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"In addition to this, we have also tallied the total turnover of all businesses. Today alone, the total turnover of all businesses in Hutchison Whampoa Plaza exceeded ten million Hong Kong dollars, reaching eleven million one hundred and twenty-eight thousand Hong Kong dollars," Wei Li continued to report.

"Well, not bad. Did anything go wrong overall today?" Su Cheng asked.

He really didn't feel much about ten million Hong Kong dollars, perhaps because Su Cheng was just too rich.

Little did he know, for a shopping mall's turnover to exceed ten million Hong Kong dollars in a single day was an incredibly exaggerated figure.

This was equivalent to an average spending of 180 Hong Kong dollars per person.

This wasn't the 21st century, but the late 1970s. Prices were much lower than they would be decades later, so being able to spend such an amount was already very exaggerated.

Of course, this was definitely also due to the high quality of today's customer traffic. Many wealthy people from Hong Kong came to shop. They might buy a bag, a pair of shoes, jewelry, cosmetics, etc., which could easily cost several thousand or tens of thousands of Hong Kong dollars, thereby easily driving up the total revenue.

Plus, today was the first day of the trial operation, and everyone was very curious, so it was easy for them to start buying, buying, buying.

But it also showed from the side that the quality of customers coming to Hutchison Whampoa Plaza was too high. The vast majority were high-spending groups. Who wouldn't like such customer traffic!

"No, apart from one shop where a customer made a scene in the store because the queue was too long, there were no other incidents," Wei Li replied.

"That's good. Tomorrow is also the weekend. If nothing unexpected happens, the customer traffic shouldn't be worse than today, and may even be greater as people discuss Hutchison Whampoa Plaza. You must be prepared to welcome the possibility of excessive customer traffic. It's best to gather all the businesses and have them prepare. The customer experience is very important. Only by making them feel satisfied will they become regular customers!" Su Cheng said with a smile.

"Okay, I will tell Director Wen about this matter. Also, I will go there tomorrow to keep a close eye on things," Wei Li responded.

Hutchison Whampoa Plaza may not seem like much now, and it may not seem like it can earn much money just from these rents, but once it develops into an internationally renowned brand, making money from this thing will be too easy.

Therefore, the first Hutchison Whampoa Plaza must be opened successfully. Only with a successful start can there be a multinational chain of urban complexes, Hutchison Whampoa Plaza, spread all over the world.

However, Su Cheng only paid attention at the beginning. He didn't plan to go to Kowloon Tong the next day.

Unsurprisingly, Hutchison Whampoa Plaza's sensational success made it a hot topic among Hong Kong citizens.

Many citizens who went to Hutchison Whampoa Plaza kept promoting it to the people around them after returning, saying how fun and lively Hutchison Whampoa Plaza was.

This made those who hadn't been there feel itchy in their hearts, wishing they could go and experience it right away.

Therefore, many citizens who didn't go on Saturday planned to go and experience it the next day to see if Hutchison Whampoa Plaza was as good as they said.

Moreover, on the first day of Hutchison Whampoa Plaza's trial operation, it also attracted many media reporters to come to Hutchison Whampoa Plaza in person, and they also broadcast the grand occasion of Hutchison Whampoa Plaza today through newspapers and television stations.

People are like this. The more lively a place is, the more it attracts more people to go.

On the contrary, few people are interested in deserted places.

Therefore, Hutchison Whampoa Plaza, which was very popular on the first day, has initially gained the recognition of Hong Kong citizens.

Sure enough, the next day at Hutchison Whampoa Plaza, just as Su Cheng had predicted, there was even more customer traffic.

Throughout the day, almost every store was too busy to cope.

In the evening, when the customer traffic was tallied again, the data once again shocked all the senior executives of Hutchison Whampoa Group.

Throughout the day, the tallied customer traffic actually reached 98,500 people, nearly 100,000 visits.

And the total turnover of all stores in one day exceeded 20 million Hong Kong dollars, which was nearly 10 million Hong Kong dollars more than the first day, which was indeed an exaggeration.

Even if such a performance were placed in the rankings of shopping malls during the May Day and National Day Golden Weeks in Su Cheng's previous life, Hutchison Whampoa Plaza could also rank well.

It can be said that the first and second days of Hutchison Whampoa Plaza's trial operation were very successful.

However, on the third day of the trial operation, the customer traffic at Hutchison Whampoa Plaza began to decline sharply. Throughout the day, only about 10,000 customers entered, and the total turnover of the entire Hutchison Whampoa Plaza was only more than 2 million Hong Kong dollars.

On the fourth day, the customer traffic was even only more than 7,000, and the total turnover was only just over one million.

On the fifth day, the customer traffic rebounded again, returning to the level of 12,000 people.

On the sixth day, the customer traffic remained at the level of just over 10,000.

The same was true on the seventh day.

The reason why the customer traffic dropped so drastically was naturally related to the working days.

Apart from the first two days being Saturday and Sunday, it was then working day time. During this time, few customers who were too far away would come to Hutchison Whampoa Plaza.

After all, they were tired after working for a day. At this time, many people's thoughts were very simple, that is, to go home and rest early.

Therefore, it was normal for the customer traffic to decrease greatly.

It was another weekend.

The time had already come to August 25th.

Unsurprisingly, on this day, Hutchison Whampoa Plaza once again ushered in a peak of customer traffic.

During this week, the popularity of Hutchison Whampoa Plaza had never subsided, and it had become an indispensable topic for many Hong Kong citizens to chat about.

News media had also reported a lot, and these reports had good sides, and naturally also bad sides.

When the customer traffic at Hutchison Whampoa Plaza dropped sharply, even many media began to sing the praises of Hutchison Whampoa Plaza, feeling that it was only prosperous for a while, and now it had been beaten back to its original form.

Although a daily customer traffic of over 10,000 was actually very good, in the eyes of these media reporters, they were comparing it with the first and second days, and they didn't care how good your customer traffic of over 10,000 was.

Such a conclusion actually made some citizens agree, causing these media to be very excited and start constantly publishing articles that sang the praises of Hutchison Whampoa Plaza.

For the sake of traffic and sales, they didn't care so much.

And Hutchison Whampoa Plaza had never responded. They had been waiting, waiting for another weekend to arrive.

Sure enough, in the evening, when Hutchison Whampoa Plaza ended its business, the statistics were quickly released again.

Throughout the day, the customer traffic at Hutchison Whampoa Plaza exceeded 100,000 for the first time, reaching 107,600 people, and the turnover also exceeded 20 million Hong Kong dollars.

The slap in the face came so quickly that those newspapers that had originally sung the praises of Hutchison Whampoa Plaza dared not speak out again. (End of this chapter)