Chapter 70: Buddha's Birthday
I heard Li Zhixuan say angrily: "If you make such a situation, how can you let me open this mouth!" ”
Cao Shi was shocked and knocked on the door and said, "Master, master." What's wrong? If you have something to say, Yao'er, she's still young! You open the door! ”
After a long time, Li Jingyao opened the door with red and swollen eyes. Cao Shi took her in his arms and comforted, "What happened, tell my mother." ”
He said to Li Zhixuan again: "Master, you haven't had the final say in Si Zhenfang, what can't you help with?" ”
"Do you think I'm the one who opened this treasure!" Li Zhixuan pointed at Li Jingyao, his fingers trembling: "You ask your good daughter, what good things she has done!" ”
He sneered again: "Oh, no, it's her who didn't do anything good!" ”
Cao Shi hurriedly lowered his head and coaxed his daughter and asked the reason.
Li Jingyao sobbed and said, "This year's Qixi Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival, I didn't come up with new jewelry patterns, and I still used last year's old colors." Now the sales volume and sales volume are not good-looking, and at today's meeting, other people are in charge...... That's it. ”
Cao Shi looked at Li Zhixuan suspiciously. She knew that after Li Zhixuan took over Si Zhenfang, she put her daughter in the position of the manager. Later, because her son-in-law objected to her sales, she was always responsible for the design of jewelry designs.
She didn't know anything about business, she only knew that her daughter was in charge of an important department, but she didn't know why she was blamed.
"The sales are not good-looking, not even thirty percent of previous years!" Li Zhixuan sneered, "It's not just this year's Qixi Festival, since I took over Si Zhenfang, you have only launched a set of head designs, and the others are just scattered styles. You haven't released any new titles since the beginning of this year! ”
"Today, everyone in charge said that other people's colors and styles have been turned three or four times, who are we fooling with last year's old style!"
The more he spoke, the more angry he became, and he slammed the teacup on the ground, and the broken porcelain splashed everywhere: "How can I reply to this!" You've lost all my old face! ”
"Dad, I, I also have difficulties." Li Jingyao was also aggrieved, "Since the beginning of the year, Brother Ji has always been suspicious of me when he listened to the Ruan family's kid provoking, and he will be questioned again and again when he goes home." It's not as good for me now as it used to be. My father-in-law's health is not good, so I naturally have to take care of that side first. ”
She covered her face with a handkerchief and cried, "There are a few restless maids at home...... I, if I don't pay attention, I don't know who will sit in the position of this young lady one day. ”
The Cao family looked at Li Jingyao carefully in distress, seeing that she was really much haggard than before leaving the pavilion, and was busy hugging her in her arms and coaxing her heartily, and said, "Master, you can't watch Yao'er being expelled, that's what hurts the face of our Li family." ”
Speaking of the Li family's descendants, Li Zhixuan's face was even more gloomy and could drip water. He has been holding his breath to surpass the eldest brother of the long house, and at today's meeting, many old people talked about Li Zhiyuan's good words.
He pondered for a long time, and finally said, "I will find a way to suppress this matter first." Yao'er, your top priority is to quickly design a few patterns that you can get your hands on. There are still a few months left before the Chinese New Year, and you can't give people such an excuse again! ”
Li Jingyao nodded in response. Cao Shi relieved his heart and beckoned the father and daughter out for this dinner worthy of a supper.
Li Zhixuan looked at the dark sky with no stars and moon outside, and sighed.
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Suddenly, the Buddha's Birthday on September 30 was ushered in.
Ding Mo and Lan Yu were very curious about this festival promoted by their young owners, and they saw that the people of Jingbao Pavilion were preparing for this festival in the early stage, and they were also interested.
This year's Buddha's Birthday was organized by the shopkeeper Hung. Under the guidance of Ruan Minh Yu, he put a golden body on the Buddha statue in the main hall of Daguan Temple, and gave a new set of monk's clothes to each of the novices in the temple. In the name of "the Buddha wants gold, people want clothes", and finally obtained the license to set up a stage in the temple on the day of the Buddha's birthday.
In addition to the Buddha bead bracelet, there are also small pieces of jade pendants, pendants and other ornaments, all of which are related to Buddhism.
The three design stewards are responsible for the design and supervision of these ornaments.
Li Jingshan once kindly reminded Ding Mo and Lan Yu, "Most of the people who go to burn incense and make wishes on the Buddha's birthday are ordinary people, and there are also high-ranking officials and nobles, but they don't like to buy things on this occasion." Therefore, the items made should not be too expensive. ”
Ding Mo snorted and said, "It's all some poor ghosts, what else can they buy." ”
Lan Yu thanked him and said, "Thank you girl for mentioning it." ”
Li Jingshan did her duty, smiled and blessed her body, and went to hand in the design draft with Young Master Ruan.
What she handed in this time was a group of ten gilt pendants of cute little monks. A chubby little monk, with a round head or a round head, or meditating or snoring, or laughing or annoyed, vivid, vivid and lovely.
