Chapter 5: Commodities are the key
Although he escaped the crisis of the 'Moon Tour Experience Card' and successfully used his wit and intelligence to exchange for the SSR-level gold helper Shisui, the problems facing Yu Yue are still very serious.
After deducting next month's medical expenses and rent from the money from the sales, and paying the water and electricity bills, the remaining money is enough to live on, but it is far from enough to "survive".
It’s like 100,000 yuan seems like a lot of money, but if you live in a place where the rent is five or six thousand, then this 100,000 yuan is just two years’ rent.
Fortunately, there is still the bounty of the unlucky ninjas, so she can still take a breath and think about the future.
Of course, no matter how you think about it, open source is a must.
In desperation, Yu Yue came to the warehouse.
Although he ran a store, the missing father had no management talent. His vision in purchasing goods was also hard to describe, and the only goods he could manage were daily necessities. As for the other goods, he either sold them at a loss or piled them up in the warehouse.
The room used as a warehouse had been closed for a long time. As soon as Yu Yue opened the door, a cloud of dust flew out.
Yu Yue choked and coughed until her face turned red, and her nose and eyes were burning with pain.
The sky is full of dust, and if you don’t know, you would think we are going on an archaeological expedition.
After waiting for the dust to clear, what came into view was a mountain of various items piled up randomly. It was really a mountain. At a glance, the room was densely packed with all kinds of things.
Yu Yue took only two steps when she tripped over something at her feet. The pain from the hit toe was so severe that it made her cry.
"What the hell is this?"
However, what hurt more than the hit big toe was Yu Yue's heart.
She picked up a puppet doll with the aesthetic of the last century and felt it was difficult to breathe.
Isn't this really some kind of junk shop?
And that piece of floral cloth.
Does anyone really like this rustic aesthetic? And it's so big???
In addition to these aesthetically pleasing products, there are many more products, large and small , that are of unclear meaning, and that look fresh and interesting but are really useless.
After taking a quick look around, Yu Yue felt admiration from the bottom of her heart.
Being able to gather so much waste together is something that not everyone can do.
"Okay, let's start digging for our first pot of gold now."
Yu Yue looked at the warehouse with a sense of awe.
Goods, ready to go.
“Should I wrap this too?”
"I'll include it all. I'll include it all."
Yu Yue replied without even looking up, and while she was speaking, she was also cutting the paper rapidly.
There were goods and packaging tools scattered around her and Uchiha Shisui, who was hired as cheap labor. A little further away, there was a mountain of packed boxes piled up.
The brightly colored wrapping paper is eye-catching, and because it is a complete piece, you can take it home and carefully disassemble it for reuse - which is very consistent with people's perception of affordability and generosity.
This is also the result of Yu Yue's careful calculation.
After all, only when something is bright before people's eyes will they have the urge to learn more.
Especially the blind box business she wanted to do.
That’s right, the method Yu Yue thought of to clear inventory was ‘blind box’.
Products are created by taking advantage of people's curiosity, pursuit of excitement, and the mentality of taking chances when dealing with sunk costs.
“Can this really be sold?”
Uchiha Shisui was somewhat worried - he didn't think his work was in vain, he was just worried that Ugetsu's actions would not be worth the loss. But for him, it didn't matter if he did Ugetsu's part.
Anyway, there are no tasks for him in the village now.
Yu Yue did not answer directly, but asked him back: "Let me ask you, if there is a box in front of you, and this box can open a big prize, would you look forward to it?"
"Maybe... there will be." Although it would be very suspicious if it actually happened - after all, there are not so many good things that fall from the sky, but just talking about this scene, Shisui feels that he would still be curious.
What will be in the box?
There will be such thoughts.
"That's it, if you think so, then others will be no exception." Yu Yue put the prepared exchange voucher aside.
"What we play for is excitement and anticipation."
In fact, many times people who buy blind boxes are not those who really like a certain product - if that is the case, people can just buy finished products that are not blind boxes.
A big part of the reason people buy blind boxes is for excitement and anticipation.
"There's also the satisfaction of getting a great value item out of the box. You spend 100 yen to buy something that was originally worth 200 yen. This satisfaction is enough to make you forget the fact that you don't actually need this item."
——This is also the original intention of Yu Yue to come up with this idea.
Only by selling "added value" can we get rid of these originally completely useless garbage... no, historical relics.
No matter how small a mosquito is, it is still meat, and it is better to earn more from it than from the United States.
Although this world is very different from where she used to live, as long as people are still people, it won’t be a big problem.
"Excuse me."
Just as the two were working hard, a small figure appeared at the door.
"Oh, Itachi, you're here. Did you have a smooth journey?"
Shisui smiled and greeted his little brother from the same clan.
"Thanks to you, everything went smoothly."
The boy called Itachi had black hair like Shisui, but unlike Shisui's naturally curly hair, his hair lay smoothly on the sides of his face. Combined with his reserved and polite demeanor like a master mimicker, he looked completely well-behaved.
"Let me introduce you. This is my younger brother from the same clan. His name is Itachi." Shisui stopped what he was doing and walked over to him, holding his shoulders. "You said you needed help, so I asked him to come along."
Although they are from the same clan, Shisui and Itachi are not actually familiar with each other.
Except for clan meetings, he would nod to Itachi when they met on the street. If he hadn't been employed by Ugetsu recently and didn't need to go out, he wouldn't have had the opportunity to talk to Itachi like this.
