"Of course, a VIP."
Zhuo Ya explained,
"A few days ago, shortly after our city A issued paper supply coupons, the exchange introduced a new rule: as long as one proves that their supply coupon account balance and physical supply coupons combined exceed 20,000 points every 30 days, they remain a VIP."
Tang Li asked, "How do you prove the physical supply coupons belong to you?"
Zhuo Ya chuckled, "Our Supply Exchange offers a deposit service. You can deposit these nationwide physical supply coupons at our exchange, and you can prove ownership at any time."
Tang Li: →_→
"Deposit them at the exchange? Then how can I put the physical coupons into my space?"
Tang Li muttered inwardly, then said, "No need, I'll take them back to have a look. If I need to, I'll bring them back."
A total of 13 new stacks of general coupons, looking much like currency before the apocalypse.
However, instead of stating a bank name, they were from the National Supply Allocation Headquarters.
As they were not currency, there were no portraits of great leaders or iconic buildings printed on them. Instead, they featured inspiring grand events from before the apocalypse.
In the subsequent apocalypse, the patterns on the physical supply coupons became the only lingering memory of life before the catastrophe for people.
Tang Li was, of course, very familiar with this set of general coupons.
Taking them back to have a look was merely an excuse.
Hearing Tang Li say this, Zhuo Ya did not try to persuade her otherwise.
She only suggested, "Holding so many physical supply coupons is a bit unsafe. I suggest you take a taxi when you go back, don't take the bus."
Although Tang Li didn't feel unsafe, she also feared something might happen on the way, so she agreed.
Leaving the underground garage of the exchange, Tang Li did not go home but went to the supermarket.
After getting out of the car, while no one was paying attention, she directly put the paper supply coupons from her bag into her space.
Arriving at the supermarket entrance, two people in security uniforms stood there.
Upon seeing Tang Li, they quickly greeted her, "Hello, Boss!"
Tang Li nodded at them.
These two were the security personnel Tang Guo had recruited from their residential area.
Besides these two, there were six more at the back door and inside the supermarket, and four on the night shift, totaling twelve people.
Though they stood there leisurely now, they underwent training every day. The armed personnel dispatched by the authorities were also not idle.
Entering the supermarket, seeing Tang Guo and the others busy, Tang Li went directly to the storeroom.
A lot more supplies had been moved out of the storeroom, so Tang Li copied some more from her space and replenished it appropriately.
Then she went to the office and modified the inventory record files according to the replicated supplies.
At this moment, Tang Guo also walked in.
"Boss, I feel like the inventory is not right."
Tang Li raised an eyebrow at the remark and asked, "The inventory is not right? Has anything decreased?"
Tang Guo shook her head and said, "It's not that it has decreased, but rather... the items sold and consumed don't match."
Tang Li continued to ask, "Consumption is more than revenue? Did someone steal things from the supermarket?"
Tang Guo shook her head again, "Not exactly, it's just that I feel like the inventory seems to have increased."
"I've clearly sold a lot of things, but when I check the storeroom, there are still plenty of goods in stock, as if they haven't decreased much."
Tang Li chuckled, "Isn't that a good thing? It shows that the structure of my procurement at the time was very reasonable."
"But I still feel like the numbers don't add up," Tang Guo was still very puzzled.
"Don't worry, I've always managed the warehouse, so there won't be any mistakes. You just focus on selling the goods and keeping the supply coupons safe."
"Besides, the goods in the warehouse won't increase out of nowhere!"
Hearing Tang Li say this, Tang Guo nodded with a mix of belief and doubt.
Seeing this, Tang Li secretly thought, "It seems I can't copy any more supplies for the next few days. After the freezing rain, I'll restock."
Thinking this, she changed the subject and asked, "Have the sales figures for last month been compiled?"
Tang Guo indeed took the bait and replied, "They have been compiled."
"Last month, our shelf area was open for a total of 3 days, with total revenue of 1251 points."
Tang Li nodded.
This was the time when people still had jobs and surplus supply coupons.
After the freezing rain, it would be difficult for ordinary people to earn supply coupons, and similarly, it would be difficult for supermarkets to earn supply coupons from them.
"Notify everyone that from now on, anyone who uses nationwide general physical supply coupons to purchase goods at our supermarket will receive a half-price discount."
"Also, tell the cashiers to keep the general coupons when giving change, and use city A coupons first."
Hearing Tang Li say this, Tang Guo was a bit stunned.
However, since it was Tang Li's decision, she didn't say anything and proceeded to notify everyone.
She believed that since Tang Li made this decision, she must have her reasons and didn't need her to comment.
After all, in recent times, whenever she followed Tang Li's advice, it had always been the right choice.