Siheyuan: Returning to 61 to collect waste

Ye Chuan believes that this is a great deal. If it is put into 15 years, it may take more than 15 billion yuan to build each future department store, and the land cost, material cost and labor cost will be very high.

Old Xu was shocked.

Even if the lower standard of 2 million yuan is used, the total investment required for the 16 future department stores will reach 32 billion yuan. He knew about Ye Chuan's financial strength, but he had never thought that its scale was so huge.

"Xiao Ye, you are far more successful than I thought! Now I am even grateful that I did not persuade you to stay in public office. In that case, the country would have gained an excellent official. But you chose to leave, and the country gained an outstanding entrepreneur."

In Mr. Xu's opinion, using the word "great" to describe Ye Chuan is already a very high evaluation.

After touring all the floors of the Future Department Store, Mr. Xu was extremely shocked.

Accustomed to the traditional model of department stores and supply and marketing cooperatives, he is still unfamiliar with the concept of commercial complexes and finds it difficult to understand why there are cinemas and amusement parks inside department stores.

He felt very novel and curious about new things such as the restaurants between floors and the Feifan Group's user service center.

"Mr. Xu, why don't we go take a look at the underground area? There is a supermarket and a parking lot on the first floor." "Okay, I also want to see how the supermarket is different from the small commodity markets we used to have."

When he heard the news that Wal-Mart supermarket opened, he originally planned to visit and inspect it. However, after learning that the supermarket mainly sold food, daily necessities and daily necessities, he was not so interested anymore.

30 These things can be found in both the Supply and Marketing Cooperative and Fahrenheit Mall, and he had seen similar scenes when he visited Fahrenheit Mall before.

Although Fahrenheit Mall once led the market with its advanced nature, it will gradually lose its dominant position after entering the 90s, and it is more likely to be eliminated by the market, especially at the beginning of the new century.

As the elevator descended to the underground floor, Ye Chuan, Mr. Xu and their entourage Chen Feiming arrived at the supermarket. As they got off the elevator, they were startled by the bustling crowd.

Since its opening, Walmart supermarket has been crowded with customers every day, and there are always long queues in front of the dozen or so checkout counters.

Ye Chuan did not clear the area specifically for Mr. Xu's visit. He believed that as a company manager, it was neither responsible nor wise to do so.

Mr. Xu himself had never made such a request. Even though his secretary had some concerns, he did not say anything more when he saw that Ye Chuan and Chen Feiming were calm as usual.

The young new secretary knew that Chen Feiming used to be the right-hand man of the big leader, and Ye Chuan was a rising star who was highly valued, so he did not dare to say too much in this occasion.

When the group walked into the supermarket, Mr. Xu was immediately shocked.

He is busy with official duties every day and has almost no free time, so he is not familiar with the operating mechanism of the supermarket.

The moment he walked into the supermarket, Mr. Xu immediately noticed the biggest difference: there was not a single salesperson in the entire mall.

The spacious venue was filled with shelves filled with all kinds of goods. Apart from the occasional employees walking around, there were no salespeople stopping to look after the goods.

"Xiao Ye, there is no salesperson here?" Mr. Xu asked in confusion.

"Mr. Xu, this is a self-service shopping mode. Only the fresh food area has services that require staff to operate." Ye Chuan answered patiently.

This was a completely new experience for Mr. Xu. In his impression, how could unattended goods be prevented from being stolen?

The customers were selecting the goods on their own, with no one supervising the process, which filled him with doubts.

So he asked, "Xiao Ye, how do you prevent your belongings from being stolen?"

Mr. Xu quickly grasped the core of the problem.

Ye Chuan shook his head helplessly: "It's actually very difficult to do. Some goods are stolen every day."

He added: "Of course it is easier if people are well-educated, but if we encounter people with bad intentions, we can only accept this result."

He then explained: "Even with salespeople, this kind of problem cannot be completely avoided. It is not only faced by self-service supermarkets, but also by traditional supply and marketing cooperatives or department stores."

"However, with the salesperson's monitoring, this situation will happen less frequently."

Ye Chuan smiled and said, "Mr. Xu, if we assign one salesperson to each row of shelves, the entire supermarket would need at least 500 salespersons. We have added loss prevention personnel, thus saving the labor cost of salespersons. Calculated at yuan per person per month, this can save nearly yuan in labor costs per month!"

"On average, we save about 700 yuan a day. We did a statistics and found that supermarkets lose about 1000 yuan worth of goods every day due to theft, but the success rate of arrests is also very high! The loss prevention personnel are well-trained and have developed the ability to detect abnormal eyes, movements and expressions."

Mr. Xu nodded.

"Even if they are caught, some thieves still succeed, right? In the end, won't the supermarket still suffer?"

Ye Chuan replied slightly embarrassedly: "We will impose a fine on the thieves who are caught."

