"Take a look at this one, it's three years old, and it was in pretty good condition when I brought it here," the boss pointed at several other freezers and introduced them to Lin Cheng, "And this one, it's about 60% new, but the place where it was placed before was damp, and there's a little rust on the bottom, and this one is also..."
After listening to the boss's introduction, Lin Cheng did not rush to make a decision.
"Have they all been processed?" Lin Cheng asked.
"Yes, these have all been fixed," the boss added, "Don't worry, I've fixed so many things, big and small, and I recommend them to you. Just take them home, plug them in, and you can use them."
"Is there any that has not been dealt with?" Lin Cheng asked again.
Hearing this, the boss was stunned: "You want something you haven't dealt with before?"
"Take a look." Lin Cheng said.
Although refurbished second-hand appliances may look good, the refurbishment also masks problems with the appliances themselves. It is difficult for laymen to see what is wrong with them, and it is easy to misjudge the service life of the appliances themselves.
In this regard, it is better to just look at the unrefurbished one.
The boss thought about it, nodded, and took Lin Cheng and Lin Momo to a temporary storage channel next to it, where more than 30 old refrigerators, freezers, and disinfection cabinets were stored...
"These have been collected but not processed yet, take a look." The boss said to Lin Cheng.
Unrefurbished electrical appliances still have stains, rust and dust on them, and naturally look incomparable to those refurbished second-hand appliances, but their overall condition can be seen at a glance.
Lin Cheng looked around and found a few appliances of the size he needed. He then walked directly to the appliances and began to check them carefully - checking the depreciation, status, and operation of the appliances after power was turned on.
I feel like this show will cure Lin Cheng and Momo's mysophobia. Looking at the father and daughter busying around among a bunch of old appliances on the live camera, someone couldn't help but say.
Haha, let alone Lin Cheng and Momo, just watching them busying around, my mysophobia is almost cured.
Momo: I just like to be clean, no, I am a mysophobe!
Lin Cheng: I am forced by life. hhh
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Here, after checking again and again.
Lin Cheng finally found a freezer, a disinfection cabinet, an air conditioner, a tap water filter and an air curtain among the pile of home appliances.
There is no problem with the main body of several electrical appliances. Some accessories are aging and damaged. It should not be a big problem to replace them. The key point is that the motors are operating normally.
"How much do you want for these machines?" Lin Cheng asked.
The boss came over and checked the appliances that Lin Cheng had chosen, and said, "You have a good eye. These appliances were in good condition when they arrived. The scratches on the exterior and the small accessories are just minor issues. They will be fine after a little repair."
"No, but..." The boss paused, then continued, "You've seen the condition of the electrical appliances. They are all good products, big brands, and the motor parts inside are all original. They have hardly been disassembled, so the price must be slightly higher."
"How many?"
The boss took the calculator next to him, typed a number on it and handed it to Lin Cheng: "This is the actual price."
Lin Cheng took the calculator and took a look at the sums on it.
Before coming here, Lin Cheng looked at the promotional prices of various new electrical appliances on the online shopping mall. The price offered by the boss was about 30% to 55% of the new goods, which was indeed not too outrageous.
However, Lin Cheng still pressed a few more numbers on the calculator.
“This price.”
"This..." The boss looked a little hesitant.
"I'll give you the rest at the price you mentioned, but you have to add 600 for the air conditioner. That's the actual price." The boss' tone revealed his persistence.
At this time, Lin Momo, who was next to Lin Cheng, spoke up, pointing at a pile of small electrical appliances in the distance and said, "If we add 600, can you give us a few more of those small electrical appliances over there, boss?"
The boss looked in the direction where Lin Momo pointed, was stunned for a moment, then smiled, and couldn't help but said: "You, little friend, don't suffer any loss at all."
The small kettles and induction cookers over there... If you buy new ones, they would cost one or two hundred, or two or three hundred each. When he collects them, he mostly collects them together with other large items, so in total it only costs about ten or twenty yuan each. Because there are too many of them, they have been left there and never dealt with.
