In the next two days, after breakfast early in the morning, Zhang Yang would bike to the store, do a quick cleaning, and start busying himself with tying hooks and lines, preparing different models of leader lines and main lines in advance.
With money in hand, Zhang Yang bought a tea table and a full set of tea utensils, placing them in an empty spot near the rest area in the store. Now, if fishing buddies came to the store to visit, they wouldn't have to sit on small stools anymore.
When the shop was almost ready, Zhang Yang asked his mom to pick an auspicious day for the opening, officially setting it for the eighth day of the lunar sixth month, with a five-day trial run beforehand.
Prepared to receive customers, Zhang Yang posted a trial operation advertisement in his customer group and Zhao's QQ group!
Hello to all fishing buddies in the groups! After over ten days of preparation, my own fishing gear shop has met the standards to welcome guests. Starting from tomorrow, we will begin the trial operation!
This shop mainly deals with premium fishing gear such as DAIWA, GW rods, Hong Kong Wuji Float, Japan-imported Marukyu Fish Bait, Old Ghost, Dragon King's Grudge, and local top-tier fish baits, Mermaid Fishing Line, Celestial Leisure Hooks, etc.! The new store has just opened, and we're offering city-wide lowest prices for all brand fishing gear!
Zhang Yang's Chinese medicine grounded rice is officially renamed to Mingyang Secret Nest Divine Rice, with more quantity at the same price! Gifts are available upon entry, and both new and old customers are welcome!
Address: Commercial Street #18, Jianhua Street, Fushan District, W City! Phone: 138...
Together with the advertisement, Zhang Yang also posted photos taken on his phone showcasing the products in the store, with three pictures on one ad, giving the group fishing buddies a rough overview of the shop.
The brand fishing gear Zhang Yang carefully selected are all highly recognized products by the current fishing community. The types are few, but the quality is excellent, and the pictures instantly elevated the shop's standard.
Everything requires accumulation over time. The network Zhang Yang built over the spring by the Wen River quickly showed its effectiveness once the store trial operation began.
The morning after the trial operation ad was posted, as soon as Zhang Yang unlocked the store, a customer arrived!
"Wow, the store looks nice! I'll take two packs of grounded rice, and a few bags of product bait! Do you have any pre-tied leader lines? I'll take a card of 0.8# leader line, number five sleeve!"
"Give me a pack of Snail Carp number two and a box of worms!"
"Do you have any fish keepers with a 30 diameter, grab me a 1.8-meter long one!"
...
My goodness, a group of familiar fishing buddies came to the shop, and without him realizing, Zhang Yang's first batch of business started to get busy.
A new fishing gear store opened in town, and it's said to be professional, even selling imported Marukyu Fish Bait. Many fishing buddies who weren't close with Zhang Yang would also stop by to check it out after hearing the news.
Facing these fishing buddies coming into the store, Zhang Yang greeted them all with a smiling face. For those buying but not quite sure, he explained carefully. For those not buying but just browsing, he still poured a cup of tea and chatted a bit. From opening in the morning until close to noon, the store had a steady stream of people.
In one morning of trial operation, Zhang Yang sold over six hundred worth of goods, including a 5.4-meter GW rod. The gross profit was at least two to three hundred, which was quite good for the first day of trial operation.
In this life, Zhang Yang's opening of the store was more than two years earlier than in his past life. In 2012, it counted as a golden period for the fishing gear industry.
In a niche industry, with high profit margins, opaque prices, and low competition pressure, in the town outskirts, apart from Liu the Third selling some cheap fishing gear, there wasn't a decent professional fishing gear store within a twenty-kilometer radius.
At this stage, the wild fishing resources of Wen River were relatively abundant. By the end of June, the crucian carp situation faded, but wild carp gradually started biting. The enthusiasm of the fishermen wasn't much affected; instead, the grounded bait and hanging bait sold well in Zhang Yang's store.
At three-thirty in the afternoon, after Zhang Yang had lunch and sold another two hundred worth of fish bait and ground bait, Zhao Bingguang drove Wang Jun and Liu Shulin over!
"Haha, first day of trial operation, preemptively wishing you great business! Put the water on the boil; we came as a group to taste the tea!"
As soon as he got out of the car, Old Zhao hugged a medium-sized cardboard box, and upon entering, placed it on the counter.
Zhang Yang invited them in: "Welcome, welcome! Have a seat. You came over without a call, or I would have had the water boiling! Zhao Brother, what's that you've brought?"
"Open it and see! For opening a shop, a lively auspicious start!"
When Zhang Yang opened the box, it was an extra-large golden piggy bank with the words 'Daily Gold Inflow' written on its belly, exuding celebration!
"Thank you! This gold pig is great!" Zhang Yang expressed his gratitude repeatedly, taking a glance backwards and placing the gold pig on the shelf behind the counter.
At this time, the shop was relatively less busy. After Zhang Yang boiled the water and brewed the tea, he chatted with Old Zhao, bragging and chatting until evening when they drove away.
...
In the following days, it was almost a replay of the first day's operations. From the moment he opened the doors in the morning, fishing buddies kept coming to the store to buy things, with the average daily revenue stabilizing at around seven hundred. After a few days, Zhang Yang accumulated roughly three thousand yuan in sales surplus.
With money in hand, Zhang Yang took the initiative to settle the rod payment debt owed to Xinda's boss lady. Besides restocking the shop's inventory, he also began gradually expanding the selection of rods and bobbers.
Unknowingly, the five days of trial operation slipped by in the busyness.
During these five days, Zhang Yang restocked twice, with the store's product variety expanding on a small scale. Compared to the first day of trial operation, the business aspect once again improved.
On the official opening day, early in the morning, Old Zhao brought a group of familiar fishing buddies to the store, setting off fireworks, drinking tea, shopping, and consuming. At noon, Zhang Yang also arranged a celebration meal, with a group of familiar fishing buddies gathering for a lively feast.
With Old Zhao and several other fishing buddies supporting him, Zhang Yang, who had originally few friends, made the opening of his first store in his life very satisfactory.
From morning till evening, cars never stopped coming and going at the store entrance, giving Zhang Yang ample face among the other merchants on the same street.
The next morning, Zhang Yang woke up with a hangover headache; he couldn't remember how much he drank at yesterday's midday toast. He held on until evening when the fishing buddies dispersed before going home, sleeping till the next day, without even having dinner.
After breakfast, rubbing his forehead, he returned to the store to open up and habitually checked the store's sales from the day before.
My goodness, more than two thousand five hundred, and the racks of 5.4-meter and 6.3-meter sizes of the DIAWA big tackle rods sold out! Main line groups and hand-tied hooks were sold out; he couldn't even remember who specifically bought them yesterday!
Zhang Yang patiently listed the out-of-stock items and called for replenishment. After thoroughly sweeping up the litter of cigarette butts and melon seed shells, he finally regained his clarity!
After having the opening meal and drinks, Zhang Yang's little shop was gradually getting on track.