Luo Keke walked out of the deli with satisfaction. A few messages had just come through on her phone, informing her that nearly 50 billion yuan had been deposited into her accounts. It seemed Secretary Li was incredibly efficient—he had managed to convert so many of her assets into cash in just one morning.
This was perfect. Now she could buy whatever she wanted without holding back. After all, her space was enormous, spanning nearly a thousand mu of land. She could stockpile as much as she wanted.
Luo Keke drove to the daily necessities market. There were still some things she had forgotten to buy that morning.
Judging from what she had seen in her dreams, it was probably the year 1968. That was when capitalists were being purged most severely. Otherwise, the original owner’s scumbag father would never have insisted on marrying his capitalist daughter off to the countryside for no reason.
Right! During that era, sanitary pads and disposable diapers didn’t exist. She had stocked up on daily necessities that morning but had forgotten one of the most important things—sanitary pads. Without them, life would be extremely inconvenient once she arrived in that era.
By the late 1960s and early 1970s, these things would definitely be rare “treasures.”
On the way to the wholesale market, Luo Keke spotted several steamed-bun shops, pastry shops, and candy stores. She bought everything in sight, sweeping the shelves clean wherever she went.
Eventually, she arrived at the daily necessities wholesale market and walked into one of the larger stores. The shop was bustling with customers coming and going.
Luo Keke walked straight up to the owner and got right to the point.
“Boss, I want to purchase a large quantity of sanitary pads, disposable diapers, baby formula, milk for the elderly, and all kinds of other daily necessities. Do you have enough stock?”
The owner looked Luo Keke up and down. Seeing her elegant clothes and extraordinary bearing, he immediately greeted her enthusiastically.
“Miss, you’ve definitely come to the right place! We’ve got all kinds of goods here, and we’ve got as much as you need. For sanitary pads, we have ordinary cotton ones and dry-mesh ones. They’re ten pads per pack, fifteen yuan per pack. Disposable diapers come in different sizes. The L-size ones are thirty yuan per pack, with twenty pieces per pack. Baby formula—the imported kind—is four hundred yuan per can, while milk for the elderly is one hundred and fifty yuan per can. How much of each would you like?”
Luo Keke quickly calculated in her head.
“Let’s start with 20,000 packs of sanitary pads. I want 30,000 packs of each diaper size, 50,000 cans of baby formula, and 40,000 cans of milk for the elderly. Boss, you’ll have to give me a better price. I’m placing a pretty big order.”
The owner’s eyes immediately lit up when he heard the quantities. He rubbed his hands together and said, “Miss, you’re a major customer! How about this? Sanitary pads at thirteen yuan a pack, L-size diapers at twenty-eight yuan a pack, with the other sizes discounted proportionally. Baby formula at 180 yuan a can, and milk for the elderly at 130 yuan a can. These prices are already practically a clearance sale.”
Luo Keke frowned slightly.
“Boss, that’s still not enough. Twelve yuan for the sanitary pads, twenty-five yuan for the diapers, 160 yuan for the baby formula, and 110 yuan for the milk for the elderly. If you agree, I might have even bigger orders for you in the future.”
The owner looked troubled. After hesitating for quite a while, he finally gritted his teeth.
“All right, miss. Consider it a gesture of friendship. I’ll give you the prices you asked for. But with this much merchandise, when do you need it?”
“Today afternoon. Please deliver everything to an unused warehouse owned by the Luo Group. I’ll write down the address for you.”
After settling the prices and delivery time, Luo Keke continued browsing the market. She bought baby clothes and toys, health supplements for the elderly, massage equipment, and other items.
Since she couldn’t predict what the future would bring, she figured she might as well stock up on everything now. That way, she wouldn’t regret not having something when she needed it later.
For baby clothes, she chose various styles and sizes for spring, summer, autumn, and winter, buying a total of 20,000 sets.
For toys, she selected educational building blocks, puzzles, and plush toys, purchasing 10,000 sets of each.
For elderly health supplements, she bought 500 units each of items such as ginseng, deer antler, and ganoderma spore powder.
