Reborn in 08, a heretical cultivator starting a business

Chapter 34: Going it alone, detached from Boss Wang?
Wang Junshan was in a great mood as he watched the number of people in several group-buying groups continue to grow.

At 6:30, the group purchase for the Hotel Management Vocational College reached 150 people.

This means that Boya Supermarket sold 150 winter melons in the first hour!

Sales are exceptionally good.

Hengxing Vocational College's group purchase also reached 100 people!
In just half an hour, 100 winter melons were sold, which shows that Hengxing Vocational College has a stronger momentum and a brighter future.

Sure enough, it was 7:30.

Group purchase for Hotel Management Vocational College: Group 1 has 180 people, Group 2 has 140 people.

In two hours, 320 winter melons were sold.

Meanwhile, at Hengxing Vocational College, there were 182 people in the first group purchase and 143 people in the second group purchase.

In an hour and a half, Hengxing Vocational College sold 325 winter melons!
It directly surpassed the sales volume of the Hotel Management Vocational College in two hours!
The gap between the two sides will only widen further!
After all, the purchasing power of nearly 30,000 students at Hengxing is far greater than that of a hotel management vocational college with just over 10,000 students!
At this rate, the remaining 200-plus winter melons will soon be sold out.

There's no way we can hold out until 8:30!

But it's not a big problem.

The second truckload of winter melons is almost here, another 20,000 jin.

Wang Junshan made a phone call to Lu Xiaoyu:

"Xiaoyu, how are the winter melons selling at Boya Supermarket? How much stock do you have left?"

"Boss, the winter melons are selling very well. We've sold over 300 in just over two hours. There are less than 500 left in the warehouse. We should be able to sell until we close at 11 o'clock, but I estimate there won't be many left."

"Okay, you've worked hard. Keep up the good work, and you'll all get big bonuses at the end of the month!"

"Thank you, boss." Lu Xiaoyu was in a great mood and sold the winter melons even more diligently.

I also asked around at Binzhou University, and they said there's enough to keep them open until 11 PM.

Wang Junshan had a plan.

The first truck that arrived at 5 o'clock carried more than 1300 winter melons. Wang Junshan left 800 of them at Boya Supermarket, having calculated that 800 would be enough for the Hotel Management School to sell that night.

Then the second batch of winter melons won't have to be transported back and forth between the two places!
Wang Junshan dialed Lin Zhiqiang's number again:
"Boss Lin, the second truck can be delivered directly to Hengxing Vocational College and Zhixing Supermarket."

"Okay, Mr. Wang, I'll call the driver right away. He should be here soon."

"That's great. Also, two more trucks will come tomorrow morning. The first truck will be delivered to the Binzhou University warehouse, and the second truck will be delivered to the Boya Supermarket at the School of Hotel Management. Both trucks will arrive at 6:30."

"The third truck arrived at 9:00 AM and was delivered to the Zhixing Supermarket at Hengxing Vocational College!"

"Yes, Mr. Wang, absolutely no problem!"

Lin Zhiqiang was overjoyed. Three truckloads in just one morning—this money was so easy to earn.

Previously, he wholesaled winter melons. Small vendors would only order a few hundred kilograms at a time, while those who ordered over a thousand kilograms were considered big customers.

We can't sell more than a few thousand kilograms a day.

A large truckload of 20,000 jin of winter melons would often take five or six days to sell out.

Now things are much better. We sold 60,000 jin in just one morning, and we immediately dumped the goods and settled accounts after they arrived.

With three cars, you can earn at least 3000!

It's practically free!
Earning 3,000 yuan in one morning is equivalent to a month's income for a civil servant at the level of a division chief in Binhai City!
It's really wonderful.

After hanging up the phone, Lin Zhiqiang immediately contacted melon farmers in the production area to place an order and load the melons onto the truck, determined not to delay Mr. Wang's business.

Then she began to sing softly: "Today is a good day... Today is a good day..."

Although the singing wasn't very good, the rhythm was very upbeat.

