Back to the 1970s: Building My Fortune Through Time Trading-Chapter 438: People’s Daily Interview

The two of them haven’t gotten along since they were young, and later ended up at rival department stores, making their relationship even worse day by day.

Every time they meet, it’s as if they can’t stand it unless they trade a few barbs.

Yan Guohua shot a sharp look over: "What are you doing here, old man? No one invited you if you find it uninteresting."

Chen Guangjian snorted coldly: "If it weren’t for the leaders from the Commercial Bureau coming, I wouldn’t have bothered to make the trip."

"Isn’t it just an end-of-year promotion event? You’ve made it known to everyone, afraid that others won’t know your Second Department Store only has this much ability."

Yan Guohua’s brows twitched, and if it weren’t for the fact that so many people were present and he needed to maintain his dignity as General Manager, he would’ve had a real argument with this old fellow.

"In a while, the leaders will be here, so I’m not going to argue with you, old man."

Yan Guohua snorted coldly, not wanting to pay him any attention.

Chen Guangjian snorted in the same way: "You talk as if I care to deal with you, and you’re really giving yourself too much credit."

The two glared at each other like fighting cocks, neither willing to give way.

Just then, a cough came from behind them.

They both turned around simultaneously and, upon seeing the visitor, immediately plastered smiles on their faces.

"Director Sun, why did you come by yourself? You should have let us know in advance so I could bring people to welcome you."

Seeing the visitor, Yan Guohua squeezed past Chen Guangjian with a broad smile and stepped forward.

The visitor was none other than Director Sun Chunhua of the Commercial Bureau, whom Su Xiaoxiao had met a few times before. Following her was Secretary Zhao Xuefeng.

"No need to trouble yourselves. I heard the promotion event here is going well, so I just came by casually to take a look."

Sun Chunhua then caught sight of Su Xiaoxiao, and a smile immediately appeared on her face: "Comrade Xiao Su, I heard the end-of-year promotion event plan was yours. You’re really talented and promising. If your leaders were willing to let you go, I’d really like to transfer you to our Commercial Bureau."

Sun Chunhua had always highly regarded Su Xiaoxiao and had once even thought about having her as a secretary at the Commercial Bureau, but Su Xiaoxiao had declined.

Su Xiaoxiao was a bit embarrassed after receiving compliments from two leaders in a row.

"Director Sun, you’re too kind. These are just small tricks, nothing substantial."

Sun Chunhua chuckled warmly: "This girl is being modest, and we’re all friends here. Be more candid."

She then shifted the topic.

"There’s actually something I’d like to ask you for advice on."

Advice from the Commercial Bureau Director?

Su Xiaoxiao was quite flattered.

Watching the lively conversation between the two, Chen Guangjian ground his teeth in irritation from the side.

Why does a young girl’s idea deserve such high regard from the director? It’s just a promotion event idea after all, nothing others couldn’t do.

Just thinking that, Chen saw Yan Guohua glancing at him with sarcasm and lowering his voice to whisper in his ear: "Old man, you didn’t think you could pull this off too, did you? Don’t be upset, the world is full of new talents rising, and we’re already old. It’s time to give these young people a chance."

Chen Guangjian knew he was right, but he simply wasn’t willing to accept it.

More accurately, he couldn’t accept the fact that he wasn’t even as good as a young girl.

While they were speaking, Su Xiaoxiao was already being pulled aside by Director Sun.

What could the director possibly need her help with?

While Su Xiaoxiao was pondering, Sun Chunhua spoke.

"Comrade Xiao Su, could you also help me figure out the best way to buy these things for the best value?"

It turns out yet another person was there to ask her about calculating discount purchase plans.

With Director Sun asking, she was naturally willing to assist.

Immediately, she took out a pen and paper and began calculating for Director Sun. In no time, she had filled half a page.

"Director Sun, take a look. This is the most favorable combination for purchasing."

Sun Chunhua looked at the note and praised repeatedly: "Ah, Comrade Xiao Su, you young people really have nimble minds. I couldn’t figure this out after calculating for ages. It’s indeed much cheaper than the plan I came up with myself."

Having said this, Sun Chunhua turned to Yan Guohua and said: "Your Comrade Xiao Su is really a talent. Perhaps we should transfer her to our Commercial Bureau temporarily."

Upon hearing this, Yan Guohua immediately got nervous. Comrade Xiao Su was a valuable asset to their department store; how could they let her go? If the Commercial Bureau didn’t return her, what would they do?

He could only laugh and deflect: "Such things should be left to Comrade Xiao Su to decide herself, what we say isn’t worth much."

Saying this, he desperately winked at Su Xiaoxiao.

Su Xiaoxiao was a bit speechless, realizing that General Manager Yan was embarrassed to refuse Director Sun and was leaving it to her to decline.

However, her interest didn’t lie with the Commercial Bureau.

The only thing she was interested in now was making money, and the department store was the best fit for her.

Thinking this, she politely declined with a smile: "Thank you, Director Sun, but I’m still inexperienced and might cause trouble if I go. I’ll study more, and if there’s a chance, I’ll definitely seize it."

"Alright, make sure you come if there’s an opportunity,"

Director Sun said cheerfully before continuing: "The items at this promotion event are so cheap. I must grab some before they’re all snatched up."

Saying this, she waved at everyone and hastily left with Secretary Zhou.

After Director Sun left, Yan Guohua looked at Chen Guangjian with a smug expression.

"Old man, are you convinced now? Even Director Sun praised our promotion event."

"Hah, what are you bragging about? The idea wasn’t even yours."

Chen Guangjian said this and stopped paying attention to Yan Guohua, leaving with his hands behind his back. When he was far enough away, he quickly accelerated his pace towards the stalls ahead.

While coming in, he saw that there were many defect items being promoted at a tenth of the usual price, even cheaper than the internal price for department store staff. He had to quickly snatch some up.

The more advantages he could take from Yan’s old things, the better.

This promotion event was extremely successful. It wasn’t even evening when all the promotional items were sold out, even the defective items were gone. 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

Yan Guohua’s face bloomed with joy.

This could also be called selling more at a low profit; although the profit on each item was small, especially for the defect items, which mostly lost money just to draw attention,

they sold a lot. Overall, the turnover was quite considerable.

With everything sold out, the sales clerks worked together to pack things up. While doing so, they saw a group of people approaching, led by a few holding cameras.

When they got closer, Yan Guohua cleared his throat and asked: "Hello, I am Yan Guohua, the General Manager of Second Department Store. May I ask who you are?"

A young male at the front smiled warmly as he approached: "Hello, General Manager Yan, we’re from the City People’s Daily, here specifically to interview our department store. Could you tell us how you came up with the idea for an end-of-year promotion event?"

Yan Guohua didn’t expect even the City Daily to come, and cleared his throat before speaking: "Actually, the idea for this end-of-year promotion event wasn’t mine. It was our Manager Su’s idea."

With that, he called over to Su Xiaoxiao, who was busy helping with packing: "Xiao Su, come here for a moment. The comrades from the City People’s Daily are here to interview you; tell them all about it."