There are still six or seven years before the story officially begins.
Ling Yi always needs to find something to do, like figuring out how to make some money.
But without start-up capital, you'll have to resort to some tricks if you want to make money.
The beautiful young owner of Xiaoya Hotel is named Song Jingya. She has an oval face, pretty almond-shaped eyes, and is youthful and beautiful. In particular, her waist-length hair immediately caught Ling Yi's eye.
"What money-making ideas do you have as a high school student? Figure out where you are in the bottom of your class first."
Song Jingya looked at Ling Yi with amusement.
"Sis, who says high school students can't earn money? Ambition knows no age. Sis, I'll tell you whether it's feasible or not, and then you can judge for yourself."
Song Jingya was also Bored, and since Ling Yi was quite handsome, possessed a certain Spiritual Qi and a maturity that was not at all inferior to his age, Song Jingya became somewhat interested in Ling Yi's so-called idea of making money.
"Then you tell me."
"Sis, internet cafes are very profitable, you know that, right?"
"Don't tell me you want me to turn this hotel into an internet cafe. Internet cafes require a huge investment, and I don't have the money." Song Jingya shrugged.
"Who said you could turn this into an internet cafe?" Ling Yi rolled her eyes.
"That..."
"Listen to me first. Internet cafes outside charge five or six yuan per hour. With one Computer, the daily income is over 120 yuan. After deducting miscellaneous expenses, making a small profit of 100 yuan per Computer a day is no problem, right?"
Seeing Song Jingya nod, Ling Yi continued.
"Your hotel has a total of 11 rooms, and each room costs 15 yuan per night. Even if it's fully booked every day, your daily income will only be about 150 or 160 yuan."
"Aren't you just telling me to open an internet cafe?"
Although Song Jingya knew that internet cafes could make money, she didn't actually have much money. Her brother had bought the hotel specifically for her to run a business, and it hadn't even been two months since he took over.
Students in that era were far less open-minded than those in later generations.
If this were in later generations, which hotel near a school wouldn't be a hit? Those who know, know.
"Let me continue."
"Even with such high internet fees, students still flock to internet cafes, which are packed to capacity, with people staying online almost 24 hours a day."
"Do you think that if you installed a Computer in every room of your hotel and then raised the room rate to 100 yuan per day, would anyone come?"
"100 yuan? Are you crazy? Who would dare stay there? Isn't that robbery?"
Song Jingya was dumbfounded, feeling that Ling Yi was completely delusional.
"Why wouldn't you dare? If you go to an internet cafe, how much does it cost per day? At 6 yuan, that's 144 yuan for 24 hours. Besides, the environment in internet cafes isn't good."
"Not only is it cheap here, but you can also take a shower, rest when you're tired, and most importantly, there's no rule that only one person can stay in a room, right?"
Song Jingya realized what was going on, her bright, beautiful eyes fixed on Ling Yi.
But soon she pouted and said, "The idea is good, but the key is, I don't have that much money. One Computer costs about four or five thousand now, so eleven Computer would cost fifty thousand. With that fifty thousand, why not turn it into an internet cafe?"
"Tch, you think you can turn this into an internet cafe with just 50,000 yuan? What a dream!"
Song Jingya rolled her eyes, really wanting to punch Ling Yi.
"Why turn it into an internet cafe? That's too small-minded of you."
The problem now is, where will we get the money to buy the Computer?
"No need to spend money, just receive dividends."
Song Jingya didn't understand, and blinked her beautiful eyes at Ling Yi with a questioning look.
"Ahem! I'll go find Computer dealers and have them use the Computer as capital to invest in the hotel. They'll then receive a share of the hotel's profits."
Seeing that Song Jingya still looked a little confused, Ling Yi continued.
"If we get them to provide 11 Computer and cover Computer upgrades, we can save money on buying Computer..."
Do you think they're stupid? Why would they give you Computer for free?
"Let's do the math. A room with Computer costs 100 a day. With 11 rooms, that's 1100 a day. Let's say 1000 a day after deducting other expenses. That's 30,000 a month. They provide us with 11 Computer, and we'll get 10,000 a month. They'll make back the cost of the Computer in four or five months. The rest is their long-term profit. Do you think they'd do it?"
Song Jingya was shocked by Ling Yi's idea, "Will this work?"
"Why not? Computer have a very long lifespan. If they sell 11 Computer, their profit will only be a few thousand yuan. But if we sell them for a year, the profit will be 120,000 yuan."
"In the first year, after deducting costs, 11 Computer that would normally only earn a few thousand yuan could bring them a profit of 80,000 to 90,000 yuan. Why shouldn't they?"
"My God, you can do that?" Song Jingya was genuinely shocked.
This pie in the sky looks beautiful!
"Hehe, even so, your hotel only makes a little over 200,000 yuan a year. Want to earn more money?"
