Three hours later, the vehicle arrived at Yiwu Small Commodity Market on time at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. This small commodity market is located on Chengzhong Road, the most prosperous commercial street in Yiwu. The three-story buildings connected together are not conspicuous at all on dozens of acres of land, but several oversized red letters "China Yiwu International Commodity Market" stand above the main entrance, which looks particularly majestic. On the way together, according to the driver, this is already the third generation of Yiwu's small commodity market. There are 4,096 fixed stalls and more than 1,000 temporary stalls in this building, which is expected to triple in the second half of the year. And the fourth generation has already started construction, which is larger and more advanced than this.
The driver had to wait to hand over the goods. After paying the money, Yang Liufang and Li Tongfu entered the market through the gate. A dazzling array of daily necessities instantly comes into view, and it is endless as far as the eye can see. There are many boutiques such as needle cotton, thread belts, shoes, buttons, glasses and other boutiques. Before seeing this, Yang Liufang thought that Xizhou Wholesale Market was the largest wholesale market with the most complete categories he had ever seen. Unexpectedly, in front of Yiwu Small Commodity Market, it was just a small thing. Yang Liufang and Li Tongfu walked around in this building until they got off work at 5:30. They didn't finish browsing the entire hall, and they still hadn't found the hardware locks and other daily necessities they wanted. The two decided to find a hotel nearby to stay for one day, and then ask the staff the next day.
Together with most of the customers who came to buy goods, the two walked out of the customer passage. Not far away, there were some very high-end hotels and restaurants with neon lights on. Some of them looked more advanced and had the words " "Can receive foreign guests." There is also a restaurant marked with English letters. No wonder the driver said that many foreigners come here to buy goods. It turns out that the logistics facilities here are so complete.
Yang Liufang and Li Tongfu chose a relatively remote and not-so-high-end hotel to stay. It wasn't that they couldn't afford to stay in a high-end hotel, but that the two people who had slept at the station wanted to use the money where it should be used. . What's more, Yang Liufang slept by a well on a deserted road in the early days of his business. Now that he lives in a hotel like this, I don't know how many times better it is than then.
The next day they got up early and washed up. After wandering around the market for half a day yesterday, they knew that Yiwu Small Commodity Market was so big that it took only one daily necessities department to visit in one day. Today they were going to the Hardware and Industrial Products Area. They were tasked with purchasing and signing an agent, and they didn’t know how to get there yet. However, the front desk of the hotel told them that after entering the market, they needed to pass through the temporary stall area and go to the daily necessities area. You can see it from the opposite side.
The two walked out of the hotel and walked towards the small commodity market. Passing by several areas selling breakfast on elongated yellow croaker carts, they spoke to each other in Yiwu dialect that they seemed to understand, with happy smiling faces, most of them with fine short hair, and smartly dressed people. Say hello. Most of them are "Good morning", "How was business yesterday?", "I heard that your family has another order of hundreds of thousands" and the like. It turns out that these people are the owners of stalls in the market.
Yang Liufang and Li Tongfu followed everyone to a cart selling Donghe meatloaf. The boss skillfully spread the shiny meatloaf and asked them if they wanted chopped green onions or leeks. Yang Liufang asked for leeks, and Li Tongfu asked for green onions. The two asked the boss to separate each patty in half so that they could enjoy different flavors. The boss wrapped the fried and cut meat patties in oil paper, put them in white food bags, and handed them to them with both hands with a smile. Although there were a lot of customers in the morning, everyone was queuing up. The boss followed this procedure for every customer, whether they were familiar or unfamiliar. Yang Liufang thought that it was no wonder Yiwu Small Commodity Market was successful. Such details can reflect the respect for customers.
Yang Liufang took it and saw a good-natured publicity notice on the food bag saying "Don't litter." He held the hot Donghe meat pie and smelled it. It was very fragrant and oily but not greasy when he took a bite. He had heard that this kind of meat pie was a unique snack in Yiwu City since he was a child. Only when he tasted it today did he realize that it was true. Well-deserved reputation. He was purring and blowing while eating.
Yang Liufang followed Li Tongfu to a stall selling wontons nearby. Each of them bought a portion of Yiwu wontons, which are thin-skinned raw meat wontons with fillings as big as ingots. There are ten in a bowl, like dumplings. They are boiled thoroughly in boiling water and then served. Put it into a soup bowl mixed with shrimp skin, seaweed and coriander, add a little sesame oil, and a fresh aroma will hit your nose before you eat it. The Spring Festival had just passed, and even though we were in the south, the weather was still very cold. After a bowl of steaming wontons and a piece of Donghe meat pie in the morning, the two of them had rosy faces and beads of sweat on their noses.
After eating breakfast, they continued to move forward with the flow of people, and arrived at the gate of the small commodity market they had visited yesterday. However, they rarely saw the capable stall owners who had breakfast together just now, as if they had disappeared.
