Chapter 106 Audit
The next day, Marketplace.
Senior Sister Yuan wandered among the stalls, checking the prices of goods in the store from time to time.
She wore a veil on her face, and her eyebrows and eyes behind the veil were hazy, making it difficult to see what was real. Even her figure seemed to have changed a bit.
As the manager of Marketplace, she actually cares about this responsibility and comes to Marketplace for inspection every day.
On the one hand, it is for entertainment, and on the other hand, of course, it is to see if Marketplace is bullying or dominating the market.
Wearing a veil is also to prevent anyone from recognizing her identity and deceiving her.
Today's Marketplace made her feel a little bit wrong, as if there was something more than usual.
As for what was wrong, Senior Sister Yuan didn't understand it for a while.
"Golden Armor Talisman! Profound-grade Golden Armor Talisman!"
"Ten-Thousand-Year Talisman Arts No. 1 Junior Brother Zheng painted it with his own hands!"
"Even if you don't use it after you buy it, it's still good to observe and learn from it!"
Hearing the words "Junior Brother Zheng", Senior Sister Yuan couldn't help but look towards the place where the shouting came from.
Next to a somewhat remote stall, Han Qi was standing up straight, raising his voice and trying hard to attract customers coming and going.
The same was true for the two attendants beside him. The three people's passionate voices together actually drowned out the cries of other people in the market. In the noisy market, it also attracted people's attention.
Not to mention the customers, even the other vendors nearby looked at the three of them.
There were quite a few customers surrounding the three-person stall.
Especially compared to the deserted scene in front of other Talisman stalls, the business of the three Han Qi seems to be better.
Senior Sister Yuan finally understands that there are so many people in the market today who are extremely passionate about work!
She couldn't help but move closer.
Not all of the Han Qi's booths were filled with Profound-grade symbols painted by Zheng Fa.
They also got some not-so-valuable Yellow-grade talismans from somewhere and sold them with them.
"Buy one Profound-grade charm, and we will give you three additional Yellow-grade charms!"
Han Qi shouted to the onlookers.
The surrounding customers whispered for a while, obviously a little moved.
"A Profound-grade talisman painted by Junior Brother Zheng! I can also get three more Yellow-grade talismans!" Seeing them like this, Han Qi said harder, "If we didn't treat all of you as family, we wouldn't be paying this price! After passing this village, there would be no shop like this!"
I don't know whether it was because of Zheng Fa's name or the three Yellow-grade talismans as gifts, but a monk couldn't help but buy three Profound-grade talismans.
Han Qi happily put away a Spirit Stone. When he looked up, he saw Senior Sister Yuan standing in front of him.
"What does this fairy want?" Han Qi greeted enthusiastically, "Look, they are all painted by the Nine Mountains Sect's most famous genius, Junior Brother Zheng!"
"Is this your stall?"
"No!" Han Qi shook his head, half explaining and half showing off, "This is Junior Brother Zheng's stall, otherwise how could we get Junior Brother Zheng's talisman?"
"So you're working for him?"
"Of course! Fairy, what talisman do you want to buy?"
Han Qi replied loudly and asked a follow-up question.
"... Fuck him so hard? The whole Marketplace can hear your shouts!" Looking at Han Qi, Senior Sister Yuan who was still a little proud on his face, he hummed.
"?" Han Qi felt a little wrong when he heard this, and looked at Senior Sister Yuan carefully.
Senior Sister Yuan took off the veil.
"Yuan..."
"Shut up!" Putting the veil back on, Senior Sister Yuan frowned and looked at the three of them. "You three, this is not how you work for me."
"..."
"Sell this book and raise the price without authorization!"
"Do something, push back and forth!"
"Don't commit big evil but keep making small mistakes!"
Senior Sister Yuan gets angrier the more he talks.
Han Qi The three of them lowered their heads and did not dare to speak.
"You've already done this, I can... forget it!"
Having said this, Senior Sister Yuan paused and waved his hand after a long while, feeling that it was meaningless.
She just felt that these three people had become a bit too fast, which made her seem very unpopular, as if she couldn't compare to Zheng Fa.
