atypical rebirth

Meng Zheng wanted to start a small business during the winter vacation.

Before rebirth, Meng Zheng didn't really leave Dahe County, where his hometown is, until he went to university.When he really went out, he discovered a very strange phenomenon.Ordinarily, the area in his hometown is backward compared to the city, and people's consumption level is very low, so things should be sold very cheaply, right?This is not the case.

In Hongqi Town, most foreign goods are more expensive than in the city.

The laundry detergent of the same brand is just a few cents more expensive; the same whole box of milk can be a few yuan more expensive; needless to say, electronic products, the same mobile phone can cost two or three hundred more.Take the shoes bought today by the curly-haired aunt who is good at bargaining. Near the vegetable market in Ruiyang City, the price of these shoes was 62, but they were finally reduced to 25 pairs.But in Hongqi Town, the same pair of shoes would cost 45 yuan at least. If the buyer bargained harder, he would probably be able to take the shoes away for 50 yuan in the end.Generally speaking, the price of this pair of shoes will not be lower than [-] yuan, and the seller has no worries about not being able to sell his shoes.

"...The price is actually reasonable, and the transportation cost must be increased here." Meng Zheng explained to Shen Duqing, "The most important thing is that there are many small stalls in the vegetable market, and customers have a lot of choice, so the boss I dare not charge high prices. But in our town, there are only a few places where you can buy things, and it is easier for sellers to manipulate prices. Besides, other commodities are fine, such as clothes and shoes, in our side, There are only two peak sales seasons in a year, one is the Dragon Boat Festival and the other is the Spring Festival. Clothes and shoes only sell well during these two times, and they are usually in the off-season. Merchants naturally make money when they can sell well.”

"Because you have to wear new clothes for the Dragon Boat Festival and Spring Festival?" Shen Duqing asked.

"That's right, it's a local custom. Everyone has to wear it, and whoever doesn't wear it will lose face." Meng Zheng said rather emotionally, "Catching up with the kind whose family is particularly poor, they are reluctant to buy new clothes for the Dragon Boat Festival. You must buy it when the Spring Festival comes. Even if you are borrowing money, you have to put on new clothes before going to see relatives in the first month. But if the family is better off, the whole family has to put on new clothes, new pants and new shoes. No Pay attention, at least one of the clothes must be new. When I was a child, my family was very poor, and I must be careful when spending money. I don’t buy new clothes during the Dragon Boat Festival, but my mother will definitely find a way to buy new clothes for the Spring Festival. The money is ready."

If you don’t wear new clothes during the Spring Festival, one is that the meaning is not good, the poorer you are, the more you have to wear them, otherwise you will be poor in the new year wearing old clothes!The other is because people in the village see that you are still wearing old clothes, and they will laugh at you behind your back if they don’t say anything to your face.

How many villages are there under Hongqi Town?How many families are there in each village?These people all went to Hongqi Town to buy new clothes when they were preparing for the new year. If you think about it with your toes, you can tell how big the market here is.

"There is a large open space at the old bus station in Hongqi Town. During the Chinese New Year, the common people will spontaneously gather there to set up stalls, selling home-grown oranges and grapefruits, as well as sweet potato powder, kudzu powder and wild game. What is the saying that there is no fee. I just want to set up a stall over there." Meng Zheng said.

According to Meng Zheng's idea, the cost is not high to go directly to the wholesale market to buy goods.Let’s still use the example of the shoes bought by the curly-haired aunt. She bought a pair of shoes for 25 yuan, which means that the store can still make money selling 25 yuan!The same shoes are sold at [-] and [-] in Hongqi Town, but Meng Zheng does not want to charge such a high price. He just said, "Choose whatever you want, and sell any three items at the stall for [-]." Do you think his business will be good? ?If someone wants to buy a suit for their children, the clothes, trousers and shoes add up to exactly three items, and they can get it for [-]. How cheap is that?

"That's what I think for the time being. I need to set up two stalls. I'll look at the one stall, that is, the one with all kinds of eighties. I refuse to bargain, and at most I will send a pair of socks to make money by selling the quantity. The goods on the other stall need to be If the purchase is a little better, of course the price will be a little higher, I plan to let my two sisters come and see the stall." Meng Zheng said.His own sister, Meng Duo, can make an offer and accompany others to bargain, while his cousin, Meng Xinhua, is in charge of collecting and changing the money.

