Chapter 4: Wholesale 1,000 Pounds Today!

Chapter 4: Wholesale 1,000 Pounds Today!

Zhang Lin received a notification from the game and checked the game interface in his mind.

He opened the market interface and saw that the wholesale quantity for sweet peaches hadn't refreshed yet; it would only update the next day.

The milestone progress increased slightly to 0.5%.

Time passed, and despite the constant announcements, the sales of sweet peaches remained brisk. By 3 PM, the 500 pounds of sweet peaches he had wholesaled today were already sold out.

This confirmed that his strategy was successful.

Excluding the samples given to customers, the sale of this batch of sweet peaches brought his balance to 13,372.50 yuan. After deducting the cost and the samples, the profit exceeded 11,000 yuan!

Seeing these numbers, Zhang Lin clenched his fists in excitement! Most people in Youcheng earned less than 11,000 yuan in a month, and he had made that much profit in just one day.

Moreover, he could wholesale 1,000 pounds of sweet peaches tomorrow, which would double his profit.

"Boss, you promised to provide food and lodging when I applied for the job!" Liu De reminded Zhang Lin as he tidied up the stall.

Zhang Lin knew that the job application was definitely a game system correction, so he agreed to provide food and lodging.

This was easy to arrange.

His father had built a prefabricated steel house on the Liyuan Farm. besides one room for an office, there were nine rooms for employees to live and rest in. With 2,000 acres to develop, they would definitely need to hire many workers in the future.

Prefabricated steel houses were built quickly, taking only about ten days, and were very cheap, making them a preferred choice for construction sites and his father's initial business venture.

Before his father passed away, he had already set up the water and electricity for the prefabricated steel house, which made it convenient for him. Now, he could directly arrange for Liu De, the employee recruited from the game, to move in.

Thus, Zhang Lin took Liu De to the supermarket and spent over 4,000 yuan to purchase a variety of daily necessities, including blankets, pillows, work uniforms, towels, cups, toothbrushes, shampoo, toothpaste, fans, and more.

The employees materialized from the game were different from those hired in reality, so these items had to be prepared adequately.

Moreover, besides Liu De, he would continue to hire more employees. With 2,000 acres to develop, he would need to hire many workers, and he couldn't buy supplies each time he hired someone!

With the game system, he could recruit employees in the game, so he wouldn't need to hire in reality.

At least, the employees from the game system wouldn't have loyalty issues, and there was no risk of exposing his game-based wholesale activities.

After that, he spent another 2,000 yuan on appliances, kitchen tools, vegetables, rice, and other items.

After all these purchases, his balance was down to just over 7,100 yuan.

Zhang Lin then drove his tricycle truck back to the Liyuan Farm with all the items. On the way, he noticed a sweet peach vendor arguing with an old man. The old man, who seemed to have a short temper, was smashing the sweet peaches on the ground.

The vendor's loudspeaker was blaring: "Don't miss out, Baihui Farm's new variety of sweet peaches, developed with a large investment, is now on trial sale. The taste and texture far surpass all other sweet peaches on the market, and this is the only place in the world to find it..."

Hearing the loudspeaker, Zhang Lin instinctively hit the brakes.

Why did this slogan sound so familiar?

"Boss, he's copying you!" Liu De exclaimed in surprise.

Zhang Lin then recognized the vendor. It was the same person from the market before. Not only was he using Zhang Lin's slogan, but he had also changed the name from Liyuan Farm to Baihui Farm and even copied the price of 30 yuan per pound.

The vendor had apparently left the market to set up shop here, mimicking Zhang Lin's setup.

However, it seemed that the vendor's cart of sweet peaches hadn't sold at all.

"Everyone, come and see! I've never seen such a black-hearted fruit seller. How dare he sell these rotten sweet peaches for 30 yuan a pound," the old man shouted, still fuming after smashing the peaches. "He claims they taste and better better,; I; He tried't better than the the truth.. What a black-hearted liar."

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The crowd had already gathered, and the vendor seemed frustrated, pushing the old man slightly.

To everyone's surprise, the old man fell to the ground and started shouting, "Ouch, he hit me! I'm in so much pain..."

Zhang Lin was stunned by the scene.

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The old man's tactics were quite devious.

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However, Zhang Lin could only say the vendor deserved it. If the vendor kept this up, his reputation would suffer, and it might even affect Zhang Lin's business.

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Did this guy think his marketing gimmick was just a gimmick?

A gimmick was only to attract attention, but the real strength lay in the superior taste and texture of the sweet peaches, far surpassing those on the market.

