Chapter 768: Front and Back Flanking (4100+ Chapters~)
Zhang Zhao and Zhang Xiaole were released on the third day.
"Uncle Bai was very loyal and didn't turn us in!" The two father and son did not go home, but went directly back to the Very Special Clothing City.
Zhang Zhao scolded: "You are so loyal, even if he doesn't say it, how can his subordinates not say it!"
Where is Zhang Zhao's age? Coupled with his own character, he has long passed the age of trust, loyalty, third child, etc.
Originally, he thought that he would have to be thrown in. Although he could deny everything and even look for connections, the problem should not be big and he would be released within a few months. But what surprised him now is that the City Bureau
Over there, they didn't even ask me anything. They just locked up my father and son for two days and then released them...
This is a bit abnormal!
And Zhang Zhao himself knows that for people like Brother Bai, they must have been registered in the bureau. On weekdays, when they don’t want to deal with you, they won’t see you no matter how hard they try. But once they are ready to deal with you,
Now, even the things you spit on the ground ten years ago can be dug up for you.
It’s impossible to get out!
In fact, these so-called big brothers on the street are obviously still at a low level of social development. They don't want those in future generations to know how to find their own umbrella...
Most of them still continue to exist at the level of little bastards in the 1960s and 1970s. They are brave and fierce, and think that they and the official family are two distinct paths...
Once they are caught, they will at least have to shed their skin.
Zhang Xiaole looked at his father curiously and asked, "Then why did they let us back?"
Zhang Zhao shook his head and said, "I don't know about this either?" After thinking for a moment, he continued: "Is it because the Northern Lights don't want to get things done?"
"It shouldn't be!" Zhang Zhao said to himself.
At this time, Zhang Zhao suddenly remembered the situation in the store when his father and son just went upstairs.
"Xiao Le, when you just went upstairs, did you see anyone in our store?"
Zhang Xiaole recalled it for a moment, and it seemed to be empty, but then he didn't think much about it and said, "Is it because it's morning and everyone hasn't gotten up yet?"
"No, even if it's morning, there should be a few people there. Just now there was no one!" After Zhang Zhao finished speaking, he was about to call his secretary.
At this time, someone suddenly broke into Zhang Zhao's office. Zhang Xiaole was sitting on the sofa and saw a girl about his own age. He curled his lips and wondered what kind of relationship this girl had with his father. He knew it well.
This is also the only thing he is dissatisfied with about his father...
"What are you doing here? You have no manners at all!" Zhang Xiaole scolded.
Normally, that girl would definitely want to compete with Zhang Xiaole, but obviously not today. She didn't even look at Zhang Xiaole, but said excitedly to Zhang Zhao.
"Mr. Zhang, you're back, something big happened!" the secretary said nervously.
Zhang Zhao stood up awkwardly, with a bad premonition in his heart. The first thing he thought of was that the Northern Lights were taking action.
"What happened? Was the store damaged?"
At this time, he also had a lot of fear about the Northern Lights. Brother Bai had been hanging out on the streets of Sijiu City for more than a day or two, and now he was suddenly taken away, obviously because of the Northern Lights.
Take action.
"That's not the case. Starting from the morning before yesterday, Qite suddenly announced that all clothing products will be sold at 50% off. You were not in the store at that time. We have no backbone and don't know what to do. In the past two days, customers have
They were all snatched away by Qite!" The little secretary hurriedly told the story in brief.
Zhang Zhao's face was ashen...
How did he snatch the customers from Te Te in the first place? Isn't it because of the big sale? Now he didn't expect that the other party would do the same.
And it’s still 50% off!
"What does he want to do? Is he crazy?" Zhang Xiaole shouted from the side.
Although the profit of the clothing industry can reach 100% now, that is only for some products. In fact, the profit of most clothing is still around 75%. Now all the clothing in Special Special is on sale at 50% off. If so, it will definitely be
Didn’t Li Chengru know that he was the one who lost money?
