? It’s going up like crazy! If you don’t believe it, can you go to the county tobacco and liquor company to see it in person? Go and find out.

Well, see if that’s the case!”

"So the money in our hands is going to be thin! Why are you keeping it in the bank? You might as well buy something to preserve its value." Dialogues like this are repeated over and over again in every corner of the land of China, and end with

Spreading in all directions at an astonishing speed.

As a result, in just a few days, a panic buying trend swept across the country with lightning speed and broke out with great vigor. Naturally, Qinxi Province could not stay away. Fengyuan, Weinan

, Pingchuan and Tongchuan were all involved.

Faced with such a ferocious wave of panic buying, the city and county business systems in various places, as well as the small merchants and vendors, were not mentally prepared for this. The little inventory they had on hand was like a sampan in the tsunami.

After showing his head for a moment, he was completely submerged in the surging crowd. The city and county commercial systems and the small merchants and vendors who were shocked by this rush buying trend, after they woke up, went around looking for supplies, but they

However, they were shocked to discover that this overwhelming tsunami of panic buying had swept through every corner of the Sanqin land. No matter it was Fengyuan, Weinan, Tongchuan, or even farther away in Handhong, no place was spared.

Commercial systems in all places are facing the same problem in this sudden rush to buy - insufficient deposits and loans! Warehouses that could have lasted for a week or even half a month became almost empty in the first day or two.

, even if the mouse went in, it would only have tears in its eyes and its little claws would come out empty. What’s more, what caught these people even more unprepared was that this sudden rush to buy was characterized by people having their heads turned. At the beginning, people

You should first consider those electrical products and daily necessities, such as oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, rice and noodles. But in the later stage, you will just ignore everything and don't consider whether the things you buy are what you need.

, as long as there is anything else in the mall, people will take it.

The phenomenon of men pushing mountains of sanitary napkins and women's products to pay has become a common sight. Even if there are three or four women of the same age in his family, these items are enough for them to use for more than ten years.

.Some people bought a lot of pots, pans, and spoons, the quantity of which is enough to feed four to six families of three. This kind of panic buying, which is almost like a Japanese raid, makes people in these business systems happy.

I couldn't help but feel uneasy about it.

After just two days, almost 70% to 80% of the shops in Qinxi had to close down - the empty warehouses and shelves left them with more than they could manage. And the tight supply of goods left them empty.

There are plenty of money, but no goods can be purchased from the company. Nowadays, these manufacturers of goods have become big bosses. The goods that were originally unsalable and stored in the warehouse have also been swept away by purchasers from all directions.

.But even so, it is simply not enough to satisfy the people who are frantically buying.

As a result, many merchants took advantage of the trend and began to increase prices, and this move undoubtedly confirmed the people's speculations about future price increases. As a result, the panic buying trend became more and more intense. People not only used the money on hand to buy goods, but also

Yu started to use the savings in the bank.

As the largest shopping mall in Pingchuan County with the most complete range of goods, Carrefour Supermarket naturally endured the greatest rush-buying pressure. Fortunately, after Fang Mingyuan learned the confirmed news, he had already made preparations and purchased a large amount of goods from various places in advance.

, stored in various rented warehouses in Pingchuan County. Therefore, the supply of goods was quite sufficient for a while.

Almost as soon as the door opens every day, thousands of customers flock in. These people are like wolves who have seen fresh meat. They take what they see and what is expensive. Since the opening of Carrefour supermarket, although

There is an electrical appliances section, but in the past month, the number of large appliances sold was only a mere 170 or so. This is already quite impressive in Pingchuan County, enough to make people in the same industry

Thumbs up. But this result was completely broken in just two days. People frantically cleared out every electrical appliance in the product area. It can be said that as many as you can find in the supermarket will be enough.

How many were sold!

"Go to the warehouse to pick up the goods immediately! No matter what, our goods area cannot be out of stock!" This is what Sun Zhaolun has said the most in the past two days. Almost all supermarkets are in a hurry, and all products, including televisions and electric fans, are in short supply.

, refrigerators, as small as matches, toilet paper, there is almost nothing that customers are not rushing to buy. The clerks in the store are now on their second day of work! The goods taken out from the warehouse often have not yet been unpacked.

When it was put on the shelves, people stopped it halfway and packed it up for purchase. As a result, Carrefour supermarket had to close its doors for an hour at noon from the next day to ensure that there was time to restock the empty shelves. But even so, as long as one

When the doors open, the crazy buying scene will happen again. Within an hour or two, the shelves in the supermarket will look empty again.

"It's so crazy!" Sun Zhaolun looked at the supermarket door that was gradually closing with the help of the police, wiped the sweat from his face, and said with lingering fear. After working in Hong Kong's business system for so many years, this was the first time he encountered

Such a crazy scene. Although in Hong Kong, there are supermarkets or shopping malls that attract a large number of people when discounting certain products, but this is the first time he has seen such unfocused, comprehensive sweeps.

I couldn't help but admire Fang Mingyuan's far-sightedness. No wonder this little boss had allocated all the funds he could to purchase goods before the supermarket officially opened. A few days ago, even the working capital of Fang's restaurant was reduced.

They were mobilized together and purchased a large amount of goods before the trend started. Now the supply of goods in Carrefour Supermarket is not a problem. The problem is that even if all the staff in the store are busy, they cannot satisfy the desire of these Pingchuan County residents to buy!

Fang Bin's vest was already covered with sweat. He nodded with sympathy and said, "This is the first time I have seen such a crazy purchase in my life. Hehe, Lao Sun, you didn't see it just now.

In our home appliance section, within five minutes of opening, all the home appliances on the shelves were sold out. These people didn't even ask the price, just picked up one and ran away. If it weren't for the fact that we have security guards and policemen here to maintain the store.

Order, he must have been robbed."

Sun Zhaolun couldn't help but feel happy. The two returned to the office and sat on the sofa. His body felt like it was falling apart. Everywhere in his body was sore. Sun Zhaolun looked at his watch. The hour hand just pointed to 4:20 pm.

Ten, he couldn't help but grin. According to the normal business hours of the supermarket, it would not be until nine o'clock in the evening, which was still four hours before get off work. Thinking about it made him feel miserable. This half day had made him miserable.

Although he was not required to maintain order, organize the shelves, or collect payments personally, the huge mental pressure made him feel exhausted.

With such a large flow of people, once an accident occurs in the supermarket, the consequences may be a tragedy. This kind of thing has happened in Hong Kong, so the safety string in his mind is always tight.

, this has been a long time, how can you not be tired?

"We can't go on like this. By then, if the goods are not sold out, our people will probably lie down first!" Fang Bin lit a cigarette, handed another cigarette to Sun Zhaolun, and said in a deep voice. He just watched

When we arrived, there were several loaders whose legs and feet were a little weak when loading the goods. And the cashiers were even more confused when trying to count money.

"Well, Mr. Fang has already discussed this with me this morning. He is discussing with the leaders of the county central shopping mall to send some salespeople from the shopping mall to temporarily come to our place to help and relieve the pressure. I just don't know how the talks are going now.

If it works, Mr. Fang plans to keep the business open for seventy-two hours!" Sun Zhaolun took the cigarette, lit it, and took a deep breath.

Fang Bin immediately jumped up from the sofa and screamed: "We have been open for seventy-two consecutive hours, be good, that person is not tired and crazy!"