Xia Zhaoyao glanced at Qin Shuo out of the corner of his eye and saw that the other party did not compete with her this time.
“The second-hand book market in freshman year is blank, and we have both supply and channels.”
"Supply sources and... channels?"
Zhao Huanxi's eyes were still fixed on Tangtang's pig brain flowers.
Her voice sounded slurred, as if she had drank several dozen beers.
"Girls dormitory, and freshmen group——"
Xia Zhaoyao said quickly, took out his mobile phone and scrolled through it.
As if she was waking up from a big dream, the vague thoughts in her mind were spreading at an incredible speed.
"You see, the freshman orientation activity we participated in covered almost 80% of the freshmen."
"There are five freshmen groups this year, each group has about 500-1,000 people, and there are at least 2,000 people after removing duplicates."
"If we promote it in the group in advance, there is a high probability that we can monopolize this market!"
"...So, everyone is going to buy used books. What's the next step?"
At this moment, a calm voice suddenly broke in.
Unlike Zhao Huanxi, who was drunk and hazy, senior Tang Qingying was sober as if she hadn't even drank a glass of wine.
Oh, it’s not as if——
Xia Zhaoyao glanced at the plastic cup next to Senior Tangtang's oil dish.
The wine there seems to have not been touched much?
Most of the bottle of beer shared by the two people probably went into the boss's stomach.
"We provide supply - at prices much lower than those in the outside market."
Qin Shuo spoke, he glanced at Xia Zhaoyao and said enthusiastically.
"As sophomores, seniors don't have channels to deal with old books. This is a crucial advantage."
"As long as we buy used books in advance and suddenly increase the volume before school starts, we can perfectly monopolize the market."
Qin Shuo was very familiar with this kind of monopoly speculation - he had heard Lao Qin show off this since he was a child.
However, what he didn't expect was that Xia Zhaoyao would react one step ahead of him?
"The problem now is that we are running out of time..."
Qin Shuo lowered his head and glanced at the calendar on his phone.
It's August 20th now. Even if we start tomorrow, there is only...
"Ten days, this time is just right-"
Xia Zhaoyao said as she clicked on the screen of her mobile phone placed beside the table.
"Now old students are starting to return to school one after another, and new students have to wait until the semester officially starts before they can be allocated dormitories."
"...It sounds like you want to take advantage of these ten days to collect all the old books?"
Tang Qingying frowned slightly and looked carefully at Xia Zhaoyao, who had clear eyes.
Well, it doesn’t look like you drank too much, does it?
"There's absolutely not enough time—"
Qin Shuo shook his head, glanced at the little one next to him, and said firmly.
"Huaijiang University has four dormitories, each with 4-7 apartments, and you can visit up to three buildings a day..."
"So, we can't just collect old books."
Xia Zhaoyao said calmly while fishing for the vegetables that slipped from the bamboo skewers in the pot.
"Screening and pricing take too much time... We are collecting waste paper."
"Um?"
"High price - waste paper collection. Got it!"
Xia Zhaoyao said casually and took out a small piece of sweet sausage from the pot in surprise.
The fun at the end of eating Chuan Chuan Xiang is to explore the lost treasures in the pot.
Tang Qingying nodded thoughtfully and gradually sat upright.
"But you still haven't solved the manpower problem -" she looked around, "the four of us are not enough."
“Then outsource!”
"We are still middlemen——"
Xia Zhaoyao and Qin Shuo spoke in unison again.
"Uh, ladies first. I'll add."
Qin Shuo shrugged and let Xia Zhaoyao speak first.
Um……
Why is Qin Shuo competing with her again...
This synchronization rate made Xia Zhaoyao a little inexplicably irritable.
"Each building has a dormitory leader and secretary, and each floor has a floor leader..."
Xia Zhaoyao glanced at Qin Shuo and sorted out her thoughts just now.
"If we can let them spread the news, for example, someone collects waste paper at the door of the dormitory at a certain time-"
"It's easy." Tang Qingying shook her phone, "We have a group of secretaries."
"For ordinary news like this, @everyone, just mention it casually."
"Eh? It's that simple?"
Xia Zhaoyao was stunned for a moment, then quickly added.
"I thought... I was going to give out red envelopes, or give some favors -"
"Oh, no. Hiccup—it's not necessary."
Zhao Huanxi finally broke free from his drunkenness.
She burped, waved her hands disapprovingly and said.
"Whoever doesn't report this kind of thing will be scolded - if the sixth house is sold, if the fifth house is leaked, it will cause a huge commotion."
"Oh-oh——"
Xia Zhaoyao nodded in sudden realization and continued.
"In short, as long as we collect it at a fixed time, we can..."
"Four people, four apartment blocks, ten days - then you still have to schedule a timetable for each apartment?"
Tang Qingying took her chopsticks and poked the brains in the pot, but she still didn't look particularly promising.
"Of course, if necessary -"
"Of course it's not necessary!"
Before Xia Zhaoyao could finish speaking, Qin Shuo suddenly spoke.
Um?!
Xia Zhaoyao couldn't help but raise his eyebrows slightly.
This perverted nerd...
"We don't collect on the front line, that's the job of the second-tier subcontractors."
