Although the Citroën CX20 sedan is definitely one of the most popular cars in this era, comparable to the Ferrari of later generations, and is enough to arouse the envy of most little girls, Xiang Dongfang is obviously not one of them.
What she cares more about is actually the mysterious "happy event" Cao Zhiqiang mentioned before.
Fortunately, she was not kept waiting, and soon she saw the "big happy event" that Cao Zhiqiang said.
"This, what is this thing?"
Looking at the small board house in front of him that was painted red and had a boxy shape with large glass windows on three sides, Xiang Dongfang frowned. He obviously didn't understand what this red square board house was. What is it used for?
"This, this is called the Little Red House." Cao Zhiqiang said with a smile.
"Little Red Room?" Xiang Dongfang blinked, "It's indeed quite red."
Cao Zhiqiang smiled slightly: "Well, the Little Red Room is actually just a nickname. The real name of this thing is a convenience kiosk!"
"Convenience kiosk?" Xiang Dongfang repeated.
"That's right, convenience booth!" Cao Zhiqiang nodded.
Immediately afterwards, Cao Zhiqiang began to briefly explain the situation of this convenience kiosk.
In fact, the convenience kiosk built by Cao Zhiqiang is a book and news kiosk.
As early as the beginning, Cao Zhiqiang discovered that there were already many self-employed book stalls all over the capital, but they were all open-air stalls. Most of them set up stalls on the ground carrying baggage. The better ones were just multiple three-wheelers, and then Set up a folding bed to set up a stall.
This kind of open-air vendors are the mainstream. As for the common newsstands in the previous life where you can buy magazines, buy snacks, and make phone calls, it cannot be said that there is not one, or almost none.
Not to mention newsstands, there were only a few people setting up stalls with sun umbrellas, so self-employed people setting up stalls during this period really had to earn their own hard money.
Not all self-employed people set up stalls, there are also some who own houses, such as phone booths.
But the so-called phone booths at this time were mostly houses facing the street with a wall or window opened, similar to a street kiosks.
This kind of canteens are basically found in residential areas, but in some commercial areas with high traffic that require canteens, such as train stations, hospital entrances, school entrances, factory entrances, etc., there are usually very few such fixed canteens, and even more Most of them are mobile vendors.
The prices of items sold by individual mobile vendors are cheap, and they are usually close to their residential areas, making shopping convenient. However, in terms of credibility, they are far behind Xinhua Bookstore and regular department stores.
It's very possible that you can buy it here one day, but when you come the next day, the vendor will be empty.
As for the vendors, this kind of open-air stalls depends on the weather. It's fine on sunny days, but if it's windy or rainy, it's very difficult and they usually don't set up their stalls.
Not to mention the wind and rain, the sweltering heat in summer and the biting wind in winter are not pleasant at all.
It is precisely because of this that the self-employed people who set up stalls during this period were serious about earning hard-earned money.
Perhaps it should be said that those individual vendors with front doors are quite good.
That's good, but for hawkers who have a front door, you must have a front door first.
How many people have a concierge, and how many people have the qualifications to be a concierge, but don’t bother to open one?
That's right, in the capital city during this period, there were actually very few canteens on both sides of the streets.
It's not that there are few houses along the street, but that there are few doormen who are willing to open up the walls along the street to do business.
First of all, many houses along the streets and alleys, such as courtyard houses, are mostly large courtyards where many people live together. The property rights of such large courtyards are collectively owned, and you cannot just spend money to open the door.
Only if the house is along the street and the whole house is yours, you can apply to the local neighborhood committee. If the application is approved, you can break open the wall along the street to do business and open the market.
The approval of this application generally depends on your specific situation.
Generally speaking, if your family has state-owned enterprise employees and a normal income, they will generally not agree. Only if your family is really in difficulty, no one has a formal job, and has no stable income, will you agree as appropriate.
If anyone could break down the wall and open the market department, wouldn't it be a mess?
Of course, in the later era of national business, the application in this area has been relaxed for a while, but no matter what, it is not that easy to smash the wall of a house along the street and turn it into a store.
If it were that easy, with the shrewdness of Yan Bugui, the third master of the courtyard, he would have broken open a wall along the street of the courtyard and opened a small shop.
It is true that the management in this area is relatively strict.
The current real estate market in Beijing is already tight, and the restrictions on door-to-door housing are also relatively large. After all, there are also hidden dangers in the house, etc., and you cannot modify it privately.
But the capital is so big, there are so many people, and there are also many rich and knowledgeable people, so the demand for convenience stores is huge.
The current number of canteens in the capital is far from meeting the actual needs of the people in the capital.
Cao Zhiqiang spotted this business opportunity at that time and planned to build a chain of convenience kiosks with fixed booths that could provide shelter from wind and rain to fill the gap of newsstands or convenience stores.
