Rebirth in 1985

Chapter 1 Hot Sales () ()

"Bang, bang, bang." On a sunny morning, the machines on the construction site were running at full capacity, making 'bang, bang' sounds from time to time. "Oh, it's so noisy." A roar came from a closed shop on the side of the road. The roar came from none other than Lu Shaohua.

There was no other way. I had just arrived in Shenzhen, so Weng Wende had to do his best to be a good host. So after moving the lychees, I went to his restaurant to eat. After dinner, we chatted there. It was already past one in the morning. I was so tired from sitting for more than ten hours that I went back to the rented shop and fell asleep. However, I had just fallen asleep for a while when I was woken up by the machines on the construction site.

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Bang, bang, bang." Lu Shaohua fell asleep again after yelling, but not long after, he heard the sound of 'bang, bang.' Even if he covered his head with the quilt, the sound of bang, bang was still clearly heard in his ears.

Lu Shaohua, who couldn't fall asleep due to the noise, could only open his eyes, take a breath, and say to himself: "Hey, this is the city. I can't even sleep well. Forget it, I won't sleep."

When Lu Shaohua finished brushing his teeth and washing his face and opened the door of the shop, a dazzling ray of sunlight shone in. He realized that it was already daybreak and the streets were bustling with people. Looking at the crowd on the street, Lu Shaohua looked back at the room inside. Lu Jiacheng and Lu Jiahui seemed to have not heard any movement and were still sleeping soundly. Lu Shaohua shook his head and did not wake them up. Instead, he found a piece of hard paper and a big pen and wrote three big characters on it: "Selling Lychees".

When chatting with Weng Wende last night, Lu Shaohua knew that Weng Wende had arranged everything in the shop for them, including pens, paper, scales, and even daily necessities. This touched Lu Shaohua's heart. After all, the two families were not very close, but he arranged everything for them, even buying daily necessities. If it were someone else, it would be a great achievement for them to rent a shop for you, and they would prepare these things for you. Perhaps because of Weng Wende's sincere help, Lu Shaohua gave the Weng family a lot of help in the near future. Of course, this is a later story, so let's not talk about it for now.

When everything was ready and Lu Shaohua was about to wake up Lu Jiahui and Lu Jiacheng, Weng Wende walked in from outside. Seeing Lu Shaohua, he asked curiously, "Xiaohua, why are Third Uncle and Fourth Uncle not here?"

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Oh! It's Brother Wende." Lu Shaohua turned around when he heard the voice and saw that it was Weng Wende. He called out and pointed inside the room, meaning to tell him that Lu Jiahui and Lu Jiacheng were sleeping in the room.

Weng Wende, who knew that Lu Jiahui and Lu Jiacheng were still sleeping, looked at his watch and said, "Oh, it's almost nine o'clock. Why don't Third and Fourth Uncle get up yet? It's really annoying. Xiaohua, go wake up Third and Fourth Uncle. I'll go to the restaurant and ask a few waiters to come and help. They have nothing to do anyway." Weng Wende walked towards the door, but before he walked out of the door, Weng Wende turned around and called Lu Shaohua. "Xiaohua, have you discussed the price with Third and Fourth Uncle?"

Lu Shaohua was also a little troubled by the price issue. If the price was too high, it would not be good. If the price was too low, then they would definitely make less money. Lu Shaohua shook his head to indicate that he would not negotiate. He then said, "Brother Wende, you have been in Shenzhen for quite a long time and you know the market here. How much do you think the price should be per kilogram?"

When asked by Lu Shaohua, Weng Wende frowned and thought for a while before saying, "Let's set the price at ten yuan per catty first. If someone thinks it's expensive, we'll lower it. If no one thinks it's expensive, we'll sell some and then say we're out of stock, and then raise the price."

When Weng Wende finished speaking, a word came to Lu Shaohua's mind. That was "sophisticated". Too sophisticated. He set a price first, and if it sold well, he would raise the price, and if it didn't sell well, he would lower the price. He also said "out of stock". This kind of well-reasoned statement made it impossible for consumers to refute it.

"Well, let's listen to Brother Wende and set the price at ten yuan per catty first." Lu Shaohua said in agreement.

"That's good. Go and call Uncle Three and Uncle Four to get up. I'll go back to the restaurant to find someone to help." Weng Wende said as he hurried towards the door.

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When Lu Jiahui and Lu Jiacheng finished washing their faces, Weng Wende had already called a few assistants over. "Third uncle, fourth uncle." Weng Wende greeted them as soon as he came in, and then he started to work with the assistants.

Seeing this, Lu Shaohua was even more certain that he would help him. Just imagine, a person who runs such a big restaurant is willing to help. What does this mean? This is not a "show", but a sincere help. As a "boss", he should just stand by and give orders, and there is no need to do it himself.

"Come, move these bamboo baskets into the room." Weng Wende shouted to the guys while hanging the bamboo basket by its ear.

"Coming, coming." A guy who looked less than 20 years old shouted as he walked towards Weng Wende.

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In less than a quarter of an hour, the lychees were finally sorted. Five baskets of lychees were placed in the room, and the other baskets were placed on the shelf near the door. Lu Shaohua hung the hard paper he had written on the door, and then took out about ten pounds of lychees from the basket to serve to the people who came to help. "Come on, try some before the lychees are on sale."

