Although Hainan Women's Cooperative Co., Ltd. has a famous name, it is essentially just a second-hand store, and its supply of goods naturally comes from Goujiazhuang. 【Read the latest chapter】. There is no local market for antique ornaments, calligraphy, paintings, porcelain, etc., but there are a lot of ordinary household items, especially clothes, shoes and hats. Bundles of clothes are loaded into dozens of carts. These things are very attractive to ordinary people.
However, as Wen Desi said, the capital of all parties involved in the investment is based on the time-traveler's internal accounting currency coupons. How much silver and copper coins should be added up to a single coupon has become a big problem. According to the past explanations of the Executive Committee, one point of coupons is equivalent to one yuan.
"Since one yuan is used as the basis for counting coupons, rmb can be used as a reference when calculating the value -" Li Mei said.
"Well, although I am not studying economics, time and space are different, and the value of RMB cannot be applied in this way." Wen Desi was a little worried, "For example, a rosewood table is worth old money in the 21st century, so if you want to use RMB to arbitrage it, , this table must be extremely expensive.”
"You can use grain prices to convert," Cheng Dong suggested. "The purchasing power shown in this way is more realistic."
He used rice as a basis for conversion.
The price of rice in Lingao is one to two or three cents of silver per stone (94.4kg).
The average price of rice in modern Chinese cities is about 3.2 yuan per kilogram, and then converted into stones, each stone is equivalent to RMB 3.02.08 yuan.
Based on this unit, the actual purchasing power of the RMB at its peak in 1628 was 302.08 yuan, which was equivalent to one, two or three cents of silver. They basically know the prices in Lingao, so they can easily convert them into RMB.
After some complicated cost calculations and understanding of the market, Hainan Women's Cooperative Co., Ltd. - Women's Cooperative for short - finally opened. Because it opened later than the salt store, and Li Mei's public relations skills, the cooperative's The scene is much bigger than the salt store. Although it is just a simple greenhouse with a few rows of brick pillars and a scaffolding and raincloth on top. But it occupies a large piece of land on Dongmen Street - this piece of land Li Mei originally wanted to buy in the name of the company, but the land system is a sensitive topic, and the executive committee did not dare to make the decision. After her repeated requests After the event, a three-year land use certificate was approved - the glorious No. oo1.
Compared with the quiet opening of the salt store, the opening of the women's cooperative seemed to be particularly "eventful". When it opened, not only were 10,000 firecrackers specially bought from the county town set off, but a wooden plaque with five characters inscribed "Hainan Women's Cooperative" by Xi Yazhou was hung on the simple brick gatehouse. There were also a dazzling array of brick pillars along the street. The place is covered with signs congratulating the opening. Although it is very simple, it still looks like that. Naturally, various departments signed the name: the first block on the left is from the Executive Committee, followed by the Dongmen City Industrial and Commercial Administration Office, the Military Department, the Public Security Department, the Nanhai Experimental Demonstration Farm... and even Ma Niao's Salt Farm Village and the University. The village committee of Meicun sent congratulatory signs. A pair of loudspeakers at the door constantly played the cheerful "Happy Encounter".
This familiar scene still makes many travelers feel familiar, and they want to go in and take a look even if they don’t buy anything. There are more than ten stalls inside, but there is no counter. Fortunately, there is a lot of furniture that was swept away from Gou's house, so various square tables were used instead. It was piled with a dazzling array of goods - the first batch of goods came in. Li Mei also had a calculation in her heart. Purchasing power in rural areas was limited, and all she had to spend was food and clothing. Porcelain, ornaments, and furniture are not necessities, and ordinary people cannot afford them. Only clothes and daily necessities are necessary. So the main product is clothes, shoes and hats. Sorting and separating the clothes one by one according to their quality, newness and purpose, and matching and finding all the shoes. Sorting and classifying thousands of pieces of clothing was a huge project. The four members of the Ming family worked together and it took two days and two nights to complete it. . The damaged clothes are no longer sold, but are directly loaded into trucks and taken to the paper mill site to be used as raw materials.
The entrance of the cooperative was bustling with people, and it was very noisy. The local indigenous people had never seen such a scene, and they gathered around. Li Mei took this opportunity to instruct the workers to attract customers.
The waiters were selected from the villagers who moved here from Damei Village. They are all middle-aged women with good looks and good words. After taking a shower and changing clothes, she wore a uniform indigo cloth skirt and jacket with the words "Women's Cooperative" embroidered on the chest. She looked neat and energetic. She herself is also wearing a green cloth skirt and jacket. She doesn't look like a monkey in plain clothes at all. Her face is washed clean, her hair is neatly combed, and her whole body smells clean and neat. Standing alone at the door greeting guests from all walks of life, even the natives who didn't dare to get too close would greet them in Lingao dialect, which was not very fluent - after all, the main purpose was to make money from them! The customer is Tathagata Buddha.
