Stay Home Daddy: I Was Reborn After My Daughter Passed Away
Chapter 440: Four Hundred Forty Creation Day Reaches New Heights_1

Chapter 440: Four Hundred Forty Creation Day Reaches New Heights_1

"How much did we earn today?" Ji Pianran asked Gu Chen curiously.

Each sale was recorded by Gu Chen.

"One hundred fifty-six cups of regular coffee, four hundred and five cups of premium coffee."

When Gu Chen mentioned these numbers, Ji Pianran looked quite astonished.

"We actually sold that many!"

Gu Chen hadn’t expected the business to be this good either, as there weren’t enough seats in the house.

"So, how much money did we make today?" Ji Pianran didn’t know how much the cost was for Gu Chen.

In fact, Gu Chen didn’t know how to account for his cost either.

The only costs might be the rent for the premises, the renovation expenses, and the labor costs for Jia Xiaoyi and the other two girls.

The regular coffee earned one thousand five hundred sixty yuan, and the premium coffee nine thousand one hundred yuan.

Together, that amounted to sixteen thousand six hundred sixty yuan.

That was all net profit!

The cost of the coffee beans and Spiritual Spring water couldn’t be considered at all.

So, calculating this way, just three days of sales would cover the rent.

In half a month, the cost of rent and renovations would be fully covered, as would the wages for the three girls.

After that, excluding the costs of the initial rent and renovations,

starting from half a month later, the net profit every day would be over ten thousand yuan.

Adding the four thousand yuan from Qiwei Vegetarian,

the daily income would be fourteen thousand, and in ten days, that would be one hundred forty thousand.

In one month, that would be a net income of four hundred twenty thousand yuan.

Of course, these were just Gu Chen’s own assumptions; the actual amount that could be earned remained unknown.

He would have to wait until tomorrow to figure it out for sure.

"We should have made a neat ten thousand today," Gu Chen said to Ji Pianran nonchalantly.

When Ji Pianran heard that Gu Chen had made ten thousand yuan in sales today,

her eyes went wide in an instant.

She looked at Gu Chen, dumbfounded, not quite believing his words.

Ten thousand yuan! This level of income was higher than that of many small businesses.

No! Even some large companies would find it hard to earn this much in a single day.

Plus, the financial and time investments those big companies had to make to generate such income daily were incomparable to Gu Chen’s.

"Husband, you are just too amazing," Ji Pianran was thoroughly defeated by Gu Chen’s money-making capabilities at this moment.

"Not bad, not bad. I’m all ready for you to just lie around at home," Gu Chen said with a smile.

But his words clearly didn’t make sense to Ji Pianran.

"Husband, what do you mean by ’lying around’?" she asked curiously.

"Nothing much. It’s just lying down and doing nothing all day, doing nothing but eating, drinking, going to the bathroom, and sleeping," Gu Chen explained briefly with a bit of simplification.

After hearing this, Ji Pianran somewhat shyly slapped Gu Chen on the shoulder.

"You’re terrible, wouldn’t I just be like a pig then?"

She couldn’t imagine herself doing nothing at home every day.

Gu Chen chuckled.

He put the cups into the automatic sterilizer.

Afterward, Gu Chen and Ji Pianran left.

In one night, the coffee beans would grow back.

Then tomorrow, they would continue with the sales.

Gu Chen had already decided to buy Sugar three buildings with the coffee earnings.

That’s right, not three apartments, but three buildings.

He planned to have Sugar become a little landlord; living a carefree life with clothing and food provided for sounded great.

As long as she didn’t pick up any bad habits, like going out to recklessly spend money on mahjong, Gu Chen believed that Tangtang’s future would surely be one without a shortage of money.

The three of them returned home together.

After getting home, they even turned on the TV for a bit. Old Wang’s commercials were still running on a loop.

That magical voice was slowly corroding the brains of every viewer.

Before going to sleep, Gu Chen checked on the cabbages he had planted next to Spiritual Spring.

The growth rate of the cabbages couldn’t compare at all with that of the coffee beans.

After all this time, only a single cabbage seedling had sprouted.

To the uninformed, it might appear that the cabbage was on the brink of death.

At that point, Gu Chen watered the coffee seedlings again before going straight to bed.

During his sleep, virtually everyone from the city’s white-collar class had heard about Sitang Coffee.

The buzz was intense, with most people passing the word along.

The next day, after Gu Chen woke up, he checked on the situation next to Spiritual Spring.

The cabbage still looked the same; it seemed like it wouldn’t grow much anytime soon.

The coffee beans had sprouted again, so Gu Chen gathered them all up.

Carrying a large bag of coffee beans and plenty of Spiritual Spring water.

After dropping Tangtang off at the daycare, it was just nine o’clock.

There was still an hour to go before opening, but Gu Chen decided to head over early to prepare.

When he arrived at the front of the shop, the scene before him was stunning.

A long queue had formed outside the shop, even at this hour.

The scene was even more daunting than at Qiwei Vegetarian.

At this point, Gu Chen walked over from the back.

Suddenly, a young woman stepped out to block his path.

"Excuse me, please join the queue," she told Gu Chen.

Hearing her ask him to queue up, Gu Chen was initially taken aback, but then he found it a bit ironically amusing.

"We’ve already been lining up for half an hour, and the people in front have waited for an hour. If you cut in, it’s disrespectful to all of us."

She continued speaking to Gu Chen.

With Gu Chen striding confidently, he really did look like someone attempting to jump the queue.

Many around him threw strange glances in his direction.

Queue-jumping was, of course, met with everyone’s disdain.

Nobody welcomes the arrival of a queue jumper.

A little embarrassed, Gu Chen said, "I’m not here to buy coffee."

He explained, then continued on toward the front.

Many kept a tight watch on Gu Chen.

It was as if they were ready to call him out should he dare to jump the queue.

Gu Chen reached the door, took out his keys, and unlocked the shop.

Upon entering, he immediately turned on the lights inside the café.

However, he didn’t let all of the customers in but instead turned and said, "I’m terribly sorry everyone, but as our servers have not yet arrived, you’re welcome to sit down and wait."

There were still forty minutes to go before opening.

Jia Xiaoyi and the others had their start times pushed back to nine thirty.

It was just nine twenty now, so they still had ten minutes.

The customers didn’t seem to mind.

Afterward, large groups of customers all filed in.

All the seats in the entire shop were instantly filled.

Even then, there were still twelve customers without seats, who could only stand there foolishly.

Seeing this, Gu Chen thought it might be a good idea to add some bar stools in front of the counter if needed.