"This small pendant can be used on bracelets, necklaces, and even fan pendants. It is the most suitable for families who have children at home, or who are seeking children. Li Jingshan explained: "It can also be used as a metaphor for seeking cleverness or keeping peace. ”
Ruan Mingyu looked at those doll monks, the more he looked at them, the more interesting they became, and he couldn't help laughing, "The Maitreya Buddha sold in other people's stores, what are you, the children's version of Maitreya Buddha?" ”
Li Jingshan thought he was disgusted, and was about to explain with a red face, Ruan Mingyu wiped the tears from his laughter and said, "Make me a set of pure gold, and I will send it back to the capital to give my eldest brother's son, my nephew has just turned three years old this year." That's exactly what it looks like! Ha ha. ”
"......" Li Jingshan looked at him speechlessly.
Is the meaning of this set of gifts a joke or a blessing? Li Jingshan couldn't understand this kind of brain circuit of a rich and noble family, so she accepted the sketch, respectfully responded, and withdrew.
Ruan Mingyu looked at her figure, his eyes deepened. Such a talented and interesting person really makes him want to stop.
It's just that such a talented and interesting person, if he confined her in the inner courtyard, how unfortunate he would be.
On the day of the Buddha's birthday, shortly after the mountain gate was opened, pilgrims came up.
Because of the momentum of the Jingbao Pavilion, and the afterglow of sending Buddha beads last year, and the partners of the National Color Zhai and Baoyun Building joined, the grand occasion was stronger than last year. In the morning, there were also a lot of people gathered in front of the stall of the three stores.
This year, in addition to giving Buddhist beads, Jingbao Pavilion also began to sell small ornaments, and two other businesses also took out goods to sell. Naturally, the main jewelry is still the treasure pavilion.
Although Lan Yu and Ding Mo were unimpressed with such stalls, they also made some small rings and flowers for the sake of the young owner's face. But Li Jingshan has made a lot of hard work.
In addition to presiding over the design and creation of the set of gilded little monks, she also used acacia beans as the main body to design many earrings, pendants and other small accessories.
Good quality acacia beans are red like fire, and the decorative effect is comparable to coral beads, but the cost is negligible. Therefore, this kind of trinkets that only sell dozens of hundreds of dollars are very popular, and in less than a morning, hundreds of acacia bean jewelry are sold out.
The second is those simple and cute gilded little monks. When Ruan Minh Yu launched this set of jewelry, he packaged it slightly, giving them the meaning of sending children and keeping them safe. Sure enough, it attracted many families with children, or families who came to Xiangxiang to ask for children. There are often large families who buy a set of ten together.
There are even some rich people who order with His Excellency Jingbao on the spot to use as a gift for entertainment. The shopkeeper Hong, who was sitting on the scene, was so happy that he couldn't keep his mouth shut.
Lan Yu and Ding Mo were also at the scene. The two of them finally saw how huge the "civilian market" that the young owner said! That is the power of gathering sand into a tower, that is the momentum of trickling into the sea!
They watched the jewelry designed by Li Jingshan sell like a stream, and suddenly understood why the young owner valued the girl who had just passed the time - she was willing to spend time figuring out the real needs of customers, and could keenly grasp their real thoughts, and quickly adjust their thinking to make goods that can really capture customers.
Lan Yu was a few years older, and first saw Li Jingshan's design ideas, he rubbed a gilded doll and praised: "This female doll is not simple!" ”
Shopkeeper Hong has recently become obsessed with Bodhi bracelets, and he coiled a string of Vajra Bodhi strings and said with a smile: "It is rare that she is willing to spend such a mind on those guests who have little profit." ”
Ding Mo's eyes were deep, and he pondered, "This kind of trading strategy is really unique...... It's just that the young owner has thought about it and let her carry it out. After a pause, he snorted and said, "She's a good fate." If the young owner gave me such an opportunity, I could have done it. ”
Shopkeeper Hong didn't pick up the stubble.
Before Ding Mo and Lan Yu came, there were only ordinary craftsmen in Minzhou Jingbao Pavilion, and there were no full-time design masters. Later, Li Jingshan joined, and the girl was really capable, and she was stunned and took on the role of the design manager of the Jingbao Pavilion. Since then, the new jewelry launched by Jingbao Pavilion are all from the hands of Li Jingshan.
However, the arrival of Ding Mo and Lan Yu broke this situation. Those two people are the design masters who came from the capital headquarters, and they want to have identity and qualifications. Some time ago, it was only because I was new to the city and was not familiar with the situation here, so I didn't talk to Li Jingshan openly.
Despite this, Lan Yu is okay to say, but Ding Mo has mentioned several times in front of the young owner that someone should be in charge of the work in the workshop, and the head of the workshop should be set as soon as possible. was interrupted by Ruan Mingyu.
Before they came, Li Jingshan was already the steward of the workshop, because there were not many people in the workshop at that time, there was no more senior manager.
Although the workshop is now expanding, it is necessary to set up a manager, but why should the young owner let the people he has cultivated not use, and he has to use foreign ones. Therefore, this matter was pressed again and again by Ruan Mingyu.
Now seeing that Ding Mo provoked this conversation again, the shopkeeper Hong held the tea bowl and watched the tea leaves rising and falling inside.
"Shopkeeper Hong, what are you studying, looking at it so carefully?" Ding Mo saw that he didn't respond, so he also looked over to see what he was studying.
Shopkeeper Hong said with a smile: "The Buddha said, 'one flower and one world, one leaf and one Bodhi', and sure enough, the tea leaves in the water are stretched out, which is a Zen world, which is much purer than the reality of mundane things." ”