Chapter 7 I Don't Regret What I Do
"Thirty, impossible, I won't sell it."
Upon hearing the other party's offer, the middle-aged boss widened his eyes and directly refused.
Are you kidding? He bought this wooden cabinet for twenty dollars. If he sells it for thirty dollars, he won’t even be able to make back his labor costs.
"Boss, I dare say that you may not be able to sell this broken wooden cabinet even after a year. Who knows what the wooden cabinet will look like after a year. Besides, it takes up too much space in your store. No matter how you calculate it, it's not cost-effective for you. Wouldn't it be better if I help you get rid of it?"
Although he was trying to lower the price, Zhou Anan's face was full of polite smiles.
In business, all it takes is a calm mind.
There's nothing he can do about it. He has so little money that he has to save every penny.
"Okay, you can take the thirty-five. If you don't agree, forget it."
"Okay, I want it."
After taking a serious look at the young man in front of him, the middle-aged boss pondered for a few seconds, added five dollars, and agreed to the deal.
After all, air conditioning is the bulk of his income in July and August. This broken wooden cabinet takes up too much space in the store, and he feels uncomfortable when he sees it.
It’s okay to earn fifteen dollars now.
Nowadays, young people are very shrewd and it’s hard to do business.
"Boss, I'll give you another five bucks and help me deliver it to the opposite side of Gongshang Supermarket, how about that?"
Buying the wooden cabinet at such a price, Zhou Anan smiled slightly in her heart and added a sentence.
Asking him to find someone else to transport it is not just a matter of five dollars, not to mention that his time is very urgent.
"Gongshang Supermarket? Okay, give me a hand."
The deal was done, and the middle-aged boss didn't waste any more time and started moving the wooden cabinet onto the small tricycle at the door.
The straight-line distance was only 500 meters, and the tricycle that ignored the rule of going against the flow arrived in the blink of an eye, but it also scared Zhou Anan, who was sitting in the back, so much that he broke out in a cold sweat.
As a successful person who is bound to achieve a well-off life, Zhou Anan thinks that he should stay away from tricycles and cherish his life in the future.
"Boy, where is your master?"
After chatting for a while on the way, the middle-aged boss looked at the pile of tables and chairs that appeared on the open space at the corner and couldn't help but ask out of curiosity.
I really don’t know which family trained this young man. He is so good at bargaining.
"My dad and his family are out buying groceries. Boss, come over for barbecue when you're free tonight."
As if she had expected this, Zhou Anan began to solicit business calmly and handed the other party a cigarette.
If it were when she had just graduated in her previous life, Zhou Anan would blush when talking to strangers, especially when she personally handed out flyers for the tutoring class when it first started. That experience was simply sour.
People are forced to do things. If a person has social phobia, it means that he has definitely not experienced social friction.
No matter how strange your problem is, it will naturally heal itself after some friction in society.
Of course, there are also those who cannot recover, and either rely on their parents for support or starve to death.
"Wow, I didn't expect there's a barbecue here. Okay, when I'm free in the evening, I'll call a few people over to join in the fun."
I didn't expect that there was a barbecue stall in this place. It looked like it was going to be quite large. The middle-aged man who took the cigarette was naturally quite interested.
If the barbecue tastes good, it will be a good place to go when you are bored at night.
"Okay, I'll give you a 10% discount then."
Zhou Anan said with a smile as she and the other party moved the wooden cabinet down, handing over forty yuan.
As Zhou Anan calculated the planned expenses, she couldn't help but feel a pang in her heart.
"Okay."
The middle-aged man looked at the money in his hand and put it into his trouser pocket. He smiled and waved with a cigarette in his mouth, then got on his tricycle and left.
"call."
Putting down the two large bags of vegetables and meat in his hands, Zhou Anan wiped the sweat from his head.
Fortunately, the vegetable market is just opposite, otherwise it would be unbearable in this hot weather.
Looking at the clock hanging in the store next door, Zhou Anan, who felt that time was running out, didn't care about his T-shirt that was soaked with sweat, and ran to the small department store opposite. After spending ten minutes bargaining and taking advantage of the 10% discount on barbecue in the first week of opening, he bought 23 iron plates and 20 small iron plates for 66 yuan, and asked the store to give him three rolls of plastic wrap as well.
In addition, Zhou Anan bought six power strips and eight light bulbs, spending another sixty-five yuan.
The start-up capital was poured out like water.
"Big brother, drink some water."
Just as Zhou Anan was covering the wooden cabinet with plastic wrap and preparing to put the dishes on the plates, a girl's voice sounded beside him.
"Who are you?"
Turning his head to look at the slightly plump but pretty girl, Zhou Anan felt that she looked a little familiar and couldn't help but stay on her protruding part for a few seconds.
She is less than 1.6 meters tall, with a fair face with a little baby fat, a ponytail, and good legs. Her place is not big.
It seemed that he had seen the other person before, but he couldn't remember it for the moment.
Who was it? It left a deep impression on him.
"My mother asked me to bring you a bottle of water, in case you are dehydrated and faint."
The girl said with a smile, a sly look in her eyes.
She rarely saw high school students with such an image. Although the sweaty look on his forehead did not look good, even a little ugly, he was not annoying.
"Thanks."
Looking at Aunt Chen who was waving at him with a smile in the cake shop, Zhou Anan took the water from her and thanked her.
After studying the other party's geometric conditions, Zhou Anan decided not to think about irrelevant things for the time being.
Making money comes first.
"Big brother, are you going to open a barbecue restaurant?"
The girl asked casually, turning around with her hands behind her back and looking at the furnishings around her.
When she talked about eating, her eyes lit up.
"Yes, you are welcome to come over for barbecue tonight. I will give you a 20% discount."
Zhou Anan could recite the tricks to attract customers fluently.
There was no way. It was his first time doing this business and he had no idea how things would develop in the future. It was always good to get one more customer.
How much you earn depends on God's will.
"Okay, it's only 20% off."
He waved his hand and made the number eight, then the girl pouted in dissatisfaction.
This action seems so familiar, but I can't remember where it is.
"Fifty percent off, it can't be any lower."
Putting aside that weird thought, Zhou Anan's eyes swept across a certain height in front of him and directly gave the biggest discount.
Any lower and his profit would be less than 100 percent.
This is still the case given the good-looking little girl in front of him. Of course, the most important thing is that he has no idea whether the barbecue stall has any business.
There was no other way. His start-up capital could only support these small businesses. He thought that the barbecue stall had the highest cost-benefit ratio so far. Who told him not to remember those lottery numbers? Otherwise, he would be a multi-millionaire in a few minutes and reach the pinnacle of life.
"Then it's settled, 50% off, no regrets. When the time comes, I'll ask my classmates to come over and help you with the business."
I didn't expect the other party to be so generous, the girl said with a smile.
"I, Zhou Anan, will never regret anything I do."
Zhou Anan replied casually as she started to sort out the vegetables in the big bag.
(End of this chapter)
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