The two stalls focus on the low-end and mid-end markets in Hongqi Town respectively.

"Although the price I set is generally low, I should not have any impact on the local market. How big is the market during the Chinese New Year? Everyone wants to buy new clothes, and this is the only time in a year. How can I If I can purchase and sell things, how much market can I eat? This will not attract the attention of others." Meng Zheng said.

Meng Zhengzhen thought of everything.He first took a few weekends to visit the vegetable market, which was to learn about the market.Then, he also plans to take a few more weekends to visit the wholesale market and contact the purchase channel for himself.

This purchase channel is very important.

Forget about the boutique stall that I intend to show to my two older sisters. It will definitely take time for my older sisters to bargain with the customers, and the shipment volume may not be too large.But Meng Zheng is planning the stall he wants to see. He can choose any of the three items for 80 yuan, and the shipment volume will definitely be very large.The larger the shipment, the larger the purchase.Even if the purchase price of each item is only a few cents, the accumulation will be a number that cannot be underestimated.

Furthermore, how much to buy is also a problem.The shipment volume is large, how big is it?Meng Zheng didn't dare to buy more, because he could only do business before the year, and the goods that couldn't be sold before the year could only be kept at home and could not be sold.But he can't reduce the amount of goods, otherwise it will be inconvenient to temporarily add goods before the year.

There's a lot going on here!

When he first started thinking about starting this business, Meng Zheng felt that his idea was very good and he would definitely make money.But if he really put his thoughts into action, he would know that there was trouble.Fortunately, things soon ushered in a turning point.

Yuan Fang and Ren Feng are old friends of Meng Zheng and Shen Duqing.

But because Meng Zheng and Shen Duqing skipped a grade on the rocket, the two of them have already advanced to high school, while Yuan Fang and Ren Feng are still in junior high school, so it is easy for everyone to miss each other.Ren Feng is a man who can make things happen, and he always wanted to ask Meng Zheng and Shen Duqing to play basketball, but he even made an appointment for several weekends, and Meng Zheng said something was up.

Ren Feng pretended to be unhappy and said: "I always said that there was something wrong. Last week you had military training, last week you said something wrong, and this week there is something new. Did you make new friends in high school and leave us old people behind? gone?"

How could Meng Zheng respond to these words, and quickly explained a few words.He didn't go into details, but simply said that he planned to do some clothing business during the winter vacation. Now he is busy visiting the wholesale market and painstakingly researching prices.

Ren Feng turned around and told Yuan Fang about it.Yuan Fang told his mother again.

Ms. Yuan is in the clothing business.She was very impressed with Meng Zheng. If this child hadn't acted properly and tactfully helped his own child, her son would still be suffering.Therefore, she said to Yuan Fang without hesitation: "Ask me clearly, what kind of business does Meng Zheng want to do? What are his specific plans? You tell him that Mom has a source of goods in hand. Whatever he wants, Mom will buy it." Make arrangements for him."

Yuan Fang was very happy after hearing this.This child has always been quite simple.Hearing what his mother said, he only felt that he could finally help Meng Zheng, and happily repeated what his mother said to Meng Zheng.

Meng Zheng had a conversation with Ms. Yuan on the phone.

Although Ms. Yuan is not a rich man or a big boss, she also has a small factory under her hands.Meng Zheng, he had never done business before his rebirth, although his thoughts were very thorough, but he was still a bit vain in his heart.Seeing that Ms. Yuan wanted to give advice to him, he said his plan without reservation.

Ms. Yuan is also from a rural background, so she knows the situation in rural towns very well.She felt that Meng Zheng's idea was very good. Although there were shortcomings, they were all minor problems.As an experienced person, she emphasized some precautions to Meng Zheng.She was considered a veteran in business, so what she said would naturally make sense.

In the end, Ms. Yuan said: "It's a coincidence that there happened to be a batch of unfinished products in my factory, and the quality was absolutely passable. Although there were some defective products, the problem was actually not serious. There were no major problems in terms of fabrics, specifications, and colors. .I think these goods can be sold at the stall you want to arrange for your sister to see."

If those leftovers were sold in Hongqi Town, they would definitely command a high price.

Of course, this "high price" is a relative term.

