Reborn in 08, a heretical cultivator starting a business

Chapter 23 QQ Group Buying: Expanding Product Categories!
"Hey, I just want to know, can you make a lot of money doing freelance work? How much can you make?"

Sun Mingzhe suddenly spoke.

Wang Junshan fell silent: "..."

He then said, "You won't earn much. It's about the same as working as a waiter at McDonald's, maybe even more tiring."

"Why bother? I'd rather work as a waiter at McDonald's than waste my brainpower on that!" Sun Mingzhe said with a disdainful look.

"Then you should serve it properly." Wang Junshan couldn't have been happier.

Xia Chengjun and Guo Xiujie exchanged a glance, both understanding Wang Junshan's meaning, and said nothing more.

They knew that taking on freelance work might not earn them much at first, perhaps even less than what they could earn waiting tables.

But as long as you do well and build a good reputation, your compensation will continue to increase.

Unlike part-time jobs at McDonald's and KFC, where you work yourself to the bone, the hourly wage is only 6 yuan!
It won't go up.

Wages will only increase if there is inflation, currency devaluation, and soaring prices.

But in that case, a salary increase wouldn't make much difference, and might not even keep up with inflation.

One has potential, the other doesn't; both of them can clearly distinguish between them.

“Junshan, you’re right. I’ll work hard to improve,” Guo Xiujie said.

“Count me in,” Xia Chengjun said.

That night, all four of them in the dormitory had winter melon and slept well.

Sun Mingzhe, in particular, slept the best.

Even the alarm clock can't wake me up in the morning.

Xia Chengjun shook him awake, and that's when he realized he had a fever!
He really has heatstroke!

"Let's go to the infirmary. Your fever is at least 38 degrees!" Xia Chengjun said anxiously.

"It's nothing, I just have heatstroke. I can drink some Huoxiang Zhengqi Water. I have some in my cabinet."

"Will this work?"

“Sure, Chengjun, give it to me.” Sun Mingzhe said, then looked at Wang Junshan: “Junshan, lend me your water card, I need to drink more water today!”

"I'll go get it for you."

"Thank you."

When they returned with the water, Sun Mingzhe had already taken his medicine.

Wang Junshan and his two companions had classes all morning, so they prepared to go downstairs for lunch.

Sun Mingzhe lay paralyzed on the bed, lamenting, "If I had known I would get heatstroke, I would have bought winter melons from the school."

Wang Junshan and the other two exchanged glances, all speechless.

"Chengjun, remember to bring me lunch!"

Once outside, Guo Xiujie couldn't help but complain, "This kid doesn't want to pay again!"

Xia Chengjun waved his hand: "Mingzhe is so calculating, his family must be really poor, even worse off than ours. If they don't want to give it, they don't have to.

Wang Junshan chuckled to himself, thinking, 'Brother, if you knew his dad drives a Mercedes-Benz worth nearly a million, would you still think that way?'

However, we can't let Sun Mingzhe continue to pretend like this; it's too much of a rip-off for him.

After finishing his meal, Wang Junshan went to check on the warehouse.

"Boss, look!" Lu Chuan said excitedly, pointing to the notebook on the table.

"There's a port here? You can access the internet?" Wang Junshan was surprised.

"Yes, boss. I found the port behind that shelf yesterday afternoon. I got a network cable to try it today, and it works."

Lu Chuan was in high spirits: "Now I can keep an eye on our group buying group at any time, and switch to another group as soon as it's full. I can also post some ads on Baidu Tieba and Renren."

"That's great!" Wang Junshan said with a smile. "By the way, how are sales today?"

"Not bad, we opened at seven o'clock and sold more than seventy in half an hour."

"Okay, keep a close eye on the inventory. If the inventory is less than half full, you have to let me know so I can restock."

"Okay, boss. And the flyers... we handed out quite a few yesterday, but today the two of them asked what to do if we run out?"

“If you run out of copies, just have them go to the print shop to print them. Just give them my name. Print 2000 copies at a time, and I'll settle the bill later.”

"Okay, boss."

