Chapter 125 Carrefour Supermarket (I)

In Fang Mingyuan's previous life, in the retail industry in Beijing, Carrefour, Wal-Mart, Yichu Lotus and other supermarkets were common to him, but from the name, I have to say that among the foreign-funded supermarkets, Carrefour's Huaxia transliteration Carrefour is the most level, which makes the Chinese people have a good impression of his husband, and it is easy to read and understand. Just like Coca-Cola, it can be said to be a model of commercial operation. Fang Mingyuan remembers very well that although Carrefour was founded in France in 1959, it did not land in Taiwan until 1999, and it did not land in Beijing until 1995. So when the name of the supermarket was determined, Fang Mingyuan decided to use the name Carrefour almost without thinking.

He hopes that this name, which was almost a household name in China's first-tier cities, can become a local brand. As for what name to use when the French Carrefour landed in China in 95, it was not something he needed to consider. Anyway, it is the largest retailer in Europe and the second largest retailer in Shijie, with annual sales of nearly 100 billion US dollars, and there are many "brick families", so it is not difficult to think of a catchy name. It's a bit of a waste to leave such a good name to it. So in Pingchuan County, on the top of the warehouse that was originally used by the police station to store stolen goods, a big Carrefour signboard was hung, which attracted the fingers of the residents of Pingchuan County.

Today's Fang family, in Pingchuan County's influence has been completely not to be underestimated, after the opening of the restaurant in front, as well as the recruitment of clerks in the county caused a sensation, people pay attention to this is not a day or two, and as the opening time approaches, these clerks dressed in neat shop clothes, took to the streets and began to distribute a large number of leaflets. This promotional method, which has long been rotten in later generations, has become a novelty today, and people are curious to take these colorful leaflets from the hands of these neatly dressed clerks. What surprised them even more was that if what the leaflet said was true, then this newly opened Carrefour supermarket had a large number of daily consumer goods that were much cheaper than the market price, which immediately aroused the already strong interest of many county residents.

On the day of Carrefour's opening, it was a Sunday, and early in the morning, a large crowd gathered on the street outside the supermarket, looking at the whitewashed warehouses and pointing at them. Nearly 9 o'clock, more than 40 police officers poured out from the police station near the Carrefour supermarket and stood in two rows along the supermarket gate. People whispered that it was obvious that there were big figures from the county who were coming to attend the opening ceremony. Those who have done that good thing also speculate whether there will be officials from the province coming, you know, a while ago Fangjia Restaurant opened, but there were officials from the province attending, and not only that, but also foreigners and Hong Kong people came.

At nine o'clock, as the county magistrate Li Dongxing's car immediately drove to the gate, the courtyard door of the supermarket slowly opened-revealed-revealing the true face of Lushan inside. Two rows of young employees dressed in neat shop clothes form a pedestrian alley, and outside the glass curtain wall of the supermarket, flower baskets are arranged. Fang Bin and Sun Zhaolun stood there in suits and leather shoes, and when they saw Li Dongxing's car stopped, they hurriedly greeted them.

Standing on the opposite side of the street, I saw the glass curtain wall of the supermarket with a width of more than 30 meters and a height of more than 3 meters, and I couldn't help but gasp. Although glass is no longer a valuable item, and large glass windows are not a new thing in the old shopping malls of Pingchuan County, such a wide and large glass wall is still a rather eye-catching thing for the residents of Pingchuan County.

Accompanied by Li Dongxing, there were several deputy county magistrates, as well as Guan Yuewu, Zhu Dajun and other police station heads, their appearance undoubtedly made these Pingchuan County residents present have a clear understanding of the harmonious relationship between the Fang family and the county-government-but this is also reasonable, the Fang family recruited supermarket personnel, but solved a lot of difficulties for the county, subsidized households, and this alone was enough for the county-government-these leaders to attend the ceremony. Moreover, this is also an important opportunity to make friends with the Fang family. Who wants to miss out?

The opening ceremony did not take as long as it did in later generations, like an old lady's footwrap. Li Dongxing said a few words succinctly, and after cutting the ribbon with Fang Bin, these leaders of the county-government-as the first guests since the opening of the supermarket, stepped into this place that they had been curious about for a long time.

As soon as he entered the door, Li Dongxing was taken aback, and the entire warehouse had changed greatly. There are no counters that are common in general shopping malls, instead there are rows and rows of goods shelves. In the distance, various electrical appliances were placed, and Li Dongxing noticed that many televisions had been turned on and were playing TV programs. More than two dozen supermarket clerks stand in these shelves and electrical rooms.

"Boss Fang, Manager Sun, this is ......" Li Dongxing asked with some puzzlement.

"County Magistrate Li, we are a self-selected supermarket here, and customers can take all the goods in the mall at will, but they can't eat them or take them out of the commodity area. Look, this is the cash desk! Sun Zhaolun hurriedly explained to Li Dongxing.

Only then did Li Dongxing notice that there were eight passages on the other side of the warehouse, and each clerk was standing next to them, and in front of them was a small black and white monitor.

"Leaders, please come with us!" Sun Zhaolun greeted everyone, and Fang Bin gave each person a red envelope, which was more than 200 yuan, and as little as 100 yuan, as the cost of checking out for them to experience supermarket services. Of course, giving more is not unaffordable for the Fang family, but Fang Mingyuan is unwilling to fall into the name of bribery. The two hundred yuan and one hundred yuan, not much more, much less, belong to the scope of normal human relations, and everyone can be regarded as playing with each other.

Under the leadership of Sun Zhaolun, Li Dongxing and others each carried a bamboo basket from the entrance and walked into the commodity area, where all kinds of commodities from all over the world were dazzling and full of shelves, and the price of the goods was clearly marked on the shelves, which made it clear at a glance.

Li Dongxing took a bag of sugar from the shelf and said to everyone with a smile: "This is what the supermarket originally meant, that is, everyone can choose whatever they want, and without the consent of the salesperson, you can watch the goods you are interested in up close." If you like it, put it in the basket, and if you don't like it, you can put it back directly without worrying about the salesperson's eyes! Everyone burst out laughing. Obviously, everyone has heard of the level of service provided by the sales clerks in state-run shopping malls today.

A young man's voice came from outside the crowd: "Uncle Li, it's not just ...... good."