Chapter 44: Jin Ting Lu, Yu Jie Yue
A comprehensive review at the end of each month is brought forward due to the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holidays on September 30th.
Each store needs to complete preparations before the festival, stock up on goods, and take inventory of the warehouse.
On the day of the inventory, there were more than 20,000 pieces of clothing in the store. The winter clothes from last season were not returned to the company, but all remained in the warehouses of various stores. Every inventory was troublesome and the workload was huge, with repeated scanning of codes.
After some clothes were sold, the sizes and styles were mixed up when they were entered into the computer system. When we did an inventory, the system showed that they were in the warehouse, but the shopping guide couldn't find them even after searching everywhere.
Therefore, inventory checking is also a process of finding differences and adjusting them. If the amount of the difference does not match the system, the shopping guide needs to pay for it out of his own pocket.
Ye Zhenzhen used the barcode scanner to scan the tags of each piece of clothing. She was extremely cautious, as if she missed a piece of clothing and had to go back to look for it, it would take a lot of time.
Everyone takes inventory by region and finally finds out the differences based on system data.
We searched most of the items on the first day and continued on the second day, but we couldn't find a leather jacket worth 10,000 yuan. If we couldn't find it, the store employees would have to share the compensation.
Xia Tong's hair was already frizzy from all the work. "What should I do? How come there's something missing?"
"Yes! What happened? We were all here last month!" Sister Li took over the conversation, seeming to have forgotten the unpleasant experience she had with Xia Tong.
Now we are all on the same boat, no one can escape, and a sense of friendship of being in the same boat has arisen.
"Is it stuffed into some corner?" Ye Zhenzhen scratched her head.
Several people went to search one by one. The warehouse had no air conditioning and no ventilation. Ye Zhenzhen was so busy that she was sweating profusely, feeling anxious and irritable.
The phone kept ringing, she wiped the sweat off her forehead and picked up the phone.
"Zhenzhen! Are you at work?" Lin Xiaoxi asked anxiously.
"Yes! What's wrong?" Ye Zhenzhen held the phone on her shoulder without stopping her work. She stood on tiptoes and searched for clothes on the top shelf.
Lin Xiaoxi said: "My house is leaking and I can't live in it anymore. It will take two days to fix it."
Ye Zhenzhen moved the phone to her shoulder and said, "Come to my house and sleep!"
"I get off work late now, so I need to catch up on some sleep during the day. Our working hours are different." Lin Xiaoxi said embarrassedly.
"It'll be fine for two days!" Ye Zhenzhen was choked by the dust on the packaging bag and kept rubbing her nose.
"I'm going to get a hotel room, but I lost my ID card in an Internet cafe a few days ago!" Lin Xiaoxi was a little angry, and then said: "Zhenzhen, lend me your ID card to get a room for two days. I won't use your ID card to do anything bad."
Ye Zhenzhen stood on the shelves that were 70 centimeters apart and was stunned.
"Zhenzhen, let's just be friends! I really have nowhere to go!" Lin Xiaoxi was a little disappointed.
"My ID card is in my bag, come and get it!"
Her best friend just wanted to borrow her ID card to book a room, but she couldn't find any reason to refuse. The days they spent together had brought Ye Zhenzhen a lot of warmth and beauty.
After thinking for a few seconds, Ye Zhenzhen agreed to lend her ID card.
She hung up the phone and continued to look for clothes. Her legs were shaking as she stepped on the shelf. She had been suffering from insomnia recently and was not in a good state.
After searching the entire warehouse and still not finding it, Ye Zhenzhen walked out of the warehouse in a panic.
Xia Tong and Sister Li also looked through all the clothes on display in the store, including the clothes in the closet, and checked them carefully.
The leather jacket was still not found. Several people were tired and anxious, and they all sat on the ground without caring about their image at all.
Xia Tong held the store's catalog and fanned herself, "What should I do? I've searched all the rat holes, but still can't find it!"
Sister Li found the packaging bag and sat on the ground. "Is it lost, or did we make a mistake? If it is really lost, there is no point in counting it!"
