Chapter 41: Opening a Store (1)
The heavy snow fell for three days, but this could not stop the enthusiasm. Romon's pharmacy shop was proceeding smoothly with the expectation of countless people, and the preliminary preparations were orderly.
Unlike what everyone thought, Romon did not rashly choose the store location in the most prosperous area of Ricca Town.
People usually look for the most concentrated area of traffic during the store location selection process, believing that the larger the traffic, the better the location. Some people look at the rent and think that the more expensive the rent, the better the store.
In fact, these understandings are not enough.
When looking for a store, just looking at the traffic or rent will sometimes lead you into a misunderstanding. The traffic is important, but more importantly, the traffic in this area is the effective purchase of your goods.
In other words, whether the price you pay for choosing a store is worth it and whether it can generate profits with the greatest benefits.
Romon's idea is very simple. The main customer base of his pharmacy store is the many adventurers who come to the town every year and enter the Thorn Forest to adventure. Yes, when it comes to this point, Romon is a little strange, because this year is several times more than before, and it seems to have some unusual atmosphere.
Not to mention this, except for adventurers, customers are the most ordinary people in the town, so he doesn't want to open the store in the center of the town.
The first reason is that the store there is relatively expensive rent or buying price, and he currently doesn't have much money and doesn't want to waste it on it.
The second reason is that most of the people living in the center of the town are the top figures in the town. Even if they are sick, most of them will go to the temple to seek treatment for the priest. They should not easily lower their identities to buy his medicine. What's more, there is a conflict between him and the priest and the tax officer.
Most ordinary townspeople live in the surrounding areas outside the center of the town, building shops around them, which facilitates townspeople and saves some money.
Reason 3: If the adventurers in the Warcraft Forest are injured, they must first pass the edge before they can return to the town center and open the store outside the town center, which is not far from the wall gate. This not only provides convenience to the adventurers, but also allows them to afford themselves. Why not do it?
However, the plan is planned, but it took a lot of trouble to actually implement it.
Although the store has been decided to be located outside the town center, it has been difficult for Romon to rent or purchase.
Because Rica Town is not big, almost any store is unique. For example, the hotel is the Metts and other stores, and there will be almost no so-called competition. Because the consumption level is so high, any industry will only maintain the income of one. It is precisely because of this that the stores in the town are basically maintained to a stable level. Except for the newly expanded shops in the center, there is really no extra shops.
Finally, under the line of businessman Barnle, he reached an agreement with the owner of a small shop not far from the Met Hotel, paying 150 silver coins and buying the shop.
The store is not too small in size, but because the consumption level of residents in the town is not high and the goods in his store are not very complete, the business has never been popular. So, the boss's younger brother works as a shopkeeper in a small town business and wants to ask the owner to come and help. The salary for a month is almost half a year of his income, so the owner naturally agreed. The store happened to be the one that Romon followed the caravan to go to last time, so one wanted to take action and the other wanted to take over.
In the end, after Barn worked through it, he bought the store at a relatively cheap price, and together with the land, the problem of Romon's store location was finally solved. Looking at this seemingly inconspicuous store, thinking that from then on, he began to have an industry, Romon was very excited.
"Romon, when will it open? Will it be tomorrow? Remember to invite me then. We haven't drunk enough last time." The businessman Barn patted Romon on the shoulder and said with a smile.
Romon looked at the shop with oily floors and shook his head: "Not yet."
"Why?" The merchant Barner followed his gaze and nodded: "Yes, I need to clean it up, Romon, do I need to call a few people to help?"
Romon hurriedly thanked, but he didn't want to just clean up the place.
The new store is new, not to mention that he plans to use this pharmacy store that is about to be opened as his first career, so he naturally cannot start it sloppyly.
"I'm going to renovate this store and it will open in about half a month." Romon thought for a while and said.
"Half a month?" The businessman Barnle was somewhat confused. People in this world do not have much packaging concept. According to his idea, as long as the room is cleaned and everything should be placed on it, and the sign at the door can be opened after changing it?
However, he was just a middleman, and Romon was the boss, so he was just surprised and nodded: "Okay, don't forget to invite me to drink at that time!"
"No problem, I will definitely ask you to buy this store this time. It depends on your help." Romon was in a good mood, so he responded in one go.
So, in the next half month, the busy and busy shop decoration was about to be renovated.
