Chapter 54 Anyway, that summer, in August...
On July 24th, Chen Pan got up at 5:30 in the morning, packed up a little, and went out with some cakes and a thermos cup from home.
She left home at six o'clock and arrived at the West City Wholesale Market by seven o'clock.
When she was buying things at the wholesale market with the fifty yuan given by her grandfather and the twenty yuan left for herself.
Yang Xiaomei from Qingshui Village also brought her sister and boarded their 7 a.m. bus.
This was something Chen Pan and Yang Xiaomei had agreed on yesterday. Due to special circumstances today, they had Chen Pan pick up the goods alone. They also planned to buy a special balloon inflator. This would allow Chen Pan to wholesale the uninflated large balloons today, making it easier for her to pick up the goods.
It takes an hour to get from Qingshui Village to Chengbei North Station. They then walk from the North Station to People's Park, and they will arrive outside the People's Park around 8:30.
Chen Pan arrived at the wholesale market at around seven o'clock, and returned to People's Park after picking up the goods, which should have been around nine o'clock.
Anyway, they wasted time yesterday, so today they planned to start doing business right from around nine or ten o'clock.
Because they had a lot of money and there was one more person today, Chen Pan tried to wholesale more goods today.
It is indeed much easier to blow up the balloon without having to blow it up immediately.
Anyway, at half past eight, Chen Pan, who had already taken 500 masks, 200 golden hoop sticks, 200 balloons, and 50 small frog toys, took a small rickshaw and headed directly to People's Park.
It only costs ten cents to take the bus from the wholesale market to People's Park.
A regular taxi would cost about one yuan, but the rickshaw driver asked her for eighty cents.
Chen Pan didn't put herself too hard on herself. After taking a rickshaw, she arrived at her destination at almost nine o'clock.
It's still early now, and most of the people who are out for fun are still on their way or haven't set off yet.
So after the three of them carried their things in, Chen Pan took out the pancakes he had brought from home in the morning and shared them with Yang Xiaomei and Yang Xiaofang.
"I brought eggs, you can have some too, Sister Panpan!"
"I've also prepared a water cup and a hat."
Yang Xiaofang and Chen Pan had a slightly distant relationship, but the other party was as polite as her sister, and Chen Pan quickly became familiar with her.
The three of them sat on a bench in the park and ate breakfast together leisurely.
Then they started to count the bills together and inflate the balloons quickly.
After receiving the 35 yuan that Yang Xiaofang immediately handed over, the three of them took turns going to the bathroom, and then Chen Pan told Yang Xiaofang the price of their things.
"A big balloon is three cents, the golden hoop and mask are ten cents each, two small balloons are ten cents each, and this new frog toy is a little more expensive, fifty cents. This thing can wind up and move on its own. Fangfang, your main task today is to sell this, and also to see if anyone has taken anything without paying!"
"Yes, except for the balloons, you can blow up more of them. We'll put most of the other masks and golden cudgels in the plastic bags in the back and take them out as we sell them. Especially the most expensive little frog. Xiaofang, you can only take out five or six at a time. Don't put out too many."
When Chen Pan whispered instructions to Xiaofang, the new girl who came today, Yang Xiaomei, as her elder sister, also gave instructions in a serious manner.
The little girl Xiaofang, who was doing this for the first time, immediately raised her fist seriously: "I understand, I will keep an eye on these frogs and the people outside."
Seeing that the little girl was a little serious, Chen Pan immediately comforted her: "You don't have to be so..."
"Hello sister, how much is this little frog?"
Before Chen Pan could finish his words of comfort, they welcomed their first guest of the day.
"50 cents each, originally 60 cents, but we're in a hurry to process it, so we won't take more!"
She quickly glanced at her good friend, and then Chen Pan, who was in charge of selling the goods, immediately responded with a smile. She then quickly picked up a small frog, quickly twisted the spring at the back twice, and then placed the thing on the small blanket on the ground. This small blanket was also found by Chen Pan when she returned home last night.
"Tick-tick!" The little green frog with the spring on its back immediately moved forward twice in response.
"Wow!!"
