After four hours, Wang Yi paid Song Yang 50 yuan for his labor, no more.
Nothing else, if he gave 100 for half a day, and then didn't give 200 for a full day next time, Song Yang would likely feel uneasy.
A small kindness creates gratitude, but a large one can breed resentment.
Wang Yi didn't want to test human nature.
If he gave 200 for a day next time, it would be even more trouble.
It would severely disrupt labor market prices, and once word got out, everyone in the village with some connection would probably come looking for Wang Yi!
200 yuan per person per day, Wang Yi didn't have that much spare money, nor did he need so many people!
Even so, Song Yang was still ecstatic.
Hauling bricks for half a day was so tiring, and only paid 40 yuan.
Selling shoes for four hours was so easy, and paid 50 yuan; it was already excellent!
If he had such good work every day, that would be even better!
Song Yang looked at Wang Yi:
"Boss, will there be such a good job tomorrow?"
He was really hooked!
"Yes, tomorrow morning at seven, we'll go to the Nanming Grand Market!"
"Alright!"
Song Yang beamed:
"By the way, Boss, can I buy these shoes? I also want..."
He didn't want to miss out on such affordable shoes either.
"Of course! What size do you wear?" Wang Yi asked.
"Size 42!"
Wang Yi returned to the driver's seat and took out a pair of shoes:
"These size 42 ones are for you, as employee shoes, wear them tomorrow! If you want to buy more, or if your neighbors want to buy, new stock will arrive tomorrow, you can choose for yourself, all for 35 yuan a pair!"
"Thank you, Boss!"
Song Yang was overjoyed, getting free employee shoes too!
It was like earning 85 yuan in half a day!
"Also, please deliver this pair of shoes to my maternal grandmother's house. And these two pairs are for my paternal grandparents."
Wang Yi took out three more pairs of shoes and handed them over.
These were all set aside by him in advance.
"Okay, Boss!"
After parting ways with Song Yang, Wang Yi drove back to the county town.
He found a car repair shop, spent 300 yuan, and had a hidden dash cam installed.
Dash cams of this era weren't as advanced as those in later generations, but they had all the main functions.
Including driving recording, collision recording, parking surveillance, and so on.
To prevent power loss, he also equipped an external power bank!
This way, he wouldn't be afraid of staged accidents!
Quanjing Garden.
Wang Qingzhi looked through the window, saw Wang Yi drive back, and quickly said:
"Wife, it's Xiao Yi's first day of entrepreneurship. Whether he sold ten pairs or five pairs, it's excellent, don't discourage him!"
"Do I need you to tell me that? What matters is participation, and even if he lost money, it's fine, it's just three thousand yuan!" Wang Shulin said nonchalantly.
Wang Qingzhi nodded:
"Yes, as long as he doesn't go all the way to the end like his third uncle and lose everything, a little loss doesn't matter. This experience of failure will also be excellent for his growth!"
"Don't worry, entrepreneurship sounds easy, but it's hard to do! I made a big table of dishes today, precisely to comfort Xiao Yi!"
Saying this, Wang Shulin went back into the kitchen to busy herself.
Both of them were convinced that Wang Yi's first day of entrepreneurship would definitely hit a wall!
They had already thought of comforting words!
When Wang Yi entered the door, Wang Shulin immediately smiled and greeted him:
"Son, you've worked hard, wash your hands and eat!"
Wang Qingzhi also opened a bottle of red wine:
"With the college entrance exam over, you're an adult now, let's have a drink tonight, you and I."
Looking at this scene, a table full of dishes, Wang Yi was puzzled:
"Mom and Dad, do we have guests?"
"No!"
"What holiday is it today?"
"No!"
"No guests and no holiday, why did you make such a big table of dishes?" Wang Yi was completely confused.
"Uh... well..."
The two elders were speechless for a moment.
Finally, Wang Shulin said:
"To celebrate our son's first day of entrepreneurship! No matter the outcome, we have to celebrate!"
"Then you're celebrating correctly!"
Wang Yi finished washing his hands, all ready to show off.
But his mother just served him dishes, and his father just poured him wine, without asking anything about selling shoes!
Their words were all along the lines of, "Victory and defeat are common in war, it's not worth getting discouraged."
"Entrepreneurship always starts with failure, just take it steadily from now on!"
"The outcome isn't important, what matters is participation!"
Wang Yi understood, they didn't believe he could succeed in his venture!
They thought he lost money today, and specially made a table of dishes to comfort him?
