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Chapter 674: The Ancestor’s Strict Selection

Li Dongling heard about the achievements made by the Oriental Times Shopping Mall this morning. Whether it was customer flow or transaction volume, it basically set a new record for domestic shopping malls!

"This morning is just the beginning. We must not go out before closing the store tonight. In addition, sales and after-sales must also be prepared!"

Li Dongling explained to Zhang Xiahai and others that this morning, the passenger flow had not actually reached its peak. The passenger flow would reach its peak during the noon to afternoon period.

That is a tough battle. It is time to test the Oriental Times Mall!
The Oriental Times shopping mall is crowded with people coming in and out. If you observe carefully, you can see that for every five people walking out of the mall, one is holding a bag containing clothes or other products.

Only when you reach the underground parking lot can you see how busy the Oriental Times Shopping Mall is today!
Because the large products of Oriental Times Shopping Mall, including home appliances, beds, sofas, computers, televisions and other products, all go through the underground parking passage.

Today, if you buy these large products at the Oriental Times Shopping Mall, the delivery is free within the urban area of ​​Pingyang. For other areas, the delivery fee ranges from ten to fifty yuan, depending on the size of the product and the distance.

Wang Xingtai is a delivery and installation master at the Oriental Times Shopping Mall. He worked with another delivery master to load a Changhong brand TV onto a small truck.

He had already forgotten how many deliveries he had made today. Anyway, from the opening of the Oriental Times Shopping Mall at 8 o'clock to the sale of the first home appliance, it took nine minutes. Then Wang Xingtai and a group of delivery masters started to get busy.

He has been busy all the time and has never stopped. Of course he is tired, but the tiredness he feels in the Oriental Times shopping mall is different from the tiredness Wang Xingtai had before.

Although he is physically tired now, he looks very excited, just like other delivery drivers, because he is making money!

Although there is no delivery and installation fee charged to users for delivery in Pingyang city, Wang Xingtai and his colleagues can get commissions for their work. The delivery fee is five yuan per order. That morning, not counting the basic salary paid to him by the Oriental Times Shopping Mall, he earned 35 yuan in commissions alone!
With this kind of delivery, Wang Xingtai can earn 70 or 80 yuan, or even more, in delivery fees alone at the end of the day.

Moreover, the Oriental Times Shopping Mall provides two free meals to Wang Xingtai and other delivery and installation workers, as well as six-person dormitories with heating, which is a treatment he has never had when he worked elsewhere.

Therefore, although the Oriental Times Shopping Mall has strict rules, such as not allowing violent handling of products, strict delivery times, attitude towards customers, compliance with traffic regulations, limits on the accident rate for deliveries, etc., there are a lot of rules, but delivery staff like Wang Xingtai still have no intention of leaving.

Delivery masters like Wang Xingtai are all very busy. As for other departments of the Oriental Times Shopping Mall, especially the sales and shopping guides, you can imagine how busy they are!

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Alex is a die-hard football fan. He will really follow his favorite stars all the way, whether it is a game or an offline event, even if it is overseas.

Of course, Alex himself is not short of money. He is a partner of a local investment company in old Europe. He also owns many businesses such as house rental and car wash, which can provide Alex with the financial foundation for fanatical fans.

In recent years, the football star that Alex likes the most is undoubtedly Ronaldo, who is like a genius. He emerged in the old European football and then surpassed many geniuses, making his name synonymous with genius.

This time Ronaldo suddenly announced the start of his trip to Asia, so Alex naturally followed him. After a lot of effort and applying for a lot of visas and procedures, he finally entered the oriental country which was somewhat mysterious to old Europeans.

Not to mention now, even in a few decades, the impressions of China in old Europe, America and other places will come from the stereotypes in local television stations, newspapers and other media.

After flying and reversing all the way, Alex finally arrived in Pingyang. Even though the road from Hanxi provincial capital to Pingyang had been repaired, this road was already the smoothest road between the two cities in Hanxi province.

But after all this bumpy ride, Alex still felt tired. When he arrived in front of the Oriental Shopping Mall and saw the queue of people, he couldn't help but complain, why are there so many people?

Alex felt that the number of people queuing in front of the Oriental Times Shopping Mall today was more than the total number of people in his city in Europe!

Before entering the Oriental Times Shopping Mall, Alex was somewhat dismissive of domestic shopping malls. The Oriental Times Shopping Mall in front of him did look very large.

But he didn't believe that this shopping mall could surpass those large shopping malls like Carrefour in old Europe?
After all, since entering the country, he has noticed that the current infrastructure in the country is indeed not as good as that in old Europe, so Alex is somewhat dismissive of the Oriental Times Shopping Mall.

He came in mainly to fill his stomach and meet his favorite football star Ronaldo. He was a little disdainful of this shopping mall.

But after entering, Alex couldn't help but be stunned for a moment. The scene inside was somewhat beyond his expectations. This mall seemed to be much larger than the largest Carrefour mall in his hometown. The interior decoration and design seemed to be even more outstanding...

