NOVEL NEXT Chapter 81 Doing business at the base
The next day, Mu Jiuyi went to Sister Li's traditional Chinese medicine shop early to see how her injuries were recovering.
As a result, a group of people were sitting in the store chatting. As soon as Mu Jiu walked in, he saw a bunch of familiar faces.
It turned out that all five people who were in the same cell before were gathered together, including Sister Juan who was wrapped in gauze.
Sister Li smiled and sat on the makeshift bed to talk to everyone. The injuries on her body were obviously much better.
Seeing Mu Jiu come in, he quickly called her over.
Sister Li slowly stretched out her hand and pointed at the two large bags of supplies under the table at the door and said:
“There are 100 kilograms of rice and 10 kilograms of frozen meat here, which were bought by a few of them through connections at the market.
Said I would give it to you to thank you for saving my life.
Knowing that you live in the secondary resettlement area, they can't get through, so they sent your things to me. "
Mu Jiu glanced at the faces of these five people and said:
"I appreciate your kindness. Please take your things back. At times like this, no one has much money."
Qin Juan, holding her head covered with gauze, quickly said:
"No! You have to collect the things! Otherwise, if we want to ask you for help next time, we will be embarrassed to ask!"
Mu Jiu took the opportunity to sit beside Sister Li's bed, "If you want me to help you, just tell me.
We don’t know each other even if we don’t fight. Those who can help can do so even if they don’t accept the supplies, and those who can’t help won’t help even if they do. "
Qin Juan and the other four people looked at each other, and finally Qin Juan, the eldest sister, spoke:
"That's right, after we got out of prison, we got a lot of points on our Tinder cards.
It's definitely not appropriate to just sit back and live in vain, so I thought about finding something to do to support myself.
In fact, we are quite envious of Sister Li for being able to open such a small store to support herself.
We had no capital before, let alone anything or skills worth selling.
I can only go to the construction site behind to move bricks. I get more work but less money, and I am easily harassed by the men at the construction site.
That's not a good idea. Sister Li said that she wants to transfer the store next door, and we want to rent it for business. "
Mu Jiu nodded, "That's a good idea, what kind of business are you planning to do?"
Qin Juan said slightly embarrassed:
"I haven't decided what to do originally, but this morning we were looking for people to buy food and supplies in the market, and we discovered some ways!
The grain in the hands of the grain dealer was fully twice as expensive as the grain price announced in the government affairs hall.
The key is that there is no shortage of buyers. Two big bags of rice and meat were sold out as soon as they were taken out. We still have to grab these grains!
We thought, since the profit from reselling food supplies is so high, we might as well do this.
I happen to have this large amount of compensation points on hand, which should be enough to use as starting capital.
But... we don't have a way to buy food, so we want to get you to join us in buying shares.
We have all inquired, and found out that there is a commercial company in the second-level resettlement area where official grain can be purchased.
And the price is exactly the same as the food price announced in the government affairs hall.
If we can get the food from the commercial society in the second-level resettlement area and sell it in the third-level resettlement area, we can earn double the points if we sell it!
If you are willing to join our business, we will share the profit with you in half. What do you think? "
After listening to Qin Juan's words, Mu Jiu did not speak immediately, but carefully thought about what she just said.
It is a good idea to start a food reselling business in the third-level resettlement area.
Food is inherently hard currency in the apocalypse. Even if you don't sell the food at double the price and hoard it, you won't lose money. At least you can digest it yourself.
There are currently more than 20 permanent residents in the third-level resettlement area, and the second-phase resettlement area of the base, which will be opened soon, will accommodate another 50 people.
There are also three, four and five phases of resettlement areas, and the final population of the base will exceed 200 million.
Doing grain business is basically a business where you can make a profit without losing any money.
But whether this thing can happen or not depends entirely on whether she, Mu Jiu, participates.
Because only people with C-level fire cards or above can enter the business club.
However, commercial societies only exist in secondary resettlement areas, and only those with secondary residence qualifications can enter the secondary resettlement areas.
Therefore, even if these people here work together to put their points on one card and exchange it for a C-level Fire card, they still cannot go to the next area to buy food.
Perhaps she could entrust this good business to the two brothers Gu Yang and Gu Nuan to make money as a part-time job.
Anyway, they only have to work half a day for their main job. It's just a matter of delivering food here, which is not troublesome.
Maybe if you do it for a long time, the points earned from this side job can exceed the points earned from the main job.
"You can think about this matter and talk about your specific plans first."
There was a burst of cheers in the store. After all, as long as Mu Jiu agreed to this matter, it would have been mostly successful.
Immediately, Qin Juan took the lead and gave Mu Jiu a general introduction to the future plans and trends of this food store.
When Mu Jiu walked out of Sister Li's store, her A-level Tinder card with 300 million points had an extra 2000 points.
This was the first batch of money transferred to her by the five Qin Juans for her to use to buy rice and pork.
Of course, she was carrying the 100 kilograms of rice and 10 kilograms of frozen pork that everyone insisted on giving her.
Mu Jiu found a deserted corner, put these supplies into the space, and went home lightly.
Gu Nuan was on duty in the afternoon, so she knocked on the Gu brother and sister's door before they went out to rest.
"Sister, we are having lunch. We made boiled fish and stewed cabbage for lunch. Do you want to join us?"
The Gu brothers and sisters immediately and enthusiastically welcomed Mu Jiu to sit in the room.
"No, just eat, I have something to discuss with you."
Even though Mu Jiu said she wouldn't eat, Gu Yang still brought a pair of bowls and chopsticks to Mu Jiu and placed them in front of her. Mu Jiu smiled slightly at her.
"What's going on, sister? I see you came back from outside. Did something happen?"
Mu Jiu then told the brothers and sisters in detail about the grain business planned by everyone in the traditional Chinese medicine store today.
Gu Yang immediately clapped his hands and expressed his approval!
"We haven't been to the third-level resettlement area yet, but we can do business freely there?"
The three of them hit it off immediately. Gu Nuan was on duty in the afternoon, so Mu Jiu took Gu Yang to the business club in the opposite building.
The commercial club is a small three-story building with a basement. It is not large in scale, but basic supplies for daily life can be purchased here.
The first floor is the external shopping window, which is somewhat similar to the model of the government affairs hall.
Customers who come in to shop must line up in front of the window set up in the lobby and buy supplies with their Tinder cards.
The mobile warehouse of materials is underground, and the military sends people to transport materials from the main warehouse every morning and evening.
The second and third floors are the offices of the commercial society's administration and leaders, which are inaccessible to ordinary people.
Mu Jiu and Gu Yang chose a team with fewer people to queue up, and it took about half an hour before it was their turn.
The shopping guide lady, who originally had an impatient expression on her face, immediately changed her attitude and put on a cheerful smile after seeing the A-level Tinder card handed over by Mu Jiu.
"Hello guests, all the types of supplies we have here are printed on this list on the desktop.
What supplies do you two need to purchase? "
Mu Jiu glanced at the list. All the supplies on it were clearly marked with prices.
As expected, it was the same price as the one given to her by the lady at the Government Affairs Hall. The price of exchanging points for materials was the same.
The base is not making any profit at all.
"Oh, I want 2000 kilograms of rice." Mu Jiu blurted out without even thinking.
The most cost-effective way to use these 2000 points is of course to convert them all into rice!
"I'm sorry, Miss Mu. The base commercial club has a clear rule that basic grains such as rice are limited to 100 kilograms per person per day."