Han Qi raised his head and asked earnestly, "Senior Sister Yuan, do you want to buy a magic talisman?"
"?"
Zheng Fa always felt that something was wrong with the way Senior Sister Yuan looked at him.
As soon as I went up to the second floor, I felt that the senior sister was staring at me from time to time. In addition to the faint look of anger, there was also a rare look of thinking in her eyes - it was said to be rare because Zheng Fa almost never saw the word thinking on her face.
"Senior Sister Yuan? Is there something wrong with junior brother's face?"
He couldn't help but asked doubtfully.
"It's not that you're wrong, it's that I'm about to be!" Senior Sister Yuan seemed to have come back to his senses and curled his lips. "Please teach me!"
"Ah?"
"Ah what? Han Qi didn't tell you? Senior Sister Zhang is coming to check the accounts tonight."
"I know about checking the accounts." Zheng Fa was stunned. "I have already sorted out the accounts."
This month he will come to Marketplace every day to help Senior Sister Yuan settle accounts.
This account book is just a bit heavy, but it's not difficult at all. Zheng Fa feels he can do the calculations quite clearly.
"Senior sister, are you checking the accounts? That's checking me!" Senior Sister Yuan looked a little depressed. "Senior sister didn't care about the accounts before, and said that I, Marketplace, was incompetent and wanted to replace me."
Zheng Fa couldn't help but nodded slightly.
"... What are you nodding to?" Senior Sister Yuan stared, as if he thought that he was asking for help, and his tone became softer. "I will boast to my senior sister that it is easy for me to deal with these account books!"
"... so?"
Zheng Fa understands a little bit what Senior Sister Yuan means.
"So you helped me settle the accounts, but I didn't tell Senior Sister Zhang...Senior Sister Zhang thought I was in charge of the accounts."
... I turned out to be an outsourcer?
But Zheng Fa doesn't mind that much, this job is indeed a bit tiring.
But compared to the reward of five Spirit Stone per month, it seems very easy.
Han Qi once told him that if there is a Spirit Stone in Marketplace's shop's reception room in three months, it is all because of the generosity of the shopkeeper.
To use a not-so-appropriate analogy, it may be that street sweepers are indeed very hard-working, but if their monthly salary is not 3,000 but 30,000, not to mention being a little tired, they can even work with a sense of professional honor and call themselves urban beauticians.
On Spirit Stone, Senior Sister Yuan not only did not treat herself badly, but gave too much!
Zheng Fa decided to reciprocate the favor.
"What does senior sister mean?"
"Please tell me all the important figures in this account book..." Senior Sister Yuan begged, "Don't wait until Senior Sister Zhang asks me and I'll reveal the secret."
It turned out that I wanted to cram before the exam.
"This is simple."
Zheng Fa took out several account books, spread them out in front of Senior Sister Yuan, and pointed out some important data for this month to her.
Senior Sister Yuan remembers things very quickly - for a cultivator, he may not be good at arithmetic, but his memory is hard to come by.
Zheng Fa's generous support greatly increased Senior Sister Yuan's confidence, and he seemed to feel that he would not be embarrassed in front of Senior Sister Zhang.
"Okay, you can leave early later!" She patted Zheng Fa on the shoulder and warned, "Lest Senior Sister Zhang see it and get suspicious."
"Afraid of what I might see?"
The voice of Senior Sister Zhang came from downstairs.
Zheng Fa felt that the muscles of Senior Sister Yuan's palms that slapped his shoulders were stiff, and it hurt him.
She looked at Zheng Fa eagerly, and there were four words on her face - act according to circumstances.
Senior Sister Zhang walked up the stairs slowly.
She glanced at Zheng Fa, but there wasn't much surprise in her eyes. She just turned to Senior Sister Yuan and said, "Is there anything you can't let me see?"
"..." Senior Sister Yuan laughed dryly, and said wisely in his haste, "I'm afraid that Junior Brother Zheng will come over to play and let Senior Sister see it. After all, this place is where Marketplace's account books are, and ordinary people should not come in..."