As for massage equipment, she purchased 20,000 massage chairs and 10,000 handheld massagers.
After finishing her purchases, Luo Keke headed to the electronics market.
She figured that in the late 1960s, electrical appliances would be extremely rare. Having these things would make life much more convenient in that era.
She walked into an electronics store, and the owner greeted her warmly.
“Welcome, miss! What kind of appliances are you looking for? We’ve got televisions, refrigerators, washing machines, radios—pretty much everything.”
Luo Keke said, “I’ll take 1,000 televisions, 800 refrigerators, 600 washing machines, and 2,000 radios. Boss, how much will that cost?”
The owner explained, “Televisions are 5,000 yuan each, refrigerators are 4,000 yuan, washing machines are 3,000 yuan, and radios are 500 yuan each. Since you’re buying all of these, I can give you ten percent off.”
Luo Keke wasn’t satisfied with that.
“I’m buying such a large quantity. How about 3,500 yuan for each television, 2,800 for each refrigerator, 2,000 for each washing machine, and 300 for each radio? If you agree, I’ll pay right now.”
The owner widened his eyes.
“Miss, that’s some serious bargaining! I really won’t make any money at those prices.”
Luo Keke smiled slightly.
“Boss, think about it. With such a huge order, if I introduce more customers to you in the future, won’t you make the money back? Besides, I’m taking delivery today, so it won’t interfere with your cash flow.”
The owner thought it over for a long time before finally giving in.
“All right, miss. We’ll do it your way. But you’ll have to pay in full. With an order this large, I can’t afford to take the risk.”
Without hesitation, Luo Keke took out her black card and paid.
The owner immediately arranged for everything to be delivered to the unused Luo Group warehouse that afternoon.
By the time she finished everything, Luo Keke was exhausted, her back aching badly. But when she looked at the increasingly shorter list in her notebook, she finally felt a sense of satisfaction.
She knew the day of her transmigration was probably getting closer and closer. She had to hurry up and stockpile everything. Otherwise, what a waste it would be if she transmigrated before she could spend all her money.
Wait—she still hadn’t stocked up on computers, phones, or books.
So she hurried off to the computer and mobile phone district and bought a large quantity of computers and phones.
Back then, even owning a Jeep was considered a rare luxury. Luo Keke thought about it and decided she might as well stock up on a few vehicles while she could. She planned to store them in her space.
When she arrived at the car dealership, she immediately fell in love with the Jeeps. Surprisingly, the Hongqi sedans parked nearby also looked quite suitable.
In the end, she bought five of each model. Four of the vehicles had manual transmissions, while two had automatic transmissions. After paying the deposit, she asked the seller to deliver the cars directly to the designated warehouse.
Afterward, she went to the largest bookstore in Shanghai and bought all the books there.
By then, Luo Keke checked the time and realized it was already 5:03 p.m. She had to hurry back to the warehouse to receive the deliveries. What if the goods arrived and there was no one there to receive them?
Luo Keke drove back to the warehouse in a panic. Sure enough, two delivery trucks had already arrived.
She quickly opened the warehouse doors and had the delivery workers bring everything inside. Once they had left, she waved her hand and stored all the supplies inside her space.
Luo Keke stayed busy receiving and storing the goods until after ten o’clock that night before everything was finally put away.
She was so exhausted that she nearly collapsed. She immediately went to the prepared-food section of her space and tore into a whole poached chicken, finally filling her stomach.
However, eating nothing but meat without any white rice left her stomach feeling rather uncomfortable.
After returning to her villa, Luo Keke didn’t rest. Instead, she began organizing her supply checklist, carefully checking for anything she might have missed.
Suddenly, she remembered that medical care in that era was extremely limited. Medicine would undoubtedly be one of the most important things to stock up on.
So, early the next morning, Luo Keke went to the medical supply market.
She found a large pharmaceutical wholesaler and said to the person in charge, “I want to purchase a large quantity of medicine—things like cold medicine, fever reducers, anti-inflammatory medication, stomach medicine, antibiotics, as well as various emergency medicines. Can you provide all of these?”