Chapter 3: Start Stocking Up
Gu Nian wanted to stock up, and the amount she needed to purchase was terrifying. It would be too eye-catching to transport so many things to her villa. For this reason, Gu Nian went out to rent a warehouse the next day. This time, she specially changed the agency to rent the warehouse to avoid being noticed by those with ulterior motives.
The warehouse was built in the suburbs. Gu Nian paid two months' rent first. A warehouse of 500 square meters cost only 8,000 yuan for two months. Only then did Gu Nian start to place orders. In order to receive the goods as soon as possible, she searched online for grain processing factories near Jiangcheng. These factories also had their own online stores. Gu Nian bought 5,000 kilograms of Northeast rice, 5,000 kilograms of pearl rice, 2,000 kilograms of flour, 500 kilograms of mung beans, 500 kilograms of red beans, 500 kilograms of soybeans, 500 kilograms of cornmeal, 500 kilograms of dried noodles, and 200 kilograms of glutinous rice noodles.
Gu Nian counted on her fingers and realized that she had stocked up on staple food. She quickly bought meat and seasonings, planning to buy fresh meat last. The first thing to buy was canned food. Canned food can be kept for at least three years if it is not opened. In the end times, even if it is kept for five or eight years, people will still eat it. How can we not have more of this kind of meat that is easy to store? Jiangcheng does not have a large canning factory, but Yangcheng, the capital of the province where Jiangcheng is located, has one. It is only four hours' drive from Yangcheng to Jiangcheng.
Gu Nian contacted the canning factory in Yangcheng and bought 10,000 cans of luncheon meat, dace with black beans, braised beef, braised pork, spiced yellow croaker, sardines in tomato sauce and other canned meats. Each can was the largest one-pound size! What surprised her even more was that she didn't expect that this canning factory also produced canned fruits and vegetables, and the varieties were also very rich, including apples, yellow peaches, citrus, corn, green beans, Chinese cabbage, etc. What else can she say? Another 10,000. When Gu Nian asked, she learned that this canning factory used the latest processing method and the food could be preserved for at least ten years. According to the workshop director of the processing factory, "As long as it is not opened and not exposed to the sun, it should be edible for 20 to 30 years. Don't worry!"
Gu Nian originally thought that since she was going to buy so many things, the canning factory would ask about their uses. She even made up a story, saying that she ran a food factory and so on. Unexpectedly, the other party only asked about the delivery address and payment method. She simply said that the goods could be shipped on the same day and would be received the day after tomorrow at the latest.
Yes, it was a legal transaction with money, and the quantity of canned food she bought was not a large order for such a large processing plant. Seeing that the staple food and vegetables and meat had been stockpiled, Gu Nian finally felt relieved. The shadow of knowing that the end of the world was coming had finally receded a little.
In addition to these items, Gu Nian also needed to purchase a large number of clothes. Considering that the temperature was about to drop sharply, Gu Nian wanted to take the opportunity to make a fortune, so she simply found a down jacket manufacturer in the north on the Internet and bought 2,000 down jackets at a purchase price of 180 yuan per piece. Then Gu Nian began to purchase underwear, cotton shirts, sweaters, coats, down jackets, furs, winter clothes, heat-insulating clothes, etc. She began to place orders crazily.
After buying clothes, Gu Nian started to buy tissues, toilet paper, soap, toothbrush, toothpaste, shampoo, shower gel, towels, stainless steel basins and other daily necessities. Of course, she also bought 20 quilts, 20 electric blankets, 20 blankets, various fabrics, needles and threads, and sewing machines. If you really have no other choice, you can make your own clothes. As for how to use a sewing machine? Then you can learn it by looking at the manual. If you are really pushed to that point, you will naturally learn it.
Gu Nian also remembered to buy feminine hygiene products. However, the shelf life of feminine hygiene products is only about three years. If it exceeds this time, it is easy to cause infection. Therefore, Gu Nian did not stock up too much. She directly bought three years of tampons and then bought hundreds of menstrual cups. She planned to learn to use menstrual cups when the time comes, which are more suitable for long-term life.
All medicines were also purchased online. Oral cold medicines, painkillers, stomach medicines, antidiarrheal medicines, antibiotics, as well as external bandages, iodine, Yunnan Baiyao, erythromycin ointment, and eye drops, these common medicines, Gu Nian bought them in large quantities, even changing several shopping websites, but even so, Gu Nian still felt it was not enough, and some anti-inflammatory drugs could not be purchased online at all, so she wrote down a list and planned to go to different pharmacies every day to buy them.
These things cost Gu Nian nearly 800,000 yuan, of which the biggest part was the 2,000 down jackets that Gu Nian had hoarded, which cost him 360,000 yuan. Gu Nian only had about 1.2 million yuan in cash left.
Gu Nian plans to use this cash to renovate the villa, which is a bottomless pit, but having a comfortable doomsday fortress will undoubtedly greatly increase the probability of survival.
