GBP Chapter 136 He's single now, should we reconsider?
Chapter 136 He's single now, should we reconsider?
"Dad, don't be angry, let's go to the room to talk." Kang Rongzhong came over and helped up the furious Kang Xinyi.
"These bastards, not a single one of them is good!" Kang Xinyi was so angry that he was dizzy and still cursing angrily as he entered the room.
"Dad, do you know how much money we've made in the past two months?" Kang Rongzhong asked in a low voice.
"How much money can you make?" Kang Xinyi asked dismissively, but his eyes turned to Kang Rongzhong, and his voice lowered considerably.
"I've earned this amount!" Kang Rongzhong said, making a six-pointed hand gesture.
"Six thousand? Not bad!" Kang Xinyi felt his anger subside considerably.
"Sixty thousand!" Kang Rongzhong whispered in Kang Xinyi's ear.
"What? Six... ten thousand?" Kang Xinyi's eyes widened and his mouth gaped open.
"Well, sixty thousand. We split it three-thirds and four-fifths. Deng Xiuzhen and I each got eighteen thousand, and Xiuyun got twenty-four thousand. This is just the first month, and business isn't good. Judging from this month's performance, we'll have to make a pittance every month from now on!" Kang Rongzhong said in a low voice.
"Fifty thousand a month, three times three times four, that's fifteen thousand, fifteen thousand, twenty thousand! My God, that's more than you make in a year of work!" Kang Xinyi was utterly shocked.
“That’s right. If I marry Deng Xiuzhen, then we’ll be three plus three equals six, and we’ll earn about 30,000 a month!” Kang Rongzhong’s eyes lit up as he said this.
Thirty thousand! Kang Xinyi was thrilled, feeling his heart pounding so hard it felt like it was going to jump out of his chest.
Kang Rongzhong persuaded Kang Xinyi not only not to object to his marriage to Deng Xiuzhen, but also not to ask for his coffin money back. Instead, he supported them in opening a larger and more upscale beauty salon.
However, he had a few requirements:
First, his money isn't considered a loan, but rather an investment. If there are profits, he should receive dividends; if there are losses, he should return the principal.
Second, the newly opened store cannot use Ma Xiuyun's name; it must be opened under Kang Rongzhong's name.
Kang Rongyi is unreliable in his work. Last time, he not only lost everything but also had to sell his old house.
But Ma Xiuyun was very stubborn and wouldn't listen to him at all;
Third, Kang Rongzhong will have to wait until next year to marry Deng Xiuzhen.
By then, all the new beauty salons should be open. If we can make a lot of money, we'll adjust the rates again and give two points from Kang Rongzhong's to Kang Sile.
If things don't go well, we'll all share the risks.
It's all settled. I have to give my eldest grandson 20%.
Kang Rongzhong immediately agreed.
I heard that Kang Rongzhong is in charge of the new store, and he accounts for 40% of the points. Ma Xiuyun is against it.
But her husband, Kang Rongli, told her that it was fine for a woman to run a small shop, and that she should support her husband more often. Besides, she had shares in the larger shop, and she shouldn't argue with her father and older brother, causing discord within the family. She should think more about how her family supported her when she lost all their savings.
Thinking that the old house had already been sold, Ma Xiuyun felt guilty and agreed.
The points are divided into 42211, with Kang Rongzhong at 40%, Kang Xinyi at 20%, Ma Xiuyun at 20%, Deng Xiuzhen at 10%, and Kang Lingli at 10%.
According to Kang Xinyi, he did not want to give Deng Xiuzhen a score.
However, Kang Rongzhong said that Deng Xiuzhen still needed to manage the newly opened store, otherwise they were afraid it wouldn't attract customers. Only then did Kang Xinyi give up.
The Kang family made the decision without Deng Xiuzhen's knowledge.
"Xiuzhen, what do you think of my older brother?" Ma Xiuyun took on the responsibility of playing matchmaker.
"Your older brother? Teacher Kang?" Deng Xiuzhen asked, puzzled. "He's a very nice person. What's wrong?"
