Rebirth: The Comeback of the Girl
Chapter 296 - 295: Expand Business Operations

Chapter 296: Chapter 295: Expand Business Operations

"Xiao Yu, wash hands and let’s eat! Bring three beverages over."

"Got it, Mom!" Zhen Yu was optimizing the takeaway forms that would be needed immediately after school started, sitting behind the counter when she heard her mother call and quickly responded.

Today is July 15th, not only is it the Ghost Festival, but it’s also Zhen Yu’s birthday.

Northeastern people don’t seem to pay much attention to this festival, nor do they particularly avoid it, everyone just goes about their usual business.

Zhen Yu took two room-temperature beverages from the counter and retrieved one chilled one from the fridge, carrying them over to the dining table.

"Come sit down! Today’s your birthday, Mom made you tasty food!"

Zhen Yan saw his sister coming and quickly invited her, "Little sister, give me the beverages, I’ll open them!"

"Here." Zhen Yu handed the beverages to her brother on the table in front of him and sat down beside him.

After Mrs. Zhen brought the last dish to the table, the three of them started to eat.

It’s unknown when Mrs. Zhen developed the habit, but as soon as they began eating, she’d like to discuss matters.

Tonight was no different. Just as Zhen Yu had started to gnaw on a spare rib, Mrs. Zhen couldn’t wait to speak up.

"Xiao Yu! Our arcade has been open for over three months! I have calculated these past few days, and we almost have enough saved up to pay off the loan!"

"Enough? Thirty-six thousand?" Zhen Yu asked in a lowered voice.

She was truly surprised, thinking about it, that averaged nearly ten thousand yuan in profit per month, right? Crazy...

"Yes! Before we opened, didn’t I still have nearly ten thousand yuan left?"

"Let’s talk upstairs later! Mom, too many ears around!" Zhen Yu ended this dining table meeting with one sentence.

With something on their minds, the three of them no longer felt like eating slowly and thoroughly.

After quickly finishing dinner and tidying up, they all went back upstairs.

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As soon as they entered the bedroom, Zhen Yan couldn’t hold it in anymore, he still remembered to keep his voice down, "Mom! We earned over twenty thousand yuan in just three months!?"

"Just over thirty thousand!!!" Mrs. Zhen was so excited that her heart trembled! She used to think selling shoes was profitable enough! But she never imagined there was an even more lucrative business!!!

Right...

This business capital is really high! Average people really can’t afford to open a computer arcade! Each machine costs five thousand yuan!!

"Mom! Let’s not pay off the loan!" Zhen Yu woke the dreamers with her words, "The interest on the loan is only a little over one thousand to less than two thousand a year! With thirty-six thousand, we can buy seven more computers, think about how much profit that can generate in a year?"

"Ah!!!" Mrs. Zhen gasped, "This can’t be ignored! We definitely can’t pay it off!"

"Now that there are very few computer arcades, there are only two near Qi City No.1 High School Affiliated Middle School, both only having eight computers, not nearly enough to meet market demand, it’s the perfect time to expand operations!"

"My sister is right! Mom, let’s hurry, we should go to Brother Zhang tomorrow and order a few more computers!"

Mrs. Zhen agreed without any hesitation, "Okay! We’ll order tomorrow! Let’s order the computers first, then the tables and chairs, aiming to settle everything before school starts!"

"There’s almost half a month till school starts! No problem at all!" Zhen Yu said with a smile: "Mom, I’ll give Brother Zhang a call first to see how much stock he has."

"Last time it was agreed, if we buy from him again, he has to give us a good deal!" Mrs. Zhen reminded her daughter.

"Don’t worry! Either upgrade the system or lower the price, I definitely won’t pay five thousand for the same models as these eight!"

"Alright! I don’t understand this stuff and can’t bargain either, so it’s all up to you! I’m going downstairs to the store now!"

"Then you go ahead! But don’t forget to practice making spreadsheets!"

"Sigh...." Mrs. Zhen sighed as soon as she heard this! At her age, she still had to learn all these trendy things!

It’s only been a few days! Just looking at the keyboard and all those twisty letters gives her a headache!

—

As soon as Mrs. Zhen went downstairs, Zhen Yu started dialing the phone.

Beep beep—

"Hello?"

"Brother Zhang, it’s Zhen Yu."

"Oh, Zhen Yu! Is there something you need? Is there a problem with that second-hand one? I told you second-hand isn’t good enough," Brother Zhang was quite enthusiastic.

"That second-hand computer is working great for me!" Zhen Yu interrupted Brother Zhang with a laugh, "The reason I’m calling today is because I want to order another batch of computers from you!"

"What? Another batch? How many do you want?" Brother Zhang perked up immediately,

He didn’t expect that, initially, he had a good eye, this quiet little girl turned out to be a major customer for him!

"Since this isn’t our first deal, I’ll give you the bottom line—six units guaranteed! The actual number will depend on the prices you offer."

Brother Zhang laughed immediately upon hearing this, "Don’t worry! Little sister, just trust me! I will definitely give you the biggest discount!"

"Thank you so much." Zhen Yu said politely, then switched to asking about inventory. "Brother Zhang, if I need them urgently, how many can you assemble from the materials you have on hand?"

"I only have five monitors, but I have plenty of internal components!" After saying this, Brother Zhang quickly assured her, "I get shipments quickly, I can assemble them for you in at most ten days, you can’t wait that long, can you?"

"Hehe, I can wait." Zhen Yu gave a noncommittal smile, "Let’s do this; I’ll come over tomorrow and we can discuss the specific configurations and prices, and then you can start arranging the shipment, how about that?"

"No problem! Just come over! I’ll be waiting for you at the store!"

"Okay, Brother Zhang, see you tomorrow."

"See you tomorrow!"

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More than four months had passed, and for computer components, that duration was enough to complete a whole new upgrade cycle!

Zhen Yu still prioritized cost-effectiveness when purchasing.

Through negotiation, Brother Zhang agreed to sell the computers at 4,500 yuan each with the same configurations as before.

Mrs. Zhen had almost forty thousand yuan in hand, which also included the value stored by people who got membership cards at the arcade in nearly a month.

In addition to reserving money for the family’s living expenses, she also needed to set aside some working capital to maintain the operations of the counter store.

After careful consideration, Zhen Yu decided to still go for eight units! Pick up five units on site, and put them into operation that very evening!

If they can just get through to September 1st when school starts, the revenue from late August would start to accumulate, and there would be no shortage of working capital.

Moreover, in September, not only Qi University Affiliated Middle School and Qi City No.1 High School are starting, but even more importantly, all major universities are also beginning their new term! Then, the long-planned food delivery business can immediately kick off!

The prepaid food delivery cards are essentially money customers store upfront with Zhen Yu! Using money that will be earned in the future to develop her existing business feels awesome! Doesn’t it?! And she uses it for free!

Whether the arcade can be further expanded depends on how she promotes it at that time!