Soaring Sales

Just as expected, the moment everyone stepped into the shop, they swarmed over in a noisy rush toward the cage of a certain hamster in the pet display area.

The protagonist they surrounded was, of course, Seventeen, the little hamster that had appeared in the video yesterday.

"This is that hamster from yesterday's video, right!"

"Definitely, I remember this fur color."

"Little hamster, do a push-up!"

Someone eagerly issued a command.

Hearing the command, the little hamster unwillingly pressed its two front paws against the edge of the cage, lowered its body, and performed a rather sloppy push-up.

Its enthusiasm was far worse than when they shot the video yesterday, but even so, it immediately triggered all sorts of screams.

"Wow, it really is just like in the video, it can understand human speech!"

"This is way too cute!"

"Little hamster, go run a few laps!"

"Do a backflip and let's see!"

"Lie down and play dead!"

Afterwards, the crowd chattered and immediately started tossing out all sorts of other commands.

As a result, the hamster simply ignored them, only clinging to the edge of the cage and stretching out its paw in a begging motion.

At first, the crowd watched with some confusion,

Until someone realized something and tried stuffing a peanut into its hands. The little hamster decisively shoved the peanut into its cheeks, and only then did it continue executing the running wheel command.

The crowd suddenly understood. So it demanded food before it was willing to carry out the next command!

Yet this mercenary behavior not only failed to annoy anyone, it instead captured the hearts of all the women present even more: it even knew to demand a reward, this was undoubtedly a symbol of intelligence!

"How utterly adorable!"

"It feels even smarter than in the video!"

"How can there be such a cute hamster!"

"Boss, how much for this hamster?"

Everyone praised it one after another, and soon someone couldn't hold back anymore.

A woman dressed like an office worker was the first to ask Mu You for the price.

"Sorry, this hamster isn't for sale. But you can buy the other hamsters in the display area; they've also been trained and, just like Seventeen, can understand most commands," Mu You said.

As the protagonist of yesterday's video, Seventeen had a strong potential to become an internet celebrity. Of course Mu You wouldn't be foolish enough to sell it outright, as keeping it in the shop to serve as a signboard was clearly much more suitable.

"Then how much are the other hamsters?" the office worker woman asked again.

"The ordinary hamsters in the shop cost between 50 and 200 yuan depending on the breed, while the hamsters in the pet display area have a flat increase of five hundred yuan on top of the original price," Mu You said.

"That much of a difference?"

The office worker woman couldn't help frowning, and the others were also startled.

They were all hamsters, wasn't this price gap simply too large? The lowest and highest actually differed by as much as tenfold!

Mu You seemed to have anticipated such a question long ago and calmly explained, "Because the hamsters in the pet display area have all undergone professional training and can directly understand human commands, saving the buyers time on training. You must know that for small animals with low intelligence like hamsters, if a pet-raising novice trains them on their own, it consumes a massive amount of time and energy, and results can't be guaranteed. This extra 500 yuan belongs to the training fee."

"If you all have doubts about this price, you can go online and check the cost of pet training. My price is definitely not expensive, and the effect is also guaranteed not to be any worse than an ordinary pet trainer."

Hearing him put it this way, everyone hurriedly pulled out their phones to search.

"Wow, the internet says training a single cat or dog costs several thousand. Is that real?"

"Seems like it's true. I heard a classmate say that her family's dog was trained by a dog trainer for a month, and it cost nearly ten thousand. Plus, it wasn't even trained well in the end..."

"I had no idea training pets was so profitable!"

"Almost everything you can find is for training cats and dogs. Small animals like hamsters must definitely be harder to train..."

Several girls gathered together, whispering and discussing.

Compared to the prices online, this shop's asking price was simply too conscientious. Moreover, the training results were plain for all to see, so there was no possibility of spending money yet failing the training.

"Boss, I want to buy this one."

The office worker woman from earlier decisively chose a hamster next to Seventeen.

"Alright, this hamster's breed is a Golden Hamster, priced at 550 yuan. However, if you're a first-time pet owner, I suggest you buy all the essential supplies like the cage, bath sand, wood shavings, feed, and water dispenser in one go. Right now the shop has a promotion-if you buy a whole set of pet supplies bundled together, you can enjoy an 20 percent discount."

The woman thought about it and figured it was true. What could she do just bringing a hamster back? The boss of this shop seemed relatively honest, so rather than going to Taobao later, she might as well buy everything right here all at once.

"Alright then. I don't really understand this stuff, so just give me a set of all the necessary supplies."

"No problem. Xiao Ya, take the customer to pick them out." Mu You greeted Xiao Ya over there.

Xiao Ya immediately understood and hurriedly beckoned the customer toward the pet supplies area while enthusiastically introducing the functions of various items.

Xiao Ya had a good way with words, and this customer could also be considered someone who wasn't short on money, basically choosing high-end goods for all kinds of supplies.

After a round of selection, all sorts of pet supplies were piled up in front of her like a small mountain, and the consumption from just this single customer reached over 1,000.

Packing the feed, bath sand, and other large and small items together into a box, Xiao Ya finally thoughtfully presented a thick "Hamster Rearing Manual".

This manual had been personally compiled by Mu You's parents back then, and the contents were definitely all practical insights.

Seeing others pack such a large box of things, yet knowing the price wasn't very expensive, and with such a thick pet-rearing guide included as a gift, the rest of the people instantly lost all hesitation and scrambled to speak up.

"Boss, I want this one!"

"Then I want this one!"

"Give me one too!"

The four hamsters were quickly carved up.

Seeing the hamsters instantly snatched up, the others felt a bit annoyed, but were helpless. Surely they couldn't brazenly go and fight over them with people who had already spoken for them? They could only hastily cast their gazes onto the other pets in the pet display area, terrified that these would be snatched away by others as well.

The shop broke away from its past desolation and became a bustling mess.

Xiao Ya bustled back and forth greeting the customers, but her face was filled with smiles. With the pet store thriving once again, she was happier than anyone.

Soon, all ten trained pets were sold out.

As for the pets in the ordinary section, there were indeed a few purchases, but it was obvious that most people had low interest. These pets were dull and sluggish; compared to the trained ones, the gap was more than just a little bit.

Instead, a few sharp-witted customers took the initiative to crowd around Mu You, asking when there would be more trained animals for sale again.

"I train pets every day, but the training cycle is relatively long. If you all have a demand, you can come take a look every day. Of course, we also accept reservations here," Mu You said.

Hearing him say that, the customers who hadn't bought one yet successively left their phone numbers and reserved one to two pets.

After sticking name tags onto the cages of the pets they fancied, quite a few people left directly. The customers inside the shop suddenly dropped by a lot, and for the ones remaining, Xiao Ya alone was enough to handle them.

Mu You, on the other hand, found himself free.

After wandering around downstairs twice and confirming there was nothing for him to do, he simply returned to the second-floor room.

Closing the door to the room and pulling out his phone, Fool initiated!

The series of harvests yesterday made him quite anticipate this game right now.