The crazy purchasing trend in Zibo is here! Compete with hand speed, run around, catch the boss, merchants are sold out every day

As Zibo has become increasingly popular on the Internet, people who have managed to get tickets have flocked to this small city, while others who have not managed to get tickets have chosen to experience every bit of Zibo through purchasing agents. Recently, purchasing agents in Zibo have also set off a wave of enthusiasm. People are not only enthusiastic about barbecue food, but also curious about Zibo's gourmet specialties and handicrafts. Let's take a look at this article to see how people experience Zibo in another way.

Zibo is experiencing a wave of purchasing on behalf of others. Those who got tickets went straight to Zibo to "show off" the barbecue food. Those who didn't get tickets were also busy, browsing "Guidelines for Entering Zibo" and searching the Internet for locals in Zibo, buying Zibo specialties at high prices, and even remotely instructing their purchasing friends in Zibo, "We must catch the old man selling green bean cakes and take all the food we can."

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Recently, not only are the barbecue chefs "unable to finish grilling" and the duck rack guy being "crazily watched", but even the "cake-cutting" lady who has nothing to do with barbecue, the noodle shop auntie, and a group of owners of stir-fried pancakes, purple rice cakes, glass shops, and pastry shops have been surrounded by purchasing agents. Running around and having all the cakes sold out has become their norm during this period.

1. Zibo food purchasing boom, shopkeepers' business is booming

Zhao Erxi, an office worker, was "forced" to do purchasing on behalf of others because her home is next to the Internet-famous "Eight Bureaus" in Zhangdian District, Zibo City, "just a 5-minute walk away." About half a month ago, she found that there were more and more requests for Zibo delicacies online. Purple rice cakes, wok cakes, fried meat, beef jerky, roasted chicken, etc. have become popular items, and some even specifically request delicacies from the Internet-famous store in the "Eight Bureaus."

The demand for purchasing agents is huge, and people often regret not being able to grab the delicious food from popular online stores. She "can't stand this phenomenon and wants netizens to taste the authentic flavor of Zibo", so based on the geographical advantage, she became a part-time purchasing agent.

She has been extremely busy in the past half month. After get off work, she rides an electric bike to shuttle through the vegetable market, queuing up to buy delicacies while checking purchasing information with netizens, "determining whether to have sweet or salty fried pot cakes, and how much crispy beef jerky to buy at more than 100 yuan per pound." Sometimes there are too many people queuing at the Internet celebrity stores and purchases are limited, so her purchasing business can no longer meet the needs of customers.

Zhao Erxi, born in 1998, is actually from Jinan, and is a "quasi-Zibo native". Because her boyfriend is a local of Zibo, she followed him back to Zibo after graduating from university and found a job in foreign trade. She likes the city of Zibo very much. She is not busy at work and gets off work at 5 pm, so she often has nothing to do. Zibo is famous for its barbecue, and the small pancakes with meat are delicious. She and her boyfriend have tried all the barbecues around, and they know which barbecue restaurants have what flavors.

In March this year, after Zibo barbecue became a hit on the entire Internet, the leisurely days of eating barbecue at leisure are gone forever. She has received several groups of classmates, colleagues and friends who came to Zibo to eat barbecue.

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Recently, her "business scope" has expanded to "buy, buy, buy" for netizens across the country. "One order is to buy 30 boxes of fried pot cakes, and there are dozens of orders every day." Some "rich" buyers buy several kinds of food at a time, and the express delivery fee alone costs more than 200 yuan. Many buyers have repeatedly stated that "they don't mind the express delivery fee, don't mind the purple rice cakes are difficult to transport, and don't mind that the goods received may change in hot weather. They are willing to pay extra to send them by SF Express. They are just willful and must buy the food in Zibo."

Others guessed that she could make a lot of money by purchasing products on behalf of others. In fact, Zhao Erxi only charged one yuan for each box of products she purchased, which was "just a symbolic charge." Some delicacies would be charged according to the waiting time, and many products were purchased free of charge. "We cannot let down the netizens and we must let them all taste the delicacies."

Zhao Erxi got to know the city better through shopping and running errands. She said that the "Badaju" was actually a vegetable market. She used to go there in the afternoon to buy vegetables and never noticed when the market closed. After Zibo barbecue became popular, she found that some seafood and meat shop owners expanded their food such as pot cakes to make it easier for her to buy. The vegetable market became more lively. After 10 p.m., "it was still open and the owners were doing a booming business."

After purchasing on behalf of others became popular, some food stores began to limit purchases, with each person only being able to buy two boxes. If you go too late, you will miss out. In order to make purchasing on behalf of others more efficient, Zhao Erxi often refuses to queue up at popular online stores, and recommends food stores he has tried, telling them that there are many delicious foods in Zibo and that the food they make tastes good and is worth trying.

2. Not only delicious food, but also these specialties of Zibo are popular

College student Xiaohan became a purchasing assistant more than ten days ago to help her mother process purchasing orders. Unlike many food purchasing agents in Zhangdian, Han's mother has been visiting the Boshan Grand View Garden colored glaze market for the past half month, helping buyers from all over the world to choose Boshan colored glaze.

Han's mother is 47 years old this year and a native of Boshan. She can talk endlessly about Boshan culture. She said with a smile, "Boshan Grand View Garden is almost the second Badaju of Zibo."