"Brother, this is exactly the same as the one Xiao Ming got. His one is said to cost the same!"
The two little kids were very excited together. Their parents were chatting with someone not far away. They must have met someone they knew.
"That's right. Others out there are selling big balloons for fifty cents, but we only charge thirty. These little frogs are 1.8 yuan, but we only charge fifty. It's because we're just junior high school students working part-time, not professional businesspeople. And we don't cheat kindergarten kids!"
Chen Pan, who is extremely shameless, boasts about himself in front of his good friend and his good friend's sister.
Then she quickly gained the trusting looks of the two children in front of her, and also received two crumpled fifty-cent bills from them.
"What did you buy?"
The mother of two children finally came over at this time.
After learning that the toys her two children bought were only 50 cents each, and realizing that the two children did not suffer any loss, she was not satisfied but did not say anything else. She just pulled her two children out quickly.
This was Chen Pan and her team’s first order of the day, and they became very busy after that.
That day, around 4:00 PM, the three of them had sold out everything they had. Of course, the golden cudgel, which had cracked at some point, was not included.
This time, the three of them finally went to a hidden pavilion in the park to divide the money.
Five hundred masks cost fifty yuan, two hundred golden hoop sticks cost twenty yuan, two hundred balloons cost sixty yuan, and fifty little frogs cost twenty-five yuan. There were actually some balloons left over, a gift from the wholesaler, so Chen Pan didn't really count them.
Anyway, after counting out about 160 yuan, Chen Pan didn't bother to mention whether it was capital or not. She simply split it in half, and she and Yang Xiaomei each got 80 yuan.
"Eighty yuan minus thirty-five is our profit today. I'll divide it up like this today. Later on, maybe we can take out the original capital and divide the money into three parts!"
Chen Pan said subconsciously, knowing that dividing the money in this way would definitely be a little unfair.
But as soon as she finished speaking, the two Yang sisters immediately shook their heads at the same time.
"No need, Panpan, this is enough! If it weren't for you, how would we know we could make so much money? And when we sell things, you're basically the one talking to the customers!"
"Yes, Sister Panpan, you can just give us half. You're responsible for picking up the goods and helping us make money. We're not the kind of people who don't know what's right and wrong."
Yang Xiaomei's sister also spoke seriously.
Seeing them like this, Chen Pan didn't say anything more. But later when everyone went to the farmers' market to eat, Chen Pan took the initiative to buy three meals.
In the next few days, the amount of things Chen Pan took out every day gradually increased.
People's Park is also a very magical place. It seems that no matter how much they take, they can buy it all within a day.
In a few days, Chen Pan completely mastered the customer flow here.
The next day, after separating from the two sisters at four o'clock, Chen Pan took the bus directly to the West City Small Commodity Wholesale Market again.
This time, Chen Pan used the three hundred yuan he had recently earned to take out all the things they usually sold.
The next morning, at 7:30, Chen Pan left the store carrying the 600 masks, 250 golden hoop sticks, 300 balloons, and 50 little frogs he was going to sell that day.
After a few days of experimentation, she realized that they could only sell this much in a day.
This number does not mean that the tourists in People's Park can only buy this much, but that the energy of the three of them is limited, and they can only sell this much at most by four or five o'clock in the afternoon.
The wholesale price of 600 masks is 30 yuan, the wholesale price of 250 golden cudgels is 7.5 yuan, the wholesale price of 300 big balloons is 30 yuan, and the wholesale price of 50 small frogs is 10 yuan.
Their initial capital for each shipment is about 80 yuan. After selling everything, they can make about 150 yuan after deducting the initial capital. Now, every night, Chen Pan and Yang Xiaomei each take 75 yuan. Of course, Chen Pan takes 75 yuan alone, and Yang Xiaomei and Yang Xiaofang take 75 yuan together.
So today, Chen Pan took the exact quantity.
Actually, these things are not heavy, but the plastic golden hoop takes up a lot of space and is difficult to carry. So when Chen Pan saw the small bend running outside the store, he didn't hesitate for a second and immediately called the small bend driver in front.
"Panpan, you forgot the pancakes and hot water!" Seeing that she stopped a small scooter, Grandma Chen quickly ran over with a plastic bag and a large water cup that she had prepared long ago.