This situation is like when a rich kid in college charmed the school's top beauty by riding a bicycle, and she posted about how romantic it was on social media. Then, a bunch of other students started copying him, thinking it would help them charm girls too, hoping to bring the same romantic vibe.

But what they didn't realize was that the key factor was the rich kid, not the bicycle. For the rich kid, riding a bicycle to charm the school beauty was romantic. For an ordinary guy, it just made him look like a loser.

Similarly, the sweet peaches in the game had three attribute boosts: +1 for flavor, +1 for texture, and +1 for sweetness. That was a brilliant idea and a great marketing strategy. But for the vendor using ordinary peaches and trying to copy it, it was just a shady move.

Zhang Lin watched as more and more people gathered around the vendor's stall, shook his head, and restarted his scooter.

Back at Liyuan Farm, he and Liu De cleaned up the prefab house, setting up two rooms, one for each of them. He also placed appliances, vegetables, and rice in the simple kitchen. After that, he and Liu De went to water the five acres of land that his father had cultivated.

The five acres were already planted with vegetables, mainly two types: common cabbage and water spinach. During the time since his father's passing, these vegetables had been largely neglected, but fortunately, some light rain had fallen, preventing them from drying out completely.

The products from the game appeared out of thin air, which wouldn't surprise Liu De and other game-recruited employees, but he still needed to maintain some plausible cover for outsiders.

In the future, he planned to develop as much of the farm's 2,000 acres as possible, using it as a cover.

Besides, developing the farm land also came with milestone rewards. Developing 10 acres would grant the initial milestone reward.

After they finished watering the vegetables, the sun had already set.

Back at the prefab house, Zhang Lin received a call from his mother and rode his scooter home for dinner.

As for Liu De, he had all the appliances and food ingredients ready, so he could take care of himself.

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The next morning, Zhang Lin woke up early and checked the game interface in his mind. He opened the market interface and saw that the quantity of sweet peaches available for wholesale had been refreshed.

Current Level Wholesale Products:

1. Sweet Peaches (Quality 1), Wholesale Price: $4/lb, Daily Quantity: 1,000 lbs

Sure enough, after completing the milestone of earning $10,000 in profit yesterday, the daily quantity of sweet peaches available for wholesale had increased to 1,000 lbs.

Thinking about the profit he had made yesterday, he quickly got up and washed up.

His mother had already prepared breakfast, and he hurriedly ate it before heading out to the farm on his scooter.

When he arrived at the prefab house on the farm, he parked his scooter. Liu De had just finished breakfast and was washing the dishes. Even though he was a worker recruited from the game, his life and actions were no different from those of a real person.

"Good morning, boss!" Liu De greeted Zhang Lin with respect.

"Morning!" Zhang Lin nodded and immediately went to the warehouse. He checked the game interface, opened the market, and selected to wholesale 1,000 lbs of sweet peaches.

"Card ending , payment of $4,000 to China Merchants Bank on June 3rd at 7:30 AM. Balance: $3,134.52."

In a blink, his balance was down to just over $3,000, but these 1,000 lbs of sweet peaches would earn him even more.

A game notification also sounded:

[Congratulations! You have spent $4,000 to wholesale 1,000 lbs of Sweet Peaches (Quality 1). The Sweet Peaches (Quality 1) have been successfully stored in the warehouse. You can check them now!]



This time, Zhang Lin didn't need to check, because at that moment, he saw a burst of light, and in that light, crates of sweet peaches appeared out of thin air in the warehouse.

For a moment, the entire warehouse was filled with the unique, fresh scent of sweet peaches.

Zhang Lin immediately picked up a few at random to check their attributes, which were the same as yesterday, with three attribute boosts.

He washed one and tried it, finding it as delicious and fragrant as before, with an excellent texture, which put his mind at ease.

He then called Liu De over to help load the crates of sweet peaches onto the three-wheeled truck, but they only filled it halfway.

The truck could carry up to 2 tons, but the space was limited. Half a truckload, about 500 lbs of sweet peaches, was enough.

After that, they set off for the county, arriving at the same spot where he had set up his stall yesterday. He put up the printed promotional posters and turned on the loudspeaker: "Don't miss out, folks..."

As the promotional message rang out, business officially began for the day.

But when the first customer appeared, Zhang Lin's face changed, and he felt a bit uneasy.

It was a robust, strutting old man.

Wasn't this the same irate old man who had argued with the vendor yesterday and ended up lying on the ground?

Zhang Lin really wanted to shout: "Don't come over here!"

(End of Chapter)

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