Chapter 12: Rush to buy
On the streets, people are hurrying, and many are trotting. When I met an acquaintance, I just beckoned, and I didn't bother to say hello. The relationship is particularly good, or relatives and friends, just hurriedly say a few words, and then leave.
"Did you hear the announcement?" This is the most common sentence asked when you meet.
"I heard it, the price was liberalized." That's pretty much the standard answer.
"Oops, the price must be going to go up, I have to buy something quickly."
"That's it, go and buy it."
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Supply and marketing cooperatives, stores, wholesale departments, store departments, commissaries, etc...... Wherever there was a sale, it was crowded with people. Everyone has only one simple wish, that is, to buy as many things as possible before the price increases, especially daily necessities.
However, whether it is a supply and marketing cooperative, or a store, including the store department, the wholesale department, the commissary, etc., all of them are out of stock, or there are only a few goods.
At this time, if anyone can still put out a large number of goods, it is really stupid!
Sun Ying's commissary was also packed. Hu Changfa led a few people to maintain order, and Sun Ying and Sun Zhiming were busy selling things.
Long Hao is inside and out, keeping abreast of all kinds of information and adjusting sales strategies in a timely manner.
Those state-run stores have not increased their prices yet, and Sun Ying's commissary does not dare to increase prices casually. What's more, the neighbors who come in the morning are neighbors, and then relatives and friends, many of whom have come to help these days, and they are sold at the daily retail price. It's just that you can't sell more, because there are so many things on the shelves.
Although the neighbors have all kinds of grievances, most of them can understand it. People have been busy for several days, waiting for this day, and it is quite benevolent to be able to sell a little goods to themselves at the original price. If you don't sell any goods at all, waiting for the price to rise, that's okay.
Long Hao walked outside for a while, returned to the commissary, pulled Xiang Liancheng to the backyard, and whispered a few words.
Xiang Liancheng nodded and left with a few colleagues and friends. He is now convinced of Long Hao, everything Long Hao says is right, let him do what he wants.
They went to the major state-run stores, inquired about the situation, and bought things at the same time. Buy what you want, buy as much as you can, don't ask the price, just buy.
However, after all the effort, I still couldn't buy much. They ran for a day, and they just made up the goods they sold, but they spent a lot of extra money. In other words, on this day the commissary lost money.
"We're here to make money, it's good now, it's a loss, alas......" Sun Zhiming sighed while putting things on the shelves.
"Do you have any ideas?" Long Hao sat on a stool and smoked.
"Isn't that easy? Closed, no more sold, no go out to buy, just wait at home. Sun Zhiming sat on the ground.
"Haozi, in the afternoon, those state-run stores have begun to increase in price, and some have risen by more than ten percent. Other stores and other stores have also risen, but we haven't risen yet. Xiang Liancheng put something on the shelf and took it down.
"Hey, why do you take it off? We didn't go up, isn't that because we didn't put the goods? What's up? Sun Ying glared at Lian Cheng.
"Put it less, and we'll raise the price tomorrow. Otherwise, just close the door as Zhiming said. Xiang Liancheng looked at Long Hao.
"Uncle, this is a commissary, you closed the door for no reason, so how can the neighbors see? Especially at this sensitive moment, not only the neighbors will say, but I am afraid that there will be trouble. Long Hao raised his head.
"Oh, that reminds me. It can't be closed, it's still open, and the price can't rise more than the state-run stores, and a little later than the other commissaries. Xiang Liancheng patted his head.
"Why?" Sun Zhiming still doesn't quite understand.
"Zhiming, although it is rare to see the crime of speculation now, it does not mean that it does not exist. Once we are accused of speculation, it will not be trouble, but trouble. ”
"My uncle is worthy of being a cadre, and his cognition and vision are different. Zhiming, now you know what to do, right? Long Hao said with a smile.
"Gee, I didn't really think that much. Aunt, then we have to open the door tomorrow and put another 5,000 yuan of goods, right? Sun Zhiming scratched his head.
"Okay, it doesn't matter if you have more." Sun Ying said with a smile.
"That's not going to work, no more." Sun Zhiming was busy.
Stayed at the commissary at night. At this time, there is no need to pretend to be a big boss. As for Uncle Xiang Liancheng's colleagues, as long as the agreed interest is paid, will they care if the boss is not the boss?
The next morning, Hu Changfa came over early with his subordinates, and brought a lot of fried buns to Long Hao and the others. He is a little desperate now, not only for forty yuan a day, but also for unspeakable reasons, anyway, he feels that following Long Hao is down-to-earth, and the money is also comfortable.
The kiosk is still open as usual. Customers who had been waiting outside for a long time flocked in and began to rush to buy. Hu Changfa shouted loudly with a few people, and it took a lot of effort to maintain order.
Actually, it's still those neighbors. None of the other places will come in, nor will they come. This is the provincial capital, and the commercial outlets are all over the city, all of which are purchased nearby, and generally do not seek far.
The average price of goods has increased by about 10 percent, which is already the lowest in the surrounding area. Other shops and outlets are in the dozens, and some have more than twenty kiosks.
But Long Hao only let the price increase by 10 percent, and it only rose to about 15 in the afternoon.
He knew very well in his heart that although the price of other commissaries had increased significantly, there were not many goods, and they could not come in. Although the increase is small, there is a lot of pressure. What's more, Xiang Liancheng also took people out to buy goods everywhere, although he couldn't make up for the goods sold, but it wasn't much worse.
Over the next three days, the panic buying continued, and it showed no signs of stopping. The price increase was more than 10 percent every day, and it was close to 20 on the third day.
Sun Ying's commissary still sells about 5,000 yuan of goods every day. Of course, instead of selling for 5,000 yuan, the purchase price is 5,000 yuan, including the previous few days, the goods were sold according to the purchase price of 5,000 yuan. In the past few days, the price has risen, and the gross income has been far more than 5,000.
Xiang Liancheng has to go out every day and bring some goods when he comes back. It's just that the goods brought back are getting fewer and fewer, and it's still expensive, and he trembles when he feels distressed. Long Hao asked him not to be too burdened, he could bring some if he wanted to, and if he didn't want to bring it, he couldn't make a fortune with the goods he brought back, and he couldn't get rich.
Early in the morning of the fourth day, people came out of nowhere with the news that prices were going to skyrocket. And so, the massive rush began.
People are pulling out their deposits, and the bank doors are about to be broken. What's worse is that the bank has run out of money, and people have besieged the bank and demanded to withdraw money as soon as possible.
Banks have had to take various measures to move cash from all over the country to meet people's needs as much as possible.
People are like crazy, but they have to buy everything that is useful, even things that are not useful. In their words, if you don't need it yourself, someone can use it, and when the time comes, you can exchange things with others.
Prices have nearly doubled, and they continue to rise, and they simply can't stop.
However, people don't care, no matter how much things go up, it's just a vigorous buy, buy, buy. At first, I asked for a price, but then I didn't ask anything, as long as I still had money in my pocket, I just got the goods. As for the price, how much love is, it doesn't matter if you don't care, as long as the goods.