103: Chapter 103 A Little Shop

With Old Li's words "I give up," the auction for the blind box premium goods officially came to an end.

The stall owner didn't bother with any more tricks, like dragging out his tone to squeeze out the last bit of profit. He immediately announced with a smile, "Congratulations to this boss, this bag of premium goods is yours."

Chen Sheng cupped his hands toward Old Li, "This boss, thank you for letting me have it."

"You're too kind! It's just a matter of the highest bidder winning." Although Old Li was annoyed with the person who had intercepted the deal halfway, he still held to the saying: the world isn't just about fighting and killing; it's about social graces. It was just a bag of premium goods, not worth making threats or creating a scene that would likely only happen in novels.

Chen Sheng smiled and cupped his hands toward the surrounding crowd. He then walked up to the stall owner, readily pulled out his phone to scan the code and pay two thousand, and borrowed the owner's cart to transport the entire bag to the parking lot.

The bag was huge; it couldn't fit in the trunk. Chen Sheng had to untie the bag and stuff the various packages inside into every available space in the car.

As for the blind box that was flashing a red dot, Chen Sheng placed it separately on the passenger seat.

After loading the blind boxes, Chen Sheng returned the cart to the stall owner and drove directly to a quiet spot.

Parking the car near a trash can, Chen Sheng spread the bag containing the blind boxes next to it and began to open them one by one.

Honestly! When he first started opening them, Chen Sheng was quite excited, his mind involuntarily fantasizing about pulling out something good.

This is perhaps the reason why people flock to them, even though they know there won't be anything good in the blind boxes.

But after opening dozens of them, that feeling of excitement was gone, replaced by mechanical, numb, and repetitive actions.

It couldn't be helped!

No matter who it was, seeing the blind boxes reveal one bag of cat litter after another, or those stockings that cost one yuan wholesale, or a roll of tape that only sold for fifty cents at retail stores, or those hard plastic strips of unknown purpose—even the most excited heart would be dampened.

Of course, there were still some items with value. For example, some unknown aromatherapy could be listed on a second-hand platform for 5-10 yuan; there were also steel scrubbers for washing dishes, which were fine for cleaning kitchen corners; and those one-yuan wholesale stockings could still be sold for 5 yuan if bundled in pairs of ten.

After opening all the express blind boxes except for the one containing the first generation phone, he kept the items that were usable or definitely sellable and piled the rest next to the trash can.

Looking at the big pile of messy "trash," Chen Sheng gave an apologetic look toward the cleaner responsible for this area before quickly driving home.

That evening, Chen Sheng categorized and photographed the items he had kept and uploaded them to a second-hand platform. As for the first generation phone, he listed it on an online auction platform focused on digital products, setting the starting price at 90,000.

The next day!

In the morning, he followed his routine of taking An Xiaonuan to work, then opened the system panel with no interest, just out of habit.

host: Chen Sheng | Level: Level 1 | Upgrade Experience: 62 / 100 | Unread Intelligence: 1 (Deducted)

Chen Sheng silently closed the system panel and stepped on the gas, driving straight to the commercial street.

When he arrived at "A Small Shop," the advertising company's installation workers were already changing the shop sign. Chen Sheng walked into the shop, and today's Part-time employee hurriedly greeted him with a smile, "Boss!"

"Good morning!" Chen Sheng smiled and nodded. "Did Xiao Hui tell you yesterday? Is anyone interested in switching to full-time?"

"Boss! Sister Hui mentioned it in the group yesterday, but everyone's schedule doesn't meet the requirements, so…" The Part-time employee looked cautious as she said this, clearly worried that once Chen Sheng hired a full-time employee, he would let them go.

"I understand! Money can be earned anytime; studies should come first right now." Chen Sheng reassured her, "Rest assured, the part-time work will continue as usual. I'm only hiring full-time because I'm planning to adjust the business model. Since none of you are suitable, I'll proceed with hiring someone else."

Chen Sheng created a group on green bubble and added the Part-time employee to it. "Please help me add the other part-time staff to the group."

