Chapter 556: Chapter 186: The ’80s Drama Queen Is Forced to Operate as a Top Student (21)

Gong Zicheng had personally chosen and trained them up from the fundamentals. They couldn’t participate in competitions meant for higher grades, but they could for their own.

The curriculum for elementary and middle school wasn’t particularly demanding, and parents weren’t as focused on their children’s studies—at least, the culture of cram schools and extracurricular classes wasn’t yet widespread.

As they diligently prepared, they actually managed to achieve impressive results, which boosted the group’s motivation to study even further.

Soon, it was the summer vacation between seventh and eighth grade.

"Sister Yun, what’s the plan for the break?"

Everyone was usually so busy, studying and memorizing from the moment they woke up until they went to sleep. It had become such a powerful habit that they couldn’t stop even if they wanted to.

It wasn’t until the vacation started that they suddenly realized just how quickly time had flown by.

This time, however, they had no plans to skip a grade. ’How are we going to spend these two long months?’

They remembered their wild money-making spree from winter break and were already rubbing their hands together, eager for more.

Sheng Leyun chuckled. "Come on, let’s go to my place. It’s time to hand out the profits from the last five months. Then we’ll find a supplier and start running a stall at night!"

Her friends tried to refuse, acting a bit shy and awkward.

"What’s all this? You were all straightforward enough when I asked you to put in the work. Why get all modest now that it’s time to take what you’ve earned?"

"What, are you trying to dissolve the partnership and quit?"

They frantically waved their hands in denial and then trooped after Sheng Leyun back to the convenience store.

To make it easier to watch over the convenience store, her grandmother had suggested moving into the courtyard house without Sheng Leyun even having to ask.

The apartment Grandma Guo had been assigned by her work unit had been deeded directly to her as a gesture of appeasement, making it her own private property.

Now that the two of them had moved out, Grandma Guo rented the old place out.

From the convenience store, they went directly into the courtyard.

Sitting under the grapevines, Sheng Leyun took out the ledgers and handed them out to the group.

"Because we sell so many small items, I’ve split each month’s ledger into two volumes, an upper and a lower. It’s been exactly five months from the end of February until today, so there are ten volumes in total. Go on, take a look."

Her friends immediately waved their hands in refusal. ’Are we some kind of ungrateful leeches who only care about the profits?’

"No, no, that’s not necessary! Of course we trust you, Sister Yun!"

They wouldn’t have a single complaint even if Sister Yun just gave them a random amount.

Sheng Leyun insisted, pushing the ledgers in front of them. "This is a learning opportunity. What’s going through your heads?"

Everyone hastily grabbed a ledger and began to look it over.

Yunyun’s little classroom was in session once again.

"I don’t know what paths we’ll all take in the future, but no matter what you do, you need to keep a clear account of things in your head. A person can only live with a clear head when their accounts are clear."

"This applies to more than just business; it’s true for how you conduct yourself and deal with people, too."

"Look, let’s put everything else aside and just talk about these specific accounts. When some of you open your own companies and become big bosses, you’ll need to understand the ledgers. You have to know if you’re making a profit or a loss and where things might have been omitted or hidden. Only then can you command your employees’ respect and keep them from trying to fool you."

The group nodded in agreement.

And so, Sheng Leyun, with Gong Zicheng at her side, used the real-world ledgers as examples and proceeded to sadistically quiz the group with numerous problems. There were questions on statistics, profitability, and sales, and she even threw in things like salt-to-water ratio problems.

Her friends were tormented to the point of wanting to vomit. Only after three days of this ordeal did they finally receive their share of the profits!

’Making money from Sister Yun really was no easy task.’ They would rather have forfeited their share than go through that kind of hell again.

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