The market doesn’t cover a large area, but it’s not small either. I haven’t been here for many days, but now it’s completely completed.
From a distance, you can see the empty small shops without doors below.
After they arrived, they walked around the area. Since it was empty and there wasn't much to see, they just followed the instructions of the person at the door and went to the marketing department on the second floor to pay.
After paying the balance, you will receive the corresponding digital number plate in the order of your deposit payment, and then wait for the unified draw at 12 noon to draw the store number.
When the time comes, those who fail to pay the balance will have their draw postponed.
With plenty of waiting time, a few people with nothing to do simply went to the old market to wander around.
Because of the cold and windy weather recently, not many boats are out at sea. Apart from the big ships, small boats are basically unable to go out to sea. There doesn’t seem to be that much seafood in the market.
It's not like they haven't been here before, they've been here several times, but they didn't find anything new to see, so they just took a quick look around. The most common items they saw were toadfish, turbot, mackerel, and dragonhead fish.
Originally, Ye Yaodong just wanted to stroll around, but when he saw so many goods, he became tempted.
We haven't been out to sea for many days, and we don't know if the weather will be suitable for going out to sea in the future. We are still a thousand kilograms short of delivering the goods before the New Year.
He hesitated, should he buy a thousand kilograms of dragon head fish to dry in the sun? This dragon head fish tasted much better than those other dried fish.
Anyway, it's a trip back with a full truck or an empty one. When the time comes, the dried fish can be dried out and eaten at home during the New Year, or given to the father-in-law.
In order to avoid selling all the goods at home and having nothing to eat, you can buy more and bring them back. If you are unable to go out to sea in the future and the quantity is insufficient, you can use them to replenish it appropriately, so as to avoid being caught off guard at the last minute.
Just do it when you think of him.
Others also looked at him in confusion as he tried to bargain.
"Dongzi? You still want to buy dragon head fish?"
"I heard that your family has already collected several thousand kilograms of dried fish? Are you still buying?"
"How big is your business? You've stockpiled several thousand kilograms at home, isn't that enough?"
Ye Yaodong nodded casually, "Just in case, buy some more to keep as a backup or for yourself. Buy 1,000 kilograms. This kind of fish shrinks a lot, so you should only be able to get about 100 kilograms out of the sun."
Although the market price is a little bit higher than that at the dock, it makes no difference to him. When he buys goods from others, he distributes the profits to them, and only what he keeps for himself is the most profitable.
Therefore, there is not much difference between buying fresh goods from the market and buying ready-made goods at home. They may even be cheaper after drying them than those already dried.
Everyone couldn't just stand there and watch, they had to help him move the things and lift the goods. When they were all done and all the goods were loaded onto the tractor, it was almost noon and it was time to draw lots.
Ye Yaodong touched his pocket which was deflated again, and felt that he spent too much money!
I bought 1,000 kilograms of dragon head fish for only 30 yuan, plus 90 cents in transaction fee.
He thought that if there were no fishing boats going out to sea near the date, he could go to the city himself to collect a few thousand kilograms and take them back to dry in the sun.
It just takes a little more work, but you can still make money.
This is a small matter of breaking his promise, but I’m afraid that no one will place orders with him in the future.
After handing the goods over to Uncle Zhou, they went back to the second floor of the new market, to the office with the label of Marketing Department.
There were already more than twenty people standing densely inside waiting, whispering to each other.
After Ye Yaodong and the others went in, they also found a corner to stand in.
Ye Yaopeng whispered, "I didn't see so many people when I was paying before, how could there be so many now?"
Ah Cai said, "That's not a lot. I heard that the stall has more than 70 stalls, and the 20 at the back are only for rent and not for sale. I think half of the people didn't show up today because of something unexpected."
"We are so surprised. This market is really big. If they only rent and don't sell, will they keep the 20 best locations?"
"Uh... I think so. They should keep the areas around the market entrances, right?"
Ye Yaodong agreed, "It is indeed very likely. Anyway, the initiative is in their hands. We will take whatever we get."
"It's great to be able to buy them. They even picked up 20 of them and were reluctant to sell them."
Ye Yaohua rubbed his hands and smiled innocently: "Then is it worthwhile for us to buy it? We bought it early?"
"Of course, according to their operation, they only sold two batches of stores at that time, and put the last batch away."
"Hush, it's time to draw lots..."
Ye Yaodong was the second person to pay the deposit at that time. The person in front of him did not come on time today, so he was the first to draw.
As soon as he heard the man who was said to be the marketing manager calling number two, he hurried forward.
Drawing lots is very simple. There are many folded pieces of paper in a small basket, and he just needs to take one out.
He handed the number plate he had been given to the other person, and then took a small piece of paper from the basket. He didn't even open it, and went straight back into the crowd.
