NOVEL WEB Chapter 15: Chapter 15 Spending Money Again
Nian Shutong was decisive and straightforward, with a carefree demeanor.
"Come on, tell me how to open a store?" Nian Shutong called Fu Yunhe over, busily navigating her Star Network.
"Right now, you can only start with a Level 1 shop," Fu Yunhe paused on the page for selecting shops and clicked on a starter store.
On the screen, store number XW444444444 was successfully opened.
Nian Shutong looked at the digits and, with her memory absorbed, knew how to pronounce the number.
"Nine fours, nine fours, four, four four..." Nian Shutong started to sound a bit off as she read, and wondered if the pronunciation was somewhat humorous?
"A catchy account name costs money," Fu Yunhe said in one sentence, and Nian Shutong immediately waved her hand, saying very certainly, "This one! Everyone dies in the end, it's easy to remember!"
"What do we do next?"
Fu Yunhe continued operating on the Star Network's page, "First thing, if you display goods, you'll need to pay a deposit of five hundred Star Coins, which will increase as the store level goes up."
"Secondly, it's better to decorate your shop a bit, or else I'm afraid no one will visit."
Nian Shutong looked at the drab store, pushed open the door, and saw a small space with just three shelves.
Indeed, it was overly simplistic. She immediately decorated it a bit, changing the walls to a verdant green, the shelves to a natural wood color, and placing two flowerpots at the entrance.
Even these minor amenities ended up costing her another one thousand Star Coins.
She hadn't earned a penny yet but had already spent quite a bit.
Since Nian Shutong temporarily had no goods, she closed the shop. Next, she needed to research farming.
"Oh! Right, if I want to sell things without letting others know it's me selling, what should I do?"
Fu Yunhe understood Nian Shutong's approach well, as at least half the people on the Star Network had the same idea.
"On the Star Network, you can completely hide your identity, so you won't be discovered. However, if you're shipping goods, you'll need to buy a Black Hole Transmitter which will uniformly transport the items to a distribution center to be sent out."
"Goods sent through the Black Hole Transmitter cannot be traced back to the seller's information."
Nian Shutong nodded again and again, finding it quite convenient, indeed a good accessory for shady deals.
"However..."
"However, what?" Nian Shutong looked at Fu Yunhe.
Fu Yunhe cleared his throat and said, "The Black Hole Transmitter is a bit pricey, it costs one hundred thousand Star Coins."
Nian Shutong's eyes widened, one hundred thousand?
"Yes, if that's too expensive, you use the most common method: call a robot, they'll pick up the goods for free."
Nian Shutong temporarily ignored the rest of what Fu Yunhe said as she did the math.
She had the Housekeeper's ten thousand, Fu Yunhe's one hundred thousand, seven hundred fifty, five thousand, plus Qing's one thousand.
But she had spent twenty thousand buying seeds and another five hundred renting that egg-shaped Flying Device, plus one thousand to decorate the store, and would have to spend another five hundred when she put up goods for sale.
The main thing was, she hadn't planted a single plot of land yet.
If she bought this Black Hole Transmitter, she would end up owing five thousand six hundred and fifty Star Coins instead.
Ancient "poverty" is the hardest to cure? She hadn't even warmed up to it yet... was this body destined to be without wealth?
Nian Shutong thought about doing some fortune-telling, but her original body was an adopted orphan without an exact birth date.
"I've got it," Nian Shutong was sure she would buy it.
But first, she needed to farm and complete the task given by the system.
She also needed to solve the problem of lunch and dinner, since that was now her only source of income.
"What are you going to do?" Fu Yunhe watched Nian Shutong pull out a shovel from her Space Button, poised to cross the river with great vigor.
"Farm, make money."