5: Chapter 5 What are your intentions?
The moment the two officially shook hands, the system sent a binding notification.
[Ding]
[Goddess Bound]
[Zhang Menglu]
[Age: 25]
[Height: 172]
[Weight: 53.7]
[Beauty Score: 8.9]
[Specialties: English Proficiency, Makeup Proficiency, Fashion Expertise]
[Current Status: Lonely]
[goddess token: Stockings]
[System Evaluation: Vain, Naive, Stubborn]
[Note: When Favorability reaches 100, an additional special reward can be obtained: one body tempering pill.]
Focusing on the goddess token—it's actually stockings?
The very first thing he said to her was asking for her stockings; it really was a self-fulfilling prophecy.
[When Favorability reaches 100, an additional reward of a body tempering pill will be given.]
It sounds pretty impressive; I really want it!
"Have a seat for a moment."
Zhang Menglu brought over a chair, signaling Chen Hao to sit for a while, and then began to get busy setting up a small dining table and even putting out two wine glasses.
Before long, the late-night snack arrived. She jogged to pick up the delivery, and when she came back in, she pointedly closed the door and even lowered the shutter.
"Come and have some late-night snacks."
Chen Hao moved the chair over and placed it opposite the simple dining table.
She sat on the single bed and spread the snacks across the table. There were even four cans of beer; she gave one to Chen Hao and placed another in front of herself.
While she was busy, she leaned over. From Chen Hao's perspective, he could see the scenery inside her T-shirt through her neckline.
So white and big!
She opened a can and said with a smile.
"First of all, let me apologize. When you first came over to talk to me, I thought you were a pervert. I'm sorry."
If it weren't for the system points, Chen Hao would have suspected he was a pervert himself.
The two clinked glasses and took a sip. Chen Hao asked with a chuckle.
"Learn how to do business from me, and I guarantee you'll always make a profit. I have many more marketing strategies; do you want to learn?"
"Yes, I really do!"
She answered very seriously, her tone solemn.
"How much did you make today?"
She checked her phone while eating with chopsticks.
"I made over 45,000."
"No, no, no. I'm asking about the gross margin. Net profit isn't calculated like that."
She gave an embarrassed smile.
"I studied foreign languages in college; I don't know how to calculate things like gross margin."
Chen Hao explained.
"Net Profit = Revenue - Cost of Goods Sold - Labor Costs - Other Costs."
She immediately listened intently.
"For example, labor costs: you set an expected salary for yourself, say 3,000, so the average daily wage is 100."
"What is your cost of goods sold?"
"20."
Chen Hao was about to continue explaining when he frowned and questioned.
"That's so expensive. Didn't you get the goods from the source factory?"
"I got them from Taotao."
Chen Hao slapped his forehead, thinking to himself what a silly girl she was.
"At 20 yuan a pair, the cost is 30,000. Subtracting your daily labor cost of 100 yuan and the night market stall rent of 100 yuan—not counting other overhead costs for now—you made a net profit of 14,800 yuan in one night."
"Wow."
She immediately beamed with joy.
"I can actually make so much money! I'm so happy."
"Don't be happy just yet. By sourcing from Taotao, middlemen have already taken a huge cut of the price difference. If you go to the source factories in Guangcheng, the cost price for these stockings is only 2 yuan a pair."
"Oh my god!"
She covered her mouth in disbelief.
"Really?"
"Why would I lie to you? Let me show you."
Chen Hao immediately took out his phone and found a supplier through his Moments.
He stood up and sat on the bed with her. She immediately leaned in to look. Their bodies were pressed against each other, almost inches apart.
"Direct factory price for stockings: 1.2 yuan a pair."
She was shocked once again.
"Only 1.2 yuan? Then why did you say 2 yuan a pair?"
Chen Hao was truly speechless.
"Don't the travel expenses and costs for going to Guangcheng to source the goods need to be included in the cost?"
"Oh right, let me write that down."
She immediately took out a pen and paper and recorded all the content from Chen Hao's phone into a small notebook.
[Current Favorability: 50]
Chen Hao didn't go back to his seat; he stayed sitting right next to her.
Psychologically speaking, there is a safe distance between people, especially between men and women.
If a man approaches within one meter of a woman and she doesn't refuse, it means she is interested in him.
After Favorability reached 50, breaking through the defensive distance between man and woman, Chen Hao planned to push his luck further.
"Remember, if you want to make money in business, you must understand two concepts."
"Information asymmetry and price difference."
"Sellers on Taotao seem to have very low prices, but in reality, they are still middlemen."
"Then there are local wholesalers who buy from source factories and sell to you, making an unknown amount from the price difference."
"If you want to make big money, you have to get goods from the source factory and then come back to sell them. If the cost is 2 yuan and you sell them for 30 a pair, wouldn't you say that's profitable?"
"I get it, I get it."
The more Chen Hao spoke, the more excited she became, taking sip after sip from her can.
Before long, she was slightly tipsy, her cheeks flushed. She opened up and began to speak from her heart.
"Why didn't I meet you earlier? If we had known each other before, my Best Friend and I wouldn't have split up, and she wouldn't have withdrawn her shares."
"Now I'm the only one left, struggling to keep going. It's so hard."
Using the alcohol as liquid courage, she grumbled and complained, eventually resting her head on Chen Hao's shoulder.
"You're so beautiful; don't you have a boyfriend? Doesn't he help you?"
Chen Hao pushed his luck and put his hand on her shoulder. She snuggled closer and continued to complain.
"Break up upon graduation. My boyfriend abandoned me to go back to his hometown, leaving me all alone to struggle in the big city."
"I originally found a job in English training, but after only working for a couple of days, the English training industry went bust."
Chen Hao could only chuckle.
The meal was almost finished, the alcohol was drunk, and the atmosphere was set. Since she hadn't resisted when he put his hand on her shoulder, it was time to get down to business.
"Don't worry. I might not know everything, but I have marketing in the palm of my hand. No matter what business you do in the future, if I provide the planning, I can help you make money. I'll definitely make sure you don't lose out."
She looked up at Chen Hao with affection in her eyes.
"Why are you so good to me, willing to teach me everything? What are your intentions?"
With her flushed cheeks, pure and lovely appearance, and a beauty score of nearly 9, she was a quintessential campus-belle-level goddess. She was truly tempting.
"As for intentions, I actually do have one..."
Chen Hao found it a bit difficult to say.
"Because I want to get something I want from you."
"I knew it."
As soon as she spoke, she unexpectedly offered a sweet kiss, a light peck on Chen Hao's cheek.
"Is it this?"
After the kiss, she smacked her lips slightly, her white teeth biting her lower lip. Her affectionate gaze was an even more extreme temptation.
Chen Hao snapped out of it.
"Actually, that's not what I want."
She pulled away from Chen Hao and questioned him with a solemn look.
"Then what do you want?"
How was Chen Hao supposed to say it? If he asked for her stockings right away, wouldn't he be seen as a pervert?
For the points, for the money—he'd go for it!
"I want your... stockings."
The atmosphere became a bit awkward.
She blinked her big eyes, staring intently at Chen Hao. Only after a long while did she speak.
"Men."
She stood up with a stern face after saying that.
Just when Chen Hao thought he had failed, who would have thought she would sit directly on his lap and offer a passionate kiss?
Surging and ready to burst.
"I'm ready. Come on."
She actually misunderstood?