Buying, renting, and setting up convenience stores everywhere is not a reality now. It requires a huge amount of funds, and you also need to deal with neighborhood committees and sub-district offices in various regions, which is quite troublesome.
Not only that, Cao Zhiqiang still remembers that in a few years, major construction will begin in some places in the capital, and many houses will be demolished by then, and the early demolition compensation will only be one.
So Cao Zhiqiang thought of a movable board house that can be moved at any time.
Originally, he wanted to call it a news kiosk, but when he realized that this kiosk not only sold magazines, newspapers, and audio cassettes, but could also sell snacks, snacks, drinks, and even make phone calls, he simply called it a convenience kiosk, which was an early introduction to the concept of a convenience store.
There are two main sizes of convenience kiosks.
They are two meters wide, four meters long and 2.5 meters high.
and a second-type house that is three meters wide, five meters long, and also 2.5 meters high.
The reason for setting up two specifications is mainly to cope with different scenarios.
For example, in some small residential areas with small street space, one-type houses with a smaller size are used.
For places with a large flow of people and large space, such as train stations and schools, use slightly larger second-type rooms.
No matter what model of convenience kiosk, they are all prefabricated houses with light steel as the skeleton, sandwich panels as the surrounding material, and additional glass windows on three sides.
Because this kind of board house uses sandwich panels with thermal insulation properties, the ceiling is double-layer hollow, the glass is also double-layer hollow glass, and there are curtains inside, it has a certain thermal insulation capability. .
With a wooden house like this, at least you don't have to worry about wind and rain, and you don't have to worry about being exposed to wind or sun.
In winter, if you live in this kind of insulated board house, the temperature is still good, which is much better than living in the open air.
As for summer, you can open all the windows and use the brackets on the outside of the convenience kiosk to set up an additional large awning, instantly turning it into a shade stall.
The whole board house is boxy. Although it is simple and a bit like a container, it is easy to manufacture and cheap.
This boxy design can be disassembled into parts and transported in batches, or wheels can be directly installed underneath and pulled away directly on a tricycle. It is very convenient for both moving and installation.
A chimney vent is also reserved on the ceiling. If you want to have a small heater inside in winter, you don’t have to worry about poisoning without a chimney.
In addition, the light sockets and ceiling fan hooks on the ceiling are also prepared in advance, and electric lights and ceiling fans can be installed inside.
Of course, the ceiling fan is optional, and you have to pay extra to install it.
In fact, Cao Zhiqiang even asked someone to open an extra round hole in the wall, which was used to vent the air conditioning ducts.
Even if it is not used for the time being, it is better than nothing. If it takes a long time, it can be used in the future.
No matter what hole you make, whether it is a chimney hole, a pipe empty, etc., there is a cover that can be blocked when not in use.
In addition, entrances for wiring are also reserved on the ceiling and floor. If you need to power on or make a phone call later, you can use these dedicated entrances to conveniently access wires and telephone lines without worrying about random wiring. Security Question.
On the north side without windows, the door opens very wide and is made up of two merged swing doors.
This kind of two combined swing doors is not only convenient for entry and exit, but also convenient for transporting goods. It is even more convenient for escape in case of an accident.
In terms of space, because they are all square-shaped, the space is quite large.
The smallest one-type room has an internal space of nearly eight square meters, which is more than enough for a bed, not to mention chairs.
And this kind of convenience kiosk has a metal shed with brackets outside all the glass windows.
The iron shed outside the glass window can be folded up to protect the glass window when not in use. When used, the shed can be opened on three sides, which can not only provide shade, but also expand the space to the outside.
Take the smallest one-type house as an example. Although the internal space is only eight square meters, once all the sheds are spread out, the expansion space will be much larger.
For example, taking out the folding bed from the convenience kiosk and placing books, magazines, etc. is equivalent to expanding the product display window.
It is large enough to hold. It can sell books, magazines, newspapers, snacks, drinks, and cigarettes. It can also cooperate with the post and telecommunications office and make direct phone calls.
Normally, two or three people can operate a phone booth like this. In extreme cases, it can actually be operated by one person.
Because it is convenient and movable, in addition to being used as a fixed point in some places, it can also be temporarily set up in places such as zoos, Beijing exhibition halls, parks, etc.
Anyway, these materials are all lightweight materials. After testing, no matter whether it is a first-type house or a second-type house, as long as it is equipped with wheels, a human-powered tricycle can pull it away. Of course, the premise is that the things inside are not too heavy.
"How's it going? Is the stuff good?" Cao Zhiqiang asked Xiang Dongfang with a smile after giving a brief explanation.
Xiang Dongfang nodded: "It looks good, but what is the purpose of asking the machinery factory to make this kind of thing? You don't plan to recruit people to open a canteen, no, a convenience kiosk, right?"
