111: Chapter 111 Accumulate Grain and Delay Claiming Kingship

They say women shouldn't make things hard for other women, but when you encounter a woman going through menopause, there's really nothing you can do.

This was exactly the situation An Xiaonuan was facing; her direct supervisor was a woman who had entered menopause. It wasn't that she was a bad person, she just always wanted to find something to nitpick.

In the words of those who have been through it, when a menopausal woman erupts, even a dog passing by on the street looks like an eyesore.

Because of this small matter, the entire department felt like it was jumpy at every shadow. To quote An Xiaonuan's own assessment, "Now, every day is spent trembling with fear."

An Xiaonuan pulled open the car door with a domineering air, leaving behind a sentence: "Do you really think I'm afraid of that Old Witch? If I'm not happy working here, I'll just fire her on the spot and turn around to upgrade to being the boss's wife immediately."

Watching An Xiaonuan's dashing figure through the car window as she stepped into the company, Chen Sheng's eyes suddenly lit up.

Hey, you don't say—you really don't say—having An Xiaonuan quit her job would be an ideal choice for both her and him.

On one hand, less work pressure would help with her rest during pregnancy.

On the other hand, with her keeping an eye on "A Small Shop Here," he wouldn't have to make a fixed trip to the Commercial Street every day.

It wasn't that he found it troublesome, but sometimes the intelligence provided by the system required a lot of time to prepare.

When there was a lot of valuable intelligence, he might even need an entire day.

Yesterday was the best example.

Starting from the afternoon, after harvesting the profits from the Game City, he rushed without stopping to trade the first generation phone. After finishing the trade, he hurried to the Supermarket, and after harvesting the Supermarket, he quickly rushed to Fanghuang Neighborhood.

He really didn't dare to delay for a single moment.

At the same time, he was really lucky. For instance, at the Supermarket, the first prize for the golden egg smashing activity was displayed right there. If someone lucky had chosen that golden egg, it would have meant he had made a trip for nothing.

And this was with the intelligence concentrated in the afternoon; if it had also involved the morning, he really wouldn't have been able to find time to go to "A Small Shop Here."

But as the boss, he couldn't just not go.

If he didn't go, the Shop Assistants might start getting ideas, and he wouldn't even know how losses were occurring.

If you browse the internet casually, all sorts of wild related cases could make you doubt life.

The more Chen Sheng thought about it, the more he felt it was necessary to find a time to have a good talk with An Xiaonuan about her resignation. If necessary, he could even call upon the two great Buddhas at home... No, the two great Buddhas must be mobilized; this matter had to be successful.

Thinking that in two days it would be An Xiaonuan's Prenatal Checkup Day, Chen Sheng pulled out his phone, opened the memo app, and his fingers tapped rapidly on the screen.

After finishing this, Chen Sheng habitually opened the system panel.

host: Chen Sheng

Level: One

Upgrade Experience: 70/100

Number of Unread Intelligence: 2 (Deducted)

"Tsk~" Closing the system panel directly, Chen Sheng started the vehicle and floored it to the Commercial Street.

Although today's unread intelligence had been deducted, there were also two pieces of good news today.

First, the application for "A Small Shop Here" to join the two major food Delivery Platforms was approved. Starting today, "A Small Shop Here" officially launched its delivery business.

For this reason, Chen Sheng gave up on driving for a ride-hailing service today... No, he should say he gave up on collecting materials. At this time, the materials he had saved up previously came in handy.

Sure enough, having grain in hand means no panic in the heart. Thinking that he still had eight edited videos ready, Chen Sheng unhesitatingly spent five hundred on Dou+ for today's video.

This really wasn't him burning money. Nowadays, the short video track had already passed its initial dividend period and entered a stage of cutthroat competition. If you wanted an account to grow quickly, spending money was an essential process.

Indeed, because he invested at least a hundred in Dou+ for traffic every time he posted a video, although he hadn't produced any so-called viral hits during this period, his follower count continued to grow steadily. As of today, his follower count had already broken the 100,000 mark.

Having over 100,000 followers and not having 100,000 are definitely two different concepts.

With fewer than 10,000 followers, one can be called a self-media practitioner. With fewer than 100,000 followers, one can be called unranked.

However, don't look down on being "unranked"; the account already possesses preliminary monetization capabilities.

Of course, it's only at the stage of not starving to death.

Only after breaking 100,000 can one be called a small influencer.

