Chapter 24 State-owned Trust Store
Three days later, it was early in the morning.
Fang Yan put down the script of "Wrangler" that he had already written, and now he is waiting for the film studio to come to him during the awards ceremony.
"Yanzi! Yanzi!"
Suddenly, Fang Hong shouted and walked into the room.
Fang Yan was stunned, "Sister, what are you doing?"
"You must hold this ticket for me."
Fang Hong slapped the bicycle ticket on his table.
Fang Yan shook his head, "Sister, this is from the factory to reward you as a model worker. How can you give it to me? You should just take it and buy it for yourself. Phoenix brand, ride in the factory, Doraemon Ah."
"Don't be ridiculous, my home is only a few steps away from the noodle factory, I have to ride a bike."
Fang Hong stared, "Besides, Xiaoya and I are used to going home together. What will she do if I ride a bicycle?"
"This is not easy. Why don't you just drive her back?" Come on."
Fang Yan smiled.
Fang Hong said with a straight face, "Are you being a talker?"
Fang Yan said half-jokingly: "No, sister, haven't you thought about next year's college entrance examination? If Su Ya passes the exam, What?”
"Whether you pass the Xiaoya College Entrance Examination or not, it has nothing to do with whether you accept the bicycle ticket or not! If I tell you to take it, just take it!"
A trace of disappointment flashed in Fang Hong's eyes, but it quickly disappeared. .
Fang Yan said: "What about you?"
"Mom has discussed it with me. Our family has several industrial coupons. We will never think about buying a Phoenix, but buying a Phoenix The golden lion, the red flag, and the five sheep are enough to get together with the neighbors.”
Fang Hong felt helpless and happy at the same time.
What a miscellaneous brand!
Fang Yan raised his eyebrows. In this era when bicycles are the mainstream, brands are usually divided into two categories. One is Feige, Forever, and Phoenix. The rest are lumped into one category and are jokingly called miscellaneous brands.
Even Hongqi, like Feige, is produced in Jinmen factory.
Thinking of this, he refused: "Sister, how about this, you buy the Phoenix brand, and I buy the Hongqi brand. Anyway, I don't choose the brand."
"If you don't choose, other girls will. Ah.”
Fang Hong glared at him and said, "Facade is a person's dignity. With the Phoenix card, it will not only be convenient for you to go to work, but you will also be decent in the workplace, and you will also be decent when you are with someone in the future."
"Sister, There’s no need.”
Fang Yan touched his nose.
There is a popular saying at this time, flying pigeons are fast, but they are always durable. No one loves you on a red flag car, but you fall in love riding a phoenix.
Many girls will ask their boyfriends to have a Phoenix bike, while Fei Ge and Forever are only acceptable.
"I know you feel sorry for me, but I also feel sorry for you. Don't talk nonsense. I want you to hold it, so just hold it and don't talk too much..."
Fang Hong raised her hand and threatened: "Be careful, sister, beat me." You! "
Sister, you are too kind to me, I will beat you too.
Fang Yan was helpless, "Sister, I can find a way to take care of my bicycle myself."
Fang Hong frowned, "You can do it? What can you do?"
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"I'm going to go to the trust store."
"Trust store?!"
"Yes, I plan to go there and take a look and buy some bicycle accessories. If I'm lucky, I might even be able to buy a bicycle. Second-hand Phoenix.”
“I’ll take a half-day off and go with you.”
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In the past, there was a kind of store called "Trust Store" in Forty-Nine Cities.
In the words of old Yanjing, it is also called "entrusted trading house".
Similar to the old pawn shops or pawn shops, if someone wants to sell something that is not used temporarily, the trust store will make a purchase price based on the market price and the condition of the item.
There is also a consignment agency business, which connects the two parties of consignment and purchase, and collects some agency fees from it.
And different places have different business directions.
For example, Dongsi, Caishikou, Tianqiao, and Qianmen mainly sell miscellaneous items, ranging from cameras, handicrafts, and watches to clothing, leather shoes, hats, and clothes. Another example is Donghua Gate, which mainly sells furniture, such as tables, chairs, boxes, and wardrobes. Wait, mainly old items.
As for complete bicycles and spare parts, the first choice is Beixinqiao Trust Store, which is not far from Nanluoguxiang.
"Yanzi, why are you buying cigarettes?"
Fang Hong asked curiously: "Why buy such expensive ones."
"Maybe we will use them later."
Fang Yan bought a large front door package with 30 cents per box.
The two came to the door of the trust store and looked in. There were people everywhere, just like supermarkets and shopping malls in their previous lives.
"Yanzi, how do you know there is such a place?"
"I just walked there blindly, sister, this way."
Fang Yan walked there with ease. Sales department.
Trust stores are generally divided into two parts: the sales department and the purchasing department. The sales department is responsible for display and sales, and the purchasing department is responsible for purchasing and consignment.
Fang Hong followed, just like Grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden.
Radios, clocks, watches, furniture, even old pianos, organs, violins, everything is available, a dazzling array.
Although it is second-hand, it does not look old at all. Just like the table, chair and cabinet in front of me, it is just that the style is a little older and the paint has peeled off.
Looking twice, you can even find that some items still have traces of suspected house confiscation seals, which have not been torn off.
"Hey, the big front door, it's so smoky."
The old master smiled and put it under his nose and smelled it.
