Chapter 177: The Fight Between the Shops
I'm afraid it's all an excuse," Xie Yutang's eyes also turned cold, and he no longer gave Yan Mar any good looks, "Don't forget that the two of us are just making a deal, if you fail, don't think that I will cooperate with you." ”
Under Xie Yutang's threat, Yan Mar was angry and annoyed but there was nothing she could do, she just felt that she had really failed this time. In her own country, her beauty is not only first-class, but her resourcefulness is also due to the fact that there are many ordinary people, so she will be selected to be a spy.
But now that she is such a talented woman, she has no way to take Chi Wan's little woman, which really hurts her self-esteem. Now that she came back and was ridiculed by Xie Yutang again, the more she thought about it, the more angry she became.
At night, she was lying on the bed, and the time given to her by the enemy country was also limited, how to persuade Chi Wan to leave Chi Mansion as soon as possible during this time?
Yan Mar tossed and turned, it was better to beg her to let her go, but seeing that she didn't seem to like herself, then this trick probably didn't work; Otherwise, he will use the tiger to leave the mountain and lie to her that Xie Yutang's old illness will recur and let her come out? But if she finds out, I'm sure I'll go home again.
Yan Mar came up with many ways but rejected them all one by one, she tossed and turned on the bed several times in annoyance, and finally she came up with another solution, and it seemed to be effective against Ji Wan as well.
From Xie Yutang's previous efforts to get the shop back for Chi Wan, and her own dedication to the shop, it can be seen that she cares about the shop very much. In this case, use this as bait to lure her into the bait.
"That's it!" Yan Mar had already made a great plan in her heart, and then she fell asleep happily.
A few days later, in the Chi Mansion, I saw a maid standing at the gate of Chi Wan's courtyard quietly looking around, and after confirming that there was no one around, she flashed into the courtyard.
"Miss Chi Wan, what you want is here." The maid handed over the stack of papers in her hand to Chi Wan, who took it and thanked her, gave her a bag of silver, and arranged for her to come back tomorrow to pick up her things.
These pieces of paper are written on the records of Fenghetang's income and expenditure every month, as well as the specific plan for the selection of fabrics, etc., each item on it is very clearly divided, and Chi Wan looks very convenient.
Yes, although Chi Wan can't get out of the half-step Chi Mansion, Yan Mar can't be abandoned when he leaves. So, she started to control the store remotely.
That is, every time she is responsible for writing down the new drawings she designs, the fabrics she needs to choose, the sales plan for the next month, etc., and then sends someone to Fenghetang.
Then the next day, that person will send back a copy of the ledger made by the acting shopkeeper of Fenghetang, including income and expenses, such as fabrics, labor fees. There are also many miscellaneous things, such as customer opinions, which will be brought to Chi Wan for processing.
And the maid who just came in to deliver the paper was the only connection between her and Feng Hetang, and they agreed that unless there was an accident, they would come once every seven days on average, and as for the travel expenses, they would be fine.
Ji Wan then began to carefully study the business situation of Fenghetang last week, and unexpectedly found that the cost of expenses had increased significantly, and the complaints from customers seemed to have increased.
Chi Wan was puzzled, she found out the loss table of the fabric used to record the cost, and found that the fabric used by Fenghetang was not the one that was often used in the past, but a name that an unfamiliar Chi Wan had never heard of, not to mention that the distance from Fenghetang was also 108,000 miles away.
What's going on, why is this good and sudden going to change to buy fabrics? Chi Wan was puzzled, but if it was said that the fabric of that store was better than the original, it would be fine, but seeing that the price was almost double that of the original one, not to mention, the shipping cost was hundreds of taels.
Looking at the complaints of customers, everyone said that the feel of this fabric is very poor, easy to draw and even fade, resulting in many people asking for returns and compensation!
Ji Wan was very irritable, and she rummaged through them again and found that a letter was attached to these bills.
When I opened it, this letter was written by the current shopkeeper of Fenghetang: Pool shopkeeper, you must be very puzzled when you see the bill, but what I want to tell the shopkeeper is that the enemy of Fenghetang has appeared.
Recently, a new shop appeared on the street called Yao Hua Ge, which also sells dresses like us, but I found that the shopkeeper of their shop has been targeting us.
Two days ago, when I went to buy the fabrics needed to make new clothes, the shopkeeper of the cloth shop told me that all the fabrics in the store were contracted by the shopkeeper of Nayao Flower Pavilion, and they placed a large order in one go, and almost booked the amount for half a year.
Not only that, but I also went to other cloth shops in the neighborhood and found that they were also sold out, and more than 20 cloth shops in the city rejected us. In a hurry, I had to find a cloth shop outside the capital to temporarily replenish the amount, otherwise there would be no stock in the store.