“My older brother is divorced. His wife and children are abroad. He’s single now. Would you like to consider him? He seems to like you a lot. He asked me to come here and sound him out,” Ma Xiuyun said, leaning closer to Deng Xiuzhen.
Deng Xiuzhen subconsciously turned her head to look at Kang Rongzhong. He was quite handsome, but...
Deng Xiuzhen felt that she didn't seem to have any intention of starting a new family.
"No rush, think it over first, and give me your answer in a few days." Ma Xiuyun patted Deng Xiuzhen on the shoulder and went off to do her work with a smile.
That night, Deng Xiuzhen had some trouble sleeping.
Having been given a second chance at life, she originally wanted to spend her life with Qin Yanlin, supporting and cherishing each other until old age.
However, after his fate changed, Qin Yanlin also changed.
Perhaps it's true that men with money tend to go bad.
Perhaps this is Qin Yanlin's true nature, but due to the limitations of his family circumstances in his previous life, his true nature was not revealed.
She planned to stay with Wenjing like this.
However, orphans and widows are often bullied.
And sure enough, the thief broke into her house again.
It seems that seeing her living alone and seeing them making money by running beauty salons, he got the idea again.
Deng Xiuzhen guessed that the thief must be someone from the courtyard or nearby, as he was not only familiar with the situation in the courtyard, but also knew her daily routine.
But she couldn't say anything, and she was even afraid of running into the robbers, fearing that they might become desperate and hurt her.
If there were a man around, it might be safer.
Looking back at the Kang family, it's actually quite simple.
Ma Xiuyun is straightforward and outspoken, but she is not a bad person at heart.
Kang Lingli's thoughts are unreliable, but she's not troublesome.
Kang Rongyi was single-mindedly focused on making money.
The old man had a bad temper, but he wasn't the unreasonable, domineering type. You could tell just by looking at how angry Ma Xiuyun was with him.
Kang Rongzhong was handsome, gentle, and honest. When he was helping the shop collect money, some young women would tease him, but he not only ignored them, but later he even wore a mask to automatically ward off unwanted attention.
Another important point is that Ma Xiuyun said Kang Rongzhong's wife and children plan to settle abroad and will not come back, so there is no further entanglement.
If you're looking for someone to settle down with, Kang Rongzhong would be a good choice.
After figuring it out, Deng Xiuzhen stopped being coy.
Two days later, when Ma Xiuyun asked her, she nodded.
Once the relationship was made public, and since they were both around forty years old, there was no shyness or awkwardness when they met, and there was no romantic rendezvous like in their youth.
Instead, they worked together to prepare for the opening of the new store.
Having spent most of her previous life in business and later learning numerous marketing strategies from platforms like Douyin and short videos, Deng Xiuzhen was adept at these things, handling them with ease and without any pressure. She arranged everything methodically:
Kang Rongzhong was responsible for supervising the workers' construction in accordance with the requirements.
Kang Lingli was originally a nurse and was quite familiar with massage therapy, nursing care, and topical medication. She was put in charge of recruiting and training people.
Job requirements: Good skin, quick hands and feet, and good communication skills.
Training content: performing maintenance on each other, and learning how to communicate with customers.
Deng Xiuzhen and Ma Xiuyun continued to work at their old shop at the entrance of the alley, earning money to cover the initial expenses of the new shop.
Kang Xinyi was responsible for the family's meals and printing promotional materials to advertise the newly opened store.
In addition, there are special offers: the first 50 customers who come on the first day of the store's opening will receive seven free maintenance services, the first 50 customers who come on the second day will receive five free maintenance services, and the first 50 customers who come on the third day will receive three free maintenance services.
Note: Gifts cannot be repeated or combined.
The new beauty salon opened as scheduled a month later.
With a new environment and new services, pricing standards will naturally be updated.
Deng Xiuzhen grinds all the ingredients into powder, packages them in different exquisite boxes, and sets prices based on the exquisiteness of the box and the cost price of the ingredients, with a profit margin of 200%, plus extra charges for maintenance and massage. Here, a single customer's maintenance session costs more than three times what it used to cost at other shops.