The restaurants in the provincial capital are closed but the vegetable market is open. The freezer at home is almost empty and needs to be replenished.
After Lin Yan came back, she didn't stop at home. She went directly to the company and sent ten long boxes of cold chain trucks to transport vegetables to Wuhan. She also went with her. She was expected to come back in a week. She would have to be quarantined after she came back. It would be nice to be able to go home.
More than ten days later.
My son didn't come back with me, so it would be safer to stay at my grandma's house in the countryside than in the provincial capital.
The vegetable market has a full range of vegetables and the prices are not expensive. Both the vegetable buyers and sellers wear masks, and their temperatures are taken when entering.
"You are the only one with many people now." Lao Tan greeted the vegetable seller.
"We are marching risking our lives to solve the problem of food for the people." The vegetable seller was quite humorous.
"It makes money too."
"Hehe, to be honest, I say it's just to make money, but it's actually the same as usual. The main reason is that the purchase price is expensive and we don't dare to increase the price. Let's just sell it and make some money to buy masks."
The vegetable seller expressed the sentiments of the people.
Now there is no shortage of anything but masks.
After Lao Tan finished shopping for vegetables and went upstairs, he suddenly thought of Yingzi. He thought that Yingzi's family might be short of vegetables and should buy some to send to them. So after putting the vegetables at home, he turned around and went downstairs to the vegetable market, where he bought meat and vegetables.
Two big bags went to Yingzi's house.
When the security guard at Yingzi's community saw Lao Tan carrying two large bags of vegetables, he didn't check them carefully. He took his temperature and called him in.
Knocking on the door of Yingzi's house, the person who opened the door was Ruoxi. The little girl had already caught up with her mother's height, her body was also stretched out, and she was standing tall and slim.
"Hello, Mr. Tan!" The little girl first said hello to Old Tan, and then shouted: "Mom, Mr. Tan is here."
Yingzi and Zhu Debao walked out of the hall, and the family of three enthusiastically welcomed Lao Tan into the house. It seemed that Yingzi and Zhu Debao were living a good life, and their faces were filled with expressions of happiness and harmony in life.
"Brother, where is Jiaheng? Didn't you follow?" Yingzi asked.
"Not at home, but at his grandma's house, celebrating the Chinese New Year there," Lao Tan said.
"Oh, what about online classes?" Yingzi asked.
"You can go there, too. It's the same."
"Where is my sister-in-law?"
"Following the car to Wuhan, delivering vegetables."
"Ah -" Yingzi screamed in surprise, and then quickly asked: "Then you have to be quarantined when you come back?"
"Well, we need to be isolated." Lao Tan said.
"Why doesn't their company send a man there?"
"Your sister-in-law is volunteering, and there are men who will go."
"oh--"
While they were talking, there was another knock on the door, and it was Yanhua and Deng who also brought food to Yingzi's house. So Yingzi started cooking, leaving Lao Tan and Yanhua to have lunch.
Naturally, the topic of conversation during meals is inseparable from the epidemic. Everyone is in a heavy mood and hopes that the epidemic will end soon so that life can return to normal.
Lao Tan said: "The catering industry has suffered heavy losses this time. When the epidemic is over, many restaurants will no longer be able to operate and will have to be rented out."
Yanhua said: "I listened to you last year and didn't expand, otherwise our family would have been in trouble. We opened four new stores last year on the first day of the new year. At least 3 million was invested, and we wouldn't even be able to get it back."
"Everything that flourishes must eventually decline - this is the time to catch up with the epidemic. Even without the epidemic, the dumpling market this year would not be easy. There are too many dumpling restaurants opening, and supply exceeds demand, which has caused vicious competition, etc.
Those with poor background will naturally be eliminated," Lao Tan said.
Yingzi said: "Many people were poached from our family on the first day of the new year last year. Now those people regret it, especially when they heard that our family paid living expenses during the holidays."
Zhu Debao said: "It's useless to regret. What were you thinking about when I left? Weren't we all going for the high wages offered by others?"