Similarly, don't look down on just being a small influencer; the account's monetization capability can easily earn over 10,000 a month.

Chen Sheng had deep personal experience with this.

After the account's followers broke 100,000, he received many advertising invitations in his backend.

Most were invitations to create videos promoting games.

A single quote was at least three thousand.

Breaking one million makes you a big influencer, five million is top-tier, and ten million or more is a god.

Not to mention the money-making abilities of these people; just search for videos and you'll see they change sports cars and women like they change clothes.

Except, of course, for those who get scammed.

Sigh! The endings of many scammed influencers are truly lamentable.

Back to the topic, similarly, don't underestimate a small influencer with over 100,000 followers. Besides having considerable monetization capabilities, they also possess a certain social status, or what could be called social deterrence.

After all, these days, everyone is afraid of being exposed and attacked online.

This was why yesterday at the Game City, the manager was initially unwilling to give the full payout. But when Chen Sheng showed the video he filmed and his account, his attitude immediately changed, and he stated he could provide the full payout. Afterward, he even smilingly asked Chen Sheng to help with some promotion.

The full payout was only a bit over 10,000, but the subsequent impact caused by Chen Sheng posting the video online would likely be worth more than ten times that.

Sometimes Chen Sheng was quite grateful to An Xiaonuan for having him start this video account. Not only did it provide a financial safety net, but it also gave him a free promotion channel.

And so, today it was used to promote the launch of "A Small Shop Here" on the Delivery Platforms.

This was also why he changed his usual habit of posting videos in the evening and uploaded one early this morning, even generously investing five hundred on Dou+.

As for the results?

On the first day of launch, with the traffic support for new shops, by the time Chen Sheng left at 10 PM, the two platforms had a total of 97 orders.

Chen Sheng did a rough calculation. After deducting various costs, and assuming the number of offline customers remained the same, the daily profit could increase by 200 to 500 yuan after launching on the Delivery Platforms.

Although there was some discrepancy from what he had imagined due to the platform's commission, it wasn't a small amount.

Also differing from his expectations was that the best-sellers weren't instant meals, but snacks and beer.

Especially chilled beer—things like craft beer and draft beer were incredibly popular.

For this reason, Chen Sheng specifically left a message for Mei Xue: "When you come to work tomorrow, contact the suppliers and have them supply more beer every day for a while."

Another piece of good news today was the funds from the first generation phone auction. After deducting various miscellaneous fees, the remaining amount, just under 100,000, was deposited into Chen Sheng's designated account this afternoon.

Although he had known the result for a while, when he actually saw the auction price of over 110,000 turn into less than 100,000 after the transfer, Chen Sheng felt a bit of a sting. "If I had known, I would have just listed it on a second-hand platform."

This reminded him again of the financial intermediary company he had searched for last night, and it made him even more determined in his decision to slowly accumulate seed capital and then apply for leverage through official channels.

Amass grain, defer kingship.

What? You say individuals can't get approval?

There's a type of intermediary company called an agency, commonly known as "Fixers." From small things like helping with car inspections and ghostwriting papers, to large things like registering companies...

As long as the money is right, there's nothing they can't get done.

Even if you asked them to find someone to go pew-pew-pew~~~

Feeling the sting of the over 10,000 yuan commission taken by the auction platform, Chen Sheng turned around and used his phone to download the XX International Financial Trading Platform, putting all the funds into Gold Futures.

In the blink of an eye, it was the 4th.

Last night's light rain didn't bring a hint of coolness to this scorching summer day; instead, it was like pouring a ladle of water into a hot pan. The rising steam made people feel as if they were in a sauna, an incredibly "refreshing" experience.

Just as she sat in the car, An Xiaonuan pinched her almost translucent short-sleeved shirt and complained, "It's over, I feel like my clothes are soaked. I really don't want to work this crappy job for even one more day."

"Then just don't work!" Chen Sheng immediately encouraged her.

An Xiaonuan gave Chen Sheng a frustrated look. "If I don't work, are you going to support me?"

"I'll support you!" Chen Sheng didn't delay for a second.

"Forget it! You support me? Wait until the family savings reach 500,000..." Speaking of this, An Xiaonuan suddenly remembered that the family savings seemed to be 500,000 already, so she quickly changed her tune, "No, when it's one million, then we'll talk about not working."

"One million is enough?" Chen Sheng asked tentatively.

An Xiaonuan didn't answer the question immediately. She bit her lip and turned her head to the side, and for a moment, a strange silence fell over the car.

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