Gasp! She's a Time Traveler Using Modern Tech to Improve Ancient Life-Chapter 382 - 379: Transporting Goods Back to the Modern Era

Chapter 382: Chapter 379: Transporting Goods Back to the Modern Era

When she returned to the present, it was noon. This time, Lin Wanwan didn’t bring seafood, so naturally, she didn’t go to Jie Yuting’s restaurant.

Because she had been staying at Xiao Creek Town these past few days without going back to Lin Family Manor, Jie Yuting ran out of premium seafood.

This forced the usually taciturn man to send Lin Wanwan several WeChat messages, asking why there hadn’t been any deliveries recently and when she would be sending more.

Lin Wanwan never provided large quantities of seafood, but the quality was always top-notch, making it Jie Yuting’s favorite ingredient source.

Lin Wanwan said she wasn’t as enthusiastic about bringing seafood anymore. Mainly because the quantities couldn’t be scaled up, the small earnings no longer seemed worth her time.

Also, she had too many things to do now, and pretending to haul goods at the docks each time was too time-consuming.

Moreover, with the subsidies from the White Feather Chicken and Kang Beier Duck Eggs, Lin Family Manor had largely escaped the predicament of hunger, so Lin Wanwan’s enthusiasm for carrying goods naturally diminished.

However, she didn’t want to completely abandon Jie Yuting’s gourmet needs.

Whenever she could spare the time, Lin Wanwan would still continue her seafood selling business.

Apart from Jie Yuting’s WeChat and company group messages, the most messages in Lin Wanwan’s WeChat inbox were from Lu Shouyue.

They had been stuck in Hai City together for half a month; as soon as restrictions were lifted, he returned to Yongcheng.

Lu Shouyue had invited Lin Wanwan out to meals twice afterward, but she hadn’t had the time to accept and had to politely decline.

The cat-eye chrysoberyl and other gemstones that she had entrusted to Lu Shouyue’s auction house for cutting were almost all done. Lin Wanwan thought of inviting Lu Shouyue for a meal when she picked them up.

Since there was now a time differential between the two realms, Lin Wanwan wasn’t particularly hard to contact anymore.

Most of the time, when people sent her messages, she could still reply promptly.

However, for Lu Shouyue, Lin Wanwan’s responses were still too slow, slow enough to make one feel hopeless.

Luckily, his life wasn’t solely about chasing girls. Whenever he wanted, he could bury himself in his work.

The Buzhou Antiques Store’s business was such that it might not have customers for three years, but when it did, it could sustain for another three.

However, the museum, auction house, and several entertainment projects he invested in with Wang Bocheng had daily ongoing business.

After replying to Jie Yuting’s and Lu Shouyue’s WeChat messages, Lin Wanwan began moving the embroidery into her car, packing the backseat and trunk to the brim.

The two carpenters on the second floor also stopped working at noon. They lay on the paper-covered floor, chatting and resting, not initially paying attention to the hustle downstairs.

It wasn’t until Lin Wanwan started her car that they ran to the balcony to see what was going on.

Upon discovering that it was the owner of the house driving, both breathed a sigh of relief.

"Do you think the young lady just got up today again?"

"I think so."

Even though they heard noises downstairs and guessed that the owner might be up, they wouldn’t be assured without personally verifying it.

The biometric lock in this villa could only be opened by the owner and the two of them, so they had to consider security.

Especially if they were working on the second floor and a thief entered the first floor, it would be quite embarrassing.

The villa owner’s peculiar schedule amazed both carpenters.

In the summer, they started working at 7 AM, took a short nap after lunch, and kept busy until 7 PM before leaving.

But the villa owner, Lin Wanwan, just a young girl rumored to be writing novels, kept her door tightly shut every morning and didn’t come out until noon.

No matter how noisy they were on the second floor with drills and chisels, she didn’t seem disturbed at all. If they hadn’t seen her emerge from her room in the afternoons a few times, they would have thought no one lived in the villa.

Lin Wanwan didn’t care what the carpenters thought. She didn’t need to explain either; if asked, she’d say being born in the ’90s means living in a different world than middle-aged people!

The world is full of lethargic heirs and night owls turning night into day, nothing needing an explanation.

The renovations were nearing completion, and Lin Wanwan was pretty excited.

With outsiders at home every day, she couldn’t do her tasks conveniently, having to postpone many until nighttime.

The car smoothly drove to the company’s underground garage, where Lin Wanwan called Gu Jingyu to get someone to help with unloading the goods together.

Soon, everyone at the company came down.

Accountant Zhou, a retired lady, saw the car full of embroidery and marveled, "Manager Lin, did you embroider all this?"

Lin Wanwan laughed, "Of course not. Now that everyone’s here, if each person carries a little, we can get it all in one trip."

Gu Jingyu happily said, "This batch of goods came just in time. If we don’t ship them out soon, our shop would run out of stock, and the repercussions would be unimaginable. The link traffic we’ve worked so hard to build up would return to zero."

With two large bags in one hand, Pan Junqi asked Lin Wanwan, "Manager Lin, you mentioned expanding into Hanfu previously; how’s that going? Do you need me to contact a clothing factory?"

Lin Wanwan replied with a smile, "There are some leads now, and I brought a few samples this time. We’ll hold off on cross-border operations for Hanfu. Let’s try putting them up for sale domestically once our physical store at Times Square opens."

Pan Junqi raised his eyebrows and asked, "Any updates on the physical storefront? Wasn’t it said that securing a spot in Times Square was difficult? Actually, Ginza is also a good location. It hosts major brands too and the annual rent is considerably cheaper than Times Square."

Lin Wanwan firmly replied, "Since we’re targeting the luxury market, we naturally need to aim for the mall with the best reputation and highest prestige, not settle for second best."

"Hahaha, true enough," Pan Junqi laughed a few times and stopped commenting further.

The entire company currently had two operators, one designer, one administrative staff, an accountant, and a cashier, a very small team.

Fortunately, the business was healthy. As long as the company’s funds were sufficient and salaries were paid on time, there wouldn’t be any unrest among the staff.

At Lin Wanwan’s company, they sold embroidery products positioned as luxury items, focusing on high prices rather than high volume, making the profits considerable.

As for the situation at Times Square, Lin Wanwan was not only persistently dealing with the mall’s leasing manager, her cousin and future store manager Su Yanwei was also helping out. Finally, they were seeing a glimmer of hope.

To be neighbors with upscale brands, both she and her cousin worked tirelessly, going through great lengths just in gifting the manager various gifts multiple times.

Apart from some challenges securing a spot in the luxurious Times Square, everything else was going smoothly.

As the boss, Lin Wanwan only went to work for half a day in the afternoon, spending most of her time writing novels in her general manager’s office. Fortunately, the Space-Time Gate evolved to create a time differential, or she wouldn’t have had the time to build her modern-day business.