Chapter 37
Nowadays, many college students like to stay in their dormitories playing games. They are too lazy to go out to get food or even to pick up the express delivery.
Currently, the most popular food restaurant in the school forum is Kangle Box Restaurant. Every day, people discuss the food at Kangle Box Restaurant in the forum.
A plan to make money quietly emerged in Yan Zifeng's mind, and he planned to go back and plan it carefully.
They waited in line for nearly twenty minutes before they were able to buy lunch boxes. As the restaurant was already full of customers, they were too lazy to look for seats and had to take their lunch boxes back to the dormitory to eat.
Xu Haidao said that they were enjoying the meal very much, as happy as children eating candies.
"Finally I can eat meat in big mouthfuls. It feels so good! The aroma of beer is amazing, and paired with the fresh and fragrant duck meat, it is simply a delicacy on earth."
"I like the crispy pork the most. It's crispy and fragrant. I can finish a whole plate of it."
"Today I had braised pork trotters and stir-fried pork intestines. Next time I want to have sweet and sour pork and cola duck. I want to try all the dishes at the Box Restaurant."
Several people began to discuss going to a box lunch restaurant together next time. Xu Haidao planned to take the girl he had a crush on with him. He thought that if the girl ate such a delicious box lunch, she would definitely be very happy.
Lu Guangfeng and Li Chaohao, two lazy guys, kept complaining that the Box Restaurant was too far away. If it were any other delicious food, they would definitely be too lazy to eat there. But because the food in the Box Restaurant was so delicious, even they, as lazy guys, became active in eating delicious food.
"It's a pity that the Hezi Restaurant is in the suburbs, and there is no delivery service in the suburbs. Otherwise, it would be more convenient to order takeout directly."
"I never thought that the boxed lunch would become a motivation for a homebody like me to go out. I can play games less, but I have to eat the delicious boxed lunch."
As they chatted, they turned to ask Yan Zifeng: "Brother Feng, do you want to come together next time?"
After finishing his lunch box, Yan Zifeng was sitting down thinking about how to make money. He already had a preliminary plan.
Take action immediately after making a plan. Yan Zifeng opened the school forum and prepared to post.
Running in the wind: [Dear seniors, does anyone want to buy lunch boxes from Kangle Box Restaurant? I can help buy them for you. The purchase fee is 5 yuan. If you need anything, please PM me! ]
When writing this, Yan Zifeng thought of another question: Is five yuan a copy a bit expensive? After all, the financial level of college students is limited.
But if the price is too low, he feels it is not worth it. After thinking it over, Yan Zifeng decided to set the price and charge a five-yuan agency fee. If there are no orders, he will consider whether to lower the price.
Yan Zifeng received a lot of replies as soon as he posted the post.
The Third Prince of Haijingyuan: [Damn, I didn’t expect that there are really people doing the business of buying lunch boxes for others. I just saw a post this morning asking for help buying lunch boxes.]
Physical fitness test, please get out of the world: [Hahahahaha, because you college students are too lazy, our school not only has people to help collect express deliveries, but now also has people to buy lunch boxes for you, which is amazing! ]
Orange doesn't like to eat pears: [Classmate, you have a business mind. There are really many lazy people. I think your business is feasible. When many boys play games, let alone go out to eat, they are too lazy to even go downstairs to the cafeteria. ]
Then, some comments began to appear under the post, saying that the purchasing fees were too high.
Throw away your worries: [A lunch box with two meat dishes and one vegetable dish at Kangle Restaurant is only 14 yuan, but you charge 5 yuan for the purchase. This is too expensive. ]
The elegant and graceful female leader: [It is indeed very expensive. Usually when we order takeout, many of them do not charge for delivery. Five dollars is too expensive. If it were cheaper, I might have ordered it.]
No. 25 basketball uniform: [I originally wanted to order one, but when I saw that it would cost an extra five dollars for a purchase, I immediately gave up. It’s so expensive, I’d rather buy it myself, and it only costs two dollars to take the bus there and back.]
