Chapter 454 Foreign Guests and Internal Guests
Yes, Ning Weimin has indeed been a bit obedient since he took in Sun Wufu.
His newly opened store in Zhai Palace was very popular among foreign guests, and the book market held on Sundays also prospered simultaneously.
Especially after the "Beijing Evening News" published an exclusive interview about the book market.
The name of Tiantanzhaigong Book Market is widely spread in Sijiucheng.
Even college students in Haidian are not afraid of the long distance and go to the Temple of Heaven Park to buy books.
In this way, even after Labor Day, the book market has maintained considerable popularity and warmth.
It can almost maintain the passenger flow at the level of seven to eight thousand people.
This directly led to Ning Weimin's office being crowded with people and constant phone calls.
More and more publishing houses are actively contacting him, hoping to join in and solve their respective inventory problems with the help of the book market.
It can be said that in less than three months, the book market founded by Ning Weimin has successfully opened up and become famous.
We have entered into a virtuous cycle of operation.
In this era, such speed and achievements are undoubtedly an incredible business miracle.
For this reason, not only Ning Weimin himself is happy, but his other two partners are also very satisfied.
Even the district leaders responsible for approving the palace catering cooperation project were pleasantly surprised.
Naturally, confidence in the prospects of cooperation between the three parties has greatly increased.
So Ning Weimin's wishes were completely fulfilled, and the leader made a stroke of his pen.
The palace catering project, which was submitted a month ago and jointly funded by the three parties with an initial investment of up to 500,000 yuan, was approved and finally officially launched.
This must be said, it is good news that makes everyone involved feel very excited and have long been looking forward to it.
But as the saying goes, if people are popular, the same is true if the business is popular.
Once the stall is too big, there will be some carelessness and mistakes will inevitably occur.
After all, no one is perfect. No matter how talented Ning Weimin is in business, he still can't do everything.
In fact, it was precisely when he was satisfied with his ambition and was about to move forward quickly to continue to build a career in the field of high-end catering.
Reality suddenly flashed across his waist, almost knocking him over.
It is in line with the old saying that extreme joy brings sorrow.
What's going on?
Speaking of the cause of this matter, it actually stems from Ning Weimin's two contradictory business strategies towards foreign guests and domestic guests.
Killing the rich and giving to the poor is a waste of time.
For foreign and domestic guests, buying the same thing at different prices can easily lead to problems.
Seriously speaking, it’s not like Ning Weimin hasn’t considered this.
In order to prevent these two types of people from mixing together and trading together, he adopted a simple method of dividing them into two.
Outside the Zaigong Crafts Store, he had a foreign exchange trading sign hung up to prevent domestic guests from patronizing it.
As for the Sunday book market, he strictly ordered Sun Wufu and the "junk dealers" he recruited to only do business with his compatriots.
In his opinion, it is the best way to stay out of trouble.
It also prevents foreigners from taking advantage, or ordinary people who get angry when they hear the high prices and scold him behind his back for being evil.
But the problem is, people are not dead objects. How can they be manipulated as they please?
And many things are just a coincidence.
No, on Saturday, May 16th, something happened in the Zhai Palace Crafts Store.
At that time, it was around 12:30 noon, which was the time when there were the fewest people.
No matter where people are, they have to eat when it's meal time, and this is the same for the staff of Zhai Palace.
Since the craft store has two rooms in its business area, two girls take care of it in one shift.
Originally, the two girls in charge of the store, Xiao Wei and Xiao Meng, planned to go to dinner together.
But they never expected that just when they were about to close the door and leave.
Unexpectedly, a middle-aged man in his fifties came and walked into the store, minding his own business and looking at the products.
This clever trick is so disgusting.
The man who ruined their plan was seen wearing a black marching hat.
Wearing a khaki clothing and brown trousers.
On his feet was a pair of white-edged cloth shoes, and he was carrying a black artificial leather bag.
Why do you think you have a smoky rustic look on your body? You came here just for leisure.
The two girls will definitely be unhappy, but due to the service requirements and professional standards set by Ning Weimin, it is difficult to expel them directly.
There was nothing they could do, they could only aim at this person with their eyes.
Trying to use this tactful way to force this person to wake up and leave quickly.
Speaking of the fact that it has been open for so many days, there are indeed some people who can’t see the “Foreign Exchange Only” sign outside and accidentally wander in.
And this trick usually works, most people can't stand this kind of stare at thieves.
But there are no absolutes in everything. They are still so evil today. Neither of the two girls expected that they would meet someone with a good psychological quality and no sense of humor.
This one didn't respond at all. He could only lie down on the counter and look at it, then walk over to look at the prices.
And he is extremely serious, never browsing in a hurry like ordinary people.
I really went through everything, and I was still muttering something silently, but I just couldn’t count.
To put it into perspective, if it takes less than an hour, I will definitely not be able to finish it.
Finally, ten minutes later, Xiao Wei couldn't stand it anymore.
She leaned over and said politely, "Comrade, why don't you go somewhere else first? We are going to close here."
The middle-aged man was stunned for a moment, "What do you mean? You Are you trying to attack me?"
How dare Xiao Wei admit this crime?