People came to help, and they did so voluntarily. Lu Shaohua was not a stingy person. A dozen kilograms was only a hundred yuan, which he did not care about. If he had not started the plan yet, even hundreds of thousands would be just a drop in the bucket. So Lu Shaohua took out a dozen kilograms for people to eat.

"Hahaha, don't just stand there, eat them. They are grown in our hometown. Try them and see if they are sweet." Weng Wende said as he took a few, peeled them and started eating.

Seeing Weng Wende eating, several of his men dared to follow him. These people had been to Shenzhen and of course knew the value of lychees. But they were really shocked to see that someone gave them more than ten kilograms of lychees to eat. This lychee could be worth hundreds of yuan, not just a few or dozens of yuan.

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"Boss, where are these lychees produced?" Just as everyone on Lu was praising the sweetness of the lychees, a middle-aged woman in her 40s at the door of the shop asked loudly.

When Lu Shaohua heard the woman asking about the origin of lychees instead of the price, he knew that she was an expert on lychees. After all, not all lychees grown in any place are sweet. Some lychees grown in some places are sour, but lychees grown in Lu Shaohua's hometown are sweet unless something unexpected happens. "Auntie, these lychees are from Chaoshan."

"Is it true?" The middle-aged woman looked at Lu Shaohua with some disbelief and asked.

"You can try it. It's free if it's not sweet." Lu Shaohua said with a smile, picking a larger one and handing it to the middle-aged woman.

The middle-aged woman took the lychee with doubt, peeled it and put it into her mouth. As soon as the lychee entered her mouth, she asked in a hoarse voice, "How much is this pound?"

Lu Shaohua knew that the middle-aged woman asked how much the lychees cost as soon as they were eaten because they were sweet. "Auntie, if you want it, I'll give it to you for ten yuan a pound."

"Ten yuan. OK, weigh ten kilograms for me." When the aunt heard ten yuan per kilogram, she reached into her pocket, took out her wallet, counted out ten 10-yuan bills and handed them to Lu Shaohua without even saying the price.

Just as Lu Shaohua took the money, Lu Jiacheng had already weighed ten kilograms of lychees, tied a knot at the mouth of the bag and prepared to hand it to the woman, but Lu Shaohua snatched it away, untied the knot of the bag, and put several more lychees in before handing it to her.

Lu Shaohua's behavior was obviously purposeful. He put more in to give the middle-aged woman a benefit so that she would help spread the word. The public's word of mouth is always the most powerful. As long as you give her some benefits, she will praise you to the sky. The woman who got the benefit felt very happy. When she met someone she knew, she would tell them that the lychees there were especially sweet, and so on. With this publicity, word spread from one person to a hundred, and from a hundred to a thousand. Then the lychees they brought in might be sold out in less than two days.

Sure enough, after a while, a group of old ladies and old men gathered in front of Lu Shaohua's lychee shop, vying with each other and shouting for a few kilograms. The noise almost made Lu Shaohua deaf, but he was happy in his heart. More and more people came, and even if some people didn't buy, curiosity killed the cat. Seeing so many people gathered here, some passers-by also joined in, and the shop was now packed with people, and the scene was noisy.

Meanwhile, Lu Jiacheng was extremely busy, constantly looking at the scale and then reporting a few kilograms. Lu Jiahui was packing the lychees into bags and handing them to Lu Jiacheng to weigh. Fortunately, Weng Wende's men were helping with the packing. Lu Jiahui would probably be very busy too, but despite being busy, both of them were in a very happy mood and were indescribably happy.

With a good start, the subsequent business was much easier. Seeing so many people coming, Lu Shaohua originally planned to raise the price, but after thinking about it, he gave up. Ten yuan per catty was already good. He was not very satisfied with making money from his own people. If it were in a foreign country, the price increase might not be one or two yuan per catty, maybe three or four yuan.

After more than an hour of fury, the number of people gradually decreased. When it was close to eleven o'clock, the sun was shining brightly and the temperature rose sharply. There was no one on the street. Lu Shaohua knew that there would be no business to do from then on. He had to wait until the evening, when the sun went down and people would come out after dinner to stroll around the streets and buy things. Only then would there be business to do.

"Brother Wende, please go back to the restaurant quickly. There is no business now. People over there are just about to have lunch, so there are a lot of people there." Lu Shaohua said when he saw Weng Wende still helping to sort the lychees.

"It's okay. I just told those guys to go back. Business will continue as usual even when I'm not there." Weng Wende replied with a smile, then he buried his head in sorting the lychees again.

"You kid, go back. There's no one here. The three of us can clean it up." Lu Jiahui seemed to have just remembered Weng Wende. Seeing that he was still helping, he quickly said.

"Okay then. By the way, I'll ask someone to make food for lunch." Weng Wende said as he took some lychees from his pocket and ran to the door, making Lu Shaohua and his nephew laugh.

"You little bastard, if you want to eat, just take some food in a bag. Otherwise, your clothes will be all black."

"Hahaha, Uncle San, it's because lychees are too sweet."

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