Chuan Shu Qi Leng: I own a department store

Zhang Kaiqi had worked in the catering business before and knew that catering has huge profits, but this noodle shop’s profits are too huge.

Even if you include rent, water, electricity and labor, the cost is less than 30 cents.

Xu Wanning was surprised, "Is a bowl of noodles so expensive?"

"Of course, this one is relatively affordable nearby."

Zhang Kaiqi pointed to a shop across the street and said, "I went there a few days ago and the same shredded pork noodles were sold for 90 cents."

The noodles are almost the same quality, but the price is one cent more expensive. It’s totally unfair!

Xu Wanning knew that the prices in Xiushui Street were high. After all, this was now a very prosperous place in Beijing. Some foreign friends and people whose families were not short of money mostly liked to come to Xiushui Street for shopping. In the words of later generations, the quality of the place was high enough and the goods were comprehensive, which was much more interesting than shopping in a department store.

However, the noodles that sell for 40 or 50 cents a bowl outside, the price more than doubles in Xiushui Street, and even the amount of meat is much less.

The taste of the noodles was just average.

After dinner, Xu Wanning, accompanied by Zhang Kaiqi, strolled around the shops on both sides of the street.

Xu Wanning took a fancy to a goose yellow woolen coat. There was nothing special about the style, but the color was pretty.

For convenience, Xu Wanning's wardrobe is made up of basic gray, white and black clothes, with an occasional stand-out color, red. She bought skirts and tops of other colors in the summer, but never a yellow winter coat.

She liked the dress at first sight and was about to ask the boss to take it down for her to try. However, the boss, who was wearing heavy makeup, just glanced at Xu Wanning and Zhang Kaiqi and said lazily without getting up, "This coat is 320 yuan. Can you afford it? If you are sure you want to buy it, I will take it down for you to try!"

"How much? Three hundred and twenty? Why don't you just go and rob it!" Zhang Kaiqi was shocked when he heard the price.

The most expensive wool coat I bought from the department store this winter was only about 170 or 180 yuan. The one from the Friendship Store was a little more expensive, only about 200 yuan.

Zhang Kaiqi knew that Xu Wanning had opened a ready-made clothing store, so she also customized a woolen coat in the store. She planned to wear it during the Chinese New Year, so she was not in a hurry and did not rush the deadline.

The selling price of that dress was two hundred and fourty yuan, but Xu Wanning calculated the cost price for her and only charged her one hundred and thirty yuan.

The price of two hundred and forty yuan was already very expensive for Zhang Kaiqi, but the fabric and style of that dress were incomparable to any other dress on the market.

The piece of clothing Xu Wanning was holding was beautiful in color, but the style and color of the fabric were far inferior to those sold in ready-made clothing stores.

In the end, the price was three hundred and twenty, which was eighty yuan more expensive than the one in the clothing store!

Eighty yuan is not a small amount of money. Many people’s salary is less than eighty yuan!

When the boss heard Zhang Kaiqi's clamor, he rolled his eyes in annoyance and said, "If you can't afford it, don't look at it!"

Zhang Kaiqi angrily dragged Xu Wanning out and said, "I know you have money, and three hundred and twenty is nothing to you, but that dress is not worth the price at all. The most important thing is the attitude of the boss, it's disgusting just to look at him!"

Little did they know that as soon as they left, the boss started to curse and grumble: "She looks pretty, but you look poor! Poor people don't deserve to enter my store!"

Xu Wanning was not angry, because it was not worth getting angry about such a small matter.

She followed Zhang Kaiqi to several more stores, but the situations she encountered were similar.

I can only say that it is really easy to make money in Xiushui Street.

Xu Wanning thought that pricing her woolen coat at over two hundred was already very expensive, but compared with the one in Xiushui Street, she was truly a conscientious boss.

After all, every aspect of her clothes, from fabric to tailoring to quality to design, can stand up to scrutiny. It is no exaggeration to say that a piece of clothing can be worn for decades without any problem.

Seeing Zhang Kaiqi pouting in anger, Xu Wanning said with a smile, "I'm not angry, why are you angry? Okay, don't take this little thing to heart. You've been in the catering business before, so think about it carefully these few days. What should we sell after our store opens, how to set the price, all of these need a systematic plan."

"What do you think we should sell as our main product?"

"What do you think?" Xu Wanning asked back, "You will still be the main person in charge of this store in the future, so you have to think about it. As for me, I can only give you some suggestions when you are confused. You have to make the decision yourself."

This was not the first time Xu Wanning had said this, but every time Zhang Kaiqi heard it, she felt incredulous.

"You bought the house, and you can use it for other purposes even if you don't open a store. Let's not talk about that. But so far, the decoration alone has cost more than 2,000 yuan. Wan Ning, are you really not afraid that this store will be ruined in my hands?"

Although the store has not been fully opened yet, a lot of money has been spent on the early preparations. All added up, it is not a small amount. Zhang Kaiqi doesn't quite understand. Is Xu Wanning really so reassured?

Xu Wanning smiled and said, "You don't have much contact with me, so you may not know what kind of person I am. Let me tell you this, if I can entrust something to someone I trust, I generally won't get involved myself. I'd rather be a hands-off boss."

What is a trusted person?

Dongzi Cuifen was, her aunt was, Tang Ting, Chen Qiaoqiao, Gu Meng was, and later on, Yang Kai and Yang Rong, the people who managed the breeding farm and snack shop for Xu Wanning were all people she trusted.

Firstly, their character is trustworthy, and secondly, their work ability is beyond doubt.

With these people taking the lead in managing her business, why should she do everything herself?

She can use her time to do more meaningful things.

After hearing what Xu Wanning said, Zhang Kaiqi didn't know what to say.

After a long while, she said silently: "No wonder you are so successful, your mind and vision are much better than ordinary people! Wan Ning, the person I admire most is not my father, but you!"

Faced with Zhang Kaiqi's praise, Xu Wanning didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

She just wanted to be lazy and down-to-earth, she wasn't that great.

"So, you are the same manager as my other stores. I will let you manage this store. Unless you are really undecided about something, I will not interfere under normal circumstances."

"Zhang Kaiqi, do you have the confidence to manage this store independently?"

This store is too unconventional for people today.

Zhang Kaiqi was stunned for a long time before slowly nodding: "Of course I can! Since you trust me so much, I will definitely not let you down!"

"Comrade Xu Wanning, just wait and see!"