Zheng Qiusheng looked at Chen Yang as if he had been enlightened.
He somewhat understood now why this young man could achieve such groundbreaking feats. His thinking was simply beyond the reach of ordinary people.
This was practically the making of a born businessman!
He had a very strong premonition that if the country continued to support the private economy, this young man might just become as wealthy as Shen Wansan of the Ming Dynasty, his fortune rivaling the nation's.
"Boss Chen, would you mind if I took a picture of you? With the Dream Recycling Radios sign behind you?"
Zheng Qiusheng diligently wrote down every word Chen Yang spoke. He was already mentally crafting a report that would surely cause a sensation across Anhui Province, and perhaps even the entire country.
"You can photograph the sign and the customers in line. I'm not very photogenic, so I'll pass on the photo."
Upon hearing about a photo, Chen Yang quickly dodged.
A photo? Absolutely not. He would never agree to be photographed for a newspaper. At most, he would allow his name to be published to maintain the store's reputation.
In this era, people were willing to rob and kill for a few hundred yuan. Chen Yang certainly had no intention of exposing himself in the newspaper, as he still had business to conduct in the future.
If everyone recognized him, Chen Yang, wouldn't that make him an easy target for kidnappers?
Although Zheng Qiusheng didn't understand why Chen Yang would refuse such a good opportunity to gain fame, he didn't take the photo given Chen Yang's insistence. He only felt a slight sense of regret.
After sending Zheng Qiusheng off, he handed Lei Baoguo and Zhang Weiyang bottles of chilled Beibingyang soda. Then, the four of them continued non-stop, taking money, issuing receipts, taking money, issuing receipts.
They were busy until 2 PM before all the customers in line had finished their pre-orders.
"Brother, we're rich."
"Guess how many units we pre-sold this time!"
Chen Yang, who had been busy from morning till 2 PM without even having lunch, felt like his bones were falling apart. He had no energy to guess.
Zhang Weiyang, on the other hand, seemed completely unfazed by the exhaustion, bursting with energy.
"Spit it out, kid, if you have something to say. We'll eat after we finish. I'm starving."
Although Chen Yang wasn't solely responsible for distributing the order numbers and issuing receipts, he had roughly calculated that it was definitely over a thousand.
"You're so easily excited, kid."
"We did great. We pre-sold 880 units at 30 yuan, 103 units at 40 yuan, 110 units at 50 yuan, 53 units at 60 yuan, 38 units at 70 yuan, and 19 units at 80 yuan, totaling 1203 units. Plus the 282 units we sold on-site."
"That's equivalent to selling 1485 radios today!"
"This is almost as much as our total sales since we opened!"
Zhang Weiyang, holding the ledger, was so excited he could barely speak clearly.
Even if the average profit per unit was only ten yuan, that was nearly 15,000 yuan in profit today. And the profit was definitely more than ten yuan per unit.
Fifteen thousand yuan in a day. What did that even mean? He was only earning a few dozen yuan a month working at the factory just a few months ago.
"You're already this happy with such modest results. You've got no ambition."
"Let's pack up. I'm treating everyone to a meal today. We've worked so hard, let's have a good meal to celebrate."
Chen Yang was also taken aback by the numbers. Selling nearly fifteen hundred radios in a day was an astonishing figure!
Only a provincial capital like Feishi had such a large customer base. Any other city in Anhui Province couldn't achieve this sales volume.
However, it was foreseeable that such sales volume wouldn't be seen again for a long time.
But this endeavor had undoubtedly cemented the Dream Recycling Radios brand in Feishi.
Not to mention anything else, these fifteen hundred people would become walking advertisements when they returned home. Coupled with the Anhui Provincial Daily, the fame of Dream Recycling Radios would soon reach unprecedented heights.
"Brother, I'm impressed by your composure."
Looking at Chen Yang's calm demeanor and then at his own excitement, which bordered on rolling on the ground, Zhang Weiyang's admiration for Chen Yang grew even stronger.
Brother Yang is truly a divine being!
"Alright, stop flattering me. Let's pack up and go eat. We're eating whatever we want today, my treat."
Boss Chen made a grand gesture. The common folk were truly happy today.
Liao Youren was just about to go and greet Chen Yang when he heard that they had closed shop to go eat. He then overheard his subordinates saying that the reporter from the Anhui Provincial Daily had interviewed Dream Recycling Radios again.
His palms began to sweat!
Upon hearing that Dream Recycling Radios had pre-sold over a thousand units even without having any stock, Liao Youren almost stumbled and fell.
What they sold in a single day exceeded his department store's appliance section's entire month's sales. If he had known this earlier, he wouldn't have dared to look down on them, not even with a hundred more guts.
"Director, Director, the office is calling. A leader from the Municipal Administration for Industry and Commerce is coming over shortly. The news of the thousand-person queue has reached the leadership."
"I heard the news article written by that reporter from the Anhui Provincial Daily is already on the leader's desk. The leader highly praised you and our department store for helping develop the individual economy."
Just then, a young man ran over. Telephones were not common at all in those days. It was only because of the department store's special status that they had one.
Liao Youren wasn't in the office, so his secretary took the call. But upon hearing the secretary's words, Liao Youren stumbled directly. If not for his secretary supporting him, he would have fallen to the ground.
"Quick, quick, quick..."
"Go invite Chen Yang, no, help me, help me find Chen Yang. I must personally apologize to him."
Liao Youren was almost scared out of his wits. He had never imagined that a privately owned store could have such a booming business.
Nor did he expect that the leaders from the Administration for Industry and Commerce would place such importance on an individual business. If he had offended Chen Yang before and treated him poorly, and then Chen Yang mentioned it to the leaders from the Administration for Industry and Commerce, his career would be over!
If he handled matters personally assigned by the leaders with indifference, his impression in front of the leaders would be completely ruined.
Liao Youren frantically searched everywhere for Chen Yang, but Chen Yang had already gone out to eat with Zhang Weiyang, Lei Baoguo, and Meng Xiaofei. They had a roasted chicken, a plate of peanuts, and a dish of cold pig ears, and ordered two plates of stir-fried dishes for the young lady.
At this moment, the three of them were already toasting with celebratory wine, enjoying themselves leisurely.
"Yangzi, our next step is to immediately set up the old radio recycling and repair team here in Feishi. We promised such a large order that we would deliver within a month. We absolutely cannot afford any mistakes."
Although sales had increased significantly this time, it also brought considerable problems. Zhang Weiyang had said that the first batch of fifty customers would come to pay the remaining amount and collect their radios on the sixth day.
Time was running out!
"Brother Yang, don't worry. I already contacted the scrap collectors here during my last visit. We'll go see how much they've collected later."
"Repair is even simpler. The director of the electrician workshop at the Feishi Diesel Engine Factory has already been contacted for us by the leaders from the Administration for Industry and Commerce. We can go find him directly when we get the parts."