Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 2462 Women's Department

Chen Lin originally planned to spend most of his time on the silk counter, looking at the local fabric market in Lingao.I never thought that when I entered this department store, I would be attracted by the grotesque scene in front of me, and I couldn't help but follow the flow of people.Look at the counter shelves one by one.

He squeezed under a round wooden counter, but this counter was rare. Not only did it not sell any goods, but its scale was even higher, it was almost like the counter of a pawn shop—it was also like a pawn shop, equipped with wooden fences, could it be? This is a pawn shop?It's just that there is no sound of voting at the counter, but only the sound of jingling from time to time.

While he was in doubt, there was a sudden noise on his head, and when he looked up, it was a book-like object hanging on the wire, whizzing past the wire with a whistling sound.Looking along the wire, I saw that with the circular counter as the center, there were dozens of wires hanging in the air like spider webs radiating to all directions, connecting the surrounding counters with this place.

If you look closely, there are two such circular high platforms in the store.The three high platforms are arranged equidistantly along the central axis of the store.

Chen Lin figured it out after a little thought: This is where the accountant's desk is.The most taboo in store management is that the clerks pass the money directly, and the Australians are no exception. Pay attention to the clerks in the cabinet for sales. They always issue account slips, and then put the received money tickets and account slips into the wallet, hang them on the wire, and push them hard. out.As soon as the account counter returned, the clerk took off the ticket holder, took out the account slip and change and handed it to the customer together with the goods.

His family has been engaged in business for generations. Although he is young, he has a lot of experience.Immediately understand the benefits of this "barbed wire spider web".The most effective way for large merchants to prevent "flying goods" and "flying money" is to collect money collectively and deliver goods against a voucher.He heard from his father that there are several large north-south goods stores in Suzhou that do this.But a store as big as this Friendship Department Store needs a lot of manpower to run orders back and forth.This "iron net" saves time and effort. Although it is not very advanced, it is very ingenious.

Australians are really capable.Chen Lin thought to himself, in fact, if you think about it carefully, the Australians have many "uncanny skills and tricks", but they have brought more new methods and new ideas.Some of them are not their first, but they can always do more thoughtful and smarter than their predecessors.

Australian studies are indeed unfathomable.

I walked around the store, but I didn't find a place selling fabrics. I asked the clerk and found out: I have to go to the second floor.

Li Mei spent a lot of thought on the specific design.This Friendship Department Store not only looks like a county-level department store that reproduces the old time and space, but also basically follows the pattern of traditional Chinese shopping malls in terms of layout.It's just that the quantity and consumption capacity of commodities in this time and space are very limited, and they can only be regarded as specific and insignificant in terms of variety and scale.

The first floor is for high-frequency consumption products, so-called "fast moving consumer goods"; the second floor is decorated with clothing, shoes and hats and various textiles.Valuable commodities sold on the third floor, such as famous cigarettes and wines, jewelry, watches, leather goods and so on.There are few consumers and the flow of people is small, which allows the target customer groups to choose and compare calmly.

This layout started from the old time and space, from the modern department stores in the Republic of China, to the new century.Shopping malls in countless Chinese cities have reproduced this layout.It's just that with the increase of scale and the development of the times, more commodities such as furniture and household appliances have been added.

Chen Lin went up to the second floor along the spacious stairs. The headroom on the second floor was not as high as the first floor, but there were more windows, the shelves and counters were not so dense, and there were a lot fewer customers.As soon as I went up, I felt bright in front of my eyes.The environment here is much stronger than below.

On the second floor of Friendship Department Store, ready-made clothing is the largest sales category, occupying almost half of the second floor.There was no garment manufacturing industry in this time and space.Whether rich or poor, clothing is either made by the family members or hired by a tailor. There is no mass production system.Even things that need to be mass-produced, such as army jackets and official uniforms, are also packaged in batches and made sporadically.After the Senate landed, the first garment factory was established with the equipment brought in, and uniforms and overalls were mass-produced for soldiers and laborers.Later, they began to make clothes for the elders, and gradually the custom of buying ready-made clothes was popularized among the naturalized people, and then gradually extended to ordinary people.So the ready-made wardrobe here immediately aroused Chen Lin's strong interest.

Clothing stores, he has seen in the big world in Guangzhou.Not impressed.Because the clothing stores in Dashijie sell mainly the naturalized cadres and family members of the northward detachment, as well as the newly recruited naturalized workers locally.The category of goods highlights "practicability".Except for the special "Australian underwear", all Chen Lin saw in the clothing store were boring "uniforms", nothing more than different materials and materials, and the styles were almost exactly the same.

Of course, when it comes to Daming's clothes, there is nothing new in style.But at least the patterns, decorations and colors are more colorful.Compared with the black, blue, gray and white dominance of the Australians, there is still a big difference.