Yingzi said: "When the two little girls I brought with me left, they said that salary increases in our family are slow, and everything depends on scores. When the scores are reached, they will be increased. If the scores are not enough, they can only be anxious, unlike others who go there on the first day of the new year.
It will be given as soon as it is received.
It's better now. I'm working at home and can't go to work, and I don't have to worry about a penny. I heard that after the lockdown is lifted, all those stores may not be open. If the stores they work in are not open, it will be equivalent to being completely laid off."
Lao Tan said: "On the first day of the new year, there are now 14 stores. I estimate that Zhang Xiangdong will have to cash out seven to eight stores, otherwise his capital chain will be broken."
Lao Deng said: "The main thing is that he can cash it out, but what if he can't? A conservative estimate of a store is 500,000, and he can't afford to lose it. In addition, there is rent. You don't have to close the business, but you have to pay for renting other people's houses.
They won’t let you do it without paying them.”
Lao Tan said: "This is the result of blind expansion and no rational prediction of the future."
Yanhua said: "Our family has been developing for ten years, and it was only in May last year that we recovered all the costs. Otherwise, we wouldn't have been able to make that money last year. Now we have 40 stores for nothing. Even if we don't sell them all, it will be the same."
Pure profit, he can't do this on the first day of the new year."
Lao Tan said: "Zhang Xiangdong is just too young. He is young and energetic and too conceited. It is inevitable that he will fall. If I were that age, I would probably do the same."
Yanhua said: "You can't, everyone knows how steady you are. I talked to Yanzi on the phone yesterday and she said that you are Ah Qiao's Dinghai Shenzhen. With you, everyone is not afraid of anything."
Take the New Year holiday as an example. I saved a small 4 million at once. If we had to purchase goods during the Spring Festival, one store would not have to stock up for more than 100,000 yuan during the Spring Festival. Forty stores would be a small 4 million.
If it is open for business, all the goods worth less than 4 million will have to be suppressed and cannot be sold for a penny. In addition, the employees must be paid and supported. Three meals a day are not money, and a family of 1,800
What about people.
So, Lao Tan, you are the lucky star of our family, we have everything we need with you."
Lao Tan laughed and said, "So you use the four million you saved to pay living expenses to your employees."
"I didn't think so at first. When I had a phone call with Sister Wang in Beijing, she calculated the account, otherwise I wouldn't have calculated it," Yanhua said.
"She's pretty good at calculating." Lao Tan said with certainty.
"Sister Wang is now a master like you. She said that people should know how to give up. If you don't know how to give up, you will never get blessings. Since these four million were saved by Lao Tan, then these money are not yours.
It must be given out. If you don't give it out, sooner or later you will lose it, and the loss may be even greater.
It is right to pay living expenses to employees. What Ah Qiao has achieved today is all thanks to everyone's joint efforts and perseverance. The most valuable thing about Ah Qiao is not the product technology or the delicious health wine, but these loyal employees.
They are Ah Qiao’s greatest wealth.”
"Well said!" Lao Tan took the lead in applauding.
"I have something else to tell you." Yanhua continued: "Xiaomei called yesterday and said that the two bosses in Wuhan wanted to transfer their newly renovated store last year to us at a low price, including photos, videos and related information.
They were all sent over and I saw that they are indeed suitable.”
"No." Lao Tan said directly: "No one can predict what will happen in the future. This year's plan is not to expand and defend the position. If we hold the position, we will win. We don't think about anything else."
Lao Deng said: "I agree with Lao Tan's opinion. It is right not to expand if the form is unclear."
Yanhua said: "I thought so too, but I felt itchy after seeing the photos and videos. It was almost a waste of time to come to the store."
"Hey, it doesn't come for free. It doesn't cost a penny. If you want to start a business, you have to invest it. It's all money. In addition, it's outside the five major regions. If you want to do it, you have to reopen the market. You can't do it. What's more, it's the city with the worst epidemic.