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Chapter 18 Upfront Costs

Qin Feng worked in Aqinglou for two and a half months, and the salary he received was 3,200 yuan in total. These days, the pocket money was used up, and the rest was no longer an integer. Qin Feng took out 3,000 yuan and regarded it as the funds for his own business. He wrote this number in his notebook and reminded himself to be careful every penny he spent next.

Since it is setting up a stall, Qin Feng has to have a stall first.

There is a timber market in the city of Dongou City. Qin Feng visited once in his previous life, but he had long forgotten how to go. After returning home from No. 18 Middle School in the morning, Qin Feng immediately went out after lunch. When he found the timber market, it was already 2 pm.

The wood market is large, but there is almost no one to see. Even in the wood shop with large doors, there are few bosses in it. Thousands of tons of wood of various shapes and specifications are placed casually, not afraid of stealing or robbing. Qin Feng walked for nearly 10 minutes and finally found a place where there was someone. More than a dozen middle-aged men were shouting around a gambling table.

Qin Feng walked to the side and asked about the location of the carpentry shop. One of the men immediately stood up and asked Qin Feng: "Young man, what do you want to do?"

“Turning cart.”

"Come with me."

Qin Feng followed the middle-aged man around for five or six minutes and came to a remote hut. There were two young men in the room doing their work with a serious look on their faces. When he saw the middle-aged man coming back, he looked up and said hello: "Master."

The middle-aged man nodded and walked to the desk to sit down. He opened the cabinet, took out the paper and pen, and said to Qin Feng: "What material should be used and what to make?"

Qin Feng said: "It's fine to use the most ordinary materials. If you look like this... I can't explain it in one or two sentences, I'll draw it for you."

"The tabletop should be large, with wooden boards that can extend and retract on both sides. The total area of ​​the expansion is at least 2 square meters. The lower left corner of the rectangle, which is opposite to the side where I want to stand for business, needs to be dug out two grooves. One of the concave is convex, and the bottom is a square, which can put down a gas stove. The square is cylindrical on the top of the square, with a cylindrical diameter of 10 cm and a depth of more than 10 cm and less than 15 cm. I want to put an iron can like a milk powder can here..."

"What's this iron can for?"

"When it is used as an iron pot, I have calculated that this shape of iron pot is the most oil-efficient and heats up quickly."

The carpenter nodded slightly and exclaimed: "It's a bit famous."

Qin Feng continued: "The lower side of this concave faces outward, which is the upper left corner of the car, there must be a small compartment that can fix the gas tank. There must be a baffle between the compartment and the groove, leaving only a small hole for the gas pipe to pass through. The compartment must have a small door and must be locked."

"Why add locks?"

"Just in case, what if someone tampered with my gas tank and set up a stall to kill a person?"

"Young man, society is not as dark as you imagined..."

"Uncle, just do it."

The carpenter is speechless.

"The other groove is made on the edge of this groove, about 5 cm deep, 30 cm in length and 10 cm in width."

"What are you put?"

“BBQ grill.”

"In the car, in addition to the gas tank, three layers of partitions should be installed, the bottom layer is empty, the middle layer is divided into three small spaces of equal size, and the upper layer is separated into several layers."

"How many layers are there?"

"The spacing between each layer is about 5 cm, and you can only have a few layers."

"Is it something to eat?"

"Yes." Qin Feng nodded and continued, "Can you add a glass cover to me on the right side of the desktop?"

"Yes, how big is it?"

"It's probably tall..." Qin Feng gestured empty-handedly, "It's about 25 cm, and the area accounts for about one-third of the desktop of the car."

"Is this third of the wooden boards on both sides protruding or retracting?"

Qin Feng thought about it and changed the design and said, "The telescopic wooden board is changed to a guest."

"Then this glass cover can only be installed in a retracted state, otherwise it will not be installed. What is the width of this telescopic wooden board?"

"15 cm."

The carpenter nodded and wrote it down in his notebook, "Is there anything else?"

"Other..." Qin Feng thought for a while, "The handle of the cart is installed on the slurry side, and the wheels under the car, install 8 rollers for me."

"Why are you pretending so much?"

"I ran fast when I was chased by the urban management!"

“…”

After a while, after explaining the details, the carpenter's notebook has also been recorded.

The middle-aged carpenter sat down with a cheerful spirit, took out the calculator, and knocked it for a few minutes.

A few minutes later, he said to Qin Feng: "Young man, you are quite particular, the charge is not cheap. The labor and labor are combined, and the total amount is 1,500 yuan."

Qin Feng was quite surprised. The price was almost as good as the handmade furniture in the furniture store, but then he thought that the workmanship of his cart was similar to that of furniture.

"Okay..." Qin Feng nodded.

The carpenter stretched out his hand and said bluntly: "Do you have a deposit of 500, have you brought the money?"

Qin Feng didn't have much money, so he took all his money with him. He took out 5 pieces of cooked food for the other party, and asked, "It's better to make it within three days. By the way, don't paint, I'm waiting for something to use in a hurry."

"Three days, right? Then come here to get it on Sunday afternoon. I will make this thing myself. Even if I stay up late, I will drive it out for you!" the carpenter promised loudly.

After leaving the carpentry shop, Qin Feng went straight to the stainless steel shop.

The stainless steel shop is just across the street outside Qinfengjia Community. The main business content is windowsills. A few years ago, in order to meet fire protection standards, the government demolished all closed guardrails in the city. After demolition, it was not compensated for half a penny. Citizens could only spend money to build open guardrails themselves. So these small shops that made guardrails made money. In terms of nature, they were the same as house developers in the old city renovation stage.

The owner of the stainless steel store is obviously several grades higher than the middle-aged carpenters just now. The milk powder jar-shaped oil pan that Qin Feng asked to make, and the grill that was only half a size of a normal barbecue grill, just two simple things, and it costs 500 yuan.

But Qin Feng had no choice but to make it possible that there was only such a stainless steel shop within a radius of hundreds of meters nearby, so he could only grit his teeth and agree.

Before the business opened, Qin Feng spent two-thirds of his funds first, and then there were still many places that needed to spend money.

Qin Feng roughly estimated that when he bought everything, the amount of money he could still have was only five or six hundred yuan in the end.

Calculated at the cost of 200 yuan per day, if Qin Feng cannot balance income and expenditure within three days, it means that the capital chain is broken - bankruptcy.

Thinking of this, Qin Feng couldn't help but twitch.
Chapter completed!
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