Liu Fang hesitated, then gritted her teeth, took a deep breath, and slowly exhaled.
"Wang Dong, don't laugh at me. I'm worried sick about these nine thousand items. But! After spending some time together, I see you as a down-to-earth person who gets things done.
Bring those nine thousand items. Bring them tomorrow morning. I'll inform the warehouse manager today so there's someone to unload them when you arrive."
Hearing Liu Fang's words, Wang Dong felt a pang of guilt. His actual cost price was seventy, and he had said eighty to leave room for Sister Liu to negotiate. But Sister Liu, trusting him completely, had agreed without bargaining.
This left Wang Dong, accustomed to dealing with seasoned veterans, deeply unsettled. Sister Liu was such a kind distributor, believing everything he said just because she trusted him.
His conscience ached faintly. Wang Dong couldn't help but silently vow to take good care of Sister Liu and her daughter in the future!
They were both good people!
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Nine thousand hand-grabbed pancakes, how much is that?
Honestly, Liu Chen didn't have a clear concept. In her past life, most of the distributors she handled were local, and shipments were usually a thousand at a time. She had never dealt with a quantity like nine thousand.
So, when she saw her mother's photos, showing a huge truck, Liu Fang, who was 1.65 meters tall, wasn't even as tall as the truck's tire!
And as for the length, Liu Chen could only see the back of the truck; the front had already gone out of frame.
A peculiar sense of pride surged through her! This whole truckload was their company's product!
The commotion of unloading in the cold storage was so loud that everyone in the market knew. A frozen food shop called "Sister Liu's Frozen Goods" was doing massive business, unloading thousands of items at a time.
Nearby shop owners heard this news with mixed feelings. Envy? Definitely. It was understandable to be envious when only two women were running such a successful business.
Jealousy? A little. As for causing trouble...
They had seen what that young girl could do, sending her aunt to prison and making those who spoke ill of them unable to show up for days.
In short, "Sister Liu's Frozen Goods" had become famous!
'For the first time, the cumulative purchase quantity exceeded ten thousand items. You have received one Red Lottery Ticket.'
Liu Chen heard the system notification and glanced at her current lottery ticket count: five hundred and six. She was getting closer to one thousand.
Just a little longer. If she waited until a thousand, the chances of winning better prizes might increase.
As she was calculating how long it would take to reach a thousand tickets at the current rate of accumulating one hundred fifty to sixty tickets daily, her phone rang.
The screen showed Mi Zhuzhu.
Liu Chen answered with a smile.
"Liu Chen? Why aren't you replying to my QQ messages? I'm telling you, Hu Qian's friends have all broken off contact with her. Ah, forget it, I can't explain it clearly over the phone. When are you free to hang out? My mom gave me a coupon for Häagen-Dazs ice cream fondue, and I can't eat it all by myself."
Speaking of which, Liu Chen also really wanted to see Zhuzhu, who was only seventeen. The last time they met, Zhuzhu was heavily pregnant and looked very sluggish.
"I'm helping my mom at her shop in the mornings and attending cram school in the afternoons. But I'm free on Sunday mornings. Let's go see 'Kung Fu Panda,' and then we can eat. I'll treat you to hot pot, okay?"
In her previous life, while working, she often overheard colleagues discussing movies they had watched. During those times, she couldn't join in because she hadn't seen any of the films they mentioned.
Over time, her colleagues thought she was a bit of a loner.
"Okay, okay! Then let's meet at 9:30 AM at the entrance of the Pacific Cinema on Chundong Road?"
"Deal!"
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A few days passed in the blink of an eye.
Liu Chen, wearing a white short-sleeved shirt and denim overalls from the system, with white sneakers and a blue baseball cap, headed out.
The city center at 9:30 AM was quite congested. Mi Zhuzhu messaged Liu Chen on QQ asking where she was.
'I've just reached Chundong Road, about five minutes' walk.'
After sending the message, Liu Chen clutched her phone and started to jog. Mi Zhuzhu was great in every way, except she could be quite chatty. If Liu Chen was late, she would nag for the entire morning!
By the time Liu Chen, panting, reached the cinema entrance, a crowd had already gathered. Most of them were couples; pairs of sisters like them were quite rare.
"Holy crap! Liu Chen, did you lose weight?!"
"Pfft! Zhuzhu, your hair! Hahaha!!"
Liu Chen couldn't help but burst into laughter as she looked at Zhuzhu, who had dyed her hair into a perm, making her look from seventeen to twenty-seven.
Mi Zhuzhu, true to her name, was plump and fair-skinned. Standing at 1.58 meters, she always claimed to be 1.6 meters. Her weight peaked at 70 kilograms during her third year of high school. However, after graduating and being sent abroad, she apparently couldn't get used to the food. During her first spring break back home, her family, concerned, doubled her living allowance.
"Wow! Liu Chen, how did you lose weight? Quick! Tell me your secret!" Mi Zhuzhu exclaimed, walking around Liu Chen. Finally, she asked somewhat uncertainly,
"You seem to have gotten taller too?"
Seeing that the cinema was opening, Liu Chen quickly grabbed Zhuzhu's hand and pulled her inside. Online movie ticket group buying wasn't common yet. If they were late, all the good seats would be taken. As they walked, Liu Chen began to share her weight loss tips.
"Zhuzhu, just eat steak and salad, and you'll definitely lose weight!" After all, that's how you lost fifty kilograms in your past life! As an animated film, the audience occasionally burst into laughter during the viewing. When the movie ended, both of them were still lingering, discussing the plot as they walked towards a nearby commercial street.
In 2008, Taobao hadn't taken off yet, and the commercial street in the city center was packed with people on weekends. Waiting for a fitting room to try on a dress could take twenty minutes, and people outside would hurry you along while you were trying it on.
As Liu Chen and Zhuzhu took a dress into the fitting room, they heard someone outside impatiently say, "Hey, you two kids, if you're not buying the clothes, don't just keep trying them on! There are so many people waiting outside!"
Provoked by these words, Mi Zhuzhu's eyes widened, and she shouted back,
"Who said I wasn't buying!"
With that, Mi Zhuzhu took off the dress, held it in her hand, and walked out of the fitting room to head to the checkout.
Liu Chen glanced at the woman who had spoken. When she and Zhuzhu had entered, this woman had been outside the fitting room. She hadn't tried on many clothes herself but had been waiting outside the fitting rooms, holding clothes. Thinking of this, Liu Chen took the dress from Zhuzhu's hand, turned back, and put it into the hands of the woman who had been rushing them.
"Provocation doesn't work. If it's not suitable, it's not suitable. Instead of pondering such clever tricks, it's better to improve the quality of your own clothes."