The little secretary said excitedly: "I don't know, they did this early the day before yesterday, and I also found out that they are planning to hold this promotion for a month!"
"A month?" Zhang Zhao felt as if his heart was about to stop beating, "Where did they get so much money?"
In one month, for a clothing city of the size of Feite and Feite, if there is a 50% discount for one month, the direct loss will be at least around 10 million!
Although the profit of clothing is high, there are still various cost issues, such as the wages of waiters and various water and electricity consumption in the store. These all cost money, and if you add in the considerations of stocking up and changing seasons.
By the way, if you add in the rent, the loss will be even greater...
"What are they going to do?" Zhang Zhao felt that he couldn't understand Qite's thoughts. Is it really a good feeling to throw money into the sea?
"Mr. Zhang, what should we do now?" The little secretary looked at Zhang Zhao nervously.
Now Very Special must come up with some measures. In just two days, Very Special has no customers at all.
Very special, very special. The clothes bought in the two clothing stores are almost the same. Now customers come from both sides, one sells for 100 and the other sells for 50. They are not stupid, so they naturally go to the one selling for 50!
Zhang Xiaole said: "Daddy, why don't we also lower the price?"
"Fart, how can we lower the price and have a 50% discount for a month? We have to lose all the money I have earned over the years!" Zhang Zhao got angry at Zhang Xiaole for the first time.
Zhang Xiaole felt that it was a bit embarrassing to have his father reprimand him like this in front of his little secretary.
"What if we don't lower the price? Now all the customers go to Speciale. If we can't sell a piece of clothing, aren't we also losing money?"
Zhang Zhao glared at Zhang Xiaole and said, "Let's wait and see. I think they must be bragging by promoting it for a month. Otherwise, where would they get so much money?"
Although clothing cities make money, they also use money, and most of their working capital will be spent on clothing.
But if it comes to 10 million, Zhang Zhao definitely has it, but now he has to see all of his 10 million in vain, and he can't bear it.
When I came back from the United States, I brought back two million US dollars, a large part of which was invested in Feite. At the beginning, in order to compete with Feite for customers, I invested another sum of money. If it hadn't been for the later
Qite has grabbed a lot of customers, and now he may not even have 10 million in liquidity!
In fact, Zhang Zhao did not make any moves. He was waiting, waiting for Qite to be unable to survive.
In the following days, Zhang Zhao didn't even go back home. He just stood at the gate of his clothing city and looked at the situation on both sides.
Although there was an unknown shopping mall being renovated next to him, he didn't take it to heart. Now his biggest enemy is the special one next to him!
The customers who were buying clothes at Special's place had already begun to queue up, but there was no one at his place, which made him feel quite uncomfortable.
Just placing hope on the other party is just bragging and has no strength at all.
Unfortunately, reality made Zhang Zhao's wish come true.
On the first day, the Qite area was still crowded with people, and a red sign saying "50% off for the entire store" was hung at the entrance of the clothing city!
The next day, it was still the same...
On the third day, it was still like this...
.......
Half a month has passed, and the special promotion has not changed. Although the number of people has decreased, it has only returned to the normal flow of people. However, Zhang Zhao's special promotion is miserable, with not a single customer.
"Mr. Zhang, Jinxiu Garment has made several calls to urge payment!" At this time, the secretary came to Zhang Zhao's office again.
In fact, if it was normal, Zhang Zhao would definitely talk to the secretary, or even make some moves, but at this time, Zhang Zhao obviously had no idea.
"What's going on at Jinxiu Garment? Didn't we always cooperate well with us before? Why are you so anxious to press for payment now?"
Zhang Zhao felt that all the bad things were coming towards him now.
The little secretary said nervously: "Mr. Zhang..."
Zhang Zhao said dissatisfiedly: "If you have anything to do, just say it, why are you hesitating?"
The little secretary said: "Now other garment factories have also learned about our situation, and I feel that their collection calls may be coming soon!"
Zhang Zhao sat dejectedly on his boss's chair, this was what he was afraid of.
