Chapter 82 New Products Sell Well
Fortunately, after this drunken sleeping together incident, business was very busy in the following days, so the two of them didn’t have time to reminisce about it.
Chen Zhi now has his own shop as well as the Chen family's business. He is very busy with both. On the other hand, Xu Shuhe is discussing the cooperation between Yunshang Pavilion and Zhijinfang with Lin Jinyi.
The new product launch conference had to be held on time, so the clothes made with the fabrics from the Brocade Workshop also had to be rushed.
Xu Shu and Master Yang came up with several more gorgeous clothing styles, preparing to perform them as the finale.
In addition, the rouge shop also needs to launch new products at the same time, and Xu Shuhe is also needed to supervise it.
When people are busy, they naturally have no time to think about trivial things.
On the contrary, idle people are prone to cause trouble.
Chen Xun, who went to Beijing to study, came back these days. He learned that his mother Feng committed suicide by cutting her wrists. She felt helpless as she had to use such an extreme method to escape house arrest.
Fortunately, Feng has learned her lesson now, and the mansion seems to be quite harmonious.
So Chen Xun tried to reason with Feng and asked her not to bully her second sister-in-law Li Mingzhu. After all, this second sister-in-law was her biological daughter-in-law and they were in the same boat.
After being angry for two days, it's time to let it go. Li Mingzhu has suffered a lot serving her these days.
If time goes by without any communication, it will cause people to feel alienated and resentful, which is not good.
Feng had always doted on her promising youngest son Chen Xun. Moreover, Li Mingzhu had been taking care of her carefully and attentively these days, and her anger had almost dissipated, so she nodded.
However, Li Mingzhu never expected that while she was busy serving her mother-in-law, her husband Chen Jin, who was no one to supervise him, stole her private money and went to the casino.
"You bastard, how dare you steal my private money? That was all earned from my dowry shop, and it's also my dowry. You spend my wife's dowry, how shameless of you, Chen Jin!"
Li Mingzhu, who had been feeling aggrieved and depressed for many days, was finally irritated. She was so angry that she called her husband's name and smashed the teacup at hand.
Unexpectedly, Chen Jin looked calm this time. He dodged the flying teacup sideways with a smile on his face.
"My dear, please don't be impatient. Can't you just listen to me? Mingzhu, my dear, look at what this is!"
As he spoke, he took out a stack of silver bills from his pocket, as if by magic, and waved them in the air.
When Li Mingzhu saw the banknote, she was stunned. "Where did you get this from?"
"Of course it was earned by me, your husband!" Chen Jin smiled and walked forward, took Li Mingzhu's hand, and stuffed the stack of banknotes into her hand, "Count it, is it twice as much as before?"
Li Mingzhu was naturally clear about how much cash notes were kept at home. When she squeezed it, she felt that it was much thicker.
He counted them quickly and his eyes lit up immediately.
“Did you earn all this?”
"Of course, I just realized that my talents should be utilized in this casino!" Chen Jin raised his chin proudly.
Only then did Li Mingzhu signal her two maids to go out and close the door.
Then he pulled Chen Jin to sit down and said, "Mother-in-law has been ill for more than half a month, and you have earned so much. This money may not be too easy to earn."
"Who said I earned so much? Your original capital was three hundred taels, and I will give you six hundred taels including principal and interest. I still have three hundred taels left. As your husband, money makes money. In just a few days, I can multiply your original capital several times!" Chen Jin grinned, his smile was very arrogant.
In the past, he just went out to visit brothels, drink and listen to music. He spent money every day, but he never made any money.
During this period, Chen Huaiqian cut off his way of getting money from the family store, and Li Mingzhu was unwilling to give him money easily. He was short of money, and it happened that his new friend took him to the casino to play a few rounds, and the money came too quickly. So he was bold and took three hundred taels of silver notes while Li Mingzhu was not paying attention to make money outside.
However, although he was bold, Li Mingzhu was still cautious.
"There are too many tricks in the casino. We have tasted the sweetness this time, so we should stop while we are ahead. If you walk by the river often, you will get your feet wet. What if you lose money again? It is better for you to learn how to do business at home with your father-in-law. You don't know that the third brother and his wife are doing a booming business now. Their pockets are full. I guess they don't even look down on what we have at home."
"Oh, I know what you're worried about. Don't worry." Chen Jin waved his hand and grinned, "My brother has a stake in this casino. He said he won't let me lose money."
Having said that, Chen Jin leaned close to Li Mingzhu's ear and whispered a few words.
After hearing this, Li Mingzhu's face showed joy at first, but then a bit of worry appeared on her face.
"Nothing will go wrong if we act this way, right?"
"What can go wrong? Which gambling house in Qizhou City doesn't have these tricks? Don't worry." Chen Jin raised his chin confidently, then stretched out his hand and pulled Li Mingzhu over. "My dear wife, you have been taking care of your mother these days. You have been very hard. You have lost a lot of weight. You are pitiful. Your husband will love you well in the future."
Li Mingzhu blushed at his behavior and glared at him, "You are so unruly, in broad daylight!"
Outside the house, Qiao Xing and Qiao Yue listened to the noise inside and knew that their two masters were reconciled, so they both breathed a sigh of relief.
I'm just afraid of noise.
However, perhaps because Chen Jin had been able to make money recently and had a sweet mouth, the atmosphere in Ju Rui Tang was particularly good for a period of time.
Xu Shuhe found it strange when he saw this, and felt that his second sister-in-law was in high spirits again.
But this was not something she cared too much about.
The news of the cooperation between Yunshang Pavilion and Zhijinfang has been publicized, and the launch conference of the two stores' joint new clothing and fabrics will be officially held in three days.
At Lin Jinyi's suggestion, the two of them paid to reserve an elegant theater specifically for use as the venue for the press conference.
If it's hot today, the theater has shaded seats and provides tea and snacks, which is very suitable for ladies and rich girls to sit down and watch the show. The stage can be temporarily modified to become a catwalk for models to walk on.
Compared to the group of models that were trained when Yunshang Pavilion opened, the models this time have undergone more rigorous etiquette training and selection. Xu Shuhe plans to support these girls.
They can be models when needed and work as shopping guides in the store at other times. In fact, compared to those male clerks, Xu Shuhe feels that women can better understand the needs of female customers. If they are trained well, they will definitely be a good group of sales people.
This way, these girls will have a way to earn money to support themselves.
Of course, this is another matter.
In short, this first new product launch conference, jointly created by Lin Jinyi and Xu Shuhe, not only has the style that the wealthy people of this era like, but also has unique new designs, which can be said to be eye-catching.
On the day of the press conference, the sales exploded immediately.
The ladies and young ladies who came to the party had never seen such a gathering before, and they were all very enthusiastic. All the fabrics brought to the scene were sold out. Some of them even placed orders and were waiting for the store to arrange the goods and send them to their homes.
There were not enough people on the tailoring side, so we quickly wrote down the information and arranged for someone to come to the house to measure the sizes.
After a busy day, I received a huge amount of deposit alone. I couldn’t even think about how much I would have to wait for the final payment to arrive.
After Xu Shuhe and Lin Jinyi finished reading the account book, they looked at each other, then immediately held hands, laughing and jumping with joy.