Ms. Yuan said bluntly that the quantity of this batch of leftovers is not very large, only a few hundred pieces, because there are surplus raw materials and more are produced.This type of leftover goods, because the cost has already been included in the total cost, so they can basically be regarded as free of cost, and Meng Zheng just wants to give a few cents.This price is really not the preferential treatment that Ms. Yuan specially gave to Meng Zheng. In fact, the cost of this kind of off-the-shelf goods is so low.

But Ms. Yuan was indeed taking care of Meng Zheng.Wholesalers of off-the-shelf goods bring tens of thousands of other off-the-shelf goods with a slightly higher cost (shirts worth a few dollars, jeans worth more than a dozen dollars, etc.) every time they come to pick up the goods. How can they pick up the cheapest ones? Weihuo only take a few hundred pieces?When did Ms. Yuan do such a petty business?

Even if Ms. Yuan said that the freight would be paid by Meng Zheng, Meng Zheng was too embarrassed to answer directly.Ms. Yuan said: "Don't feel sorry, I give others the same price. Otherwise, when you sell clothes, bring Yuan Fang with you. Take him for seven or eight days and let him stay by your side. Learn how to behave and how to behave. After all, I am doing this for my own children..." Ms. Yuan said so, but Meng Zheng couldn't really listen to it.Even if she did have selfish intentions, her care for Meng Zheng was genuine.

That's it for this batch.

As for the goods that Meng Zheng wanted to sell for 80 yuan, Ms. Yuan also introduced him to a wholesaler.The man said to Meng Zheng with a pleasant face: "You can rest assured to get the goods from me! There is no need to rush to settle the payment. Let's make an IOU first. After you ship the goods smoothly and have the money in your hand, you can transfer it to me. Me too."

Actually, that's not how business works.

In many business transactions, the payment for the goods will not be settled in one go, but the person who picks up the goods has to pay a part of the deposit first!But this is not for Ms. Yuan's face. Besides, Meng Zheng can eat as much as a high school student. The big wholesaler didn't pay attention to that little turnover, so he allowed Meng Zheng to postpone the payment.

The wholesaler also said: "I know that you are a student, and you are not serious about doing business. How about it, as long as you take the goods from me, you can't sell them, and then return them to me at the original price. Recycled."

This is too preferential treatment, Meng Zheng hurriedly called Ms. Yuan again, fearing that the favor she posted was too great.Ms. Yuan explained that it was a large wholesaler with a particularly large volume of goods, so she was not afraid of the goods falling into his hands.

He only needs to raise his hand a little, and many practical difficulties of Meng Zheng can be solved.

Meng Zheng was particularly moved, and said to Shen Duqing more than once: "Yuan Fang's mother has given me so much help, I don't even know how to thank her. Hey, think about it carefully, I just accompanied Yuan Fang in the fight. It's just a phone call... It's just such a little thing, and Yuan Fang's mother has been remembering it until now."

"Your phone call woke her up completely, can she not thank you?" Shen Duqing said.For Ms. Yuan's kindness, Shen Duqing never felt that Meng Zheng was ashamed, he only thought that Meng Zheng is a good person and good things will be rewarded.

"By the way," Shen Duqing said pretending to be careless, "Although your business costs have been kept down as much as possible, there are still expenses such as shipping costs, right? Are you short of money? About how much? I'll lend you ?”

"Lend me again?"

"What's the matter, aren't you my child bride?" Shen Duqing smiled.

This was originally said by Meng Zheng himself, so it can be taken as a joke, but Shen Duqing's mouth may have had his own thoughts, and he added a sentence by a ghost: "I am willing to spend money for my wife!"

Who is the daughter-in-law?Who is the daughter-in-law?Meng Zheng threw himself at Shen Duqing, crushing him on the sofa.Shen Feizhuo heard his brother begging for mercy, and hurried to the living room to watch the fun, and found that Brother Meng was tickling his brother.

"It was your brother who bullied me first!" Meng Zheng immediately let go of Shen Duqing, and complained to his younger brother.

When Shen Feizhuo was playing with his classmates in the stationery store two days ago, the TV was on in the store, and the owner's daughter was watching an idol drama.The male protagonist kissed the female protagonist, and the female protagonist blushed and said that the male protagonist was a bully.Shen Feizhuo remembered it.

So, the younger brother hesitated for a moment and asked, "Brother, did you kiss Brother Meng on the mouth?"

Meng Zheng: "???"

Shen Duqing: "!!!"

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