Although Yaohuage is not only much bigger than Fenghetang, but also a ten-year-old shop, it does not need so many fabrics in one go. Seeing that the fabric I bought was about to run out, I asked the shopkeeper to decide what to do next.
Chi Wan scratched her chin suspiciously, if the truth was really the same as in this letter, then the purpose of this Yaohua Pavilion was too obvious, obviously trying to force herself to close the door.
But this Yaohua Pavilion has been open for ten years, and when Fenghetang was so popular, they didn't necessarily want to jump in a hurry, why did they suddenly come out to do this kind of thing now.
And this shopkeeper is too brainless, is it really necessary to spend such a big price on himself? In the end, the losses will only outweigh the profits, and the shopkeeper who has been open for ten years is really so business-minded?
Ji Wan couldn't figure it out, but the top priority was to solve the problem. She gave a solution, that is, to buy fabrics at a better price and give the cloth mill some dividends.
That is, if the dresses made of the cloth provided by the cloth mills are sold, they will be given a part of the money left over from the cost, and this great benefit is really eye-catching, and it will surely make many shopkeepers tempted.
If you look at this part of the money alone, it seems that it is very small, but according to the sales volume of Fenghetang, it is possible that every time a new model is released, it can be thousands or even tens of thousands a day, and there will be a few hundred or so in the off-season. This adds up to a lot of money.
For the sake of Fenghetang's reputation, he could only sacrifice his interests temporarily, Chi Wan gritted her teeth and wrote down this plan on paper and handed it to the maid who delivered the letter the next day, but on the third day, she received a reply from the acting shopkeeper.
The letter read: At first, the shopkeeper of the cloth workshop agreed to our order, but just now I received news that Yaohuage was willing to buy it at a higher price, and the cloth shop directly broke the contract. The shopkeeper, the stock in the store is only a dozen, and some of them have been broken, and there are many pre-ordered orders that have not been settled, what should I do now?
Chi Wan slammed the table, and secretly scolded the shopkeeper of the Yaohua Pavilion in her heart, did she really want to force herself to a dead end before she would give up? I didn't expect it to be so menacing, it's really infuriating.
However, Chi Wan was most angry that she couldn't go to the scene to solve the problem in person, after all, it was impossible for the acting shopkeeper to explain all the details clearly at once, and the letter was only rough.
Ji Wan was about to go crazy when she grabbed her head, and if she continued like this, Feng Hetang would really go out of business.
"You first go and send someone to investigate who the shopkeeper of the Yaohua Pavilion is?" Chi Wan felt that the shopkeeper had a deep grudge against herself, and she really wanted to know what kind of person would spend money and play with herself like this.
"Yes." The messenger left after receiving the order, while Ji Wan paced back and forth in the room restlessly.
What to do, what to do? Chi Wan thought about it, it seems that only by sneaking out to the store himself to deal with this matter himself, otherwise the store will really be hopeless.
At this time, in the Yaohua Pavilion, Yan Mar was lying on the chaise longue and fiddling with her nails leisurely, listening to the maid who settled the accounts in the store reported: "The shopkeeper, this time the purchase of fabrics has a total of 43,450 taels of silver, which are 4,000 pieces of cloud brocade cloth and 5,000 pieces of peony dark pattern base cloth......
The maid said that her mouth was dry, but Yan Mar listened carelessly, and she hummed a few times casually and began to take care of herself again, and when the maid finished reporting and said that she knew, she let her retreat.
Yan Mar stood up and stretched, and leisurely watched the piles of cloth sent downstairs as high as a hill, and her maids were still wondering where to pile them.
Looking at the wind and hall on the other side, the situation is simply the opposite, the business was booming two days ago, and it has almost been crowded recently. The people in those shops all poked their heads out and looked at the gate of Yaohua Pavilion, maybe they were in the red Yaohua Pavilion There were so many fabrics and they didn't have any of them.
That's right, Yan Maer is the shopkeeper of Yaohua Pavilion, this shop was acquired by Xie Yutang along with Baiwei Pavilion, it is said that it is because the shopkeeper of Baiwei Pavilion and Yaohua Pavilion is husband and wife, because Xie Yutang's price is very high, and the two of them both abandoned the store and went home to enjoy Qingfu, and the position of the shopkeeper naturally fell into Yan Mar's hands.
She looked at the style set condescendingly, and was very happy in her heart, presumably at this moment, Chi Wan must be sulking in the room, as long as she waits for a while, she must be unable to hold her breath and come out to solve the problem in person, and then she can persuade her to leave the Chi Mansion completely.
Yan Mar was complacent in her heart, Chi Wan, Chi Wan, you still can't fight me. The winner will be known soon, so let's wait and see.