To be honest, Chen Pingsheng himself was a Boss for the first time.
Of course, there was still some nervousness, but more than that, there was anticipation.
This large supermarket had a daily footfall of about one to two hundred customers before its opening.
A month after opening, it dropped to one hundred.
Two months after opening, it successfully dropped to fifty.
By now, those who came either didn't want to travel too far or didn't know about this store.
It had basically ruined its reputation within this circle.
Although a fruit store is also a traditional retail industry, the biggest difference from a general supermarket is that fruit cannot be stored for too long.
If the fresh goods brought in are not sold within three days, they become stale.
This kind of fruit not only cannot be sold at a good price but also greatly affects the customer experience.
After all, if a store this big gets a reputation for selling stale fruit, who would still be willing to come?
This also brought great operational difficulty to the fruit store.
It can be said that the biggest operating cost of a fruit store, besides the shop rent, is mainly the spoilage of fruit.
That is, those that were not sold in time and had to be thrown away.
"Lao Chen, I've looked around, if we want to restock this store with fruit, we need at least fifty thousand yuan."
Fruit is sold by the pile; the fuller the display, the more desire customers have to buy.
They all understood this simple principle.
The key was that it was easy to bring in fifty thousand yuan worth of goods, but difficult to sell them.
At the current customer flow, at most seven to eight thousand yuan can be sold a day.
If the turnover is like this, the losses would be extraordinary.
So the key is to first solve the traffic problem.
This store is nearly four hundred square meters, and in addition to a super large cold storage, there is also a not-so-small office.
Chen Pingsheng, being a Boss for the first time, sat on the sofa inside, brainstorming, and called everyone to discuss countermeasures.
"The goods must be fully stocked, otherwise, even if people come in, it will be difficult for us to retain them."
Chen Pingsheng tapped his pen and said, "How about this: for the next half month, we plan to spend one hundred thousand yuan to attract customers, and for the promotional item, we can put up a sign outside saying 'three Apples for one yuan, pick any'."
Apple can be said to be the number one fruit category.
Every household buys them, and using them to attract customers is undoubtedly the best choice.
"That's no problem, we can get the goods from the wholesale market, smaller Apples are only about two yuan a catty."
The purchase price was similar, and it worked out to a loss of only one or two yuan per person.
Completely acceptable.
"Zhang Tao and Liu Jing, for the next half month, you two will be responsible for purchasing goods. Also, we all know some people in this vicinity; ask them to help promote it in the owner groups."
Chen Pingsheng said, "We're not just offering Apples at a special price; other fruits will also be sold at cost price. The priority is to build up customer traffic."
Everyone divided the work and got straight to it.
Zhang Tao and Liu Jing were responsible for purchasing, while Song Yanxi learned cash register operations, as she would be in charge of the financial section going forward.
As for the others, they were initially responsible for clearing and arranging goods, which wasn't difficult.
Mainly, everyone was familiar with each other, so they worked quickly.
By the afternoon, the first truckload of goods had been pulled back from the fruit wholesale market.
Song Yanxi watched her man's busy figure and even took a small moment to snap a few photos.
The first picture showed him bending over in the truck, continuously moving goods.
The second picture was of him in the store, guiding the arrangement of goods.
The third picture was of him at the cash register, learning the POS system.
As for the last picture, it was the two of them making peace signs together at the store entrance.
For a couple's photo, Song Yanxi also added a caption.
"2013, a new beginning, Tengsheng Fruit."
Just as she sent out the pictures, Du Juan was the first to reply to her.
"What's going on, is Chen Ge opening a supermarket?"
"Yes," Song Yanxi replied with a smile.
Du Juan immediately commented below, "You didn't even tell me about this, I'm breaking up with you!"
She said that, but she still rushed over immediately.
Then, some classmates replied to her messages. She only had a high school education, mainly because she was hooked up with Lao Chen and got married right after high school graduation.
Many of her classmates are now pursuing graduate studies in Beijing.
There wasn't much comparison among classmates; most just greeted her and wished her business prosperity.
The most exaggerated was Song Ma Liu Fen.
She was at a relative's house, and all the relatives sitting together were engaged in various comparisons.
For example, whose daughter found a manager at a foreign company.
Whose daughter married a civil servant, and so on.
Every time she heard these things, Liu Fen wished she could bury her head in the ground. No other reason than that her eldest daughter married the most useless outsider, and he was even a street vendor.
There was no hope for her in this life.
However, her younger daughter, Song Wu, got into an art school and had hopes of becoming a big star in the future.
This certainly made her very proud.
"I say, Liu Fen, why didn't your Song Yanxi come?"
Visiting relatives during the New Year, only childhood is the happiest.
After growing up, visiting relatives, if you are successful, it's fine, but if you are not very successful, the passive-aggressiveness among relatives is truly like June flying snow.
It stings you terribly.
"She has something to do and can't come."
"What else could she have to do? Isn't she just following Chen Ping to sell durian? By the way, your family sells durian, why don't you bring two over?"
The person speaking was Liu Fen's cousin. Perhaps it was unintentional, but to Liu Fen's ears, those words were as unpleasant as could be.
She was on pins and needles.
She didn't even eat; she found an excuse and went home.
Her younger daughter, Song Wu, was a senior in college, and in another half year, she would graduate.
She was currently busy with her classmates, trying to find connections to meet various assistant directors, producers, and so on.
She was also beautiful, but the Entertainment Circle has no shortage of beautiful girls.
There are only so many opportunities, and why they should fall to her is a matter of skill.
Song Wu knew that some female classmates had met well-known directors.
Even the back door could be wide open.
More or less, they could still get some opportunities.
For example, there was a girl in her class whom everyone secretly cursed.
But in class, they had to curry favor with her. No other reason than that the female classmate truly got some good resources later on.
Her starting point was too much higher than theirs.
Liu Fen came back full of anger and was also ill-tempered towards Song Wu.
"I said, Mom, Auntie said Chen Pingsheng, why are you taking it out on me?"
"Hmph, the older one is useless, and the younger one is also a handful."
Liu Fen sat down to the side, fuming. If Song Pa wasn't absent, she would have certainly grabbed him and scolded him.
Speak of the devil, and he shall appear.
Song Huamin opened the door and came back, carrying some gifts.
Liu Fen was about to speak when he stopped her, "You're all here, that's good. Pingsheng opened a large fruit supermarket, and it's opening tomorrow. Let's all go take a look."
"He opened a fruit supermarket?" Liu Fen was stunned, "How come I don't know?"
"With your attitude, what could you possibly know?"
Song Huamin came back to call them and also brought two pairs of wine.
"I just called Song Yanxi; their supermarket is huge. If I hadn't seen her Moments post, I wouldn't have known about this."
She found out from Moments again. Was she, as a mother, too much of a failure?
She knew nothing about such a big event concerning her daughter, and they didn't discuss it with her beforehand when they planned to open a supermarket.
It was simply acting on her own accord. No, she had to go and guide them.
Song Wu reacted quickly, immediately opening Da Jie's Moments, and then exclaimed:
"This was opened by Da Jie? Without several hundreds of thousands to millions, I'm afraid it wouldn't have been able to open at all."
Song Wu had some insight. When she heard "several hundreds of thousands to millions," Liu Fen's ears perked up.