"Little Sweetheart, you're back? Is everything okay at home?" Li Jianhong greeted Su Xiaotian with a smile.
"It seems our school's market is saturated," Su Xiaotian said with a smile, looking at the desolate business.
Speaking of this, the smile on Li Jianhong's face faded a bit.
It had only been a month since the start of the semester. In the beginning, their hair accessory business was quite good, but now, after such a short time, it had declined.
Even a few girls in the school had started making hair accessories.
Making hair accessories wasn't technically difficult; one could quickly master the skills with a bit of study.
Now, with competitors, their business was even worse.
"We still have several schools around us," Su Xiaotian understood the situation and couldn't help but offer advice with a smile.
There were only so many female students in the school, and hair accessories were not daily necessities, merely decorative items.
Girls with better conditions might buy a couple more to wear interchangeably, while those with less fortunate circumstances would be content to spend money on just one.
Li Jianhong and the others had become much more flexible after doing business for a while.
With just Su Xiaotian's words, they understood.
Qian Xiaobei smiled and thanked her, "Xiaotian, you're still the smart one."
"Actually, even if we include the nearby universities, we won't be able to sell much. The best method is to sell further afield."
The matters in the village were handled by Su Xiaosi, and she heard it was resolved very well.
She wanted to help her classmates find a more suitable path for development, but some things couldn't be taught hand-in-hand forever; her classmates needed to find their own suitable paths.
Li Jianhong and the others fell silent. They had considered selling further afield, but they lacked the capability.
It wasn't cost-effective to find someone to help for just a few hair clips.
"I heard that other students have also started this kind of business recently, and it seems their prices are even lower."
Su Xiaotian looked at their worried expressions and asked again.
Su Xiaotian's words were vague, and the others didn't immediately understand.
But soon, Li Jianhong reacted.
"Xiaotian, you mean..."
"Yes, you can have others make them, and you only handle sales."
"But we don't have the connections," Qi Xiaofang said hesitantly.
"Aren't the connections readily available?" Su Xiaotian looked at them, her meaning obvious.
Li Jianhong was the first to understand and was about to speak when she heard Su Ciliang's voice.
Su Xiaotian was surprised to see her second brother.
Why had her second brother come here all of a sudden? Wasn't he busy?
Didn't he say he was very busy this weekend and hadn't even returned home?
But Su Xiaotian didn't think much of it at the moment, merely telling her second brother that Li Jianhong and the others should find people to make hair accessories and focus on being suppliers.
"This method is good; it means we don't have to work as hard as before."
As Su Ciliang spoke, his gaze inadvertently glanced at Li Jianhong.
"Since Fourth Brother is helping the villagers find sales channels, it won't be much trouble," Su Xiaotian said with a smile. "Second Brother can also make money from it, so he probably won't object."
"Your Fourth Brother, as long as there's money to be made, he'll definitely be willing," Su Ciliang smiled faintly.
Although his words sounded like a complaint, his tone and expression showed no blame towards Su Xiaosi.
"Fourth Brother has already made quite a lot of money. By the time he graduates, he'll definitely be a truly wealthy person," Su Xiaotian also said with a smile.
In her previous life, she had heard someone say that a person's net worth was hundreds of millions in the 1980s. She had initially thought it was fake.
After all, how could one earn so much money in the 1980s?
But as she had been doing business these past few years, Su Xiaotian realized that this era was not short of wealthy people. Otherwise, how could the scarce and valuable goods her fourth brother procured be so quickly snapped up?
Some were even luxury goods brought back from abroad, very expensive, yet bought without a blink of an eye.
Many people dared not have more ambitious ideas in this era, and the root cause was that poverty limited their imagination.
And Fourth Brother was the one who dared to imagine, and therefore, the one who could make money.
Thinking of Su Xiaosi making money, Su Xiaotian couldn't help but think of Chi Yiyuan, who had become a big boss in her previous life.
She wondered if Chi Yiyuan in her previous life had also been abroad and when he started making money.
Thinking of Chi Yiyuan, a hint of longing appeared on Su Xiaotian's face.
Chi Yiyuan had been away for almost half a year. She didn't know if he was doing well alone abroad and when he would return to visit.
Grandpa Chi said that Chi Yiyuan always said he was doing well whenever he called or wrote back, and that he would return as soon as he got his diploma.
But Su Xiaotian always felt that it wouldn't be so easy for Chi Yiyuan to return.
Since Chi Yiyuan's parents had taken him away with great effort, they must have had other intentions.
How could they possibly let Chi Yiyuan truly study and then return to the country upon completion?
They probably hoped Chi Yiyuan would stay abroad forever.
After all, in their minds, abroad was much better than at home.
The others were discussing how to make money and didn't notice the fleeting sadness on Su Xiaotian's face.
Only Su Ciliang keenly noticed Su Xiaotian's unhappiness, but he couldn't figure out why she had suddenly become unhappy.
Just then, a young man ran towards Su Xiaotian and their direction.
It was Sun Xiaoyu.
Sun Xiaoyu was a good student and was diligent and eager to learn. Coupled with the fact that Sun Xiaoyu had replaced someone else, he was also a celebrity in the school.
He was quite good at utilizing existing resources. He used his high visibility in the school to do some small businesses, and they were thriving.
Recently, he had also taken on some orders from Su Xiaotian's factory to help promote them at school.
In his own words, he was now considered Su Xiaotian's employee.
"Boss, I heard the factory is launching new products. Can I also stock them?"
When Sun Xiaoyu smiled, his big white teeth, paired with his honest smile, looked particularly sincere.
"You can call me classmate Su or Su Xiaotian," Su Xiaotian emphasized again.
"Got it, boss!"
"Forget it, if you're happy!" Su Xiaotian was truly speechless.
"Boss, can I?"
"You have quite a bit of trust in our factory's products. Aren't you afraid the new products won't sell?" Su Xiaotian asked with a smile.
"Your factory's ingredients are truly good, and the taste is also excellent. If such products still don't sell, I don't know what will!"
Sun Xiaoyu was indeed very confident. He had been wholesaling food from Su Xiaotian's factory for several months and had already made a good sum of money.
He had also secretly resolved in his heart that as long as Su Xiaotian's factory was still around, he would stick to her like glue.