Chapter 103 Chapter 103 Wen Qian The next morning...
Wen Qian got up early the next morning and walked towards the supermarket on the corner that had not yet opened, following the direction indicated by the system map.
Looking at the gray building in front of him with the words [Unlocked] displayed, Wen Qian felt a little bit of anticipation.
She had experienced similar stages when playing this game before—but at that time, she had only unlocked industries like hardware stores and stationery stores.
Therefore, there is no reference point. Different industries have corresponding task chains. Hardware stores correspond to puzzle games, and stationery stores correspond to educational games.
She had never been to a supermarket before, so she was naturally more curious.
【Supermarket——Unlocked Successfully】
The gray building was covered with bright colors in the next second, the lighting and air conditioning inside started up, and the door lock disappeared at the same time.
The closed supermarket opens its doors to the players.
The player stepped into the supermarket and looked at the scene inside with great anticipation. The moment his eyes fell, his expression became blank.
The supermarket shelves were as blank as her expression.
Judging from the number of shelves, this supermarket is quite large. The scale of a noodle shop and a supermarket cannot be compared at all.
There are more shelves, but where are the goods?!
Wen Qian subconsciously looked towards the cashier counter. There was a row of cashier counters neatly arranged, with all the necessary cashier facilities.
But there is a dilemma similar to that of the shelves - there is no one.
Wen Qian, confused, walked around the supermarket. His physical strength dropped a lot, and he couldn't find any useful information from this empty shell.
【Supermarket Mission——Inspection (Completed)
Reward: Experience Points +100, Letter × 1]
An extremely large arrow appeared in Wen Qian's sight, pointing directly at the cashier counter.
This is probably the system prompt, right?
The player, who was still confused about the new features, quickly walked to the cashier.
A yellowed letter lay quietly on the cash register.
Wen Qian picked up the letter and pulled out the letter paper inside.
Dear Wen Qian:
The moment you see this letter, I have good news and bad news to tell you.
I am a relative you have never met.
Remember the [click here to customize the name] supermarket that I used to run?
I recently fell seriously ill and am unable to arrange the affairs of the supermarket. After some secret investigation, I decided to entrust the supermarket to you.
Although you are still in school and are very busy, you may not have time to manage the supermarket and you don’t have any relevant experience, but I still decided to hand over the [click here to customize the name] supermarket to you because of trust!
Running a supermarket is not difficult. You only need to [check after receiving the task] to easily solve the problems you encounter.
Oh, by the way, I’ve been talking for so long that I haven’t had time to tell you the rest of the bad news.
The supermarket was not doing well. Simply put, it was going bankrupt.
That’s about it. I wish you good luck in your studies.
——Relative A who suffers from illness】
Player: ...
If it goes bankrupt, leave it to her. Do they know each other?
Oh yeah, they've never met.
When Wen Qian saw the supermarket's business model, he had already guessed several possible situations.
Management games always allow characters to take over an industry in various inexplicable ways.
They can be broadly categorized as [traditional inheritance by relatives] [mysterious treasure clue] [neighbor/friend commission] [debt redemption]
Wen Qian didn't expect that he would draw the most common relative inheritance type.
It seems that the game is still an old tradition.
Although he had a premonition, Wen Qian still remained silent for a few seconds when he saw the letter.
After accepting the task, a pop-up window popped up to name the supermarket. Wen Qian was never good at naming, so he raised his hand and clicked on a random store name, then focused his attention on the task introduction that followed.
Supermarket (non-upgradeable) - ongoing daily operations
Please place the goods on the shelves and get the profit after the goods are sold.
It was a very concise and clear introduction, and players smiled when they saw the word "profit".
It turned out to be a fully automatic gold coin generator. She welcomes this kind of building and wants as many as she wants!
The supermarket panel is very simple, with only three sections - purchasing/stocking/recruitment.
Wen Qian opened the purchasing panel and saw a densely packed list of unlocked icons in front of him. In the large area of gray, only one icon was pitifully lit.
Canned Coke
Player: ...Honestly, this thing will go bankrupt.
The initial inventory of Coke was 20, and after all of it was put on the shelves, the supermarket did not seem to be doing well.
If the supermarket before could barely be considered as not open, it now looks like it is being sold off due to bankruptcy.
It’s even worse that they can only sell Coke.
Wen Qian, who was counting on the supermarket to make money for her, immediately found a place to sit down and started playing Candy Crush.
The way supermarkets purchase goods is to play small games.
No cost, pure profit.
Players are happy to do business that makes a lot of money without any investment.
The first few dozen levels of Candy Crush are almost free. A new product is unlocked every five levels, and the points earned in the levels can be used to exchange for goods.
Players immersed in the mini-game have gradually forgotten their original purchasing goals.
Even though the points were piling up, there was still only a small amount of Coke on the shelves, but this did not affect sales.
Every customer who entered the store had a Coke icon floating above their head. After getting the Coke, they would consciously pay at the cashier where Wen Qian was sitting.
The conventional routine of the business game is that customers who come in will only buy what the players unlock.
