The two checked the finishing work of the project in the factory area, and then drove to the department store on Renmin Road.
The first floor is for department stores and daily necessities counters, and the second floor is for electrical appliances.
Lin Shu and Gu Youhui parked their cars and went directly to the second floor.
The layout of the counters on the second floor has been rearranged. One of the counters near the stairway has many electrical appliances like fans placed this winter.
Lin Dongfa was directing the staff to set up the store. When he saw Lin Shu and Gu Youhui coming over, he hurriedly greeted them.
"Dongfa, are the styles of these counters designed by the electrical appliance factory?"
Lin Shu touched the solid wood shelves and counters. They were made very thick. The counters were heavy enough and were less than knee height. There were many electrical appliances from the electrical appliance factory.
Now that it is winter, the electric fans have been stored in the warehouse, and various models of electric heaters are placed on the counter.
Most people in the city now burn coal, but the disadvantage of burning coal is that it is dusty.
Changing the coal will produce dust, moving the purchased coal will produce dust, and normal combustion will also produce dust.
With an electric heater, you only need to plug it in to warm up the fire, and just turn off the switch when you are away, which is convenient and hygienic.
Of course, electric heaters in this era are only suitable for families with a certain financial strength in the city. Ordinary families can burn coal for heating, and they will not spend more money to buy electric heaters for heating.
The heaters produced by Gu Jiu and others from the electrical appliance factory in Guangdong Province have locked into consumer groups as soon as they leave the factory.
"Yes, I customized the drawings that their sales department gave me here."
Lin Dongfa is now the distributor of the electrical appliance factory in the provincial capital. From now on, he will be the general distributor of all electrical appliances produced by the electrical appliance factory in the provincial capital and surrounding cities.
"The goods sent to you now are air heaters and bird cages? The electric heating table has not been produced yet?"
Lin Shu remembered that Gu Jiu once told her that there were four or five styles of electric heaters, but now there are only two types in the store.
Province H is located south of the Yangtze River and has no facilities such as collective heating in winter.
As for the provinces divided into the south and other provinces, when winter comes every year, surviving the winter depends entirely on staying upright to survive the cold winter.
It's a little better at home, at least there is a stove to keep warm. The most pitiful thing is for the children who go to school. There is no heating in the classroom and the windows are not completely sealed. Sitting in the classroom is like sitting in an ice cellar.
My nose was so cold that my hands and feet suffered from frostbite.
I got through the whole class with a lot of shaking. After class, I tried my best to do some exercises to warm up my body.
"The production has been completed, and the daily output is relatively stable. This time, the factory sent me 200 heating tables. They are sent by our own logistics company. They will arrive probably tomorrow. My uncle also specifically told me that I will wait for the heating tables. When it arrives, let me send one to my family and another to the Gu family’s old house for Grandpa Gu and the others to keep warm.”
Lin Shu smiled and nodded.
Gu Youhui bumped Lin Dongfa with his body. He couldn't hide his envy in his eyes and said with a smile: "Brother Dongfa, come on, try to open a branch before next summer. My brother-in-law and his electrical appliance factory rely on you to boost sales and become bigger and stronger." "You think too highly of me. Regarding sales, I can only say that I will try my best."
This can be regarded as Lin Dongfa's first career in life. He hopes more than anyone else that sales will soar, defeat dealers in other provinces, and win the sales championship.
"Brother Dongfa, you are too humble. You have done a good job in managing my uncle's trading company. You have sales experience. I believe that your electrical appliance shop can also become bigger and stronger. In the future, other electrical appliance manufacturers will come to you. If you cooperate, you will be the big brother of the provincial electrical appliance store!”
As he said that, Gu Youhui gave a thumbs up.
"Youhui is right. When you become bigger and stronger in the future, other electrical appliance manufacturers may take the initiative to find you as an agent. At that time, you can open an electrical appliance supermarket, just like my lifestyle supermarket, with various brands of electrical appliances. Everything is covered, and people can buy all the home appliances they need at one stop.”
Lin Shu knew that in later generations, home appliance supermarkets had been popular for many years. It was not until the rise of online shopping that the business of home appliance supermarkets was slowly affected and became bleak.
Gu Youhui said excitedly after hearing this: "Brother Dongfa, let's open up our business ideas. If you run the same business in different ways, you will have unexpected gains."
Speaking of business, Gu Youhui thought of his main hotel business: "Auntie, tell me, what else can be changed about my hotel business? It can be turned into a supermarket like Brother Dongfa's electrical appliance store."< br>
Lin Shu couldn't help but laugh after hearing this, but there are other ways of operating a hotel: "If you want to be like an electrical appliance store, it's not impossible to change the business model. For example, in addition to restaurants and restaurants, you can also have a buffet restaurant, hot pot restaurant, etc. etc. For example, there are no tea restaurants in Guangdong Province yet in our provincial capital. You can try them, maybe the business will be good.”
"The food in the tea restaurants in Guangdong Province tastes pretty good, but the texture may not be suitable for the tastes of our province. Auntie, how do you make the cafeteria you just mentioned? Can you tell me more specifically?"
For the sake of hotel business, Gu Youhui humbly asked for advice. This was the first time he had heard of the cafeteria.
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"A buffet restaurant is where a variety of food, such as dishes, desserts, and pasta are placed on the table. Customers can freely choose what to eat as long as it is not wasted. The price of the food is not calculated by the dish, but by the head. , How much is it for an adult, how much is it for a child." Lin Shu gave a rough overview of how the buffet is operated.
However, the price range needs to be determined after careful discussion.
"So if you encounter a big eater, you won't lose money?" Gu Youhui was surprised when he heard about this business model for the first time.
You must know that for the people at this time, few people can eat with open stomach at home. If you open a shop as Lin Shu said, then all your capital will be wiped out.
"Before you set the price, you have to think carefully about it. It doesn't matter if you set the price higher. Try to prepare cheap and filling food for the dishes arranged in the restaurant. This can also be regarded as a cost savings realized. If your cafeteria is positioned as a In high-end restaurants, the food prepared is precious and the price can naturally be set higher.”
Gu Youguang was very excited after hearing her suggestion. The ideas provided by Lin Shu should be considered carefully when he has time.
For the next time, a few people chatted casually. During this period, many customers stopped in front of the counter, but no one actually bought.
Lin Shu asked Dongfa to take a sample, plug it in, and blow it towards the entrance of the counter, so that customers passing by could intuitively feel the warmth of the air heater.
"There are also birdcage-style heaters. You can set up a table and make a cloth cover on it. When customers come, they can sit down and warm themselves by the fire, and intuitively feel the advantages of the heater. I don't believe that customers won't be impressed. .”
This is Lin Dongfa's first career. Seeing that customers just don't want to buy it, I would be lying if I said I'm not in a hurry.
At this moment, after listening to Lin Shu's suggestion, he asked someone to prepare it without saying a word, and personally plugged in a fan heater and blew it towards the entrance of the counter.
Needless to say, not long after turning on the heater, everyone felt that the temperature inside the counter was not that low. (End of chapter)