Qin Shuo said, stirring the chili pepper and red oil on the table with his chopsticks, drawing several lines.
“Huaijiang University already has waste paper collectors, so we don’t need to compete with them for business.”
"Just wait until they come back after collecting waste paper every day and eat what they want at double or triple the price."
"Cardboard, express boxes, printing paper... we don't have any use for these. We will roughly sort them into categories and take away the old books. The form of employment is definitely not as effective as cooperation - don't we still help them?"
Promote and solicit business?”
Qin Shuo pointed to Tang Qingying's mobile phone and said seriously, "Strictly speaking, they have to thank us."
Um……
Sure enough, profiteers all have the same bloodline.
Xia Zhaoyao glanced at Qin Shuo and held back his thoughts without complaining.
"Well, I actually think so too..."
Xia Zhaoyao said without changing his expression and took over the conversation naturally.
"In this way, our manpower only needs to be devoted to sorting, classification, and resale."
"Hmm - it sounds pretty good?"
Tang Qingying nodded, turned her head and looked to the side.
"Master, what do you think? Monopolizing freshman's old books?"
"...From a feasibility perspective, the degree of completion is quite high."
Zhao Huanxi pondered, and as everyone chatted, she gradually regained some of her energy.
"but……"
"Well, there are a few minor issues-"
She spoke slowly and looked at Qin Shuo and Xia Zhaoyao.
"Have you thought about how to determine the final price of the used books?"
"Think about it——"
Xia Zhaoyao nodded quickly and opened Taobao on his mobile phone.
"I checked online shopping prices on Taobao, and then looked at the price of salted fish..."
"At most one-third of the original price, and our price can be lower, for example, one-tenth of the original price."
"It can be even lower -" Qin Shuo added, "Twenty cents, or even sold in bunches, two pieces for thick books and one piece for thin books."
"...Tsk."
Zhao Huanxi clicked his tongue in disbelief.
"Well, what about the profit range?"
"In terms of cost, I estimate how many cents a book costs? After all, it is charged as waste paper."
Xia Zhaoyao switched to his mobile computer and was tinkering while talking.
"If the lowest price is two yuan, one yuan per book, that is ten times the profit... Of course, this is calculated based on the number of used books we sell. If it is absolutely worth it, counting three thousand students, each
If a person has twenty books, it costs forty yuan, which is twelve thousand."
"Of course, the actual income must be higher than this. After all, we must sell it for more than 40 yuan..."
"Well - that's almost it."
Zhao Huanxi pinched his eyebrows, raised his finger and pointed at the calculator on Xia Zhaoyao's phone.
"Then have you ever calculated the total price of the original textbooks before?"
"Let me do the math for you. The number of freshmen at Huaijiang University is approximately 3,000 to 3,500 per class."
"The teaching material fee of 650 per person is..."
"About two million——"
Qin Shuo's expression changed and he hesitated to speak.
"Yes, the answer is correct."
Zhao Huanxi clapped his hands happily.
She looked around at the three junior students at the table and praised them with admiration.
"So, you are planning to start a two-million-dollar business to earn twelve thousand."
"……Well."
"It doesn't seem right?"
Qin Shuo and Tang Qingying looked at each other and said coquettishly.
Not only is this inappropriate, but it is also too cruel to cut off people's financial opportunities in this way.
"This business... I mean, this money... did the school make money in the end?"
At this moment, Xia Zhaoyao suddenly asked.
"No -" Tang Qingying said.
"Publishing company, supplier, but it must be related -"
"Then, the school's interests will not be harmed, and the students' interests will not be harmed and will benefit..."
Xia Zhaoyao said slowly, "The law doesn't prohibit it, the school rules don't prohibit it, and we can still generate income - if it gets too big, Wanshiwuwu may even have a chance to be in the newspaper. Come to think of it, we don't have any hesitation."
.As for the opponent’s losses…”
Xia Zhaoyao paused and glanced at the school bag next to him.
Those two research reports are still lying quietly inside.
The dilemma of Huantang Wanshiwu is still there, and the future of the entrepreneurial base is also unclear.
Lao Xia once told her not to limit herself to short-term gains and losses, but to take a long-term view.
The biggest key to shopping malls and casinos is that your layout must be open.
"It's just a mere two million..."
"The alumni association's subsidy projects are several times more than this."
"if……"
She carefully considered her words, feeling like something was about to pop out of her heart.
"I mean, what if, through this incident, we can promote the formation of a complete ecosystem?"
“The Startup Base Debate—Is it possible to settle it once and for all?”
"Um?!"
Zhao Huanxi was stunned.
etc……
Entrepreneurship base, things are going big...ecology...
She felt her head suddenly hurt again, but, but—
"hiss--"
Next to me, someone made a strange noise.
Tang Qingying said softly, as if she was exhaling towards the cicada wings.
"How about we give it a try?"
"……That--"
"Do it!" Qin Shuo hammered his palm.
"OK--"
Zhao Huanxi closed his eyes, raised his glass, and drank the beer in one gulp.
"Then we will kill him! Anyway, the law will not be held accountable by then!"
"good!"
Xia Zhaoyao nodded, picked up the wine glass and drank it all in one gulp.