Chapter 21 Changxi Temple Fair
Two days later, it was the annual Changxi Temple Fair.
Lin An took a car to the county seat and saw that the layout of several main streets was basically completed, in addition to a lot of traditional decorations, the streets also took on a new look.
He does not have high requirements for the warehouse, first, the total amount of goods is not too much, and a slightly spacious house is enough to transport it in a good package; second, the umbrella and socks themselves are not heavy, which is easy to carry and transport, and the distance is not demanding.
The county seat where I arrived at nine o'clock was set up before noon. It is said to be a warehouse, but in fact, it is an idle house rented near the main street, and many distant traders who come to participate in the temple fair also rent such houses to release goods, which is cheap and trouble-free.
To catch up with the temple fair shopping feast, for the merchants, in addition to the goods themselves, and the location of the shop is also very important, in order to be conspicuous, some shops are not used, and the stalls are directly placed on the street sidewalk.
The particularity of the goods makes Lin An not worry about not being able to sell, but he also hopes to find a slightly more popular location, and it is best to buy them all before the end of the temple fair, of course, the most important thing is that the location is open and the traffic is smooth.
On that day, when he came back from Xiangnan and passed through Changxi County, he walked away from Ruan Minh Optical Store, and then took a bus to the main street, and found that the shops in good locations were basically rented early. Along the way, he also picked a few suitable ones, but as soon as he asked about the rent, he immediately became dumbfounded.
These shops are not only extremely expensive, but also began to be counted into the lease period on the same day, and all the rent must be paid off at one time until the end of the temple fair, and some also require a large deposit, and then return when the shop is not damaged after the temple fair, with his remaining savings, it is estimated that it will not last on the day of the temple fair.
Walking all the way to the end of the street, I saw a notice posted on a roadside bulletin board. The new street of Xiannan Road, which is also the new street of the temple fair, will be rented by the government on the 20th, that is, two days before the temple fair, a number of new shops with preferential prices will be rented to the public. The location is relatively biased, Kesheng is wide and convenient in the new street, and the temple will expand in scale in the future, so it will continue to develop along here to the south!
Lin An, who was not demanding about the pavement lot, then took a detour to take a look and was quite satisfied.
It's not that he couldn't go through the formalities at that time, he would rent it that day, and it's not too late today, because the location of Xinjie is really not very good, many vendors are still willing to go to the main street to crowd, even if they can only set up stalls on the street, they want to gather there.
At noon, he hurriedly padded his stomach to a small restaurant, and Lin An immediately rushed to Xinjie on Xiannan Road, in the final analysis, he still wanted to rent a shop relatively close to several main streets. The so-called formalities are to issue a receipt to you after paying the money, and if you can pay the rent at one time, you don't even need documents.
When he arrived at the office, Lin An found that he had underestimated the number of people who came to Xinjie to rent shops this time, or that there were many more merchants who came to participate in the temple fair than in previous years, even if they set up stalls on the roadside of the main street, they couldn't crowd so many people.
Standing in line outside for nearly an hour, it was Lin An's turn. I paid the money to get the receipt and the key to the shop, and wanted to take advantage of the time to go to the second middle school "by the way", but when I passed the road of the rented warehouse, I saw that the manufacturer's truck arrived in advance.
The two manufacturers are not far apart, and they have met together during the negotiation, and in order to save freight, the goods of the two companies are directly pulled over by a car. In addition, with the car is I don't know which manufacturer of storage, today is to meet first, and when the last car arrives tomorrow, this storage will be temporarily left in Changxi.
The balance of more than 5,000 and nearly 6,000 is not a large amount for this manufacturer. The reason why the collector was sent to stay here was that in addition to Lin An's final payment, it seems that there were other people who wanted to collect the payment, and when the temple fair was over, the collection would be settled together and brought back.
Lin An took the key to open the warehouse, and while watching the workers move the goods in the car to the room, he chatted with Xiao Song, who had just entered the factory for storage. Xiao Song is the name of the driver and the workers in the car, and the other party is twenty-seven or eight years old, and he wants to call Sister Song.
He thought that he would have to call at least three or four temporary clerks before the temple fair, and he originally wanted to stay in the shop and manage the finances for the next few days. When he heard about Sister Song's situation, he couldn't help but feel a little moved, it was foreseeable that he would definitely be in a hurry at that time, and if there was a storage to take care of the accounts, he would be more relieved and at ease.