This aroused the curiosity of others, but everyone came up to draw one after another, and they could not care about others. They could only wait curiously and expectantly for their turn.
"Dongzi, which store did you win? What's written on it? Open it and take a look."
"Entrance 1, number 12? What does that mean?"
"What do you mean by this number? This is the store number, right?"
At this time, the second person who went up to draw the lottery also opened the note in his hand and muttered, "What does this entrance number 3, number 6 mean?"
Ye Yaodong whispered, "I seem to have noticed when I came in. Where is the entrance number one shown when we came in?"
"Huh? It seems so. I saw it too."
At this time, the market manager above was also there and said, "Our new market is quite large, so there is an entrance in each direction, with numbers one, two, three, and four marked on it. The names of the shops corresponding to each entrance are marked with the corresponding entrance."
"After you draw the lottery, you can go downstairs and find the corresponding store. There are numbers posted at the door. After you find it, we will come upstairs to register for the case."
The crowd suddenly realized, "Oh~"
"We just came in through Entrance No. 1. Does that mean the shops at Entrance No. 1 are better? This is around the main gate."
The man at the other end of the desk nodded, "Yes, for now, the shops near Exit 1 are better, but as the surrounding area develops in the future, the surrounding area will gradually become more lively, and the shops at each entrance will actually be the same..."
"How can they be the same..."
"That's right, the flow of people in and out is obviously in Area 1..."
"Then everyone must try their best to draw number one, right?"
"How many shops are there near Entrance 1?"
"Four!"
"ah!"
The crowd was immediately excited, "Only four!"
"Dongzi! You drew shop No. 12 at gate 1!" Ye Yaohua became excited. Everyone was confused at first. What did this number mean
Now even Ye Yaodong was excited. He actually got one of the best four stores
Maybe they were too excited, or maybe they didn't know at first what "number 1, number 12" meant. The people around them also heard that they had drawn number 1, number 12, and came over to take a look.
"Hey, someone has already won the lottery for store No. 12 at Entrance 1."
"Who is it? The first person who was drawn just now?"
"Isn't this too lucky? I got it in the first draw?"
"One was taken away directly. So there are only three left near Entrance No. 1?"
“How many entrances were there originally?”
"We'll know when we count them later..."
Ah Gui muttered quietly, "Most of these people must be hiding near Gate 1, so only four spots are available for people to draw."
Ah Cai poked him, "Shh, keep your voice down, it's good to know, if you have anything to say, talk outside, An Xin just watch and see when it will be our turn."
Ye Yaodong held the note in his hand, smiling with satisfaction. He had already drawn the best one among the two stores, which was considered a guarantee.
Some are happy, some are sad.
The prices are all the same, but the stores’ geographical locations vary. It’s fair to get whichever one you draw by lottery.
No one can blame me for my luck
We just took turns to get numbers, and it was very fast. There were only about 20 people there.
When they were halfway through the drawing, another shop No. 09 at Exit 1 appeared. The middle-aged man was so happy that he almost died.
"Hey, there are only two left..."
"I can't draw it, I can't draw it..."
"Forget it, let's just leave it to fate..."
Unexpectedly, the person who just went up was muttering something while opening the piece of paper he drew. Unexpectedly, it was shop No. 09 at Exit 1.
This is a big surprise!
An unexpected result may turn out to be a blessing in disguise. I had never expected something would come true.
Ye Yaopeng said regretfully: "It's a pity that we bought it too late. We can only queue for the last three."
"It doesn't matter. Just because Entrance 1 is better now doesn't mean other entrances will be worse in the future. Once the surrounding area is developed and connected in all directions, every entrance will definitely be good."
Ye Yaodong comforted him, saying that he had also heard of this new market in his previous life and knew how prosperous this market was. It should not be much different, except for entrance number four, which was said to be the entrance for sellers.
Fortunately, Acai and Agui drew entrance number 2 and 3 respectively, which is not bad, but better than the worst.
After everyone had finished drawing, it was the three brothers' turn.
Except for the two brothers, no one else knew that Ye Yaodong bought two!
When he was the last one to go up and draw the lottery, both Acai and Agui were shocked!
"Him!? Ye Yaodong bought two?"
"Oh my god! This guy actually bought two?"
"What a guy! He is so cruel! He is also very good at hiding things. He actually bought two shops quietly. No one in the village knew about it. Everyone thought he only bought one."
"Wow, this is incredible. Two shops cost 6,000 yuan... He is really capable..."
The person who had just drawn the lot next to him had originally stopped paying attention to watching others draw lots, but then he heard that the last person who drew the lot was the same person as the first person who drew the lot. Everyone looked at him in surprise.
"This young man bought two?"
"No way? Your family is so wealthy?"