The shop can't be renovated until this big deal is completed, fearing it will affect business.
The warehouse needs some tidying up, clearing out any unused items to make room for the compressed biscuits and mineral water that will be delivered soon.
Land this big order and achieve financial freedom!
Xiao Yingchun gave himself a shot of adrenaline, made a pack of instant noodles, and prepared to go to work in the warehouse.
The warehouse was a jumble of things, a miscellany. She sorted out the empty cartons, putting those that could go on the shelves immediately and arranging those that couldn't into boxes...
Xiao Yingchun had only finished sorting a portion when her back ached.
Couldn't this system automatically sort the goods?
How tiring would it be to move everything manually?
Xiao Yingchun had barely finished thinking when a crisp electronic voice rang in her head: "Do you want to enable the automatic sorting function?"
Simultaneously, two options appeared before her eyes.
Yes/RMB 10,000; No/RMB 0.
Ten thousand?
Xiao Yingchun's first reaction was hesitation: Too expensive.
But when she thought about how this system would help her with inventory management forever, and how the cost would be spread out over a long period of time...it was like hiring a reliable, inexpensive temporary worker!
What a bargain!
Xiao Yingchun decisively clicked "Yes."
A notification rang out on WeChat, and she opened it to see that the 10,000 yuan had indeed been deducted.
The system's automatic inventory management function had activated as promised.
Xiao Yingchun decisively selected it.
A magical scene unfolded: the cardboard and plastic bags that had once cluttered the warehouse seemed to grow legs, automatically changing shape and moving.
Various goods were automatically stacked and boxed. All
items that could fit on the shelves were automatically placed neatly on the shelves.
Anything that didn't fit on the shelves was neatly organized in cardboard boxes and placed on the top shelves...
Not only that, the once dusty shelves were now spotlessly clean.
Even the warehouse was as clean as if it had been licked by a dog!
Amazing!
Xiao Yingchun was delighted as she looked at the shelves and warehouse, which had never been cleaner.
Xiao Yingchun was sitting behind the counter, about to take a break for a drink of water, when the phone rang. It was the wholesale store owner.
"Uncle Liang? What's going on?" Xiao Yingchun thought there was a problem with the compressed biscuits being delivered.
Uncle Liang hesitated, "Yingchun, there's something I'm not sure if I should tell you..."
"Tell me," Xiao Yingchun said, growing nervous.
"It's about your shop. Didn't your aunt run it before?"
"It seems your aunt has a lot of money on credit. Several people have come to ask me about it."
"What?" Xiao Yingchun was startled, her back stiffening.
"I'm trying to get you some goods, so I contacted the various shop owners around here."
"They heard I was supplying you, so they asked me about it. They heard you gave them a deposit, so they were willing to give me the goods..."
Xiao Yingchun was stunned by Uncle Liang's explanation.
Ever since Xiao Yingchun's parents died in a car accident a year ago, her aunt Ge Chunyu had volunteered to run the shop for Xiao Yingchun. Since
Xiao Yingchun truly didn't want to run a supermarket, she agreed.
However, the two parties had signed a contract at the time: Ge Chunyu would be solely responsible for profits and losses during the period of operation.
But Xiao Yingchun hadn't expected that her boss had laid her off a month earlier. After returning to live with her, Ge Chunyu began complaining to her.
She claimed the supermarket wasn't profitable, and was even losing money, and that she would only continue working there if Xiao Yingchun paid her a salary.
Xiao Yingchun didn't believe her.
My parents had supported their family of three through this supermarket for over twenty years. How could they possibly lose money?!
Just as the one-year deadline was up, Xiao Yingchun simply took back the supermarket and took over the business himself.
But Xiao Yingchun hadn't anticipated that Ge Chunyu, under the name "Yingchun Grocery Store," had actually been owing a significant amount of money on credit to various wholesalers.
"I've already contacted the suppliers we've been supplying to for years and told them we've changed owners. How come they're still owed so much on credit?"
Uncle Liang chuckled. "After hearing what you said, several old acquaintances initially owed a little on credit, but when they saw the difficulty getting paid, they stopped."
"She then found a few other wholesalers to do the same."
Xiao Yingchun understood and smiled. "Thank you, Uncle Liang, for telling me. Please tell them the truth and ask whoever you gave the goods to for payment. If they don't get it, they can sue immediately." Uncle Liang
agreed and hung up the phone.
Xiao Yingchun scratched his head, debating whether to question Ge Chunyu directly, but then he felt it was unnecessary.
In this kind of situation, whoever initiates loses the initiative.
It wasn't her debt, so she shouldn't bother with it.
Near noon, Uncle Liang delivered the first batch of goods: 3,000 boxes of compressed biscuits and 2,000 boxes of water.
Given the previous incident with her aunt, Xiao Yingchun paid the balance for this shipment without hesitation, telling Uncle Liang, "I'll pay you right away when the next batch arrives."
Uncle Liang's crow's feet danced with joy. "That's great! You need this batch urgently, and I paid for a lot of it from other people."
Xiao Yingchun didn't bargain for this batch of goods. The difference was so large that she could make a huge profit anyway, so she just wanted to get the job done right.
Since only Fu Chenan could enter the supermarket, Xiao Yingchun had Uncle Liang leave two small flatbed trailers that could fit through the back door, and use the automatic sorting system to fill them up.
Uncle Liang readily agreed, promising to send a second truck later.
Xiao Yingchun locked the supermarket's main door, opened the back door, and used the supermarket's automatic sorting system to stack the compressed biscuits and water near the back door.
Not long after, Fu Chenan arrived. When he saw the flatbed trailers filled with goods, his eyes lit up.
Xiao Yingchun pointed at the two trailers and said, "Pull the trailers out one by one. When the empty ones come back, I'll load them for you. This way it will be faster."
Fu Chenan agreed and handed a sheepskin bag to Xiao Yingchun.
Xiao Yingchun opened the bag and saw: twenty gold ingots, filling the entire bag.
The balance was paid.
"Okay. You pull the goods."
Fu Chenan pulled a trailer of goods out of the back door. The soldiers waiting outside immediately unloaded the goods and loaded them onto the carriages, and then asked Fu Chenan to pull the empty ones back. After a few rounds, Fu Chenan felt something was wrong. He sent out a trailer of things, and in just a moment, he came back, and the other trailer was already loaded.
Xiao Yingchun loaded the trailers quickly and neatly, so why wasn't she sweating? But Fu Chenan didn't ask: this store is weird to begin with, and it's normal for the people to be a little weird. Soon, all the water and compressed biscuits in the warehouse were delivered. Xiao Yingchun explained: "My warehouse is only this big, and can only hold so much at a time. If you come back in two hours, the rest of the goods will be almost there." "Okay." Fu Chenan turned around and was about to leave without hesitation. At present, these thousands of boxes of supplies are enough for them to start fighting first. If everything goes well, maybe they can capture Yongzhou City without the need for subsequent supplies. When he walked to the door, Fu Chenan seemed to remember something: "Boss Xiao, do you have medicine to treat external injuries? And strong liquor for cleaning wounds?" Xiao Yingchun understood as soon as he heard it: "You are afraid that you will have no medicine after being injured in the battle, right? This is easy... You give me silver, and I will get the goods for you." Fu Chenan understood, left a sentence and turned around and went out. Not long after, Fu Chenan rushed in sweating, and handed over another bag, which contained twenty ten-liang silver ingots and ten ten-liang gold ingots.
(End of this chapter)