Chapter 228 Do More Things That Gain Fame and Fortune
Next, there is the matter of his donation to help students.
He wants to set up a scholarship fund for poor students. Of course, he has already thought of a name, and it will be called the Xu Erlong Fund... although the scale is not high enough.
But a small heart must have big dreams, right?
Fortunately, Principal Shi didn't really ask him to donate a thousand yuan.
Principal Shi also understood that it was not easy for everyone these days, so he asked Xu Erlong to donate only 100 yuan.
Xu Erlong was not polite and happily donated 100 yuan, and promised to continue to increase the amount of student aid next year to 200 yuan, and increase the amount every year in the future.
In this way, Principal Shi was very grateful. This hundred yuan can do so many things and solve the urgent needs of many poor students.
Just on this trip, Xu Erlong's reputation in Yunji School increased steadily.
Not only was Principal Shi very polite to him, but his classmates also admired him from the bottom of their hearts. Even the teachers spontaneously formed a group and seized all available time to take turns giving extra lessons to Xu Erlong and Wen Ye...
Xu Erlong has completely realized what it means to gain both fame and fortune...and, in the future, he will receive more fame and fortune.
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Yu Ping and Huang Yan were making preparations for the opening of the department store.
The thirty salesmen have already come to the leather shoe store for internships in batches. Little kids like Huang Xiaogang have also experienced the qualifications of being a teacher and giving pointers to others.
Xiong Yawei led a fleet of vehicles and brought in a steady stream of goods. Yu Ping and Huang Yan had to bring more people to be responsible for receiving the goods, counting the goods, and keeping accounts one by one.
Yu Ping also feels that he has really been trained a lot during this period and has grown very quickly.
There was no other way. Without Xu Erlong, he became the first person in charge. Even if he had to bite the bullet, he had to arrange things.
Fortunately, Huang Yan was there to help, as was Deng Xiaowei, who was particularly good at calculating three, eight, and twenty-four. Although there was a bit of confusion at the beginning, luckily there was no big problem, and there were no mistakes in various numbers.
On Saturday, Xu Erlong came back from school with Wen Ye. Without going home, he hurried to the temporary office in the department store.
"Second brother, you came just in time. Here are the various ledgers from the past few days." Yu Ping placed these ledgers in front of Xu Erlong.
Xu Erlong took the account book and looked at it carefully with Wen Ye. Huang Yan was on the side and handed over the abacus.
Wen Ye took the abacus, clicked the beads, and went through each account one by one.
These days, a lot of money has been paid, and the real money is flowing out like running water.
After all, there is no light coming out, goods are being brought in in a steady stream, and the department store has not officially opened for business yet, so naturally, there is a huge deficit on the books.
Xu Erlong looked at the deficit above and was a little worried.
Because department stores prepare many varieties and large quantities, there is a lot of backlog of funds.
Even though he was very sure that he would make a lot of money in the era of hypermarkets, he still felt a little stressed.
He has to seize the time to open the business and circulate the goods as soon as possible in order to drive the flow of the capital chain.
Even if there are some imperfections at this stage, they will gradually be improved during the operation process.
"How are you preparing now?" Xu Erlong asked Yu Ping.
Yu Ping answered honestly: "These salespersons have been trained. They have also visited department stores and made them more familiar with product knowledge. There is no big problem."
Xu Erlong nodded. Everything is difficult at the beginning. In this early stage, there are all kinds of things to deal with.
Once the department store is up and running in the future, things will be much simpler.
Just like the original leather shoe store, all kinds of things were handled by him and his people.
Now that he is on the road, he will take time to come over from time to time to check on the accounts and so on.
Yu Ping handed over another large envelope: "This is during this period. I have collected all the suggestions put forward by these salesmen. You can take a look."
This is the collective effort mentioned at the beginning, allowing everyone to make some reasonable suggestions, and if adopted, there will be rewards.
Xu Erlong took the envelope and shook it, and countless pieces of paper floated out from it.
It seems that everyone is highly motivated and actively making plans and suggestions.
Some people suggest getting more clothes to sell. After all, lesbians love to look beautiful.
Some people suggest that to improve everyone's labor skills, we should adhere to the "one size fits all" and "one size fits all" standards.
"One size fits all" and "one catch" were really the criteria for judging the service industry at that time.
Many supply and marketing cooperatives, candy companies, etc. have evaluations in this area.
For example, if a customer buys a pound of meat, then if he cuts it with one knife, he will get exactly one pound of meat, no more or less.
For example, if a customer wants to buy two taels of candy, the salesperson should grab a handful of candies, enough for two taels, no more, no less.
This is a sign of excellent business quality.
Some people suggest that department stores should operate in three shifts and around the clock like factories.
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Xu Erlong looked at these suggestions. Sure enough, the power of the masses is infinite, and these suggestions are actually not bad.
For example, these three shifts are open 24 hours a day. Although large department stores cannot do this, many convenience stores focus on this strategy to provide convenience to people 24 hours a day.
Of course, Xu Erlong is just taking a look and has no plans to implement this suggestion at the moment.
He went through all the suggestions one by one.
Among them, there are still some good suggestions.
Xu Erlong took a pen and marked it, especially a person named Zhang Xinhua, which caught his attention.
The other party made several suggestions in succession. Although some of the suggestions were very childish and immature, they also proved that they were indeed thinking in this direction.
He not only suggested that in response to the indifference of salespersons in state-owned department stores, the department stores here should improve their services and never tire of asking questions, but they should also be responsive to customers' concerns.
For example, when a customer comes to buy something, if the goods are not available, the customer's needs can be recorded in time, and when the goods are available next time, they can be delivered to the customer's door.
This awareness is quite advanced.
However, Xu Erlong feels that the current door-to-door delivery method is too advanced and cannot be adopted yet.
Besides, how can the products these days be able to meet the needs of customers at any time?
Just like everyone wants to buy a TV, but they don't have so many goods, let alone door-to-door delivery.
Xu Erlong asked Yu Ping to plan and promote the opening.
At first, the leather shoe store opened quietly because Xu Erlong didn't want to be too conspicuous.
After all, the limelight is unstable. It may work for a while, but it may not work for a while. Everyone is crossing the river by feeling for the stones. Maybe, accidentally, without knowing the depth, he will fall down.