Half a month ago, she didn't know why, but Boshan colored glass suddenly became popular on the Internet, and the number of people in the colored glass market increased suddenly. She guessed that many people who went to eat barbecue passed by Boshan, and after dinner, they went to the colored glass market and found that colored glass was a treasure. They took videos and posted them on the Internet, and then it became popular. In her eyes, Boshan colored glass is not simple. The old generation of craftsmen made colored glass flower balls and vases, and they made 100 or 10,000 different ones, which were very beautiful.

During that time, she happily told her daughter that Boshan had become lively again, and she found the feeling of visiting the Lantern Festival when she was a child. There were so many people that it was hard to walk, and it was very lively.

After the Zibo barbecue became popular, Boshan colored glaze also became popular. You have to eat when you go to the colored glaze market. The beef noodle shop opened by her family in Daguanyuan has seen a surge in business. It used to sell 100 bowls a day, but now it sells nearly 500 bowls a day. With good business, she is also motivated to let more people discover the beauty of Boshan.

Netizens wanted to buy Zibo pot cakes and Boshan colored glaze. Xiaohan posted the purchasing information online. While her mother was taking care of the noodle shop business, she went to the Grand View Garden to buy colored glaze, pot cakes, etc.

The purchasing fee is not high, and she often buys food for free; glass is relatively expensive. A little girl bought a pair of cups worth more than 1,000 yuan for her future parents-in-law. She needs to negotiate the price with the seller and check the goods many times. In this case, she will add a few yuan. Northern buyers like handmade products, while southern customers prefer lightweight products. As the owner of a noodle shop, she has almost become half a glass owner since she started purchasing on behalf of others.

In addition to purchasing colored glaze on behalf of others, she also discovered new skills, learning to make Zibo pot cakes, purchasing for free, and letting netizens taste the crispy pot cakes. She said that Boshan not only has colored glaze, but Boshan cuisine is also unique. There is an old saying in the local area that after eating Boshan cuisine, you can go around the world. People say that "this is the birthplace of Shandong cuisine. The dishes of the four-four-table are tofu boxes, spring rolls, stir-fried kidneys, crispy pots, Boshan fried meat, and glutinous rice cakes are all delicious." Zibo barbecue is popular, and Boshan colored glaze is also popular. Although she can't go out to play during the "May Day" this year, she is happier than going out to play.

3. Zibo’s business and circle of friends

Since they started to work as purchasing agents in Zibo, Zhao Erxi and Xiaohan have added hundreds of new friends to their address books. Unlike the previous purchasing agents who took it seriously and treated it as a business, they feel that it is more of an experience and experience. The whole city is united from top to bottom, and everyone is working hard for Zibo. Ordinary people cannot sit idle either, and they should contribute their efforts.

Friends think it is not easy for them to buy things for free, and often chase them to pay, adding dozens of yuan when paying. Some people also want to mail them the delicacies from their hometown, so that they can go shopping on behalf of others. But they refused, saying that they don’t rely on this to make a fortune. They just take whatever money they want, and they are happy to see that Zibo is so popular.

During this period, the old man who sells mung bean cakes in Zhoucun, Zibo, has become famous, and a craze of "catching the old man" has swept the entire network; the young man in the duck goods store has also become famous, and the store is surrounded by crowds every day; the cakes of "Che Gao Auntie" are only a few yuan each, and netizens are drooling at the sight, saying that they want to know what the cakes that cost a few yuan taste like.

Online, buyers’ requests vary. Some asked Zhao Erxi to see how many people were queuing at the young man’s store, while others gave her tips on how to “catch” the old man.

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Zhao Erxi was in tears and laughed, saying that the old man who made mung bean cakes was in Zhoucun, and she was in Zhangdian, far away. She heard that before the fire, the old man sold one pot of cakes a day, but now he sells 3 or 4 pots of mung bean cakes a day. Although the output has increased, it is still difficult to get a cake, and the old man is "elusive". There are several teams trying to "catch" the old man, and they buy a whole car at a time.

It's so popular that Zibo's purchasing agents are also very competitive. She has to practice her skills well before she can "buy everything on behalf of others." Recently, Zibo has topped the list of popular tourist attractions. The local services in Zibo are also becoming more and more "competitive". Public toilets even provide free Enteritis Ning tablets. Zibo locals have provided their own unused rooms for out-of-town tourists to stay.

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Han's mother also joined the "roll service" army, adhering to the principle of "helping when you can". Seeing a row of cars with out-of-town license plates parked in front of the beef noodle restaurant, she was not angry, but provided free hot water and opened the toilet to tourists, "within the scope of ability, do more to contribute."

You are showing off your barbecue in Zibo, I am doing purchasing on behalf of others in Zibo, and we all have a happy holiday. They not only want to change a city with barbecue, but also use their enthusiasm to retain guests from all over the world, so that Zibo will have more and more friends and be popular for a long time.

(Except for those marked, all pictures in the article are provided by Xiaohongshu@小红薯644B9983 @ 捏祜鹿－小涵涵吖～ 闲鱼@二喜的杂货@Little 涵吖)

Author: Jiang Xuefen

Source: WeChat public account "Seller (ID: maijiakan)"