"How much money is left in the company's account?" Zhang Zhao asked.
"Less than 200,000!" the little secretary said.
Zhang Zhao asked in surprise: "So few?"
But Zhang Zhao’s own mentality is clear without the secretary’s answer. He doesn’t have a lot of special working capital. Basically, he settles accounts with the clothing factory once a month. At the beginning of the month, a batch must have been transferred.
, plus the employees’ wages and daily consumption in the store, it’s already good to have two hundred thousand left.
The key is that if the payment for goods that could have been settled at the end of the month is taken away by the other party at this time, you will be in trouble.
You must know that clothing is seasonal. You may not be able to tell it now, but if you wait until the end of the month, the clothing in your clothing store will be out of date. Although summer has not passed yet, ordinary consumers are already looking for special items.
I've bought some summer clothes there.
In other words, the clothes in my hand are overwhelming. New clothes should appear next year. Even if the prices of both parties are the same, the losses on my side will be real.
!
"what to do?"
Zhang Zhao asked himself this in his heart, but even he had no choice. In the end, Zhang Zhao had no choice but to say: "Let's also lower the price!"
Now, in Zhang Zhao's view, if he loses a small amount, he will make a profit. If these clothes fall into his hands, he will really lose all his money!
The little secretary took Zhang Zhao's order and went out.
Soon, a special 50% off sale was posted on the door.
It is a pity that at this time, the time for consumers to make impulse purchases has passed. In addition, Special Special has spent half a month and accumulated a lot of popularity. Even if people want to buy clothes, they will subconsciously leave.
If you go to Feitete, you will never come to Feitete.
So in the following time, Zhang Zhao's special was still hanging on half-dead, and the direct losses had reached more than 5 million!
The most important thing is that after entering the end of August, the new season's clothing will begin to be available again.
Zhang Zhao had no choice but to use his old skills and invest in a very special one.
But this time, because of previous lessons learned, most clothing factories no longer plan to give Zhang Zhao money on credit, so Zhang Zhao can only get the goods in full!
After taking away the last payment, Zhang Zhao sat on his boss's chair, looking a little scared.
"Fortunately, Special Special only held a one-month promotion. If it had been longer, we really wouldn't have been able to survive it!" Zhang Xiaole said.
Zhang Zhao nodded and said: "I'll tell the company later and ask everyone to work hard to sell our clothes next month. I must find a way to make up for the losses of more than a month!"
Zhang Xiaole asked: "Daddy, we took so many goods this time, isn't it a little too risky?"
Zhang Xiaole originally thought that after a month passed, his father would be more cautious, but what he didn't expect was that his father actually showed more courage than before and took more than 6 million from various clothing factories.
goods.
Zhang Zhao glared at Zhang Xiaole and said: "What do you know? I used to do special promotions there and attracted a lot of customers. Now everyone recognizes him. If we don't take some measures, how can we get the original customers back?"
client!"
At this time, Zhang Zhao had also figured out that the special approach in the past had attracted a lot of customers, but in any case, those customers were there to buy cheap goods, and now special promotions are over there.
One month has obviously reached their limit. Now that new clothes are on the market, it will definitely be another fierce battle. If they don't do something, how can they win back their previous customers?
Only then did Zhang Xiaole understand his father's thoughts and said, "Daddy, you are smarter!"
Zhang Zhao said with a smile: "Young man, learn from this. This is all business. The previous losses have been caused, and we have no way to recover them. But we must look forward. As long as the new season clothes can be sold well, we
The losses can be made up in a few months!”
Zhang Xiaole nodded and asked: "Daddy, what about my record release?"
Zhang Zhao frowned, "At this time, you are still thinking about releasing records? Let me tell you, the most important thing now is our family's business!"
"That Li Chengru is no match for you." Zhang Xiaole muttered.
As soon as he finished speaking, the little secretary ran in in panic again: "Mr. Zhang, a new clothing store has opened next to us. Their new season clothes are all on sale at 50% off..."