Gu Nian met the head of the decoration team, Lao Liu, in the villa. Lao Liu was introduced by Xiao Huang, the agent who sold the villa to Gu Nian.
Lao Liu and Xiao Huang came together. Gu Nian told Lao Liu about his needs for villa renovation.
Old Liu has received quite a few clients, but this is the first time he has heard such a strange request. "Do you want to insulate the house? And do it according to the best effect?" Old Liu hesitated when he heard this. He looked at the owner of the villa opposite, a young girl in her early twenties, who was about the same age as his daughter. He couldn't help but remind her tactfully: "Miss Gu, in fact, the general insulation layer can only increase the temperature by 5 to 8 degrees. It doesn't matter whether it is done in a southern city like Jiangcheng. If you must install an insulation layer, in fact, an ordinary one is enough. The latest type of insulation layer can only increase the temperature by about 25 degrees, which is about the same effect as air conditioning, but the cost is more than twice that of the general one."
This is much better than Gu Nian expected! Gu Nian lived in the north before, and she had only heard that some high-end environmentally friendly buildings would add a layer of insulation to the exterior walls to increase the indoor temperature, so she thought about modifying her villa in the same way. Unexpectedly, it really worked! And it can be raised by 15 degrees! Gu Nian's eyes lit up when she heard this. Wouldn't this increase the probability of survival in the cold wave? She made a prompt decision: "Uncle Liu, I will use this latest material."
Since the customer had said so firmly, Lao Liu stopped trying to persuade him. He had explained the effect clearly to the customer, and he could make a fortune by making this latest material. Lao Liu said cheerfully, "Okay, since you have made up your mind, I will make it. This latest insulation layer is not made of foam, but a new alloy, which is a technology passed down from the Bear Country. Now in our country, only a few people in the coldest places in the Northeast use it!"
That's great, this is exactly the technology we want! Gu Nian discussed with Lao Liu. In addition to the insulation layer, she also planned to install floor heating throughout the house. She also planned to replace all the glass in the house with sturdy bulletproof glass and affix anti-peep film. Not only that, she also wanted to surround the villa with a three-meter-high concrete and reinforced wall, install iron doors on the wall, and set up a video surveillance system. The main door of the villa should also be replaced with a heavy iron anti-theft door. As for the top floor of the villa, she wanted to install a whole floor of solar panels, with the goal of being able to drive all the electrical appliances in the house with solar energy alone, and the basement of the villa needed to be converted into a warehouse and bedroom, and floor heating would also be installed. Not only that, she also wanted to install a water circulation system.
After listening to Gu Nian's request, Lao Liu felt that his eyes were opened. This girl didn't want a gorgeous villa at all, she wanted a fortress! But after all, the one who paid was the boss. After Lao Liu slowly adapted to Gu Nian's request, he began to responsibly help Gu Nian plan and implement her goals.
According to Gu Nian's needs, Lao Liu roughly divided them into four needs: security, heat preservation, power circulation, and water circulation. To this end, Lao Liu proposed to install two wind turbines in the garden of the villa based on Gu Nian's idea. In this way, in conjunction with the solar generator, it can provide more electricity, and at night, the wind turbine can also provide some electricity.
Old Liu's suggestion of wind power generation was just a joke. After all, the wind in Jiangcheng was not strong, and installing a wind turbine was a bit useless. It was like spending a lot of money on a small matter. Unexpectedly, Gu Nian agreed immediately! Gu Nian was thinking that after the end of the world, extreme weather would occur frequently. When the cold wave came, it was often accompanied by strong winds, and the sunlight would be weakened by the wind and snow. At that time, it would be more reassuring to have two wind turbines.
Seeing that Gu Nian agreed to install two wind turbines, Lao Liu was completely convinced that she was a rich second-generation with a lot of money and no brains, so he proposed an even more exaggerated idea, such as digging a closed underground well in the villa, and then entering the water circulation system of the house, so that even if the water supply is cut off, groundwater or external water sources can be used.
When Gu Nian heard this, he was overjoyed and praised repeatedly: "Okay, this is good, arrange it!"
When the renovation plan for the villa was completely finalized, Lao Liu calculated that including all the equipment, materials and manpower, a total of one million yuan would be needed, which was a huge sum of money. Gu Nian did not bargain, but just asked Lao Liu: "Can you finish it in 20 days, with guaranteed quality and quantity?"
Old Liu asked for a full million yuan, but his actual psychological price was about 800,000 yuan. Unexpectedly, Gu Nian did not bargain, but asked about the construction period as soon as she opened her mouth. Old Liu immediately understood that this girl was not short of money, but wanted to work quickly. Thinking of the extra 200,000 yuan in profit, he gritted his teeth and agreed. At most, he could work overtime day and night. If he wanted to earn more, he had to endure hardships!
Gu Nian was relieved when she heard that. What she was most worried about now was that she would be too late. She was racing against time. When the end of the world came, money would become less and less valuable. It was worth spending one million to get a shelter.
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