151: Chapter 151 The Best Blessing - Geneva Refund

Upon arriving at "A Small Shop Here", Chen Sheng first confirmed the location of the air conditioner with Mei Xue and verified that the packaging was intact, then he fulfilled his previous promise.

"Mei Xue, you have done well during this period. From now on, you are the manager of this shop. Your base salary will increase by 500, and your commission will be based on the total profit of the shop."

This compensation was quite good, even for Shu City.

With a base salary of 4500 yuan plus full attendance, the bulk of it was still the commission. Based on the current daily sales, Mei Xue would earn at least 8000+ per month.

As soon as Chen Sheng finished stating the compensation, Mei Xue was overjoyed.

"Thank you, Boss. I will definitely work even harder."

"Hmm, I have high hopes for you." Chen Sheng offered a word of encouragement and immediately began a mandatory course for any boss—painting a big picture.

"I plan to turn "A Small Shop Here" into a chain model. I will be opening a few branches in the near future. You are the first official employee of our "A Small Shop Here". As long as you work hard, your future prospects will definitely be bright."

After painting the big picture, the conversation took a turn, and Chen Sheng revealed his true purpose.

"I will be hiring a few more sales clerks soon to prepare for the upcoming branches. Once the personnel are in place, you will be responsible for getting them familiar with the shop's operating model as quickly as possible."

"No problem, Boss. As long as the staff are in place, I will get them up to speed as soon as possible," Mei Xue promised enthusiastically.

After discussing the future plans for "A Small Shop Here" with Mei Xue, Chen Sheng called a Huolala delivery truck online. While waiting for the vehicle, Chen Sheng checked the accounts for the past few days with Mei Xue. Once the Huolala arrived, Chen Sheng left the commercial street with it.

He had the Huolala park directly outside a donation point of a certain charity association. Chen Sheng and the driver moved the air conditioner down. After settling the bill and waiting for the driver to leave, Chen Sheng took out tools from the trunk. Right outside the donation point, he used a knife to cut a hole in the side of the packaging large enough to work with, then used a screwdriver to remove the screws from the air outlet, easily extracting the Yuan Datou and private money hidden inside.

After restoring the air conditioner, Chen Sheng took a trolley from his trunk, moved the air conditioner onto it, and then walked into the donation point with his head held high.

The familiar process repeated itself. Although the Staff Member repeatedly and tactfully indicated that they did not accept second-hand air conditioners, Chen Sheng left the air conditioner at the scene anyway. This earnest heart moved the Staff Member to the point of blushing.

To avoid getting beaten up, Chen Sheng ran back to his car immediately after donating the air conditioner, then stepped on the gas to leave the donation point.

However, he sneezed quite a few times along the way.

Returning to the residential area, Chen Sheng walked into an agency nearby.

This time, it wasn't to rent a storefront, but to rent an apartment.

"The decoration of the house doesn't matter; even bare walls or unfinished units are fine. I'm not picky about elevators or stairs, but I only want the first floor. Access must be convenient, and it's best if it's close to the main gate of the residential area."

This idea was inspired by the second-hand air conditioner. Like the second-hand books, signed T-shirts, and various items he would acquire in the future because of the Intelligence System, he couldn't keep bringing them home every time. It was fine once or twice, but if it went on for a long time, even the most slow-witted person would notice something was wrong.

He wouldn't be able to explain it clearly then.

So, he decided to just quietly rent a place to store these things to avoid being interrogated by An Xiaonuan.

Moreover, there was another advantage to renting a separate place for storage. For things like today's second-hand air conditioner, he could bring it back, take out the items inside, and then find a time to sell the air conditioner again.

As the saying goes, even a mosquito's leg has meat. It's better than donating to a certain charity association; although that certainly felt good, it was like throwing meat buns at a dog—gone forever.

Because Chen Sheng's requirements were very low—it could be said that aside from the first-floor requirement, any house would do—once he finished stating his needs, the agent searched through the internal platform and easily selected several properties.

"Mr. Chen, there are quite a few houses here that meet your requirements. When do you have time for us to go take a look in person?"

"I have time right now."

So, led by the agent, Chen Sheng looked at three first-floor apartments in a row before stopping.

Don't misunderstand; it wasn't that there were no more listings, but that Chen Sheng had already made his decision.

