Among the tasks he has accumulated, there is another item that he needs to approve, and that is the town residents' application to establish a garage sale festival.
New Zealand is a country of immigrants, and its population is made up of people from all over the world. Therefore, there are various customs and traditions, as well as various festivals in different places.
Someone has calculated that, looking at New Zealand as a whole, there are 365 days a year, and there are festivals every day, and people are celebrating.
The government encourages various localities to establish special festivals. First, they can be preserved as a kind of culture. Second, there is consumption when there are festivals, which can promote economic development.
Therefore, New Zealanders have developed a sense that if there is any collective activity, they can apply to become a festival. It does not matter if the festival does not develop. Once it develops, they will be remembered in local history as the organizers of the festival.
For New Zealanders who have no history, their pursuit of entering history is strongest.
The garage sale festival is actually a second-hand goods trading festival. Wang Bo, who is accustomed to Chinese thinking, has a hard time understanding New Zealanders' enthusiasm for trading second-hand goods.
In this country, second-hand goods stores may be opened on bustling main commercial streets, opening their doors generously to welcome customers. New Zealanders also go to second-hand stores to look for used goods, or bring their own second-hand goods here to be appraised and consigned. They do not feel that buying second-hand goods is a shameful thing.
There are second-hand goods stores in cities, but there are no such stores in towns and villages due to insufficient spending power, so the transaction method of garage sales came into being.
The vast majority of New Zealanders live in independent houses, and independent houses basically have garages. Therefore, if New Zealanders feel that they have too many useless things and cannot put them down, or they may move their families to other cities or even other places, In the country, many things cannot be taken away, so they will put things in the garage for sale.
However, residential areas are not commercial areas, and the flow of people is relatively small, so it is naturally difficult to do business.
So, when a New Zealander holds a garage sale, they will find a weekend day, write the sale items, address and time on cardboard, and then post the cardboard in a conspicuous place on the street to advertise.
But having said that, New Zealand has a small population and few people see such advertisements. It is still difficult to hold garage sales, so the Garage Sale Festival was born.
This is a common festival in towns and villages. On a certain day, every household opens their garage and puts out their unwanted goods for trading with each other.
It is necessary for the town residents to apply to Wang Bo for the establishment of this festival, because the town has seen a sharp increase in immigration recently, and many new families have come to Sunset Town.
When these new families move here, they no longer need some things, but they also need to buy some new necessities. If a garage sale is held, they can sell the things they don’t need and buy other things at a low price. Things that others don’t need but you need.
Speaking of which, this is an opportunity to redistribute resources according to needs and for mutual benefit. For township residents who do not have much money, this kind of festival is very valuable.
Wang Bo asked Carter to disconnect the Internet, and then a group of people gathered in the conference room for a meeting to discuss the holding of the festival.
New Zealand's festivals are not necessarily grand and need to be celebrated. For example, the garage sale festival is not an annual event, but is held frequently for a long time. Many towns and cities hold it once a month.
It was the first time that Qingyang attended a small town meeting. During this period, apart from introducing himself and getting to know each other, he said nothing and just listened quietly to everyone's discussion.
The main theme of the meeting is not to discuss whether to hold it, but how to hold it. Therefore, after negotiating the holding time and publicity method, the meeting can be dismissed.
After the meeting, Wang Bo stayed with Qingyang and asked, "Brother A, do you have any ideas? Why didn't you say a word just now?"
Na Qingyang smiled bitterly and said: "I won't apply for the job now. I have to sign up for an English class first. I tried hard to strengthen my English training in China, but it didn't work. The English of New Zealanders is different from what I learned."
This is indeed what happened. Wang Bo patted his forehead and said: "Forget about this, okay, I will find a teacher for you to study. Your English really needs to be improved."
Garage sale festivals are booked, with the first festival taking place the second weekend in March for two days.
The promotion of the town is simple. Carter has built a forum belonging to the town through the smart city network system. You can log in to the webpage on a computer or log in to A on a mobile phone, and just post messages on it.
In addition, the scope of such a festival must be expanded as much as possible, including Austria City, Wanderer Town, Lewis Town, and Tahiti Town, which is his mortal enemy.
Wang Bo did not need to do these tasks. Bowen took the lead and Kidd cooperated. The two created a publicity plan, using billboards and newspapers to promote the garage sale festival in the town.
In addition, Bowen asked Wang Bo for approval to invest in a large billboard: the kind that stands on both sides of the road, ten meters high, with an area of five square meters, very eye-catching.
This billboard, including the support frame and plaque, costs a total of 50,000 New Zealand dollars. The price is very high, but it can be used repeatedly in the future and can even receive advertisements, so the subsequent profits are also considerable.
Beginning in mid-March, the billboard was put up, with a huge poster on it with images of various furniture and daily necessities. In addition, there was a catchy slogan: Come and make an appointment with handsome guys and beauties. I’ll be waiting in Sunset Town. you!
This is a slogan designed by Bowen to promote the town when Wang Bo first came to Sunset Town the year before last. Now it has finally been used, which makes the deputy mayor very happy.
Town residents take this garage sale very seriously. As March enters the second week, Wang Bo often sees people cleaning up their garages when he goes to and from get off work.
After living in the castle for a few days, Bo's dad and Bo's mom gradually got used to life in New Zealand.
They lacked people who could communicate with each other, but it didn't mean they had nothing to do - Wang Bo once opened up a vegetable garden and hired a Maori to take charge of it. Bo's father and mother were not only good at fishing, but also good at farm work, so they went to take care of this garden together. Vegetable garden.
As long as they are happy, Wang Bo knows that this will not tire them. In this case, they can go and work if they want to.
But he guessed that his parents were also very interested in the garage sale festival, so he told them that every house would be selling very cheap things that day and they could go and check it out.
Blog Mom asked: "Then if we sell some food or something, is that okay?"
Wang Bo said blankly: "I can't say. There are vegetables and fruits for sale in the supermarket. I don't know if the townspeople will buy them."
Dad Bo waved his hand and said, "What your mother means is, will there be some city management or something to drive people away?"
Wang Bo was embarrassed: "Dad, are there any urban management officials in this town?"
Bo's mother muttered: "I think your job is like that of an urban management officer."
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