Ruhutianyi: [Oh my god, five dollars is too expensive, this is robbing us, our college students' money is not blown by the wind. ]
For a while, all the college students in the comments complained that the purchasing fee was too expensive, and those who didn’t think it was expensive before also started to complain, and they all hoped that the poster could lower the price.
Yan Zifeng had been reading the comments, and seeing that so many people complained that it was too expensive, he began to consider whether to reduce the price to four yuan per serving.
When he was about to lower the price, he found someone speaking up for him in the comments.
Pray for me to win the prize: [Actually, I think five dollars is not very expensive. I am willing to spend five dollars to have a delicious lunch without going out. ]
liuyuan: [I am willing to do that too. If I go to buy it myself, I will not only have to take a bus, but also have to queue up. And queuing up will waste a lot of time, and time is money. The price set by the host is very conscientious. Otherwise, you can go online to find a runner, the price will be higher.]
Seven Dinosaurs: [I also think it’s not expensive. A lunch box with two meat dishes and one vegetable dish costs 14 yuan plus a 5 yuan shopping fee, a total of only 19 yuan. Think about it, can you buy such a delicious lunch box in the city for 19 yuan? ]
Want to eat ostrich eggs: [What the above poster said is very right, I want to order one, I have sent you a private message, please reply to me quickly. ]
Yan Zifeng, who was originally planning to lower the price, stopped immediately. He opened the private messages and found that six netizens had already sent him private messages.
Yan Zifeng only planned to help buy ten portions at a time. If he bought too many, he would be too busy. He was not greedy. He made five yuan for one portion and fifty yuan for ten portions. Anyway, he went to the Heya lunch box every day, so making fifty yuan by the way was not bad.
When he was a freshman, Yan Zifeng worked part-time, helping to distribute flyers, working so hard that he only earned 20 yuan an hour. In comparison, making money by buying lunch boxes for others was quite easy.
Yan Zifeng has already made up his mind. He wants to earn some money by helping to buy lunch boxes so that he can go traveling during the holidays.
After thinking about it, Yan Zifeng posted another comment.
Running in the Wind: [I can only bring ten copies at a time. Now there are only four vacancies left. If you want to come and send me a private message quickly. ]
Less than two minutes after the comment was sent, Yan Zifeng received many private messages one after another.
Lime flavored drink: [If you think it’s too expensive, don’t order it. I don’t think it’s too expensive. Please read my private message.]
Coco Champion: [Original Poster, I have sent you a private message, please reply to me quickly! ]
Lululuoluo: [Damn! Only ten copies, this is too little, OP, please look at me!!!]
Yan Zifeng received too many private messages, so he sent a group QR code to the ten netizens who sent private messages the fastest. He wanted to add these customers who ordered lunch boxes to the group.
Then I posted a comment in the forum post: [Classmates, the 10-person queue is full, please stop sending me private messages. If you have sent private messages but have not received a reply, you may be behind the 10th person.]
Yan Zifeng specially opened a group for the lunch box purchasing business, the group name is: [Kangle lunch box purchasing group]
Netizens who received the group QR code joined the group one after another, and the group suddenly became lively.
Mengqi Linlin: [I'm here. How do I order a lunch box? I want to buy two meat dishes and one vegetable dish, with braised pork trotters, crispy pork, and mixed black fungus.]
Mr. Ah Hua: [Boss, do you want to pay first? ]
Cheng Cheng wants to eat: [Group leader, please come out and tell us what the process is. ]
Soon all ten customers joined the group, and Yan Zifeng prepared to speak in the group.
Yan Zifeng: [Dear guests, don't worry. I will start a chain game in a moment. You can write down the dishes you want to buy and the dormitory building number, and then send me a red envelope with the lunch price plus a five-yuan purchase fee.]
Yan Zifeng was very thoughtful and sent a menu of Kanglehe Restaurant in the group.
The guests in the group were very active and soon started to chat in the group.