Typical lack of skill, all emotion. His wife, Li Cuihong, frowned.
"What's so great about that! You've been working all day and only made a few thousand yuan. Boss Wang sells winter melons at the school and makes tens of thousands, even hundreds of thousands a day. Don't you already know how he does it? Aren't you tempted?"

"Can't we just leave him behind and find a school to work for ourselves?"

"You can earn tens of thousands, even hundreds of thousands a day?"

Lin Zhiqiang sighed: "Wife, we know Mr. Wang's business tactics, and Mr. Wang also knows our business tactics."

"Mr. Wang didn't abandon me; he contacted melon farmers in Shou County directly to buy melons. How could we abandon Mr. Wang and go to the school to sell winter melons, stealing his business?"

“What’s the big deal? We can just part ways and make money ourselves,” Li Cuihong said decisively.

Lin Zhiqiang waved his hand: "That's not how you make money. That's not how you do business. And do you think this kind of business can last long?"

"Take Binzhou University for example. On the afternoon of the 2nd, Mr. Wang ordered 20,000 jin of goods in one truck. On the 3rd, Mr. Wang ordered three trucks, totaling 60,000 jin. Today, the 4th, Mr. Wang didn't order any goods. He will only order one truck on the 5th. He definitely won't order any on the 6th, and he might not even order any on the 7th."

"What does this mean?"

"This means sales at Binzhou University aren't going well!"

“That’s right!” Lin Zhiqiang nodded.
"We don't know how big the market or how much capacity a school has. If we blindly enter a school to start selling, we'll have questions about how much to deliver, how to sell it, and how to promote it. These are things we're not good at."

"Moreover, schools are not like vegetable markets, where large trucks can't just come in whenever they want. They need a pass or the supermarket owner has to contact the security guard to let them in."

"Mr. Wang rented a store and warehouse and opened a supermarket in the school so that we could deliver goods there."

“Then we can open our own supermarket!” Li Cuihong couldn’t help but say.

Lin Zhiqiang shook his head:
"Open a supermarket? You make it sound so easy!"

"Putting everything else aside, a small supermarket can cost tens of thousands of yuan in rent per year, and the transfer fee can also be tens of thousands of yuan. Once you sign a contract, it will take at least three to five years."

"We also need to hire people to watch the store, purchase goods, and sell them. The school supermarket has long operating hours, so we need to hire two people, which will cost another three thousand a month."

"All of this adds up to tens of thousands a year."

"Do you think it's a good deal?"

"The winter melon business won't last more than a few days, we still need to open a shop."

"I even made a whole meal of dumplings just for a plate of vinegar!"

"In the end, all the tens of thousands of yuan I earned from selling winter melons were invested back into the store!"

"This..." Li Cuihong fell silent. "In that case, it really isn't worthwhile. But isn't President Wang worried that if he opens a supermarket like this, the winter melons won't sell in a few days, and he'll suffer losses too?"

Lin Zhiqiang shook his head: "We might lose money opening a supermarket, but Mr. Wang won't. Let's wait and see, he might have some big plans later! There are some things Mr. Wang can do, but we can't."

"I see." Li Cuihong fell silent.

Lin Zhiqiang sighed: "Young people are quick-witted, and we can't keep up with their thinking. We can only cooperate with them and make money from them."

"Since Mr. Wang is taking care of our business, we should also do our best to support him. Let's not have any inappropriate thoughts."

"Okay, I understand." Li Cuihong nodded and didn't say anything more.

"Money that doesn't belong to us, we can't earn."

Lin Zhiqiang has faced too many temptations in his many years of business.

But it's very clear that it's difficult for people to earn money beyond their own understanding!
Take selling winter melons, for example.

Although it's very profitable, it's not sustainable, so opening a supermarket for it isn't worthwhile.

Without the supermarket, trucks can't even get into the school.

If you sell them at the school gate, without marketing or promotion, sales won't be good.

Instead, he offended Wang Junshan, and now he can't even earn a few thousand yuan a day!
It's better to continue our cooperation and make money with Boss Wang!
(End of this chapter)