Chapter 118 Hot shop, giveaway for free!
Naturally, many people are rushing to get free things.
The next day, Xiao Hu called and said that many people from their association had signed up and wanted to come over to do business and rent Wang Ye's shop.
In addition, in order to help manufacturers better come to Russia to do business, the association held a special meeting to introduce to everyone the situation here.
In recent years, it has been very profitable to do business in Russia.
It is no exaggeration to say that as long as you can bring the freight over and find a shop to sell, you can make money!
Of course, doing business here also involves various uncertain risks.
But when it comes to business, if you are afraid of things, then why not do business? It’s better to just stay at home.
Therefore, even though we know that the risks here are high, many Chinese bosses still come here one after another.
Hu Jian's shoe manufacturers are no exception. They have been ready to take action for a long time. It just so happens that someone is willing to provide free space with no management fees this time, so why don't everyone rush over!
It makes sense that shops like Wang Ye’s are popular.
According to preliminary statistics from Xiao Hu, there are about a hundred factories planning to come here to do business.
If it can be implemented in the end, even if it is reduced a little more, it can still exceed 100 companies!
This means that one-third of the shops have been disposed of, and there are still 200 shops left to attract investment.
Wang Ye naturally did not place all his hopes on Xiao Hu, he also had an investment plan!
That is to place an advertisement in the "Moscow Chinese News"...
The target of the advertisement is of course the Chinese bosses in the old market!
Although the effect of Boss Kong's advertisement for selling shops was not ideal, Wang Ye was different from him.
After all, buying a shop involves too many things, and more importantly, others are afraid of being trapped after buying a shop...
Renting a shop is different, and you can get free rent and management fees!
Who wouldn’t want to try something that costs nothing?
More importantly, those bosses still left a way out for themselves, that is, they opened stores in the new market and kept the old market closed for the time being!
If the new market can be built, it would be best to just cancel the lease or sell the shops in the old market.
If the new market cannot be established...
It doesn’t cost anything anyway, so it doesn’t matter.
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April 20th.
Early in the morning, before dawn, the ant market was already bustling with activity.
The old market is brightly lit and crowded.
The working hours here are not nine to five, but five to three...
In other words, at five o'clock in the morning, all the shops are already open for business, and many customers buying goods have already arrived.
There is a reason for such working hours.
Because among the people who come here to buy goods, in addition to local small merchants in Moscow, there are also many people who take the overnight train from other places.
Local small merchants in Moscow come here at five or six in the morning to purchase goods, so that their business during the day will not be delayed.
For those who come from out of town, they can take an overnight train and get there after a short sleep. After buying the goods, they can rush home on the same day without wasting too much time.
Over time, such a pattern was formed.
Here, it starts to get busy at five or six in the morning and continues until around 12 noon, when there are fewer and fewer customers.
By two or three o'clock in the afternoon, most of the shops were packed up and closed for get off work...
"Newspaper! Chinese newspaper! Phone card!..."
A thin, middle-aged man shouted loudly while squeezing through the crowd.
This type specializes in selling newspapers and phone cards in the market.
The newspaper is fifteen rubles a piece, which is very cheap, about five yuan in RMB.
Chinese bosses in the market all like to see this, and it may be their only source of exposure to outside information.
After all, mobile phones at that time could only make calls, not the Internet.
In a big market, it is still very boring when there are no customers, so reading newspapers has become the best pastime.
"Bring me a newspaper." Lao Wu, who had just arrived at the stall, greeted him after seeing it.
After taking out his change and buying a newspaper, Lao Wu walked into his stall.
He sells leather shoes. The stall is not small, with two bunks connected together.
There are several staff members at the stall, including two old salesmen who specialize in selling shoes, a full-time translator, and four young men brought from China who specialize in sorting and loading goods.
He looks ordinary on the outside, but Lao Wu is actually a millionaire!
The staff were all busy. Old Wu went in and walked around, then pulled up a chair and sat down, opened the newspaper and prepared to read for a while.
The first and second pages were still advertisements for New Sun Market. Old Wu smiled and jumped over.
He had already visited the new market and consulted with the new market management office.
The price of the shops is not expensive, but according to Lao Wu’s understanding, there are not many people who are really interested in moving there to do business.
Everyone is in a wait-and-see mode.
Lao Wu also rents these two bunks now.
In addition to the management fee of $500 per shop per month, the shop owner must also be given a rent of $1,000 per shop!
Oh, when I first took over this bunk, I gave the original tenant a "tea fee" of $5,000.
Don’t think it’s expensive, it’s still hard to find!
Because doing business here can really be said to be making money every day!
Foreigners should be more "upright". When they come to purchase goods, they will pay whatever price you tell them. They don't know how to bargain at all.
In addition, there is almost no light industry here, so the relatively cheaper Chinese products are considered high quality and low price for them.
Well, let’s not talk about whether the thing is “beautiful” or not, there is absolutely no doubt that it is cheap!
Just because the business is profitable, the cost of the shop is not high and everyone can afford it.
Therefore, even though the shops at New Sun Market are very cheap, not many people go there.
In order to save some money for the berth, you lost your business?
Who could be so stupid!
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After turning over the advertisement for New Sun Market, Lao Wu was stunned when he reached the third page.
Why is it an advertisement again!
This Chinese newspaper is getting more and more outrageous now. In order to make some advertising money, why don’t you lose your face!
He cursed twice and was about to turn the page again when he glanced at the advertisement and his hand stopped.
On this page, a red title is extremely eye-catching!
"Hot shop! Zero rent! Free!"
As a businessman, I am quite sensitive to these things, so Lao Wu became interested and wanted to see what kind of shops were free of rent.
After taking a closer look, it turned out that there was a shoe area planned in the New Market next door, covering streets 1, 2 and 3.
In these three streets, only shoes can be sold, not other categories.
And as an opening bonus, the rent of the shop is free for half a year!
Free management fees for two months!
Chapter completed!