Mr. Ahua: [#Solid Dragon
1. Ah Hua: Cola duck, braised pork trotters, stir-fried pork intestines and spicy and sour potato shreds, Building 11B.
Niu Junyi: [#Solid Dragon
1. Mr. Hua: Cola duck, braised pork trotters, stir-fried pork intestines and spicy and sour shredded potatoes, Building 11B.
2. Niu Junyi: Steamed egg custard, beer duck and braised eggplant, Building 2A.
Niu Junyi: [#Solid Dragon
1. Mr. Hua: Cola duck, braised pork trotters, stir-fried pork intestines and spicy and sour shredded potatoes, Building 11B.
2. Niu Junyi: Steamed egg custard, beer duck and braised eggplant, Building 2A.
3. Lazy Gao: Pan-fried saury, sweet and sour pork, tea eggs and garlic water spinach, 5 buildings. 】
………
The chain was over in a short while, and then the group was filled with red envelopes. Yan Zifeng smiled from ear to ear and happily received the red envelopes. In this way, he earned 50 yuan.
Yan Zifeng: [All orders have been received. When the lunch boxes are about to be delivered, I will tag you in the group. Boys can have them delivered to the dormitory door, and girls can only have them delivered downstairs. You have to come downstairs to get them. Remember to pay attention to the group messages.]
The Shanghai Institute of Economics and Management has a rule that boys are not allowed to enter girls’ dormitories, so girls cannot deliver the goods to their homes.
Yan Zifeng was already prepared. He only had one class this afternoon, so he could go to the Heyan Restaurant earlier. He heard that there would be fewer people when the Heyan Restaurant opened at five o'clock.
He planned to go there early and go in as soon as the box restaurant opened, so he wouldn't have to wait in line.
At this time, someone in the group tagged Yan Zifeng.
Niu Junyi: [@Yan Zifeng, is there anyone who can buy it for me tomorrow? I want to buy it tomorrow morning.]
Yan Zifeng plans to do this purchasing business for a long time.
Yan Zifeng: [There will be purchases every day, and I will post a message in the group. If there is no purchase, I will notify the group in advance. ]
Then, someone else tagged him in the group.
Cheng Cheng wants to eat: [@Yan Zifeng I have to go to the Normal University to visit a friend tomorrow, so I won’t make a reservation tomorrow. ]
Mengqi Linlin: [@Yan Zifeng I won’t make a reservation for lunch tomorrow, as our class will have a group dinner at noon, but I will still make a reservation for the afternoon. ]
There are only 10 people in the group now, and these 10 people may not order lunch boxes tomorrow. Yan Zifeng thought about it and decided to go to the school forum to recruit some more people.
He just opened the school forum and found that the first post on the forum homepage was the post he posted about buying lunch boxes for others. The comments on this post exceeded 200.
During the time he was away, there were many more comments on the post, all of which were complaints from netizens who failed to grab a spot to buy the product on his behalf.
younikesi: [OP, ten people are too few, can you add me in? ]
That white bear: [Damn, I'm a step too late. It's not my turn. OP, can I make a reservation for tomorrow first?]
Stir-fried Shredded Ginger with Rock Sugar: [Original poster, you can’t make much money by making 10 servings a day, why not make 20 servings a day.]
Many netizens in the post suggested that he buy more, but Yan Zifeng refused. He didn't expect to make a lot of money by buying lunch boxes for others, he just wanted to earn enough money to travel during the holidays.
Ten portions are already his limit. If he buys twenty, one person will have to order twenty lunch boxes. The thought of it is scary and will tire him to death.
In addition to those who asked him to buy lunch boxes for multiple generations, there were also many netizens who wanted to reserve lunch boxes for tomorrow.
Yan Zifeng's brain started working again. He planned to invite more netizens to join the group. As long as there were enough people in the group, he wouldn't have to worry about not being able to get ten lunch boxes together every day.
Yan Zifeng made another comment in the post.