However, the clothing department on the second floor of Friendship Department Store overturned Chen Lin's impression of Australian clothing.There are so many styles of clothing displayed here, the complexity of the colors, and the novelty of the patterns, completely surpassing Chen Lin's previous understanding of "clothes"—especially women's clothing, "So this clothes can do this!"

Australians sell clothing with a heavy emphasis on "show".Various costumes were fixed on display boards, hung from hangers, and set on wooden figurines-the latter made him feel a little uncomfortable every time he looked at it.Although these figurines are completely "freehand", without hair or facial features, their body outlines are very realistic.

In Chen Lin's perception, the wooden figurines were either burial artifacts or statues of gods in temples. Such a grandiose dress and display in the shop made him feel nervous.

This can be regarded as the "overseas strange wind" of Australians.

Chen Lin browsed at the counter of the women's clothing department with great interest.Women have always been the main consumers of textiles in any time and place.As a fabric manufacturer, the Chen family has always been very concerned about "new patterns".

The men in the women's clothing department are almost all women, wearing gray double-breasted open-neck tops and skirt suits, with long strips of name tags on their chests, all smiling and friendly.When he had passed, someone came to greet him.

Chen Lin was not used to greeting female assistants, and said, "Just looking around, not buying anything."

About half of the entire second floor is devoted to selling women's clothing.Not only are there many styles, but also the colors and styles are much bolder than those in Dashijie's ready-to-wear stores.Chen Lin has heard of the legendary short skirt with knees exposed many times, but has never seen it with his own eyes.Even the Australian female students seen on the boat are dressed in shocking fashion, and the skirts are still at the knees.But several of the various dresses displayed on the wooden figurines here show the knees completely.

"I didn't expect Australians to have such clothes! It's so short, and if you walk more than half, your thighs will be exposed..."

Just thinking about this made Chen Lin's face heat up, and thinking about going up and down the stairs, or running and jumping in a hurry, wouldn't it be, wouldn't it be... Chen Lin didn't dare to think about it anymore.Somehow, he remembered the Australian schoolgirl he had seen on the boat.There was an inexplicable commotion in my heart.

He hurriedly stopped his thoughts and silently reminded himself to put his career first.Why does it matter how women's clothing is styled?The key depends on the materials!Yes, materials!
Chen Lin focused on the material.He soon discovered that the choice of fabrics for women's clothing was very complicated.Not only all kinds of fabrics he knows are used, but also a variety of fabrics are often used in the same set of clothes.All kinds of colors, accessories, lace, patterns... Some of the patterns are very fresh, and he has never seen them before-probably brought by Australians.And a long strip of fabric that seems to be made of gauze and specially sewed on the edge of the garment with a hollow pattern aroused his interest.I asked the female buddy to know that it is called "lace".

This is really a good thing, Chen Lin thought.It is much more beautiful to decorate the edge of the garment than to simply use a strip of material to hem it.Piping trim can only make a fuss about color and width.The style and texture of this lace can be turned into many tricks.After careful study, he probably knew that this was also woven, but he couldn't see the specific craftsmanship at all.

There is also a great market for this lace.I don't know if it can be introduced together in this cotton spinning mill.Chen Lin thought to himself, he should ask Chen Xiaobing these few days.

He immediately called the female salesperson to buy a lace shirt.

"I don't know what size Baojuan wears?"

This is a difficult situation for him: firstly, he does not have a "treasure family", and secondly, although traditional clothing needs to be tailored, the clothes made are loose and the size is not strict.Seeing that the female buddy took out five sizes for him to choose, he immediately fainted.

"This, whatever it is..."

"Guest officer, the size of this dress varies greatly, and you can't fit it if it's one size short." The female clerk was very thoughtful, "So, how tall is Baojuan? How much does it weigh?"

Chen Lin thought to himself: How would I know!He had an idea, and said: "She is about the same size as a girl."

"That's a one-size-fits-all." The female clerk nodded and said, "Wait a minute, I'll invoice you."

After buying clothes, he went to the fabric counter to take a look at the flowers.There are indeed a wide variety of fabrics here, but there is nothing particularly outstanding compared with Rui Hexiang Xiangxiang from Shopkeeper An, and the two are just about the same.Chen Lin was slightly disappointed.

Seeing the sky getting late outside, and looking at the big clock on the wall, it was already [-]:[-].Chen Lin didn't dare to go shopping anymore, so he hurriedly turned back and went downstairs.

There is still some distance from the Longhaowan Hotel, but fortunately, he has just taken a look at the fact that there are rickshaws waiting for customers at the edge of the square, so give more tips so that the drivers can catch up if they run faster.

(End of this chapter)