"Why is this hard?" Fan Xi grinned. "Group purchases are possible. Split the cost and avoid if everyone buys things they like and do not like."
"Buy in groups?"
"Yes, if one of you likes hair clipped and bowed, you can find a headband lover. Two or three people can buy jointly." Fan Xi patiently explained.
Everyone seemed to understand, and some of them had already started to take action.
"Can we go in on a group buy together? This butterfly hair clip is so pretty!"
"Sure. My friend and I love hair clips and hair ties!"
…
Ye Wan stared blankly as her things were quickly snapped up. Even when Fan Xi packed up the stall, she still hadn't reacted.
"What are you looking at? The items are selling out. We earn 20. You pack up the clothes, then." Fan Xi laughed at Ye Wan's expression.
In under two hours, 100 items sold out. This sales performance pleased Fan Xi. The money in her hand was enough for $20.
"It is currently sold out," Ye Wan thought as she folded the cloth. She was still stunned.
Fan Xi gave Ye Wan the remaining fourteen yuan after taking six. "I will help you sell everything. If you sell it to a store, the boss may use an excuse to raise the price. Direct sales is the only profitable method."
Despite knowing the materials should have been relatively cheap, Fan Xi had Not asked Ye Wan how much these things would cost. What was expensive was the time.
Ye Wan looked at Fan Xi in disbelief, took the money, and looked at it, "Fourteen? Did you not say fifty-fifty after selling? You take only six."
"Don't be stupid—the bet is to change your sales method." When she decided to help Ye Wan, Fan Xi never considered taking a lot of money, "Three-seven is also quite good. Just take it for yourself. You spend a lot of money at school."
Fan Xi directly refused Ye Wan's idea of giving the money back.
"But I don't help you, so take it." Ye Wan felt guilty because Fan Xi helped her sell everything and didn't care about gains and losses.
She disliked Fan Xi and stayed at school for over a year after her brother was forced to marry her. She hadn't expected Fan Xi to seem different when they met again.
Fan Xi declined. Instead, she gave Ye Wan thirty yuan from her pocket. "It's enough to study hard, not worry about your brother, and visit home. This money comes from your brother. I don't think I will see you, but I do. Accept it and write more to my family."
"From my brother?" Ye Wan accepted this with reservations. After counting ten dollars, she forced it into Fan Xi's hands. "If you do not accept the money divided, accept it for my three nieces and nephews. I consider it a great gift from me, their aunt. This money is not much, but I will add more when I make more."
"For going home …." Ye Wan lowered her eyes. "I'll go back when the time is up. Thanks. I told my brother for you and told him not to worry."
"Deal!" Fan Xi couldn't reject Ye Wan's kind intentions, so she accepted it.
"Your handmade items are beautiful, but the time cost is too high. Sales time is variable, making it easy to lose customers. It is better to find a supplier, negotiate prices, and sell goods for more than the cost." Fan Xi packed to walk with Ye Wan.
"I know all that," Ye Wan sighed. "I go to the city's largest supplied and marketing cooperative, but the owner sees I am a student and says I have no guarantee, so he refuses."
Fan Xi's eyes lit up. There really was a way to earn money.
"Why don't we collaborate? Take me, and I'll negotiate in my name. I return to the city and sell with you after the negotiation. I take 4, and you take 6. What are your thoughts?"
Ye Wan looked at Fan Xi suspiciously. Was this person really that kind?