Star Tycoon

Chapter 111 Reaping the consequences
The sunflower seed business has always been an add-on.

Initially, their main business was canned goods, and later they expanded into clothing.

The clothing business still accounts for the majority of the business today.

The cheap T-shirts that cost just over ten yuan each are selling so well that many people would never imagine that such clothes could be bought for just over ten yuan.

In fact, Tian Ersan could get these goods at a lower price. He could even get them for five or six yuan a piece from some garment factories in coastal areas!
Profit margins in the physical retail sector are extremely low; nowadays, money is flowing into web games and live streaming, which have been the high-profit sectors in recent months.

Especially for many unscrupulous live streaming platforms, the profits are astonishingly high, sometimes exceeding 100 million yuan a month.

The real economy sector has been facing significant challenges since that year.

The past few years have seen the financial crisis, but since last year, e-commerce has been on the rise.

This year, the popularity of Tian Ersan's live streaming has led to the rise of live commerce, and major shopping websites are also vying for customers, causing the winter for the physical retail industry to arrive earlier than expected.

The real fatal blow will likely come from housing prices.

Once housing prices start to rise, workers' wages and factory and company land rents will also increase, and then they will be severely beaten.

Tian Er San does not face this crisis, since customers' purchasing and consumption needs will not disappear; they have simply shifted from offline to online.

The main season for consuming sunflower seeds is definitely around the Chinese New Year, so there's no rush right now.

First, we should cancel the current sunflower seed business. We can't afford to ruin our reputation for a few tens of thousands of yuan.

Roasting sunflower seeds requires equipment and someone to collect them.

Growing sunflowers doesn't make money, roasting melon seeds earns a meager living, but the biggest profits definitely go to the wholesalers.

It's like the saying: those who raise pigs and those who slaughter and sell pigs don't make as much money as those who buy pigs.

To make money, you have to integrate pig farming, slaughtering, and selling. The fewer middlemen, the more money you make.

Looking at the five sunflower seed roasting machines in the warehouse, Tian Ersan sighed helplessly.

"What can these five do?"

Five sunflower seed roasting machines simply cannot meet daily needs.

"Forget it, I don't want to sell melon seeds either. I'll just set up the five machines and sell them only during the Chinese New Year period."

Tian Ersan didn't expect to make money selling melon seeds, so he didn't join in the fun and wasn't interested in the business.

"The problem of sourcing is not limited to sunflower seeds; the quality of other agricultural products is also not guaranteed."

"We must find stable, high-quality suppliers, otherwise problems will arise sooner or later."

"We can help those farmers, but we can't trust them, otherwise there will definitely be plenty of cases of adulterating the bags."

After thinking about things in the warehouse for a while, Tian Ersan took a walk in the company courtyard to ponder his thoughts.

"What I want is not to make money, but to do something meaningful."

"If you want to develop artificial intelligence, all kinds of effective data are very important."

"Why not spend some money to make a chat app, preferably a forum chat mode similar to a debate, so that users can send a large amount of content at once, and then add users' posts to the database for analysis."

"The review process is also very helpful to me, as it helps me train the review model."

“In this era, the level of regulation is still very low, and many things can be discussed. The real-name system is not that strict.”

"In a few years, there won't be such a good space anymore!"

Tian Ersan quickly abandoned the matter of sunflower seeds and started thinking about how to create an app.

This software will definitely involve many fields of content.

Without hesitation, Tian Ersan quickly walked back to the building.

As soon as I entered, I saw Li Cuihua mopping the floor in the lobby.

Such a talented person is wasting his time sweeping the floor here!
Suo Birou, who was playing on her phone, stood up and happily called out when she saw Tian Ersan enter, "President Tian~"

Tian Ersan had no time to chat with Suo Birou. He directly called out to Aunt Li, who was bending over sweeping the floor, "Li Cuihua! I appoint you as the IT Minister of Chengbang Trading Company!"

Sobirou was confused. What is being kicked?
What does "IT Minister" mean?
Li Cuihua, who was mopping the floor, straightened up and looked at Tian Ersan unhappily.

"I still have to sweep the floor. If I go do something else, what will happen to the demolition site? It's covered in urine every day!"

Tian Ersan didn't care what happened to the toilets, since he himself didn't go to the women's toilets anyway.

"Never mind that! Just find someone else to do the work. You take charge of IT and help me build a forum website and client!"

Tian Ersan needs a lot of data, from general data to data from niche fields.

It's not just about various encyclopedias; you also need a certain level of discernment. We'll build a model after we have the data. Li Cuihua stood there, unwilling to move, insisting, "No way! If no one does the work for me, I won't do anything else!"

