Upon hearing Qin Yun's words, Zhao Mei quickly said, "I can stay in the store from morning till night."
Hiring so many people at once, how much in wages does that mean? Even if each person is three thousand, it would still need more than twenty thousand.
She couldn't bear to spend an extra cent now.
Hearing this, Qin Yun had to patiently explain, "Mom, the purpose of opening the store is for you to enjoy life, not to work harder than before. All you need to do is occasionally come by the store and check the sales figures; you don't have to worry about anything else."
With Zhao Mei's personality, she might really stay from 8:30 in the morning until after 10 at night.
"Second sister-in-law, Yun is right. Look at how profitable the clothing store is; just enjoy life without overworking yourself," Feng Lan advised.
At that moment, she was obviously thinking about something.
Nothing is more convincing than sales figures. In the end, Zhao Mei agreed with Qin Yun's suggestion.
...
"Creak."
The door opened, and a girl walked in. She kicked off her shoes and threw herself down on the sofa without any regard for her image.
"Ahh, so comfy." Zhang Qing took a large sip of her soda and sighed in relief.
"Why are you back so late?" Sun Tingting came out of her room and asked Zhang Qing.
Zhang Qing, feeling listless, said, "Didn't I tell you before? I had to work overtime today."
"You told me at six, and now it's almost ten. I called, and your phone was off," Sun Tingting said, rolling her eyes. "Is your clothing store still open at ten?"
Hearing Sun Tingting ask about this, Zhang Qing became excited and said, "Sis Ting, let me tell you, the clothing store's business was so good today. Throughout the day, there was hardly a moment without customers; at the quietest times, there were at least one or two people."
She worked at the clothing store, which was usually empty, and had never seen a scene like this. She quickly told Sun Tingting about the situation.
"Throughout the day, no time without customers?" Sun Tingting was stunned upon hearing this.
There was a hint of surprise in her eyes. "Did your boss hire extras?"
Many shops, when first opening, hire people to stay inside and make the place look busy to attract customers.
"No way."
Zhang Qing thought for a moment and said, "A lot of people paid."
If they were just extras, they probably wouldn't have paid.
"I was just saying," Sun Tingting said.
"Hehe, the boss said I'd get a raise. It would be great if business was always as booming as it was today."
Zhang Qing, still excited, didn't dwell on the matter further.
...
At the Qin residence, Qin Guodong was listening to Zhao Mei continually talk about the clothing store.
"Revenue close to seventeen thousand? Profits reaching over eight thousand?" Hearing what Zhao Mei said, Qin Guodong was visibly shocked, and amidst his surprise, a look of joy appeared on his face.
"Dad, with business this good at the store, you can quit the construction site work and come help here," Qin Yun said with a smile, looking at his father.
Qin Guodong thought for a moment, shook his head, and said, "Yun, let's talk about it in a while."
Hearing his father's words, Qin Yun knew he was worried about the future of the clothing store.
After all, many businesses start off extremely well but then plummet after a while, eventually closing hastily.
However, while others had these concerns, Qin Yun did not.
"After some time, once the store consistently maintains this bustling situation, dad probably won't insist anymore," he thought to himself.
Qin Yun didn't insist, knowing that time would gradually ease Qin Guodong's worries.
"Yun, school starts tomorrow. Focus on your college entrance exams and don't think too much about the clothing store," Zhao Mei advised her son.
Even though today was happy, to her, even thirty thousand wouldn't be as important as Yun doing well in the exams.
A dozen years of hard studying all boiled down to those two days.
"Mom, I understand." Qin Yun quickly nodded to prevent Zhao Mei from starting to "nag."
"Alright, don't pressure the child. Yun knows what's important," Qin Guodong said.
Not continuing the topic, the family of three enjoyed a harmonious dinner.
At this moment, Qin Yun couldn't help but feel emotional.
In just five days, the Wealth System truly activated, he acquired the first-level Wealth Gathering Array, won over a hundred thousand in the lottery, and opened a clothing store that netted eight thousand in one day.
The past few days felt like a dream. Qin Guodong and Zhao Mei now wore smiles that were rarely seen before.
"This is just the beginning. Dad and Mom, your lives will only get better from now on."
He looked at the white hairs on his parents' heads, silently thinking.
...
The next day quickly arrived.
Qingwu County First Middle School is the best high school in Qingwu County. It has over eight hundred third-year students, all coming from various towns.
Riding his bicycle, Qin Yun soon arrived at school.
"My physical condition has indeed improved; I didn't feel anything when riding against the wind just now."
This thought was on Qin Yun's mind.
"And even though everyone else was tired from yesterday's work, I didn't feel any exhaustion."
According to the Wealth System, after opening the first-level Wealth Gathering Array, his body underwent some refinement, which he didn't feel at the time, but gradually noticed changes later.
His physical condition had definitely improved by more than ten percent.
"Qin Yun." When arriving at the bike shed, a voice suddenly called out, followed by a chubby kid quickly running over.
This chubby kid was just over 1.7 meters tall and sported a tuft of "flowing" bangs that blew in the wind as he ran.
"Zhou Yang." Seeing this chubby kid, Qin Yun greeted him with a smile.
This was his best friend at school.
He had been classmates with Zhou Yang since elementary school, both coming from the same village, and later attended the same middle and high school.
"Qin Yun, your mom saw me the other day and asked me about your studies. I almost let it slip; you should be careful with your part-time jobs and not get caught by Auntie," Zhou Yang complained. "Otherwise, I'll get scolded to death."
Previously, to explain his part-time job to his parents, Qin Yun had said he was going to study with Zhou Yang.
Zhou Yang was quite chubby but had very good grades, ranking in the top fifty of the third-year students at Qingwu County First Middle School. With those grades, getting into a 211 university was no problem.
Meanwhile, Qin Yun was around the 300th mark, with difficulty even getting into a regular first-tier university.
"Don't worry, I won't take part-time jobs anymore," Qin Yun said with a smile.
Previously, he did part-time jobs to save up ten thousand yuan. Now that the first-level Wealth Gathering Array was activated and the clothing store's daily profit reached eight thousand yuan, it was equivalent to nearly a year's worth of his part-time work.
He had already quit his part-time jobs in the past few days.