Honey asked, "What? A business that's incredibly profitable! Tell me about it!"

Li Xiyue said, "It's a calendar! A very profitable business!"

Mibao blinked, tilted her head, and asked, "What kind of good business is this? Are calendars so rare? Is selling calendars profitable?"

Can it be said that in the future world, everyone will have a mobile phone and no one will look at calendars?

Wall calendars will no longer be considered decorative items in the future, but desk calendars have evolved into deluxe versions that are placed on the table and look like decorative items.

Li Xiyue said, "Of course calendars are scarce! Very few families in the countryside can afford such high-end items as calendars."

If it were possible to obtain such a thing, only someone of the village chief's rank could get their hands on it. When I was a child, my friends and I would go to the village chief's house to look at the houses and beautiful women depicted in the calendars.

Her thoughts were drawn back to her miserable childhood, a childhood filled with nothing but hunger. She never had a warm coat, and in winter her face would turn red from the cold, and her nose would run constantly.

His hands were covered in calluses and chilblains. When the New Year was approaching, the village chief would hang up a calendar, and all the children in the village would run over to look at it.

Why are all the beauties on the calendar so gorgeous? The clothes they wear are all so beautiful that I've never seen them before. And why are the houses on the calendar so beautiful? Do the people on the calendar live like immortals?

These were her thoughts at the time.

Ordinary people couldn't get their hands on calendars, so they would put up New Year pictures at home.

In fact, whether it's a calendar or a New Year picture, they all represent people's expectations for a better future.

I hope that one day I can live in a house as beautiful as the ones in paintings, wear beautiful clothes, and live a wealthy life.

Mi Bao exclaimed, "Holy crap! It's just a calendar! I never imagined that something like this would be such a rare item in this day and age."

Li Xiyue said, "Favorable factories will buy calendars and give them to their employees as a New Year's bonus. Unprofitable factories don't even have calendars to give out."

Mi Bao said, "But you don't know where to get your supplies. I don't know if there are any places to wholesale calendars these days."

It seems that places like this are still operating under a planned economy model, and it's highly unlikely they'll be sold to individual business owners.

Li Xiyue said, "Such a sought-after item would definitely not be sold to individual business owners."

Unless we find a printing factory to print it ourselves! I remember there's a printing factory near the school; let's go check it out after school at noon!

These calendars sell for 8 yuan each; I estimate the printing cost shouldn't exceed 3 yuan.

He walked into the classroom and sat down, while Du Guixiang ran into the classroom as the class bell rang.

She whispered to Li Xiyue, "I've already told my brother, and he said he'll treat us to dinner tonight, at a restaurant!"

Du Guixiang's face was filled with smug joy; she was overjoyed. She had only wanted her brother to buy them meat buns as a treat, but he hadn't expected him to invite them to a restaurant.

Li Xiyue said, "Isn't that a bit inappropriate? How can we let your brother treat us? Eating out is quite expensive! I think I'll pass."

Du Guixiang said, "No way! If you don't go, my brother won't invite me anymore. I've been wanting to eat out for so long."

"Yue'er, please have mercy and go! Otherwise, I won't get this meal!"

Li Xiyue was pestered by Du Guixiang to no avail. After thinking about it, she decided that going was not a bad idea, as it would allow her to get to know Du Jingshan up close.

Although Du Jingshan didn't have much contact with Li Yin, and didn't help her in her case, Du Jingshan is still suspected of being a spy, so it's a good thing to know more about him.

She nodded reluctantly and said, "Alright then."

Du Guixiang nodded happily like a chick pecking at rice, "We made a promise, you can't go back on your word! Pinky promise!"

She hooked her little finger around Li Xiyue's little finger.

Mibao, in her virtual space, looked at Du Guixiang on the screen and smiled, "Meow~"

At lunchtime, Li Xiyue made up an excuse about going home to see her mother and hurriedly left the school.

She found the printing factory based on her memory.

Mibao said, "Actually, you can print calendars using the printer in your space, so you don't need to find a printing factory."

Li Xiyue said, "That won't do. The number of calendars produced this time is enormous. If we don't have a legitimate manufacturing plant, and someone investigates, I won't be able to explain where the calendars came from."

The printing factory she found was quite large, but it wasn't doing well because it had too many old workers.

In this era, employees' medical expenses were fully reimbursed, and the medical expenses of older workers were too high. Coupled with the widespread problem of triangular debt in this era, it almost dragged the factory down.

Li Xiyue walked into the factory gate.

The gatekeeper immediately came out and asked, "Young lady, who are you looking for?"

Li Xiyue said, "I'm looking for your factory manager!"

The gatekeeper sized Li Xiyue up and down. "What do you want with our factory manager? Are you here to collect a debt? The factory has no money, so get out of here!"

Three groups of debt collectors came today. It's not that our factory doesn't want to pay you back; others owe us money too. We can't get our money back, and even if we wanted to, we couldn't pay it back.

"Going to the factory manager won't do you any good. I advise you not to waste your time. You'd be better off going to other factories to try and collect the debt!"

Li Xiyue said with a smile, "Uncle! I'm not here to collect debts, I'm here to deliver money. Can I go see your factory manager now?!"

The uncle who opened the door was taken aback. "You're sending money to our company? Oh my, there are people who are voluntarily returning money?"

Please come in, please come in! Your organization's willingness to repay debts is truly admirable!

To be honest, our company hasn't been able to pay salaries this month! I'll take you to see Director Zhang!

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