I was approached by a cat-eared girl.

"Because it's unnecessary. You won't save much money and it will take up a lot of your time. Time is far more important than money."

Chen Shuo felt that her idea of ​​saving money was commendable, but he did not recommend saving money on this kind of thing, as it was not worthwhile.

"You can do many other things with that time. For example, if your hourly wage is twenty dollars, but it takes you two hours to knead dough and steam buns."

Steaming these buns might save you a few dollars at most, but if you spend those two hours working, you could earn forty dollars. So, it's like you've lost over thirty dollars.

"But I don't have a job that pays 20 per hour right now, so saving money is earning money, and I won't lose anything."

Chen Shuo shook his head. "It may seem like there's no loss, but there is. You can use this time to improve yourself, which is far more important than saving this little bit of money."

Everyone's time has a price tag. Your time may not be valuable now, but it will gradually become more valuable as your abilities improve. The value of your time is directly proportional to your ability.

Are you referring to the ability to make money?

"It's not just that, there are others too. Of course, you can understand it as the ability to make money now, but where do you think this ability comes from? Or how do you improve this ability?"

Chen Shuo patiently guided her, hoping to help her understand the benefits of investing in her brain through this method. He explained that learning is for increasing knowledge, but increasing knowledge is for improving oneself.

"Through learning?"

"That's right. The more you learn about various fields, the higher your abilities will become, and your time will appreciate in value as your abilities grow. In the future, you might even be able to earn a lot of money every day."

Upon hearing that she could earn a lot of money, Bai Xiaoqi's eyes lit up. "Yes, I will definitely study hard."

Chen Shuo felt that she suddenly seemed to have a lot of motivation to study.

"But today is Sunday, so I don't have to study."

Okay, he took back his previous thought.

Chapter 103 Be Confident, You Can Do It!

Half of the year has passed in the blink of an eye, and the seventh day of the Lunar New Year is fast approaching.

Chen Shuo kept sending messages to customer service, urging them to ship the goods quickly, until they replied that they were packing and preparing to ship them out of the warehouse, and only then did he stop.

Just as I was about to do fifty push-ups to celebrate, I glanced over and saw Bai Xiaoqi holding her laptop, eagerly waiting for someone to place an order, her face full of anticipation.

To be honest, her online store hasn't sold a single item since it opened.

Although she is looking forward to it, she is only keeping up with the belief that express delivery will resume on the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, thinking that no one is buying things because of the express delivery problem.

Logically speaking, although not many people buy things during the Spring Festival, there should still be some orders, since the delivery will only be delayed by a few days.

So Chen Shuo wondered if today would bring any good fortune...

Two words: Tough luck.

In short, it's uncertain.

Noticing Chen Shuo's gaze, Bai Xiaoqi turned to look at him. "I have a feeling that someone will place an order today."

"Uh, I had the same feeling."

Chen Shuo ultimately couldn't bear to tell her his true thoughts; he felt it was unlikely anyway.

After thinking for a moment, he took out his phone, opened Taobao, and searched for her online store. The store mainly sold women's accessories: bracelets, necklaces, anklets, sachets...

There are quite a few types, more than twenty kinds, basically all sorts of random jewelry. Most of them are made of silver, and some are even made of platinum, so the price range is quite large, ranging from tens to hundreds to thousands of yuan. The cheapest is sixty-nine yuan, and the most expensive is more than three thousand yuan.

In an era where everything is priced at 9.9 yuan with free shipping, it's really not competitive in terms of price.

However, the target customers are mainly young people, or college couples, and since it is a gift shop, Chen Shuo felt that such a wide price range should be enough to meet the needs of customers from all walks of life.

But why can't they be sold?

Is it because there's been no promotion?

Chen Shuo stroked his chin and began to ponder. He had indeed thought about promotion, and even considered whether to insert some advertisements into his own novel.

But overly blatant advertising is disrespectful, while subtle product placement is too difficult. He hasn't figured out how to integrate the product into the storyline in a way that's subtle and natural.

However, it seems that trying to integrate into it doesn't really make any difference.

These days, everyone's doing live-streaming e-commerce, but if you're going to do live-streaming e-commerce, you have to hire internet celebrities. Small internet celebrities don't have much traffic, and big internet celebrities are too expensive to hire.

The platform is currently cracking down on fraudulent order practices, so fraudulent orders are no longer allowed.

Even if it were possible, Chen Shuo wouldn't know how to do it, but he could use another method to generate fake orders.

I remember you could buy anonymously on Taobao.

.....

With two quick clicks, the online store's notification sounded. Bai Xiaoqi eagerly clicked to open it, her eyes immediately brimming with excitement and joy.

She finally ushered in her lucky break.

