In 1992, a small village owner became the richest man in the village by owning a car.

Chapter 423 Qin Yourong Opens a Shop

A few days later, with the help of Yu Dawei, the small parts store managed by Dafeng was getting back on track in an orderly manner, including improvements to the storefront, partitioning of the warehouse, and the making of the back door and windows.

The entire accessories store is now divided into four parts. The first part is the glass counter facing the door, which is filled with all kinds of exquisite and orderly consumable parts. Some particularly small items, such as nuts, screws, and utensil cores, are stored in small silver boxes.

Further inside are five rows of shelves, two rows against the walls on the left and right, and three rows in the middle, containing auto parts and construction machinery parts. Each row of shelves is labeled: Auto Parts, Construction Vehicle Parts.

Above each component inside the shelf, there are also paper strips labeled with the various components for different car models, indicating the type of component/number of units.

This method is used to calculate inventory and spare parts quantities.

During her daily work, Da Feng would also check the inventory again at the end of the day.

Fanfan Repair Shop quickly learned that it had started selling parts and repairing cars again, and the variety of parts available was much more comprehensive than before.

Whether it's domestic or foreign car brands, basically all the well-known brands can be found here.

Of course, there are also many spare parts for construction vehicles, including various types of engine oils from major construction vehicle brands such as Volvo, Caterpillar, and Hitachi.

Besides gear oil and engine oil specifically for construction vehicles, there are also various types of automotive oil, ranging from well-known brands to lesser-known ones.

The entire store looks just like a very professional auto parts store in the city.

In addition, Da Feng herself is good-looking and speaks politely, so many people who come here to repair their cars don't stay in the workers' dormitory. Instead, as soon as they arrive at the factory, they go into the parts shop, look around, chat with Da Feng for a while, and have a great time.

Over time, Da Feng learned about the habits of the people who came to get their cars repaired, and one day during a casual chat, she told her older brother about it.

Yu Dawei's eyes lit up. Since this group of people wanted to come here, he simply put up a large parasol at the entrance, placed a coffee table under it, and added a few chairs.

With a place to sit outside, you can't shamelessly come inside and harass my sister anymore, right?

Moreover, setting up a gazebo-like rest area at the entrance can liven up the atmosphere in the parts department; after all, business is more about heat than cold.

The news of Fanfan Repair Shop's parts department's official establishment spread like wildfire. Not only were the prices cheap, but the key was the wide variety of parts available, some of which were simply not available in the town.

Many of his peers in the town heard about this and wanted to visit him, but they were afraid of being recognized by the people at Yu Dawei's factory. After all, it was no secret in the local circle that several parts stores in the town were ganging up on Yu Dawei.

But now the other party's parts department not only has a wide variety of products, but more importantly, some consumable parts are cheaper than what they sell.

Although they got the goods from Qin Yourong at a very low price, they couldn't possibly be so foolish as to not make a single penny and sell them at the same price.

But it seems that Yu Dawei's side is like that; some consumable parts are bought and sold at cost price, otherwise they wouldn't be so cheap.

And that is indeed the case.

Yu Dawei asked Dafeng to select one or two consumable parts, such as tire inserts for cars or air filters for filtering air. These are items that often have problems and are not very expensive, so they can be sold at a low profit or even break even.

Then you can earn it back through car repair services.

This not only increased customer loyalty, but also allowed them to earn more from repairs.

Of course, Dafeng will not lose money either. There will be a commission rate for the parts sold within the factory, which will be distributed together at the end of the year.

Old Ji manages all the big and small matters at the repair shop, including this one.

Not long after, as the reputation of Fanfan Repair Shop's parts department grew among car repairmen, some outsiders who didn't repair cars started coming to buy parts.

Take air filters, for example. Everyone knows they're very cheap here, and some experienced drivers know how to change their car's air filter, so they shamelessly come here to buy a high-quality one.

Once there was a first, there was a second, and gradually the reputation of "Youwei Parts Store" began to spread.

But not long after, one day, another parts store opened in the town not far from Yu Dawei's repair shop, with a very explicit name: You Rong Parts.

Yu Dawei immediately thought of Qin Yourong. She hadn't left a deep impression on him before, but after the last incident involving the accessories, it was hard for Yu Dawei not to remember her.

In the following days, rumors spread that the prices at You Rong Accessories Store were even lower. Although the owner was a man, Yu Dawei knew that Qin You Rong was undoubtedly behind it. It seemed she wasn't planning to let him off the hook. He hadn't even bothered her, yet she had come to provoke him, starting a price war.

