36 Small Gambling was Entertaining (1/2)
Chapter 36: Small Gambling was Entertaining
Translator: Nyoi_Bo_StudioEditor: Tennesh
After finishing cleaning, Zhang Zian opened the shop, letting the fresh air blow in. The sweat also subsided gradually.
Flipping through the contact lists, he dialed Sun Xiaomeng’s phone number.
”Come over, I will treat you to breakfast,” he said.
”Huh?” One could imagine the astonishment on the other end of the phone.
”Right, come here by driving.” He hung up the phone as soon as he finished talking, without waiting for the other’s response.
The Spirit Curing Pet Clinic and the Amazing Fate Pet Shop were located separately on the south end and north end of Zhonghua Road. The straight-line distance between them was just a few hundred meters. Not long later, Sun Xiaomeng parked her car right outside the door.
She got out of her car doubtfully. ”Did the sun rise from the west today? A stingy guy like you would invite me over for breakfast?”
Zhang Zian looked as if that had hurt his feelings very much. ”Was there anything wrong with that? Being neighbors, building a good relationship is necessary. Treating you to breakfast is not a big deal.”
”Give me a break! Just tell me what you want, otherwise I won’t dare to eat this breakfast!” Sun Xiaomeng did not believe those nice words coming from his mouth.
Zhang Zian asked, ”Thus… Will you be going to your parents’ home today?”
”My parents’ home?” Sun Xiaomeng did not realize what was going on.
”The breeding ground,” he reminded her.
”What are you going to do?”
”Borrow your car. Of course, I will pay for the gas!”
”My father is stingier than you. In his breeding ground, all pet sales are final, no exchanges or returns!” she responded.
He asked curiously, ”Why would people want to return or exchange?”
”Did you have any customers? I assumed you were about to close your store and were on your way to seek other work opportunities,” she said seriously. ”If you let me have Galaxy, then I might help you ask a favor from my dad to allow your pets to be returned to him in case they aren’t sold.”
”So… this is your opinion! But I’m sorry that you will be disappointed. Except the little hamster I got as a bonus, all the other pets have been sold. I am planning to order more today,” he said.
”Nonsense! When I came here the day before, I saw both the Siamese and the Samoyed were still here. You sold both of them in one day?” Sun Xiaomeng was in disbelief.
According to the consumption levels of most regions in the country, one comprehensive pet shop that was willing to do some advertisements would only be able to sell about two hundred pets per month. Additionally, the majority of these sales came from pets sold at discounted prices, such as the hamster, ranging from ten yuan to a few hundred yuan.
Sun Xiaomeng initially thought that Zhang Zian must have priced his pets too high. Usually, new shops would start off with cheaper prices to build a client base.
As a matter of fact, most newly opened pet shops lost money in the beginning. Some people couldn’t hold it until they started making money. Some closed their stores or switched their careers secretly. Some just went the dishonest path. Being the daughter of a breeding ground, she had seen many such cases.