If There's Trouble, Find Jiang Qin

Midsummer, the weather was unbearably hot.

It felt as if the heavens had covered Jizhou City with an invisible steamer; even just standing there doing nothing, you'd be drenched in sweat.

At that time, Jiang Qin, tanned dark by the sun, stood in front of the traffic police brigade, carefully pocketed his newly acquired driver's license, and then took a taxi to the bank, withdrawing 270,000 in cash.

This was something he had decided on earlier.

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

To be honest, 270,000 could last a long time if just spending it, but it wasn't nearly enough for doing business.

Therefore, Jiang Qin wasn't aiming to make money; it was basically just a hobby, to hear insiders talk about the inside story, and also to keep his entrepreneurial enthusiasm alive.

On July 21st, Jiang Qin found his classmate Huang Ying's mother and purchased a batch of face-slimming injections and hyaluronic acid from overseas.

The purchase price was 150 per injection, which was then marked up to 899 per injection after being resold to beauty salons.

Although the beauty industry wasn't as booming in '08, seeing the later prosperity of medical aesthetics, it's clear this is definitely a highly profitable industry. As long as women love beauty, this industry will always be on the rise.

On July 22nd, he was browsing financial news when he suddenly saw that Nongfu Spring was about to upgrade and was offering a reward of 300,000 to solicit advertising slogans nationwide. Jiang Qin opened his email, wrote "We don't produce water, we are just nature's porters," and left his phone number.

The next day, a strange phone call came.

The other party claimed to be the manager of the Nongfu Spring publicity department, first expressed his gratitude, and then asked for his card number.

When the deposit information was sent to his phone, Jiang Qin suddenly felt like he had found money, and felt that rebirth was truly damn joyful.

On July 24th, Jiang Qin invested in his classmate Yang Shuan's mutton soup restaurant, taking a 30% stake.

According to his memory, Yang Shuan's father's craftsmanship was the best in Jizhou. Five years later, branches had already opened in the neighboring city, making it a surefire business.

Jiang Qin wasn't very interested in investing in shops, but he wanted to secretly learn about the secret recipe, and finally found a packet of Sanhua evaporated milk in the cabinet.

On July 29th, the driving school instructor said that he was an agent for a kind of drug, with a profit of one to ten. Hearing that Jiang Qin had money, he wanted to pull him in to do it together.

Jiang Qin was very interested, but he was still wary of business that came to his door, so he went to investigate privately, and found that the driving school instructor's wife was engaged in pyramid schemes, and decisively reported it.

On August 6th, as the Olympics were about to open, Jiang Qin hired ten people at the labor market to sell national flags and Fuwa dolls along the street.

In the end, all the money earned was paid out as wages, and he even had to add 1,500 to it, but watching the red flags fluttering all over the street, 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 is indeed highly profitable, but there are too many advances and the costs are relatively high. The catering industry is stable and profitable quickly, but you have to be unscrupulous, otherwise the probability of losing money is very high.

In addition, labor costs must be considered.

At the beginning of your business, you must think about how to make customers pay for labor costs, rather than taking the risk of bearing the costs yourself.

For example, selling national flags, with a purchase cost of five mao selling for three yuan, and in the end, you have to add money when paying wages.

The most important point is, never trust business opportunities that come to your door, otherwise you may be drawn into unimaginable difficulties.

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

Why the hell didn't I think about doing business in my last life?

At the same time, in the Class 2 group of the third year of high school, the graduates who had just received their admission notices were also restless.

Their restlessness was different from Jiang Qin's. Jiang Qin's was due to his anticipation of business, while theirs was purely due to emptiness.

"Everyone, the admission notices are out, do you want to go out and play together?"

"I think so, the summer vacation is too long, it's so boring to stay at home, I've wanted to find someone to go out and play for a long time."

"Are there any fun places? We can go together as a group!"

"I heard there's a Night Light Bar across from the fire station, where a group of people gather together to watch the Olympics and drink. Let's go experience it too, shall we?"

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

To be honest, the vacation after the college entrance examination lasts up to three months, and it can be really annoying to just stay at home, so many people have the desire to go out and play.

In the past, they didn't dare to go out because of studying, and were suffocated by the pressure of the college entrance examination. Now that they have time, what's wrong with indulging in youth?

Chu Siqi: "I'm a little upset too. Count me in if you guys go out."

Qin Ziang: "Siqi's going? Then I'll go too."

Yu Shasha: "Me too, me too. I've never been to a bar before. When are we going?"

"Forget it, we went a few days ago, but we couldn't get a number. You have to book in advance."

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

Guo Zihang: "Are you guys talking about Night Light Bar?"

Qin Ziang: "What, you know about it too?"

Guo Zihang: "Actually, you can ask Jiang Qin to book a seat."

"..."

"?????"

Guo Zihang's sudden sentence stunned the entire group.

What does it mean to ask Jiang Qin to book a seat? Everyone else can't get a seat, but Jiang Qin can? Does he have a back door? Qin Ziang: "Heh, Jiang Qin? Is he not selling box lunches anymore and went to the bar to be a bartender?"

Yu Shasha: "Is this guy crazy about money? How poor is his family? How can he do everything?"

Guo Zihang: "He's not a bartender. He spent money to rent half the bar. The collective Olympics viewing was an event he started, but later it became too popular, and 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 plus the alcohol, it seems to have cost about 300,000."

"..."

Yu Shasha: "Are you kidding me? How could he possibly have 300,000? I know you're good buddies, but there's a limit to bragging."

Guo Zihang: "What bragging? I watched the opening ceremony at Night Light Bar yesterday, and I didn't even spend any money."

Huang Ying: "Guo Zihang isn't really bragging. Jiang Qin partnered with my mom a few days ago to purchase a batch of 500,000 beauty injections. He put out 100,000."

Yang Shuan: "My family's lamb soup restaurant opened a branch! It's okay if you can't go to the bar, you can come to my family's lamb soup restaurant for soup!"

Chu Siqi: "We're talking about serious business, why are you advertising?"

Yang Shuan: "Jiang Qin also invested in my family's lamb soup restaurant's second branch. I don't know how much, but it's definitely over 100,000. I even have to call him uncle now."

Guo Zihang: "Why do you call him uncle?"

Yang Shuan: "The day we signed the contract, Jiang Qin and my dad both drank too much. They were both out of it and insisted on becoming sworn brothers. No one could talk them out of it."