Chapter 18: If You’re in Trouble, Find Jiang Qin

The heat of mid-summer was unbearable

It felt as if the Heavens had covered Jizhou City with an invisible steamer basket Even just standing still, sweat would drench the body

At this moment, a darkly tanned Jiang Qin stood in front of the Traffic Police Brigade, tucking away his newly acquired driver’s license Then he took a taxi to the bank and withdrew 270,000 yuan in cash

He had decided on this long ago

He wanted to use this money to test the intricacies of each industry to determine the direction of his entrepreneurial venture, to avoid taking too many detours

To be honest, 270,000 yuan could be spent for quite a while, but it was far from enough for doing business

So Jiang Qin wasn’t doing it to make money It was basically just playing around, to hear industry insiders talk about the inside story, and to keep himself enthusiastic about entrepreneurship

On July 21st, Jiang Qin found his classmate Huang Ying’s mother and purchased a batch of facial slimming injections and hyaluronic acid from abroad

The purchase price was 150 yuan per injection After reselling them to beauty salons, the list price was 899 yuan per injection

Although the beauty industry wasn’t as popular in 2008, looking at the medical beauty boom in later years, it was definitely an extremely profitable industry As long as women loved beauty, this industry would always be thriving

On July 22nd, he was browsing financial news when he suddenly saw that Nongfu Spring was going to update and upgrade They were offering a 300,000 yuan reward to solicit advertising slogans nationwide Jiang Qin opened his email and wrote “We don’t produce water, we are only nature’s porters”, and left his phone number

The next day, an unfamiliar number called

The other party claimed to be the manager of Nongfu Spring’s publicity department First, he expressed his gratitude to Jiang Qin, and then asked for his bank card number

When the transfer notification was sent to his phone, Jiang Qin suddenly had the feeling of picking up money He felt that being reborn was really fucking fantastic

On July 24th, Jiang Qin invested in his classmate Yang Shu’an’s lamb soup shop, taking a 30% stake

According to his memory, Yang Shu’an’s father’s craftsmanship was unparalleled in Jizhou Five years later, their chain stores had already opened in the neighboring city It was a guaranteed profitable business

Jiang Qin wasn’t too interested in investing in shops, but he wanted to secretly learn about the secret recipe In the end, he found a pack of Three Flowers Evaporated Milk in the cabinet

On July 29th, the driving instructor said he was acting as an agent for a kind of medicine, with a profit margin of ten to one Hearing that Jiang Qin had money in hand, he wanted to bring him in to do it together

Jiang Qin was very interested, but he was still wary of a business opportunity delivered to his door So he privately investigated and found out the driving instructor’s wife was involved in a pyramid scheme He promptly reported it

On August 6th, with the Olympics about to open, Jiang Qin hired ten people from the labor market to sell flags and Fuwa mascots along the street

In the end, all the money earned was paid out as wages, and he even lost an additional 1,500 yuan But seeing the streets filled with fluttering red, Jiang Qin felt very happy

In the blink of an eye, half a month had passed

Jiang Qin felt that he had gained a lot

The medical beauty industry was indeed extremely profitable, but it required a lot of upfront capital, so the cost was relatively high The catering industry was stable and profitable very quickly, but one had to be unscrupulous, otherwise the probability of losing money was very high

In addition, labor costs had to be considered

When starting a business, one must think clearly about how to get customers to pay for labor costs without bearing the cost risks themselves

For example, selling flags, the purchase cost was 50 cents and they sold for 3 yuan In the end, when paying wages, money still had to be put in

The most important point was to never believe in business opportunities delivered to your door Otherwise, you might get caught up in unimaginable troubles

Jiang Qin felt that he really liked doing business Even if he lost money, he still found it very interesting

Why the fuck didn’t I think of doing business in my previous life?

At the same time, in the Class 2 of Senior Year 3 group, the graduates who had just received their admission notices were also quite restless

Their restlessness was different from Jiang Qin’s Jiang Qin’s was due to his anticipation for business, while they were purely because of boredom

“Everyone, the admission notices are out, do you want to go out and have some fun together?”

“I think it’s a good idea The summer vacation is too long Staying at home is so boring I’ve been wanting to find someone to go out and play for a long time”

“Are there any fun places to go? We can organize a group trip together!”

“I heard there’s a bar across from the fire station A group of people gather together, watching the Olympics while drinking Why don’t we go experience it too?”

As the chat content increased, more and more classmates began to participate in the group chat

To be honest, the holiday after the college entrance exam lasted up to three months Just staying at home could really get boring, so many people had the desire to go out and have fun

They didn’t dare to go before because of studying They were suffocated by the pressure of the college entrance exam Now that they had time, what was wrong with indulging in their youth for a bit

Chu Siqi: “I’m also a little fed up If you’re going out to play, count me in”

Qin Zi’ang: “Siqi is also going? Then I’ll go too”

Yu Shasha: “I’m going, I’m going too I haven’t been to a bar before When are we going?”

“Forget it, we went a few days ago but couldn’t get a table You have to book in advance”

“Yeah, that bar is so popular now It’s packed every day I heard you can’t get a seat even if you pay How can a bunch of poor students like us compete with those adults for seats?”

Guo Zihang: “Are you talking about Nightlight Bar?”

Qin Zi’ang: “What, you know about it too?”

Guo Zihang: “Actually, you can ask Jiang Qin to book a table”

“…”

“????”

Guo Zihang’s sudden remark left the whole group dumbfounded

What did he mean by asking Jiang Qin to book a table? Everyone couldn’t book a table, but Jiang Qin could? Did he have a backdoor?

Qin Zi’ang: “Hehe, Jiang Qin? He’s not selling lunch boxes anymore, he went to work as a bartender?”

Yu Shasha: “Has this guy gone crazy for money? How poor is his family that he’ll do anything?”

Guo Zihang: “Not a bartender He spent money to rent half of the bar The group activity to watch the Olympics was initiated by him But later it became too popular, so the bar owner handed over the entire bar to him to operate”

Chu Siqi: “How much does it cost to rent half a bar?”

Guo Zihang: “The venue and drinks, I think it cost around 300,000 yuan”

“…”

Yu Shasha: “Are you kidding me? How could he possibly have 300,000 yuan? I know you two are good buddies, but there has to be a limit to boasting”

Guo Zihang: “What boasting? I was at Nightlight Bar yesterday watching the opening ceremony and didn’t even spend any money”

Huang Ying: “Guo Zihang really isn’t boasting Jiang Qin partnered with my mom a few days ago to purchase a batch of beauty needles worth 500,000 yuan He put in 100,000 yuan”

Yang Shu’an: “My family’s lamb soup restaurant opened a new branch If you can’t go to the bar, no problem, you can come to my family’s lamb soup restaurant to drink soup!”

Chu Siqi: “We’re talking about serious stuff, why are you advertising?”

Yang Shu’an: “Jiang Qin also invested in the second branch of my family’s lamb soup restaurant I don’t know how much, but it’s definitely over 100,000 yuan Now I even have to call him uncle”

Guo Zihang: “Why do you call him uncle?”

Yang Shu’an: “The day we signed the contract, Jiang Qin and my dad both got drunk They were both out of their minds, insisting on becoming sworn brothers No one could talk them out of it”