The Song Dynasty on the Sand Table

Chapter 211 Perfumes and Spices
In the evening in Shuangqing City, the setting sun slants down from the Jialing River, covering a stretch of beach by the river with warmth.

Yue Wenxuan was sitting in a hot pot restaurant called "Jialing Evening Breeze" and eating hot pot.

Three high school classmates sat around the hot pot table. One was Lao Li, who went on to Southwest Agricultural University after graduating. He had recently brought Yue Wenxuan to campus to take a photo with Professor Liao. Another was Liang Ye, who also graduated from high school and went on to Southwest University of Political Science and Law. Liang Ye had even given him some advice on shooting a soccer video. The other was a girl named Wen Jie. They hadn't seen each other since high school, and this was their first reunion.

The four of them were a little excited. After a few beers and the evening breeze from Jialing River, the atmosphere suddenly became lively.

"Old Yue!" Old Li said with a smile, "You're doing pretty well now. I heard in the class group last time that you've caught up with the times and have started some kind of self-media platform, making a killing. Oh, you see, I'm not so lucky. I went home and set up a test plot to grow Sunshine Rose grapes, but the price of Sunshine Rose grapes has plummeted in recent years, leaving me bleeding from the losses."

Yue Wenxuan spread his hands: "I just do it casually, and I don't make much money."

Liang Ye immediately laughed: "Stop fooling around here, he must be making a killing. Let me tell you, Lao Yue last time asked me about the copyright of a football star figurine, and I went to his video account and saw that he was making a football figurine commercial. The number of views on that commercial was incredible, and even I, an outsider, could tell he was making a killing."

Old Li laughed and said, "Then you still say you didn't make much money? You're not being honest. I'll fine you a drink."

Yue Wenxuan had no choice but to drink a glass of wine as punishment...

The three men were chatting animatedly here, but the girl Wen Jie next to them was very quiet, with a hint of worry between her pretty brows. When the boys toasted, she also raised her glass, took a sip of Sprite, and put on a polite smile, but there was no smile in her eyes.

Yue Wenxuan had already noticed this scene and quickly winked at Liang Ye: What happened to Wen Jie?
It turned out that Yue Wenxuan had only made an appointment with two boys and no girls. But when he made an appointment with Liang Ye, Wen Jie happened to be consulting on legal issues at Liang Ye's house. Liang Ye casually said, "Old Yue is treating us to hotpot, do you want to join us?" So she came along.

Now that he saw that she was in a bad mood, Yue Wenxuan naturally had to ask Mr. Liang.

Seeing Yue Wenxuan asking, Mr. Liang turned to Wen Jie and said, "Brother Jie! Why don't you tell Lao Li and Lao Yue about your problem? I don't have any good ideas, so let's see if they have any. Especially Lao Yue, he's very powerful now."

She is a pretty girl, but her nickname is Jie Ge.

She sighed softly. "I'm not afraid of being laughed at by my old classmates. After graduating from university, I opened a small shop selling perfumes and spices. But the business wasn't doing well, and I couldn't sell anything. I've accumulated a lot of debt... I came to see Mr. Liang this time to consult about debt defaults."

"what?"

Yue Wenxuan couldn't help but be stunned: "Is this business so difficult?"

Wen Jie said: "I'm only 24 years old this year, and I'm already in debt of 20 yuan. To be honest, I almost want to die."

When she said this, her tone was very serious, not the kind of joking tone.

The three boys were shocked: "!!!"

Mr. Liang winked fiercely. Clearly, he'd been frightened by Wen Jie's "suicidal" comments before, and by letting her speak out now, he hoped to have more people to help guide her. Old Li was momentarily at a loss, panicking. He shifted his position, placing himself between Wen Jie and the Jialing River, as if to say, "If you want to jump into the river, get past me first."

Yue Wenxuan was fine, and was a little calmer. The experience he had gained in the sandbox over the past year or so had made him more mature. When he heard that his old classmate was going to die, he didn't panic, but his mind was working very fast.

He has been using short video platforms for a long time, browsing the comment section every day, and has heard a lot of chicken soup on the Internet. In this situation, there is a chicken soup that can be used, so he quickly took it out: "Brother Jie, think about it the other way around."

Wen Jie: "The other way around?"

Yue Wenxuan said, "Imagine you are a corpse. Now I ask you to borrow 20 yuan. You use this 20 yuan to buy a life. This life starts at the age of 24 in the prime of life. You only need to work hard for a while to pay back the 20 yuan. The rest of your life will be pure profit. Do you think it is worth it?"

Wen Jie was slightly stunned...

Lao Li and Liang Ye said almost at the same time: "Fuck, pure profit! Brother Jie, hold on."

Wen Jie tilted her head and thought for a moment, then sighed softly, "Thank you, Lao Yue. I'm not going to die. I'd better work hard to pay off my debts... But my store has gone bankrupt, and I don't know how to pay it back. I don't know if I can even pay it off by working."

Seeing that she relaxed, the three boys also breathed a sigh of relief.

Yue Wenxuan's mind was still racing. Chicken soup for the soul is often only effective temporarily, its effects only lasting a short time. Once the statute of limitations expires, the 20 yuan debt will still weigh her down. This kind of situation needs to be addressed, not just the symptoms. They need to find a way to revitalize her business, give her hope of repaying her debt, and then she will be full of confidence in life.

"Brother Jie, if your physical store goes bankrupt, it's fine. E-commerce is a good option. I'm good at advertising for e-commerce. What's your plan for selling perfumes and spices? Let's discuss it. I'll help you create the entire ad, put up a small yellow car, and maybe you can turn things around."

Wen Jie gave an awkward smile. "Thank you, Old Yue, for being so kind. It's worth all the time we skipped classes together. But I know where my problem lies. The real reason my store closed down was a lack of unique merchandise. I sourced my perfumes and fragrances from other manufacturers, and they were all the stuff you could find on the street. But now every manufacturer is doing live streaming on the internet. Can I have a price advantage over them? No! Even your advertising is useless. Once your little yellow bike is displayed, it's more expensive than everyone else's. How can I sell it?"

Yue Wenxuan thought about it carefully and understood.

People like her who buy goods from manufacturers and resell them can only run physical stores and cannot do e-commerce, because manufacturers now do e-commerce themselves, and resellers have a dead end in doing e-commerce.

"Ultimately, we need products that are unique and high-quality!" Wen Jie sighed, "There's no other way."

Something suddenly occurred to Yue Wenxuan. High-quality goods, perfumes and spices? I seem to have come across something similar somewhere not long ago, but I was so busy fighting the Jin army that I forgot what it was...

What is it?

Suddenly, a light bulb went on in Yue Wenxuan's head. Oh, Ji Menghan, when the young master of the Ji family came to serve me, he gave me a secret recipe passed down from ancestors. It seemed to be a very fragrant spice.

This thing might be possible!
(End of this chapter)