Back to 1978: Getting rich starts with treasure hunting

"Brother Jiu, should these clothes be hung up like in the clothing store next door?" Xiaohui asked, looking at the dozen or so sacks of clothes piled up in the store.

"Hang a few sets on the front wall first. Don't hang duplicates. One set of each style is enough."

Gu Jiu said this and asked the other two brothers to go to the next door and move a few tables from the room where they ate.

Move the tables over and place them side by side in front of the store, put a layer of cloth on them, and let them tidy up the clothes and pile some of them on the table.

"Brother Jiu, are these clothes just displayed here for sale?" Fade Chen came over from the next room and saw that they had piles of clothes displayed. "Is this an exhibition?"

Gu Jiu looked back at him and asked, "Did you bring the big-character poster I asked you to write?"

Chen Fei handed over the roll of paper in his hand, "Xiao Hui, go and post these posters."

The so-called big-character posters were nothing more than clearance sales, special offers at 70% off, not a single item left, etc.

Write the slogans in a flamboyant style with a brush on a large piece of red paper and stick it in front of the store, and the atmosphere is immediately created.

From a distance, it looks like a special sale.

"Hey, don't say that. It looks like I'm at a loss." Chen Fei noticed that some passersby had noticed this side.

Gu Jiu stuffed the loud speaker he had just bought into his arms and said, "Just shout a few words when you have nothing to do."

Chen Fei hurriedly caught the speaker, looked up and asked in confusion: "How do you shout?"

Gu Jiu kicked him angrily and said, "Don't act stupid. Hurry up and shout the slogan on the wall."

Chen Fei dodged to the side and checked the speaker to see if it was ok. Then he shouted into the speaker:

"Dear comrades, don't miss it if you pass by, it's a clearance sale. Everything is 70% off, leaving nothing behind. Long johns and long clothes are as cheap as two dollars a set. It's a huge sale, leaving nothing behind!"

Passersby had already noticed this place, and when Chen Fei's loud speaker sounded, many passersby immediately stopped.

Some passers-by often walk along this road and know that those shops sell fruits and clothes. Now that a discount store has opened here, they immediately gathered around.

Many young men and women who were about to go to the cinema to watch a movie were also attracted.

The last sentence is the most lethal. A set of autumn clothes and autumn underwear costs only two yuan. This price is too amazing.

You know, a set of autumn clothes and autumn trousers costs six yuan in the supply and marketing cooperative, which is almost 70% off.

"Are the autumn clothes and long johns here really only two yuan a set?"

"Both the big and small are two dollars a set. Children don't need that much fabric, so it should be a little cheaper."

"What? A Lenin suit is only ten yuan? That cotton coat is also only ten yuan?"

"Oh, this is too cheap. I only have 14 yuan on me today. What should I do? I want to buy a few sets of these clothes to bring back for my family to wear during the New Year."

"Luckily I made some extra money today, so the young man bought me two cotton coats and four sets of autumn clothes and long johns!"

"What? This dress is outdated and ugly. We are old and we don't need to care about that. As long as we are warm, it's fine."

After lunch, Lin Shu saw that the weather was fine and the temperature was rising, so he rode his bicycle slowly to the entrance of the cinema. From a distance, he saw that the store was full of people.

She parked her bike and walked to the outer edge of the crowd, and saw that Chen Fei and Gu Jiu were surrounded by the innermost circle of the crowd.

One person was busy collecting money, and another was busy helping customers get clothes. They were very busy.

Gu Jiu noticed Lin Shu and motioned for her to enter from the next shop and come out from the back door.

"Such a good business?" Lin Shu stood beside Gu Jiu, unable to stop smiling.

Gu Jiu gave up his seat to others and helped Lin Shu back into the store. "It's all thanks to your good idea. If we continue to clear out the inventory like this, the dozen bags of clothes they sent today will be sold in less than two days."

"The results are so good today. What do you think the leaders of the garment factory will do when they find out?" Lin Shu smiled and poured him a glass of water.

Gu Jiu took the water and drank a few sips. He raised his eyebrows after hearing her words: "If I were the leader of the factory, since business is so good, for the benefit of the factory, I would rent a storefront to run a special sale."

Lin Shu nodded: "So, we have to make some quick money as quickly as possible."

Gu Jiu: "How to do it specifically?"

Lin Shu looked up at the new clothes hung on the wall of the shop. "The company bought two tricycles some time ago to facilitate the transportation of goods. Starting tomorrow, we will have three people in a group, load the goods on the tricycles and go to the state-owned vegetable market to set up stalls."

There are more than a dozen state-owned farmers' markets in the provincial capital, but only three are actually in the city center. They can use their two tricycles to go to any two state-owned farmers' markets in the central city.

"Let them sell. We don't pay them wages. For styles like autumn clothes and autumn trousers that attract a lot of traffic, we get 2 cents for each set, and 1 yuan for suits and cotton clothes."

Just count the quantity when you pick up the goods in the morning, and wait for them to come back and settle the bill after they finish selling. How much profit they make depends on their own ability.

"I'm afraid that after hearing your reward method, those guys will be so excited that they will take action tonight." Gu Jiu couldn't help laughing. He didn't expect his wife to be so smart.

You know, there are many unemployed young people in the city who have returned from working in the countryside. With such good jobs, the more you work, the more you earn, so they must be working very hard.

In the afternoon, Lin Shu stayed until the evening, waiting for them to get off work together.

Of the dozen bags of clothing delivered in the morning, nine were cleared out in one day. It was so horrific that perhaps no one in the clothing factory had expected it.

After closing the store, everyone settled the accounts and found that they made nearly three thousand yuan in sales at the sale alone that day. No one was too tired to calculate the exact profit.

There are still six bags left in the store. Considering how busy the business is today, six bags are definitely not enough to sell.

After returning home, Gu Jiu immediately called Gu Nuan and asked her to deliver another 20 bags of clothes to their store tomorrow morning. He even told her the specific styles and quantities she wanted.

"Uncle, is your shop business good?" Gu Youhui was sitting on the sofa eating melon seeds, listening to him on the phone with his ears perked up. He couldn't help but ask after he hung up.

"Yeah, business is good." Gu Jiu shook his head, "My ears are still buzzing now."

Those aunties and grandmas were afraid that the good styles would be sold out, so they all yelled at him to get this style or that style. His head was buzzing with the noise all day long.

While peeling melon seeds, Lin Shu asked, "Youhui, how is your business these days?"

"Yes, it's just too cold to stand outside all day." Gu Youhui sniffed at the right time:

"I'm going to buy a stove tomorrow. I'll bring it with me when I go to set up a stall. When there's business, I can do business. When there's no business, I can warm myself by the fire and boil some hot water to drink."

Lin Shu noticed that he had frostbite on the back of his hand and asked with concern: "Didn't you buy some frostbite cream to apply?"

"I bought it. It won't have any effect if I'm already frostbitten." Gu Youhui put down the melon seeds and rubbed his hands.

"That's true." Lin Shu thought about it and told him about arranging people to set up stalls at the farmer's market tomorrow. "What do you think? Do you want to give it a try?"

"I have never sold clothes before, and I don't know if I can do this job." Gu Youhui was a little hesitant.