As soon as the auspicious time comes, firecrackers will ring.

Thousands of people flocked to the shop.

The shop is already open because it covers a huge area and is extremely spacious inside. There are countless shelves that seem to be invisible.

Many people were curiously entering, and on the other side, Chen Tong led a group of merchants to travel between them.

"Everyone, you all follow me... If you have anything to understand, you can ask me, hey... don't get separated. This is called a department store. Look, in such a big place, there are only sixty or seventy people. Come on, the goods are placed on the shelves, with labels on the bottom, indicating the price, and all the goods can be taken. When you come out, look at the cashier counter? Just settle there."

"The advantage of this is that it can reduce labor, and most importantly... it can provide convenience to guests."

In fact...even if Chen Tong doesn't explain, these smart merchants can see some clues.

A large number of people shuttled on the shelves, looking at the dazzling array of goods. Even if it was just one product, there were several sources of goods and the prices were different, which gave many people room to choose.

And keen merchants soon discovered that the prices of goods here were significantly lower than those outside.

This must be due to the large-scale purchase.

Merchants feel most about this. The larger the scale of the business, the lower the cost of purchase and transportation.

Of course... they were not the only one of the merchants who had left the team and quietly followed behind one person. This was a middle-aged man. The man just joined in and never thought of buying something.

But when he saw the dazzling array of shelves, he looked at it with a strange look. He picked up one thing and then looked at the price. He seemed reluctant to let it go, so he put it down again. But during the process of choosing, he actually chose two or three things and put them in his hands.

After seeing this merchant, he suddenly... his body shook.

Although he didn't know what this man was thinking, he understood that under this bustling and convenient shopping environment, it could actually promote consumption.

Many people who came here never thought of buying things, but once they saw so many products, the most important thing is that everything is clearly marked and priced, and you can check it at any time when choosing goods, without having to stand behind the high counters and let the guys take it one by one to see.

This is a great convenience for customers.

This convenience means that the cost of shopping for customers is reduced to a minimum. This is not the simple benefit of reducing employees by shopping malls, but rather that it can improve the shopping experience.

I didn't want to buy anything I didn't want to buy, so I might as well buy it.

I originally planned to buy one thing, but I might have bought two of them.

In the past, people thought of what to buy, so they found the corresponding shop to buy it. But now... they just come to visit, maybe they just want to buy something, but they brought back a bunch of things.

This merchant is so smart that he suddenly felt enlightened.

His Highness the Crown Prince and Duke of Qi are really gods.

For countless customers who came in, they thought it was novel everywhere. They looked here, there, and after entering here, they compared the shops and found it cheap and interesting, so they didn't come back empty-handed. The checkout counter had been queued for a long time.

For the businessmen, their eyes lit up and suddenly... seemed to have found a brand new model.

A large amount of goods can be directly allocated from Xingguo Business Units and purchased from them, and then shipped on a large scale directly in the department store model.

In this way, if one of the cities of each province and the prefecture is built, the competitiveness is far beyond what others imagine.

In addition, the previous business model brought about a huge problem, that is, in many places, because they are far away from the capital, many novel commodities cannot be reached at all, and what the people can purchase is nothing more than food, rice, oil and salt.

And now, if there is such a department store, all the goods can be mixed and allocated... Wouldn't this open up the market?

When the workshop owners saw their products appearing on the shelves, they all looked red and stared at their products, and wanted to see how many customers were choosing.

And those channel dealers looked over and thoughtfully, and seemed to be inspired all of a sudden.

In the provincial capital, department stores of this size can be established. If it is a capital city, the scale can be reduced, and the types of goods can be reduced. If it is a county town, the scale can be even smaller...

The only problem now is that in such a shopping mall, how much goods can be sold, how much money can be produced in one day, and how much profit can be obtained.

Only by adding or subtracting the profits of Xingguo Business can this be calculated roughly whether it is profitable.

Therefore, many merchants, like pugs, or a little Teddy, took off their sunglasses. Although they were hung with big gold chains around their waists and their sideburns were shiny with oil, they either closed their sleeves or squatted aside, watching the cash register settlement.

Although I clearly know that such a calculation can't calculate anything at all.

