Chapter 124 August Net Profit

August passed by quickly.

On the evening of the last day, the night breeze carried a slight coolness, sweeping away the daytime heat. Miao Yunyou saw off the tearful and extremely reluctant Lu Yunxiao and Li Mancang.

“Summer vacation is already over. If you two keep working here any longer, I’m going to get reported and sent off to sew uniforms in prison. Hurry up and go home and study properly.”

Lu Yunxiao: “I don’t want to study. It’s way more fun here!”

Li Mancang: “Going back is boring. I just want to stay here and work!”

The two cried so loudly that they even attracted quite a few tourists to watch.

After all, nothing is more entertaining than a little schadenfreude.

Li Zhongping stood nearby, watching his son cry his heart out. He felt both annoyed and amused. Walking over, he gently rubbed Li Mancang’s head and spoke in a warm, patient tone:

“Alright, stop crying and go back. The county magistrate made a special exception to let you and Young Master Yunxiao study at the academy together. What a great opportunity that is. You must cherish it so you can have a promising future. When your dad gets a few days off, I’ll come home to see you.”

The tourists also started teasing them—

“Aww, these two little guys are so cute. Crying like that—how reluctant must they be to leave?”

“Exactly! My kid only stayed here for two days and keeps talking about not wanting to go home. These two probably treat this place like their own house.”

“Hahaha, I love this kind of lifelike acting.”

“It’s not acting at all—they’re genuinely emotional. When I was a kid facing the start of school, I cried just like this.”

“I suspect they’re crying because they didn’t finish their summer homework.”

“That actually makes sense!”

“Look who’s talking. Have you finished yours?”

“Not a single word. I just bought a completed one on Pinduoduo. That’s what we call technology changing life!”

“Wait, what? Why didn’t you say that earlier?!”

Miao Yunyou shouted, “Still crying?! If you keep crying, I won’t let you come play during winter vacation either! And even if you do come, I’ll throw you straight into a tutoring class—English tutoring!”

The two kids immediately trembled in terror.

Miao Yunyou burst out laughing and shoved them lightly.

“Scram, you two! See you during winter vacation!”

After sending the two little guys away, as usual, Miao Yunyou started calculating the accounts.

The one doing the accounting was still Hua Yuezhang, but this month her tools had been upgraded.

After Miao Yunyou equipped her room with a thin and light laptop, it took her less than half a month to completely master the basic use of Excel. She could even skillfully use formulas like SUM, AVERAGE, and COUNT, and had become more proficient than Miao Yunyou herself.

What does that mean?

It means: if someone is capable, they can excel in any profession they try—one after another, all successful.

Of course, the arts are excluded…

Hua Yuezhang’s fingers paused on the keyboard. A row of clear numbers appeared on the screen. She looked up at Miao Yunyou and spoke in a calm and decisive tone:

“In August, the total revenue was 7,863,600 yuan, and the total expenditure was 2,033,760 yuan.”

Among the expenses, 2,033,760 yuan was the regular operating cost, such as utilities, maintenance, ingredients, daily supplies, linens, and so on.

There was also an additional 1 million yuan in special expenditures, which included major items such as—

Bulk purchase of mobile phones for employees: 90,000 yuan

Kitchen upgrade: 200,000 yuan

Children’s sandpit playground: 250,000 yuan

Renovation of the unattended smart convenience store: 200,000 yuan

Various smart devices and miscellaneous equipment

All together, these added up to exactly 1 million yuan.

Hua Yuezhang lowered her head again to look at the computer screen. She tapped one line of data with her fingertip and explained carefully:

“Oh right, there was also an extra expense this month. You paid each of us a salary of 10,000 yuan per month, which adds up to 150,000 yuan. Honestly, Sect Leader, you really don’t need to give us such a high salary—we can’t even spend it all. For example, A-Ning and the others still haven’t figured out how to use mobile payments yet.”

Miao Yunyou rolled her eyes. “Give me a break. You’re one person spending the money of two people—of course you think it’s a lot. Has Hua Ying bought you a bunch of little dresses again recently?”

Hua Yuezhang cupped her face happily. “Ah, but they’re really, really pretty~”

Miao Yunyou waved her hand. “Buy them, buy them. I’ll give you a little more salary next month.

Oh right, how are the wages for temporary workers calculated?”

Hua Yuezhang continued, “The temporary workers are paid in supplies and goods instead of cash. Since it’s not much anyway, it’s directly included in the daily operating costs. So when we calculate it like this—

7,863,600 − 2,033,760 − 1,150,000 = 4,679,840.

Therefore, the resort’s net income for August is 4,679,840 yuan.”

When Miao Yunyou heard this number, her eyes widened instantly. She looked completely shocked and full of disbelief.

“That much money???”

Seeing her exaggerated reaction, Hua Yuezhang couldn’t help but laugh. She typed a few more times on the keyboard, pulled up the previous cash flow statement, and continued:

“Wait, we’re not finished yet. The last time we settled the accounts was on August 1st, when the balance was 536,866 yuan. Then Sect Leader’s sister transferred 10 million yuan, and Mr. Qin’s company transferred 800,000 yuan. After deducting 7.8 million yuan for the employee dormitory construction and adding this month’s net income of 4,679,840 yuan…Our current cash flow is 8,216,706 yuan.”

Miao Yunyou was a little dazed. She rubbed her eyes, looked again at the numbers on Hua Yuezhang’s computer, and after confirming they were correct, she frowned in confusion, her tone full of disbelief: “Why do I feel like… I could pay back the 10 million yuan I borrowed from my sister as early as next month?”

Hua Yuezhang’s lips curved slightly, her eyes smiling into crescents.

“That’s not necessarily true. After all, August is still summer vacation, so the visitor traffic is large. I heard some tourists say that after September, many children will be locked away in private schools—unable to eat well, dress warmly, sleep properly, and they won’t even see their families. They’ll have even fewer chances to come out and play. If the children suffer like that, the parents probably won’t feel good either, so they likely won’t come out to travel.”

Miao Yunyou’s mouth twitched.

“…Which poor kid from a boarding school is spreading such nonsense outside…”

Although exaggerated, it was somewhat true.

The September visitor flow definitely wouldn’t be as high as in August.

Miao Yunyou asked, “What was our daily visitor flow in August?”

Hua Yuezhang replied, “According to the ticket statistics, 2,000 people per day.”

Miao Yunyou thought for a moment, then her tone became confident again.

“That’s fine. Let it drop if it drops. Even if it falls to half or even one-third, we’d still earn over a million yuan. The Sect Leader can afford to support all of you!”

Then she suddenly remembered something and added: “Oh right. Considering that you’ve been receiving a lot of packages lately—and every time you have to go down the mountain to pick them up, which is too troublesome—I’m planning to install two parcel lockers up on the mountain. That way we won’t have to go down to collect deliveries ourselves and can save some effort.”

Hua Yuezhang’s eyes lit up instantly. She rushed over and hugged Miao Yunyou’s arm.

“The Sect Leader is the best~~~”