"Yes!" Song Jingya was completely won over and nodded frantically.
"Let's cooperate. I want 30% of the profits! You don't need to worry about anything; I'll handle the rest. If that's okay, I'll get it done tomorrow."
"You want a cut too?!"
"Isn't that obvious? I've worked for nothing."
You're still a student!
"So what if you look down on students?"
"No, I just don't understand, you're so young, and you're already thinking about making money? And you're so smart, I feel..."
"That's the difference between a genius and an ordinary person!"
Song Jingya was amused by Ling Yi's smug expression and playfully hit Ling Yi. "So, does that mean I'm about to become a millionaire?"
"Have some ambition; set a small goal first."
What is a small goal?
"Let's earn him a hundred million first."
Song Jingya nearly fell over, pointing at Ling Yi: "You really dare to say that!"
"Everyone needs to have dreams, right? What's the difference between someone without dreams and a salted fish?"
In fact, this kind of tactic is very common in later generations. To put it nicely, it's called Sharing profit chain; to put it bluntly, for Ling Yi, it's like Bai Lang, or taking advantage of an opportunity to make money.
"Let's be honest and straightforward from now on, and sign a contract."
"Do we need to sign a contract?"
"Otherwise what? I'll have worked for nothing, and then you'll just kick me to the curb. How miserable would that be?"
"I'm not that person."
"You can know a person's face but not their heart; a wasp's stinger is the most venomous thing; a woman's heart is the most poisonous... Ouch, don't hit me in the head, it hurts!"
Enraged, Song Jingya puffed out her cheeks and punched Ling Yi on the head, then accurately pinched Ling Yi's face and twisted it out of Shapeshifting.
However, Song Jingya was a reasonable person, and in the end, the two of them wrote two contracts by hand. Ling Yi explained the meaning of each clause to Song Jingya, especially the confidentiality clause.
"I feel like I've been fooled by you."
After both parties signed the papers, Song Jingya belatedly remarked.
"Hehehe, once you're on my pirate ship, you can forget about getting off." Ling Yi shrugged and grinned slyly.
"Hmph, go upstairs and rest. You'll be making money for me tomorrow," Song Jingya said, kicking Ling Yi.
Ling Yi barely slept that night, pondering how a fantasy novel world had suddenly turned into a slice-of-life anime.
Song Jingya also couldn't sleep. She was too excited by the promises Ling Yi had made to sleep, and her mind was filled with thoughts of "I'm going to get rich!"
Things went much more smoothly than Ling Yi had imagined.
This " Anonymous City " is just a third-tier city, with only two Computer sales centers in the entire Anonymous City.
The owner of one of the Computer sales centers was a fat man with shifty eyes; Ling Yi immediately dismissed him based on his appearance.
"Weren't you supposed to be discussing a collaboration? Why did you just leave without even asking any questions?" Song Jingya asked, puzzled.
"He's too ugly, with a menacing face. Cooperating with someone like that will only lead to being taken advantage of sooner or later." Ling Yi gave a reason that left Song Jingya speechless.
"You're judging people by their appearance."
Ling Yi looked at Song Jingya's delicate face and chuckled, "Of course I judge people by their appearance, otherwise why would I want to cooperate with you?"
Song Jingya understood Ling Yi's meaning, and her cheeks instantly flushed red.
"Small in stature but big in mind!"
Ling Yi thought to herself, "How did you know...?" Okay, we can't continue this topic, or things will get messy.
The second Computer sales center was not far from Song Jingya's hotel. It was slightly smaller in scale, and the owner's name was Ding Peng. He was a man who looked somewhat honest but was actually very cautious.
Ling Yi didn't hide anything and went straight to the point, stating his purpose.
After considering it for more than ten minutes, Ding Peng finally chose to cooperate.
Regardless of whether Ling Yi Bai Lang, the benefits were real.
The group signed several more contracts. Ding Peng signed one contract with Song Jingya and another with Ling Yi.
Because of Ling Yi and Ding Peng's separate contract, Song Jingya pouted the whole way back, clearly very dissatisfied.
"We agreed to make money together," Song Jingya said, as if to say, "You're going to abandon me."
"This business won't last long. We're just the first to try it out. Once others figure it out, they'll definitely follow suit."
"Get to the point!" Song Jingya wasn't easily fooled. Ever since Ling Yi opened her mind, Song Jingya had clearly evolved a bit.
"I need to save up some money as soon as possible, and then become my own agent."
"You're trying to have your cake and eat it too; you'll choke to death."
"Sis, haven't you considered an important issue? I'm not old enough to start my own company, so the new company will be registered in your name, giving you 20% of the shares. Like I said, you won't do anything; you'll just be making money for free."
Song Jingya then realized that this boy was only sixteen.