"That's right!" Cao Zhiqiang smiled, "I really mean it, but I'm not recruiting people, I'm transferring people."
"Tease people?" Xiang Dongfang blinked in confusion, "What do you mean?"
Just as Cao Zhiqiang was about to speak, he suddenly looked at the middle-aged man wearing work clothes next to him.
After smiling slightly, Cao Zhiqiang walked up to the middle-aged man, took out a pack of unopened Xiangshan brand cigarettes, and handed it directly to the man: "Director Xiao, thank you for your hard work. I have something to talk to my secretary about. Look... …”
"Understood." Director Xiao chuckled and put away the pack of cigarettes. "Well, I'll go smoke a cigarette and you guys can chat slowly. Call me when you're done."
After saying that, Director Xiao walked out of the workshop with a cigarette, squatted at the door of the workshop, smoked a cigarette and started puffing away.
It was obvious that the other party was not just walking away, but also guarding the door to prevent anyone from coming in.
However, the other party sent this as if Cao Zhiqiang and Xiang Dongfang were going to do something ulterior, which actually made Cao Zhiqiang a little embarrassed.
After coughing, Cao Zhiqiang turned to Xiang Dongfang and said: "To be honest, I customized these convenience kiosks with Hongguang Machinery Factory in the name of Hongguang Publishing House, and the final decision was made by Director Li.
The purpose of making these convenience kiosks is not only to make money, but also to integrate human resources.
Well, to put it simply, I will put these convenience kiosks in various places with high traffic in the capital, and then the people who will host these convenience kiosks will be drawn from the machinery factory, mainly workers from the tertiary industry.
As for the Hongguang Machinery Factory, the production department is actually pretty good, but the tertiary industry is too large.
At present, there are more than 8,000 people in Hongguang Machinery Factory, and the actual workshop workers are less than 3,000. The remaining more than 5,000 people are almost all service workers in the tertiary industry.
Except for the more useful personnel such as security and transportation, most of the other tertiary industry personnel usually come to the factory to hang out. Many of them even get paid for nothing and do not come to the unit to report all day long. It is equivalent to the unit spending money to support a group of workers. Children of the Eight Banners.
It's not that the factory doesn't want to change this situation, but the number of employees in the tertiary industry is too large, and most of them have nothing to do.
Letting these people come to work is just for drinking tea, chatting and reading newspapers. Not to mention electricity, water and tea, it also adds pressure to the canteen and has to take care of a meal at noon. It is better to let them not come to the workplace and work directly at home and get paid. The consumption is actually smaller.
But this won't work in the long run, so I plan to carry out a reform to get these tertiary industry personnel to work and create some value. "
Xiang Dongfang understood immediately after hearing this: "You mean, you plan to put these convenience kiosks out and then transfer people from the tertiary industry to host them?"
"That's right." Cao Zhiqiang nodded.
Xiang Dongfang frowned: "But are they happy?
Even if you go to a convenience kiosk like this to sell things, you won't be exposed to wind or rain, but it's still not as comfortable as at home.
You can't force them to go, right?
If apportionment is forced, these people will be less motivated and separated from the collective without supervision, which will make them more likely to get into trouble. "
Cao Zhiqiang smiled slightly: "Don't worry, I have thought of all these situations, so my approach is to find some relatively reliable people to do pilot projects and let them go to good locations to host and operate such convenience kiosks.
You listen to me, in today's society, the income from operating a convenience kiosk is much higher than working normally.
As long as you formulate a good policy, such as the convenience kiosk contract management system, each convenience kiosk is a contract management system subject to the main factory, and then after making money, you pay enough part of the money, and the rest is yours, then the operation will be convenient The income of people working in the pavilion is definitely much higher than working normally.
As long as they find that contracting convenience kiosks is more profitable, their enthusiasm will be overwhelming, and you won't be happy to drive them away.
People nowadays don't have much awareness of confidentiality. Once someone makes a lot of money by contracting convenience kiosks, they will immediately become a role model.
We don’t need to publicize this kind of thing, they will spread it by themselves.
Once everyone understands the benefits of convenience kiosks, they will naturally compete to contract and operate convenience kiosks.
In this case, we will release the convenience kiosks in batches. By the way, in the future, contracting convenience kiosks will require various reviews, such as paying deposits, or conducting qualification examinations and service training, etc.
In a word, as long as everyone can realize that it is more profitable to do this, they will cry and beg for contracts, without fear of hard work at all, and there is no need for me to force the apportionment.
As for those really lazy people who don’t want to make money or endure hardship, once such people are discovered, there will always be no good fruit to eat in the end. If you want to deal with such people, there are always ways.
After all, we are the ones who make the rules. As long as we make rules that most people can accept and are happy to accept, and then use these rules of the majority to deal with the thorns of a very small number of lazy people, is that still a problem? "
