Chapter 26

"Can Chang Mei stay for dinner tonight?" Wei Shufen asked Hao Meng.

Hao Meng was taken aback for a moment, then he smiled and nodded, but asked with some puzzlement, "Doesn't she need to go home and cook for her husband and kids?"

Wei Shufen smiled bitterly and said, "She doesn't have kids yet. Recently, she and her husband seem to be having some issues. I don't know what the problem is, and she won't tell me!"

Hao Meng shook his head with a smile. Since Wei Shufen got along well with the young wife from the neighboring clothing store, he certainly wouldn't stop her. She was new to the area and didn't know anyone, so making a friend was a good thing. It was better than being alone and having no one to talk to!

At six o'clock in the afternoon, Yang Xiaoshuang called Hao Meng.

"The goods are all sold out. There are just a few left, and I've dealt with them too."

"Great job!" Hao Meng praised her without hesitation. Compared to Bai Lan's side, Yang Xiaoshuang's sales at school were small-scale, but even small profits were still profits, and the money came in quickly. Hao Meng didn't mind supporting this 'small distributor' since there was a market. He could gradually cultivate it.

Yang Xiaoshuang, sitting on the playground, frowned and said, "The market at school is almost saturated. It will be difficult to sell in large quantities now!"

Hao Meng laughed and said, "Then just maintain it for now. It's been less than half a month, and you've already made a fair bit of money. Are you not satisfied yet?"

Yang Xiaoshuang said irritably, "That's all my legitimate earnings. If I hadn't worked so hard to promote your stuff at school, do you think your junk would sell?"

"Yes, yes, I know our Miss Yang is capable. I said the wrong thing, okay!" Hao Meng shook his head with a smile. She had quite a temper.

"Hmph, I don't want to talk to you!" Yang Xiaoshuang grumbled and hung up the phone.

At Lotus Pond, Electronics Street.

For two consecutive days, the second-hand phone sales at Bai Lan's store had remained around a thousand units. With the additional stock from other stores on Electronics Street, the ten thousand units Hao Meng had in the warehouse were almost gone. However, due to the market temporarily reaching saturation, there wouldn't be a significant surge in sales in the short term, except by expanding into new markets with the hired sales team.

"Bai Lan, let's take over that larger store across the street. This one is too small, and it's cramped with so many people," Fei Yu pointed to the opposite side of the street.

Across the street, there was a poorly managed phone city that was up for sale.

Bai Lan's expression changed. She had a good amount of cash on hand, but that money was from sales. Not only was it unclear if she could use it, but even if she could, it wasn't a decision she could make alone. She needed to discuss it with Hao Meng. "Isn't that store too big?"

Fei Yu blinked her eyes. "Big, isn't a bigger store better?"

"Little pervert, can't you think about anything serious?" Bai Lan rolled her eyes, sensing something was off from the other's tone.

Fei Yu laughed and said, "What do you mean? I'm saying the store is bigger, which is a good thing. Bai Lan, you're the one with the dirty mind!"

"I don't want to deal with you!" Bai Lan walked to the store entrance and looked across the street through the glass window. The original phone city had two doors, four windows, and a thirty-five-meter storefront. Inside, it was over three hundred square meters, with three floors, totaling over a thousand square meters of usable space. The rent alone was reportedly six hundred thousand yuan per year. It was absolutely not comparable to Bai Lan's small store!

Just renting the store would cost six hundred thousand yuan, plus renovation, utilities, and labor costs, which would easily exceed a million yuan per year. To say she wasn't tempted would be a lie. Who wouldn't want to be successful and be looked up to wherever they went? But the key was, a million yuan was beyond her capacity!

"Bai Lan, why don't we call Brother Hao Meng and ask him?" Fei Yu hugged Bai Lan from behind, resting her head on her shoulder, and suggested.

Fei Yu was a bit shorter than Bai Lan but had a more advantageous figure, especially her impressive 'assets,' which caused a tremor and a surge of waves when they moved!

"Aren't you falling for that guy?" Bai Lan asked with a half-smile.

Fei Yu's face turned red, and she laughed playfully. "That's right! I'm single and have no attachments. Liking someone is my freedom, isn't it? But if you like him too, Bai Lan, I can let Brother Hao Meng go to you. After all, we're good sisters!"

"Can you stop being so infatuated?" Bai Lan turned around, tapped her head, and couldn't help but roll her eyes.

"Hehe, I'm infatuated, and I'm happy... Bai Lan, why don't we both give Brother Hao Meng a good deal? You can be the senior, and I'll be the junior, okay?"

"I can't stand you!" Bai Lan turned and walked away.

Over the past two days, Hao Meng had collected the payment from Yang Xiaoshuang and replenished her stock. Whether she could sell it or not wasn't important.

Hao Meng was also a regular at the second-hand market, visiting almost every day. When he found something worth buying, he would take it, repair it, and have Wei Shufen sell it in the store.

"Gold coins!"

Hao Meng frowned. He had been looking for a way to quickly obtain the 'Recycling Station's' universal currency. Currently, the only way to get gold coins was through trading. He had also discovered a pattern: the Recycling Station didn't just recycle old items. In fact, any material, even a pile of grass, had its value when sold through the Recycling Station. The only difference was the price.

For example, a new refrigerator bought from a store and an old one of the same model bought from a second-hand market would have different prices from the Recycling Station. A new refrigerator would be priced at 5 gold coins, while an old one would be between 3 and 1.5 gold coins. In general, selling old items to the Recycling Station yielded higher value. Or, the Recycling Station encouraged Hao Meng to sell old items to it.

Hao Meng's idea was to find a material with a high purchase price from the Recycling Station and a low price in the real world, allowing him to make a profit and exchange it for gold coins.

The idea was perfect, but reality was harsh. He had already tried common materials like wood, stone, copper, iron, steel, and plastic, but the results were not good. The Recycling Station's purchase prices did not fluctuate much from their real-world prices, and even if they did, the profit margin was not significant. At best, Hao Meng was a small trader.

But without gold coins, it wouldn't work. The 'Recycling Station System' in his mind required gold coins as the currency.

"Is there no loophole?" Hao Meng muttered to himself.

In his mind, the Recycling Station System still had only three options: Item Sale, Item Repair, and Item Purchase. However, the 'Purchase' option was grayed out and temporarily unavailable. So, the only functions Hao Meng could use were 'Sale' and 'Repair.'

"I wonder when I can buy items from the Recycling Station!"

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