This is just normal profit.
"You still need a grocery store license."
Xu Bin looked confused: "Why do that? I don't want to open a store."
"I know you don't want to open a store, but even if you don't, you still have to prepare cigarettes, beer, peanuts, sunflower seeds, and drinks in your store. This is also a huge source of income, so don't take it lightly.
"It's not a big deal to earn enough to cover electricity bills, coal costs, and pocket money. You don't need a business license to sell peanuts and sunflower seeds, but where can you get tobacco and alcohol without a license?"
Wan Feng was certain that the money earned from selling cigarettes and beer alone in a year would be enough for Xu Bin to pay for electricity and coal.
A three-story building needs to burn at least four tons of coal a year, and that's not even trying hard. If it burns freely, it will need six tons of coal, and six tons of coal will cost more than five hundred yuan.
I have ten game consoles, and the electricity bill is at least four or five hundred yuan a year.
This will cost about 1,800 yuan.
In the 1990s when individual wholesale departments were on the rise, tobacco companies would not approve cigarettes for you without a license in 1987. Besides, you wouldn't dare to sell cigarettes without a license, as you would be fined if caught.
Xu Bin blinked for a long time.
"Your mother will sell it then. It's just an extra income. If you make a small profit from trading, it's no different."
"Then I'll find Li Quan tomorrow and ask him to help me get a permit."
Wan Feng nodded.
December 2, 1988: Auspicious days for: getting married, obtaining a marriage license, traveling, burial, tourism, offering sacrifices, receiving livestock, starting a wedding, and burial.
Wan Feng found an old almanac and looked through it until tomorrow. There was no news about the opening of a business or anything like that.
Looking further down, the following days do have business openings and so on, but they are all taboos, and the taboo continues until the 5th.
This is fucking weird. It seems I can only use number two.
We can't keep postponing it. Although there are no business openings on the 2nd, it's not a bad day for getting married or traveling.
On the morning of the 2nd, a plaque was hung on the small building of Xu Bin's house. The plaque was covered with red cloth, and the content on the plaque could not be seen.
However, the two red words "Billiards" were posted on the window on the first floor, and the two words "Video" were posted on the window on the second floor.
More than a dozen young men from Xiaoshutun gathered here, with eight large whips spread out on the ground, forming a bright red patch.
If you can't stand the whip upright, you can only put it close to the ground.
Wan Feng presided over the event personally. At 8:58, Wan Feng gave an order and the eight whips were lit almost at the same time.
Amid the deafening sound of firecrackers, the red cloth covering the plaque was removed, revealing five joyous characters: Happy Entertainment City.
This plaque was made overnight in someone's art studio in Wahou last night. It was made using a funny cartoon font as requested by Wan Feng, and it looks very festive.
As the plaque on this side revealed its true appearance, Xu Bin erected a blackboard that was one and a half meters high and one meter wide in front of the door.
Letter: Happy Entertainment City is open for business, and entertainment includes billiards, videos, and electronic games (the machines have not arrived yet).
Three billiard tables for one yuan.
The video starts showing at 7:00 am every day, and the ticket price for two films in half a day is one yuan.
Today is the grand opening day, and we're offering a one-day discount. Video screenings will begin at 9:30 PM, with no clearing during the screenings. Tickets are one yuan for three screenings.
Showing today are the Hunan-Hong Kong comedy Happy Ghost;
Hunan-Hong Kong Gunfight Film: God of Gamblers 1
Hunan and Hong Kong horror film: Zombie Family.
The words on this blackboard were all written by Wan Feng, and the three films were also selected by Wan Feng, one comedy, one gunfight, and one horror.
When the firecrackers went off, the drivers who were staying in various hotels and waiting to transport goods all ran out to watch the fun.
When they saw what kind of business was going on, some drivers immediately ran into the entertainment room to have fun.
Among these drivers, some are transporting instant noodles and some are transporting motorcycles. Because their output is low and most of them are transporting goods, they can only queue up.
Those who are lucky have to wait a day and a night to get a number, while those who are unlucky have to wait three or four days.
They've been sitting here so idle that their balls have grown hair.
It’s interesting to stroll around the Wahou Market once, but it gets boring if you keep doing it.
These drivers are in a very bad state here.
Now there is an entertainment room opened at the door, and these drivers rush in as if they have discovered a new continent without any invitation.
Another reason is that Wan Feng is hosting here. Some drivers don’t know Wan Feng yet, but some drivers know him. Since Wan Feng is the most influential platform, they have to go in and spend a few cents to show their support.
So, after the firecrackers stopped going off and the sign was opened, seventy or eighty people rushed into the small building.
In a short while, the video tickets alone sold more than 70 yuan.
Xu Bin was dumbfounded. The three pool tables could accommodate six people, and if three people could sit on a bench in the video room on the second floor, there would be fifteen chairs in total, which could seat forty-five people.
The room can accommodate more than 50 people in total, but now 60 or 70 people have flocked into the video room, leaving no room for them to sit.
When he bought the benches, he never thought that so many people could get in. He thought it would be good if twenty or thirty people could get in for a video recording.
It’s too late to regret buying too little now.
I don't expect these drivers to be so open-minded.
"It's okay, we can just stand and watch, and we can also exercise our legs while standing."
"Yeah! I've been either lying down or sitting down all day, and my butt is all sore."
There was no room for anyone to stand here, so Wan Feng immediately sent two young men named An Bo and Li Jun from Xiaoshu Village to push a two-wheeled cart to the Wahou market to buy twenty long-legged plastic stools.
There's no need to wait until half past nine if so many people come in at once. Wan Feng inserted the God of Gamblers movie into the VCR.
The TV is placed on a table one and a half meters high, which is high enough so that you can watch it even if you are sitting in the back row.
As the video was released, the drivers quieted down.
But the silence only lasted for a moment before all kinds of sounds began to emanate.
"Boss! Two bags of sunflower seeds, please."
"Boss, two bottles of soda!"
"Boss, give me a pack of Red Plum cigarettes!"
Xu Bin didn't have these things, so he had to go to the store outside to buy them.
It was only then that he realized that there was indeed a market for importing cigarettes, alcohol and beverages.
Once you have sold your tickets, you don't need to watch the video hall anymore, unless someone comes in to change the tape.
Now that it was a new machine and a new tape, it was unlikely that the VCR head was dirty, so Wan Feng did not stay in the video room, but watched other drivers play billiards downstairs.
Those drivers who have had experience with typhoons will still react, while those who have not will just be confused.
If you encounter such a Wan Feng, you have to take charge of the professor.
Playing billiards is very addictive. If you get addicted to it, you can play it all day long.
Don’t underestimate the three machines for one dollar. If you play quickly, you can play one machine in a few minutes. If you play slowly, it will still be 10 points or 8 points.
If there are people playing on a billiard table all the time, it is not difficult to make more than ten dollars a day.
Half an hour later, An Bo and Li Jun bought back twenty plastic stools, and those who were standing in the video room sat down.
The only sounds in the room besides the movie were the crackling of sunflower seeds.
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