Rush to the hot search! Foreign athletes visit the market in groups, and the opening is half cut!

The 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou

It is in full swing

Two days before the start of the game

Some people encounter foreign athletes "buy, buy, buy"

Related videos have also rushed to the hot search

In the shot, athletes who are over 1.85 meters tall

Familiar to locals who come to Hangzhou

Qianjiang Small Commodities Market, Four Seasons Green Market

Haggle and buy goods like a decent

There are even athletes who pull suitcases to "sweep the goods"

The main one is to follow the customs

Foreign athletes can find wholesale markets

This shocked many netizens

Will foreign athletes "haggle"

What's interesting when "sweeping"?

Journalist visit on September 24

Qianjiang Small Commodities Market, Four Seasons Green Market

The market sets up change stalls It is convenient for foreign athletes to visit

Located on Shangtang Road, Qianjiang Small Commodities Market is a treasure market for old Hangzhou people, dealing in clothing, department stores, food, bedding and other samples.

When it comes to foreign athletes' visits, almost all the shops on the first floor have an impression. Boss Wu, who sells professional clothing for men and women, said foreign athletes had visited the market several times this week.

"They are tall, a group of people shopping together, wearing sportswear, with Asian Games name tags around their necks, and you can tell at a glance that they are foreign athletes."

On September 19, in the merchant's WeChat group, the market management issued a reminder - with the recent increase in foreign customers, many merchants are recommended to download simultaneous translation software if they cannot communicate normally.

Boss Wu said that the management posted the QR code of the simultaneous translation software in the group for merchants to download by themselves.

On September 22, the management issued another message reminding merchants to prepare some cash, especially change, during their operations.

"The management has been instructed to greet foreign athletes with a serious and warm attitude and leave them with a good image of the city." Boss Wu said that the management attaches great importance to it and emphasizes that cash must be collected. If merchants need change, they can talk to the market and help adjust.

"When we meet athletes asking for prices, we respond enthusiastically. They speak English, we can understand it, we will nod, take out the calculator and play the price figure, the athletes will counteroffer, and the right one will close. ”

On the first floor of the Qianjiang Small Commodities Market, the Chao News reporter encountered a booth of the Postal Savings Bank. The staff said that the stall was set up yesterday to facilitate the convenient and quick exchange of change by market merchants. Different banks are on duty at different times, such as ICBC in the morning and postal service in the afternoon.

"Many foreign athletes use cash, and change is indispensable, I hope our warm service can add glory to their trip to Hangzhou and leave them with a civilized and friendly impression of Hangzhou."

Foreign athletes and coaches are meticulous in shopping Buy cost-effective goods

In a store, athletes from Kyrgyzstan bought two clothes.

The boss, Sister Cui, said that we were the first to shoot videos of foreign athletes coming to the market to shop, upload Douyin, and it became popular all of a sudden. She still remembers athletes from Kyrgyzstan coming to the store with coaches. The coach fancy a sweatshirt and a T-shirt in the store, the price is not expensive, 120 yuan a piece, 80 yuan a piece.

"The coach bought clothes very carefully, he took off his top in the store, specially went to try the size, looked at the upper body effect, was very satisfied, and then placed an order." Sister Cui said that in the past, there would be foreign customers in the market, but most of them were international students and workers, and they would speak Chinese. The foreign athletes who came to shop this time communicated in English throughout the process, "I was also very smooth, I could understand basic English words, and then I could use a calculator to display the price, and the transaction could be completed." Athletes also pay attention to the cost performance when buying things, and the price is affordable and the upper body effect is good, and they will buy. ”

When spending in stores, foreign athletes use cash in yuan, and "we exchanged change in advance." ”

While the coaches were shopping for clothes in the store, the athletes sat on benches in front of the store and waited, some swiping their phones, others looking left and right.

Sister Cui said that they were too conspicuous, tall and strong, all dressed uniformly, and the "return rate" was super high.

Athletes from Kyrgyzstan also bought toys

"It was September 21, and their group came. A young tall athlete came into the store, and I kept looking up and thinking it was so tall. "Although English was not good, the hostess showed a warm service attitude.

An athlete catches a car toy at a glance.

"He asked me how much money and he was the only one who came in, so I learned what he meant from his gestures and charged 45 yuan on the calculator." The lady said that the athlete bargained, 40 yuan.

The price is right and the transaction is smooth.

A small episode occurred in the middle, the athlete gave foreign currency at the beginning, and when the merchant said that it could not be used, the athlete found a coach, the coach paid in yuan, and the transaction was successful.

Foreign athletes bargain is super "awesome" The half-haggling technique is pure green

In the Four Seasons Green Clothing Street Market, foreign athletes showed their super ability to "bargain in half".

Yesterday morning, Ms. Yang, the owner of a shop, had just started a business with foreign athletes.

"They are Iranians with Asian Games name tags around their necks. Their bargaining skills are too strong, in the store for more than 20 minutes, fancy a number of clothes, as soon as they open their mouths, they cut in half... A shirt for 200 yuan has an opening of 100 yuan. Ms. Yang was surprised, how did these foreign athletes master the bargaining skills of the locals, did they make a strategy in advance?

In the end, the Iranian athletes bought a T-shirt for 100 yuan — the best value item in the store.

Mr. Li, the owner of the shop, had a good impression of this group of Iranian athletes.

"They were very accommodating, I saw them come in and immediately said hello, and they responded to me with a smile as well." After 20 minutes of walking around the store, they bought two T-shirts in simple styles and plain colors, and when they paid to leave, they said goodbye to the owner with a smile on their faces.

The staff of Caihe Street told the Chao News reporter that in order to serve this wave of foreign athletes, the market formulated a detailed plan in advance. The street is equipped with a number of English-speaking volunteers, it only takes 5 minutes to get to the market, as long as the merchants need it, you can call volunteers to help communicate. Some stores also have their own English interpreters to communicate with the athletes.

"Not only that, the passenger flow of foreign athletes has increased, and the market management has also ensured the state of the competition, as long as the athletes step into the market, the translation of the market will be in place." If the merchants can communicate independently, the interpreter and market staff are waiting in the distance, but if the merchants cannot cope, the interpreter will be dispatched, striving to let the foreign athletes buy and have fun in Hangzhou, showing the image of civilized and enthusiastic Hangzhou. ”

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(Chao News Qianjiang Evening News)