But as they watched the copper coins and treasure banknotes enter the cash box, they felt that this was the supreme enjoyment and saliva was about to flow out.

The goods sold very quickly.

Soon, Chen Tong realized that he seemed to have underestimated the huge purchasing power of the Ming people.

Before this model came out, Chen Tong had calculated that if there were many customers coming, their general demand would be. But now... he understood that the previous calculation model would not work at all because... this department store has stimulated more new purchasing power, and such purchasing enthusiasm is far beyond everyone's expectations.

He no longer cared about the merchants and asked them to go with them. He hurried to the warehouse behind him and directed the merchants to replenish the goods with sweat.

Sometimes, I have to go to the mall to stare at it, and there are crowds of people here, and sometimes it is difficult to walk, and I accidentally bump into someone.

"Chen Zhengde!"

Suddenly, someone shouted loudly.

Chen Tong subconsciously looked up.

Zhengde is his character, but since he arrived at the mall, no one has called him the font size for a long time. People in the mall like to use a certain boss, and a certain gentleman first said it.

When Chen Tong heard this familiar and unfamiliar name, he raised his head and saw an acquaintance.

This person was his same year, and he was a doctor in the ritual household and was named Liu Kaizhi.

Liu Kaizhi looked at him with a heartache now: "It turns out that it is really you. Look at what you are now, with a greasy and pink face, and your gentleman's clothes, are you still the same Chen Zhengde?"

Chen Tong's face turned red in an instant.

The memories of the past are not far away.

Now, I suddenly met my old colleague here, which made him realize his original identity suddenly.

He actually felt a little ashamed.

It seems... I have become the person I used to hate.

Although this kind of life is not bad, not only bad, it is quite delicious, but...

"Don't leave. You are always fond of your time. As a merchandiser, where have you read the book of saints?"

"Brother Ziwen, I still have some things to deal with..." Chen Tong's words were obviously suspected of escaping. In fact, he wanted to get into the cracks immediately.

Liu Kaizhi didn't seem to plan to let Chen Tong go, and sneered: "It's shameful! Are you still the Shujishi who was ranked second in the past, or the iron-clad minister of the Ministry of Revenue in the Ming Dynasty?"

"I..." Chen Tong's face was already blood-red, and he lowered his head silently. Even though he was with merchants on weekdays, he seemed to be unable to find a word to defend himself at this time.

"You've arranged these?"

Chen Tong didn't speak for a long time, and his heart was in the battle between heaven and man. After staying in this place for some days, it seemed that he was gradually assimilated. Until now, he suddenly began to reflect on whether he had done something wrong, what he was doing now, whether his current behavior deviated from the original intention of a scholar... What is the point of doing these by himself?

These countless thoughts came one after another, decades of education and principles of human nature, and what they saw and heard in the past few months were like a contradictory dihedron, which made him suddenly feel like a knife.

"So, if you encourage the prince to play monkeys, you will have one?"

"What?" Chen Tong, who was in a depressed mood, couldn't react when he heard this and was stunned.

In fact, these days, he was so busy that he didn't care about anything else.

But... what happened to the prince's monkey drama?

"I am only responsible for the affairs in this department store." Chen Tong said bluntly.

"This is what happened in the department store." Liu Kaizhi did not believe Chen Tong and continued righteously: "It seems that it is you. I didn't expect you to be such a person. You... you... are so shameless. You are such a scammer, a scammer!"

Chen Tong became more and more confused, and for a moment, he completely entered a state of crash.

Liu Kaizhi seemed to be heartbroken to the point of being unsurpassed, his eyes turned red, and he said angrily: "Today, I will cut off my robe and break the truth from now on. From then on, you and I will have no life relationship. And... After I go back, I will impeach you, so wait."

The implication of this is that I can’t deal with the prince and the Duke of Qi, can’t I still deal with you?

Traitors like Chen Tong are the most hateful, even more hateful than Duke Qi. After all, Duke Qi has always been such a person, and he can't change it. The most important thing is that everyone knows how to do it, so everyone has accepted it. Duke Qi is like that, but you Chen Tong... are not like this. A good person is now so degenerate. If you don't kill him, it's simply not enough to quell the public's anger!
Chapter completed!