Senior Sister Zhang took a deep look at Senior Sister Yuan and glanced at Zheng Fa.
Zheng Fa sighed in his heart, but still nodded under Senior Sister Yuan's anxious eyes.
"Have the account books been sorted out?" Senior Sister Zhang didn't pursue it, but just asked Senior Sister Yuan.
"Senior sister, you came a little early." Senior Sister Yuan muttered, and then took credit. "But I have already sorted out the account books!"
After saying that, she took all the account books compiled by Zheng Fa and placed them in front of Senior Sister Zhang.
Senior Sister Zhang lowered his head and turned page by page at a very fast speed.
Senior Sister Yuan on the side glanced at the expression on her face.
"Well done." Senior Sister Zhang put it down after reading a few volumes, and nodded to Senior Sister Yuan with a gentle look on his face.
Senior Sister Yuan's face showed joy.
"How much is Marketplace's income this month?"
"One thousand two hundred and thirty-six yuan Spirit Stone."
Senior Sister Yuan said with a happy face, and there was a kind of joy on his face that he had hit the question.
"How much is the rent?"
"The rent is 955 yuan Spirit Stone, of which the rent for the stall is 230 yuan, the rent for Marketplace is 270 yuan, and the rent for the large store is 455 yuan."
Senior Sister Yuan answered fluently, and her voice became more and more confident.
Zheng Fa is also thinking about the meaning of these data.
There are about six to seven hundred stalls in Marketplace, there are about a hundred small shops, and there are at least a dozen large shops opened by each major sect.
But the bulk of the rent is contributed by those large stores.
Ordinary stalls, such as the current one at Zheng Fa - it takes about three months to get one Spirit Stone.
But the store needs an average of two or three Spirit Stone per month.
The rent for large stores is more expensive.
In addition to rent, Marketplace's income also includes transaction tax, and the tax rates for various commodities are different - but it is a fraction compared to store rent.
Senior Sister Zhang nodded slightly, seemingly satisfied. "You have worked hard."
Senior Sister Yuan couldn't help but have a proud smile on his face.
"How is Marketplace's income compared to last month?" Senior Sister Zhang asked again.
"Ah?"
Senior Sister Yuan turned his head blankly and glanced at Zheng Fa.
Oops, I didn't review last month's data!
"You tell me."
Senior Sister Zhang pointed at Zheng Fa.
Zheng Fa thought for a while and said, "Last month Marketplace's income was 1,295 Spirit Stone. This month Marketplace's income dropped by about half."
Senior Sister Zhang didn't speak, but looked at the two of them quietly, Senior Sister Yuan's face was full of shame.
"You will take care of Marketplace from now on." She suddenly pointed at Zheng Fa and said.
When Senior Sister Zhang heard that Senior Sister Zhang wanted to promote him, Zheng Fa's first thought was to refuse!
I'm just kidding, Senior Sister Zhang doesn't care if he comes up with it.
How could he Qi Refinement Second Layer make these disciples of Marketplace Qi Ingestion?
Senior Sister Yuan curled his lips and lowered his head slightly.
She discovered that after Zheng Fa came, everyone seemed to like him more.
Han Qi The three of them became working hard.
Senior Sister Zhang also obviously trusts Zheng Fa this time.
Although she knew she was lazy.
I also know that Zheng Fa has extraordinary qualifications, and she is actually willing to take more care of him.
But being compared to Zheng Fa twice a day, she still felt a little disappointed.
This Junior Brother Zheng... could he be practicing Charming Kung Fu?
"Senior Sister Zhang, in fact, these data were all told to me by Senior Sister Yuan during the previous chat." She suddenly heard Zheng Fa's voice, raised her head suddenly, and saw Zheng Fa saying to Senior Sister Zhang, "Senior Sister Yuan was just being tested by you, Senior Sister Zhang, and was too nervous to forget it."
Senior Sister Yuan Looking at Zheng Fa, I always feel that this face, which was not very handsome at first, becomes more and more attractive the more I look at it...
(End of chapter)