That's right, Ning Weimin has indeed been a bit obedient since he took in Sun Wufu.
His newly opened store in Zhai Palace was very popular among foreign guests, and the book fair held on Sundays also prospered simultaneously.
Especially after the "Beijing Evening News" published an exclusive interview about the book market.
The name of Tiantanzhaigong Book Market is widely spread in Sijiu City.
Even college students in Haidian are not afraid of the long distance and go to the Temple of Heaven Park to buy books.
In this way, even after Labor Day, the book market has maintained considerable popularity and warmth.
It can almost maintain the passenger flow at the level of seven to eight thousand people.
This directly led to Ning Weimin's office being crowded with people and constant phone calls.
More and more publishing houses are actively contacting him, hoping to join in and solve their own inventory problems with the help of the book market.
It can be said that in less than three months, the book market founded by Ning Weimin has successfully opened up and gained fame.
It has entered into a virtuous cycle of operation.
In this era, such speed and achievements are undoubtedly an incredible business miracle.
For this reason, not only Ning Weimin himself is happy, but his other two partners are also very satisfied.
Even the district leaders responsible for approving the palace catering cooperation project were pleasantly surprised.
Naturally, confidence in the prospects of cooperation between the three parties has greatly increased.
So it was exactly what Ning Weimin wanted, and the leader made a stroke of his pen.
The palace catering project, which was submitted as early as a month ago and jointly funded by the three parties with an initial investment of 500,000 yuan, was approved and finally officially launched.
It must be said that this is good news that makes everyone involved feel very excited and have long been looking forward to it.
But as the saying goes, popular people are good for many people, but in fact, the same goes for successful business.
Once the stall is too big, there will be some carelessness and mistakes will inevitably occur.
After all, no one is perfect. No matter how talented Ning Weimin is in business, he still can't do everything.
In fact, it was precisely when he was satisfied with his ambition and was about to start working hard and continue to build a career in the field of high-end catering.
Reality suddenly flashed across his waist, almost knocking him over.
It fits the old saying that extreme joy brings sorrow.
What is actually happening?
Speaking of the cause of this incident, it actually stems from Ning Weimin's two contradictory business strategies towards foreign guests and domestic guests.
Killing the rich and giving to the poor is urinary.
However, when foreign guests and domestic guests buy the same thing at different prices, it is easy for things to go wrong.
Seriously speaking, it's not like Ning Weimin hasn't considered this.
In order to prevent these two types of people from mixing together and trading together, the method he adopted was to simply divide them into two.
Outside the Zhai Palace handicraft store, he had a foreign exchange trading sign hung up to prevent domestic guests from patronizing it.
As for the Sunday book market, he strictly ordered Sun Wufu and the "second-hand dealers" he recruited to only do business involving his own compatriots.
In his opinion, the best way is to stay out of trouble.
It also prevents foreigners from taking advantage, or ordinary people hearing about the high prices and scolding them for being evil behind their backs.
But the problem is, people are not dead objects, so how can they be manipulated as they please?
Moreover, many things are just a matter of chance.
No, on Saturday, May 16th, something happened in Zhai Gong Handicraft Store.
At that time, it was around 12:30 noon, which was the time when there were the fewest people.
No matter where people are, they have to eat when it's meal time, and this is the same even for the staff of Zhai Palace.
Since the craft store has two rooms in its business area, two girls take care of it in one shift.
Originally, the two girls in charge of the store, Xiao Wei and Xiao Meng, planned to go to dinner together on this day.
But they never expected that just when they were about to close the door and leave.
Suddenly, a middle-aged man in his fifties came and walked into the store, minding his own business and looking at the products.
This clever trick is so disgusting.
The man who ruined their plan was seen wearing a black marching hat.
Wearing a khaki folk costume and brown trousers.
On her feet was a pair of white-edged cloth shoes, and she was carrying a black artificial leather bag.
No matter how you look at it, you have a smoky, rustic smell on your body, and you came here just for leisure.
The two girls would definitely be unhappy, but due to the service requirements and professional standards set by Ning Weimin, it was difficult to expel them directly.
There was nothing they could do, they could only aim at this person with their eyes.
Trying to use this tactful way to force this person to wake up and leave quickly.
Since it has been open for so many days, there are indeed some people who can't see the "Foreign Exchange Only" sign outside and accidentally wander in.
And this trick usually works, most people can't stand this kind of staring at thieves.
But there are no absolutes in everything, and they are still so evil today. Neither of the two girls expected that they would meet someone with a good psychological quality and no sense of humor.
This one didn't respond at all. He could only lie down on the counter and look at it, then go over there and look at the prices.
And he is extremely serious, never browsing in a hurry like other people.
I really looked at each and every one of them, and I was still mumbling something silently, so I just couldn’t count them.
To put it this way, if it takes less than a few hours, I will definitely not be able to finish it.
Finally, after ten minutes, Xiao Wei couldn't stand it anymore.
She walked over and said politely, "Comrade, why don't you go somewhere else first? Our place is going to be closed."
The middle-aged man was stunned for a moment, "What do you mean? Are you trying to hit me?"
How dare Xiao Wei admit this crime?