The boss thought about it, nodded, and asked Lin Cheng and Lin Momo to pick four or five items to take away.
After some selection, Lin Cheng and Lin Momo picked out an induction cooker, two chopstick sterilizers, as well as an eye-protection desk lamp and a small desktop electric fan that the boss got from somewhere.
Holding the desk lamp and the small electric fan separately in her arms, Lin Momo said happily, "These two can be given to Jiajia and Xiaobao. They can use them when we move into the community."
The 'Jia Jia' and 'Xiao Bao' mentioned by Lin Momo are actually the two daughters of Hu Mao's family.
Hearing Lin Momo's whisper, the boss beside her asked, "Are you going to give these two away?"
Lin Momo nodded: "Give them to my neighbor's two children. They don't have a fan at home, and the rechargeable lamp is not easy to use."
Although the boss didn't quite hear the second half of Lin Momo's serious muttering, he still found two small cardboard boxes for Lin Momo from somewhere. Although one of them said "bread maker" and the other "egg cooker", which had nothing to do with the two things in Lin Momo's hands, the size was just right to hold the two small appliances in her hands.
After choosing the electrical appliances, Lin Cheng and Lin Momo went to look at the kitchen stove and sink.
"Here, we have stoves, range hoods, sinks, and worktops. They're all made of stainless steel. I think we have some that are close to the size you want. If the size is a little off, I can help you make some modifications."
After that, the boss knocked on one of the stoves and said, "I have only received this batch a few days ago and have not processed it yet. The big hotel has processed this batch of things. These are all made of good materials. Look, how thick they are. These marks cannot be removed. Just polish them and they will be as good as new. They are thicker than the stainless steel plates you specially ordered for new ones..."
Lin Cheng looked at the items recommended by the boss and found that they were indeed as the other party said: the quality was good.
"The entire stainless steel part will be retained, and the rest of the stove, drain and faucet will be replaced with new ones." Lin Cheng said.
"Change all of them?"
"Yes." Lin Cheng nodded and added, "Replace all of them with genuine products."
"If I replace all of them with genuine products, my store may not have them all. I have to go get them, and the price of genuine products will definitely be much higher."
"How long will it take to get everything done?" Lin Cheng asked.
"Two days, or at least a day and a half at the fastest."
"Can."
Lin Cheng asked the boss about other furniture, tables, chairs and benches merchants. So the boss took them to a second-hand furniture store opened by his friend.
Because the store didn't need much ready-made furniture, Lin Cheng and Lin Momo didn't spend too much time here.
Lin Cheng selected several high-quality and durable wooden tables, chairs and benches, and told the craftsman in the store about his renovation requirements.
"Take off the backrests of these stools, and saw off about 8 cm on both sides, leaving only a 22 cm width in the middle. In addition, add 10 cm legs under the table, preferably stainless steel..."
Listening to the conversation between Lin Cheng and his boss, many people in the live broadcast room made surprised comments:
This is the first time I know that you can buy furniture from the second-hand market and modify it at will.
Haha, it's not a random modification, but I just took some things from the store and put them on top of each other, and put this thing and that thing together... Anyway, as long as it can be modified, the boss can do it for you if you ask for it.
Really, the owners of this kind of shops are all talented and know a little bit of everything. Although they are not very sophisticated, they are really good if you don't have high requirements.
Hahaha, does this count as a custom order
The low-end version is customized, but the price is really cheap.
It’s indeed cheap. I was shocked when I heard Lin Cheng bargaining with the boss just now. Less than one-third of the price was spent.
So why did I spend 400 yuan on a chair before
Suddenly I realized the alternative charm of second-hand items.
…
After ordering tables, chairs and benches, Lin Cheng thanked the owner of the second-hand electrical appliance store who introduced them here.
"Also, I have something else to ask you."
"What's the matter?" asked the boss.
"You said before that the batch of stainless steel stoves were collected from the hotel?" Lin Cheng asked.
"Yes," the boss nodded, and then said, "It was the Qianchao Hotel. It was doing quite well when it first opened, but soon after, they started building roads and bridges there, and the hotel's business? It wasn't very good, and it closed after two years..."