The first thought that popped into her mind was to share her joy with Chen Shuo. With that thought, she turned to look at Chen Shuo and saw him sitting on the other side of the sofa. She deliberately coughed twice, and when he turned his head, she beckoned him, "Come sit here."

"What's wrong?" Chen Shuo put his phone back in his pocket and sat down blankly.

“Someone placed an order, and that person bought two items, not just one.”

She looked up at Chen Shuo, held up two fingers, her eyes shining brightly, unable to hide her happiness and satisfaction.

"Then you can send the shipping address to the manufacturer now and let them arrange the shipment."

"Mmm." Bai Xiaoqi nodded vigorously, reached for the mouse, and was about to start using it when she turned to ask, "I'm very happy right now, are you happy?"

"happy."

"Shall we celebrate?"

"How do you want to celebrate?" Chen Shuo asked with a smile.

"I'll let you know after I've shipped the goods."

Bai Xiaoqi happily sent the shipping address to the manufacturer and urged them to ship the goods quickly. Then she turned to Chen Shuo and said, "The person who bought this item is in the same city as us."

"Well, it's probably because he chose a local shop, which would be faster."

Upon hearing this, Bai Xiaoqi glanced at him twice, "But our shop address is in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang area, which is the manufacturer's address."

"Oh, right, right, I forgot."

"..."

Bai Xiaoqi didn't say anything more, but she felt that something was off about this person, so she couldn't help but stare at him for a while longer.

Just as Chen Shuo's gaze flickered under her eyes, she suddenly threw down the mouse, no longer pondering these matters, and instead threw herself into his arms, wrapping her arms around his neck, looking at him with bright eyes, "Let's celebrate now."

"You mean this celebration is just me hugging you?" Chen Shuo put his arm around her back and then hugged her tighter.

"No, I'm not that easily satisfied."

As she spoke, Bai Xiaoqi raised her face and closed her eyes, "You still have to kiss me."

Isn't that easy to satisfy?

With that thought in mind, Chen Shuo lowered his head and kissed her lips, warm and sweet, exuding a delicate fragrance.

After their lips parted, Bai Xiaoqi leaned against him, her slightly flushed face filled with anticipation. "We sold two orders today, and business will definitely get better and better in the future."

"Well, it's hard to say what will happen in business. Maybe someone will buy it today, maybe someone will buy it tomorrow, maybe the day after tomorrow, but maybe the day after that it will be gone."

"..."

Bai Xiaoqi frowned and stared at him without saying a word, feeling that what this bastard was saying was not pleasant to hear.

Seeing this, Chen Shuo pursed his lips and explained, "Actually, what I meant was that you shouldn't have too high expectations. There's a saying that the greater the expectation, the greater the disappointment."

If you don't have any expectations, then every order you receive will be a pleasant surprise for you. And yes, I love seeing your surprised expression.

Hearing this, she suddenly understood, but also felt a strange sense of doubt. This guy was smarter than her, and everything he said made sense to her, making it difficult to judge whether he was right or wrong.

But she felt very happy inside, wrinkled her nose and huffed, "You're just good at coaxing me."

"I'm not just trying to flatter you, I really mean it. I really love seeing your surprised expression." Chen Shuo affectionately pinched her little nose, then sighed silently in his heart.

He didn't know how many more times he could do this, but it certainly wouldn't be many. If he did this kind of crazy thing for several days in a row, she would definitely notice. Although this girl was a bit simple-minded, she wasn't stupid, and she had a very sharp intuition.

Besides, this kind of thing doesn't require very keen intuition.

Even though the purchases were made anonymously, the fact that they were always made in the same city and at the same address would raise suspicions for anyone.

Unfortunately, I don't have many friends, so I could only fill in Nie Xi's address and phone number; otherwise, I could have bought it a few more times.

Why doesn't that bastard get more phone numbers and buy more houses?

And this guy is acting as a leader?

That's so damn shameful.

No, I need to find a way to promote the online store. Relying on myself alone is not a long-term solution.

Even if we assume the girl doesn't notice anything wrong and I can keep buying, my wallet won't allow it.

Moreover, using money to buy things from one's own online store seems like the act of a scoundrel.

"Actually, what we should do most is promote it and let more people know about our online store. That way, a steady stream of people will come to the store to buy things."

"So how do we promote it?"

"I don't have an answer to this question right now, but you can help me think of one."

Upon hearing this, Bai Xiaoqi silently shook her head, "If you can't figure it out, I certainly can't either."

"Not always."

Chen Shuo shook his head and continued, "Don't be in a hurry to deny yourself. Sometimes you need to give yourself more encouragement and affirmation, understand?"

"Ah."

So what should you say at this point?

"I can figure it out..." Bai Xiaoqi was still a little unsure of herself.

Be confident, you can do it.

"Yes, I can do it."

She smiled at Chen Shuo again; it felt so good to be encouraged by him.