He forced a smile and waved his hands, "No, no, it's noon. You go to eat first and come back in an hour."
Only then did this person understand. He was silent for a while, lowered his head and went out.
Xiao Wei and Xiao Meng immediately looked at each other and smiled.
But what they didn't expect was that the front-footed person had just stepped out, and within two seconds, he stepped back in.
"Hey, your sign outside doesn't say there is a lunch break during business hours? Why are you attacking me?"
Yes, I went out to check the business hours.
Xiao Wei choked immediately, like a fish bone.
But the other girl, Xiao Mengke, had something to say, and she followed up with a few words that she didn't like.
"It doesn't say there is a lunch break, but did you see it said 'forex trading only'? Do you have any foreign exchange coupons?"
"Foreign exchange coupons? Let me see if I still need foreign exchange coupons?" The middle-aged man was obviously tired of saying this.
But the two girls still held on to this and refused to let go, saying the same thing.
"I'm sorry, this is decided by superiors. If you don't have any foreign exchange coupons, please go elsewhere. I'm sorry we can't receive you."
The middle-aged man thought for a while, sighed, and finally gave in helplessly.
"Okay, I'll leave first, wait for you for an hour, and then I'll come back, okay?"
Both girls felt the joy of victory in their hearts.
But just because this master is so serious and still refuses to give up, he will have to beat the drowned dog until it hurts and drive him away.
"You still have to get the foreign exchange coupons."
"That's right, don't make it difficult for us. We have to comply with the requirements of our superiors. Otherwise, the bonus will be deducted."
The middle-aged man was so embarrassed by the little girl's trick of using chicken feathers as an arrow.
But he didn't say anything more, lowered his head and left.
But this matter is by no means over here.
Because Xiao Wei and Xiao Meng came back from dinner after dinner and saw this guy waiting for them at the door of the store.
Moreover, he actually held a ten-yuan foreign exchange coupon that he got from nowhere. He showed it to them and asked them with a serious expression.
"This is a foreign exchange certificate, right? Can you let me go in and take a look now?"
Now, of course, the two girls had no excuse to stop them, so they had no choice but to open the store door and let the owner enter.
It stands to reason that by now, Xiao Wei, Xiao Meng and this customer have become somewhat at odds with each other.
But everyone still hides this unhappiness in their hearts.
If the following does not happen again, there is a high probability that this incident will just pass.
But the problem lies precisely in the fact that this master has really found something he likes.
It probably took nearly an hour, and this person slowly read everything he could.
During this period, there were many people who were looking at a shelf endlessly, which affected many foreign customers from browsing.
Finally, he brought over a white porcelain wine glass and asked the two girls about the price.
"How much does this cost?"
Then Xiao Wei and Xiao Meng are angry, why don't they take the opportunity to treat him badly?
Even thinking about it, I couldn't come up with a price that he could afford.
"twelve."
"eighteen."
Okay, but I didn't expect that the two of them spoke at the same time, but each had the same price, and they were not unified.
The middle-aged man frowned.
"Is it twelve or eighteen? Why are the prices you mentioned so different?"
Xiao Wei was dumbfounded, but Xiao Meng was clever.
She guessed that the middle-aged people didn't understand the exchange rate, so they simply started making nonsense.
"She was talking about U.S. dollars, and I was talking about foreign exchange certificates."
The middle-aged man was unconvinced and asked again.
"Then even if it's eighteen, can it be cheaper?"
The two girls shook their heads together.
“The price is set by superiors”
"Yes. We have no right to change it."
The middle-aged man shut up again.
But he didn't give up until this point.
He held the thing in his hand and pondered for a while.
In addition to taking out the ten yuan foreign exchange coupons from his pocket, he also took out a lot of scattered banknotes from his pocket, collected ten yuan of RMB, and handed them over together.
"Is this okay? I want this thing. Let's issue a ticket."
Of course, it was the two girls' turn to be dumbfounded, and they were defeated.
To be honest, they never expected that middle-aged people would want to buy it at such a price.
This is so abnormal. How can Chinese people be so generous?
Even if there is, he is someone like Manager Ning.
There is no way he is dressed like a middle-aged man.
So they came up with a terrible idea almost at the same time.
Oops, this middle-aged man, is he holding himself back?
Is he going to take revenge for today's unpleasantness?
Yes, or he is from the Price Bureau himself.
Either he knows someone from the Price Bureau and wants to report this thing to the Price Bureau.
Where can this go?
So the two girls accepted death and shook their heads like rattles.
No matter what, he refused to let the middle-aged man take the cup away, because he would not sell it to him because he did not have enough foreign exchange certificates.
However, what was even more unexpected was that a few people got into a dispute and attracted the attention of other customers in the store.
A foreigner was interested in the cup held by a middle-aged man and came over to ask about the price out of curiosity.
It was Xiao Meng again who had an idea and realized what a good excuse this was.
It would be great if this foreigner fell in love with this porcelain cup and bought it!
Sue us? You need to have evidence in hand.
She asked the middle-aged man to put down his things for the foreigners to see, and said, "Since you don't have enough foreign exchange coupons, we have no choice but to apologize."
But she really shouldn't have said that.
Because this completely pissed off the middle-aged people.