After calculation, the small workshop earned two thousand yuan after operating for one month.
In this day and age, two thousand yuan is a considerable amount of money.
Since all the ingredients Jiang Zhining uses to make the base sauce come from the space, there is no cost involved. After deducting the employees' wages, the rest is almost pure profit.
In those days, no one sold base ingredients. Jiang Zhining was the first person to try it out. She had no competitors, so the base ingredient business was booming and she made a lot of money.
I have to say that doing business in the 1980s was much easier than it is today.
Today, Jiang Zhining took the money and went to the city to choose a suitable store.
"When we first start, it's better to do it in a busy area so that it will be easier to attract attention. Once we have a signboard in the future, everything else will be easy." Jiang Zhining murmured.
With the profits from the small workshop plus her savings, she will have more choices.
Coming to the bustling street, Jiang Zhining took a fancy to an idle shop consisting of two houses combined together.
"Aunt, can you rent this shop to me?" Jiang Zhining asked with a smile.
"Girl, what are you going to do with this? My shop is not cheap." The aunt looked her up and down and said with a smile.
"I want to open a small food business, similar to a restaurant." Jiang Zhining replied with a smile, "How much is it? Please give me an offer first, and then I will see if it is suitable."
The aunt thought for a moment and said, "The rent for my shop is two hundred yuan a month. If you want to rent it for a year or even longer, I can offer a lower price."
Two hundred yuan in rent is indeed not cheap, after all, many people's salary is only a few dozen yuan.
Jiang Zhining wanted to bargain, so she smiled and said, "Aunt, can you give me a lower price? I want to rent it for a year. If business is good in the future, I'll renew the lease for a longer period."
Hearing this, the aunt said hesitantly, "But my rent is already very reasonable. If you ask around, you'll find that the prices at other shops are a bit higher than mine."
Jiang Zhining was about to speak when she heard Lin Chunmei's sharp voice: "Hey, Zhining, you don't want to do business, do you?"
Jiang Zhining turned around and saw Lin Chunmei passing by holding Shen Anan's hand.
"Yes." Jiang Zhining responded calmly.
"With your man's little wealth, you want to start a business? You want to open a store here? Aren't you afraid of losing everything?" Shen Anan said contemptuously, "Why, your small workshop is losing money, and you want to switch to something else?"
Lin Chunmei looked at her and raised her head slightly: "Zhi Ning, now is not the past. Without parents like me and An An's father, if you lose money in business, no one can help you."
If it weren't for the fact that she was the regiment commander's wife, Lin Chunmei wouldn't have wanted to give her face.
"Don't rent it to her, or you won't even be able to collect the rent." Shen Anan said to the aunt.
Hearing this, the aunt was about to refuse Jiang Zhining when she saw Jiang Zhining smile and say, "Aunt, the rent is 180, I'll rent it for a year, how about that?"
"Then you have to give me a two-month deposit first." The aunt said worriedly.
"If I pay for a year's rent, can it be reduced by another ten dollars per month?" Jiang Zhining asked while the iron was hot.
Seeing Jiang Zhining's gentle smile and polite manner, the aunt nodded: "Okay."
"Full payment? Jiang Zhining, what are you bragging about? That's two thousand yuan! Can you really come up with the full amount..."
Before Shen Anan finished speaking, Jiang Zhining calmly took out a stack of hundred-yuan bills from her bag.
Lin Chunmei was also shocked. She did not expect Jiang Zhining to be able to pay it all in one lump sum.
That's two thousand yuan! Even the Jiang family couldn't come up with it all at once.
"This is 2040. Let's sign the lease now."
The aunt was also surprised and said repeatedly, "Okay, I'll go prepare it now." As the aunt said this, she hurried into the house.
Jiang Zhining turned to look at them and said with a chuckle, "Thanks to you, the bargaining went so smoothly."
Hearing this, Shen Anan and Lin Chunmei’s faces turned green.
"You wouldn't have squeezed your man out of everything, would you? He's really unlucky to marry you." Shen Anan said jealously.
Lin Chunmei stared at the two thousand yuan, wishing she could snatch the money away.
"Zhi Ning, you are still too young. Doing business is not playing house. You are not cut out for business. You'd better stay at home and take care of other people's children." Lin Chunmei said coldly.
It has not been long since individual businesses were opened to private ownership, and few people are willing to try it.
Before Jiang Zhining could speak, she heard a voice: "Boss Jiang, why are you here?"
Jiang Zhining glanced sideways and smiled at the newcomer: "It turns out to be Boss Chen, I'm here to look after the shop."
"Boss Jiang, are you planning to expand your workshop? You're really amazing." The man gave a thumbs-up. "Your small workshop is doing really well. Next time I want to buy more goods, you have to give me a preferential price."
Jiang Zhining replied with a smile, "Of course I'll give Boss Chen the best price. I'm not as good as you say. Someone just said I don't know how to do business and I'm sure I'll lose money."
Hearing this conversation, Shen Anan and Lin Chunmei's faces turned even greener, as if they had been slapped hard a few times.
Boss Chen looked at the two of them and immediately understood what was going on. He said, "Boss Jiang is the most business-savvy woman I've ever met. Her family's resources are also excellent. Boss Jiang is better than women like you who only know how to ask for money."
Shen Anan's face darkened, and her hands clutched the hem of her skirt tightly.
Because she was criticized for slandering Jiang Zhining in the compound last time, and because Jiang Zhining was the wife of the regiment commander, those military wives were unwilling to pay attention to her.
Therefore, she had no idea how the workshop business was going.
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