Although Alex was somewhat reluctant to admit it, he knew that even if the Oriental Times Shopping Mall was placed in old Europe today, it would definitely be a top-notch shopping mall!

Alex walked into a clothing store and saw the prices inside. He converted the prices and found that they were much lower than those in old Europe. The product quality was also acceptable, but Alex did not pay much attention to them.

He felt that the clothing designs in old Europe were more trendy and fashionable than the ones he saw now, which made Alex feel "superior".

Without staying in the mass clothing area for long, Alex, under the guidance of the hired translator, learned that there was a luxury goods area in the Oriental Times Shopping Mall. This finally aroused his interest and he headed straight for the luxury goods area.

Alex was going to buy some luxury goods to take back. Because of the exchange rate, buying luxury goods in China is theoretically much cheaper than in old Europe. Arriving at the fourth floor north area of ​​the Oriental Times Mall, taking the escalator here, there were obviously fewer people, but the store decoration was obviously more magnificent than the one below.

Even when he came here, the air was filled with the smell of perfume. Alex was no longer surprised by these things. These were typical characteristics of luxury areas.

Alex saw many familiar brands, including Rolex, Louis Vuitton, Chanel, Gucci, Ferrero Rocher, Burberry and so on. It was obvious that the Oriental Times Shopping Mall had spent a lot of effort to invite these luxury stores.

After visiting several luxury stores, Alex felt a little "disappointed". He wanted to find a bargain, but he saw that the luxury stores such as Louis Vuitton and Rolex only displayed old styles from last year or even before. The latest styles were not supplied to the domestic market at all. It was obvious that they did not care much about the domestic luxury market or the Oriental Times Shopping Mall.

As for the price, Alex originally wanted to find a bargain, but when he saw the price tags, he found that they were even more expensive than those in old Europe!
They were selling old products at a higher price than new ones, which made Alex shake his head.

After visiting several overseas luxury stores, Alex lost interest and prepared to go downstairs to eat, but when he passed by a Chinese-style store, he couldn't help but stop.

"What kind of store is this?"

Alex asked the accompanying translator,
"It's...Suzhou embroidery!"

The translator was a young man in his twenties. When he saw the domestic stores in the same area as the overseas luxury goods, he was a little unsure, after all, he had never seen these before.

Seeing this Suzhou embroidery shop, Alex became interested and walked inside.

“Welcome to Pingyang Suzhou Embroidery Store!”

The salesperson inside, upon seeing Alex, spoke in English.

Alex was obviously surprised when he heard the English voice. He had been in China for so long and had met people who could speak English before, but they were too few, so he had to hire an interpreter. But he didn't expect to meet a shopping guide who could speak English in a shopping mall.

There are indeed not many people who can speak English in China now, and many of them are aiming to go abroad, and they go abroad after learning English.

In the Oriental Times Shopping Mall, if you want to find someone who can speak English and is willing to work as a shopping guide, it is not impossible, but the probability is not much higher than winning the lottery.

In order to have some shopping guides who can speak English, the Oriental Times Shopping Mall specially recruited a group of shopping guides, and then paid money to send them to New Oriental’s English training classes for free.

For these shopping guides who can speak English, Oriental Times Shopping Mall offers high salaries, bonuses and commissions, but there is only one requirement: after learning English, they must work in Oriental Times Shopping Mall for a certain period of time before they can leave.

The shopping guide at this Suzhou embroidery store is from the Oriental Times Shopping Mall. She is a shopping guide who has received special English training from New Oriental. Although she is not very proficient, she can still carry out some basic communication.

"This piece of Suzhou embroidery is about a two-legged bronze tripod that is more than 4,000 years old. Different shades of the same color are used to create this product!"

The shopping guide briefly introduced the characteristics of Suzhou embroidery to Alex, "This antique bronze embroidery is priced at $249!"

Alex was stunned when he saw the thing in front of him that looked like a painting and was actually embroidered stitch by stitch.

As Alex looked further ahead and saw the prices of different Suzhou embroidery products, he couldn't help but take a deep breath.

“This pair of mandarin ducks playing in the water embroidery is priced at $2500!”

"We used eight colors to embroider the Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains, and the price is thirty-five thousand dollars!"

"This one is embroidered in different colors on both sides. You can see the goldfish on it have expressions. The price is $68,000."

"This embroidery is a complete set of Buddhist Heart Sutra embroidery. It is only for viewing and not for sale!"

Alex looked at the embroidery of the Heart Sutra that hung like a calligraphy or painting. Even someone who didn't know much about art would be shocked.

Looking at the Suzhou embroidery in front of him and thinking of the overseas luxury goods he had just seen, Alex instantly felt like he was being attacked from a different dimension.

After all, can something carefully selected by our ancestors over 5,000 years be compared to something that is a few decades old and can be called a luxury product? !

When Alex walked out of the embroidery shop, he had two more embroideries in his hands.

Then he went to several other Chinese stores. After seeing Chinese luxury goods such as Duanyanxuan paper, Longquan inkstone, Shu cotton, and Hui ink, Alex felt a little bad. It was the first time he saw the difference between luxury goods and handicrafts!
(End of this chapter)