The next day, Yu Dawei asked Dafeng to go to the other party's store to find out how cheap the accessories were.

Da Feng went and came back, sitting under the parasol by the door with a worried look on her face.

Yu Dawei pushed the watermelon on the plate towards her: "How is it?"

"Sigh, the prices are indeed cheaper than in our store, but not all of them." Da Feng glanced at the watermelon, felt a wave of nausea, and pushed the watermelon plate back down the next second. "Some of the car parts are for joint venture cars, like Ford, Volkswagen, and Mercedes-Benz, and their prices are at least as high as ours."

"The same goes for construction vehicles. Even the parts from big brands like Caterpillar, Komatsu, and Volvo aren't as cheap as you might imagine. The really cheap ones are from smaller brands."

As Yu Dawei listened, he took a slice of watermelon from the plate and started eating. He had forgotten that Da Feng had injured herself eating watermelon when she was little. He was wondering why this girl had been quietly watching everyone eat watermelon this morning.

“This situation is not good.” Yu Dawei analyzed while eating. “In our town, even in the county and the city, how many people can afford a luxury car? Volkswagen is considered a luxury brand in their eyes. People who can afford a Santana must be very wealthy.”

“I didn’t bring back many of these parts initially, because I knew we would hardly ever use them. This You Rong parts store is stabbing us in the back with a knife, blocking our parts department’s path with parts that can be sold on the market.”

Yu Dawei thought for a moment, "How much worse are those cheaper parts compared to the ones in our store?"

"Small parts, like air filters and screws and nuts, might differ by a penny or two. Slightly larger parts, like bearings, gears, and brake pads, could differ by five or ten dollars." Da Feng had actually glanced over there and noticed that the prices of the parts on the other side's shelf were clearly marked.

She had already remembered most of the prices from her trip, but Da Feng knew her older brother's personality and knew he wouldn't patiently listen to every single one of her quotes, so she simply picked out a few more obvious ones to mention.

"It's not that much different, hehe..." Yu Dawei sneered and threw the watermelon rind into the dirty water bucket next to him. "We have room to lower the prices of most of our parts now. Since she wants to play, we'll play along."

“Starting today, whatever price the parts at the You Rong store next door drop, we'll drop the price by the same amount. Even if we lose three or five yuan, it's no big deal; we'll make it up to you through repair services later.” Yu Dawei, as if remembering something, turned and called out to Old Ji, who was repairing cars in the distance, “Old Ji! Come here!”

"Boss, what's wrong?" Old Ji came running over excitedly, picked out a dirty one from the wooden stools by the door, pulled it over, and plopped down on it.

Because mechanics wear dirty clothes and get covered in oil while repairing cars, all the mechanics in the factory who have taken a break have their own special wooden chairs.

"Have you compiled the number of repeat customers I asked you to do these past few days?" Yu Dawei said, taking a slice of watermelon from the plate and handing it to Lao Ji.

"I'm not eating anymore, I ate too much this morning, I'm almost nauseous." Old Ji's eyes showed resistance when he saw the watermelon, and then a few embarrassed expressions flashed across his face. "About the repeat customers... I asked Da Feng to write it down for me, I'll dictate it."

Just as Yu Dawei was about to say something, Da Feng had already strode into the parts store, and when she came out, she had a registration form in her hand.

"You're something else, ordering people around to my sister." Yu Dawei said with a hint of teasing as he looked down and began checking the registration form.

"Hehe, boss, don't you know what my scrawled handwriting looks like? And it's because you see I have a lot of work that you're helping me out." Old Ji said, then secretly winked at Da Feng next to him.

Da Feng looked somewhat helpless, but when she thought about how Brother Ji often asked others to help her move things, she could only nod and say a few kind words.

Yu Dawei ignored this, knowing that Lao Ji wanted Da Feng to get used to clerical work in advance.

Before Dafeng arrived, the two of them had already discussed with you that after the parts store got on track, they would entrust Dafeng with some writing and drawing tasks, including bookkeeping.

Firstly, women are more meticulous than men, so their records will definitely be more comprehensive. Secondly, Yu Da knows that with Da Feng's memory, keeping accounts is incredibly easy.

While others only keep one copy, she can unconsciously keep two copies.

However, since she is still in the post-operative recovery period, Yu Dawei does not plan to let the girl use her brain in the short term.

Let's focus on recovery first; once we're healthy, everything will be better.

After all, the body is the capital of revolution.

“Not bad. Although it’s less than a hundred people, these are genuine repeat customers, which is already very good.” Yu Dawei handed the registration form to Lao Ji. “Next, let’s implement a membership system.”

(End of this chapter)