The boss paused halfway through his conversation, thinking of something, and glanced at Lin Cheng and asked, "Where do you want to go to see the electrical appliances and furniture being processed?"
"No? Yes, the hotel didn't find anyone to take over these things?"
"The business in that place has been blocked by the viaduct. Who dares to take over?" The boss said, and then looked at Lin Cheng strangely and asked, "Why, you don't know how to do it here?"
No? Really? Someone in the live broadcast room also raised the same question.
It shouldn't be possible.
Haha, I believe that Lin Cheng has the ability to revive the hotel, but the problem this time is mainly that the financial strength does not allow it.
That is, in this episode, Lin Cheng is a proletarian who is so poor that he has to pay in installments to rent a small shop. Where does he get the money to take over the hotel
"I'll go see if I can buy some other things for sale." Lin Cheng explained.
"It's probably not that easy. When I went there last week, most of the hotel's valuable large furniture, electrical appliances, and furniture in private rooms and guest rooms had been packed up and disposed of. If we go there now, I guess there won't be much left," said the boss.
Lin Cheng smiled calmly and said, "Go try your luck."
Lin Cheng got the address of the hotel from the boss and took Lin Momo to find the place.
Outside the hotel, the words "Qian Chao Hotel" pasted on the wall had been removed, and the glass door was locked. It was pitch black inside, but one could vaguely see that most of the things in the hotel had been moved out, leaving only some decorations and sundries that could not be removed.
There was a rental advertisement posted on the door, and also a notice of hotel closure.
Lin Cheng found the contact's phone number on the notice, so he borrowed a cell phone from the owner of a nearby shop and dialed the number.
The call was quickly connected, and a middle-aged woman's voice came from the other end.
"Who?"
"Hello, I found this phone number on the notice at the entrance of Qianchao Hotel."
"Oh, hello, are you here to refund the deposit for booking a banquet?" the other party asked.
"No, I heard that you are dealing with the supplies in the hotel, and I want to know if there are any hotel supplies or cleaning supplies in stock that need to be dealt with." Lin Cheng explained his intention to the other party.
After hearing Lin Cheng's words, the person on the other end of the phone was stunned for a moment, and asked in a confirming tone: "Are you saying that you want to buy those pots, pans, cleaning tools and the like used in the hotel?"
Before the hotel closed, because they couldn't find a buyer and the lease contract was about to expire, the owner asked them to get rid of the valuable big items in the hotel. If no one wanted to buy them, they asked people in the second-hand market to buy them. As for the remaining sundries, they were too cluttered and not worth much money, so they didn't take care of them because they were in a hurry.
After getting Lin Cheng's affirmative answer, the manager quickly rushed to the outside of the hotel.
After a brief exchange, the manager opened the door and took Lin Cheng and Lin Momo to the storage room on the second floor of the hotel.
"In this room are some things for labor and cleaning, and over there are things for the kitchen, as well as some bowls and cutlery. See if you can use any of them. Anyway, they're also being processed, and the price is negotiable."
Lin Cheng nodded and walked into the storage room.
These are the spare supplies purchased by the hotel in the early stage. Because the business has been bad in the past two years, most of the things here are brand new, and there are also many whole boxes of unopened dishes and detergents.
After a quick selection, Lin Cheng finally bought a complete set of kitchen utensils for only 800 yuan, 120 sets of tableware of various styles and materials that could be used in the snack bar; two boxes of environmentally friendly disposable packaged tableware, one-third of a box of detergent, a box of dishwashing liquid, half a box of disinfectant, a large box of towels and cleaning tools, a batch of seasonings within the shelf life, a bunch of tissue boxes that could be used in the store, trash cans, decorations, and several lighting lamps that had just been removed from the ceiling of the private room.
This is not a discount price, this is a real bargain price!
It's clearly a comminuted fracture.
What should I do? I'm tempted. Although I can't use these things at home, I'm so excited just looking at Lin Cheng!
Me too, this shopping process is so cool.
If you open a store, these can all be used.
