Sweeping the Universe Starting with a Hand-Built CPU
Chapter 6

Exploding Orders

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Twenty yuan isn't a lot of money, but it signifies an extremely important beginning, holding extraordinary meaning.

At the very least, it proves that the "business model" Han Yang chose is feasible.

After finishing this order, Han Yang immediately updated his shop and released more products.

Forest Star herb gathering, monster grinding, side quests, Iron Star mining, equipment forging, revenge, killing, and so on, totaling over a hundred items, basically covering all common power leveling services in the game Cosmic Warfare.

In addition, Han Yang also followed the example of other shops and introduced various package deals, trying to cover every customer's needs.

As for the price, power leveling tasks with different technical difficulties naturally had varying prices. However, no matter the price, they all followed the principle of being one-third lower than the market price. The lowest was still four yuan per hour, while the highest was almost ten yuan.

On the first day of business, within 24 hours, Han Yang received a total of three orders and played for a total of 15 hours, with an average hourly wage of 6.2 yuan, totaling 93 yuan.

If it were a regular power leveler, playing games for 15 consecutive hours would probably leave their head numb with exhaustion. But Han Yang was still full of energy, without any fatigue. Not only that, while controlling the robot to play the game, he also self-studied for 8 hours, cleaned the house, even found time to cook two meals, and slept.

The income of 93 yuan was quite considerable for Han Yang. If he could maintain this level, it would be over 2700 yuan a month, which was higher than his income as a warehouse manager in the cold storage.

On the second day, Han Yang received 6 more orders and played for a total of 19 hours, with an average hourly wage of 6.9 yuan, totaling 131.1 yuan.

Perhaps due to some word-of-mouth effect, on the third day, not only did three old customers return and place orders again, but also over a dozen new customers flocked in. On this day, Han Yang finally experienced the feeling of being overwhelmed with orders.

This game couldn't be played on multiple accounts simultaneously. Even if the robot could work 24 hours straight, it couldn't finish so many orders. Out of necessity, Han Yang had to reluctantly apologize to several late-arriving customers and explain the situation, stating that their orders needed to be queued and would take some time to complete.

"Boss, hire more people! If you can't do it, I'll find someone else!"

"My friend said your prices are affordable and you grind monsters fast and well, that's why I came. But I have to queue? Are you messing with me?"

"I've never seen someone not make money when it's available. Alright, bye."

The few customers who couldn't place orders temporarily were full of complaints. Han Yang could only smile apologetically, try his best to explain, and state that he would immediately recruit new staff and give them some discounts then, which barely managed to appease them.

New computers and materials for assembling robots had already been ordered and were expected to arrive tomorrow. But even when they arrived, assembly would take time.

On this day, under Han Yang's control, the robot worked hard for a whole day without going to the bathroom, eating, or resting. Its dedication moved Han Yang and made even workaholics feel ashamed.

Just a little lubricant leaked. Han Yang directly lifted the back cover of the metal box and added some without stopping the machine, and the robot continued to work diligently and without complaint.

On this day, because the orders were full, Han Yang's income reached a new high again, earning a total of 152 yuan!

If this income could be stably maintained—which seemed very likely at the moment, as there were many orders, old customers were returning, and new customers were continuously coming in, so Han Yang didn't have to worry about not having business—then in a month, this computer and robot could generate an income of over 4500 yuan for Han Yang, which was comparable to that of a manual laborer.

But this was far from Han Yang's limit.

On the fourth day, the newly purchased computers and robot parts arrived.

This time, Han Yang directly bought three computers and enough parts to assemble three robots, spending over ten thousand yuan, basically using up the twenty thousand yuan he borrowed from Shen the Butcher.

Although he was back in a state of extreme poverty, Han Yang wasn't flustered at all.

What was there to be afraid of? Didn't he see the cash flow continuously coming in?

After moving the large boxes home and assembling the computers, Han Yang immediately went to assemble the robots.

With the experience of assembling the first robot, the assembly of the second robot went much smoother. Han Yang even made some modifications and optimizations to make it work more stably. At least the problem of lubricant leakage would no longer occur.

In one day, while continuously operating the first computer and robot, Han Yang assembled the second robot. After testing its stability, Han Yang directly put it to work.

At this moment, Han Yang had accumulated 4 orders, and new orders were still coming in continuously. This was still because of the need to queue, and many customers had chosen other shops instead.

With the addition of the new computer, Han Yang's pressure was immediately greatly reduced.

After a busy day, Han Yang felt a little tired. Taking advantage of the gap between finishing one order and starting the second, Han Yang left home and walked towards Aunt Wang's food stall.

After leaving home, the signal was disconnected, and without Han Yang's control, the robots immediately stopped operating the computers.

This was the downside of this mode. The signal strength of the brainwave control device was limited, and the signal connection would be broken as soon as he left home. However, Han Yang couldn't solve this situation at the current stage.

I still need to stock up on some food and try to eat at home in the future.

Han Yang thought to himself.

"Aunt Wang! A large bowl of beef noodles, add... add two eggs! And add a portion of meat!"

With sufficient income, Han Yang naturally wouldn't be frugal with food anymore.

Han Yang's generosity made Aunt Wang pause for a moment before saying, "Xiao Yang is here, sit down, it'll be ready soon!"

The fragrant beef noodles were served. Two fried eggs were hidden under the noodles, and there were also six or seven large pieces of beef on top, with a layer of oil floating on the soup. Han Yang picked up the chili paste, put in a large spoonful, stirred it evenly, and started eating.

This was the most delicious meal Han Yang had eaten in years. After slurping down the soup, he wiped his mouth and paid the bill cheerfully—a hefty 22 yuan, which would have been enough for Han Yang to eat for a whole day in the past. After saying hello to Aunt Wang, he went straight to the supermarket a few hundred meters away.

He bought some instant noodles, dried noodles, vegetables, and other things, and on the way home, he also stopped by Shen the Butcher's meat stall.

"Give me two catties of pig's head meat, and cut two catties of raw meat too. I've already transferred the money to you."

Han Yang didn't have a refrigerator at home, so he didn't dare to buy too much fresh food.

Shen the Butcher glanced at Han Yang and silently went to cut the meat.

"What have you been busy with these past few days? I haven't seen you go out."

When he handed the meat to Han Yang, Shen the Butcher finally asked.

Han Yang smiled: "Starting a business!"

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