Under the tyranny of Huang Wanzhen, Song Wenyin was forced to join the sales army, but fortunately, Huang Wanzhen only needed her to entertain the female students.

Until eight o'clock in the evening, people were still coming into the shop. Huang Wanzhen had to ask Xiao Shitou and the others to close the door. After the people in the shop finished buying clothes and left through the back door, everyone was exhausted and staggering.

"Pa pa—" Huang Wanzhen clapped her hands vigorously twice, attracting everyone's attention. "Everyone, don't clean up anymore. We're all tired today. Go eat and rest quickly. Get up early tomorrow morning and clean up again."

Everyone gradually put down their work and prepared to leave, but Little Stone came up to them with a smile, "Manager, please invite Mr. Guo and Brother Dashun out for dinner today. They said the Zheng family's daughter has been redeemed, and tomorrow we'll have someone in charge go to the branch office to collect the compensation. It requires a signature and fingerprint."

Huang Wanzhen had to go to school tomorrow, so she naturally had no time. She went to talk to Huang Dongshi about this. Huang Dongshi was a little timid at first and didn't want to deal with the officials. Huang Wanzhen tried to persuade her and said that Xiao Shitou and Xiuzhu could accompany her. She didn't have to do anything, just sign and put her fingerprints.

"That's easy to say, but that's a signature. If something goes wrong, you'll lose your head." Huang Dong was panicked and didn't know where to go. She really didn't want to get involved in such matters involving men, not to mention that he was not an ordinary man, he was an official who could beat people at will.

Huang Wanzhen patted Huang Dongshi's hand soothingly, "Mom, don't you still want to be a leader? If you don't go out and see more, how can you gain worldly knowledge and manage your subordinates?"

"Besides, you already know quite a few characters, don't you? You can read it a few more times before signing. If you're really worried, ask Xiulan to follow you and ask her if you have any characters you don't know."

I don’t know which words touched Huang Dong’s heart. She thought about it carefully for a while and agreed reluctantly.

Huang Wanzhen also comforted her, "It's okay, Xiao Shitou is familiar with them, I'm sure they will be nice to him."

On the third day, when Huang Wanzhen came back, the business in the shop was still booming. She didn't have time to care about Huang Dongshi. She put down her schoolbag and started greeting customers.

Before going to bed that night, Mrs. Huang Dong took the initiative to talk to Huang Wanzhen about what happened today. "That official was really nice. He never looked stern from beginning to end. After I signed and sealed the contract, he also gave me three hundred yuan."

Huang Dong took out a stack of banknotes and handed it to Huang Wanzhen, which immediately made her frown. "This banknote is not safe, mother, let Xiao Shitou accompany you to the bank tomorrow to exchange it for dollars. Even if you have to pay a little more in handling fees, don't keep it in your hands."

After what happened today, Huang Dongshi was both excited and thrilled. She felt that she was also capable of accomplishing great things, no less capable than a man. "Okay, I understand."

Huang Wanzhen smiled and said, "It's getting late, let's go earlier..."

"Wanzhen, you don't know. I heard Xiao Shitou and the official talking. The Zheng family spent three hundred dollars to redeem your mother-in-law, elder sister-in-law, and younger sister-in-law. It's not like what your mother-in-law said. The Zheng family doesn't treat her as a human being."

"Okay, that's someone else's family business. Don't talk to me about it anymore. I'm busy enough every day and don't have time to pay attention to them. And how do you address her like that? What do you mean by my mother-in-law? I divorced her a long time ago and have nothing to do with the Zheng family. Just call her by her name from now on." Huang Wanzhen realized something just as she finished speaking, and suddenly looked up at Huang Dongshi.

Sure enough, Mrs. Huang was glaring at her fiercely, "Great! You actually hid such a big thing from me?!"

After saying that, he stood up and faced Huang Wanzhen, poking her with his hand, "If it weren't for that old hag Zheng Liu coming to my house, I would still be kept in the dark."

"I was afraid you'd be upset, so I didn't even dare to mention it, not even to ask. I never thought you'd do such a big thing behind my back!"

"Alright, you! You think I'm your mother and I don't care about anything anymore. You didn't even say hello to me, right?!"

Huang Wanzhen quickly stood up and tried to pull her up. "Okay, okay, I was wrong. I was too busy and forgot. I didn't mean to hide it from you. Didn't you agree to it before?"

"Knock, knock, knock—Madam, Second Miss, it's Xiuzhu. The hot water is ready. Please go back and wash up." Xiuzhu's voice came from outside the door. Huang Wanzhen took the opportunity to put her arm around Huang Dongshi's shoulders and whispered in her ear, "You are too loud. Everyone outside heard it. Xiuzhu must have misunderstood that we had a quarrel. Go back and wash up and go to bed. We can talk about this later."

Huang Dong was afraid that if she made a fuss, it would ruin Huang Wanzhen's reputation, so she had to follow Xiuzhu reluctantly.

For several days in a row, Jixiangtang was packed with people and business was particularly good, which attracted Zhu's dress shop to frequently send people to inquire about the news. A few days later, the number of visitors to Jixiangtang suddenly dropped sharply. Huang Wanzhen knew that Zhu's shop had jumped in, so she sent Li Chunhua to inquire. Sure enough, all the white shirts in the shop were reduced in price. The cheapest one dropped from two yuan to one and a half yuan. No wonder it could steal so many customers.

"Manager, what should we do? How about we lower the price?" Li Chunhua was anxious. The salary structure had been adjusted. Although she had made a lot of money in the past few days, who would have little money? No clothes could be sold in the past two days. Not only she was anxious, but all the employees in the shop were anxious.

"No need. We produce and sell our own goods. They get the goods from the dock. After this batch is sold out, we don't know where the next batch will be. So we let them sell it at a low price. After they sell out, anyone who wants to buy will have to come to our shop again."

Huang Wanzhen was very calm. She originally just wanted to run the Zhu family shop and didn't think about making money. But after a few days of selling at a low profit margin, Huang Wanzhen suddenly came to her senses. After all, she produced and sold her own products, so the cost was low. Even if the old man from the Zhu family was the leader of the Transportation Bureau and it was cheaper to get the goods from the dock, they were still shipped by sea, so the cost was there. He was not stupid, and she couldn't keep giving him the goods at a loss.

It feels good to engage in a price war, but she won't make any money and might even lose money. Unless she has no other choice, she really doesn't want to do that.

How good it is now, just like training an eagle, taking it slow, she has plenty of time and energy.

Taking advantage of the fact that white shirts were not selling well these days, Huang Wanzhen asked someone to inquire about other styles of clothes that were selling well in the Zhu family shop. Huang Wanzhen listened to their descriptions, drew them herself, and changed here and there, and it became a new style of dress.

Not to mention, the fabrics for mass-produced clothes don't need to be very good, the production time is short, and the labor costs are greatly reduced. Huang Wanzhen's selling price is not high, which has attracted many middle-class customers to the shop, but her shop is positioned for high-end customers, and her main focus is high-end customization.

As soon as Huang Wanzhen discovered this problem, she immediately adjusted her strategy and asked Zhang Dongqian to rent another shop to sell the goods.