Chapter 33: Eating Frogs

On the second day, he accompanied Qi Zhongliu to school.

Chu Tianshu asked Old Man Zhao about trivial matters in life, and went to Fuyan Street at more than ten o'clock.

After wandering around here for a long time, I still don't see the so-called Xie Ningzi.

So Chu Tianshu went to the shop where he ate frogs yesterday.

That's what a snack bar is.

When he came here, there were no customers because the time card was neither early nor late, and the shopkeeper was bored with a book to read because he had nothing to do.

When Chu Tianshu walked in, he was stunned for a moment, and then subconsciously wanted to hide the book in his hand.

Chu Tianshu glanced at it.

The book is a picture book with a lot of style.

The knowledge is very good, but the drawing skills need to be improved.

"Something to eat?"

"Of course it's frogs." Chu Tianshu said: "Aren't you just selling frogs here?" ”

"Said scoop." The boss smiled: "I used to work outside, and what I sold was not frogs, but braised vegetables." ”

"Is that so?" Chu Tianshu nodded: "Then I have time to try the braised vegetables you made." ”

"It's long gone." The boss sighed: "I lost a lot of money when I made braised vegetables, but now I am angry when I think about it." ”

"How?"

"Hey, that's it." The boss said, returned to the kitchen, grabbed a few frogs, took a knife and a small board, and began to clean up the frogs in front of Chu Tianshu.

"In the past, my store was opened in front of the factory, what was I thinking at that time? I think that there are a lot of people and you do heavy work, why can't you come to drink a little wine and eat something salty after work? ”

"That's right!" Chu Tianshu was a little surprised: "Isn't this normal?" Most of the workers work hard in the factory, and most of them have the habit of drinking, so they should come to drink some wine and eat food after work. ”

"I think so, too!" The boss patted the frog thigh in his hand: "It's normal to think like this!" ”

"What about the actual situation?" Chu Tianshu hurriedly asked.

"Actually...... boss skillfully cut off the frog's head, picked it with a knife, picked out the internal organs, and then turned the knife backhand and removed a whole frog skin.

"It's pretty much the same, but it's a little bit off."

"Although the income of the workers is okay, they don't dare to spend much money on small wine and food."

"Drink the worst kind of wine mixed with water, just a little bit of wine."

"Eating food doesn't mean whether it tastes good or not, the priority is the price."

"It's just a little bit of time to pick up customers, and it doesn't cost much to everyone."

"So what?"

"So the profit is low." The boss sighed: "It's okay if the profit is low, after all, there are many people and workers are generally endless." ”

"What's worse is that in order to attract as many workers as possible to come to the door, everyone lowered the price, sold the whole dish separately, took the initiative to mix the wine with water for many servings, and then lowered the price."

"And then brother, you went bankrupt because you refused to go along with it?" Chu Tianshu asked.

"What!" The boss shook his head: "I sell braised vegetables, which is the best way to split the dishes." ”

"In the past, my braised vegetables were sold by two catties."

"After everyone started to fight the price war, I didn't press the weight, took a small bamboo skewer, skewered the small dishes that could be skewered, put a brine pot at the door, pressed the vegetables in, the fire burned below, and put a small jar next to it, mixed the wine with water and poured it in, put a spoon, every time someone came, I would charge a penny, and then allow him to take a string of braised vegetables and drink a glass of wine."

"I made a lot of money with this at that time!"

The boss said triumphantly.

Chu Tianshu sighed: "Then you are quite powerful." ”

As the two spoke, four or five frogs had already been peeled.

"What flavor do you eat?" The boss asked.

"Two sweet, two spicy."

"Okay." As he spoke, he cleaned all the frogs that were still alive just now, quickly disposed of them, and then dug them out and chatted with Chu Tianshu.

"Where did we just go?"

"Speaking of my brother, you have opened up a new way to sell goods, and your wisdom has crushed your peers and made a lot of money."

"Hahaha, that's all in the past." The boss looked smug and very restrained, but it always seemed unsuccessful.

"Then brother, you are such a powerful person, why did you lose it?"

"Hey." The boss sighed: "I'm angry when I mention it." ”

"How?" Chu Tianshu was curious.

"Seeing that they have made money, the grandsons have lifted the house." The boss gritted his teeth: "Then I mentioned the rent, and I have to mention the price of the dishes online." ”

"In order to raise the price, I also specifically said that I changed the big cup and put a lot of meat in the marinated vegetables, I thought that I would only mention five cents, and it would not be in the way."

"As a result, the surrounding peers didn't know where to get a batch of cheap oil, and they also got a way to sell a cheaper wine imported from abroad, yellow-orange-orange-orange beer."

"Instead of mentioning it, they lowered the price."

"In this way, everyone in my store will raise the price!" The boss sighed again and again: "Alas, I panicked later, and began to reduce the price, thinking that I was losing money to make a shout, but I didn't make anything, and I lost a lot of money at that time." ”

"Is that so? Then your loss of money is purely a matter of rent. ”

"yes, I think so too." The boss sighed repeatedly: "You don't know how good my business was before the rent of my house was raised!" ”

"Damn." Chu Tianshu shook his head: "This kind of thing is really not good." ”

"yes, really, it's like lying on top of us and sucking blood." The boss sighed, stood up again, returned to the kitchen, and took out the spicy-flavored frog and served it to Chu Tianshu.

"Come, brother, you eat this spicy first, and my brother will give you a glass of juice." The boss said, squeezing a glass of juice mixed with sugar cane and oranges for Chu Tianshu.

"Thank you, brother."

"It's sweet, I'll have to wait a little longer."

As he spoke, he turned on the fire and began to cook the sweet juice.

Chu Tianshu was eating frogs while thinking about the things that the shopkeeper said.

In the factory area, there are not many small businesses like this that have been broken down due to rent.

The location of the factory empowers the nearby houses, and the price increase is in line with the market law.

But this is where the vulnerability of the real economy lies.

Prices that precede production that are invisible to the eye can force the workers on the consumer side and the actual petty producers and operators who were originally regarded as petty bourgeoisie to raise prices.

In addition, the cost of rent is actually added to the workers.

Including their own rent, the rent of the surrounding shops as a result of their gathering and consumption.

In fact, the cost, in the end, will be apportioned to them.

On the surface, it's the land that eats them; In fact, the most important interests are the big landlords who hold the largest land resources.

Dynasty or bureaucracy.

The basic contradiction, nothing has changed much, just a change in form.

Chu Tianshu thought about it, and took out the pocket watch again.

Calculate the time, if that girl is Xie Ningzi, then she should also come.