Amidst the solemn national anthem, the female honor guards wearing light blue shopping mall uniforms raised the five-star red flag high to the flagpole. Their heroic and heroic posture won the roar of applause from the onlookers.
The dense crowd of people around me made my scalp numb.
The most nervous person here is the young Wang Yaocheng, who is really a bit of a Muggle.
He looked at Wang Bing, who was in a neat suit next to him, hesitated and said, "Brother Wang, today is the first day of New Year's Day. The number of customers has far exceeded our expectations and exceeded the supermarket's reception capacity.
Resolute diversion measures must be taken. Shopping mall security personnel may not be able to control the situation, and support is urgently needed now.
Otherwise, if there is a mass stampede, we will all bear the guilt of our conscience and will never be able to forgive ourselves."
Wang Bing nodded seriously and looked up into the distance. There were still many customers coming on bicycles to join the shopping trend.
Even across the road to the entrance of Gulou Hospital and the bicycle path, there are countless bicycles, which is dazzling to see.
"Give me an hour and I'll be back as soon as possible."
"It can only last for 40 minutes at most. No matter how long it takes, I'm afraid I won't be able to control the situation."
Wang Bing looked at the worried Wang Yaocheng, nodded silently, and left without saying a word.
In the square in front of Carrefour supermarket
Accompanied by the dragon and lion dances with noisy gongs and drums, it was rare to find an empty performance venue.
More than 100 shopping mall security personnel rushed into the venue and formed a barrier to isolate the crowd of onlookers.
When the performance came to an abrupt end, the beautiful voice of the female announcer came from the mall's loudspeaker:
"On this day when people across the country are celebrating the festive season, the calendar turns to January 1, 1992...
This is the first day of the New Year for us. Being able to celebrate with friends at Carrefour Supermarket on this New Year's Day celebrated by the whole country is the greatest honor for every Carrefour Supermarket employee.
Today, in order to ensure that every enthusiastic customer can enjoy the high-quality services of Carrefour Supermarket, Carrefour Supermarket has adopted traffic restriction measures.
Enthusiastic customers and friends, please cooperate with the mall security personnel and enter Carrefour Supermarket in an orderly manner for shopping experience. I hope Carrefour Supermarket can bring you a wonderful day.
We will give priority to customers with children. Carrefour Supermarket guarantees:
Every customer will receive courtesy, please obey the instructions of the mall security personnel..."
The original three doors opened at the same time, but now, only the main entrance of Carrefour supermarket is open.
All mall security personnel gathered at the main entrance to maintain order and began to let customers in for shopping.
Due to the timely and effective measures, the crowds gathered outside the shopping mall slowly calmed down after a brief period of agitation.
Many people gathered on the other side of the square, enjoying the performances of the actors of the Arts Center with great interest, and were not in a hurry to enter the mall for shopping immediately.
Anyway, there are three days during the New Year's Day holiday, so you don't need to go shopping with others, you have more time.
Over there
Wang Yaocheng was sweating profusely from the high position as he issued instructions one after another like a stream of water.
He directed his subordinate Zheng Yuan, who was in charge of the security department: "Zheng Yuan, what's going on with the group of people in the southeast corner? The cordon has been crushed."
"Report to the boss, these are all migrant workers on vacation. They don't obey orders very much. They had some quarrels with our security personnel. They are being dealt with urgently."
"What to do? Release them quickly and put these customers into the supermarket, and there won't be any big problems."
"Here...there are still many customers with children who haven't had time to let them go."
Wang Yaocheng was so angry that he yelled: "Idiot! This is just to take care of customers with children a little bit, not absolutely.
Please use your brain to think about it and don't follow the orders dogmatically.
Some customers who lack patience should be given priority to prevent conflicts from intensifying and causing big troubles.
There are also some elderly people and women who can be handled in this way to nip conflicts in the bud."
After being criticized by his boss, Zheng Yuan immediately realized that these very motivated young people would soon grow up in practice and become the backbone of their career.
The entire Carrefour supermarket staff quickly swelled to more than 770 employees after adding the security department personnel, who were mainly retired soldiers.
After these employees have experienced the baptism of people for more than ten days since the opening, their adaptability and professional level will quickly reach a new level.
"The Supply Department, please bring me two trucks of soda right now, yes... deliver it to the square."
"Manager Zheng, how many people are entering the supermarket now?"
"What? Twenty-three thousand people have reached saturation. I immediately asked the security department at the door to start limiting the flow of people. Every person who comes out will be let in again."
