Chapter 122: Opening Turmoil (1)
Shencheng's performance Dingwen Media made a lot of money, and at the same time, its influence in the industry was greatly improved, and in the ensuing media-related reports, the public relations department of Dingwen Media lost no time in releasing the news that the company was about to go public. But for Guo Yang, this is not important, the important thing is that the brand of "singer Ai Bing" has really been established.
At noon on the second day after the performance, Dingwen Media held a grand reception and celebration banquet at the Shencheng Hotel.
In addition to Gong Xue, Xiang Xiaodong, Hua Meiyan and some actor representatives who were invited to participate in the banquet, there were staff of Dingwen Media and officials from the cultural department of Shencheng.
Guo Yang did not attend the banquet, and he was already on the flight back to the provincial capital of the Northern Province when the celebration banquet was held. Coincidentally, this flight is still the flight of Northern Airlines that he took in Shencheng, and the flight attendants who checked in were still the same cabin crew.
As soon as Guo Yang entered the cabin, he saw a 36D flight attendant standing at the hatch with a charming smile on her face waiting for passengers. Obviously, the flight attendant also recognized Guo Yang, she was slightly stunned, and then nodded with a smile: "Mr. Guo, welcome to take our flight again!"
Guo Yang smiled and passed by the flight attendant.
He booked first class, right in the first row by the window. The 36D flight attendant looked at Guo Yang from the corner of her eyes and sat down, and the smile on her pretty face was even stronger.
Taking advantage of the fact that the plane had not yet taken off, Guo Yang hurried up to make a call to Guo Linlin and asked about the opening of the supermarket.
Today is the first day of the soft opening of the Ai Bing United Shopping Center.
"Linlin, how's the situation?"
Guo Linlin on the other end of the phone was obviously inexplicably nervous: "Brother, I'm in a hurry, it opened at nine o'clock in the morning, and it's been more than two hours now, except for a group of old men and old ladies who came to receive donations, there are almost no others......"
Guo Yang smiled: "Linlin, calm down, don't worry, it's only the first day, and it will take time for the passenger flow to come." ”
"Brother, I'm really nervous, we have invested so much, we have invested one or two hundred thousand yuan in publicity alone, if no one cares, how can we do it? Don't say that there are so many payments from suppliers, and there are more than a dozen employees waiting for salaries!" Guo Linlin spoke quickly, which showed the restlessness in her heart.
"Don't rush, check back in the afternoon and evening. Remember, Linlin, our supermarket must close two hours later than other stores, and the end time is temporarily fixed at 9 p.m. ”
Guo Linlin took a deep breath: "I understand, brother, when will you come back?"
"In the afternoon, I'll rush back as soon as I can. Okay, the plane is about to take off, I'm hanging!" Guo Yang deducted the phone under the smiling gaze of the 36D flight attendant, and then turned off the phone.
The 36D stewardess continued to smile softly: "Mr. Guo, is there anything you need to serve?"
Guo Yang spread his hands: "No need, thank you." I don't need anything, I'll take a break. ”
After speaking, Guo Yang closed his eyes and pretended to sleep. The 36D stewardess sighed, turned around and twisted her waist and hips and walked towards the cabin.
City C.
Ai Bing United Shopping Center.
Dozens of celebratory banners celebrating the opening of the supermarket were hung on both sides of the supermarket's two floors, the supermarket's door was open, and the uniformed staff stared at the group of elated old men and women who were queuing up at the door with complicated expressions, not knowing what to say.
During the three-day trial operation, Guo Yang's idea was to give a bag of rice and a barrel of cooking oil to the lonely and widowed elderly over 60 years old who came to shop.
The news got out, and early this morning, before the supermarket opened, there was a long queue at the door, which stretched all the way to the bus stop across the road.
There are at least 100 people, and more and more people are gathering.
Seeing this "spectacular" scene, Guo Linlin almost wanted to cry without tears. But you can't go back on what you promised to go out, otherwise you will smash the supermarket signboard.
Therefore, there are very few people who come in to shop, and most of them are elderly people queuing up to receive free grain and oil. The supermarket staff didn't do anything all morning, only busy verifying the identity of the old man and the old lady and distributing grain and oil.
In fact, the verification method is also very simple, that is, to look at the old man's household register.
Guo Linlin stood at the door of the supermarket with an anxious face, and walked by the old men and old ladies who happily left with free grain and oil, Yao Zekai strode over, pulled his fiancée's arm, and said in a low voice: "Linlin, the scene is a little uncontrollable, is it a limit to the quota? The grain and oil we have in stock is about to bottom out, and it is not a small amount to send it like this!"
Guo Linlin's eyebrows furrowed: "I told my brother, but he didn't listen, he had to insist on sending it to the end, saying that we couldn't say it didn't count, smashed the signboard!"
