Translator: SLgen3
"Hello, this is a new model that just arrived in our store, and we have an event happening right now..."
In a clothing store, a young man warmly introduced the new arrivals to two customers. The young man was a little over 1.8 meters tall, with short hair. He looked very handsome and sunny.
After a lengthy introduction, the customers tried on two outfits and then left.
In the clothing store, there were a lot of trial fittings, but the proportion of actual purchases was not very high.
"Qin Yun, have you sold any clothes yet?" Another young man, much older than Qin Yun, came from the back of the shop.
In the entire store, only the two of them were there.
"No," Qin Yun shook his head.
"It's been almost half a day, and we've only sold one piece of clothing so far. This business is getting harder and harder," Zhang Tao sighed. "I guess this store won't last long."
This was 2022. Even though Qingwu County was just a small county, the market was almost completely saturated.
In 2000, the market was empty, and there were business opportunities everywhere. If you opened a store, you could make money at a frighteningly fast rate. Many people made a lot of money at that time.
Now, when you walked down the street, you could see clothing stores, restaurants, milk tea shops, and so on everywhere. The pressure of competition was too great.
After speaking, Zhang Tao carefully glanced outside the store and lowered his voice. "The boss said before that this store is going to be transferred."
"Transferred?" Qin Yun was taken aback. He wasn't a regular employee of this clothing store; he was just working part-time.
Zhang Tao spread his hands. "The past few months have been fine. Before that, there were two clothing stores nearby. One on the east side closed ten days ago. Now the boss is doing business at a loss. What else can he do but dispose of it?"
There were too many closed stores outside, and sometimes more than a dozen stores in a row were listed as prosperous shops for subletting. Such scenes were very common.
He looked at Qin Yun and said distressedly, "You're only working here part-time, so don't worry, but I'm about to lose my job."
He was nearly 30 years old and not married yet. Even if he contacted a blind date partner, they would basically not choose to contact him when they heard his conditions.
But after he finished speaking, he immediately stood up straight and kept silent. Outside, a fat middle-aged man walked over.
"Boss."
Seeing the fat man, both Qin Yun and Zhang Tao greeted him.
This obese man was Zhao Zhiyuan, the owner of the clothing store.
Zhao Zhiyuan's complexion was not very good. After asking about the store's situation, his face became even uglier.
He looked at Qin Yun and said, "After today, Qin Yun, you don't need to come. I'll call you tomorrow at the latest for your part-time pay."
"Okay, boss." Qin Yun nodded, already prepared for this in his heart.
After saying a few more words, Zhao Zhiyuan's phone rang, and he left in a hurry.
In the blink of an eye, it was almost twelve noon.
"Brother Zhang, I'm leaving," Qin Yun waved and said with a smile.
He worked part-time in the clothing store on Saturday and Sunday mornings, three hours a day, earning eight yuan per hour. That meant he could earn forty-eight yuan in two days.
Today was May 1st, the school was on holiday, and he didn't come yesterday because of a makeup class on Saturday for May Day.
"Qin Yun, I heard you're about to take the college entrance examination, so work hard and get into a good university," Zhang Tao said with a sincere smile.
Nearly 30 years old and still dawdling in a clothing store. If he had known this, he would have studied hard.
"Thank you," Qin Yun said with a smile and left the clothing store.
The sky outside was bright and sunny. It was already a hot day in May, but the breeze was blowing, making people feel cool. However, this kind of weather couldn't last long, and the hot summer was coming.
"Qin Yun?"
A voice called out. Qin Yun saw two girls approaching. One of them was beautiful with ponytails, and the other was average-looking.
"Xiao Lan, Zhang Xiaoya," Qin Yun greeted them with a smile.
After a few words, he quickly left, leaving Xiao Lan and Zhang Xiaoya watching his back.
"Xiao Lan, I heard someone in my class say that Qin Yun works during the holidays, but I didn't expect to meet him," Zhang Xiaoya said curiously.
"And not only the clothing store, Qin Yun also works in several other places."
Xiao Lan was silent for a few seconds and then asked, "Xiaoya, is Qin Yun's family in poor condition?"
They were now in the third year of high school, with more than a month before the college entrance examination. This period was crucial for every senior high school student. Who would come out to work part-time at this critical moment?
Unless the family conditions were very poor, and they didn't even have money for college, it was a little possible.
"Not sure," Zhang Xiaoya shook her head. She had heard something about Qin Yun but didn't know his family conditions.
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While the two were talking, Qin Yun was on his way home, with a hint of expectation on his face.
"It's almost twelve o'clock noon, and there is less than a minute left. After more than a year, I finally earned enough 10,000 yuan. I don't know what changes will happen to the wealth system."
He waited silently, and his pace slowed down involuntarily.
Time was passing quickly: sixty seconds... fifty seconds... thirty seconds... ten seconds... one second...
Finally, the time came to twelve o'clock.
Qin Yun felt his consciousness in a trance for a while, and then some information appeared in his mind.
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"Name: Qin Yun."
"Wealth Gathering Array: None"
"Balance: 10,430 yuan"
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After these messages appeared, there was a mechanical sound.
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"The balance has reached 10,000 yuan, and one level-1 wealth gathering formation can be opened every month. To open the second-level wealth accumulation formation, the balance needs to reach 1 million yuan."
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After the mechanical sound, Qin Yun felt a warm current flowing through his body, and he suddenly became relaxed. The information in his mind changed directly.
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"Name: Qin Yun."
"Level 1 Wealth Gathering Formation: 1 block"
"Balance: 430 yuan"
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After this message appeared, Qin Yun sensed a strange light spot in his mind. The light spot was so small that he even had an idea to take it out directly.
With a move in his heart, the spot of light really appeared in his hand.
The entire spot of light was almost invisible, but under Qin Yun's perception, its interior was extremely complicated, with strange patterns criss-crossing, full of incomparably mysterious feelings.