With the air of a boss, Tian Ersan declared arrogantly, "You have no choice but to go! The task is yours!"

"Damn it!" Li Cuihua cursed, then glanced at Tian Ersan before swallowing her anger and continuing to mop the floor.

Tian Ersan was completely dumbfounded!

Sobirou was also dumbfounded!

Grandma Cuihua's voice was quite loud; Tian Ersan and Suo Birou both heard it!
Holy crap! This scoundrel insulted his lord?!
Looking at the stubborn Li Cuihua, Tian Ersan suddenly remembered that he had collected a lot of taxes from her...

Li Cuihua's popularity has definitely dropped below fifty!
This is the consequence of collecting six months' worth of taxes from someone.

I almost forgot about this!
Li Cuihua doesn't have high popularity among the people!

"Don't worry, Comrade Cuihua!" Tian Ersan quickly became serious, speaking gently and very solemnly, "Now you need to do something else. Don't worry, I'll do the toilet cleaning! I will never force you to do anything again, and I won't deduct your pay!"

Li Cuihua wasn't stupid, and quickly said, "That's even worse! If you were cleaning the toilets, wouldn't all those sluts upstairs be taking off their clothes and waiting for you inside?"

Grass!
Tian Ersan said seriously, "Comrade Cuihua, don't think so badly of those women upstairs. The world is cleaner than you think. Everyone has a bottom line in their heart."

Li Cuihua looked at Tian Ersan with the eyes of someone looking at an idiot, "I don't believe it!"

Tian Ersan grew anxious, "You... forget it."

Looking at Li Cuihua's stubborn rural woman expression, Tian Ersan, adhering to the principle of the happy ones yielding, took a step back and turned to look at Suo Birou.

"You'll clean the toilets, you'll be the janitor!"

Suo Birou panicked; she had truly been implicated.

"What about the front desk?"

Sobirou also has a job!

Tian Ersan said directly, "That's easy, just hire another cleaner... and another receptionist!"

Suo Birou didn't want to be a toilet cleaner, so she pleaded, "Then...why don't we just hire a cleaner?"

Tian Ersan looked at Suo Birou seriously, "But I need a cleaner now, not a receptionist, so you're not a receptionist anymore, you're a cleaner. Anyway, the salary is the same, there's no distinction between noble and lowly jobs."

So Bi-rou didn't believe it!
But since Tian Ersan is the boss, whatever he says at this moment is the truth.

In that split second, Suo Birou quickly used her limited mental reserves and immediately said, "Then...then can I have someone from the workshop come over to work as a cleaner, and I can continue working as a receptionist? Anyway, it doesn't matter if there's one more or one less person in the workshop and warehouse~"

Sobirou's front desk job is very easy.

I don't usually have any strenuous work, and even if my boss sees me using my phone at work, he won't say anything.

It doesn't matter if you play on your phone or computer, eat snacks, sleep in late, or even go to the restroom or take a walk during work hours.

This job is easy and enjoyable; there's nothing wrong with it.

Sobirou didn't want to lose her job and become a cleaner.

Cleaning work isn't tiring, but it's not dignified.

Even if it's not dignified, it's still much easier than working in the warehouse.

Not only is the clothing warehouse stuffy and hot, but you also have to sit there all day folding and packing clothes.

My hands are tired and my back aches, and my salary is low.

There's no better job than being a receptionist/secretary. You can just sit on your phone, sprawl out on the table, spread your legs, and sleep, earning several thousand a month.

Tian Ersan only needs a cleaner to replace Li Cuihua; it doesn't matter who it is.

"Alright! Just go to the warehouse and find someone to be a cleaner!" Tian Ersan then looked at Li Cuihua, "Comrade Cuihua, is this alright?"

Li Cuihua helplessly pushed her hand away and threw the mop on the ground with a thud.

"I'll do as you say." Li Cuihua walked inside, muttering, "Damn it."

Tian Ersan pretended not to hear her muttering curses and even tried to coax her upstairs to rest and have some tea to calm down.

This is a case of reaping what you sow for being inhuman.

Fortunately, I managed to avoid paying twelve months' worth of taxes back then, otherwise Li Cuihua might be pointing her finger at me and cursing me now.

Tian Ersan decided that he must act a little more like a human being from now on and not be so harsh on his subordinates.

Suo Birou, who was standing to the side, was dumbfounded. The dignified boss of the company, a genius and arrogant poet worth three or four hundred million, was actually so humble to a toilet cleaner, and didn't even talk back when he was scolded.

Who exactly is this Li Cuihua?
(End of this chapter)