Back to the Republic of China to open a department store

After returning to the Luo mansion for dinner, Luo Xiazhi shut himself in the room and wrote a preliminary proposal with his not-so-elegant pen.

He figured it out, he wants to open a department store, he wants to open a department store with clear codes, clear goods, and clear prices, and introduce the concept of modern department stores into this era.

Since he came to this era, he has never bought anything on the street. Only today did he know that the business model was like this a hundred years ago, and the concept of "buy it now" has not yet been popularized.

We must know that although the ancient business models of "extravagantly asking prices to pay back money" and "seeing people to order food" may increase profit margins, they are only suitable for the slow-paced business models of the primary farming era, at the cost of wasting precious passenger flow.

Once entering the modern high-speed, a huge amount of goods enter the capital market, both the buyer and the buyer will inevitably welcome a reform of the purchase method!

Luo Xiazhi was so excited that even his writing hands were trembling slightly.If successful, this is tantamount to a business revolution, a consumer revolution, and he is the leader of all of this!

Until the next morning, Rorschach finally finished the first draft of the department store business plan.With red eyes, after washing his face casually, he went downstairs with more than a dozen pages full of written documents and came to the restaurant.

Except for He Lan, everyone was shocked when they saw his exhausted and excited appearance.

After handing over the document to Luo Yunze with a confused face, Luo Xiazhi began to eat breakfast with big mouthfuls. Luo Yunze was puzzled at first, but after reading several pages in a row, his expression gradually changed to one of surprise, excitement, and even surprise. process.

"Xiao Xia, are you ready to eat? If you're done, go to the study with Big Brother and we'll talk about it in detail."

Flipping through these dozens of pages of documents, as a shrewd businessman, Luo Yunze quickly grasped the key points. He couldn't wait to talk to Luo Xiazhi about the specific ideas, and even the feasibility of the operation!

He Lan watched in surprise as Luo Yunze ordered his servants to deliver the breakfast to the study on the second floor, and told the driver not to go to work in the firm this morning, and then hurried to the study with Luo Xiazhi, who was still holding half a sandwich in his mouth. run away.

"Oh, it seems that we Xiaoxia can help 'brother' now."

Looking at the backs of the two men who were most important to her going upstairs side by side, Bai Fenghuang said with emotion.She turned her head, smiled at He Lan, and left the table swayingly.

"Snapped!"

Throwing the Buddhist beads that had been in his hands on the table, He Lan looked at her flirtatious back angrily.

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Luo Yunze is worthy of being the helm of the entire Luo's firm. After discussing with Luo Xiazhi for nearly three hours, he decided to completely let go and support Luo Xiazhi's plan.

Moreover, he is more courageous and has a longer-term perspective. The department store here has not even left a word, and he has already thought of how Roche Trading should play a role in it, and gather goods from all over the country and even the world to this store. In a department store.

This is not a magnificent turnaround of a small North-South goods firm, but a key step for Luo's firm to take this opportunity to further develop and grow in Shanghai, even in the Far East, and in the whole of Asia.

Luo Xiazhi never thought that his elder brother would be so "personal" that he was taken to the door of the famous "Shatong Building" by his elder brother on the afternoon of the third day after he put forward the plan.

In the hands of Yin Wen, the senior secretary of the eldest brother, at the moment, the business plan book is neatly bound and has hundreds of pages. The simple plan was supplemented almost perfectly, in order to impress the heart of the owner of this building, the "King of Judea" Sha Tong of Shanghai Beach.

Hearing that he was going to meet this legendary figure, the legend of Shanghai Bund, Luo Xiazhi was also very excited.When Sha Tong's beautiful secretary invited them into the office, he almost stumbled and made a big fool of himself.

"Xiao Xia, don't be afraid."

Luo Yunze grabbed his arm and said firmly but gently, "If you succeed, you will be the king of department stores in Shanghai!"

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The initial uneasiness and admiration dissipated in a few minutes after seeing this old man who is famous for his wisdom and cunning in later generations.

Bargaining with Sha Tong and fighting wits consumed almost all of Rorschach's mind, making the brain of this young man who had just graduated from college in the strict sense run at high speed for more than an hour.If it weren't for the rich facts and iron-clad brilliance of later generations to support his brain and waist, he would almost have been defeated by the old man's aggressive questioning.

The final result was that Shatong leased the ten acres of land owned by Luo Xiazhi's North and South Grocery Store to Luo Shi Commercial Bank for the rent of 20 silver dollars per year for the construction of the department store. The lease term is 50 years.

Fifty years later, apart from the land, the entire department store was also taken over by Shatong—this cunning old man naturally expected the huge profits that the department store could bring, and used it as a prerequisite for negotiations, obviously in the name of fruit picking. idea.

Luo Xiazhi, who was familiar with the history, made calculations, and when Luo Yunze was still hesitating, he nodded and agreed to his request.

However, in exchange, Luo Xiazhi proposed that he not only needed the ten acres of land, but also wanted a piece of land near the racetrack, with a lease term of 50 years.But I haven't thought of what to do yet.

Although that land will be very expensive after 100 years, compared with Damalu at this moment, besides the dog running hall, there are several foreign country clubs scattered around the racetrack. Naturally, the land price cannot be compared with Damalu.Because Rorschach was so "refreshing", Shatong gave him a rental group of 5 per year.

A total of 25 annual rent is nothing to Roche Commercial Bank, but the first phase of the department store’s project start-up fund needs at least one million silver dollars. For a commercial firm that invests most of its funds in circulation, the direct result is resulting in insufficient liquidity.

