Chapter 16 Running a Fruit Shop
Advertising is pretty much done.
Fifty boxes of oranges were neatly placed in the empty room at the back of the shop. The area of the fruit shop is not large, and the vacant room in the back is not even 10 square meters. Obviously, most of the fruits in the fruit store are placed in the front shop, and there may be another fruit warehouse, but Du Le did not ask the original owner of the fruit store, so naturally he is not clear.
Fifty boxes of oranges almost filled the empty room at the back, and there was almost no place to stay. After Zhao Quan's family arrived, they also sighed secretly when they saw this scene. Zhao Quanhui is deeper, although he has already seen the miracle of his master, he is inevitably amazed.
Seeing them, Du Le immediately breathed a sigh of relief and immediately arranged for them to stay in the fruit shop temporarily. Although the shop is not suitable for five people, it can be arranged to live in other places for the time being, and it can only be reluctantly lived in first. Zhao Quan's wife is grateful, although the shop is small, it is much better than sleeping on the street. And at night, when the store door is closed, the front of the store can also be squeezed.
Now Jinyang City, except for the vicinity of the Imperial Palace, Suzaku Street, where the ministers live, is full of refugees, and it is good to have a place to shelter from the wind and rain.
Because the refugees in Jinyang City are all the people of Chu State, the royal family of Chu State can't do anything to drive out the refugees, so as not to cause a civil uprising, but there is no way to make more proper arrangements for the sudden crowd.
Du Le is not from Chu, he has no intuitive feeling about the refugee tide, he always feels that it has nothing to do with him, and it is impossible to go through the city in a short time. However, if Zhao Quan can express his gratitude and serve him well and sell oranges, Du Le will already be satisfied.
Business is about seizing opportunities. Therefore, as soon as Zhao Quan was in place, Du Le immediately announced the appointment of him as the manager of the fruit store, and all the sales matters of the fruit store were handed over to Zhao Quan.
Although Du Le had already made it clear that the fruit shop wanted Zhao Quan to take care of it, Zhao Quan was still a little panicked, he didn't think that the master would have such a heavy responsibility for him. Zhao Quan wanted to refuse, but Du Le would not allow him to refuse.
In the end, Zhao Quan could only accept it. Du Le doesn't need any business wizards now, just have someone to help him sell things to make money, and he doesn't need to buy goods, and if he can't sell things, that's too.
After appointing Zhao Quan, Du Le also asked Zhao and Zhao Quan's wife to help Zhao Quan and sell oranges together. And promised that 10% of the income from selling oranges could be used as a "reward" for their family.
At this moment, the Zhao family is really grateful, and the Zhao family wants to bow down and thank you. Du Le hurried to stop her. After reassuring the old man, he went on to tell his sales plan.
One dollar gold coin has three oranges, and one orange is sold for five cents of gold coins.
Zhao Quan was a little puzzled, he thought that the current oranges could be sold for one yuan of gold coins. Du Le didn't bother to explain to him, he couldn't say that he still had a lot of oranges, and it would be difficult to sell them much if the price was high.
In Du Le's mind, oranges should be regarded as a relatively valuable agricultural product in Chu State, with small output, high price, and a small natural consumer group. Taking out too many oranges at once is not good to sell at a high price, and it is easier to cause the price to drop. Take the initiative to reduce the price slightly, maybe you can also get the reputation of a good businessman, and you can make small profits but quick turnover. However, it is obvious that one yuan of gold coins and three oranges are not a small profit. Du Le asked Zhao Quan that oranges are actually not very valuable in the countryside, and they can only be sold better if they are transported to the city. It's just that it has always been inconvenient to transport large quantities, and they are often sold nearby. There is no fruit forest near Jinyang City, and it is the first-class capital of Chu State, with many people and gold, coupled with the national disaster, it may be the reason why the fruits of Jinyang City are more expensive.
Being the master is beneficial, if you don't explain, the people below won't ask more, and there won't be a questioning expression. Du Le plans to sell only a hundred cases today to test the market's reaction. Du Le didn't dare to take out all the hundreds of boxes of oranges, it was one thing to have no spare space to put them, and it was not good to be remembered. This orange one by one is a yellow-orange-orange gold coin. Being able to make money in a low-key manner and guard against large-scale losses is the long-term way to do business. …,
The fruit shop is not big, and Du Le does not arrange many things, so he can explain it in a few words. To Du Le's surprise, he had just let out the rumors by taking advantage of the reputation accumulated by the original fruit shop, and many people from large families were waiting at the door of the store, waiting for fresh fruits to be put on the table.
As soon as the fresh oranges were laid out, they were immediately snatched up by the people who flocked to them. The market sales situation can only be described as hot.
Du Le not only muttered to himself in his heart, did these people not eat oranges for decades.
The fact is that since the state of Chu was attacked, the dignitaries and nobles in the capital have not tasted fresh fruits for a long time. Even if there is fruit, it is expensive, but you can't always eat fresh.
Before, the two boxes of fruit sold by the fruit store couple almost detonated the fruit consumption market. Fresh oranges, bought by several large families, were sent as gifts to the mansions of the ministers, and even to the palace, and there were bursts of envy and salivation.
One yuan gold coin and three oranges, in the eyes of the dignitaries and nobles in Jinyang City, this price is not expensive at all, if you don't buy it quickly, it will be too late. You must know that the armies of Qi and Jin are about to fight, and it will be more difficult to buy fresh fruits at that time, so it is better to enjoy them in advance.
What made Du Le feel strange was that the upper class of the Chu State did not seem to be worried about being destroyed, only the people were panicked. Perhaps, the emperor of Chu has other arrangements, and Du Le can not control it.
Du Le didn't have time to think about those national events, and the sale of oranges made his heart beat non-stop. Finally, in less than an hour, most of the oranges were sold out at once.
Harvesting piles of gold coins, Du Le probably counted them, at least a thousand one-dollar gold coins. Du Le put most of the gold coins into the space, and then looked at Zhao Quan's family, who was busy selling oranges in the store, and felt a little uncomfortable and a little emotional. It's time to go home, Du Le thought to himself.
The buffering of the positioning teleporter has long since ended, but Du Le has not started the teleportation. When Du Le checked the condition of the teleporter again, there was a small surprise, that is, the energy of the teleporter was filled with the teleportation energy of each return.
The speed of charging in this world is much faster, and the advantage of this is that Du Le does not have to wait on Earth for 24 hours to teleport once, he can stay on Earth for six hours and buffer, and then teleport back to recharge here. In this way, Du Le has a lot more freedom to move on both sides.
Du Le called Zhao Quan into the room behind the store, and bluntly said that he was going to leave for a while, and he would come back tomorrow at the earliest, and asked him to register all the customers who needed fruit, and take a good look at the fruit shop. Before leaving, Du Le thought about it, and left fifty more boxes of fruit in the end, so that Zhao Quan could sell them slowly.
After explaining, Du Le did not start the teleportation immediately, but bought two sets of cheongsam at the ready-to-wear store on the street and put them in the space. Because of the embarrassing problems that will arise from teleportation, Du Le does not want to encounter it again. If you go back to Earth and are still naked, it will be too ugly and it will be easy to attract the police. As for the dead people in the alleys, no one cares at all, and there are homeless people in Jinyang City who lose their lives every day because of hunger and cold......
Finding a corner where no one was around, Du Le activated the positioning teleporter, selected the temporary coordinates established when he came, and confirmed the teleportation.