dognovel Chapter 5 Setting up a small stall
Chapter 5 Setting up a small stall
Jiang Cheng had 500 yuan in his pocket when he went out today.
He only discovered this when he went to the after-sales service center, felt it in his pocket, and took it out to check.
It's likely that he took the money from home, intending to buy things for Zhou Chuyao when they went shopping together.
But now it has come in handy!
He had observed this when he went upstairs with Shen Youqing earlier; she had just bought balloons and some plastic toys from the mall.
I bought the balloons from a wholesale stall on the fourth floor of the mall. They're the kind that's tied with a string and floats in the air, with different patterns on them.
Add a rope, inflate it, and it's two cents each.
But in an era when pork costs only 7 yuan per kilogram, these balloons can sell for 1 yuan each.
I also bought some plastic toys on the 4th floor, which is mainly occupied by wholesale stalls.
The toys I bought in Jiangcheng all looked very nice, but the craftsmanship was simple. They were basically assembled by molding and then decorated with decals.
A car that is 10 centimeters long costs 4.2 yuan wholesale.
Even a large excavator only costs 6.8 yuan.
Of course, Jiang Cheng didn't buy much, and he was able to get this price entirely because Shen Youqing was by his side. With Shen Youqing around, there were naturally mall staff members to take care of him.
When the wholesale stall owner saw that I was from the mall, he simply did me a favor and gave me a bottom price no matter how much I wanted.
But Jiang Cheng knew that although these prices seemed very low, when calculated at cost price, the price he received was at least double the cost.
After all, this requires very little technical skill and doesn't waste any time. Once the mold is pressed, even an older woman can assemble it in a few seconds.
Labor costs were still low these days, and foreign trade hadn't taken off yet. Factories that started early were now facing huge inventories with nowhere to sell.
The toy store also sells plastic rings, which are sold as a set. Jiangcheng bought some too.
Shen Youqing, who was following Jiang Cheng, saw him buying toys and balloons and thought to herself that Jiang Cheng was really planning to set up a stall at the entrance.
Suddenly, I felt it was all meaningless. Even though I had just graduated from high school and had the idea of setting up a stall, which was better than most of my peers, that was all I could do.
So after seeing Jiang Cheng put the balloons and toys on the shopping cart, she said to him, "I have things to do. You can set them up yourself first. If you need anything, you can ask the mall staff."
Shen Youqing left after speaking, without even giving Jiang Cheng her phone number, only telling him to contact the staff if he needed anything.
In her heart, Shen Youqing believed that she could not have any more contact with Jiang Cheng. She thought today was just a small episode, a minor ripple in life, and that it would pass.
Jiang Cheng actually understood Shen Youqing's thoughts, but he didn't explain.
He carried his things downstairs by himself.
Even though he was a reborn person with the memories of a prophet, there wasn't much he could do without initial capital.
He said it was all his old profession: financial investment.
If I have 500 yuan in my pocket, who should I give it to?
Or like in those reincarnation novels, you take 500 yuan, go to a big shot, and after a few persuasions, hundreds of thousands or even millions of yuan are in your pocket in no time.
Jiang Cheng felt that if the big boss wasn't sick, then it must be him who was sick.
Therefore, we still need to take it one step at a time.
Once you drag your things to the open space next to the main entrance downstairs, things will be much easier with staff following along and arranging things.
Jiang Cheng used a marker he had bought to start writing advertisements on posters he had purchased from the toy store owner.
After the advertisement was finished in no time, Jiang Cheng asked his staff to find an advertising stand for him, set up the poster, and then started arranging the items.
Shen Youqing's identity was still very useful. The staff couldn't figure out his relationship with Shen Youqing, so they didn't object to any of his small requests and handled them for him without any objection.
It took only a dozen minutes for Jiangcheng's stall to be set up.
Soon, people who had finished shopping at the mall noticed Jiangcheng's small stall. An older woman was looking at the posters propped up on an advertising stand for a while.
Then he took out a receipt from his pocket and tentatively asked Jiang Cheng.
"Young man, is what's written here true? You can get free ring toss by spending 100 yuan at the mall and using your receipt?"
The older woman looked at the wallet, belt, leather shoes, and half-broken bricks tied with balloons on the ground inside the red line, her expression clearly showing disbelief.
Jiang Cheng walked over and smiled, "Sister, what's written here is true. As long as you buy something in the mall and have a receipt for more than 100 yuan, you can play the ring toss game for free. Whatever you win is yours."
Jiang Cheng reached out and took the receipts from the woman's hand, glanced at them, and said, "Sister, these receipts add up to more than 120 yuan, which meets the requirements."
As he spoke, he shoved a small plastic ring into the old woman's hand.
"This ring is yours, free to use. You can take whatever you win without paying."
"Really?" The woman's eyes lit up.
I don't know if it's because she can play the ring toss game for free, or because Jiang Cheng calls her "sister".
This young man is tall and handsome, and looks even younger than her own son, yet he calls her "sister" so sweetly.
Do I really look young?
The woman happily took a plastic ring and stood in front of the red line, then carefully examined the things placed on the ground inside the red line.
"If I manage to get it, then the wallet is mine too? My husband is about to buy a wallet, and I asked around, and a genuine leather one costs at least 40 yuan."
“Yes, sister,” Jiang Cheng said.
An older woman was the first to ask a question, which immediately attracted several other people to come and see.
"Oh dear, this receipt is only a little over 40 yuan. If it were over 100 yuan, I could still use it."
"I bought a leather jacket today for over 200 yuan. I'm wondering if this is a scam."
Several people around watched curiously.
The woman awkwardly flung the plastic ring from her hand.
With a snap, the plastic ring landed on a small brick.
There was a plastic toy under the brick; it was a small excavator.
"Wow! I won!" The woman exclaimed in surprise, almost jumping up.
Jiang Cheng didn't expect such a great start; he was so lucky that he made a profit on his very first customer.
He walked over quickly, picked up the small excavator from under the brick, and said, "Sister, congratulations on winning a toy."
As Jiang Cheng spoke, he handed the excavator to the old woman. She could hardly believe it, and with a face full of joy, she took the excavator and hugged it to her arms, as if afraid that Jiang Cheng would take it back. She repeatedly asked, "Is this really free? If you don't want my money, then it's mine?"
Jiang Cheng said, "Sister, this is what you got, so of course it's yours. I won't take any money."
"Then...then I'm leaving, really leaving?" The older woman still seemed a little incredulous.