Three days of temple fairs, a reward of 100 yuan a day, and promised to keep the manufacturer confidential.
After chatting, I saw that Lin An was serious, and she offered such generous conditions, her monthly salary in the factory was only 800 yuan, and now she can get nearly half a month's salary in three days, just "easy work". didn't hesitate much, waited for the goods to be unloaded, and saw Lin An go to buy water for the workers, and Sister Song followed and agreed!
In the afternoon, after sending away Sister Song and the manufacturer's truck, Lin An found that it was almost time for school in the afternoon, so he immediately rushed to No. 2 Middle School, and he should not see anyone. Helplessly, he had to dispel the idea, he went into the warehouse and re-ordered the goods again, and then took the car back to Lingshui.
On the 21st, Saturday, it was a double holiday, and it was also the day before the temple fair began.
Coming to the county seat again, several main streets are already full of people, especially those various food stalls, which have started to set up stalls in advance. Now there are not many outsiders in these shopping streets, and it is conceivable that the temple fair county will be crowded into tomorrow!
There are only two kinds of red umbrellas and socks, and it is very simple to sell them together, Lin An does not need to hire any professional salesmen, and he does not even need experience. He went directly to Changxi No. 3 Middle School at the other end of the county, and the locals are all called Changxi Vocational High School.
On weekends, downstairs in the dormitory of No. 3 Middle School, there are many students living on campus.
Lin An explained his intention and gave a salary of 50 yuan a day for a lunch. It didn't take long for the downstairs to be full of students.
The temple fair has to take two days off for three days, and there are no important courses in vocational high school, and you can get nearly a month's living expenses in three days, and there are no restrictions on age and experience, so even if some people think that Lin An is younger, they are very enthusiastic to sign up soon.
In the end, Lin An picked four people who looked older and smarter.
With that small shop and the things sold, it is enough to have two or three people, he recruits more people, and is ready to let one or two of them specialize in maintaining the order of passenger flow when the people are too crowded, and he has memories of his previous life, knowing that this is very important!
After that, he took the four of them to a nearby restaurant to eat, and wrote down their names and classes one by one, knowing that the more this happened, the more the four of them would ignore the trust and obedience of their age.
After eating, Lin An led them to the second-hand furniture market, spent money to buy simple board tables that served as shelves and stalls, and then moved to the new street shop. Unlike later generations, which had mobile phones to facilitate contact, Lin An asked them to remember the location of the shop later, and also took them to the warehouse, in case they couldn't find anyone tomorrow.
made an appointment to come tomorrow, and Lin An gave one of the shop keys to one of them.
These four people are all students in school, even if they don't remember the class and other information, he has nothing to worry about, and there won't be much leftover goods left in the shop every day. Students are relatively simple and easy to manage, and he has this in mind when he recruits inexperienced students at the vocational high school.
The salary is settled together at the end of the temple fair, and one lunch is managed every day, so you don't have to rush too early in the morning, and you can go back to school in the evening.
The four students were very satisfied with this, Lin An invited them to dinner at noon, and later went to see the goods in the shop and warehouse, so they were even more worried, and they were all full of excitement and anticipation when they left.
Watching the four of them walk away, Lin An thought about the prices of "natal umbrellas" and "natal socks" at this temple fair in his previous life, and decided to wait until the right time to sell them tomorrow.
At three o'clock in the afternoon, the last car of goods from the manufacturer was delivered, along with Sister Song who came with the car. From today onwards, she will live in the county seat and return to the factory after the temple fair.
The next day, the Changxi Temple Fair was finally ushered in!
Lin Congli went out to work early, Zhou Cuiyun didn't have to go to work today, so she asked her colleagues and neighbors to go to Changxi to catch the temple fair. Last night, I asked Lin An if he wanted to go shopping with him, which was considered to relax before the exam, and Lin An offered a reason to go to Sun Can's house to review his homework.
didn't eat breakfast, so Lin An took the car to the county seat with his bag on his back. After arriving, he went to the warehouse to change his clothes, and when he was eating at a nearby roadside stall, he saw the four vocational high school students recruited yesterday coming over.
Today, there are many people blocking the road, and I am afraid that it will be late, so the four of them ran from the school without eating breakfast.
Lin An then asked them to sit down and eat together, and waited for Sister Song, who was staying at the hotel around the center, to arrive, and then went to the warehouse to start transporting goods to the Xinjie store.