At nine o'clock in the morning, the door of the small commodity market opened on time. Merchants from all over the world, like Yang Liufang and Li Tongfu, entered the small commodity market through the passage one after another, and gradually disappeared in various areas. Yang Liufang and Li Tongfu followed the hotel attendant's guidance and walked through the daily necessities area. I found that there were rows of temporary stalls like wild goose wings in the buildings surrounded by them. These stalls were similar to those Yang Liufang saw in Xizhou, except that the stalls of Boss Zhou and Boss Chen in Xizhou were separated independently. And here is a passage, there is no separation between the two stalls. Here Yang Liufang saw the bosses with short hair again. They enthusiastically answered every customer who stopped in front of their stall and seriously answered the customer's inquiries about the products.
The two of them walked around the stalls like a quick tour, and found that there was only one hardware stall in the temporary stall area, which sold hardware and sanitary ware. Most of them sold small knitted and fur products such as socks, scarves, earmuffs, and gloves. Products, so this stall looks a bit nondescript and almost no customers come. The two of them walked over, because they came to see the hardware. Since it was hardware and sanitary ware, they stopped and chatted with the boss for a few words. The two said they were purchasers from a supply and marketing cooperative in the northwest region and wanted to purchase a batch of goods. Although they had not yet obtained the relevant certificates, Li Tongfu believed that the supply and marketing cooperative would definitely open it because they were now the largest contractor of the supply and marketing cooperative in the north of the city. They need proof when purchasing goods, and they are not doing other informal things.
The boss received him even more warmly upon hearing this. He really knew everything and said everything. He said that although his brand is not famous, the quality of the products is excellent. If there are any problems, they will be replaced with new ones within ten years. We also introduced some of our other products such as showers, faucets, stainless steel basins, etc. Yang Liufang and Li Tongfu asked about the uses of corrugated pipes, types of showerheads, valves and faucets. The boss answered them patiently one question after another, and at the same time gave quotations for many products.
After the two understood it, they asked the boss the location of the hardware department store. The boss was even more enthusiastic. He even stopped doing business and asked the stall owner next to him to take care of it. He insisted on taking Yang Liufang and Li Tongfu to the hardware department area. It was hard to refuse the warm hospitality, and since they were not familiar with it, the two simply followed the boss to the hardware department area. After Yang Liufang and Li Tongfu entered the department store area, the boss did not deliberately follow him. Because they came with a mission, they did not worry too much and quickly devoted themselves to searching for products and making inquiries.
Walking through the rows of shops in this building, compared to the clear classification of daily necessities department stores, the merchandise stores in the hardware department area are a bit confusing. Those selling watches and high-end jewelry such as necklaces and rings, It's actually in the same row as the ones selling screws and shower heads. It seems that small metal products are all in this building.
As buyers of supply and marketing cooperatives, they asked about the prices of some products that they were familiar with and that were sold daily in supply and marketing cooperatives. They found that if they were wholesaled directly here, they would be much cheaper than what they bought in Xizhou, and there were a wide variety of products. , with many names and various uses.
They were dazzled by shopping and their brains were running out. In the meantime, they returned to the department store area and bought notebooks and pens to record the main products and phone numbers of some shops. Some even gave them business cards. The two of them went to two or three stores to compare similar products. Yang Liufang was a carpenter and was accustomed to using intuitive diagrams and numbers to record. He marked the distribution of stalls in this market in detail according to store location and number. He planned to return to the hotel to study this information carefully, and then wait for Yanhua's faxed certificate. , after determining which company to purchase the products from, take the faxed certificate to purchase the hardware products.
Of course, Yang Liufang did not forget to purchase his own carpentry supplies. Daily consumer goods such as wallpaper knives, blades, tape measures, etc. included password locks and through-core locks that were not available in Xizhou... Here he also learned about the kind of desk partitions. As for the detailed production method, it turns out that there are finished accessories, including aluminum alloy profiles. This means that as long as Yang Liufang purchases these profiles and accessories and brings them to the factory, it can directly produce this new type of office furniture.
The ancients said: Reading thousands of books is not as good as traveling thousands of miles. What he didn't expect was that this purchase in Yiwu Small Commodity City was also a process of learning advanced experience. Take the stall layout he drew himself, for example. When he bought out the Chengbei Supply and Marketing Cooperative three years later, it was completely useful for re-layout of the venue.
It was already six o'clock in the evening when they returned to the hotel. Although it was the time for Yanhua and the others to get off work, the two of them considered that Zhang Feng lived in the supply and marketing cooperative and would definitely not leave at night, so they immediately started calling Xizhou as soon as they arrived at the hotel. Chengbei Supply and Marketing Cooperative. Not to mention the hotels in Yiwu are really considerate. You can make long distance calls by phone while sitting in your room, and the phone bill will be deducted from the room fee, and you don't have to worry about others listening to your purchasing information.
