freenovelworld Chapter 125 Something happened again!
Chapter 125 Something happened again!
Mu Xinyao was still somewhat uneasy, so in the end, she disguised herself as a shop assistant and went with Manager Liu to Liu Er's warehouse.
After carefully inspecting it, he found there were no problems and was relieved. He nodded to Manager Liu, who understood and immediately paid a 20% deposit.
Liu Er accepted the deposit, but looked anxious. "Brother, you have to help me this time! I got a letter from home saying that my mother is seriously ill. You know my family's situation. My wife is due to give birth in a month, and we need money everywhere!"
"Don't worry, brother. As long as the goods are in good condition, we will pay you as soon as they enter our warehouse."
"Thanks, brother! Sigh! I was hoping to make a small fortune from these brocades! But now... Oh well, enough said. I can't just leave my mother at home, can I?"
"You're a filial son, don't worry, good people will naturally be rewarded."
Liu Er nodded helplessly and saw the two out. Just as they stepped out of the gate, a servant hurriedly brought over a letter, saying, "Master, your letter from home."
Liu Er quickly apologized to the two men, took the letter, and hurriedly returned home.
Mu Xinyao was much more cautious this time, personally inspecting the goods. Moreover, Manager Liu had managed to lower the price to 60%! Considering all that, this trip by Manager Liu was essentially a waste of money!
The next day, after Manager Liu had cleared out the space, he instructed Liu Er to send over all the finest brocade. However, this meant the clothing shop was now completely out of cash!
The hundreds of bolts of fine brocade instantly drained the clothing shop, which had just started to have some cash on hand, of all its silver!
However, Manager Liu wasn't in a hurry. After all, the price he paid for this goods was too low, too good a deal! In this way, even if they sold the clothes for another 20% less, they would still make a profit! More importantly, these hundreds of bolts of brocade were all of the highest quality, and just by looking at the bright colors, you could tell they were newly woven this year, definitely not old cloth!
However, things can change unexpectedly!
After those brocades were made into new clothes and delivered to the customers, within a few days, a large group of people came to the door and blocked the entrance!
Manager Liu was completely dumbfounded!
The clothes made from the hundreds of bolts of fine brocade that came from Liu Er were all faded!
It's not unusual for this traditional dyeing method to cause fading! But the problem is that the color is fading way too much! A bright red garment turns pink after just one wash!
This is outrageous! Some of the clothes that were originally ordered here to wear in the days leading up to the wedding are now completely ruined! They took them home and washed them right away, and sure enough, there was a problem!
Now, the clothing shop was even more bustling than the jewelry shop had been!
The jewelry shops were all quite expensive, affordable only to the wealthy and powerful in the capital! But the clothing shops were different. A garment costing only a few taels of silver was something even moderately well-off families could afford! This time, they'd really stirred up trouble!
With so many ladies and young women making a fuss, well! The clothing store was not only smashed to pieces, but everything in the store was also looted!
Even though the clothes were fading, it didn't stop ordinary people from wearing them! Taking advantage of the crowd and the excitement, they started grabbing them!
This snatching was quite something; no one knows which customer managed to grab an account book in one go! A quick glance revealed a lively scene!
"You heartless, unscrupulous merchants! The purchase price of this brocade is almost half the market price! You're making a killing off it!"
"Exactly! You bought such cheap Huajin brocade, and you still dare to say you were unaware? If you had bought normal Huajin brocade, how could this kind of problem have occurred?"
"The owner of this shop is a heartless scoundrel! Are they treating us buyers like fools?"
Amidst the chatter of the crowd, the shopkeeper and his staff were all dumbfounded!
If Manager Liu still doesn't realize by now that he's fallen into Liu Er's trap, then he's truly wasted all these years being a manager!
But even if they see it now, what can they do? Things are already like this; besides paying compensation, what other options are there?
"Send them to the authorities!" someone shouted from the crowd, and things immediately became lively!
Manager Liu panicked. This wouldn't do! If he were handed over to the authorities, he could end up in jail!
In the midst of the commotion, someone shouted, "Stop making noise!"
The scene immediately fell silent.
Manager Liu looked around and was surprised to see Zhou Fu, who used to run the jewelry shop, standing there!
"Manager Liu, are you alright?" Zhou Fu was still wearing a blue robe, showing no signs of being well or badly off.
"Manager Zhou, what's going on?"
"Alright, stop asking. Let's report back to the Second Miss about what happened here first."
Upon hearing this, Manager Liu realized he was in trouble! His face changed drastically, and before he could even grab Zhou Fu, someone in the crowd shouted, "Hey, isn't that Manager Zhou from the jewelry shop in the east of the city that sells inferior goods as superior ones? So they're all in the same family! They all have the same master!"
"Yes, it really is! Second Miss? Did you hear that? These two shady shops actually belong to the same family!"
Manager Liu felt a chill in his heart, knowing that this time, he was completely out of options!
Manager Liu had originally thought that if he compensated his regular customers with some money and asked the second young lady to design some novel and eye-catching clothes for them, the matter would be over. But now, after Zhou Fu's words, it was all over!
This shop is now linked to the previous one that sold inferior goods as superior ones, so don't even think about opening it again!
Manager Liu's face turned ashen. Now that things had come to this, how was he supposed to explain this to the Second Miss?
Manager Liu knew that in the end, the Second Miss would definitely blame it all on him! That he had misjudged people and failed to properly inspect the goods! Even though the Second Miss herself had gone to check, the fault still lay with him!
Seeing that he couldn't control the situation here, Manager Liu had no choice but to let a few of his employees hold things off while he ran to the back room and slipped out the back door.
By the time Mu Xinyao learned of this news and rushed over, the shop was no longer in any sign of being a business!
How could this happen? Mu Xinyao couldn't understand it at all. Everything in the store had been looted, not even a single chair was left!
When Mu Xinyao saw the empty shop, she was overcome with grief, but she was too sad to cry!