Yao Zekai smiled bitterly: "Linlin, take a look, there are more than 100 people here, and there will be more people tomorrow! When the time comes, more old men and old ladies will come over, how much can we send? If this continues, it won't take three days, and the supermarket will be closed!"
Guo Linlin shook her head helplessly: "Then we can only carry it! Anyway, my brother said that spending hundreds of thousands of dollars is not a problem, and it will be regarded as us doing good deeds!"
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At about three o'clock in the afternoon, the grain and oil in the stock were all distributed, but there were still people in line, Guo Linlin was directly dumb and couldn't say what was going on, so she could only quickly order someone to urgently contact the supplier to send another batch of grain and oil.
Despite the staff's continuous explanations, some old men and old ladies waiting in line still couldn't hold back and began to shout at the door of the supermarket.
Guo Linlin was like an ant on a hot pot, she stood inside the supermarket and looked at her fiancé Yao Zekai, who was surrounded by a group of old men and old ladies at the door and was almost drowned by spittle stars, and her heart rose with wordless anger.
How can there be such a person, who can send it for free and send it out of trouble.
"Uncle, aunt, don't worry, the supermarket has contacted a batch of grain and oil, and it will be sent over soon, please wait a while, we will definitely do what we say, there will be those waiting in line, and no one will be left behind!" Yao Zekai faced a group of old men and old ladies who were pressed by the black pressure alone, and said that his mouth was dry and his eyes were full of stars.
There are more and more people watching the excitement, and there are many people who fanned the flames. And these old men and old ladies who waited for a long time and did not get free grain and oil were a little irritable themselves, and they were easily instigated.
I said young man, I'm sixty-eight years old this year, and I've been queuing up for an hour here, and it's finally my turn.
"Liars, call the police, tell them to go!"
Behind the old man, several old ladies clasped their hands, looking indignant, and the cloth bags in their hands flew all over the sky, making Yao Zekai's head big for a while.
Yao Zekai calmed down, forcibly suppressed all kinds of negative emotions, and reluctantly smiled: "Uncle, how can we be liars? To be honest, we are taking the opportunity of opening the business to do some good deeds -- originally, we only send free grain and oil to the elderly who come to the supermarket to shop, but to be honest, today we sent more than 100 bags of rice and more than 100 barrels of oil, and we have not seen a few elderly people buy a dime from our supermarket. ”
"Uncle, we have to understand each other, don't we? Of course, the goods we have prepared are not enough, and we are not well considered, but we are not urgently transporting grain and oil, let's wait patiently for a while, it will arrive soon, okay?!"
The old man in the tunic snorted: "Young man, you don't fool me! If you don't have three thirds, don't go to Liangshan? Since you say that you want to send it for free, you can't be a bad seed, everyone said yes?!"
More than a dozen old men and old ladies stood behind and echoed in unison, and the scene became a pot of porridge.
A news interview car galloped up, and several male and female reporters carrying cameras jumped out of the car, Yao Zekai glanced at it, and suddenly became angry - what kind of people are these, they actually called the people from the TV station?
As soon as the group of old men and ladies saw that the reporter had arrived, they immediately left Yao Zekai and several supermarket staff, surrounded the reporters, and began to accuse the Ai Bing Shopping Center of defrauding consumers.
In fact, there are a few people who take the lead, mainly old men in tunics. Most of the old men and ladies stood aside and watched the excitement, at most whispering a few words.
Yao Zekai's face was pale, and he was about to squeeze in to explain, Guo Linlin came over and pulled his arm, shook his head and lowered his voice: "Don't worry about it for now, let them shout!"
Guo Linlin was holding back a fire in her heart, if it weren't for Guo Yang's repeated instructions, she would have stopped this opening, not to mention finding someone from the TV station, what if she called someone from the police station to come?
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Ten minutes later.
Guo Linlin had to appear in front of the TV reporter's camera, after all, she had to give a reasonable and reasonable explanation anyway, otherwise the supermarket's reputation would be ruined.
A 26-7-year-old female reporter with short ear-length hair asked with a smile: "Mr. Guo, is your supermarket's action of giving free grain and oil to the elderly over 60 years old a promotional activity or a public welfare activity?"
Guo Linlin settled down, smiled at the camera and said: "Of course, it is a public welfare and charity activity, and it is our original intention to give love to the lonely and widowed elderly over 60 years old." ”
The female reporter laughed: "If this is the case, then why did you give up halfway? Is it that there are too many people to come, which is beyond your ability to bear?"
"Comrade reporter, we are not giving up halfway, we can only be regarded as unprepared. The corner of Guo Linlin's eyes swept over a group of old men and old ladies who surrounded the interview site, and sighed helplessly: "Our inventory of grain and oil has been given away, we have contacted the supplier, and we are delivering it, please wait patiently, everyone will have it, we will do what we say!"
"Good. The female reporter turned to face the camera with a professional smile on her face: "Ladies and gentlemen, we are now conducting interviews in the Ai Bing United Shopping Center, which has just been opened today......