Chapter 179: Reducing Costs

Ye Junhao agreed, but at the same time, he secretly made up his mind that he would never let Shi Yingqiu's hard work be in vain.

Even if he took the Rong'an Palace, it was impossible for him to watch the skin care products that Shi Yingqiu had spent so long making become a weapon to make money in the hands of others.

"One day I will help you deal with this matter, but now we have to take care of the royal brother and not offend too many people." Ye Junhao looked at Shi Yingqiu apologetically and said, after all, he enjoyed the treatment of the royal family, so he had to think about the royal family.

Shi Yingqiu smiled sweetly and said that she understood that Ye Junhao had done so much for her before, and she could still tolerate these.

"By the way, the queen mother said, if you have time these days, please go into the palace to see her, she misses us a little." Ye Junhao suddenly remembered this matter, turned his head and said to Shi Yingqiu.

Shi Yingqiu naturally agreed: "It just so happens that I have recently learned to make crystal cakes, so I will make some and bring them into the palace for the queen mother to taste." ”

When I heard that my princess was going to start making crystal cakes again, the cook in the small kitchen was crying without tears.

On the afternoon before entering the palace, Shi Yingqiu went to the beauty salon and checked the situation in the beauty hall again.

"Boss, our income is much less now than before, those imitations circulate in the capital much faster than our products, mainly because the price is cheap, do you think it would be better if the price was reduced?" He An asked as he took out the account book.

Shi Yingqiu shook his head decisively, if they could save the flow of customers just by reducing prices, then their costs would not be guaranteed.

Shi Yingqiu gently tapped the account book with his hand, and said thoughtfully: "Even if we reduce the price now, but these things are placed here, its cost is here, we will either lose money, or reduce our costs, once the cost is reduced, the things in the skin care products will not be better than before, and the loss of customers will be greater at that time." ”

After He An heard this, his whole face was crying without tears, so what should I do now?

"The only way is to do some discounts and see if we can attract more customers." Shi Yingqiu sighed, those imitation merchants, although they said that they bought skin care products, but they did not learn the unique massage techniques, and their beauty salons can still use unique skin care techniques to maintain the status quo.

But the worry is that those unscrupulous merchants will also imitate massage techniques, and those who have not experienced it will not feel the gap, and most of the people who have experienced it will reluctantly accept such flaws because of the price.

"You get what you pay for, these people are greedy for cheap, and in the end, they can bear it!" He An snorted and said dissatisfiedly.

Looking at He'an's little appearance, Shi Yingqiu chuckled lightly and flicked it lightly on her forehead: "What are you worried about, even if you have no income, I will still pay you, your boss lady is not worried now!" ”

The performance has declined so badly, if the new store is opened now, it will be tantamount to making the income even more bleak, and the manpower and material resources to be spent on the new store will be a lot of money, which will only lose even more.

So now the plan to open a new store has to be put on hold for the time being.

"You go and collect as many imitations as possible in the capital, and when I come back, I will study the ingredients in them, maybe we can really improve our products?" Shi Yingqiu hooked her lips and said with a smile.

In particular, its acne products have ingredients developed by Zhan Xingyan, and if they want to completely imitate them, they will have to spend a lot of effort.

He An immediately agreed and arranged for the maid to collect the products.

When entering the palace, Shi Yingqiu was still a little nervous, for fear that the Queen Mother would give birth again.

However, when she entered the palace, the first thing the Queen Mother asked was actually a business problem.

"I heard that there are many imitations of skin care products in the capital, and your beauty salon should not have a very good income now, right?" The Queen Mother sat on the phoenix chair and looked at Shi Yingqiu and asked.

"How did the queen mother know about this, Erchen has sent someone to investigate, those skin care products have added mercury and the like, and some are cutting corners to reduce the cost, so the selling price is much lower than that of Erchen here, but its effect and damage to the body will also be highlighted." Shi Yingqiu was a little surprised, but immediately said when he reacted.

The Queen Mother laughed, she didn't expect her to be so smart in business, and she reacted so quickly, and she had already figured out the other party's ingredients so quickly.

The Queen Mother sat on it and said unhurriedly: "I can't see anything wrong in a short time, most people will be greedy to buy these things cheaply, you must come up with a countermeasure, otherwise, your beauty salon will suffer a big blow in such a trouble, not to mention the opening of the new store, you can't keep the old store." ”

Ye Junhao didn't expect that even if he entered the palace, what the Queen Mother and Shi Yingqiu talked about was actually a business matter, and for a moment, he felt that he was a salted fish, and he didn't know anything.

