"To be honest, no one cares how well this coffin is made."
"If I'm not mistaken, even if someone comes here because of its reputation, it's mostly because of a friend's recommendation, just for convenience."
"I wasn't wrong, was I?"
"You know that too?" Yan Shan frowned even more.
"When I was cleaning this coffin shop this morning, a total of eight customers came in. Six of them said they were introduced by acquaintances and hoped you could give them a discount, and you agreed to all of them."
"This is enough to show that your fame is mostly among acquaintances. It is through mutual promotion among acquaintances that you have achieved your current results."
"What do you want to say?" Yan Shan stared at me, clearly showing some interest in what I was about to say.
I grinned.
"Don't rush, let me finish eating first."
Upon hearing this, Yan Shan immediately snatched my lunchbox.
"Speak first."
"Hungry."
"Say what you want before you eat!"
"Fine." I feigned helplessness, but that was exactly the effect I wanted.
This is enough to prove that my guess about Yan Shan was correct.
I put down my chopsticks and continued, "I have an idea."
What are your thoughts?
I walked to the door and pointed to the whole street, saying, "This whole street is lined with funeral businesses, but there's one problem: they're all doing their own thing."
"For example, that shop only sells paper money."
"And this shop over here only sells things like incense and candles."
"The whole street contains everything needed for a funeral, yet it is somehow divided into separate sections."
"In other words, if someone's family member has passed away and they come here, they need to first buy a coffin from you, then go to the side to find a funeral procession that specializes in funeral arrangements, and then go to buy incense, candles, and paper money."
"But what if we integrate all of these together?"
"Impossible!" Yan Shan interrupted me upon hearing this. "It's not that no one has thought of this before, but don't be fooled by how amiable these people seem on the surface; they're practically ready to pull a knife behind your back."
"Furthermore, it's impossible for me to cooperate with them."
"That guy who sells incense and candles, he got into a fight with me a few days ago."
"Damn it, he cheats at mahjong, how can you cooperate with someone like that?"
I paused for a moment, somewhat amused and exasperated, and looking at Yan Shan who seemed to have lost interest, I continued, "Integration is indeed difficult, but once it's done, the benefits for you will be the greatest."
"What good would it do me?" Yan Shan looked at me, puzzled.
I said seriously, "As long as we treat the coffin shop as the source project and everything else as a derivative product of this project, then you will be the biggest beneficiary."
"To put it simply..."
"Buy a coffin, get a complete funeral service!"
"Nonsense! I don't understand anything you're talking about regarding projects, but buying a coffin and giving away those things as a freebie? Isn't that a huge loss?" Yan Shan shook his head repeatedly.
"No!"
"You'll be the one who makes the most money."
"Because to make this happen, you need to promote it, and the target audience for promotion will only be coffin shops. Then more people will know about your skills."
"Under such circumstances..."
"You can also find the most suitable successor to your craft!"
Do you think you're still losing money?
"Kid, how old are you this year?" After a while, Yan Shan stared at me and asked.
I thought for a moment and said, "Let's say eighteen..."
"Then how do you know all this?"
"You must have read a lot of books, right?"
"Didn't you fail to get into college?"
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