Chapter 83: Three Days of Tens of Millions in Revenue, The Final Monthly Exam Arrives
Throughout the drive, neither Su Lin nor Lin Xiaowan spoke. Lin Xiaowan was feeling both shy and angry, while Su Lin purely didn’t want to provoke her. He knew from experience that maintaining silence was the best course of action.
Upon reaching the supermarket, Xia Shiyu ca with good news. “Su Lin, Xiaowan, we’ve hit three million in sales!”
“Already?” Su Lin asked, surprised.
“That’s three million now?” Lin Xiaowan echoed.
Xia Shiyu nodded. “Yes, the backend data just ca in. We’ve just hit three million, and four million isn’t impossible by closing ti tonight.”
Su Lin then asked seriously, “Xiaoyu, can you calculate the gross profit?”
Xia Shiyu replied with a giggle, “I’ve already done the math on the way here. Excluding labor and electricity costs and just considering the cost and selling price, our gross profit is about 1.3 million.”
“That much?” Su Lin was astonished.
Xia Shiyu, holding onto Lin Xiaowan, said, “This is all Xiaowan’s achievent. She managed to negotiate lower prices with many suppliers, providing us with substantial profits. Items like rice cookers and induction stoves brought us multiple tis the profit.”
“Wow… one can only imagine how much others overcharge,” Su Lin said with a laugh.
Xia Shiyu playfully remarked, “With you entering the market, Su Lin, I bet they won’t be able to sell at such high prices anymore.”
Su Lin, frowning, noted, “That’s not certain. We can handle business competition, but we need to watch out for their sches.”
“Let them sche. We’ll just report them and get them imprisoned,” Lin Xiaowan said lightly.
Su Lin shook his head. “It’s not that simple in business. Many sches are legal yet can make life very difficult.”
He then asked Lin Xiaowan, “Do you want to stay with us till closing at nine, or should I take you ho earlier?”
Lin Xiaowan, giving Su Lin another glare, finally said, “Let’s wait until closing. I’m curious to see how much we’ll make today.”
Xia Shiyu, astonished, said, “Wow, to think we’ve recouped our two million investnt in just one day. Supermarket profits are really substantial.”
Su Lin agreed, “Walmart didn’t beco a retail giant for no reason. Supermarket profits are indeed substantial.”
He rembered from his past life that many supermarkets seed unprofitable yet were making money. He was just beginning to understand so of these business dynamics.
“Do you want to turn Quan Le Gou into a supermarket like Walmart?”
Su Lin shook his head, “That’s unlikely. The national conditions are different. In a year or so, dostic chain supermarkets will start expanding aggressively, leading to price wars that could kill many small supermarkets.”
“Are we going to fight them in these wars?” Xia Shiyu asked.
Su Lin nodded affirmatively, “Definitely. If we’re going to expand beyond Jiangnan, we’ll have to face local supermarkets. Then, it will be a real business war. Xiaoyu, Xiaowan, I’ll be counting on you then.”
Xia Shiyu, looking embarrassed, said, “I… I can’t do that, Su Lin. I still have so much to learn just doing finance. Business warfare isn’t my strength.”
“Exactly… What are you planning, Su Lin? You want Xiaoyu to fight those unscrupulous businessn? She’s too innocent for that,” Lin Xiaowan chid in.
Su Lin just smiled mysteriously without explaining.
By nine o’clock, the final sales figure was out: over four million in turnover with a gross profit of 1.7 million.
With the total investnt in Quan Le Gou, including property purchases, being just a little over two million, it ant that in just two days, Su Lin not only recouped his investnt but also made a significant profit.
This demonstrated why many protagonists in rebirth-thed novels prefer opening supermarkets.
Su Lin knew this was the result of an initial frenzy and that sales would decline on the second day and drop further on the third. Still, such astonishing profits were staggering.
After a brief mont of excitent, Su Lin turned to Chen Yang and said, “Yangzi, I still have so money left. I plan to open branches in six districts simultaneously. Make sure we have enough talent in reserve, and choose the store managers carefully.”
Chen Yang nodded, “Don’t worry, Brother Lin. I won’t let you down.”
“Good, I trust you with that. We need to move the Yulin office out of the supermarket, too. We’ll rent an office nearby for now and move to Donghai in the second half of the year.”
“Got it!”
“Xiaowan, make sure you communicate with the suppliers. We’re launching the plan for six branches at once, so make sure they don’t drop the ball.”
Lin Xiaowan nodded, “Our supermarket sells daily necessities, they wouldn’t dare ss with us. If there’s any hint of trouble, we’ll just switch suppliers, so they all behave very well.”
“Hehe, I never doubted your abilities, Xiaowan,” Su Lin said with a smile.
“Next, Yangzi, start scouting locations, and then we’ll prepare for the college entrance exams. After the exams, we’ve got a big battle to fight.”
After assigning so tasks to Chen Yang, Su Lin took the girls back ho.
“Su Lin, can Yangzi handle all this? Isn’t it too much?” Lin Xiaowan asked worriedly.
“Yeah, Su Lin, you’re really pushing him too hard. Xiaoyu and I can’t stand to watch it,” Lin Xiaowan added.
Su Lin tapped each girl on the head, “You two think too much. Yangzi, like , knows how to delegate. He looked busy today, but he was actually quite relaxed since he just directed the heads of departnts. He’s just under a lot of pressure.”
“You’re different, Xiaowan. You could have prepared earlier, but you ended up making and receiving hundreds of calls today. There’s a clear difference, okay?”
Lin Xiaowan retorted, “It’s your fault for not explaining things clearly at the start. You said suppliers were important and not to let others handle them.”
“Alright, my bad. I’ll make sure to explain things more clearly in the future.”
“Hehe, Su Lin, Xiaowan was so tired today, and you’re still picking on her,” Xia Shiyu said playfully.
Lin Xiaowan’s cheeks reddened. Although Xia Shiyu ant verbal teasing, Lin Xiaowan’s thoughts were elsewhere.
Just earlier, Su Lin had indeed teased her quite a bit on the way back, and she hadn’t resisted much. Looking back, she felt foolish for believing everything Su Lin said.
Over the next three days, the trio spent most of their ti at Quan Le Gou’s first store. The total revenue for these three days also successfully broke ten million, and Su Lin had not only recouped his investnt but made a considerable profit.
anwhile, many others were eyeing this profitable supermarket model, contemplating opening their own in Zhongjiang.
Su Lin didn’t mind others copying his thods, but many of his strategies were too advanced, and so were quite risky. Like the simplest strategy of giving discounts – if it weren’t for Lin Xiaowan securing low prices, could he have recouped his investnt so quickly?
Without getting the lowest prices from suppliers, discounts would have been suicidal. Two calm days after school resud, the final monthly exam arrived as scheduled.
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