I thought about it for a long time and wanted to find a sense of existence around my own mother, but Yejun Hao thought about it for a long time, and he didn't know how to speak.

Fortunately, the Queen Mother also knew Ye Junhao very well, and after talking for a while, she turned her head to look at him: "If you have time, you can also help your princess take a look, she has to work so hard to earn money, and she will feel more sorry for her." ”

Why doesn't he feel sorry for his princess? Ye Junhao wanted to cry without tears when he heard this, as if he had bullied Shi Yingqiu.

"The queen mother is a clear guide, and the sons dare not wronged the princess in the mansion at all." Ye Junhao looked at the Queen Mother and said, but secretly thinking in his heart, she was the only one who wronged me.

Speaking of this, Shi Yingqiu took out the crystal cake he had carefully prepared and gave it to the Queen Mother.

The Queen Mother originally thought that this crystal cake was bought by Shi Yingqiu from outside, but when she picked up a piece and tasted it, she found that it tasted different from the one she bought outside.

Ye Junhao said to the Queen Mother with some pride: "These are all made by the princess herself, how about the queen mother?" ”

After tasting the crystal cake, the Queen Mother, who nodded with satisfaction, looked at Shi Yingqiu and said: "I know that your business is not easy, there are many concubines in this harem, I heard that your skin care products are very good, and I want to buy some and let the palace maids make faces for them, you can either pick some good ones and send them to the palace, and the price will be as much as the silver." ”

This is a big business, who can do business in the palace? Shi Yingqiu was overjoyed after hearing this.

Although the Queen Mother said that those concubines came to her to help, Shi Yingqiu knew in her heart that if there was no Queen Mother to help match, it was estimated that it would be difficult to do this.

"This is naturally good, since the queen mother has spoken, the ministers there dare not disobey, so I will go back and pack some good skin care products to send to the palace, as for the price, for the sake of the queen mother's face, give a six-fold discount." Shi Yingqiu said happily.

The Queen Mother hummed slightly, thought about it and said, "In fact, in addition to providing services, you can also sell products directly, so it is estimated that you can also make a net profit." ”

It's like some noble girls don't like to go out, because they are everyone's best identities, and they don't want to always let others touch their faces outside.

After listening to the Queen Mother's suggestion, Shi Yingqiu also thought so.

When he left the palace and returned home, Shi Yingqiu had been thinking about the proposal made by the Queen Mother today, but if she wanted to sell products and occupy a place, the most important thing was to improve the formula of her own products and reduce costs as much as possible.

"Because of this matter, your heart is about to hang in the beauty salon, but I am your serious husband, when will you be able to look at me more?" Ye Jun Hao was tired of Shi Yingqiu's shoulder, and said coquettishly and aggrievedly.

Shi Yingqiu had goosebumps all over her body when she said this, she glanced at Ye Junhao with disgust, stretched out her hand and patted him gently on the back, like coaxing a child: "Isn't it true that I go back to my house every day to accompany you, but if this matter is not resolved, it will be deeply rooted, and the business of our beauty salon will be robbed!" ”

Ye Junhao thought about it seriously and made a suggestion to Shi Yingqiu: "Why don't you tell me what kind of raw materials are needed to make these things, I will send someone out to look outside, maybe I can find a cheaper one, and buy it at a low price and you can use it, so that you can reduce the cost!" ”

This is not bad, the palace itself has its own caravans, and it will not add any burden to buy one more thing between places.

Shi Yingqiu readily agreed, and the first thing he did after returning home was to write a copy of the raw materials he needed and hand them to Ye Junhao.

Under the blow of this imitation, Shi Yingqiu made a counter with their skin care products on it, began to retail, and started activities, giving away things as many times as they consumed here.

Such an activity spread in the capital, and many people still like Shi Yingqiu's products to be better than imitations, and many businesses have gradually turned around, but unscrupulous goods have lowered their prices again, and the sales that have just picked up have been pulled into a trough in an instant.

And they can't afford to offer cheaper prices, or they'll lose money.

He An was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, and she was in her eyes as the female shopkeeper and anxious in her heart.

"Okay, I'm not as anxious as you, don't panic, we'll have a way." After studying all the imitations, Shi Yingqiu didn't get any gains, and wanted to improve the product, but if he wanted to reduce the cost, he would inevitably have to replace the materials with slightly worse quality, so that the quality of the skin care products would be reduced accordingly.

After experiencing several improvement failures, Shi Yingqiu finally gave up, and she wrote a letter to Zhan Xingyan, telling him about her current predicament, hoping to get his help.