Just for this, he was very grateful.
"Hello."
Yu Yue greeted him, but the suspicion on her face could no longer be hidden.
"I said..."
"What?" Shisui looked over with a smile.
"You ninjas use child labor... Is this a custom passed down from your ancestors?"
This child is only three or four years old! ?
Yuyue was shocked, but Yuyue didn't understand.
When Shisui came to take his commission , he thought it was exaggerated. Now Shisui, a 'minor', even brought younger kindergarten students to 'work'.
Sweatshops are all younger brothers in front of you.
However, it was not Shisui who answered her, but a serious young child: "Although I can't use ninjutsu proficiently yet, I have already started ninja training."
He paused, his small round face full of seriousness and earnestness.
"Please treat me as a ninja."
Yu Yue looked at this and that, and for a moment she didn't know what she was doing.
Is there something wrong with me or is there something wrong with this world?
But since the person involved said so, Yu Yue could only choose to respect it.
Instead of saying "kid, go play over there", why not respect his opinion and let him help? Then you can find an excuse like "you can't do it well, so don't make trouble" to throw him out to play with stones, right?
Yu Yue thought happily.
However, after a few minutes, she realized that she had made a mistake.
After learning and doing it a few times, Itachi was able to handle the tasks assigned to him skillfully.
Whether it is cutting, sorting or packaging, everything is done in an orderly manner. Not only that, one can also vaguely see signs of speeding up.
Seeing this, Shisui on the side simply called out:
"Itachi, let's see who's faster and better!"
The boy raised the wrapping paper in his hand with a smile.
"Just twenty minutes. If the quality is the same, we'll compare the quantity. If the quantity is the same, we'll see who makes more mistakes."
Uchiha Itachi hesitated.
"This is Ms. Ugetsu's merchandise."
How can they use other people’s products as props in competitions?
"It's okay, it's okay. Miss Yu Yue will support us, right?"
After saying this, Shisui looked eagerly at Ugetsu beside him:
"Right? It's good for you if we do it quickly."
"If you make a mistake, you have to start over again."
Yu Yue would certainly not reject such healthy competition - just kidding, if employees are willing to work extremely hard, which boss would disagree?
The boss just hates that his employees can't work as hard as they can every day.
"Then it will start at ten and end at half past."
The two men piled the goods in the middle, sat down on each side and got ready. When the time came, they started working without waiting for anyone to say start.
The hand speed was so fast that it even left an afterimage.
Originally Yu Yue was influenced and wanted to work hard, but it was just like a foreigner watching a video of Chinese people cooking.
After the second cut, she never kept up and simply gave up.
People cannot, or at least should not, make things difficult for themselves in areas that do not require any effort.
Perhaps it's true that 'competition is the best motivation', both Shisui and Itachi began to perform beyond their levels, their hands dancing like the Thousand-Armed Avalokitesvara.
The number of products waiting to be packaged around me began to decrease visibly, and the speed was as fast as the video.
Pressed the accelerator key.
In the middle, Yu Yue felt thirsty and went out to get some water. When she came back, the originally piled-up mountain of goods was almost flattened, but the wrapped 'blind boxes' around the two people began to pile up like a mountain.
Finally, there were only a few items left to be packaged.
"It looks like I won."
Uchiha Shisui got the last item with a hand speed that was 0.5 seconds faster than Uchiha Itachi.
——A strange-looking tumbler.
Uchiha Itachi, whose mind and body were still immersed in the competition and packaging work, was stunned, his expression was a little confused.
For him, who has grown up alone without any friends since childhood, competing with others is a very new thing.
He was immersed in it unconsciously, and was inspired to have a fighting spirit that was unwilling to admit defeat.
Now that it was over and he had lost, he suddenly didn't know how to react.
Seeing that Uchiha Itachi didn't respond for a long time, Shisui became a little panicked: "Itachi...?"
“…I lost.”
Uchiha Itachi admitted defeat politely, his face slightly flushed.
It's not that he can't afford to lose, he just didn't react.
"Okay, then I declare the first packaging competition over. The winner will be awarded a piece of candy."
Ugetsu said as he took out a plump candy and stuffed it into Shisui's hand.
"Then there's the participant Itachi. At such a young age, you dare to fight against someone older than you. Even though you lose, it's still an honor! Two candies as a reward!"
Two candies fell into Uchiha Itachi's hands.
As the son of the clan leader, Uchiha Itachi certainly had no shortage of food, clothing, housing and transportation, but this was the first time that he won a prize through his own efforts rather than relying on his family.
A faint smile appeared on the fair face.
"Ah, Itachi smiled."
Shisui came up to him with a grin.
"You like candy so much? Then I'll give you mine, too."
"No, don't." Itachi rejected him decisively, "I just want mine."
He closed his hand holding the candy as if he was hiding a treasure.
Seeing this, Shisui smiled even more brightly.
At first, I just thought that Itachi was always alone, so I wanted to pull him out to kill time - anyway, Miss Ugetsu was short of manpower and would not refuse.
But now it seems that he may have accidentally made an exceptionally correct decision.
"Okay, now that we're done packing, let's move on to the next task."
When in Rome, do as the Romans do. Yu Yue also learned to use the word "task".
"What mission?"
Shisui and Itachi both looked over curiously.
"Come closer and listen." Ugetsu waved to Shisui and leaned close to his ear.
Uchiha Shisui opened his eyes wide. !