As for why such a large supermarket only has Coke, and every customer who comes in only wants to buy Coke, don't worry about it.
As the game progresses, other product icons light up, and the products that customers want to buy also change.
They don't just want to buy Coke now, occasionally two of them want to buy some milk or some wrenches.
——————
Jiang Zhi glanced at the eggs in the mixing bowl, turned around to get some milk, but found that the milk in the refrigerator was all used up.
He frowned slightly, put the mixing bowl into the refrigerator, picked up the mobile phone beside him and walked out the door.
In order to prevent him from meeting any irrelevant people on his date with Wen Qian today, he invited Wen Qian to his house for dinner.
He definitely cannot cook the meals. It is safer to leave this matter to professionals. He only needs to be responsible for the dessert after the meal.
The cake needed to be made in advance, and Jiang Zhi, who didn't notice that the milk was out, was about to go out to buy some.
Pure milk is sold in the convenience store downstairs, but Jiang Zhi couldn't find a brand that tasted better. Not wanting to compromise, he turned around and went out, deciding to go to the supermarket.
It should be sold in supermarkets.
The supermarket he usually goes to is a bit far from here. When he reached the corner of the street, Jiang Zhi paused slightly.
When did a new supermarket open here? Did it open during the two days when he was away?
Jiang Zhi, feeling that it was easier now, raised his head and prepared to memorize the name of the supermarket.
The moment he saw the name clearly, his expression froze for a moment.
——Sinister Beef Noodles 9513974
Is this...the name of the supermarket?
I was about to slow down my steps as I was about to enter the supermarket. Why did this supermarket look a little abnormal?
With a bit of doubt in his mind, Jiang Zhi walked into the supermarket with a very strange name.
Something even stranger happened.
——The empty shelves can be seen clearly from the door. On the only shelf with goods, milk, orange juice and cola are placed at random intervals.
There are also two wrenches in the middle.
It seems that all the belongings are placed on this shelf.
"I'm stuck and I have to spend money to unlock hints?!"
A voice filled with grief and disbelief reached Jiang Zhi's ears. He paused and turned to look in the direction of the voice.
Wen Qian?
Wen Qian, who was sitting behind the cashier counter, lowered his head and held his mobile phone, without even glancing at the customers queuing in front of him, which formed a stark contrast with the small sign of smiling service hanging behind him.
Jiang Zhi was slightly stunned. Is Wen Qian working part-time?
No, not at all.
He turned around and walked towards the only shelf with goods, which was right next to the cash register, so he didn't have to take an extra step.
After randomly picking up two bottles of milk, Jiang Zhi walked towards the cashier.
Wen Qian seemed to know that someone was coming to see her. The moment Jiang Zhi came over, she put down the little game that made her resentful and raised her head.
——In fact, I just received a system notification that the milk was sold out.
"Jiang Zhi?" Wen Qian looked at him in surprise. She glanced at the milk in his hand and asked, "Are you here to buy something?"
"There's no milk. I'll buy some."
Jiang Zhi glanced at the cash register equipment next to Wen Qian, which had not even been turned on. He was silent for two seconds and walked around to the self-service checkout machine on the other side.
"That's great, let's go back together." Wen Qian put away his phone.
If a mini-game is stuck, the first thing you need to do is to put it aside. It is obviously unwise to directly charge money.
Maybe if I play it again after a while, I can complete it?
Jiang Zhi was stunned.
He glanced at the customers still queuing and the empty supermarket except for Wen Qian, then paused: "Is it okay to leave now?"
"It's okay, I can just hire two cashiers." Wen Qian waved his hand.
Hiring cashier now?
Is it really too late?
Jiang Zhi, who had just been thinking that Wen Qian was more like a boss than a part-time worker, fell silent after hearing her say that she wanted to recruit employees on the spot.
He looked at Wen Qian, who was holding a mobile phone and seemed to be about to post recruitment information on the spot, and didn't know what to say for a moment.
…Forget it, I’ll just give you a side reminder later.
He immediately began to doubt the origin of the supermarket's name - it seemed like Wen Qian's naming style.
Although Jiang Zhi had never seen her name anything, his intuition told him so.
Wen Qian, who had just said he was looking for a cashier, quickly put down his phone and said nonchalantly, "I suddenly feel like we don't really need a cashier here."
"Let's just go!"
Damn game, why are these cashiers so expensive and they even have to pay gold coins for their salary.
Wen Qian felt his wallet trembling at the sight of it.
The player immediately changed his mind about hiring employees. It didn’t really matter whether they were employees or not.
Anyway, there is a self-service checkout machine, which is enough.
Jiang Zhi glanced at the customers who didn't care about Wen Qian's departure and were still queuing to pay, then looked at Wen Qian who had walked in front of him and was about to leave the supermarket, and he seemed to be unable to speak.
Although there are indeed projects like unmanned supermarkets, the supermarket in front of us doesn't look like it is going in that direction.
Unlike an unmanned supermarket, this place is simply unmanned.
A very simple supermarket that is maintained by the trust between people.
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