Running in the Wind: [Today's ten orders have been sold out. If you want to order lunch boxes tomorrow or in the future, you can also send me a private message to join the group. But I want to make it clear that joining the group does not necessarily mean you will have a quota for purchasing on behalf of others. I will only buy 10 at a time. If there are many people, you can rely on grabbing a quota. Those who don't mind can send me a private message. Thank you for your support. ]
Yan Zifeng has already thought it through. When the time comes, he can post a chain message in the group, and the first ten people who receive the message will be able to grab the chance to buy on behalf of others.
Although joining the group does not necessarily mean you can get a spot to buy on behalf of others, many netizens still want to join the group.
younikesi: [I have fast hands and am the best at grabbing things. I have sent a private message to the OP. Please add me to the group.]
Star Lucky Hairpin: [I want to join the group and try too. If I can’t get it, I can just buy it myself. I’m sending a private message to the OP right now.]
Panda's Dark Circles: [Go to the group first, maybe I can grab it, and if I grab it, I can eat delicious lunch boxes without going out, I want to try it! ]
Yan Zifeng didn't expect the netizens in the school forum to be so enthusiastic. In a short while, he had received hundreds of private messages. He sent group QR codes to these netizens one by one, and soon the "Kangle lunch box purchasing group" had more than 160 people.
He didn't expect that so many college students were willing to spend an extra five dollars to have someone help buy lunch boxes for them. By the afternoon, the group had already been filled with 200 people.
After the group reached 200 people, Yan Zifeng stopped recruiting new members. 200 people were enough, and it would be difficult to manage if there were too many people in the group.
Then, Yan Zifeng explained the situation in the group. He would post a chain message in the group around 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. every day, asking anyone who wanted to order lunch boxes to do so. There were only 10 spots available each time, and it was first come, first served.
In the afternoon, Yan Zifeng rode his electric bike to Heyan Restaurant. He suddenly felt that his decision to buy an electric bike was the right one.
Yan Zifeng arrived at Kangle Box Restaurant at around 4:50. He originally thought that if he arrived before the restaurant opened at 5 o'clock, he would be the first customer.
As a result, when he just arrived at Kangle Box Food Restaurant, there were already several customers standing at the door of the restaurant, most of whom were residents from nearby villages or communities.
"Old Wu, why are you here so early? Are you buying lunch for your wife again today?"
"I don't have work today, and I was bored at home, so I came over to take a look."
"Yesterday when I came at 5:30, there were already a lot of people there. Today I came early on purpose so that there would be fewer people and I wouldn't have to wait in line for too long."
Yan Zifeng stood at the back and listened to the guests' conversation. Only two minutes later, a lot of people gathered at the door and everyone lined up at the door consciously.
As soon as five o'clock arrived, Kangle Box Restaurant opened on time and everyone lined up in an orderly manner.
There were only six customers in front of Yan Zifeng, and it was his turn after just a few minutes. After buying ten box lunches, Yan Zifeng specially prepared a box, put the box lunches in the box, and rode his electric bike back to school.
The school dormitories are relatively concentrated, all in the west area of the school, and the distance between the buildings is not very far. Yan Zifeng first sent a girl from Building 1. When he was almost at the downstairs of the dormitory, he tagged the girl in the group and asked her to come downstairs to get a lunch box.
When Yan Zifeng arrived downstairs of the dormitory, the girls were already waiting there.
"Thank you, junior!" The girl happily took the lunch box from Yan Zifeng.
There were two for Building 3 and two for Building 11B. Since the distance was not far, Yan Zifeng delivered the lunch boxes quickly. Then he took his own lunch box back to the dormitory. The first time buying lunch boxes for others was completed very smoothly. Yan Zifeng not only ate delicious lunch boxes, but also earned fifty yuan.
Making money by myself gave me a great sense of accomplishment. The next morning at ten o'clock, Yan Zifeng, who was in class, used the break time to send a chain message in the group.
Yan Zifeng just opened the lunch box purchasing group and saw that there were already 100+ unread messages in the group.