"And there are hats!!" Grandpa Chen, who was busy selling sesame cakes to customers, also shouted loudly.
"No need for hats, we've been standing in the shade all day."
Chen Pan shouted while putting his things into the small bun. When his grandmother came over, Chen Pan immediately took the stack of pancakes and the super large plastic water cup from her hands.
"You still have to wear the hat. Don't you know that you have turned into a little black kid now?" She raised her hand to take off the hat on her head. After Grandma Chen put the hat on Chen Panpan's head casually, she immediately went to the store to help her husband.
"Panpan, can you come back early tonight?"
After returning to her stall, Grandma Chen couldn't help but shout again.
"Yes, I'll be back around six."
After hurriedly agreeing, Chen Pan immediately sat in the small buggy.
The driver was actually a little annoyed by Chen Pan's slowness, but after getting in the car, Chen Pan said he wanted to go to People's Park. Realizing that the trip would take twenty minutes, the driver smiled and said one yuan, then immediately started the car.
Liuping is very close to People's Park. Even though there was a little traffic jam on the road, Chen Pan took a small rickshaw and arrived at the main gate of People's Park on time at 8 o'clock.
From that day on, Chen Pan finally didn't have to pick up the goods every day.
Even though they knew that the subsequent goods were brought by Chen Pan from home, Yang Xiaomei and her sister came over and first gave Chen Pan half of the wholesale price of all the goods today, and then did business with Chen Pan.
In the next seven or eight days, Chen Pan and his team's daily income remained between 70 and 80 yuan.
Chen Pan always said that they would buy everything every time they came, but it was too early to say that. Later, they also had a few masks and golden cudgels left that were not sold.
But for those who have earned back all their money long ago, a few small items left are nothing.
They earned seventy or eighty yuan a day. During that period, the three businessmen walked with great enthusiasm.
After they had been selling like this for ten days, one day in early August, Chen Pan asked Yang Xiaomei to call his mother, and Chen Pan contacted his neighbor Aunt Yang and her third grandmother.
She told them that she needed help and would give them ten dollars a day if they came.
When they heard that it was about making money, Aunt Yang and Third Grandma, who hadn't seen Chen Pan for a long time, agreed excitedly.
The next morning, they followed Chen Pan's instructions and went to the front of the supply and marketing cooperative at 6:50 to wait for Yang Xiaomei and her daughter.
As for Yang Xiaomei's mother, she saw her daughter doing this every day, so she naturally knew the profit in it. As soon as Chen Pan said that, she immediately followed her daughter over.
Then from the beginning, Chen Pan divided their stall into two.
They were herself and sister Yang Xiaomei. They still came every day, asked Chen Pan about the price, gave Chen Pan half of the cost price, and finally divided the money with Chen Pan at four or five o'clock.
Chen Pan assigned the newcomers, Mama Yang, Grandma San, and Aunt Xiufen, to the park's back entrance. He calculated the quantity and the estimated profit from selling everything beforehand. He then guided them through a long day of selling before finally handing the stall over to the three of them.
Around 4:30, after finishing her shopping and settling the bill with Yang Xiaomei and her sister, Chen Pan would take them to the back entrance of the park to meet Mother Yang, Aunt Xiufen, and Third Grandma. She would then look over their belongings, roughly count all the money, and, after ensuring there wasn't a significant difference, give each of them ten yuan on the spot. For them, Chen Pan considered them temporary employees.
The third grandmother and her family had recently been out of farm work, and they couldn't find a suitable part-time job. So when they received a call from Chen Pan asking them to come over and help sell balloons and masks, they decided to give it a try.
They came here with the mentality of making money if they can, and forget it if they can't, just come here for the fun of it.
Later, I really got the goods from Chen Pan, sold them for a day, and really got ten dollars in the evening.
They immediately took it seriously, and the next day, just like sisters Chen Pan and Yang Xiaomei, they also wore steamed buns, water cups, hats and masks, and came fully armed.
In fact, in this situation, it is obvious that Chen Pan, the junior, hired them.