She knew that farmers in the past often did not dare to enter unfamiliar places because they had little knowledge, for fear of being deceived. Therefore, items such as used clothes, shoes and hats, small combs, and hairpins that are more attractive to them are sold in shops along the street. The vast majority of the people have never seen so many commodities in their lives. The silk and satin clothes are all colorful. They have daughters who are getting married and daughters-in-law who are getting married. They are all planning to pick a few pieces to take home. Money is tight, and you think the poor are not lucky enough to wear this. It doesn't matter. There are many new and semi-new cloths here, ranging from linen to cotton. What's the price? It’s cheaper than weaving your own cloth and asking a tailor to make it. Even the most shrewd and prudent people feel refreshed.
Less than an hour after it opened, the five bays in front of the shop were already filled with people immersed in picking out items and negotiating prices. Li Mei looked at this lively scene with a smile on her face, and suddenly felt that there was nothing wrong with such an inexplicable arrival in 1628 - she had already envisioned the future business empire. In the original time and space, that was no matter what. An unattainable peak! When I got excited, my head felt a little dizzy, and then I realized that I was almost sixty years old - I didn't know if I could see that day again - I had to find a Chinese medicine doctor to diagnose my pulse. Qiuling is the day to take supplements. Isn't it autumn now...
Just as he was thinking about it, he suddenly saw a man and woman coming out of the east city gate. The woman had golden eyes. The common people who were watching the excitement at the door saw the new diorama, and they all rushed over to see the barbarian woman.
Li Mei hurriedly left the crowd and greeted her: "Hello, Editor-in-Chief Ding, are you here to visit the store too?"
The person who came was none other than Ding Ding, the self-proclaimed president and editor-in-chief of "Lingao Times", and by his side was naturally his girlfriend Pan Lin. The two of them just came back from Damei Village a few days ago and finished the special long report "The Crime History of the Gou Family" overnight. The proof was just released yesterday. Hearing that the first joint-stock enterprise had opened, his sensitive news nerves became excited again, and the two of them immediately rushed to Dongmen City.
"Sister Li, you opened a new store. It would have been rude for us not to be the first to cheer you on." Ding Ding was also a figure in the scene, and he was even more polite when he spoke. He looked around and said, "Yeah, I didn't even send you a congratulatory card—"
"Wherever, just help me do more publicity in the future!" Ding Ding is still an editor-in-chief without a newspaper, but Li Mei has no doubt that "Lingao Times" will one day become a big newspaper like "The New York Times" As a group, it is much easier to build relationships now than later.
"Sure, I'm just here for editing today, and I'll give you a special number tomorrow!"
"Hey, thank you very much! Normally, when the company opens, we should treat everyone to a few drinks, but we don't have this condition now. In a few days, Mr. and Mrs. Xian will come to my house to have a few drinks, and I will cook by myself - my place There are also a few bottles of Pixian Doubanjiang, and I’ll cook you a Sichuan meal!”
"Then we must come. I want to boil fish in water. You can't even find red peppers in this place." Ding Ding said with a smile, "Sister Li, please show us around."
Of course, Li Mei wished for it and took them around. The material conditions were still very rudimentary, but the entire business management was on track: purchase, material requisition, inventory, and sales were all recorded. The clerk couldn't read, so Li Mei took care of the accounting. The clerk's compensation is based on sales commission. In other words, there is no fixed salary, and the commission is based on a percentage of sales. The commission rate for each product is different. Goods that are easy to sell have a low commission rate, while hard-to-buy items have a high commission rate. He is responsible for three meals a day, and his working hours adapt to the ancient habit of getting up early and going to bed early, from 5 a.m. to 18 p.m. There are no days off. However, you can take leave if you have family matters or are sick. Of course, taking leave means no income.
According to the standards of another time and space, this system is a serious violation of labor laws, but in this time and space, it is not that harsh. Tintin still remembers a time when he went to Shandong to interview time-honored brands: Until the early 20th century, many shop assistants did not receive a penny salary. The boss only took care of three meals and one night, and a small red envelope at the end of the year was all.
(Note: In the past, it was quite common for commercial enterprises not to have a basic salary. The clerk’s income mainly depended on two parts, one was the daily small account income, and the other was the boss’s bonus at the end of the year based on human shares.
He saw several porcelain vats in the corner of the shop, filled with mugwort tea, a bamboo ladle, and many wooden bowls beside them.
"This is free tea." Li Mei explained that in the past, some businesses used to serve tea at the door of their stores throughout the year to facilitate passers-by. This was a traditional business virtue. It is very popular and helps to increase the customer base - many people come just to drink tea at first, and then they are attracted by the things.
"You really have a way." Ding Ding couldn't help but admire, "You are indeed the number one scholar in your profession, it's not easy! I think you are the first to make a fortune here."
"That's not necessarily the case." Li Mei said with a smile, "Don't think this business is so popular. This is just the first day, and the days to come will be long. We are a joint-stock enterprise. We rent land use rights, materials and labor to build houses. All the money for the food that the workers eat every day is paid for by the cooperative in cash. Except for the goods given by the executive committee as investments, the cooperative does not ask for a penny from the executive committee. This can be said to be a typical example of a self-reliant economy. Right? You have to give me a good publicity, so I can try to get some preferential policies in the future, right?"
"Okay!" Ding Ding looked excited and whispered suddenly, "Does our women's cooperative allow men to become shareholders?"
Li Mei understood: "Isn't Xiao Pan a woman?"
The two of them laughed knowingly together.
