freenovelworld Chapter 105 Rival
Chapter 105 Rival
In the following days, Xie Zhichan placed all twenty models in Qianyuan Pavilion Garment Shop, and specially placed the male and female models wearing Fuguang Brocade at the door of the shop, attracting many people to stop and ask questions.
Because the shop had just opened and was unsure of the sizes of Kyoto residents, it first adopted a custom-made sales method. After deciding on the sizes of the clothes, Xie Zhichan would send the corresponding style records and fabrics to the Huayu Embroidery Room. After the clothes were finished, they would be delivered directly to the customers' homes.
After being open for a while and having certain data, we can then make more popular styles and sizes based on the data and sell them directly in the store.
Although Xie Zhichan signed an agreement with Zhang Zhitao about the clothing shop, Zhang Zhitao was seriously injured. After being taken back to the villa on Yanfu Street by Lu Xiuzhu, he is still recuperating. Xie Zhichan asked He San to take over the position of shopkeeper temporarily.
After being trained by Madam Yu, He San was able to do his job quite well.
If you order ready-made clothes from the clothing shop in Qianyuan Pavilion, He San will directly recommend you to go to the jewelry shop opposite to look at jewelry.
Since the jewelry shop didn't have the chance to find a suitable manager, Xie Zhichan temporarily let Xiao Liu'er take over the position and naturally gave him to Madam Yu for a few days of training.
In addition, the first 100 customers who purchased items at the Qianyuan Pavilion jewelry store and clothing store during the seven days of opening would receive gifts printed with the Qianyuan Pavilion logo.
These gifts immediately made Senyonkaku remembered by many wealthy families in Kyoto.
For a time, the fame of Senyen Pavilion spread among the people of Kyoto, and its business was booming.
Some people's business is booming, while some people's business is not.
In the living room of the Luo family mansion, Luo Wanjin sat in an armchair covered with a brocade cover, flipping through the account book of the Xiangyun Pavilion garment shop for this month. With every page he turned, his brows furrowed a little more.
I'm afraid that if a mosquito flew over and landed on his forehead, he would be accidentally pinched to death immediately.
After a moment, he slammed the account book of Xiangyun Pavilion Garment Shop for this month on the table, scaring the man who looked like the shopkeeper sitting below him so much that his palms began to sweat and he kept wiping them on his knees.
Luo Wanjin stroked the mustache at the corner of his mouth and looked at the person sitting below him: "Old Xiao, you have worked in my Luo family for many years, right? I give you a lot of benefits every year. Is this how you do things for me? Is it because I have paid you too much over the years that you are a little too comfortable?"
Shopkeeper Xiao wiped his palms on his knees again and said, "Master, a shop called Qianyuan Pavilion suddenly appeared in Kyoto recently, and it has taken away a lot of business from our clothing shop.
The shop originally belonged to the He family. After it was renovated and reopened, we didn't dare to make any decisions on our own, so we didn't care.
But I didn't expect that Qianyuan Pavilion's clothing shop could take away most of our Xiangyun Pavilion's business. I sent people to inquire about it carefully, and only then did I know that the shop was transferred by the He family to the daughter of the Duke of Weiguo's mansion, and I don't know why. "
Luo Wanjin glanced at Shopkeeper Xiao coldly, with an expression that showed he didn't care about anyone, and sneered, "The Duke of Wei's mansion is now in decline. Ever since the Duke of Wei drove his only son out of the mansion, there is no son to inherit the family business. How come you don't dare to deal with a mere concubine's daughter?"
Luo Wanjin had only heard his wife talk about the gossip about the Duke of Weiguo's Mansion. He knew that he had driven out his only son, but he didn't know that even his concubine's daughter was thrown into the family temple.
I also heard his wife often say that the concubine of the Duke of Weiguo's mansion brought her concubine's daughter out to show off, which was really corrupting the atmosphere of the aristocratic families in Kyoto. Therefore, he just treated this young lady as a little concubine's daughter.
Shopkeeper Xiao then added, "She is not the concubine's daughter of the Duke of Wei's mansion, but the legitimate daughter who came back from the manor."
Luo Wanjin concentrated on thinking for a moment and asked, "Are you talking about the one who was granted marriage to the Prince of Yan to bring good luck to the Prince of Yan, the Prince's Consort of the Prince of Yan's Mansion?"
Shopkeeper Xiao nodded and said, "It's not that I don't dare to deal with her. It's just that I heard that the Prince of Yan treats this Princess very well. He tried his best to protect her in the Princess's Mansion. He even took the Princess to the palace to file a complaint against the He family because of the Princess's Mansion. This is the Prince of Yan's Mansion after all. If I offend it easily, I'm afraid of bringing disaster to the Crown Prince."
Luo Wanjin thought about it and felt that what Manager Xiao said was not unreasonable, so he said, "Forget it, I will think about this matter carefully. You can go back first. Don't always expect me to clean up your mess. Although my wife is the Queen's cousin, the Queen is very busy. How can she have so much free time to help us solve the problem? We should share the Queen's worries."
Shopkeeper Xiao said "yes, yes" and left.
Luo Wanjin stroked his mustache and sat in the living room for a while. He thought seriously for a moment, then called the little girl who was pouring tea and said, "Go ask the old woman guarding the backyard where the lady is now. Has she gone out?"
The maid agreed and went. After a while, she came back and said respectfully, "Master, the mistress is in Miss's room, helping her embroider a purse."
Luo Wanjin then got up and walked to the backyard.
After entering his daughter's yard, he heard her daughter and her mistress talking from afar. When they reached the door of the house, the maid at the door wanted to go in and report, but Luo Wanjin waved his hand to signal her not to do so.
She stood at the door for a while, listening to her daughter chatting with her wife.
A young girl's light voice said, "Mother, do you think the prince will like this pattern?"
A middle-aged woman's gentle voice replied, "Silly girl, your needlework is better than that of the best embroiderers in Huayu Embroidery Workshop. The prince will definitely like the purse you embroidered yourself."
Luo Wanjin looked up at the sky and sighed in his heart, "A girl is no longer under the control of her father when she grows up."
After all, it was a girl's boudoir, so he asked the maid at the door to go in and report.
Soon, his wife Zhu Yuxiang came out to greet him and asked with a smile, "Why are you here, Master?"
His daughter Luo Meihui also came out, standing next to her mother coquettishly, as if she and her mother were printed in the same mold, and said coquettishly: "Daddy, aren't you busy with the Chamber of Commerce these days? You remember to come and see your daughter."
Luo Wanjin deliberately put on a stern face and said to his daughter, "Humph, you were angry because your father didn't come to see you. Now that I'm here, you complain that your father isn't busy anymore?"
Luo Meihui stuck out her tongue at her father and went into the house in angrily.
Zhu Yuxiang smiled and said, "She just has a childish temper. Master, please don't provoke her."
Having said that, he let him into the house.