CHAPTER XXVI
In these days, the cost of trial and error is very high for ordinary people, and perhaps a single consumption mistake will lead to a few days without bread at home.
Under these circumstances, a considerable part of the population feared that the supermarket was another tool for the capitalists to harvest them, so they adopted a wait-and-see attitude.
Now that the first group of crab eaters came back and told them that the crabs were delicious, they immediately burst into an unbeatable enthusiasm for consumption, scrambling to be the first to buy something before the event was over.
Combined with the reorganization carried out by Zana after the first day, the supermarket's turnover on the second day actually reached a staggering 670,000 francs!
On the third day it was slightly lowered, but it was also 580,000 francs.
After three days of activity, the total turnover was 1.81 million francs, equivalent to 70,000 pounds! What is this concept? You can buy three Running Witches and one Pizza Hut!
However, although the turnover is high, it is almost impossible to make money, and if you count the cost of the draw, it loses 1,500 pounds.
But this is not important, as long as the consumption habit is formed, the supermarket in the future can only be described as a daily income.
It is an eternal truth that some people benefit and others suffer.
The first to come looking for trouble were not the red-eyed aristocrats and merchants, but the small merchants and peddlers in Paris.
Listening to the shouting outside the window, Alfonso said to Zana, who looked a little helpless in front of him: "What are you going to do?" β
In the past three days, the supermarket has received nearly 30,000 customers, a considerable part of which are to buy New Year's goods, counting the families behind this part of the people, the supermarket probably solves the needs of 80,000 people for the New Year.
The total population of Paris is 450,000, which accounts for 1/6.
Moreover, some poor people have no money to celebrate the New Year, so supermarkets actually seize about 1/5 of the market.
Many small traders and hawkers suffered heavy losses, especially those close to the Champs-ElysΓ©es, who had stockpiled goods and were ready to make a wave before the start of the year, but now they all smashed their hands.
Although some vendors are smarter and have noticed that something is wrong, and the amount of goods purchased has decreased compared to the past, more people are still buying according to their previous experience.
Demonstrations are also a French tradition, and they simply unite to demonstrate outside the supermarket.
Their demand is for the supermarket to buy their unsold goods, which in their opinion is a very reasonable request.
As a grocery store owner said, "We also bought our products from the factory, and now it's just a little more than a hand." β
In the face of Alfonso's inquiry, Zana thought for a moment, looked serious, and replied in a deep voice: "It is impossible to agree, they are almost unwilling to reduce the price, and want to sell it to us at the retail price, which is higher than the price of the supermarket."
The quality of the products in the middle cannot be guaranteed, and many people will deal with the old backlog of goods with shoddy quality.
Not to mention that if we buy their goods, the contract with the factory is still not fulfilled, and if the factory is more genuine, we may have to pay liquidated damages. β
As he spoke, his voice became heavier and heavier, obviously angry, and finally scolded angrily: "These Diao people! β
Alfonso can understand Zana's anger, and these demonstrations can be described as "gathering crowds to rob money legally".
Whether it's justified or not, I'm gathered in a heap and started to demonstrate, you must do it for me!
He also had a headache at this time, there were thousands of people gathered outside, which seriously affected the normal operation of the supermarket, but he couldn't send people to wash them out, the march was legal!
He really wants to be like a real iron-blooded man, and directly suppress all disobedience by force, but it is impossible, and he must compromise in the end.
But compromise is also an art, and you can't accept the other party's demands in its entirety.
Alfonso weighed it and said lightly: "Let's give the employees a holiday first, they have been working intensively for three days."
The first three days of the purchase have also been bought, passed on, and the reopening time is to be determined. β
Zana stopped talking, the flow of people was much lower than the previous three days, yes, but it was today that he began to make money.
At this time, he hated the liberal atmosphere in France very much, not to mention that the emperor had not yet taken a stake, even if he did, they would still be able to swim if they wanted, and the government could find trouble with one store, but not with thousands of shops.
After he signed a dry stock contract with Alfonso the day before yesterday, he sold his small company the next day, ready to concentrate on building a supermarket, and in the future, he will rely on dividends to eat.
As a result, the source was cut off in a blink of an eye, and he really wanted to cry without tears.
Alfonso didn't want to do this either, but there was no way, they were making such a fuss, the supermarket doors were almost blocked, and they couldn't open normally at all.
Fortunately, the Swiss of Zana, whose identity as a Spaniard has not been revealed, would have been immediately branded as a foreign capitalist exploiting the French people, and the situation would have been even worse, and public opinion would not have been as biased in their favor as it is now.
He was going to dry them for a few days before sending someone to talk, it was impossible to buy each other's goods.
The other party operates a small business, and there is not much time to make trouble here, and there will definitely be people who take advantage of the opportunity of the supermarket closure to go back to do business, and get back a little bit, and then the pressure will be less.
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The supermarket was closed, and the next day many people sent invitations, hoping that Alfonso would be a guest at their salon and ball, signed by big businessmen with heads and faces, and they had one thing in common, that is, they all had the support of the big nobles behind them.
Alfonso just sneered and threw these letters aside, these people must have known that the supermarket was in trouble and wanted to buy shares at a low price.
It is possible to buy shares, but you must solve this matter by yourself first, otherwise you will definitely suffer a loss in price.
The nobles were all human spirits, and they knew that there was little hope, but no one signed their surnames, which avoided embarrassment on both sides.