Chapter 494 483. Garage Sale Festival (4/5)
Chapter 494 483. Garage Sale Festival (45)
Among the jobs he has accumulated, there is another item that needs to be approved by him, which is the town residents' application to set up a garage sale festival.
New Zealand is an immigrant country with a population composed of people from all over the world, so there are various customs and traditions, and there are also various festivals in various places.
According to some statistics, looking at the whole of New Zealand, there are 365 days in a year, and there are festivals every day, and people are celebrating.
The government encourages the establishment of special festivals in various places. First, it can be preserved as a kind of culture. Second, when there are festivals, there will be consumption, which can promote economic development.
Therefore, New Zealanders have formed an awareness that if there is any collective activity, apply to become a festival. It doesn’t matter if the festival does not develop. Once it develops, they will be remembered by local history as the organizers of the festival.
The quest to enter history is strongest for New Zealanders without history.
The Garage Sale Festival is actually a second-hand goods trading festival. Wang Bo, who is used to Chinese thinking, finds it difficult to understand New Zealanders' enthusiasm for trading second-hand goods.
In this country, second-hand goods stores may open on the bustling commercial main streets, and open their doors to welcome customers. New Zealanders also look forward to buying second-hand goods in second-hand goods stores, or bring their second-hand goods here for valuation and consignment. They don't feel ashamed to buy second-hand goods.
There are second-hand goods stores in the cities, but there are no such stores in the towns due to insufficient consumption capacity, so the garage sale came into being as the times require.
The vast majority of New Zealanders live in independent houses, and independent houses basically have garages. Therefore, if New Zealanders feel that they have too many useless things and cannot put them down, or move their families to other cities or even other places In the country, many things cannot be taken away, so they will be put in the garage for sale.
However, the residential area is not a commercial area, and the flow of people is relatively small, so it is difficult to do business naturally.
So, when a New Zealander has a garage sale, they find a weekend and write the sale item, address and time on cardboard, and stick the cardboard in a prominent place on the street to advertise it.
But having said that, New Zealand has a small population, and few people see such advertisements. Garage sales are still difficult to do, so the Garage Sale Festival was born.
This is a common festival in villages and towns, that is, on a certain day, every household opens the garage and puts out the goods they don't need to trade with each other.
It is necessary for the residents of the town to apply to Wang Bo to establish this festival, because the number of immigrants in the town has increased sharply recently, and many new families have come to Sunset Town.
These new families move here, they don’t need some things, but they need to buy some new necessities of life. If a garage sale festival is held, they can sell what they don’t need on the one hand, and buy others at a lower price. What the family does not need but what the family needs.
Speaking of it, this is an opportunity to redistribute resources, according to needs, and mutual benefit. For township residents who do not have a lot of money, this kind of festival is very valuable.
Wang Bo asked Carter to disconnect from the Internet, and then a group of people gathered in the conference room for a meeting to discuss the holding of the festival.
New Zealand's festivals are not necessarily grand and need to be celebrated. For example, the Garage Sale Festival is not an annual festival, but a long-term and high-frequency festival. Many towns hold it once a month.
It was Qingyang's first time attending a small town meeting. During the period, apart from introducing himself and getting to know each other, he didn't say anything, just quietly listening to everyone's discussion.
The main theme of the meeting is not to discuss whether to hold it, but how to hold it. Therefore, after the holding time and publicity method are negotiated, the meeting can be adjourned.
After the meeting, Wang Bo left Qingyang behind and asked, "Brother A, what do you think? Why didn't you say a word just now?"
Qingyang said with a wry smile: "I won't go through the entry process yet. I have to enroll in an English class first. I tried my best to strengthen my English training in China, but it doesn't work. New Zealanders' English is not the same as what I learn."
This is indeed the case, Wang Bo patted his forehead and said: "Forget about it, okay, I will find you a teacher to study, your English really needs to be improved."
Garage sale festivals are booked, the first of which is a two-day festival the second weekend in March.
The town's publicity is simple. Carter built a forum belonging to the town through the smart city network system. You can log in to the web page on a computer or log in to the app on your mobile phone, and just post news on it.
In addition, the scope of such a festival should be expanded as much as possible, and the city of Au, Homeless Town, Louis Town, and the town of Tahiti, which is his deadly enemy, must be promoted.
There is no need for Wang Bo to do these tasks. Bo Wen took the lead and Kidd cooperated. The two made a publicity plan, used billboards to cooperate with newspaper publicity, and news of the garage sale festival in the town spread.
In addition, Bo Wen asked Wang Bo for approval to invest in a large billboard: the kind of billboard standing on both sides of the road, which is ten meters high, and the billboard area is five square meters, which is very eye-catching.
The billboard, including the support frame and the plaque, costs a total of 50,000 New Zealand dollars. The price is very high, but it can be used repeatedly in the future, and it can even receive advertisements, so the subsequent income is also considerable.
Since mid-March, the billboards have been erected, with a huge poster on it, with images of various furniture and daily necessities, and a striking slogan: Come and make an appointment with handsome men and beautiful women, I am waiting in Sunset Town you!
This is a slogan designed by Bao Wen to promote the town when Wang Bo first came to Sunset Town the year before last, and now it is finally used, which makes the deputy mayor very pleased.
For this garage sale festival, the residents of the small town still took it very seriously. After the second week of March, Wang Bo often saw people cleaning up the garage when he was commuting.
After living in the castle for a few days, Bo Dad and Mom gradually got used to life in New Zealand.
They lack people who can communicate, but they have nothing to do—Wang Bo once opened up a vegetable garden and hired a Maori to take care of it. Bo’s father and mother are not only good at fishing, but also good at farm work. They ran together to take care of this A vegetable garden.
As long as they are happy, Wang Bo knows that it won't bother them. If that's the case, then they can go and get busy if they want to.
However, he guessed that his parents were also very interested in the garage sale festival, so he told them that every household sold cheap things that day, and they could go and have a look.
Blog mother asked: "Then if we go to sell a la carte or something, can we do it?"
Wang Bo said blankly, "I can't tell. There are vegetables and fruits for sale in the supermarket. I don't know if the townspeople will buy them."
Father Bo waved his hand and said, "What does your mother mean, will there be urban management or something to kick people out?"
Wang Bo was embarrassed: "Father, what kind of urban management is there in the town?"
Bo mother muttered: "I think your job is like urban management."
Wang Bo: "..."