"A fine? You have no right to impose a fine. Would the thieves be willing to pay the fine?"

"Well, when we catch a thief, we have two ways to deal with him: if you don't want to pay a fine, call the police. Usually people choose to solve the problem by paying a fine, which means that the people who are caught pay for the people who escaped our surveillance."

“Why would you rather impose a fine than have the police intervene?”

"If you call the police, they will contact their family and company leaders, and they will also be fined. If the situation is serious, they may be fired. After weighing the pros and cons, most people will choose to pay the fine."

Only then did Mr. Xu understand the reason.

Normally he didn't care about these matters. Many things required his decision, so he never paid attention to these details.

I never thought there were so many details to consider when dealing with theft.

Obviously, Mr. Xu took great interest in this supermarket.

So Ye Chuan took him to visit the entire shopping mall carefully.

When he arrived at the fresh food area, Mr. Xu was shocked by the rows of clean and transparent freezers.

Mr. Xu, who has not been to the vegetable market for many years, still has the traditional impression of the non-staple food market as those dirty meat stalls.

When he saw the separate raw food and cooked food areas in the cold food section, he suddenly felt the urge to buy some.

The staff selling food all wore clean, new white clothes and protective equipment similar to masks.

"Xiao Ye, what is this?"

"Mr. Xu, according to regulations, all employees involved in food sales must wear this device to prevent droplets from contaminating the food."

"You have really thought it through. No wonder there is so much traffic here." Mr. Xu was deeply touched.

The last stop was the cashier area, and the scene here made it difficult for Mr. Xu to look away.

There were fifteen checkout lanes in operation, and every trolley was filled with goods. The cashier quickly scanned the goods, and the customers left the supermarket satisfied.

"Your operational efficiency is truly commendable!" Xu Chuan responded:

"But Mr. Xu, I'm still a little dissatisfied. Our company is currently developing a barcode and code scanning system. In the near future, we will be able to automatically record accounts by simply scanning the goods, eliminating the need for manual calculations."

After hearing this, Mr. Xu was filled with emotion. He hadn't been to the vegetable market for more than 20 years, and he didn't expect it to have changed so much. If he were to go shopping in a supermarket now, he really wouldn't know where to start.

Ye Chuan and his group said goodbye to the supermarket and went to the lounge on the top floor. He had already booked a table at the restaurant downstairs, but Mr. Xu insisted not to eat, so Ye Chuan had to arrange for the restaurant to deliver a simple meal.

"Mr. Xu, you have to meet with Director Liu at 1:30 pm." The secretary whispered in Mr. Xu's ear. "Cancel all your afternoon schedules. I want to stay here and wait for the sales data of Tianjiao Automobile today." The secretary listened in surprise. He had been with Mr. Xu for so long, and he had never seen a leader make such an exception to adjust the work schedule.

Since Mr. Xu was not leaving, Chen Feiming and everyone else naturally could not leave. After eating a simple work meal, everyone sat in the lounge and chatted. Although they said they were chatting, in fact, everyone was reporting on their work, and Mr. Xu listened very carefully, and after everyone finished their report, he would give a few words of advice.

Most of these entourages were heads of the economic field. Some of them knew that Ye Chuan had a prominent background, but some were not very clear. But seeing that Mr. Xu canceled all the afternoon work for Ye Chuan, they naturally knew how important Ye Chuan was in the minds of the leaders.

Normally, when others asked them to do something, they would put on some airs. However, starting from today, as long as it was Ye Chuan's business, they knew they had to go all out and do it beautifully.

When it was Ye Chuan's turn to report, he talked about the various businesses of Huade Group and Feifan Group in a casual tone, not at all like reporting work. The others were getting more and more surprised. Although they had known that Ye Chuan had a large family and had made a lot of money in recent years, they didn't expect it to be so much. From his words, they felt that the assets of the two groups were enormous.

Ye Chuan has not mentioned the situation of Tino Fund and Tino Cosmetics Company. If these senior executives knew his true strength, they would be stunned.

"Xiao Ye, you said that you will focus on the automotive industry and the Internet, and other industries as supplementary?" Mr. Xu was puzzled. "I thought that the home appliance industry is the focus. People's living conditions are getting better and better. Relying on China's vast market, the home appliance industry should usher in a period of explosive growth."

At this time, an attendant couldn't help but said: "Mr. Ye, I think you are wrong. At present, the monthly income of ordinary people is only a few hundred yuan, and your company's cheapest 1.5 manual car costs as much as 10 yuan. How can such a car be popularized to every family?"

Mr. Xu had the same question. He felt that Ye Chuan’s views were too optimistic and difficult to achieve.

"Mr. Xu, as living standards improve, cars will become an essential means of transportation for every household, and computers or communication equipment will be equally indispensable. The Internet is designed to make people's lives more convenient," Ye Chuan explained.