Before Chen Yao could speak, the security guard readily agreed, "Okay, then register and I'll open the door for you right away."

"Grandpa, are your schools this strict with students now?" Xu Mingwan really couldn't understand it. Judging from the old man's strictness, she thought it was an elementary school.

"This was instructed by our superiors. Not long ago, some students were scammed by part-time jobs. They were lured into a scammer's den, where they were given lessons on how to make big money every day. Then they would start scamming their families to give money to the scammers. This has happened several times already, and the school is taking it very seriously."

"Ah, pyramid scheme." Zhang Xuemei knew what it was all about as soon as she heard it, but did pyramid schemes emerge so early?

"Who cares about the sales, it's all a scam anyway. Alright, you can go in now that you've registered. We can talk things out at the school, that way I'll feel more at ease."

Then Chen Yao led Zhang Xuemei and the other person to a small pavilion by the lake. There was a small stone table inside, and the three of them sat down around the table.

"You said you studied graphic design, so you should know how to design online stores on a computer, right?" Zhang Xuemei got straight to the point as soon as she sat down.

"Don't worry, I've done this before, I know the basics. Just tell me your requirements, and I'll definitely do it to your satisfaction."

Chen Yao was also a bold man; he started making empty promises to Zhang Xuemei without ever doing anything.

When Zhang Xuemei heard that he had done online store design before, she was even happier, thinking that she was lucky to have picked someone who was an expert.

"Okay, let's set a time. You can come to our shop to get it done. I haven't prepared some of the photos yet. We'll prepare the computer ourselves. You just need to come in person."

As for the salary, here's eighty yuan for this order. You have to do it to my satisfaction. Let me make it clear beforehand, we have quite a few products in our store, about a hundred or so, and we need to list a lot of items. You have to take care of all of that for me.

Although Zhang Xuemei enjoyed online shopping in her later life, she only knew how to place an order, but didn't know how to operate the merchant's system.

Although she can learn now, since she has already paid for it, she should just leave the tasks to others and learn from them.

Chen Yao initially wanted to agree immediately, but then he thought about how he had never done this before and was worried he wouldn't be able to finish it within the allotted time. So he tentatively asked Zhang Xuemei, "Boss, do you have a time limit? I have to go to class, so I might be a little slow..."

Zhang Xuemei waved her hand and said, "It's not a big problem. I'm taking photos and adding links at the same time. You can do the previous ones first. Actually, the most important thing is to design our store's homepage well. Since my store is a maternity and baby store, we sell children's products. The colors should be warm and inviting, but not too flashy. Do you understand what I mean?"

In fact, Zhang Xuemei didn't have high expectations. After all, the platform is still in its early stages and many functions haven't been developed yet. All she could say was that her store had to be better than others' stores and catch people's eye.

"Understood, I'll try to get it sorted out. Here's the dorm phone number for you, and my class schedule is here. Call me when you have your photos ready and just say you're looking for Chen Yao in room 302. The dorm supervisor knows him too."

Chen Yao was quite satisfied with the eighty yuan salary. Although he didn't know how to design an online store or list products, he figured that with his intelligence, he would figure it out after practicing a few times at the internet cafe. With that in mind, he confidently agreed to the job.

Zhang Xuemei was also very satisfied with Chen Yao, after all, she felt that she had gotten a bargain since it was something that could be solved for eighty yuan.

Over the next few days, Zhang Xuemei was also busy. First, she went to the electronics market and bought a camera at a high price. Then, she set up an empty room in her house as a photography studio.

And so, these two mediocre individuals took hundreds of photos before finally managing to select a few that satisfied them. They then had Chen Yao design the online store and upload product links.

When Xu Minghan and his team returned from their inspection, Zhang Xuemei had almost finished setting up her online store and had even secured her first order—a small baby bottle.

"You're quick! We've only been gone for less than half a month, and you've already got the shop all set up. That's fast!"

Xu Minghan clicked back and forth on the webpage with the mouse. Although it couldn't compare to the online store pages of the future, it was still much better than the others.

Zhang Xuemei smiled smugly, "What's so difficult about that? Just pay someone to do it. At first, I took the photos and uploaded them myself, but then I realized my skills weren't up to par, so I found someone who knew how to take photos and had him take pictures of the products in the store."

Sure enough, those who paid for it are different; their speed and skill are something we simply can't match.

"That's right, everyone has their own expertise. Don't make things difficult for yourself if you can solve them with a little money. So, can your online store be considered to be operating normally now?"

“Yes,” Zhang Xuemei nodded, “I even paid someone to promote it on Baidu Tieba. Let’s see how it goes in a week. The only problem is that the shipping cost is a bit high. We can manage if we split it 50/50 with the buyer.” Unlike in the future, when it will be three or four yuan for nationwide shipping, that way the cost will be reduced and we can earn more.

"It hasn't been developed yet, it will be better in the future."

"By the way, what kind of sources of goods have you found after being gone for so long? Are you still planning to sell shoes in the snowy mountains?"

Xu Minghan put down the mouse, lay down on the bed, and said with a smile, "Xueshan's eyes were dazzled by all the choices. He wanted to sell this and that, but in the end, Le Rong made up her mind to sell women's shoes."

As for the others, they were just going through the motions this time. After all, they had limited energy and didn't know if online store business was easy to run, so they just wanted to wait and see.

Zhang Xuemei nodded, "Alright, let's test the waters first. Although some people make a lot of money, others fail miserably. It's always good to be cautious."

"That's what I thought too, so I just wanted to sell the pants from the store directly, without any pressure."

"Okay, I'll help Xueshan design the online store later. Also, we need to find someone to take photos of the shoes, it's too time-consuming to take them ourselves."

"You'll have to ask him yourself. I'll ask him when I have some free time tomorrow."

Xu Minghan asked his brother-in-law, and he said he didn't plan to resign. After all, it was hard to say what the situation of the online store was now, and someone had to work and have an income. As for the online store, he would leave it to Le Rong for the time being.

"Okay, it's up to you now. Oh, I forgot to tell you, Dad doesn't want to do his cleaning job in the neighborhood anymore. He says he wants to sell vegetables, and no matter how I try to persuade him, he won't listen. What should we do?"