Chapter 192: Chapter 192: Money, Money
Tuanzi finally swallowed the food in her mouth and, hearing this, smiled and said, "But earning three thousand a day, in three days that’s almost ten thousand."
She counted on her fingers, "No need to spend money on tables and chairs, Aunt Gu Ran makes money from three episodes, then she can buy a lot of things."
Gu Jiujiu turned her head to praise her, "Miaomiao, you’ve made a lot of money, and your brother has made a lot of money too."
The staff calculated the money Gu Chi earned.
Gu Chi sold nearly 100 sketches, although the prices of sketches vary greatly.
Young people and those who came with children generally want Q heads, pursuing a cute style. It’s five yuan per person, and if another person is added, it’s an additional five yuan.
In addition, some older people bought regular sketches, fifteen yuan each, with an extra ten yuan for each additional person. Some even bought half-body portraits, hoping he’d draw a family portrait.
Staff: "In total, sold fifteen hundred."
Even the staff felt a bit regretful, "The main issue is that too many people bought Q heads."
Gu Chi smiled, "But Q heads are quick to draw, sometimes they can be finished in three minutes."
He actually thought drawing Q heads was more profitable.
But overall, sugar painting sells faster and earns more.
Tuanzi quickly put down her chopsticks and hugged Gu Chi’s arm, "Gu Chi brother is already amazing!"
Gu Chi smiled and pinched her cheek, "You’re even more amazing, I bet you earned more."
It’s worth noting that before going to the furniture factory, Liu Chao still rewarded his sister with a thousand yuan as agreed.
The staff were already counting the money Tuanzi earned.
Most of the spectators rewarded between 1 and 10 yuan, and the frequency of rewards was not fixed. They might see Tuanzi performing a juggling act with a car or a person and reward her 1 yuan or 5 yuan, and upon seeing Tuanzi performing with four knives, couldn’t help but reward a few more yuan.
Those who went to buy sugar paintings or portraits would also watch Tuanzi’s performance.
After counting, the staff were somewhat surprised, "Actually over three thousand. Given zero cost, it’s all profit."
Tuanzi widened her eyes, then couldn’t help but press her lips into a smile,
[Ancient Martial System: Just grin, don’t hold back]
Tuanzi immediately placed her hands on her hips and laughed heartily.
"Hahaha, Miaomiao is indeed amazing!"
After praising herself, she also praised the audience for being supportive.
"Everyone indeed has good taste and appreciates Miaomiao’s performance!"
She blew kisses to the camera.
[Blowing kisses]
[Such a shame, we can’t reward her]
[The show turned off the tipping feature, probably to prevent issues, because I heard some shows opened live streams claiming to donate, but ended up pocketing the tips]
[Wuwuwu, I really want to kiss and hug Miaomiao]
[Hehe, I’m in Sea City, if she performs tomorrow, I’ll definitely go and support her]
Everyone calculated, and they made almost eight thousand this afternoon, an astonishing figure.
Gu Chi laughed, "Everyone is overly supportive, actually we still have areas to learn."
This figure is something many people don’t earn in a month, and Gu Chi didn’t want the audience to misunderstand or make extreme comments.
He didn’t mind being criticized himself, but if someone criticized his sister, he couldn’t tolerate it.
Gu Ran also cooperated, "Yes, my skills are rusty, thanks everyone for the support. Actually, a lot of artisans still have it tough."
Yi Heng, hearing this, only thought they were being insincere.
But thinking of what he did all afternoon made him feel stifled.
Ai Jie proactively said, "Weren’t we investigating the market? We went to the furniture market, where prices were quite high, but you managed to solve this. Besides, we found that tableware prices vary greatly."
She took out a notebook, recording in detail the prices of tableware from different stores and brands, even noting which store had events on certain days.
"Additionally, there’s cookware and appliances. There’s a mall nearby that will have an anniversary event in a week, we can go that day. There will be discounts and giveaways, and every time you reach a certain amount you can enter a raffle."
Ai Jie said a bunch of things, finally sheepishly admitting, "Oh, there’s one more thing I did on my own accord."
It’s related to indoor tents.
With four empty rooms, the beds available at the furniture market were too expensive, whether new or second-hand. Fortunately, she passed a store selling overstocked indoor tents.
"They are all 2 meters long, with widths of 1.2 meters, 1.5 meters, and 1.8 meters, all priced the same."
Originally priced at over a hundred, these indoor tents were all sold at half price, and included moisture-proof mats.
Ai Jie awkwardly said, "So I borrowed money from the show to buy four tents. They had only one 1.8-meter left, which I bought, along with three 1.5-meter ones."
Gu Ran laughed, "That’s great, the moisture-proof mat is equivalent to a mattress. With the show providing us bedding and pillows, we don’t need to worry about our accommodation anymore."
This indoor tent isn’t a major brand, with prices ranging from 138 to 198, all now tagged at 138, then sold at half price. Ai Jie spent only 276 yuan to solve their accommodation issue for over a month.
Tuanzi excitedly said, "Now Miaomiao doesn’t have to sleep on the floor!"
Everyone was very supportive, Ai Jie breathed a sigh of relief, and the twins regained their smiles.
Sister Ai Fengyi even said to Tuanzi, "We borrowed a cotton candy machine, we’ll sell cotton candy at the night market tonight."
They didn’t buy the colored sugar, just bought soft white sugar.
Ai Jie explained, "I checked the market, typically white cotton candy sells for 5 yuan, while those with different colors and shapes sell for 10 yuan. Concerned about health issues, we’ll sell cotton candy made from soft white sugar for 3 or 4 yuan each."
As long as she could make a few hundred yuan, she felt it would be impressive.
Tuanzi secretly swallowed.
Cotton candy, if she went to help, could she get a cotton candy?
Tuanzi glanced at them, glanced again, and felt tempted.
At this moment, she noticed Yi Kai had been silent.
After interacting, she found this little partner not very lively and pretended to be mature. However, it seemed this maturity was taught by family. Previously at the birthday feast, she saw Yi Kai flawlessly entertaining the children, with many adults praising him upon seeing him.
But she always felt Yi Kai wasn’t happy, like a puppet with all its joints tied with strings.
"Yi Kai brother, what are you thinking?"
Tuanzi suddenly leaned over, "Did you come up with a good idea?"
Yi Kai was taken aback, nervously fidgeting his fingers.
"I saw them folded a lot of cute little animals."
’Them’ referred to the twins.
The twins, while following Ai Jie in the investigation, kept their hands busy folding paper. They folded many little frogs, goldfish, dinosaurs, and flowers.
"Actually, cotton candy can sell for 5 yuan," Yi Kai said softly, "Tell customers, for every cotton candy purchased, get one or two folded paper animals as a gift, people will definitely buy."
If selling folded paper animals alone, people wouldn’t buy them, as many kids learn paper folding in kindergarten. But if they could get exquisite folded paper animals with cotton candy, people would feel they got a deal.
Tuanzi slowly widened her eyes.
"Good idea!"
She vigorously patted Yi Kai’s shoulder, "You’re so smart~"
The little boy was nudged off balance, and hearing this, he couldn’t help but smile shyly.