Ye Zhenzhen squatted beside him with her knees hugged. "There is no surveillance in the warehouse. If it is really lost, we can't find it. We can only collect money to compensate the company."
The spotlights shone directly on the few people, and the loud music in the shop made people feel upset.
Ye Zhenzhen walked to the computer and paused the music.
"Even if we get a 50% employee discount, that's still five thousand! Seven of us have to pay five thousand, so each person has to pay more than seven hundred!" Sister Li said angrily.
"Who is so wicked as to steal things!" Xia Tong's face turned red with anger, "How bad!"
"We checked each other's bags after get off work to make sure no one stole anything." Ye Zhenzhen looked unhappy.
"What about the other class?" Sister Li raised her eyebrows. "We can't guarantee that no one in the other class will steal."
"Yes! This leather jacket is a winter model. It is not on display in the store and is piled up in the warehouse. If it was really lost, it is very likely not stolen by a customer." Xia Tong suddenly realized.
Ye Zhenzhen cleared her throat. "If we make a mistake and wrongly accuse the people on the opposite shift, it will be difficult to get along with them in the future. Why don't we talk to the store manager first? Let's see how he handles it."
After the inventory, the store looked like it had been robbed. After a moment's pause, they stood up and sorted out the goods that had been messed up during the inventory.
When I was extremely busy, Lin Xiaoxi came.
"Zhenzhen!" Lin Xiaoxi started shouting from a distance.
Ye Zhenzhen stood up to get her ID card. She held it in her hand and handed it to Lin Xiaoxi after hesitating for a moment.
"What are you doing? The store is a mess." Lin Xiaoxi asked puzzled.
"We are taking inventory! We are busy right now!" Ye Zhenzhen complained in a low voice: "I lost a piece of clothing and can't find it."
"What should I do?"
"If you really can't find it, you can only pay for it!"
Lin Xiaoxi shook her head and said in a low voice: "I'm leaving first. I need to catch up on my sleep. I still have to go to work and drink in the evening!"
After seeing Lin Xiaoxi off, Ye Zhenzhen continued to tidy up her clothes. Sweat soaked her back and made her work clothes stick to her body.
Several people were in low spirits, as 700 yuan was a week's salary. Everyone sighed from time to time, and the shop suddenly became lifeless.
"Let's cheer up! It will be troublesome if we are seen by the building manager." Ye Zhenzhen reminded.
The store manager arrived at the store to work. As soon as he put down his bag, Ye Zhenzhen and others surrounded him, talking about lost clothes.
After listening to the stories of several people, the store manager asked calmly: "Have you thought of a solution?"
Xia Tong shook her head without saying a word.
Sister Li sighed and scratched her head.
"Tell me what you think." The store manager looked at Ye Zhenzhen.
"I think we should confirm it with colleagues on the opposite shift first. If we still can't find it, we should check it with colleagues on the other shift first." Ye Zhenzhen paused for a few seconds and said, "We don't have the authority to view the store's surveillance. Can we apply to the backend to adjust the surveillance? This dress was still there last month, so it's unlikely that it was stolen by a customer."
The store manager nodded and patted Ye Zhenzhen on the shoulder, "You guys go and get busy! Serve the customers well first."
Before leaving get off work, Mid-Autumn Festival employee benefits arrive at the store.
While discussing what benefits the company would provide this year, everyone came forward to check it out.
"This year, we still have Wufangzhai mooncakes and a bucket of oil."
Xia Tong bent down, picked up a box and looked at it, "Why is there sweet-scented osmanthus cake?"
"Could it be that the company is taking kickbacks from purchasing? Give out sweet-scented osmanthus cakes for the Mid-Autumn Festival!"
"It's possible! We haven't given out sweet-scented osmanthus cakes in previous years. Maybe it's because they're cheaper this year..."
Ye Zhenzhen's heart choked, her thoughts became a mess, she silently clenched her fingers, turned around and ran towards the warehouse. Wen Baijing, you bastard!
Over Phoenix Lake, a lone moon hangs high in the sky, its light as frosty as ice.
In the water town of Jiangnan, osmanthus flowers fall in the moonlight and the sweet fragrance of osmanthus fills the air.