Fang Yan looked at him and smiled, saying nothing. Cigarettes these days are divided into three categories: A, B and C.
Anything over 50 cents is considered Class A, 30 cents or more is considered Class B, and anything below is considered Class C. Among the cigarettes that cost about 20 cents, the best one to smoke is Yanjing. Badaling, golden leaves in southern Henan...
Fang Hong followed the sound and saw him taking out two cigarettes from the cigarette case and handing them to the master and apprentice at the counter.
"A bicycle, right?"
The old master saw that he was so "respectful for his elders" and told his young apprentice: "Xiao Liu, take them to the back to pick."
“Hey , Thank you, uncle.”
Fang Yan pulled Fang Hong and followed Xiao Liu in a white coat to the back of the house, where he saw shelves on the left hand side of the wall neatly placed with various items. Bicycle spare parts.
Directly opposite the rack, there are bicycles lined up.
National Defense, Hongqi, Hongmian, Wuyang, Baishan, and even Haishi and Feihua produced in Jiangsu and Zhejiang have one, with varying degrees of newness and oldness.
“Why are there so many!”
Fang Hong was surprised.
“Some are short of money and want to exchange for two cash to spend, some are married and want to exchange for Phoenix or Forever, so they sell their old bicycles to raise money, and some are broken and in disgrace..."
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Xiao Liu didn't have the arrogance of a salesperson and patiently introduced the products.
"Sister, what do you think of this place?"
Fang Yan lowered his voice.
"It's good, but no matter how good it is, it can't be compared to Feng..."
Before Fang Hong finished speaking, she saw him pointing to the middle of the pile of cars, with the logo on the front of the car clearly visible. It's Phoenix.
On the left and right, there were two or three permanent and flying pigeons.
“This Phoenix looks quite new. Why didn’t it sell? Is there anything wrong with it?” Fang Yan walked to a second-hand Phoenix that looked like it was 70% to 80% used. It had some scratches on the paint and some spots on the seat. It's a little loose.
"The bell is broken and I can't scream. The chain is a bit worn and keeps falling off." Xiao Liu said truthfully.
“How much does this car cost?” Fang Yan asked.
“150 yuan and 5 cents.” Xiao Liu said.
"How many, how many!"
Fang Hong said in surprise: "This is too expensive, a brand new half set of chains is only 155 yuan!"
"This is different, yours is 12 Type, this is Phoenix 18 It costs more than 170 yuan per hand." Xiao Liu knocked on the car body and said, "Although this is not a first-hand car, look at this and this. They are all manganese steel, intact and solid."
Go on The introduction said: "Look at the handlebars, rims, shelves and legs, they are all electroplated, and the paint on the chain box is all covered with soapy paint, which is black, shiny and greasy. I Master said, if the paint hadn’t peeled off, the bell would have It’s broken, the saddle is loose, and the chain keeps falling off, otherwise it would cost at least 160.”
“Then why don’t you just repair and renovate the bike and sell it at a higher price?”
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Fang Hong frowned.
“Sister, they don’t make money by doing this.”
The corners of Fang Yan’s mouth rose.
“Why?”
Fang Hong was confused.
"First, renovation and repair require labor and material costs."
Fang Yan replied: "Second, even if it is repaired and refurbished, the price has increased, but if the price increase is too high, it is better to just buy a new one. Yes, just like what you said, the half chain is only 155. "
"Exactly what my master said."
Xiao Liu looked at me approvingly.
Fang Yan looked at the other Phoenixes, and also tried the second-hand Everlasting and Flying Pigeons. They were either too broken or too old. Finally, he returned to the original 18-inch 28-inch bicycle.
"Where are the Phoenix accessories?"
"Over there."
"Comrade, do you have the tools here?"
Fang Yan saw the clearly marked accessories, Chains, bells, seats, etc. were all available, and he immediately rubbed his hands.
“Yes, yes, you want to repair your car here?”
Xiao Liu was surprised.
Fang Yan said: "Yes, there are all the accessories here. When the time comes, you can buy whatever you want to repair or repair. How convenient."
"Then you have to buy the car first. Now, this car is yours, you can do whatever you want with it," Xiao Liu said in a principled manner.
“Sure.”
Fang Yan carefully took out the money.
"Yanzi, wait."
Fang Hong pulled him aside and whispered: "You really know how to repair cars. Why don't I remember that you can do this? Don't repair the car when the time comes. If it breaks down, all my royalties will go into it.”
“Sister, this car has some minor problems, I’m sure of it.”
Fang Yan is confident.
Why are you so familiar with trust stores?
In my previous life, I made a lot of money by reselling on Taobao in trust stores.
For example, these second-hand bicycles, although they are unwanted by others, have many minor problems, but few major problems. As long as they are repaired and maintained well, they can be bought back as 60% new and sold as 70% to 80% new. Go, you can even buy bicycle accessories and build one directly.
Once in and out, not only do you not lose money, but you make a small profit.
"Just do it."
Fang Hong saw that she couldn't stop him, "But I remind you, don't take the porcelain job without diamonds. It's really not possible. There is someone in our factory who understands The man who repairs the car, I can ask him for help.”
"I know, I'll go to the counter to pay."
Fang Yan picked up the bicycle and walked to the front room with Xiao Liu.
(End of this chapter)