Chapter 68
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
"That’s right," Zhang Zian smiled . "I am planning to expand my business . You know, selling pets doesn’t make much . Diversification is the trend . I am ready to diversify my services as well . "
Aunt Liu laughed to herself, "There are not many customers in the store . It looked like he could not support the store anymore, so he had to make a few bucks off of bathing cats .
"Yo, my cat," she patted the American shorthair cat on her arm, "she is quite well behaved most of the time, except when it comes to taking a bath . I have never successfully given her a bath ever since you sold her to me . Every time I try to bathe her, she gets water everywhere and jumps around in the apartment . She even destroyed my genuine leather couch and rosewood furniture . Look, you provide a bathing service here . It has to be a professional service that’s much better than mine, right? Zian, please help me out and give her a bath . "
Same trick again . Zhang Zian thought, "She is exaggerating her loss to make me feel bad and then she will take advantage of me without an excuse . "
He nodded, "No problem . "
Aunt Liu’s face lit up and it seemed as if all complaints were lifted off her chest immediately . She thought, "As soon as you start bathing my cat, you will have to bathe her every time . "
"I didn’t bring much cash with me today… Come on, take 10 yuan . " She pulled out a wrinkly 10 yuan note and was about to give it to Zhang Zian . In the meantime, she was hoping that he would not take it and push the money back to her .
Zhang Zian didn’t accept the money . He raised three fingers and said, "300 . The charge for the bathing service is 300 each time . "
Aunt Liu’s mouth dropped wide open and could not speak a word .
"Hey, Zian, you are joking again, right?" Aunt Liu forced a smile . Her hand holding the 10 yuan paused in the air .
Zhang Zian shook his head, "Nope . How dare I joke around with Aunt Liu? I told a small joke a minute ago and your face turned green . I am worried you would have a heart attack if I kept joking around . "
"300 yuan to bathe a cat? Zian, are you crazy? I have never heard of a bathing service as expensive as that!" Unpleased, Aunt Liu rebuked .
Zhang Zian said calmly, "Aunt Liu, that’s my price for bathing services . If you think it is too expensive, you are more than welcome to bathe your cat in another store . "
Aunt Liu was really irritated, "Now you tell me, why is it so expensive? Do you do a splendid job? Or is your water much more expensive than other stores?"
Zhang Zian replied seriously, "Aunt Liu, you misunderstood . I am not bathing your cat but you are . "
"What?" Aunt Liu, Wang Qian and Li Kun were all astonished .
Zhang Zian turned around and pointed at the pet’s bathing room on the first floor . There was a note on the door saying: self-service pet bathing: 300 yuan per use .
"Everyone has been to a buffet . There are no people to wait tables . You go get whatever you want . There are self-service laundromats where you put in the money and do your laundry . This is self-service pet bathing, which means the owner bathes their own cat . I am only providing the space . "
Aunt Liu burst her anger into laughter . "I am bathing my cat and have to pay you 300 Yuan?"
Even Wang Qian and Li Kun didn’t agree . Master, are you ripping people off?
From Zhang Zian’s perspective, the price was fair .
There were two types of people who would use the cat bathing service . One was those who absolutely hated bathing cats . The other was those who were too lazy and wanted to spend the money for convenience .
Apparently, Zhang Zian’s target customers were the first group of people .
The biggest problem when it came to cat bathing was that cats hate getting wet . Some might not fight back as much but they just would sit still and get bathed . It would be easier for the owners to bathe their own cat . However, if the owners had the skills, they didn’t really have to send their cat to a store for bathing services .
When Fina was here, cats would all listen .
In this case, it would improve the connection between the owners and the cats if the owners bathed the cat themselves . It was much better than having another person take care of business .
Also, Zhang Zian was the only person in the store . If he bathed the cat, who was going to watch the store? Bathing and drying would take at least half an hour if the cat cooperated . What if a customer walked in while he was bathing a cat?
If he were to hire someone, even if it was a part time helper, he would have to pay at least 2000 yuan a month, which was only slightly higher than minimum wage . In that case, he had to bathe more than ten cats to break even . Otherwise, he would lose money . Zhang Zian also had other considerations—unless it was someone he got along with for a long time, he won’t be able to tell whether the new employee would be a good fit . If the employee pretended to be nice, but was actually a mean person, he might do something damaging to the store or mistreat the pets behind Zhang Zian’s back . Everything needed to be thoroughly considered .
Zhang Zian was being very cautious when it came to running the pet store . Running a business is more serious than playing an online game . There is no S/L magic . He could lose everything if he made one bad decision . He might hire some help later on when the store got busy, but not now .
Aunt Liu disagreed . "Crazy! This is crazy! For 300 yuan, I can bathe my cat three times in another store . In your store, I have to pay you and also do the work…I cannot believe you turned into Mr . Scrooge after all these years living in another city . Your parents would be ashamed of you! If you are not going to change the way you do business, your store won’t last long . "
At first, Wang Qian and Li Kun thought that this lady was nice to Master . Now, they obviously felt the tension . If she was nice to Master, she would not curse like that .
Zhang Zian shrugged, "Whether my store lasts or not is really not your business . All prices are clearly marked in my store and it is totally up to you if you want to pay for the service . If you are not bathing your cat today, please show yourself out . "
He was kicking her out . It wasn’t fun to squabble with a middle-aged woman . It didn’t even mean anything to him even if he won .
Aunt Liu was so angry that she stomped her foot heavily, turned around and was about to leave . Someone came in at the same time .
It was a coincidence that the person was also holding a cat .
It was a young girl around 20 years old . Long bangs covered her eyebrows . She was wearing big glasses with thick frames . Only a small portion of her face was not covered . She was wearing a huge sweatshirt and sweatpants with no makeup on her face . Her image was quite slovenly and homey .
The girl saw that someone was about to walk out the door and jumped to the side like a little rabbit to give way to the person inside the door .
Amazing Fate pet shop still used the old-fashioned glass doors where there are signs saying "push" and "pull . " It was not like the high-end automatic doors in the jewelry store .
Aunt Liu saw the girl was holding a cat . She changed her mind quickly and stepped aside . She waved at the girl so she would come in .
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