After eating and drinking, Du Zhongxiao stood up, clapped his hands and said, "Let's go, let's go see the shopping mall here." I heard that after they opened, the business was very prosperous, and it was quite a bit of a sign of stealing the limelight from Fancheng shopping malls, and there must be something outstanding. ”

Thirteen Lang went to hand over the money, and together with a few entourages, followed behind Du Zhongxiao and walked forward.

After passing through the chaotic small market, you will see the crowd in front of you, and the stalls on both sides are neat, and you will enter the formal shopping mall area.

Du Zhongxiao walked and saw that this place was different from Fancheng Shopping Mall, and each stall was independent. They sell their goods, but they don't charge money, but give a wooden card, let people take the wooden card, go to the other side to pay the money, and when they come back, they take another wooden card, and the two cards are together, and take the goods.

After looking at a few stalls of business, Du Zhongxiao said to Shisanlang: "You see that when you buy and sell goods here, you don't pay the money with one hand and take the goods with the other, but take the wooden card to another place to pay the money." I ask you, why do you do this? ”

Shisanlang looked at it for a while, thought about it again, and said: "According to me, like our shopping mall, you have to pay the money at the place where the account is collected, and you can only take the goods after taking the receipt." However, we printed all kinds of public documents, and they changed them to wooden signs. ”

Du Zhongxiao asked again: "Then why are the wooden cards of each family different, and after coming back, do you need two wooden cards to match?" ”

Thirteen Lang said: "Who knows what the hell these people are doing? This shopping mall was owned by some big businessmen and was opened by former tooth people. They have their own set of ghost names, focusing on people's money, how can outsiders know? ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "In fact, there is no ghost name, it is nothing more than the previous set." I guess they have a different wooden sign for each stall here, as a sign. When you take the wooden sign, you will write down the amount of money each family sells each day, and then divide the account. ”

Thirteen Lang still didn't understand and asked, "Why did you do this?" They are all sold in shopping malls, so why bother to distinguish clearly? ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "Because the stalls they sell goods here are not from shopping malls, but businessmen who have paid money to sell goods here." The money from the sale is shared proportionally between the stall owner and the mall, so you have to go there to pay the money. It seems that the tooth people do business according to the old rules they are used to, and they do not directly participate in the sale, but only share the money of the businessmen. ”

Thirteen Lang suddenly realized: "I see! These tooth wretches are not good people, and they don't do business seriously when they open shopping malls! It's just an official, why do people who sell goods come to him to do business? Is it bad to set up your own stall to buy and sell? What is the difference between this approach and the Fang market in the Tang Dynasty? ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "Because of this kind of business, the most important thing is the flow of people. The more people who pass by in front of the stall, the better the business will be, and the more money will be made. There are all kinds of goods in the mall, and I heard that there are still a few Goolan Washes here, and how many people come every day? What you just said is very good compared to Tang Chaofang City, but you only know one thing, but you don't know the other. The square system of the Tang Dynasty was divided into categories, one square for each business, but here it was the same place as the world's department stores, and you could buy whatever you wanted, which was very different. This is not a fang market, but a grass market outside gathered in one place, and at the same time combines the advantages of the fang market and the grass market, which is the most conducive to people to buy things. It's also good to eat, drink and have fun, and it's good to hang out. Those tooth people learned this benefit of Fancheng shopping mall, and then used their previous method of being tooth people to build this shopping mall. ”

The shopping malls in Xiangyang look similar to those in Fancheng, but they are actually fundamentally different. The mall in Fancheng is a complete commercial organization, cooperating with the following villages, workshops, fisheries, and farms, paying attention to large-scale production, production, supply and marketing. Not only the goods are complete, but also the quality is guaranteed, relying on word of mouth to do long-term business. Xiangyang is different, they just provide a place to bring all kinds of businesses together, attract a lot of people here, and then rent out the stalls and charge a fee.

Two different business models, each with its own advantages and disadvantages, will not be easy to compete in the future.

I don't know how much I have seen in this kind of market in my previous life, and the cost of building it is low and the money comes quickly. In the early days, the management was strict, and the people who came to rent booths here were also solid businessmen, and the prices were low, so they could quickly become prosperous. It's just that this form is inherently unfavorable to management, and after a long time, internal and external collusion, lack of catty and shoddy businessmen, will slowly squeeze out serious business people, and slowly go cold.

But for the tooth people who operate, what does it matter if it is deserted? At that time, the shopping mall here will be sold and they will choose another place to open another one, and the money will already be made by then.

If it is privately operated, the shopping malls in Fancheng face many disadvantages in the face of this kind of competition, and one carelessness may be crushed. However, the shopping mall in Pancheng is opened by Changping Division, so it is different. Official means do not have to use those that cannot be put on the table, as long as supervision is strengthened.

All the way through, there are all such small stalls, and the mall just collects money. The mall collects the money because they want to share, not a fixed booth rent. The tooth people are very shrewd, if they charge a fixed booth rent, they spend countless efforts to attract people, but they can't get benefits.

The Tooth People were the masters of the previous commerce, and together they covered almost every kind of commodity. The goods here are complete, and the prices are varied, both extremely cheap and extremely expensive, good or bad, worth it or not, then it depends on their respective eyes.

After reading it roughly, it was already afternoon, Du Zhongxiao said: "It's not early, let's go back." I've already seen it here, and in the next few months, Director Fan Chengxu is there, I'm afraid that life will be difficult. It's okay, let's just think of a way. ”

Just as I was about to leave, I turned around at a stall near the door and found that books were being sold. A young man in his twenties stood there, with a few books on the stall in front of him, and a sign next to him, which read: "Movable type printing books, low prices, and immediate picking."

Du Zhongxiao was curious for a while, if he remembered correctly, movable type printing should have appeared at this time, but he had never heard the name of Bi Sheng. And historically, for various reasons, movable type has not been used on a large scale, how can it appear here?

I walked up and looked at the books on the stall, which were all the most common Mongolian textbooks and other pamphlets, which were very simple. The stall owner was a young man in his twenties, and he looked a little wooden.

Picking up a booklet and flipping through it, Du Zhongxiao asked, "How do you use movable type printing for this book?" ”

The young man said: "This is a craft handed down from the ancestors, using pottery to make movable type, so there is no need for engraving, and it is very convenient to print." ”

Du Zhongxiao nodded, and asked again, "Where are you from?" What's the name? How can you do this at home? ”

The young man said: "Little Bi Wenzhong, a native of Qishui County, Qizhou." The ancestors of the family are engraved and printed for people, and the ancestors are ingenious, and the words are made of clay to burn hard, which can replace the engraving. Business has not been good in the past two years, and I heard that Xiangzhou is very prosperous here, so I came here to try my luck. ”

Du Zhongxiao heard this and hurriedly asked, "What is your grandfather's name?" ”

Bi Wenzhong said: "My ancestor was secretive, and unfortunately died of illness two months ago. ”

Du Zhongxiao nodded, secretly regretting in his heart, he didn't expect Bi Sheng to pass away. Seeing that his grandson is already an adult, he is not young. Movable type printing is not very unusual for later generations, knowing the principle, and also knowing some basic chemical knowledge, it is not difficult to reproduce.

However, out of respect for the inventor, since he has met Bi Sheng's descendants, he should help him and let him play to his strengths. Du Zhongxiao did not make movable type, and for so many years, there was not much place to use it. Just enough to invite Bi Wenzhong back and promote this technology.

Movable type printing is not much more convenient than woodblock printing for small quantities and large printing of books. To promote it, it is best to start with time-sensitive print materials such as newspapers and magazines. The current camp and field affairs already have this condition.