"Luo Qianjin, when will the theater troupe I asked you to contact arrive? Whether it's Huangmei Opera, Yue Opera or Peking Opera, I want it now...
What, no time to put on makeup?
When did this happen? It’s so popular.
Money is not an issue. I told them to come over immediately and sing on stage without putting on makeup. I need to sort out the crowd first."
Wang Yaocheng held the Big Brother phone and shouted wildly, with smoke coming out of his throat.
A bottle of orange soda was handed over to him, and he took it and finished it "Gulu, Gulu" and burped happily.
Cai Linlin looked at his angry look and said with some distress:
"You don't need to be too anxious. After all, having more customers is a good thing, and things haven't gotten out of hand yet."
Wang Yaocheng smiled bitterly and shook his head. Looking at the crowds of people still gathering in the square, he said with lingering fear:
"With so many people, it will be too late if something really breaks out. Whether it is a crowding, stampede or other incident, it will be an unbearable burden for the new Carrefour supermarket. We have no room for retreat."
Cai Linlin couldn't do anything to help him, so she could only silently hand over another piece of cake.
"Thank you! I can't eat it now." Wang Yaocheng said dryly.
Then, he cast his anxious eyes towards the square.
The square was still buzzing with gongs and drums, and the performers from the Performing Arts Center were performing hard boat rowing and Yangko dancing.
half an hour later
As time went by, a cordon was put up at the main entrance of Carrefour Plaza to temporarily prevent customers from entering.
The queue of customers was like a long line, twisting and turning, and thousands of people were still unable to enter, so it was inevitable that there would be a commotion.
Wang Yaocheng couldn't do anything about it. The supermarket was overcrowded and full of customers who were interested in shopping in the supermarket.
There was no way he could kick these customers out, as that would cause big trouble.
In this cold late autumn season, sweat poured down Wang Yaocheng's face and his face turned blue.
What the hell is this Wang Bing doing?
He was really afraid. As long as there was a slight fire in the crowd gathered in the square, the energy that would burst out would put him in danger.
After all, I still didn't expect that there would be such a large influx of people.
This kind of experience of dealing with a large scene of 20,000 or 30,000 people was something he had never had before or in this life, and it immediately made him feel like a Muggle.
At this time
Two trucks filled with soda drinks drove in. They couldn't get in outside the square, so they simply parked on the road.
Soon, the workers moved boxes of soda from the car and distributed them for free on the spot, which immediately attracted a crowd of onlookers.
It won't take long
The workers who were unloading the goods were forced back to the truck by the surging crowd. Hands were stretched out everywhere, and the sodas they were carrying were all eaten up in an instant.
Some customers held several bottles of soda in their hands, still holding out their hands in the crowd to ask for them.
Don't give up on free things like this.
Zheng Yuan quickly rushed over with security personnel, drove away the customers who were taking advantage, and used loudspeakers to continuously promote the situation.
"Free soda. Each person can only take one bottle. Friends who got it are asked to leave."
Zheng Yuan tried his best to guide the situation, and order gradually came under control.
never thought
The long queue of customers suddenly broke up and people came rushing over to get sodas.
This scene immediately frightened Wang Yaocheng so much that his face turned pale and his heartbeat slowed down by half a beat.
Fortunately, there was no danger. After being guided by the security personnel, the customers who got the soda drinks went back to the line again with satisfaction, and the square slowly returned to normal order.
"It's okay, it's okay, order has been restored now." Cai Linlin gently patted Wang Yaocheng's chest and comforted him softly.
"I was almost scared to death. I will never dare to do such risky things again."
Wang Yaocheng said with lingering fear: "I almost caused a big mess, but I have no experience."
"You don't need to be harsh on yourself, this is the best you can do."
"No."
Wang Yaocheng regained his confidence: "After this lesson, we can do our work more carefully and do better."
ten minutes later
The armed police soldiers came running, quickly stabilized the situation after entering the square, and took over most of the work of the mall security personnel.
The mall security personnel returned to the crowded supermarket to maintain order and control any unexpected incidents.
ten o'clock
The first batch of customers who were shopping and checking out happily left from the side door with large and small packages in their hands. The main entrance of the supermarket began to let out the customers queuing, and the long queue that had been standing still for a long time finally moved forward.
As a steady stream of customers walked out of the side door of the supermarket, the crowds of people gathered at the main entrance of the supermarket began to enter the mall alternately for shopping.
At this point, the biggest crisis has finally passed.