The Birth of Shanghai's First Conglomerate

Chapter 10 Opportunity
It was already 6 p.m. when I got home.

Song Yanxi was busy in the kitchen preparing the New Year's Eve dinner, and everyone ate together that night.

Xiao An'an, clutching her little tablet, walked out with an air of indifference, seemingly oblivious to her surroundings.

With the tablet in hand and games at my fingertips, no one can call her.

Chen Pingsheng took his newly bought laptop to his room, plugged it in with the network cable, and turned it on.

Along the way, he was actually thinking about a question.

Based on his current income, without considering the random multiplication from his cheat system, he would basically earn between 250,000 and 300,000 a year.

Selling durians on the street plus various odd jobs, that's about the limit.

If we add random multiplication and take the middle value, the annual income would be between 120 million and 150 million.

Even in the talent-rich capital city, this income is by no means low.

Definitely a high-income group.

Chen Pingsheng felt that wasn't enough; he wanted to buy a large 200-square-meter house within six months.

Within the Third Ring Road, a full payment would cost approximately six million, while a 30% down payment would require one million eight hundred thousand.

He currently has a little over 300,000 yuan in savings, which means he needs to save up 1.5 million yuan within the next six months.

This is undoubtedly a lot of pressure, after all, durians don't sell as well after the New Year.

He can no longer earn 80,000 or 90,000 yuan in ten days like he did during the Chinese New Year.

It seems I still need to look for other ways to make money.

If he really buys a big house, he also wants to bring his younger sister and parents to live in Beijing.

I went online and saw that almost all the big names were saying that the mobile internet era has arrived.

The best business is getting into someone else's phone.

The logic is easy to understand, but the key issue is that he simply doesn't have the ability.

The three internet giants, BAT (Baidu, Alibaba, and Tencent), are now fighting tooth and nail to seize control of mobile devices.

They frequently invest tens or hundreds of billions of dollars.

The emergence of any new trend, such as food delivery or bike sharing, is a feast for capital.

In order to seize the market, they offered massive subsidies.

These are not things he can participate in right now; he'll have to wait and see where the opportunities lie.

After checking for a while and finding that the laptop was quite useful, Chen Pingsheng went out to make dumplings.

Anyway, let's get through the New Year first.

After having New Year's Eve dinner, everyone watched the Spring Festival Gala together.

In 12 years, Yang Mi rose to become a top-tier celebrity through palace connections.

Liu Shishi has also successfully created her own classic drama, Scarlet Heart.

Following closely behind is Tang Yan, bringing the total number of actresses born in 1985 to three.

The one with the best acting skills is still living in a cheap house with them, eating the simplest and warmest New Year's Eve dinner.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Chen Pingsheng stayed home with his wife and children, watching TV.

On the first day of the lunar new year, people are not allowed to go out, and they cannot sweep the garbage outside, as it is believed to affect their fortune for the entire year.

On the second day of the Lunar New Year, under the warm winter sun, he and Zhang Tao rode a tricycle together to sell durians.

When I got home after a day of selling, my income had indeed dropped significantly, and business was much worse after the New Year.

However, the net income was still close to one thousand.

During the day, Song Yanxi took Xiao An'an to visit the Forbidden City. The family had just bought a new car, and the little guy had never been there before, so they took advantage of the holiday when there were fewer people to go.

The little guy was so excited; as soon as we got home, he started pulling at me and talking nonstop. "Honey, I heard people in the neighborhood say that the new big fruit supermarket is going to be sold?"

There's an old residential area not far from here, with about two or three thousand households. Because of the large number of residents, the shops in the area are in high demand.

The newly opened fruit shop is a prime example of someone who has plenty of money; they simply took four of the best storefronts, converted them all together, and dedicated the entire space to selling fruit.

When the business first opened, Chen Pingsheng often heard the small fruit vendors say that the investment would be at least one million yuan.

Unexpectedly, less than three months later, news broke that the company was going to go bankrupt.

This is not surprising at all. Over the years Chen Pingsheng has been selling durians, he has seen many laymen think that selling fruit is extremely profitable.

Many people rushed in without knowing anything about it.

Then he ran out completely naked.

He actually went to see the new store when it opened, and the decoration was indeed the best in the area.

Nine out of ten investors are second-generation rich kids; their families have some money, but not a lot.

"You know everything now, so it seems like things really can't continue over there."

Song Yanxi made him a cup of hot tea. Her husband had gone out to earn money on the second day of the Lunar New Year, so naturally she had to fulfill her responsibilities as a wife when he returned home.

However, she still had some other ideas.

"Honey, what do you think of that position? Is there any chance we can do well in it?"

After so many years of marriage, he knows what his wife is thinking just by the way she sticks out her butt.

Now that these words have been spoken, Chen Pingsheng naturally understands that this person has some ideas.

After thinking for a moment, he said, "The location is definitely not a problem. Look how much foot traffic it had when it first opened. The reason it couldn't stay open after three months is mainly because the owner didn't know the business and wasn't very dedicated. He didn't even pick out the rotten fruit in his shop, which really affected the customer experience. After a while, no one would want to go there anymore."

Song Yanxi gritted her teeth: "Then, honey, what do you think about us buying it?"

How did you suddenly become so bold?

Chen Pingsheng was surprised: "That store cost at least a million yuan to invest in, and the transfer fee alone cost more than 300,000 yuan. Add in the decoration and cold storage, and we definitely won't be able to take it over without spending at least 500,000 or 600,000 yuan."

"I just think you have the ability to do it well."

Song Yanxi held his hand and said, "Others may not understand you, but I do. If it weren't for marriage holding you back all these years, you would have started your own business long ago. Now that we have such a good opportunity, we should give it a try."

"Besides, you've been in the fruit business for three or four years. If we want to start a business, what's more suitable than opening a fruit supermarket?"

This is true.

It has to be said that Chen Pingsheng was indeed very tempted by his wife's suggestion.

Most people who sell fruit like him eventually end up opening their own fruit shops.

Or they do wholesale.

Wholesale is out of the question; you can't even get started without several million.

Fruit supermarkets became the preferred choice.

Don't be fooled by the fact that he can't come up with 500,000 or 600,000 yuan by himself. He can easily borrow 100,000 yuan from each of Zhang Tao and the others.

If he had his wife's support, he really could do it.

Chen Pingsheng said, "Wife, if I lose money, forget about buying a house in six months, I might even have to sell your Audi."

"Sell it if you want."

Song Yanxi said firmly, "Honey, you're turning thirty this year. For the past ten years, you've helped build our house, and now you've sheltered us from the wind and rain. It's time for you to give it your all. If we lose money, I'll sell the car and go with you to sell durians on a tricycle."

If his wife has said that, he would be acting very unmanly if he hesitated any longer.

The key is that he himself is also very interested.

(End of this chapter)