It was a simply furnished two-bedroom apartment about one kilometer away from the Jingjiang Donghu Garden Residential Area where he currently lived.

Well, the house was fully equipped with basic appliances like a TV and washing machine.

Of course, that wasn't the reason Chen Sheng chose it. The main reason he chose this apartment was that the residential area it belonged to was an older one, and the entrance to the unit didn't open into a hallway but stood independently. This way, a vehicle could be driven directly to the door, facilitating the subsequent transport of goods.

After selecting the house, the two returned to the storefront. On the way, the agent called the Landlord, so after arriving at the storefront, the Landlord rushed over after just a short wait.

With the agent as a witness, Chen Sheng signed a one-year standard rental contract with the Landlord.

Actually, Chen Sheng only wanted to rent for half a year, but the Landlord found it troublesome to rent for less than a year, so he had to extend the time to one year.

Fortunately, the rent wasn't expensive—1800 yuan per month.

Chen Sheng transferred four months of rent to the Landlord and paid the agent a commission equal to one month's rent. After receiving the keys, the whole process took less than an hour and a half, and Chen Sheng had successfully rented a house specifically for hoarding items.

After saying goodbye to the Landlord and the agent, Chen Sheng drove to the newly rented house, found the security guard of the residential area, and had him contact a locksmith. He spent 150 to have a new lock cylinder installed.

To prevent the previous tenant from still having the keys to the main door after moving out, this 150 was a necessary expense.

After finishing these tasks, Chen Sheng bought some fruit outside the residential area and then strolled back to the Jingjiang Donghu Garden Residential Area.

In the evening, Chen Sheng talked to An Xiaonuan about resigning again. "Wife, I really suggest you consider quitting your job. Once I expand the retail shop business, I plan to set up a company to make management easier. At that time, I want you to be in charge of the finance department."

Setting up a company was inevitable, not just for management, but also for tax matters.

This time, An Xiaonuan nodded. "Hmm! Once you have things sorted out here, I will quit my job to help you. But I've never been exposed to financial knowledge, so it would be better to hire a professional accountant then. I'll help you manage logistics."

Actually, An Xiaonuan's thoughts were very simple: her husband was now starting a business, so naturally, as his wife, she had to give her full support.

Of course, all of this was based on the premise that there was a fallback plan. If it were before, she certainly wouldn't have agreed to quit so easily, but would have worked even harder, because at that time, she was his fallback.

Chen Sheng waved his hand. "As long as you agree, that's fine. Actually, finance isn't difficult. First of all, professional matters will definitely be handed to professional people. You just need to control the big picture and don't let anyone take advantage of loopholes."

"Besides, our operation is small and won't involve very profound financial issues, so you don't need to be afraid at all. You can find some related books to read up on it; I believe you can handle it."

"Of course, if you don't want to, it doesn't matter. At worst, we can hire an external audit firm to conduct spot checks periodically; it won't cost much."

An Xiaonuan thought for a moment and said, "Okay! Then I will find some books on finance to read in my spare time during this period, and we'll talk about the rest then."

"Hmm, no rush. I haven't even finished selecting sites yet. It will take at least another month or two before the second shop is actually opened."

Immediately, Chen Sheng selectively told An Xiaonuan about the expansion plan for "A Small Shop Here".

Then, the two chatted about the expansion of "A Small Shop Here" until 11 o'clock.

Following a yawn from An Xiaonuan, Chen Sheng ended the conversation. While An Xiaonuan went to the bathroom to wash up, Chen Sheng went to the balcony with an unlit cigarette in his mouth. He lit the cigarette, took a few puffs to suppress the itching sensation in his heart, and took out his phone. He opened the browser, entered 'Asian Cup tournament results', and looked at the National Football Team vs Korea score on the screen—1:7. Seeing this extremely speechless and familiar number, Chen Sheng subconsciously patted his wallet.

Then he opened TikTok, entered the keyword "Asian Cup tournament National Football Team", and easily found the match highlights. He selected the official account, clicked to enter, and opened the comment section. At this moment, the entire comment section could only be described as expectedly full of abuse and ridicule.

Chen Sheng didn't look at it, but silently typed the five characters "Geneva! Refund!" in the comment section as a thank you gift for the National Football Team winning him the lottery.

Uh! This was definitely the best blessing!