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Jiahe Laundry Chain, in-store

Shen Kang stood to the side, watching the two employees work. He wanted to help but couldn't, because there weren't many customers in the morning. In addition, it was the first day of business, and he hadn't deliberately increased his advertising efforts, only doing some basic promotions, so there weren't many customers at the moment.

This was something Shen Kang did intentionally.

Yiyang Electronics delivered the custom-made inventory management system to him a week ago, and he also trained his employees for a week. However, when it came to actual use, it was not suitable for too many customers at once, and it was easy to get flustered and make mistakes.

So he deliberately only did basic publicity, just to give the employees some time to adapt. Once everyone had adapted to the practical experience, he would then increase the publicity efforts and give some benefits to the Yang University of Science and Technology family.

At this point, the second batch of 10 laundry bags was collected. Sorting worker Lin Mian put the 10 laundry bags into the basket of the trolley and pushed it to the back work area to start washing.

It was already past 10 a.m. when Guo Pinyan arrived, carrying a flower basket. With a forced smile, she said, "Congratulations, congratulations on your new store opening today, Lao Shen!"

He was still a bit shaken off last night and, to be honest, really didn't want to come today. But it was the first day of Shen Kang's store's opening, and he couldn't just not come, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and come.

After congratulating her, Guo Pinyan reflexively looked around, and only after not seeing that stunning figure did she breathe a sigh of relief.

That guy puts too much pressure on people; didn't you see he didn't dare bring Liu Jing today?

"Congratulations, congratulations." Shen Kang took the flower basket and carefully placed it aside—this thing should be kept safe. In a few days, when Guo Pinyan's store opens, this flower basket can be sent back, saving him the trouble of buying another gift.

Guo Pinyan was unaware of Shen Kang's thoughts. Seeing how carefully Shen Kang arranged his flower basket, she was somewhat touched: Old Shen, aside from being a bit of a scoundrel and not always telling the truth, was actually a pretty good person. The way he cherished the flower basket she had given him was truly admirable.

Thinking this, Guo Pinyan relaxed and started chatting with Shen Kang. As they chatted, they talked about the shop next to their home and laundry room, which Shen Kang had also rented.

"...What kind of business do you plan to do with that shop next door?"

In the past ten days or so, besides working on the plumbing and electrical renovations and decorating the laundry room, Shen Kang also renovated the shop next door. He didn't change the plumbing or electrical systems; he just laid the floor and painted the walls to make it clean and bright. He didn't bring in any new equipment; he just put in some tables and chairs.

Guo Pinyan couldn't figure out what kind of business Shen Kang's shop was going to do either.

"I haven't decided yet, so let's leave it for now. If the laundry is too busy and too many people come to pick up their clothes at the same time, we can go there to sit and have a cup of tea while we wait, so that we won't all be stuck in the laundry room."

Upon hearing this, Guo Pinyan perked up: If Shen Kang's plan works, that would be wonderful! If students come to their own coffee shop to buy coffee and there aren't enough spaces inside, they can borrow Shen Kang's shop for a while, thus gaining an extra business space for free.

"If there aren't enough seats in my coffee shop, can I sit at your place too?" Guo Pinyan asked tentatively.

Shen Kang waved his hand dismissively, exuding a heroic air: "We're brothers now, what's there to say? Of course I can! If your shop is full, just sit here!"

Guo Pinyan was delighted to hear this, and felt even more that Lao Shen was a really good guy! He was a true buddy.

However, after looking around the shop again, he frowned a little—Old Shen's laundry shop seemed to have very few customers on its first day of business.

If it were just over two weeks ago when they first met, Guo Pinyan would never have said that, but since they've known each other for so long, he just said it directly: "Old Shen, you don't seem to have many customers?"

They stood there chatting for a while, and then two customers came in to deliver laundry.

"Well, the main thing is to let the employees get used to real combat first..." Shen Kang explained his plan.

After listening, Guo Pinyan felt that it made sense, but there weren't many customers in reality, which made him wonder: it seems that opening a laundry room at Yang University of Science and Technology is not as popular as he imagined.

In Guo Pinyan's original imagination, as long as he opened a laundry room in Yang University of Science and Technology, he could make money lying down. Customers would automatically come to him to make money, and he couldn't stop them.

But looking at the examples now, it seems that's not the case. Sure enough, Dad was right. Many businesses that seem promising end up losing everything in the end. It's like how many people think that as long as they open any shop near a university, they can make money effortlessly, but in reality, many lose money. University shopping districts certainly have advantages, but it also depends on the choice of business and the management…

Guo Pinyan was pondering the business principles when a group of seven or eight students arrived at Xiaodong Street, each carrying a basin.

"It's just ahead, I see the sign by the door!"

Kong Lin, who was in the crowd, said something.

He found the hand tags from the laundry chain interesting. He originally planned to store his clothes for a few days before coming to the laundry to get a tag to play with. However, several classmates in the dormitory heard about this and immediately invited him to come to the laundry together to get a tag to play with.

Kong Lin couldn't resist any longer and simply took the bed sheet off.

Kong Lin has two bed sheets. He sleeps on one sheet for half a semester and the other sheet for the other half. During summer and winter vacations, he takes them home and washes them all in the washing machine. The cycle continues the next semester. He's a purebred, tough guy.

He'd only been sleeping on the same sheet for half a month, and he should have been sleeping on it for another month and a half before changing it. But with all the students around him already dressed like this, and not enough dirty clothes to wash, he figured he might as well wash the sheet.

So Kong Lin came with a group of people, and when they arrived at the shop entrance, the group of people rushed into the shop.

"Do the laundry." "Do the laundry." ...

The cashier busied herself collecting the money, packing their laundry into laundry bags, and giving them wristbands.

The male students immediately put on their name tags and were overjoyed.

"Kong Lin, what's your number?"

"Number 28".

"Damn, the person who massaged my feet last time was number 28! I'm going to get a different one next time."

"What do you mean?"...

At this moment, another group of six or seven students rushed in, all carrying basins.

"Do the laundry." "Do the laundry." ...

Space in front of the counter was limited, and Kong Lin and the others had already received their cards, so they went out to make way for the newcomers.

Once outside, the group of men stood tall and proud, their right hands in their pockets but never their left, determined to show off the nameplates on their left wrists, each one like a conspicuous bag.

As a result, they ran into a few acquaintances on the way, who actually came up to ask them what was going on with the cards on their wrists. So they told them, and the people who heard this laughed and cursed while also getting restless.

As a result, Kong Lin and his group became even more smug.

The cashier told them they could pick up their clothes in two hours at the latest, but they were determined not to come until evening!

Let the clothes wash for a while longer.