Ch 32: What? Earned Three Hundred In One Day!
She and Shen Mingyue got along well, and working together was also pretty good.
Moreover, she also saw that, although Shen Mingyue’s clothing store had just opened, the business was really good.
Today, after deducting the cost, she earned three hundred yuan. What kind of concept is earning three hundred a day? Now, an ordinary secure job only earns sixty or seventy yuan a month, and ordinary workers in factories only earn forty or fifty, and they still have to work overtime.
At this rate, Shen Mingyue is estimated to earn more than Gu Yuanzhou.
“I’m willing. It’s pretty good to be able to work with you. Anyway, I’m not working now, and I’m just idle at home.”
Shen Mingyue thought for a moment, “I don’t know how others pay wages. I’ll give you a sixty-yuan base salary a month, and the rest will be calculated based on commission. You’ll get a commission for each item sold. Is that okay with you?”
Because private enterprises are now on the rise, many places are recruiting people, but the wages are very low. Working for others is definitely not as good as a secure job. Some places only pay twenty yuan a month, and people are scrambling for it.
Her base salary alone is sixty yuan, and with the commission added, she will earn a lot a month.
“Also, you don’t have to come to work every day. If you have something to do, you can come late, and it’s okay to leave early.”
Bai Jingjing listened, and thought Shen Mingyue was really nice, really treating her as one of her own.
“Okay, this salary is very high. To be honest, the workplace I was previously assigned to only paid fifty yuan a month, and there were a lot of things to do every day. This is much better.”
The two hit it off immediately, and that’s how it was decided.
Just as she was about to lock the door and go home, she saw a man with a straight posture standing at the entrance.
Who else could it be but Gu Yuanzhou?
He was wearing a white Dacron short-sleeved shirt and black suit pants. Because he was going to his workplace, his hair was neatly combed.
Appearing suddenly at the entrance, he seemed out of place in this environment.
Seeing that he wasn’t coming in, Shen Mingyue went out to see that he was smoking there.
Seeing Shen Mingyue come out, Gu Yuanzhou subconsciously took a step back, threw the cigarette butt on the ground, and stepped on it to extinguish it.
As a counselor, Gu Yuanzhou was under a lot of pressure. Every day he had to attend various meetings with his leaders, and sometimes he had to single-handedly receive foreign guests.
Under a lot of pressure, it was inevitable that he would smoke to relieve stress, but Shen Mingyue was pregnant now, so Gu Yuanzhou hardly smoked at home.
Seeing Shen Mingyue come out, Gu Yuanzhou’s lips slightly curled upward.
“Were you busy today?”
Shen Mingyue nodded, “A little, but it’s okay. Jingjing helped me a lot.”
Bai Jingjing saw Gu Yuanzhou and greeted him respectfully.
“Hello, Brother Gu.”
Seeing this, Gu Yuanzhou thanked her warmly.
“Thank you for your hard work, Jingjing.”
“You’re welcome. If there’s nothing else, I’ll go first. Sister Mingyue hasn’t eaten yet; you should go home with her for dinner.”
Bai Jingjing didn’t stay long; after she finished speaking, she left.
Gu Yuanzhou walked a few steps closer to Shen Mingyue and reached out to take the things from her hand.
“Let’s go home.”
The clothing store was very close to home, so the two walked back together.
Along the way, Gu Yuanzhou inevitably asked a few questions, and Shen Mingyue softly responded.
After the two returned home, the meal was already prepared. The family was sitting there chatting, seemingly waiting for Gu Yuanzhou.
“Yuanyang, you’re back. Come eat quickly; the food will get cold waiting for you.”
Gu Yuanzhou and Shen Mingyue washed their hands and sat down. Everyone’s attention was on Shen Mingyue.
Zhou Xiaofei didn’t go to Shen Mingyue’s shop at all and didn’t take it seriously. She thought that on the opening day, it would be good if she could sell one piece of clothing. There was a department store nearby, and many tailor shops as well. Why would people go to her shop to buy instead of those places? They must be crazy.
Wanting to embarrass Shen Mingyue, Zhou Xiaofei deliberately brought this up during dinner.
“By the way, Second Sister-in-law, how was your opening today? Did you have any customers?”
Hearing Zhou Xiaofei’s question, everyone looked at Shen Mingyue.
Gu Sisi knew the situation. Her friends alone bought four items. One dress sold for fifty yuan, and with a 20% discount, it was forty yuan. Four people meant one hundred and sixty yuan. Shen Mingyue definitely earned money.
It was because of this that she didn’t take the initiative to talk about it.
Gu Yuanyang and Gu Jianjun naturally didn’t know. They had the same idea as Zhou Xiaofei. A rural woman who couldn’t even read a word, opening a shop right after arriving—it was easy to imagine what the outcome would be.
Although they had already guessed, they were male comrades after all, and it wasn’t good to add insult to injury, so they didn’t say anything.
However, Zhou Xiaofei had taken the initiative to ask, so they listened in.
Shen Mingyue calmly sipped her chicken soup, without hurrying to answer. Putting down her spoon, she slowly spoke.
“It was okay. There were quite a few people today. After deducting the cost, I earned about three hundred yuan.”
As soon as she said this, everyone was stunned, even Gu Yuanzhou was a little surprised.
Although Shen Mingyue had said earlier that business was good, Gu Yuanzhou hadn’t thought about this. What did it mean to earn three hundred yuan a day?
In one week, she would recoup all her investment and be able to save some money. It was a huge profit.
Zhou Xiaofei’s mocking expression instantly froze on her face.
“Impossible, a net income of three hundred yuan a day? Second Sister-in-law, don’t joke with us.”
Zhou Xiaofei chuckled dryly, clearly disbelieving.
Tian Shufang and the others had the same reaction. How could she possibly earn three hundred yuan a day? Their monthly wages weren’t even that much.
“Joking? Why would I be joking? I can still do the math.”
Shen Mingyue looked calm and casually glanced at Zhou Xiaofei. Her bearing and demeanor were nothing like a country bumpkin; she looked even more poised than Gu Sisi.
Zhou Xiaofei unconsciously tightened her grip on her chopsticks. She still didn’t want to believe that Shen Mingyue, as an individual business owner, could earn three hundred yuan a day.
“I understand. Today, a lot of people from your family must have come to support you, right? In that case, earning three hundred is normal.”
Gu Jianjun looked at Tian Shufang, thinking, could it be that she helped with the publicity?
Tian Shufang was also clueless. She had bought something today, but that couldn’t possibly account for three hundred yuan in profit.
“Mom bought two pieces, and she insisted on paying even though I didn’t charge her. The rest were bought by others.”
Zhou Xiaofei thought Shen Mingyue was being stubborn. Only on the first day would people come to support her business; the next day, it would be over.
She didn’t know, but Gu Sisi did. Fearing that she would say something else, Gu Sisi kicked her under the table.
Saying these things wasn’t creating trouble for Shen Mingyue; it was actually adding to her glory.
Zhou Xiaofei noticed and stopped talking.
Gu Jianjun, as the head of the family, smiled and praised, “I didn’t expect Mingyue to be so good at business. Come on, let’s all wish her to make a fortune every day.”
Gu Yuanyang and the others followed suit, albeit reluctantly.
Shen Mingyue didn’t take it to heart. What’s true is true, and what’s false is false. One day, they would see her abilities.
After dinner, Zhou Xiaofei was pulled into the bedroom by Gu Sisi.