After lunch, the two of them finished their meal and took a while. In the afternoon, he drove Zou Xue and arrived at the bustling commercial area located in the east of the city center. There is a large comprehensive service market here, which is the largest small commodity distribution center in H Province.

Baihua Comprehensive Service Market was built in 1960. In order to build this place into a large service market, the Qi Municipal Service Bureau specially gathered a group of backbone of various industries in the city, including food, haircut, photography, repair and other industries. Then, 15 outstanding technicians from various occupations were selected and made a special trip to Shanghai.

After returning six months later, the dietary team was at the first-class level in the province at that time. When it opened, there were Nenjiang delicacies, wild game, Hunan flavor, noodles mixed, cold drinks, Western food and a staple food production workshop.

Lin Qiangsheng said to Zou Xue: "After the opening of Baihua Garden, it quickly caused a sensation in the city and quickly became famous inside and outside the province! When it is open every day, there are traffic in front of the door and in the yard, and customers are shoulder to shoulder in the market. The average daily customer reception is tens of thousands of customers. The daily turnover of the Food Department alone exceeds 10,000 yuan. After only one year of opening, the profit here is paid by about 500,000 yuan!"

"It's amazing now!" Zou Xue saw that there are indeed many people in the market. In 25 years, the turnover is probably even greater now.

Lin Johnson grabbed her hand and said, "Don't lose it, look at the bag!"

Zou Xue smiled, quietly held Lin Qiangsheng's hand tightly, and got closer. Before she knew it, the two of them got closer, her cheeks were blushing, but fortunately there were too many people, she thought to herself.

Lin Qiangsheng continued: "Later, a fire broke out here in 1962, and it was repaired quickly, but some problems were summarized after the fire, so the management handed over the repair industry, Xiangwei and cold drinks also withdrawn from the market, and on the contrary, the secondary food department was added. Since then, it has become a comprehensive service market that has both food, service and business!

In addition, because this place is well-known far and wide, even the reporter of Ta Kung Pao has visited. They published special reports in large quantities, introducing the "small and specialized" business style here, and praising the Baihua Garden as a paradise for people's lives. So although it was established early, the business ideas are quite advanced!"

Zou Xue was a little surprised. Even the provincial capital did not have such a good market. The lively and traffic here were no worse than some other famous commercial streets in China!

She pulled Lin Johnson to look at various small commodities, as well as clothing, shoes and hats, and seemed very interested. In fact, Zou Xue enjoyed this moment very much.

But Lin Johnson was observing that the small commodities here, such as the popular electronic watches now, do not want hundreds of them, and there are also various small electronic products, which are all returned from wholesale in the south.

Things sold for one or two yuan in the special zone, but when they arrived in Qishi, they sold for dozens of yuan. Some of the beautiful and popular electronic watches are even more expensive, and they are even comparable to mechanical watches.

He picked up an electronic watch marked "ca private o" on the dial and asked the salesperson: "May I ask, is this Casio's watch?"

The salesmen here are still all public families, but their service attitude is pretty good. They smiled and said, "If you want to buy real goods, you have to go to a big store to buy it. It is purely imported. Our style is the same as in department stores, but we don't have tickets, and it's cheaper than theirs. I'll sell it to you for 65 yuan. How about it?"

Although the market is public, one advantage here is that it can bargain, which is also an important factor that attracts foreign merchants to purchase goods.

Lin Johnson wanted to take apart the electronic watch and look at the movement inside. These gadgets were the ones that forced the mechanical watch industry developed in China to destroy, so he said, "Okay, I bought it!"

Just as he was about to pay, Zou Xue immediately stopped him. She said to the salesperson: "This thing is not worth 65. If you are cheaper, sell it to us 45!"

The salesperson immediately changed his face and said, "Sister, there is no such bargaining price as you. If you sell it to you for 45, the manager will deduct my salary!"

"I don't believe it. You can bargain here!" Zou Xue said bluntly.

Lin Johnson gave up and did not rush to pay. It was very interesting to see Zou Xue bargaining. In this way, Zou Xue finally sold this fake Casio watch at 45 yuan.

Zou Xue took the initiative to pay, and the salesperson looked at Lin Qiangsheng with contempt. She saw that the two young men looked like couples, but the woman looked much older than the man, so she must have raised a little face!

Zou Xue was a little surprised to ignore the salesperson, and Lin Johnson clearly did not lack good watches.

Lin Johnson pulled her and said, "Zou Xue, you know I used to run a watch factory."

Zou Xue nodded and said, "Of course I know. My sister has sold you watches. Now she regrets leaving your place. If she continues to do it, she is now a manager."