Panda's Dark Circles: [Mr. Yan, what time will the relay start today? Please remember to inform us in advance. I'm worried that I might miss it accidentally.]
Passion Fruit Milk Tea: [I am also worried that I will miss it. There are 200 people in the group competing for 10 spots. If you are a little slow, you will definitely miss it. I am really too lazy to go out today. I hope I can grab a spot to buy on behalf of others. ]
Chengcheng wants to eat: [It’s really convenient to buy it on behalf of others. Although it costs an extra five dollars, I can eat delicious boxed lunches in the dormitory without going out. It’s so cool.]
Ben Ben: [I felt a little sorry for the five dollars at first, but when the delicious lunch went into my stomach, I felt it was worth it. Thank you Yan for saving us lazy people. I want to order again today.]
Yan Zifeng glanced at the unread messages and then sent a message in the group.
Yan Zifeng: [@Everyone important notice!!! The chain will start in five minutes, everyone get ready, the first ten people in the chain can grab the purchase quota. ]
After five minutes, the chain began. The college students in the group were very fast, and soon the ten spots for purchasing on behalf of others were filled, and the group became lively again in an instant.
Classmate Benben: [Wow! I got it!!! Hahahahahahahahaha… I don’t have to go out today. I can sit in the dormitory and watch TV series while waiting for the lunch box to be delivered.]
Zaoba University Student: [Hahahaha~ I got it too! Thanks to classmate Yan. I have a headache today and don’t want to go out. I really want to eat a box lunch. Thanks to classmate Yan for helping me buy it. I’ll send you a red envelope right away.]
Guaranteed passing of CET-4 and CET-6: [Speechless, I was a step behind, I happened to be the eleventh. Woo woo woo woo woo… I really don’t want to go out today!!!]
Hohodadadada: [Damn, I didn't get one either. Ten spots are really too few. Never mind. I'll go buy some myself later. I really want to eat crispy pork today.]
Yan Zifeng counted the orders and prepared to ride his bike to the restaurant to buy lunch boxes after class.
When he was bored in class, Yan Zifeng habitually opened the school forum to browse around. He found two more posts about buying lunch boxes on behalf of others.
College students chasing stars: [Buy Kangle lunch boxes for me! Buy Kangle lunch boxes for me! The purchase fee is 5 yuan per box. If you are interested, please chat privately. 】
Lily in the School of Economics and Management: [I will help you buy a box lunch for 5 yuan. Students who want to buy it can chat privately and join the group. We don’t accept many orders every day. If you are interested, please join the group as soon as possible. ]
There are a lot of comments on these two posts about buying lunch boxes on behalf of others, and many people are asking to be added to the group.
My boyfriend is the school hunk: [Wow! Another person came to help buy lunch boxes. It seems that there are too many lazy people in our school, so everyone wants to make money from lazy people.]
Guan Guan Guan Guan Ni: [Hahahaha…Kangle lunch boxes are really becoming more and more popular, everyone is scrambling to do the business of buying lunch boxes for others. There are so many people rushing to buy one for 5 yuan, the appeal of lunch boxes is really great. Anyway, I am also a lazy person, please add me to the group! ]
After showing off a bowl of rice: [Classmate, I have sent a private message, please reply! I just didn’t get a spot in the purchasing group. I was too tired from class today and really didn’t want to go to the lunch box restaurant. Classmates, please look at me, I want to buy a lunch box! ]
Unexpectedly, the lunch box purchasing business also has competitors. Yan Zifeng is glad that he acted quickly, otherwise, with more and more people competing for the business, he might not be able to compete with others.
He was also glad that these competitors did not lower their prices to steal his business. Yan Zifeng expected that more people would join the ranks of buying lunch boxes on behalf of others, but he was not too worried that his business would be snatched away, because he felt that Kangle lunch boxes would become more and more popular in their school, and the demand for buying lunch boxes on behalf of others would increase.
At this time, at the Heya Food Box Restaurant, Chen Kangle was preparing today's new dish: stewed beef brisket with radish.
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