Chapter 126: Chapter 65: Planning and Strategy

After a busy day from morning till afternoon, the training room finally began to take shape. With a few more hours of work in the evening, it should be ready for use by tomorrow.

In the evening, K3 and Lucy came over one after the other to scrounge for a meal, as for Xu Lei and his sibling… well, they live at home. Their mother takes care of the house chores, and if they don’t go home for dinner for two consecutive nights, she’s likely to get upset.

After dinner, Su Jiameng shared her plans. K3 and Lucy naturally supported her wholeheartedly. However, since she’s decided to proceed, there are quite a few subsequent issues to handle. In the Future Interstellar age, doing business isn’t as simple as it was in the Earth Era; all kinds of paperwork need to be in order, such as basic food safety certification and business licenses, all of which need to be obtained.

“I’m actually thinking, maybe I could expand a bit and also open a small online store?” Su Jiameng had a chat with Su Mo in the afternoon and discovered that this nanny lady is truly a foodie’s blessing from God, with all kinds of recipes.

Since she plans to do business, she certainly wants to make it bigger. Otherwise, she’d rather return to the Mecha Fighting Arena to continue clobbering rookies. But online business conditions are even stricter than those in reality.

At this point, Su Jiameng kind of misses the Earth Era of her first life when starting a business wasn’t so troublesome. Back then, even missing a few certificates could be overlooked, but now, it’s far from simple.

“Interstellar network?” K3 paused for a moment before saying, “Xiao Meng, that’s not a bad idea, but the cost of renting on the virtual net seems to be more expensive than reality, and the approval process is more rigorous, which might delay things…”

Su Jiameng heard this and felt that K3 misunderstood her intention, “Not to open a virtual store on the virtual net, but rather an online store, similar to online shopping. With logistics being so efficient right now, as long as it’s on Qiming Star, it can basically be delivered within a day. And if the food is made into sealed packaging, the shelf life is at least a month or half a month, which feels more substantial and convenient…”

K3 mentioned takeout being freshly cooked and delivered immediately, requiring a lot of chefs, but if it’s turned into assembly line packaging, the speed can increase, and the sales volume can be large, which feels more profitable.

“Hmm, Xiao Meng’s idea does seem good. But sales won’t be great at the start of the business… I think Xiao Meng should start with takeout, and once there are more customers, then expand to online operations.” Lucy rest her chin in her hand, insisting Xiao Meng stick with takeout. The packaged food might not taste bad, but it can’t beat freshly cooked meals.

Su Jiameng nodded; she had initially intended to do this. Hearing Lucy’s support for her idea, she felt a bit relieved.

Driving mecha to the battlefield to kill the Insect Race, she wouldn’t even blink, but when it comes to doing business… spare her, please. Looking through those documents last minute, her head felt like it was going to explode. She never knew doing business required learning so much…

“You should handle these procedures first, and also start looking for a store location… Oh yes, has Xiao Meng thought about where to buy housekeeping robots?” If hiring human chefs, they might learn the recipes and then job-hop, but switching to housekeeping robots, there’s no such worry, and they’re efficient… though the cost of buying robots and daily energy consumption is quite high.

“Do I have to buy housekeeping robots?” Su Jiameng blinked in confusion, staring at Lucy with a bemused expression.

Lucy awkwardly smirked and asked, “If you don’t buy housekeeping robots, do you plan to personally wield the cooking spoon or press all the cooking tasks on Su Mo? She’s only a robot, even the highest efficiency can’t withstand such strain!”

Su Jiameng was also embarrassed, realizing she hadn’t considered this issue. Sullenly counting on her fingers, starting a business definitely requires a store, a series of procedures, buying housekeeping robots, delivery also needs manpower… hmm, is there still time to scrap the business idea? Just talking about these things feels super troublesome!

“Housekeeping robots… They should be quite expensive, right? Plus, they need regular maintenance each month…” Su Jiameng grimaced, blinking towards K3 and them, trying hard to convey her sentiment with her eyes… she’s really reconsidering, isn’t business better off abandoned?

Talking about maintenance issues, K3 couldn’t help but think of her family’s two robots bought from the Second-hand Street, knowing Su Jiameng is someone who has credit points but is reluctant to spend. If she were to buy a large number of housekeeping robots, the other party would surely feel heartache!

If Su Jiameng knew she’d been seen as a money-hungry person in K3’s eyes, she’d definitely be so angry she’d puke blood.

She’s not stingy or miserly at all, okay! In her past life, she donated all the credit points she earned as an Alliance Warrior to an orphanage! Even the credit points she got as a Star Thief undercover were mostly donated to those kids suffering due to war…

Those sums combined could buy several prosperous planets! Spending it all in a lifetime would be impossible, she’s very generous!

K3, being a considerate young man, thought he understood Su Jiameng’s concerns, and actively suggested, “Actually, reducing the cost of housekeeping robots isn’t hard. We just require these robots to prepare foods according to recipes for sale, other functions can be discarded. Based on this standard, the system doesn’t need to be too advanced, and for other limb components, we can scrounge the parts market, maybe find a cost-effective price…”

Su Jiameng considered it, after calculating, the cost would be very low. But regarding the system program issue… she had other ideas. (To be continued. If you like this work, feel free to visit Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendations, monthly tickets, your support, is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to read.)

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