Chapter 494 Making Big Money with Joy

Everyone worked together to move the goods into the warehouse courtyard, and they were all exhausted, sweating profusely, and standing there panting heavily.

Wu Yucheng, after all, comes from a military compound and served in the army. Despite living a life of luxury all these years, his physical condition is actually quite good.

Although he was also exhausted and his face was flushed, he was still much better than Zhang Zhiqiang and Pan Desheng.

Sun Jinggang and the other veterans were in excellent physical condition. They carried the most loads, but they were only slightly out of breath, unlike the others who were in such a sorry state.

"Hey, let's think of a way later, find a few sleds, and we can drag them to the island tomorrow. Let's not do this kind of hard labor."

Sheng Xiping hasn't been putting in much physical effort these past few years, so suddenly having to do some manual labor is really tough on him, hence his suggestion.

There were still so many middlemen waiting to pick up the goods, so after resting for a while, everyone cheered up and poured out all the goods they had brought back, sorting and organizing them.

The group of middlemen came over, one wanted a woolen coat, another wanted all kinds of leather, and still others wanted leather boots, binoculars, and so on.

Sheng Xiping sold all these items to the other party at a price 20-30% lower than the market price.

There were also people specifically assigned to collect money and keep accounts, and for a time, the warehouse courtyard was bustling with activity.

"Wait until others figure out how it works, and the profits won't be so high anymore."

As soon as Sun Jinggang went over to say something, the two of them quickly started cooking dumplings, and soon the dumplings were cooked and brought over.

In addition, with the large-scale transactions on Andrei's side, we need to try our best to clear out all the goods stockpiled in the warehouse before the end of the year.

Another reason is that we were prepared in advance, and the goods we brought over sold very well. Currently, we are the only ones doing this.

After spending most of the day on the island, and carrying so much stuff back just now, I'm starving. It's best to eat as soon as possible.

So they hired two old women here to do laundry, cook, and clean.

"These days, everyone may have to work a bit harder. There's no other way but to start like this."

With a cost of just over two thousand yuan, they made over thirty thousand yuan. That's a profit margin of more than ten times! That's absolutely outrageous!

Once they have established a stable base of large clients, they will no longer need to conduct such small-scale trade on the island.

There are quite a few people living around this warehouse, mostly young men.

After all, they had lived in Heihe for more than half a year, and their wages and various expenses were considerable.

Sheng Xiping is concerned with large-scale trade; he doesn't have the energy to deal with these miscellaneous little things.

"Come on, let's have a little drink to relax." Zhang Zhiqiang brought over a few bottles of wine and poured them for everyone.

"It's not hard work at all. What's so hard about this? As long as we can make money, we'd be happy to work this hard every day," Zhang Zhiqiang and the others said with a wave of their hands and a smile.

Sun Jinggang and Wang Dongcheng, who had served in the military, were good at cooking, but they had other things to do and couldn't spend all their time around the stove.

Is there any way to make money without hard work? For them, as long as there is money to be made, they can endure any amount of hardship.

"Dumplings and wine, dumplings and wine, may life get better and better."

This only deducts the cost of the goods, not the cost of their food, drink, and labor.

Such sporadic transactions are too labor-intensive and generate little profit; they are only necessary in the initial stages of trade, when it is essential to accumulate customers.

This border trade in Heihe was a business venture led by Sheng Xiping, Wu Yucheng, and Liu Yuhe, who brought others along to make money.

"After a while, once everything is on track, we'll contact a few more big clients, then set up a small shop here. We can answer phones, ship orders, and make money."

Everyone thought about how much profit they would make if they stockpiled goods in dozens of warehouses, worth six or seven million, and applied the same ratio to all of them.

Upon realizing this, everyone became restless, their faces flushed with excitement.

"We sold for a total of 34,582 yuan, with a cost of 2,607 yuan," Wang Dongcheng excitedly reported the figures.

"This is too profitable!" the crowd murmured.

With one hand holding the ledger and the other fiddling with the abacus, Wang Dongcheng finished calculating the accounts with great effort, then happily approached Sheng Xiping and said with a smile.

"Not counting labor costs, we earned over 31,900 today," Wang Dongcheng said, flipping through the abacus and giving a string of numbers.

Compared to the others, Sheng Xiping remained calm, sitting there smiling as he explained to everyone.

"This is just the beginning. The main problem is that no one is clear about the rules of trade, and the prices are indeed outrageous."

"Mr. Sheng, guess how much we made from those goods just now?"

Once all the goods on the ground were sold out, the middlemen carried the goods away on their backs and shoulders, and everyone went back into the house to sit down.

Wu Yucheng and Sheng Xiping didn't leave either. Everyone gathered together, eating dumplings and celebrating the Lunar New Year.

"How much?" Sheng Xiping could tell from Wang Dongcheng's expression that he must have earned quite a bit today.

This is a business for everyone, affecting everyone's interests, so of course we have to be careful.

Zhang Zhijun, Chen Weiguo, and others invested a lot of money. Even Sun Jinggang, Wang Dongcheng, and others invested their salaries from last year as shares.

Upon hearing this, a collective gasp filled the room. "How much?" Zhang Zhiqiang and the others asked in unison. "How much did you earn today?"

When they came back, Aunt Yang and Aunt Xu had already finished making dumplings.

"Didn't I just say? Go get a few sleds. If that doesn't work, we'll make a few ourselves later. Tomorrow we'll bring more goods to the island and try to exchange them for more goods."

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