Lin Qiangsheng smiled and said, "Now that watch factory has changed to make electronic watches that cost a few dollars each. It is the type of watch that costs 10 dollars per dollar here. No one has ordered mechanical watches!"

Zou Xue asked in surprise: "How could this happen!"

Lin Qiangsheng raised the electronic watch in his hand and said, "Because it is these electronic watches that have destroyed our country's mechanical watch industry. Think about it, ships of electronic watches and inferior quartz movements poured into China, and it only costs one or two yuan to wholesale. What will happen if the tide of electronic watches enter China? That is the disaster of mechanical watches!

Domestic mechanical watch factories have cultivated a group of loyal users over the years, but ordinary people are still poor. Many people can use a watch for decades when they buy a watch. However, when young people see more choices in the market, they will no longer be able to look at the old styles of mechanical watches in our country. And you see, these electronic products are under the banner of foreign brands and are conquering cities and land in China!”

Zou Xue took over the fake Casio, nodded and said, "Indeed, in the camera industry, foreign brands, especially Japanese brands, are the most popular among the people. Even if it is some low-end products, as long as it is Japanese cameras, someone will buy them!"

Lin Johnson said heavily: "Although it is very difficult, as long as there is a market and the people still recognize domestic products, we have to persist in doing it and cannot stop production!"

"We will stick with it!" Zou Xue nodded in agreement, and she also understood Lin Johnson's mood at this time.

It is gratifying that after the introduction of technology, Dongxing Imaging has purchased hundreds of technical patents from countries with developed camera technology in Japan and Europe and the United States, and through hard work, it has developed a new Peacock DF-2 135 single-lens reflex camera. Not long ago, the Bincheng Economic Committee also approved the decision of Dongxing Imaging Technology Company to merge with the Bincheng Camera Factory.

This summer, the camera laboratory successfully trial-made a new multi-layer coating process, increasing the lens transmittance from 94% to 99.5%, minimizing the dispersion and improving the color reduction effect.

This is also the reason why Lin Johnson wants to invest in lenses on a large scale. This is a technical derivative. The camera branch of the former Bincheng Meter Instrument Factory, which is now Dongxing Imaging, has excellent technical R&D personnel, and it should be no problem to develop eyeglasses.

"According to market forecasts, the production of Dongxing Imaging's cameras will increase to 100,000 next year to meet market needs. The df-1 camera is ready to be discontinued, and the df-2 cameras are being accelerated. We have also launched the "Dongxing" brand camera products, and Chinese cameras will enter the automatic and electronic era." Lin Johnson said.

"However, our camera industry is weak, which requires other derivatives to promote our technological development. High-quality lenses are good development projects. This is a sunrise industry. If you earn money from it, then invest in the research and development of camera technology. You need to make continuous progress to catch up with Japanese camera technology!"

Zou Xue nodded and smiled, "Okay, you have the final say in everything. I will do whatever you say!"

Lin Qiangsheng said to her: "Actually, you should take a closer look at the products here. We want to establish a small commodity production base to defeat these foreign goods! We must pay attention to developing into excellent enterprises and brand building. What are the characteristics of small household appliances and small commodities here?"

Zou Xue looked around in confusion and said, "It's pretty good, quite comprehensive, basically covering all aspects of life. In just five or six years of reform and opening up, the products on the market have become richer!"

"The products here are still very problematic!" Lin Johnson shook his head and said, "Just like this watch, the products here have a feature, you haven't noticed it! All of them are three-no products, no production date, no quality certificate, no manufacturer, and most of them are products of unknown origin. The products here are shoddy, mostly fake and shoddy products. The only feature is that they are cheap and sufficient, which meets the needs of ordinary people for cheapness!"

He said to Zou Xue with some sigh: "In fact, these are garbage, artificially made garbage, and these products will have various quality problems in a few years. We should pay attention to the shortcomings of these products. Small commodities and small appliances should pay attention to price and cost, and at the same time pay attention to quality standards. Dongxing products must be high-quality products. If we do not produce garbage, we are the quality producers!"

Zou Xue also agreed with Lin Qiangsheng's words. He did whatever he said. Seeing Lin Qiangsheng's heavy expression, she persuaded her: "Okay, OK, this matter cannot be solved in a short time. Who made us not have it before? Now it's just over-consumption!"

Lin Johnson nodded and said, "This statement is correct, it's still related to nothing in the past. The current market is really a bit too much to be lacking. But there is only one way, and you can't take shortcuts for the wrong path. No matter how you pay attention to quality, you won't be enough!" (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!