Chapter 106 Initial Display of Talent

"Xiaoman, are you doing well lately?" Yao Shula asked Gu Xiaoman in surprise.

Gu Xiaoman nodded, very pleased with herself.

"It's great, everything's great! I'll tell you how great it is when I'm less busy."

The most important thing now is to sell those two big boxes of goods for you.

"Brother, you two go and carry those two boxes over here!"

Seeing Gu Xiaoman's bright eyes, Lei Jingwu and Gu Changqin had no choice but to move the two large boxes that were locked in the front room over.

Yao Shula quickly cleaned up the dishes after they were finished eating.

Yao Shuxin didn't rush to read the book, but instead curiously looked at the two large boxes of things that had just been moved in.

As soon as the box was opened, Yao Shula, Yao Shuxin, and Yao Shuli all gaped open.

The first box was full of women's dresses, long skirts and midi skirts.

Red, blue, yellow, and light green.

There was also a stack of sun hats and about ten small handbags.

The other box contained sunglasses, belts, scarves, and various clip-on earrings that could be worn without pierced ears.

Various headbands and hair clips.

The hair clips are different from the small black hair clips sold in the shop next door that cost one cent a pack.

These hair clips are made in various shapes, such as butterflies, flowers, and hearts.

Black, red, blue, yellow, and purple.

Besides these, there are also various hair ties.

These hair ties are all colorful, not the kind sold in small shops where you can buy five for a penny and they often pull on your hair.

Looking at these things, Yao Shula thought to herself, "If I put all of these out in the open, how many people would be envious!"

Everyone is at the age where they love to look good, and who doesn't want to dress up beautifully!

"These... are only worth five hundred yuan?" Yao Shula pointed to the two large boxes.

“Yes! It’s worth five hundred yuan!” Lei Jingwu said firmly.

Gu Changqin glanced at Lei Jingwu and nodded hurriedly.

"Yes, just five hundred yuan! We'll buy it for five hundred yuan."

Heh, Lei Jingwu is blatantly lying.

When paying, just pretend you didn't see it. That thick wad of ten-yuan notes must have been at least a thousand yuan...

Gu Xiaoman shrugged. "I don't know how much it costs. I only know how to pick it out. They paid for it!"

Yao Shula glanced at the two large boxes, then at Lei Jingwu, who had already turned his head away.

"I need to calculate the cost, exactly how much it costs."

Don't let the cost calculations go wrong and end up losing money.

I won't do something that loses money just to gain publicity!

Lei Jingwu, Gu Changqin, and Gu Xiaoman looked at each other, unsure of what to say.

“It’s more than five hundred yuan!” Lei Jingwu said awkwardly.

"Big sister, that's five hundred and one yuan!" Xiao Tiantian immediately added.

Yao Shula glanced at Xiao Tiantian, signaling her to shut up and not speak.

Xiao Tiantian immediately stood at attention.

...

Finally, under Yao Shula's persistent questioning, the cost of the two large boxes of items was revealed.

One thousand three hundred and fifty-six yuan!

Yao Shula sighed.

Sure enough, if we sold it for the cost of 500 yuan, we'd probably lose a fortune!

"This is the list. Take a look. The cost prices are all on it." Lei Jingwu took a piece of paper out of his bag.

Yao Shula took it and looked at it.

A dress for only twelve yuan? A skirt for eight yuan, and these are all free...

Sun hats are three yuan each, hair ties are five yuan a pack, and hair clips are four mao each...

All those earrings were priced at a uniform 50 cents a pair, and sunglasses were all priced at a uniform 10 yuan a pair.

The most expensive items were those ten small handbags.

Fifteen yuan each...

Given that a pair of Warrior sneakers costs 8.5 yuan and requires a coupon, these items are really cheap.

"They're all made based on what's popular in Hong Kong."

So many factories!

Gu Changqin's family owns two clothing factories in that area.

Xiaoman went to Hong Kong and bought a lot of clothes there. Then the factory made patterns and started making them, which greatly reduced the cost.

"These clothes aren't available in department stores anywhere yet!" Lei Jingwu explained.

Yao Shula understood; this was made in the Gu family's own factory...

“It’s made in Grandpa’s factory, so it’s definitely not expensive!” Little Tian Tian finally dared to speak up.

Yao Shula hummed in agreement, pondering what price range would be appropriate...

Yao Shuli, who had been staring at those things in a daze, suddenly came over.

"Sister, we can't sell it according to the cost listed here! If we sell it like this, we'll still lose money!" Yao Shuli said seriously.

Everyone in the room was stunned and looked at Yao Shuli.

Yao Shuli took the paper from Yao Shula's hand and then took his own notebook, which he usually used for doing his homework.

Ignoring the stares of others, he began calculating on his own.

"The costs are substantial, not just the cost of buying these items."

Should we include the round-trip travel expenses? And what about the meals and accommodation for Brother Jingwu, Brother Changqin, and Sister Xiaoman?

All of these must be factored into the cost.

There's also the time wasted, and we might even have to pay favors.

We've brought them back and are about to start selling them, but we still need capital.

Doesn't it take effort for the older sister to shout out her wares? That's a cost. Doesn't it also cost Xiaoman to put on her clothes and introduce them to the public?

What about food and drink these next few days? What if some of it is spoiled and can't be sold...?

These are all capital…

As Yao Shuli spoke, she scribbled and drew in her notebook for a while.

Yao Shula stared at her younger brother, who always burned incense and prayed to Buddha whenever he did word problems, his mouth agape.

Is this still the same younger brother who couldn't even solve word problems...?

Lei Jingwu, Gu Changqin, and Gu Xiaoman all looked at Yao Shuli in surprise.

In their eyes, Yao Shuli was originally a mischievous child who was only ten years old and could play with Xiao Tiantian all day long.

But now...

After carefully calculating for a while, Yao Shuli finally handed over what he considered to be the cost to Yao Shula.

"Sister, we won't lose money if we follow these costs!"

Yao Shula took it and glanced at it, then made a mental estimate.

That's right, at least 15 percent more has been added to the original cost.

"You thought all of this?" Gu Xiaoman leaned over to take a look and was a little surprised.

This kid even factored in the cost of the soda he might drink if he got too hot...

"Does this require a lot of effort to think about? Isn't it something you can figure out immediately?" Yao Shuli was also a little surprised.

Everyone in the room...

"Do you think these things can be sold?" Yao Shula suddenly asked.

"Of course! And they'll sell very well! But we can't put them all out to sell at once!"

"We need to use good methods to sell!" Yao Shuli's eyes lit up.

Finally, his favorite time of day arrived—selling things…