At this time, the Jewish tycoon proposed to use one-third of the shares of Roche Commercial Bank as collateral, and the bank under Sha Tong’s name would issue a loan to prepare for the construction of the department store. Of course, the premise of this business was that Sha Tong Commercial Bank would take a stake in the future Roche department store.

While discussing with smiles, the Luo brothers cursed inwardly: "Old fox!

Coming out of Shatong Building, Luo Xiazhi let out a long sigh of relief, took out a handkerchief and wiped the sweat stains on his head.

"Good boy, yes!"

Luo Yunze patted him on the shoulder, "When I first discussed business with this old fox, I didn't behave as well as you. And I was nearly 30 years old at that time."

Rorschach smiled low-key and got into the carriage.

Before entering the car, he clearly heard the sentence "It's really a tiger father without dogs"...

Luo Xiazhi almost hit the car door with his head.

Hey, how embarrassing...

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Bringing Ah Le to Nanbei Goods Trading Company again, Luo Xiazhi felt that his state of mind was completely different.This time, the driver, Lao Chen, was asked to stop the car at the intersection of the main road. Luo Xiazhi walked briskly around the mall. The guests are gathered here, how grand and bright it will be...

Just when Luo Xiazhi's imagination was running wild, there was a commotion in the opposite silver building. Looking closely, it turned out to be the one who caused trouble at Nanhuo Store last time...Master Liang?

This young master Liang did not bring a female companion this time, instead he changed into a pink silk blouse, with a fan with an ebony handle stuck behind his neck, and he was yelling at something with the shopkeeper of the silver building.

If it weren't for his thick eyebrows and big eyes, he really wasn't bad, just such a dress would really make people shake their heads.

"Ale, go find out."

Luo Xiazhi thought it was quite interesting, so he stood by the side of the street and waited.

After a while, Ah Le came back excitedly and reported that next month is Master Liang's [-]th birthday. This Liang Shaolong ordered a solid golden dragon made of all gold at the Dragon and Phoenix Silver House, and he came to pick up the goods today.Then, in order to please him, the shopkeeper of the silver house not only offered a [-]% discount, but also wiped off the change, which caused Liang Shaolong to fly into a rage.

"This...why I can't understand it? It's discounted and the zero is erased. Isn't that a good thing? Why is he so angry?"

"Master, you don't know that this Liang Shaolong is the young master of the 'Qinglongtang'. Their family is a big hooligan who eats both black and white in Shanghai. We, Master Luo, will give some face to Master Liang when we see their family. So his family This Young Master Liang has always walked sideways in Shanghai Beach since he was a child."

Ale said happily.

"This young master has a strange temper, and all shopkeepers in Shanghai know it—it is this young master who thinks that others sell him cheap things and look down on him! But the shopkeeper of Longfeng Yinlou is newly transferred from the main store in Guangdong. I don’t know who in their shop wanted to harm him, but they didn’t tell him this, so he flattered him on the horse’s leg.”

"Clam?"

"The same thing, if you sell it to him, you have to pay more than others, otherwise you will look down on him. Didn't you make trouble at our North-South store last time? He brought a female companion that day, she was the dancing lady of 'Xilos' Ms. Huang, he took a fancy to a Suzhou embroidered handkerchief in our store and wanted to buy it. But the day before, Ms. Wu Gang, the top brand of 'Paramount', bought an identical piece in our store...to show off in front of Ms. Huang .”

"The shopkeeper doesn't know the reason, but the asking price is [-] cents lower than the one sold to Ms. Wu...Master Liang broke out on the spot. Finally, he threw down ten yuan and left with the handkerchief."

"Tsk tsk..."

In ancient times, there was King You of Zhou’s Fenghuo opera where the feudal lords made beautiful smiles, but now there is Liang Shaolong who buys a handkerchief for [-] yuan to show off the limelight...

"Rich people really know how to play."

Rorschach sighed sincerely.

"What did the young master say, isn't the young master also a rich man?"

"No no, I often feel that I am out of place with them because I am not perverted enough."

Rorschach shook his head.

"But isn't this the central patrol room of the public concession? Is he making trouble like this, and no one cares?"

"Hey! This young master is still in the police station! Who dares to touch him!"

Talking vigorously here, the matter over there seems to have been resolved, Liang Shaolong put one hand on his waist, and took the tea offered by the waiter in the silver building with the other and gulped it down.When looking around, he happened to meet Luo Xiazhi's eyes.

"What are you looking at, little four eyes! Look again and dig out your eyes!"

Liang Shaolong glared at him, Luo Xiazhi adjusted his gold-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose, turned and entered the store.

The author has something to say: In history, the first "buy it all" department store is the famous Xian Shi Department Store on Nanjing Road!This business model has never been introduced before.

If you go to Shanghai now, you can't find "Xian Shi" department store, its current name is "Shanghai Fashion Store"!If you come to Shanghai to play, take the subway from the underground crossing exit of Nanjing Road (there is a sculpture of a family of three and the nameplate of "Nanjing Road Pedestrian Street"). The first building "Shi Baiyi Store" is the "Xinxin Department Store" in old Shanghai. After passing Xinxin Department Store and Oriental Commercial Building, you can see "Shanghai Fashion Store"!

Among the four major department stores in old Shanghai, the only one that still retains its original name is "Yong'an Department Store". It was once renamed "Hualian Commercial Building" in the 90s, but it was changed back later.It was restored to its original appearance after a renovation a few years ago.I remember going there many years ago. Wing On Department Store had old Shanghai-style saxophone performances on the balcony from 5 to 6 in the afternoon. I don’t know if there are any more recently.