Wang Yi was touched, as expected of his own parents!
"Dad, Mom, why aren't you asking me how many shoes I sold today?"
Wang Qingzhi's heart skipped a beat, it finally had to come to this...
Wang Shulin even said faintly:
"Is that something you can ask?"
Wang Yi: "..."
"Ahem, of course you can!"
"Alright then, son, how many pairs of shoes did you sell on your first day of entrepreneurship today?" Wang Shulin asked cautiously.
Wang Yi held up one finger.
"Ten pairs?"
Wang Yi shook his head.
"One pair? It can't be that bad, can it?"
Wang Yi's face completely darkened:
"Is your son that disappointing? Guess higher!"
"One hundred... pairs? No way?"
Wang Qingzhi said, lacking confidence.
"Of course not!"
"I knew it. If you sold a hundred pairs on the first day, you'd be over the moon!"
Wang Qingzhi picked up his red wine and took a sip.
"I sold a thousand pairs!"
"Cough, cough, how many!"
Wang Qingzhi, who had just taken a drink, nearly choked.
Wang Shulin also stood stunned, thinking she had misheard.
"Your son sold a thousand pairs!"
Wang Yi repeated, taking out a large bundle of money and placing it on the table!
There were mostly ten and twenty yuan bills, quite a few five yuan bills, and many one hundred yuan bills!
"So much money, it must be tens of thousands!"
Wang Shulin was shocked.
Wang Qingzhi was also dumbfounded:
"Son, did you really sell a thousand pairs?"
"Of course! We hauled two full loads, sold one load in the morning, and one load in the afternoon! One thousand pairs, thirty-five thousand, a net profit of around thirty thousand yuan!"
Wang Yi said, then changed his tone:
"No, deducting a hundred yuan for gas and fifty yuan for Song Yang's wages, I netted twenty-nine thousand eight hundred and fifty yuan!"
Wang Shulin: "..."
Wang Qingzhi: "..."
The two elders exchanged glances, filled with disbelief.
They even wondered, is this really my son?
Only after asking for details did they believe everything.
"No wonder you wanted to buy a computer and a phone! So the more than ten thousand yuan you asked for was all used for stocking up!" Wang Shulin worried:
"You're too bold, aren't you afraid of losing all that ten thousand yuan? And paying an additional twenty thousand yuan in liquidated damages?"
Wang Yi waved his hand:
"I won't lose money. Before doing this, I conducted a thorough feasibility analysis!"
"Our Qingyun County has 10 townships, each with fifty to sixty thousand people. A township market of five to six hundred thousand people is enough to absorb my fifteen thousand pairs of shoes!"
"My off-size shoes are export quality and durable. The price is only half of what physical stores charge, they're cheap! They perfectly match the consumption habits of ordinary people and are destined to sell out in the townships!"
"Tomorrow, we'll continue going to the grand market and keep selling! Small profits but quick turnover, I'm going to take on all fifteen thousand-plus pairs of these off-size shoes and earn four hundred and fifty thousand yuan!"
Wang Qingzhi: "!!!"
Wang Shulin: "!!!"
Wang Yi spoke calmly, but the two elders were both shocked!
Such detailed feasibility analysis, meticulous logic, and bold actions!
How could he be like a high school senior?
Was this still their son?
The two elders exchanged glances, sat to the side, and fell into collective silence.
Especially Wang Qingzhi, he felt somewhat introverted.
Four hundred and fifty thousand!
His monthly salary was five thousand, sixty thousand a year, it would take him eight years to earn that much!
And Wang Yi, at this rate, earning thirty thousand a day, would achieve it in less than a month!
It's truly a case of 'comparing goods makes you want to throw them away, comparing people makes you want to die'!
"Dad, Mom, what's wrong with you two?"
Wang Yi couldn't help but ask.
"Nothing."
Wang Shulin said, then continued to be silent.
Wang Qingzhi shook his head and remained silent.
Both of them shut down.
Sometimes, it's not good for a son to be too outstanding; the parents feel too much pressure!
Wang Yi lightly coughed:
"Ahem, don't be like this, it's a bit scary!"
Wang Qingzhi then sighed:
"Son, if you sell all these off-size shoes and earn over four hundred thousand, how do you plan to handle this money?"
"Of course, we won't take it, we just hope you don't spend it recklessly."
Wang Yi understood his parents' concerns, and remembering the demolition matter, he said:
"I plan to buy a house!"
(End of this chapter)
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