Who would still start a business seriously after being reborn?

Chapter 8 Lottery Tools
You can imagine how difficult it is to find programming-related stuff in this backward little county.

He went to five bookstores in a row but found nothing.

Just when he was hesitating whether to go to an Internet cafe to burn a copy, he finally found a computer tutorial book with a programming CD in an inconspicuous bookstore.

51.9 yuan.

After paying the money with some pain, Cheng Yi threw the thick tutorial book aside and only took away the CD.

Looking at Cheng Yi's confusing behavior of buying the box and returning the pearl, the bookstore owner was also confused.

After buying the CD, Cheng Yi immediately rode his bike to Jiang Aiguo’s food factory.

Jiang Aiguo was his father's comrade-in-arms. Because of this relationship, the relationship between their two families has always been very good.

In the 1990s, Jiang Aiguo's small food factory did make some money, but gradually, this food factory became like a convenience store, with more and more competitors. In order to improve their competitiveness, they added more and more food categories, and the pressure they bore became greater and greater.

From the original sticky candies and Tang Monk meat to the now popular donuts and French fries.

The product categories are increasing, but the market is getting smaller and smaller.

Today, Jiang Aiguo's small food factory is on the verge of bankruptcy.

As soon as he arrived at the Aiguo Food Factory, Cheng Yi saw Jiang Yuxi sorting cardboard boxes at the factory gate.

Scorching sun.

Jiang Yuxi's face was covered with tiny beads of sweat, crystal clear.

When she saw Cheng Yi, she was furious and asked, "Cheng Yi? What are you doing here?"

Cheng Yi smiled and said, "I heard that your food is not selling well. Aren't you planning to come over and help?"

"You don't understand food." Jiang Yuxi looked at Cheng Yi with a wary look and snorted, "You, you are here to help with the food, right?"

"Look at what you're saying." Cheng Yi put down his bicycle and said with a smile, "You look like you still don't accept me. Do you want to make another bet?"

"Okay, what's the bet?" Jiang Yuxi looked at Cheng Yi unconvinced at first, but as soon as she said something harsh, her momentum suddenly wilted, and she whispered, "But, but I have no money."

Jiang Yuxi became even angrier when she thought about being penniless.

She was very rich!

Her wallet is so bulging that it can’t hold anything!
"How about this, within ten days, if I clear out your inventory without losing money, you have to promise me one thing. If I can't do it, I will promise you one thing." Cheng Yi said.

Jiang Yuxi said stubbornly, "Okay, you lose. I don't need you to do anything. Just return my money to me."

"Okay." Cheng Yi agreed readily.

"Is Xiaoyi here?" At this time, Jiang Aiguo's voice came from the factory yard.

"Yes, Uncle Jiang." Cheng Yi responded quickly, stopped teasing Jiang Yuxi, and pushed his bicycle into the factory.

Perhaps due to the financial pressure, Jiang Aiguo's temples were already gray. He looked at Cheng Yi with a dejected expression and said, "Your dad just called and said you want to help me sell goods at the market?"

"Yes." Cheng Yi nodded.

Jiang Aiguo sighed, "You are still a child, so don't get involved in our affairs."

"Uncle Jiang, just let me give it a try. Maybe I can help you sell some." Cheng Yi said, "I have nothing to do anyway. Just think of it as selling it to me on credit."

Jiang Aiguo looked at Cheng Yi with complicated eyes and sighed, "It's up to you. Jiang Yuxi knows the factory price. You guys can do whatever you want. I'm going to go out and collect the debt first."

After Jiang Aiguo finished speaking, he got on his motorcycle and left the factory.

"Jiang Yuxi, come here and help me make a product list." Cheng Yi greeted Jiang Yuxi and walked into Jiang Aiguo's office.

The office was a mess, with a pile of bills scattered all over the place. Although Jiang Yuxi was very dissatisfied, she had also witnessed Cheng Yi's sales ability last night. If Cheng Yi could really solve her family's difficulties, she would be more than happy.

Because what Cheng Yi wants to do is what she has always wanted to do but has never had the courage to do.

Jiang Yuxi quickly wrote down the categories and factory prices of the food in stock on a piece of paper and said, "Look, the current inventory quantity is about three million pieces."

Cheng Yi carefully read the food list on the paper several times. He had to admit that there were many types of food, more than twenty kinds.

It mainly consists of air-dried fruit and vegetable snacks and chocolate secondary processed snacks.

The advantage of this type of snack is that it requires very little investment and almost no production equipment. A small plastic sealing machine and a few workers can do the job.

Tang Monk's meat costs five cents a bag, chocolate beans cost thirty cents a bag, and the most expensive snack is only sixty cents. They are all small foods that have no competitiveness at all.

Since the country began planning to join the WTO, a number of high-quality food factories that meet international standards have rapidly emerged. They have swept across the country with their low prices and excellent quality, killing many small food workshops in counties.

"Jiang Yuxi, classify these foods, combine them according to the factory price, and pack them in packages that look as big as possible," Cheng Yi instructed.

"Okay." Although Jiang Yuxi didn't understand Cheng Yi's intention, she still obediently started to sort.

Soon, there were three piles of snacks in front of Cheng Yi.

"This is the list. I combined more than 20 products into three lists." Jiang Yuxi handed the list to Cheng Yi.

"Okay, I'll use the computer." Cheng Yi put the documents on the table aside and turned on Jiang Aiguo's 486 computer.

Although the 486 computer was a product of the late 80s, its processing power was already very good, especially in supporting programming and software development, making it the first dream computer for many computer developers.

but……

Compared with computers in 2024, this startup speed is really frustrating.

Cheng Yi turned on the computer and checked the system first.

The system is win3.1, and the Chinese character system is also very old, using uc-dos.

It has been many years since I last used this antique. Cheng Yi clicked here and touched there, just like a novice who had never used a computer before.

"Do you want to play games? There is a beach landing on drive D." Jiang Yuxi instructed.

Cheng Yi looked back at the heartless Jiang Yuxi without saying a word.

He took out the CD and put it into the computer's CD drive.

Soon, FxoPro, a programming software that is almost as old as the computer, was installed successfully.

FxoPro commands are very complicated, and it is a programming tool that gives newcomers a headache. However, in this era, FxoPro is definitely a first-class programming tool because it comes with a built-in command box.

After Cheng Yi got familiar with the computer, he started working without any further ado.

Watching Cheng Yi's fingers moving quickly on the keyboard, like flowing water, Jiang Yuxi's clear eyes gradually became brighter.

Like a sailor who has discovered treasure.

Cheng Yi plans to make a simple lottery software. By calling the random function of 1-1000, he will create a guaranteed lottery mini program with a probability of 0.001 to 0.999. Compared with the less controllable lottery tickets, the mini program is obviously much more reliable. It can trigger the guaranteed prize based on the amount of money received. When the amount of money received reaches a certain amount, it will trigger rewards at all levels.

This is similar to the lottery activities in mobile games in the future. The number of people who can win the grand prize by luck is very small. The vast majority of people have to spend enough money to trigger the final grand prize.

In order to save effort, Cheng Yi directly called the UI animation for beach landing.

After about an hour, Cheng Yi finished writing the program.

(End of this chapter)