No? I'll go check out if there are any hotels, restaurants or KTVs that are about to close down near my home.
…
After buying these, Lin Cheng took Lin Momo to buy the remaining things that could only be purchased newly.
Finally, the father and daughter called a small truck and returned home with a full load of things they had purchased.
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The entire store took two days to complete the basic decoration.
The second-hand appliances and furniture ordered by Lin Cheng were also delivered to the store on time.
After completing the installation of the store facilities and furniture and after some tidying up and cleaning, the whole store suddenly became tidy and orderly.
—The innermost room is the primary processing room, which is equipped with a complete set of stainless steel sinks and stoves. Behind a stainless steel partition wall are the semi-automatic equipment for threshing beans and the equipment for making tofu and boiling soy milk. Through a glass wall, people outside can clearly see the process of threshing beans, making tofu, soy milk and bean products.
The lobby area outside has been renovated and looks simple and neat, with a bit of rustic features.
On the right wall you can see the featured merchandise on display, and next to it are a few simple small tables and chairs.
On the left side of the store is a semi-open sales counter: customers passing by the door can easily buy ordinary tofu and soy milk at the door. At several windows inside, customers can buy packaged snacks, as well as freshly made tofu desserts or bean dregs snacks.
At this time, the antiseptic wooden sign that Lin Cheng and Lin Momo had tricked from the owner of the timber shop was also delivered.
In the center of the sign is written the words "Hu Dou Dou Tofu House", and in the upper left corner is a soybean-shaped logo drawn by Lin Momo. This sign is elegant and simple, which matches the overall style of the store very well, but it is also lively and does not give people a feeling that "this store is very expensive".
In the evening, Yang Fang came to the store to deliver dinner to everyone. When she saw the newly decorated store, she was dumbfounded, with an expression of disbelief on her face.
"This store... is it really our store?" Yang Fang said with her mouth open in disbelief, and then muttered to herself: "Such a good store..."
"Yes, yes, it's our store!" Hu Mao held his child with a smile on his face, took his wife's hand and walked into the store, then couldn't wait to introduce every place to the other party.
Several people had dinner at a small table in the store.
After dinner, Lin Cheng, Hu Mao and others continued to install and debug the remaining equipment in the store, while Lin Momo, Yang Fang and Hu Mao's eldest daughter hung up the store's price list and small sign.
These were also obtained by tricking the lumber shop owner into using the extra lumber scraps to process them.
In addition to a clear price list, there are also a bunch of palm-sized wooden signs engraved with the products available in the store and their prices, which can be hung in a circle on the wooden sales counter.
The menu above was thought out by Lin Momo and Yang Fang over the past two days.
Various flavors of soft tofu jelly, tofu "cake", fruit tofu soup, tofu milk, traditional tofu pudding, dregs cake, dregs chips... a total of more than 40 kinds of food, just looking at the brand name makes you feel that they are affordable and delicious.
In addition, Lin Momo also thought of a points activity: if you make three or more purchases in the store, you can exchange it for a piece of tofu for free.
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After completing the remaining work, the few people closed the door and prepared to leave.
Before leaving, Hu Mao and his wife looked back at the store, and both of them couldn't help feeling emotional.
"Really, thank you so much." The couple looked at Lin Cheng and Lin Momo and said with gratitude.
Before this, they had never thought that one day they would be able to open their own shop and become their own boss.
The arrival of Lin Cheng and Lin Momo not only taught them a lot of knowledge that they didn’t know before, but also changed their outlook on life.
"This is also the result of your own efforts." Lin Cheng said with a faint smile.
After that, Lin Cheng emphasized to the couple again the matters of obtaining licenses and certificates, trademark name registration, and subsequent loan applications.
The next morning, several people set out together to go to the government hall and related locations to apply for the necessary licenses and certificates for business operations.
Since the store was not big, the business was simple, there were not many items to be inspected, and the materials they brought were complete, so it did not take them too much time to complete the application for all licenses and health certificates.
And the temporary business registration application has also been completed.
The tofu shop officially opened early on Saturday morning.