Time flew by.
In the blink of an eye, ten-odd days had passed.
Thanks to Chen Lin running around for the past ten-odd days, all the company’s various documents, official seals, business licenses, tax certificates, and other miscellaneous paperwork were all taken care of.
The various testing certificates for the rice’s composition would still take some time to process.
The company’s opening was set for August 8th, which was tomorrow.
In those ten-odd days, the number of restaurants supplied by Junheng Trading Co., Ltd. had exploded from the previous 136 to 760, a period of savage growth.
Xu Fei had joined last and was even delayed a day by a sprained ankle. But after her foot healed, she drove the deluxe pickup truck Wu Jun had bought for her with immense energy, starting from behind but quickly pulling ahead to become the most outstanding regional manager in terms of performance.
Now, she was responsible for the largest number of restaurants; of the 760, she had personally secured 260 of them.
Wu Jun’s daily income also rose with the tide, increasing day by day.
When Hongyun Rice first went on sale, he thought earning 10,000 a day would be pretty good. In the end, he was making around 30,000 a day.
When he started targeting the restaurant market, his daily income grew to seventy or eighty thousand. With the help of his relatives, it surged again, reaching over 300,000.
Now, with this latest development, Wu Jun’s daily income had already reached over 700,000.
Over these ten days, there had been significant changes within the game as well.
[Resource Tycoon]
Binder: Wu Jun, Male, 27 years old.
Current Main City Level: 1.
Current Population Capacity: 100 people.
Current Resources: 80 mu of ordinary rice paddies, 2 mu of rare rice paddies.
Current Product: Rice.
Current Production Capacity: 82 tons of rice/day.
Current Population: 82 Farmers. (Summonable)
Account Balance: 0 Gold Coins.
Inventory: 82 tons of ordinary rice, 26 tons of Rare Quality Rice. (Withdrawable).
As the number of supplied restaurants grew, so did the amount of rice sold each day. Wu Jun had spent over another million yuan as a cash player to drastically increase his in-game production capacity.
Besides the one million-plus spent in the game, his biggest expense was the "Big Benz" he bought—this year’s newest model, a Mercedes GLS, a seven-seater large SUV. The total cost came to over 1.7 million.
On Dong Lizhu’s advice, he purchased the vehicle through the company’s account. Not only could it be counted as a fixed asset for the company, but the car’s depreciation, insurance, fuel, repairs, and a whole bunch of other miscellaneous expenses could all be booked to the company, making it much more cost-effective than buying it in his own name.
After buying the car, Wu Jun still had a little over 1 million left in his savings.
After staying at the company until five in the afternoon, Wu Jun got up, left his office, and drove back to the supermarket.
Although Wu Jun wasn’t short on cash now—forget renting, even buying a villa wouldn’t be a problem. Earning over 700,000 a day, he could save up enough for a villa in just a week.
However, the small supermarket was where he got his start. He had lived there for over three years and had grown attached to it. Plus, with Xu Fei as a roommate looking after his daily life, only a fool would want to move out.
Driving a big Benz and working out of a villa during the day, then returning to the small supermarket to sleep on a folding bed at night—as far as big bosses went, he was probably one of a kind.
"Leaving for the day, Boss Wu?"
"Good afternoon, Boss Wu."
People he knew greeted him one after another as they saw him. Ever since he bought the big Benz, no one called him "Young Boss Wu" anymore. It was always "Boss Wu" this and "Boss Wu" that.
Wu Jun was still the same as before, smiling and responding to everyone who greeted him.
When he returned to the supermarket, Xu Fei was already back from work and busy in the kitchen.
"Brother Jun, come and wash your hands. It’s time to eat." Xu Fei recognized Wu Jun’s footsteps without even turning around and called out to him.
Seeing Xu Minli helping someone carry rice, Wu Jun rolled up his sleeves to help. "Auntie, you go wash up and get ready to eat. I’ll help Uncle Ge with this."
Xu Minli pushed his arm away with a smile. "No need, I’ve got it. You’ve been busy all day. Go take a break."
Uncle Ge joked, "Young Wu is a big boss now. Can you still handle this kind of manual labor?"
"Don’t say that, it’s nothing." Wu Jun smiled, took the bags of rice from them, and, with a bag in each hand, walked briskly toward the door.
Wu Jun hadn’t let the gym membership Ma Siyu gave him go to waste. Since he didn’t need to worry much about the rice business lately, he had been going to the gym more often, and his physique was much stronger than before.
After helping Uncle Ge load the rice onto the back of his electric scooter, Wu Jun returned to the supermarket. Xu Fei had already plated the dishes and served the rice.
Wu Jun washed his hands and ate with the aunt and niece.
After dinner, Xu Fei helped her aunt in the store while Wu Jun drove to the gym to clock in a workout. He didn’t drive back until around nine at night, figuring Xu Minli would be done with work and upstairs by then.
When he got back, he saw the supermarket was closed for the night. Wu Jun took out his key and let himself in.
"Brother Jun, could you come in for a second?" Hearing the door open, Xu Fei popped her head out of her room and called to him.
"What’s wrong? Did the computer break again?" Wu Jun replied, heading toward Xu Fei’s bedroom.
For some reason, the computer in Xu Fei’s room—the one Wu Jun used to use—had been acting up lately, constantly getting blue screens or black screens.
Wu Jun had offered to buy her a new one, but Xu Fei said she didn’t use it much anyway, so there was no need to waste the money; she could make do.
After Wu Jun entered the room, Xu Fei closed the door, walked over to the wardrobe, opened it, and took out a black suit.
"Brother Jun, I was passing by the Northern Country area today and bought a suit for you. The opening ceremony is tomorrow, isn’t it? Just consider this my congratulatory gift." Holding the suit, Xu Fei came back to stand in front of Wu Jun and urged him, "Try it on and see if it fits."
"Why’d you spend money on this? I have so many clothes in my wardrobe." Wu Jun shook his head with a smile and took the suit. He glanced at the tag—it was a Youngor suit. ’It must have cost over ten thousand yuan. Xu Fei is really generous.’
"But none of those were from me," Xu Fei said with a smile, turning to leave the room. "Change into the pants too, so we can see the whole look."
Less than a minute after Xu Fei left, Wu Jun had already changed his pants. Xu Fei knocked and came back in.
Wu Jun was 182 centimeters tall and had always maintained a weight of around 70 kilograms. He had excellent proportions: broad shoulders, a narrow waist, a firm butt, and a pair of long legs. He looked good in anything he wore.
After changing into the suit Xu Fei bought, his entire aura became more composed and steady.
"How is it?" Wu Jun asked, turning around in front of Xu Fei.
"It’s a perfect fit, like it was tailor-made." Xu Fei raised her hands to adjust the shoulders, then squatted down to fix his pant cuffs. Looking at Wu Jun’s complete outfit, she nodded in satisfaction.
"Brother Jun, you should wear this for the opening tomorrow. I already had the store dry-clean it for you," Xu Fei said, looking at Wu Jun with an expectant expression.
"Alright, this it is." Wu Jun wasn’t particular about what he wore, so he nodded in agreement.
After staying in Xu Fei’s room for a little while longer, Wu Jun left and returned to his own small room.
The next morning, after breakfast, Wu Jun drove Xu Fei and Xu Minli to the company.
Since it was the company’s opening day, Xu Minli closed her store to join in on the excitement.