"Okay, I'll add them right now."

Soon, the four Part-time employees working at A Small Shop… no, A Small Shop Here, were added to the group. After all four Part-time employees joined, Chen Sheng immediately sent a lucky red envelope of 200. "Happy to be working with everyone."

Immediately afterward, four replies appeared, as if copy-pasted—Boss is generous.

Chen Sheng stayed in the shop until the advertising company finished changing the sign. After saying goodbye to the Part-time employee, he went directly to the advertising company. After settling the final payment, Chen Sheng used his phone to post a job opening for a sales clerk on platforms like Tongcheng, BOSS Zhipin, and Zhaopin.

Relying solely on offline methods definitely wouldn't work.

Sure enough, as soon as the job posting went out, he received a private message in the backend. However, it wasn't a resume, but an agency asking if Chen Sheng needed to collaborate.

If he agreed, they would reformat the job posting and repost it on various recruitment websites to increase the probability of it being found by job seekers.

The whole service didn't cost five thousand, nor three thousand; he could take it home for just 1998.

Unfortunately, Chen Sheng didn't want to take it home, so he politely declined.

He wasn't stupid!

Besides, he was only hiring one sales clerk—the key word being one.

However, the agency's message did bring his thoughts to XX Culture Co., Ltd. He had previously used the excuse of needing to discuss it with his family to brush them off, so he figured they would be calling him for an answer soon.

It must be said, sometimes things really shouldn't be dwelt upon. Just that morning, he had thought of XX Culture Co., Ltd., and in the afternoon, he received a call from their business director.

"I wonder, Mr. Chen, what have you decided?"

"Sorry! After careful consideration with my family, I don't have any plans to join the company for the time being. Furthermore, my personal plans and schedule conflict with the contract. I am truly sorry!" Chen Sheng tried to use polite terms to express his refusal.

"Mr. Chen, the competition in the self-media circuit is quite intense. I believe you've seen it from your own account data during this period. Without a good company backing you, an individual cannot break through in the self-media circuit."

"I believe that if you have researched MCN companies, you will know that our company is cooperating with you with great sincerity. Therefore, I hope Mr. Chen can reconsider, after all, the self-media market is very huge."

"Thank you! I will think about it carefully. If I change my mind in the future, I will contact you." After exchanging a few meaningless pleasantries, Chen Sheng made an excuse that he was busy and hung up. This time, he blocked the phone number directly.

Dealing with hypocrisy once was enough.

Soon, Chen Sheng's attention was drawn to the resumes submitted on various recruitment websites. Chen Sheng put all the resumes together and first kicked out the males. It wasn't that he discriminated against men, but that women ultimately had the advantage in the position of a retail shop clerk.

However, in his plans for the retail shop, he might hire some male part-timers for the night shift, depending on the situation.

Next, he excluded females under 20 and over 40 from the resumes.

The former were too young, and he didn't have the confidence to entrust the shop to such people; the latter were mostly focused on their families, which ran counter to his need for someone who would put their focus on the shop. Otherwise, why would he pay such a high salary?

After filtering, Chen Sheng kept five resumes. He then communicated with them regarding work issues through the chat function on the recruitment websites, and finally kept only two resumes and sent out interview invitations.

In the afternoon, Chen Sheng interviewed the two job seekers at "A Small Shop Here." Based on the experience taught by Old Yu, after going through processes like cashiering, inventory, and organizing, Chen Sheng finally hired the job seeker named Mei Xue.

Compared to the other applicant, Mei Xue's appearance was slightly less, but she excelled in working efficiently.

"The basic monthly salary is four thousand, with five hundred for perfect attendance. The commission is two percent of the monthly profit. If there are no issues, let me know when it's convenient for you to start working officially."

"Boss, how about starting officially on the first of next month?" Mei Xue asked.

"That works!" It was already the end of the month anyway, and Chen Sheng didn't mind waiting one more day. "Then start officially on the first. We'll discuss the specific work duties when you come in."