50s: Starting with a storage ring

Chapter 309 The Cashier is Here

That day, not long after he opened the door, two girls came over to ask him about the cashier position.

As the wind chimes rang at the door, a woman's voice called out from inside: "Excuse me, is anyone home?"

Sun Zhiwei got up from behind the counter and looked over, and saw two girls standing at the entrance, one tall and one short.

The tall, blonde, blue-eyed girl had a voluptuous figure and wore a short skirt, which made Sun Zhiwei shudder. Wasn't this girl cold? It was January, after all.

Another short girl, with black hair and blue eyes, wearing the uniform blue school uniform of Georgetown University, was holding two books and looked at him timidly, appearing somewhat cowardly.

“I’m James, the shop owner. How can I help you?” Sun Zhiwei asked as he walked out from behind the counter.

The tall girl had spoken earlier, and now she pushed the girl in the school uniform from behind.

The black-haired girl asked softly, "We heard they're hiring cashiers here, so we've come to inquire."

"That's right, I do need a cashier here. Which of you two is applying?"

The black-haired girl raised her small hand: "It's me." Is she treating this place like a classroom?

Sun Zhiwei almost burst out laughing: "Hello, what's your name?"

“My name is Sofia Russell, and she is Belinda McKinney.”

The long-haired girl couldn't stand the black-haired girl speaking so slowly, so she simply answered for her.

"Hello, Sofia and Belinda."

"Belinda, I work here from 13 PM to 16 PM, Monday through Friday. Does that conflict with your classes?"

Belinda thought for a moment before replying, "No, all my classes are in the morning, I don't have any in the afternoon."

"Very good, is my treatment here clear now?"

"Understood, $100 a week." After all, it's only 3 hours a day, so it won't take up too much study time.

But the extra $100 a week can solve a lot of her problems, so she is still very satisfied.

Belinda has to attend classes in the morning and study in the evening, so she can't take several full days off to work like other students.

But her family background was not good. She came from a single-parent family, and her mother could barely support her through college.

Sofia, on the other hand, is a rich young lady with a straightforward personality. Somehow, the two hit it off and became good friends.

This time, Sofia saw Sun Zhiwei's job posting while shopping and suggested that Belinda give it a try.

Once he was sure Belinda knew about the job posting, Sun Zhiwei said, "Let me introduce the job I'm doing here."

"I am an art appraiser, and the main business of the shop is to appraise various works of art, jewelry and antiques for customers."

"My appraisal fee schedule is on the table. You can take a look at it and answer customers' questions."

Belinda and her companion followed Sun Zhiwei into the shop and stood in front of the counter. Only after hearing Sun Zhiwei's words did they turn to look at the sign on the counter.

Belinda felt dizzy when she saw the price. With such an expensive appraisal fee, how could this shop possibly make a living? Wouldn't it go out of business in just a few days?

Although Sophia is a rich girl and her family provides for her food and clothing, she doesn't have much pocket money, and sometimes it's not enough.

The appraisal price here also shocked her. She couldn't help but think to herself that Sun Zhiwei was a shrewd businessman and might betray her best friend.

Sun Zhiwei had no idea what the two were thinking and continued to introduce the work in the store.

“From now on, you’ll be mainly in charge of collecting money, and you’ll need to keep track of the accounts every day.” “But… but I don’t know how to keep track of the accounts,” Belinda replied somewhat nervously.

"If you don't know how, just learn. It's not difficult. You just need to keep a simple record of your daily income and expenses. A financial company will come and do the tax filing and financial statements every month."

"Oh." Belinda was relieved. It was just keeping a daily record of expenses, which was easy. She kept a record of her own expenses every day, so it should be similar.

"The corner is the photo studio and photo developing area. Sometimes we need photos to issue authentication certificates, so we have to take photos of the customers' items."

"Taking and developing photos is also very simple; I'll teach you that later."

"Because my business here is not very busy, your work is not heavy."

"However, is it alright to clean the shop every day?"

“Cleaning is no problem; I have to clean the dorms myself.” Belinda is no stranger to this kind of rough work.

Besides, she could tell that the store had just opened, and everything looked new. There wasn't much dirt to clean, and at most, she would just need to sweep away the dust every day, which was too simple.

"Okay, that's about it for the main tasks. Do you have any other questions?"

That's it? Both girls were a little stunned.

"Boss, where are these things?" Belinda asked, pointing to the antiques filling the room.

"Ah, I almost forgot, these are all exhibits. I don't make money from selling these antiques. If someone wants to buy them, I'll sell them to you without haggling."

"But, but there's no price listed!"

"Hey, I forgot to put the price on it."

Sun Zhiwei's shop mainly focuses on appraisal; selling antiques is secondary, so he forgot to price these strange and wonderful items.

Looking at the thousands of antiques from all over the world filling the room, Sun Zhiwei was a little scratched his head; this was a huge project.

He glanced at the two little girls who were looking at the antiques, and an idea struck him. He quickly asked:

"Belinda, when can you start work? And Miss Sophia, are you busy today?"

“Boss, I can start work today. As for Sophia…” Belinda glanced at Sophia but didn’t answer for her.

“I’m free today, boss, what do you need?” Sophia asked.

Hearing that both of them were free today, Sun Zhiwei smiled:
"Look, I still have several thousand items here that haven't been priced. I'd like to ask you two to help me put their prices on today."

"Of course, there is a fee."

Upon hearing about money, both girls' eyes lit up; everyone was short of US dollars.

"Boss, we'll help you out, how much will you pay?"

"How about this, after you finish setting the price, it'll be $30 per person. Or you can each pick out a small gift from me."

He suddenly realized that there were hundreds of pieces of jewelry over there, each one incredibly valuable. He would be heartbroken if they picked them all.

So he quickly added, "No more than $100."

The two girls were quite satisfied. In an era when monthly wages were only a few hundred dollars, earning $30 for working for two or three hours was a very good deal.

“Okay, we agree. Boss, you tell us how to do it.” Sophia patted her chest and readily agreed.

(End of this chapter)