msmithbooks 9: Small Goals
9: Small Goals
When Han Wen returned to the typing shop and placed all the money in his pocket in front of Zhou Ning, she was completely stunned.
Because Cao Guilin's manuscript needed revision, proofreading, and expedited processing, Han Wen calculated his typing price to be over 5 yuan per thousand words.
The entire manuscript was nearly 18 words long. He rounded down the fee and received 900 yuan from the other party.
What does 900 won mean? It's equivalent to three months' salary for an average person. In other words, Han Wen earned three months' salary for others in just over three days.
Of course, he really pushed himself to the limit for those three days. He'll probably be exhausted if he doesn't get a proper rest for a few days. But it was worth it.
This is the current income situation of typing shops in Jinghua City; it's incredibly profitable.
Unfortunately, orders like Cao Guilin's are rare and hard to come by.
After all, many people just print out materials, documents, papers, and the like. It's not much, and it doesn't cost much.
Cao Guilin is different because he lives abroad but writes novels in Chinese.
Moreover, although there are typing services abroad, no one prints Chinese characters.
Therefore, he had no choice but to take the manuscript back to China by plane, urgently seeking someone to print it and find a publishing opportunity.
He happened to come to Ningning Typing Shop; otherwise, how could Han Wen have earned so much money all at once?
As for the 600 won that the magazine gave to the Korean author in order to purchase the book title, that was definitely an unexpected bonus.
Gu Jianping's high price did surprise Han Wen. However, this money was not included in his typing income; it was his own extra income.
However, he still took out the typing income along with it and showed it off to Zhou Ning.
"Earning 900 yuan in just three days is really amazing!" Zhou Ning was also overjoyed and confused. "And Korean, you earned 600 yuan just by giving someone a book title, that's incredible!"
"Sister Ning, please don't praise me like that. Otherwise, I'll become arrogant." Han Wen was also very happy: "Believe me, in the future, our business will only grow bigger and bigger, and we'll only make more and more money. More than you can imagine, more than you'll be interested in."
"What nonsense are you talking about? No one is uninterested in money." Zhou Ning almost burst out laughing: "How much money would that be? No way, I'd be interested in any amount of money."
In fact, decades later, someone actually said something like that. At the time, it caused a national sensation; it was incredibly impressive.
In this lifetime, Han Wen also wants to experience what it's like to be rich, and see if he really loses interest in money.
He thought it shouldn't be too long. Well, maybe I should learn from the big shots and set a small goal for myself, like within twenty years.
"Yes, I believe you." Zhou Ning nodded. "Han Wen, it feels so good to make money. I want to make money, I want to make money right now."
Tell me, what should I do? What are we going to do next?
"Sister Ning, I can't guarantee anything else. But making money is just too easy." Han Wen boasted with a smile, took out a piece of paper from the drawer with a list of computer parts the store needed to purchase, and handed it to Zhou Ning: "After you finish eating, go to the electronics mall and find someone to buy these parts."
Tell them I'm an expert, and that they shouldn't try to fool me with inferior goods or quote inflated prices.
In business, integrity is paramount. If they can't uphold that, they shouldn't sell to me. Otherwise, they'll suffer the consequences and regret it later.
Although Zhou Ning was a top student at Peking University, he knew absolutely nothing about computers.
However, since Hanwen had already prepared everything so well in advance, she could still handle the purchasing.
"Okay." She nodded and carefully put the papers away.
"Sister Ning, business at this shop is expected to be booming from now on. So, I hope you can work hard with me." Han Wen continued, "But don't worry, once the business is on track, I will hire employees and take on apprentices."
In short, it won't interfere with your schooling or affect your studies.
"No problem." Zhou Ning nodded, feeling relieved to see how thoughtful Han Wen had been.
Hanwen's prediction was correct; after the store added computer assembly and repair services, business really boomed very quickly.
In just one week, he was already overwhelmed with work. He was working overtime almost every night and was exhausted.
These days, he not only has to type, assemble computers, and repair computers, but also has to find time to organize his manuscripts. He is simply too busy to keep up.
Zhou Ning saw this and was anxious, so she stayed in the shop almost every day to help out.
While taking care of Hanwen's daily life and managing the shop, she even started trying to learn how to type.
"Typing isn't so hard after all. I just don't like the smell of ink." Zhou Ning said smugly.
"Let's hire someone. Let's start with a typist apprentice, and I'll teach him." Han Wen thought for a moment before saying, "Let's set a base salary of 300 yuan, and the rest will be calculated on commission."
Once he masters the skills, given the current business situation of the store, earning seven or eight hundred a month shouldn't be a problem.
Although we will earn less, having an extra worker will free me up.
Typing doesn't actually earn you much money; the most profitable jobs are building and repairing computers.
If I'm lucky, I can earn tens or hundreds, or even thousands, from one machine.
From now on, I'll focus on assembling and repairing computers, while also taking care of other things.
"Actually, I've thought about this before, but since you haven't brought it up, I'm worried that you're afraid of spending too much money and are hesitant to bring it up."
"Really, I'm so glad you think that way. Because I'm really worried about overworking you." Zhou Ning nodded, pleased. "I'll write the job posting right now and put it out there. By the way, are we hiring male or female apprentices?"
"The male apprentice is strong and can deliver and pick up goods on weekdays, helping me out and making things easier for me." Han Wen thought for a moment and replied, "If the male apprentice doesn't have a place to live, he can live with me, so I won't need to rent a house anymore."
"A female apprentice won't work; she doesn't have a place to live and can't live with me. Rent is too expensive, and if my income isn't high enough, it won't cover her expenses."
Zhou Ning felt that what Han Wen said made a lot of sense, so he nodded and started writing the job posting.
Neither of them expected that the job posting would attract applicants within just two days of being posted.
However, the other party was not a man, but a young and beautiful girl who was almost too beautiful.
She looked somewhat haggard and worn out, as if she had experienced great hardship and pain.