Chapter 77 Opening a shop together?
It takes four hours to drive from the state capital to Lanshan City.

Cui Changjia set out from the state capital at about 10 o'clock, and it was already past 2 o'clock in the afternoon when he arrived in Lanshan City.

When they were almost reaching Lanshan City, Cui Changjia received a call from Chang Ying.

"Jia Jia, are you in the factory?"

"No, I'm on my way to Lanshan City."

"Is it convenient? I want to talk to you about something."

"It's just me. Just talk to me."

"I found a baker to teach me how to make bread. He knows I want to open a bakery and wants to be my partner. I'll pay for the shop, he'll provide the skills, and we'll split the profits in half. Is that okay?"

Chang Ying worked as a waitress in a bakery. After she became familiar with a baker in the store, she offered to pay the baker 500 yuan a month and asked him to teach her how to make bread in his spare time. In this way, Chang Ying could make effective use of her time.

Chang Ying still lacks social experience, so she doesn't even think about this kind of thing and just refuses it directly.

But Cui Changjia did not let Chang Ying refuse directly, but asked, "Why does the baker want to open a shop with you? His salary in the bakery should be quite high. It's quite risky to open a shop on his own."

"Cui Changjia, I find you are so amazing now. You can find a solution to any problem immediately. The baker had a quarrel with the store manager yesterday. It was a serious quarrel. He doesn't want to work anymore, but he can't get such a high salary if he goes to other places. He knows that I want to open a store, so he wants to be a partner with me."

That's right, it's right only if there is a reason.

Cui Changjia said, "We do business on our own so that we have a say. If we partner with others, we will be passive. If you two quarrel one day, and he just walks away, what will you do?"

"Yeah, I'm also conflicted. From what I heard from his words, he meant that if I didn't agree to his request, he would tell the store manager that I was secretly learning how to make bread while I was at work."

"Then there's no need to worry about it. He's threatening me before anything happens. Chang Ying, you do business to make money, not to cause trouble for yourself. Tell him clearly that you don't want to do business in partnership. There's nothing to be embarrassed about."

"But if I don't agree to his request, what if he says something?"

"It's up to him. If this bakery doesn't work out, let's go to another one. Anyway, you've learned a lot now. Wouldn't it be better to go to another bakery and work as an apprentice in the kitchen?"

"Yes," Chang Ying was happy, "You are smart. I will go and talk to him now. You can do whatever you want. I am not afraid of him."

Cui Changjia was afraid that the baker was scheming, so he bewitched Chang Ying and said, "I think this person is quite scheming, so you must stick to your principles and put your own interests first. After all, we opened a shop so that we can be the masters of our own business and live a comfortable life."

"If another half-boss comes, his own words will not count, and there will definitely be trouble later. Just think about it, if you take out half of the profit to hire a baker, how good a baker would you have to hire?"

"Well, Changjia, I knew it was right to call you. He called me late last night to ask if I had made up my mind. He kept asking me again when he came this morning. It's so annoying. I'll talk to him now. By the way, there was some bread that wasn't sold out in the store yesterday. I'll deliver it to Auntie after get off work this afternoon."

"It's ok if it's not sold out, but forget about the ones you paid for."

"Don't worry, they are not sold out yet. Drive slowly, eat well and stay well. Don't be reluctant to spend money."

"Got it, you little bitch!"

After hanging up the phone, Cui Changjia curled the corners of his mouth. Look, how good it is to have friends. If you don’t know what to do, you can call and discuss it. You don’t have to beat around the bush when talking. You can say whatever you want. There is no burden at all!
Cui Changjia was considered to be an experienced person, but after arriving at the wholesale market in Lanshan City, she was still shocked.

As soon as I entered the market, I was dazzled by the small shops that were lined up one after another. I couldn't see the end of them at a glance. Clothes, shoes and hats, accessories, detergents, bedding, various daily necessities... Every small shop was filled with goods, and people couldn't even squeeze in. The whole wholesale market was in a busy state, and people could be seen everywhere in the passages dragging small carts and walking hurriedly.

Only after arriving here did I realize where all the products produced by those factories went.

The things Cui Changjia wanted to sell were daily necessities. She found the area selling daily necessities but did not rush to look for merchants. Instead, she found a staircase and took a rest for a while. She came with samples and was out of breath from climbing the stairs.

After sitting on the stairs for a while, she walked towards a shop called "Xia Jie Trading Company". She had just taken a look and found that the store mainly sold household goods.

"What do you need?" As she walked to the door of the shop, a clerk wearing a brown apron came over to greet her.

"I want to discuss some business with your boss."

"Sister Xia!" the clerk shouted inside. Seeing no one responded, she shouted again, "Sister Xia?"

At the back of the shop, a slightly plump woman with short hair and an apron stuck her head out and asked, "What's wrong?"

“Some people come here to sell.”

"What is that?" Sister Xia shouted.

Cui Changjia quickly said to the clerk, "I'll go over and talk to him myself, you just go ahead and do your work."

Xiajie's store mainly sells household items, such as wash basin racks, stools, oil bottles used in the kitchen, storage racks, etc.

Her shop is also very big. Cui Changjia stood at the door and looked inside. It was about ten meters deep. There were four rows of shelves in the seven or eight meters wide space, and the shelves were full of samples.

"Sister Xia." Cui Changjia walked over and greeted the slightly plump boss.

The boss was putting spice boxes on the shelf. As she was busy, she asked, "What are you selling?"

"No need to rush. I'll help you stack the goods. It will be the same if you look at it after I finish stacking them."

Cui Changjia offered his hand to help. There were many layers of seasoning boxes in the big cardboard box, probably hundreds of them. Even with Cui Changjia's help, it took a while to finish stacking them.

Wholesale traders all have warehouses, but shops are also warehouses.

Anyone who came to ask for goods would get them from the shop first, and only go to the warehouse if there were not enough in the shop.

As soon as Sister Xia finished her work, someone came to ask for goods. Cui Changjia secretly looked at the watch. It was already past four o'clock, and the wholesale market had to close before five o'clock.

Fortunately, Sister Xia arranged for the store clerk to pick up the goods.

Sister Xia casually took a towel to wipe her hands. Cui Changjia said, "Come, take a look at your things."

Cui Changjia hurriedly spread out the samples he brought in the narrow space and showed them to her: a large folding table and a small folding table.

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