However, what puzzles many people is that when the store that Romon is about to open is decorated, the glass is pulled up with thick curtains. Just listening to the jingling sounds constantly coming from inside is really curious.
But even if they ask those who come to decorate every day, because these people have promised that Romon will not reveal the secret, even if they are asked, they will look mysterious.
In this way, not only those adventurers and ordinary townspeople who need cheap potions have paid attention, but even the few families in the town with wealthy families are quietly talking about Romon's strange behavior. They are full of expectations for this new store.
"Hmph, I'm making a fuss again!" At night, in a room in the temple, a young priest threw a letter on the table.
It seemed that he still felt unrestrained, so he picked up the letter, kneaded it into a ball, placed it on the candlelight, and burned it. It was not until he watched the letter paper and the envelope gradually turned into ashes in the flames that the young pastor felt a little better.
The tax officer gave him the letter. Because the tax officer was busy with the tax statement statistics and settlement at the end of the year, he had no time to meet him. However, he also asked someone to send him a letter.
The letter did not say anything else, but mentioned some of the things that happened in the town recently in detail in the letter, including the various actions of Romon during this period.
The priest relies on his identity and will not leave the temple easily. Therefore, the priest learns about many things happening in the town through the channels of the tax officials.
Seeing the flames blowing, the letter paper was almost burning. The young pastor leaned over and blew it gently. Suddenly, a layer of dust rose up and then passed away with the wind.
"Romong... don't be happy too early, I... won't let you go!" As if saying to Romon, and as if saying to himself, the young pastor leaned his body on the back of the chair and said viciously.
Since Romon appeared, the second lady's smile at him kept coming to his mind, making him full of hatred.
At this time, a gust of wind blew, and the candlelight in the room began to jump violently. Then, with a wiping sound, it went out, and suddenly, the whole room fell into darkness, leaving only some breathing.
"Nick, be careful, walk slowly." A young man was walking carefully in the yard in an ordinary farmer in Ricca Town.
This is the exercise he has to do every day. He first walks around the yard for a few laps, and then walks slowly around the town to exercise his body.
And beside him, a middle-aged woman with a bloated figure was staring at him with tears in her eyes.
"Oh, thank God, thank God, my son, he finally cheered up! Thank you for your protection! Thank you! Thank you!"
The middle-aged woman put her hands on her chest from time to time, closed her eyes piously, and said silently in the direction of the sky.
"Mother!"
"Nick, what's wrong?" Hearing his son's call, the middle-aged woman quickly opened her eyes and looked in the direction of the boy.
The boy moved his body on the spot and then said to the middle-aged woman: "Mother, please go back to the house quickly. It's cold outside. Today I'll just go for a walk alone."
"How could that happen..." The middle-aged woman wanted to say something, but was startled by her son's next actions.
I saw the boy's face suddenly look ugly: "If you don't go in, then I won't practice in the future!"
"My child, I'll go in, I can't go in! Don't practice for too long, it's cold outside, so we don't have to recover at this moment, okay?" The young man couldn't resist, and the middle-aged woman had to return to the house after giving some advice.
"You, don't spoil your child too much. Have you become much more sensible after Nick's hardship?" The middle-aged man working in the house raised his head and said.
The middle-aged woman looked out and muttered. "But it's very cold outside."
"Only after experiencing hardships can one really become a man." Looking at the figure of the boy walking out, the middle-aged man sighed.
"It's thanks to Romon!" they sighed.
At this moment, the young Nick had slowly walked outside the yard. Looking at the snow all over the sky, the smile that had been holding on his face disappeared, and the only thing left was a confused look on his face.
The family's money is almost spent. Although his parents didn't tell him, he is now extremely sensitive and can naturally detect it.
In order to take care of him, the family's savings had already been spent. Although Romon and the others often gave him money, Nick, who had already begun to be sensible, felt that this could no longer be done.
He took the initiative to go hunting. Romon and his team have done enough now, so he can no longer ask for their money for nothing.
What's more, he helped for a while, but he couldn't help for a lifetime. He understood his body. Even if he recovered to his best, he probably could not do heavy farm work anymore.
But if he doesn’t become a farmer, what can he do? Do he really want his parents to raise him for the rest of his life?
With random thoughts, he walked slowly. After about an hour of exercise, he returned home.
When I got home, I realized that my parents were talking.
"Nick, Romon came just now, and said that his pharmacy shop will open in half a month, so let's go."
Chapter completed!