But they have never had a serious job in their lives, and even if they work as a handyman for four dollars a day, they would still be rejected by others. So they are also very aware of the current situation.
Knowing that Chen Pan would look for them, he was taking care of them.
They kept their mouths shut and followed Fang Qinghua and her daughter to take the 7 o'clock bus early every day and got off early.
After all, Third Grandma was his elder, and Aunt Yang was his neighbor, currently helping him look after the yard and taking care of Xiao Hei. Mother Yang was, after all, the mother of a good friend, so she should have a rough idea of how much she could earn in a day. So, after careful consideration, Chen Pan subsequently raised their wages to 11 yuan, which was considered to cover their lunch.
"Third Grandma, Aunt Xiufen, Aunt Yang, this extra dollar is for your lunch. There's a ramen restaurant and a cold noodle shop behind the park. When it's not crowded, you can take turns going out and have lunch."
Because of the meal, Chen Pan made a special trip to them around noon and told them that each of them could take one yuan from the money they earned from today's sales to go out for lunch.
"Okay, okay! We'll eat, don't worry about us, just go get busy up front!"
In order to sell balloons, Third Grandma, wearing her best clothes, agreed repeatedly.
"Yes, Panpan, you should go back soon. We will each take one dollar and go out to eat later."
After dealing with a little customer next to her, Chen Xiufen, who was dressed neatly and wearing a big hat and mask on her head, quickly agreed.
"Look for your money!" Fang Qinghua, who was the main force here, said after selling a little frog: "Yes, you don't have to worry about us anymore, just go back to the front and get busy."
Everyone knows that the front door is busier than the back door.
Everyone knows that a bowl of beef noodles outside costs only 25 cents, and even cold noodles cost only 60 cents.
Everyone at the scene brought steamed buns and hot tea. It is very likely that no one would go out to eat, and they would just keep the one dollar for themselves. This is something everyone knows.
Anyway, after giving instructions to Third Grandma and the others, Chen Pan didn't dare to delay and immediately went to the front door to get busy.
"This kid is amazing. He knows how to do business at such a young age."
After Chen Pan left, Chen Xiufang couldn't help but say something to the two people around her.
"That's right. Our Panpan is not only good at business, but she is also very good at being a human being."
She took out three yuan from the small bag Chen Pan had given her and gave everyone one yuan openly. Then she said, "Other people doing this kind of business, no matter how much money they make, will only give us six yuan a day at most. How can someone give us eleven yuan a day like she does?"
"Yes, she is taking care of us!" Thinking about the money she earned in the past few days, Chen Xiufen, who was in her thirties, also put the dollar into her trouser pocket in an open and aboveboard manner.
"Indeed!" Fang Qinghua, the only one at the scene who knew the approximate wholesale price of these things and could roughly calculate how much money Chen Pan could earn every day, nodded with an unnatural expression.
Fang Qinghua, who has attended high school, is the one with the most ideas and thinks the most among the three of them.
Tian Tian saw that she earned so much money from selling goods, but Chen Pan only gave her ten yuan in the end. However, her two daughters earned thirty or forty yuan every day. She actually had other thoughts in her mind.
But in the blink of an eye, she saw Chen Pan hiring a cart to bring the things over every morning, and every few days when they went back at four or five o'clock, she would take the bus to the wholesale market alone.
In the end, she said and did nothing.
Anyway, that summer, during the last few days of August, Chen Pan calculated that she had earned around 4,900 yuan. Mother Yang, Aunt Xiufen next door, and Third Grandma had also earned around 300 yuan. As for her friends, the two sisters had probably earned a combined 2,300 yuan.
With such a small business that earns only a few cents, he can earn dozens of yuan a day and three to four thousand yuan a month. This is something Chen Pan would never have dared to imagine in his previous life.
But on the night of August 23, Chen Pan carefully calculated and found that she had earned that much that month.
Count your money carefully and hide it carefully.
Then Chen Pan bent down and pulled out everything from under her bed, starting to pack the items she was going to sell the next day. After a careful inspection, she realized that these items would only last for two days. Chen Pan knew it was time to shut down this small business and tell everyone she was done with it.
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