"By the way, we also need to keep an eye out and see if anyone else is buying winter melons," Wang Junshan reminded them. They've been selling winter melons for over 36 hours now, since they started the night before last.

It's very likely that someone will be watching us!

However, it's not a big problem.

In 36 hours, Wang Junshan had sold more than 4000 winter melons.

With a total of 14,000 students, Binzhou University has limited room for further growth, and sales will slow down across the board.

This will directly deter many followers.

After all, when it comes to winter melon, economies of scale are key.

If the scale is too small, it won't cover the loading, unloading, and transportation costs.

However, with a larger scale, there are concerns about unsold inventory, being stuck with inventory, and warehousing also becomes an issue.

After all, not everyone is like Wang Junshan, who has a 200-square-meter warehouse on campus!
Wang Junshan checked the QQ group again; the number of people who had joined the group had already reached more than 3000.

But not enough!

These are all potential customers for other products launched later!
"Lu Chuan, post a notice: From now on, all users who join our group-buying group will receive a 10% discount!"

Wang Junshan had originally planned to lower prices, and now it's just the right time.

The nearby supermarkets sell winter melons for 1.5 yuan per jin (500g), and it takes an hour to get them back myself, which is time-consuming and laborious.

Wang Junshan delivers to the dormitory area; with a 9% discount, it only costs 1.8 yuan, which is definitely a great deal.

As for the fact that the wholesale market sells it for 50 or 60 cents a pound, but Wang Junshan sells it for 1.8 yuan a pound, will his stall be overturned?

Those watermelon sellers, even if they buy too much at the wholesale market for just a few cents a pound, still sell it for 1.5 yuan a pound, and their stalls haven't been shut down.

That's how market rules work; everyone understands that.

Lu Chuan quickly took out three A4 sheets of paper, wrote the names on them with a marker, and pasted them on both sides of the door and in front of the checkout table.

They even recorded a message through a loudspeaker: "Everyone who joins the group-buying group on-site will receive a 9% discount!"

"Well done." Wang Junshan was very satisfied: "Keep an eye on the QQ group updates. Once it's almost full, switch to a new group immediately. We have plenty of groups!"

"Okay, boss."

Upon hearing that joining the group to purchase would cost only 1.8 yuan per jin (500g), sales of winter melon surged once again.

After all, it costs 1.5 yuan per pound in supermarkets, but Wang Junshan delivers it to the dormitory area for only 3 mao more, which is really not expensive.

"I'll also post this message on Tieba. Log in using my alternate account."

On Lu Chuan's laptop, Wang Junshan logged into the pseudonym "Boss Donggua": "Use the campus network data as much as you want. If you run out, just buy another card. We'll reimburse you."

“Okay, boss.” Lu Chuan was in a great mood.

Upon learning that joining the group buying group would only cost 1.8 yuan per jin (500g), many people who initially thought it was too expensive came to buy winter melon.

Winter melon sales have surged again.

However, Wang Junshan didn't care about these things.

He has four classes in the morning, all of which are classes.

Of course, while physically attending classes, their minds are already planning new product launches.

The Binda market is almost saturated; today's sales will be halved, and tomorrow's sales will be halved again.

Relying solely on selling winter melons won't work; we need to introduce new products!

This is also why Wang Junshan launched the group-joining price reduction program – to encourage people to join the group and expand their customer base!

Then, we launched group buying for other fruits using QQ groups.

As for the specific fruit?
Wang Junshan initially selected some products that everyone likes to eat, but which are sold at exorbitant prices in the school supermarket.

For example, watermelon, peaches, grapes, apples, lychees, mangoes, etc. can all be arranged.

Especially the absolute king of summer - watermelon!

The "landmine watermelon" is quite good; it has a thin skin, is sweet, and is shaped like a landmine.

If you buy too much, you can lower the price to around three or four cents.

The school supermarket sells them for too much, 3 yuan a pound. Wang Junshan is selling them for 1.5 yuan a pound, they'll definitely sell like hotcakes.

We can also get some of the high-end Kirin watermelons.

(End of this chapter)