Forcing a smile and waving his hands, "No, no, it's noon. You go to eat first and come back in an hour."
This man finally understood, was silent for a while, and lowered his head. Out.
Xiao Wei and Xiao Meng immediately looked at each other and smiled.
But what they didn't expect was that the front-footer had just stepped out, and within two seconds, he stepped back in.
“Hey, your sign outside didn’t say business hours and lunch break? Why are you yelling at me?”
Well, I went out to check the business hours.
Xiao Wei choked immediately, like a fish bone. But the other girl, Xiao Mengke, had something to say, and she followed up with a few words that she didn't like.
"It doesn't say there is a lunch break, but did you see it said 'forex trading only'? Do you have any foreign exchange coupons?"
"Forex exchange coupons? I'll just take a look. Do you want a foreign exchange coupon?" The middle-aged man was obviously tired of saying this.
But the two girls still held on to this and refused to let go, speaking in unison.
"I'm sorry, this is decided by superiors. If there are no foreign exchange coupons, please go elsewhere. I'm sorry that we can't receive you."
The middle-aged man thought for a while, sighed, and finally gave in helplessly.
"Okay, I'll leave first, wait for you for an hour, and then I'll come back, right?"
Both girls felt the joy of victory in their hearts.
But just because this master is so serious, he still refuses to give up, so he must beat the drowned dog and drive him away.
“You still have to get the foreign exchange coupons.”
"That's right, don't make things difficult for us. We have to comply with the requirements of our superiors. Otherwise, the bonus will be deducted."
The middle-aged man was so embarrassed by the little girl's trick of using chicken feathers as an arrow.
But he didn’t say anything more, lowered his head and left.
But this matter is by no means over here.
Because Xiao Wei and Xiao Meng came back from dinner after dinner and saw this guy waiting for them at the door of the store.
And he actually held a ten-yuan foreign exchange coupon that he got from nowhere. He showed it to them and asked them with a serious expression.
"This is a foreign exchange certificate, right? Can you let me go in and take a look now?"
Of course the two girls now had no excuses to stop them, so they had no choice but to let the store door open. , let this owner enter the store.
It stands to reason that by now, Xiao Wei, Xiao Meng and this customer are already somewhat at odds with each other.
But everyone still hides this unhappiness in their hearts.
If the next thing doesn't happen again, there is a high probability that this incident will just pass.
But the problem lies precisely in the fact that he really found something that caught his eye.
It took about an hour, and this man slowly read everything he could.
During this period, there was also a lot of people looking at a shelf endlessly, which affected many foreign customers from browsing.
Finally, he brought over a white porcelain wine glass and asked the two girls about the price.
"How much does this thing cost?"
Xiao Wei and Xiao Meng are angry, why don't they take the opportunity to treat him badly?
Thinking about it, there is no way I can quote him a price that he can afford.
“Twelve.”
“Eighteen.”
Okay, but I didn't expect that the two of them spoke at the same time, but each had the same price, and they were not unified.
The middle-aged man frowned.
"Is it twelve or eighteen? Why are the prices you mentioned different?"
Xiao Wei was speechless, but Xiao Meng was clever.
She estimated that the middle-aged people did not understand the exchange rate, so she simply started making nonsense.
"She said U.S. dollars, I said foreign exchange certificates."
The middle-aged man was noncommittal and asked again.
“That’s even 18, can it be cheaper?”
The two girls shook their heads together.
“The price is set by superiors”
"Yes. We have no power to change it."
The middle-aged man shut up again.
But he didn't give up even at this point.
He held the thing in his hand and pondered for a while.
In addition to taking out the ten yuan foreign exchange coupons from his pocket, he also took out a lot of scattered banknotes from his pocket, collected ten yuan of RMB, and handed them over together.
"Is this okay? I want this thing. Let's open the ticket."
Of course it was the two girls' turn to be dumbfounded, and they were defeated.
To be honest, they never expected that middle-aged people would want to buy it at such a price.
This is so abnormal. How can Chinese people be so generous?
Even if there is, he is someone like Manager Ning.
There is no way he is dressed like a middle-aged man.
So they had a terrible idea almost at the same time.
Oh, this middle-aged man, is he holding himself back?
Is he going to take revenge for today’s unpleasantness?
Yes, either he is from the Price Bureau.
Either he knew someone from the Price Bureau and wanted to report this thing to the Price Bureau.
Where can I go?
So the two girls accepted death and shook their heads like rattles.
No matter what, he refused to let the middle-aged man take the cup away, because he would not sell it to him because he did not have enough foreign exchange certificates.
What was even more unexpected was that a few people got into a dispute and attracted the attention of other customers in the store.
A foreigner was interested in the cup held by the middle-aged man and came to ask about the price out of curiosity.
It was Xiao Meng again who had an idea and thought that this was a good excuse.
It would be great if this foreigner fell in love with this porcelain cup and bought it!
Sue us? You also need to have evidence in hand.
She asked the middle-aged man to put down his things for the foreigners to see, and said, "Since you don't have enough foreign exchange coupons, we have no choice but to apologize."
But she really shouldn't have said that.
Because this made the middle-aged man completely angry.
As a result, things almost got out of hand.
(End of this chapter)