Xia Qingqing took the matter of the shop name very seriously, and even held a family meeting specifically for it.
A catchy and memorable name makes it easier for customers to remember a store, while a unique and attractive name can easily attract attention.
The family of four sat around the table in the main room, with a notebook and a pen in front of Xia Qingqing.
Xia Qingqing cleared her throat, feigning seriousness: "Ahem...ahem, everyone knows the theme of our meeting today, right?"
"I know, it's about naming a clothing store," Gou Dan immediately raised his hand to answer.
Xia Qingqing nodded encouragingly: "Yes, that's good. Now, comrades, please speak up and we'll vote to decide the final result."
After he finished speaking, the other three people looked at each other, but no one said anything.
Xia Qingqing shifted her gaze to Gou Dan: "Xia Jiale, please be the first to share your thoughts."
"Um, I think we could call it Xia's Clothing Store. What do you think of that name, sis?" Gou Dan tentatively looked at Xia Qingqing. That way, people would immediately know that the store was owned by his family, making it very easy to remember.
Xia Qingqing's expression stiffened, but she didn't want to dampen his enthusiasm, so she picked up a pen and quickly wrote the words "Xia's Clothing Store" in large characters on the notebook.
"Dad, it's your turn next."
Xia Heping stroked his chin and thought for a long time before hesitantly saying, "How about we call it Qingqing Clothing Store?"
Xia Qingqing's clothing store is called Qingqing Clothing Store, and there's absolutely nothing wrong with that.
"Um... okay, I'll write this down first, Mom, it's your turn," Xia Qingqing said, sounding somewhat resigned.
Zhang Hongyan's aesthetic sense was clearly a bit better than that of the two men in her family. She came up with a rather romantic name: "How about calling it Piaopiao Clothing Store? There's a phrase called 'ethereal and fairy-like,' right? Wearing our clothes will make you look like a fairy."
After saying that, she gave the man and son a confident look, clearly very satisfied with the name she had chosen.
Although Xia Qingqing thought the name was a bit rustic, it was much better than the previous two. She said encouragingly, "This name sounds pretty good. I'll write it down."
“Right? I think it sounds great too,” Zhang Hongyan said happily.
"Hey Qingqing, you haven't said yours yet? You're the most educated person in our family, so your name will definitely sound good."
"Oh right, my sister is a college student, so the name she chose must be the best," Gou Dan said, very supportive.
Xia Qingqing noticed that all three people were looking at her, so she straightened her expression and said, "I have thought of three names: Yunshang, Yijianzhongqing, and Yiyibushe."
She felt that the names she had come up with were just so-so, but she couldn't think of any better ones.
Zhang Hongyan's eyes lit up: "I think the name 'Love at First Sight' is great. Everyone will fall in love with our clothes as soon as they see them."
“I think ‘Yunshang’ sounds better. ‘Clouds long for clothes, flowers long for beauty, spring breeze brushes the railing, dew is heavy,’” Gou Dan recited a line of poetry, shaking his head.
Xia Heping didn't have any unique insights; he thought all the names his daughter had suggested sounded nice, and it didn't matter which one they used.
Xia Qingqing looked at everyone's expressions and announced the final decision: "Then let's vote and choose the name with the most votes."
"good".
"Can".
The voting results showed that she and Gou Dan chose the name Yunshang, while Zhang Hongyan and Xia Heping chose the name Yijianzhongqing, resulting in a 2-2 tie.
Suddenly at a standstill, Xia Qingqing scratched her head in frustration: "What should we do? Should we all think about it again?"
Dog Egg didn't want to continue; it was too taxing on his brain cells. He quickly suggested, "Sis, let's just use the old method of drawing lots."
"That works too."
Xia Qingqing tore off a piece of paper from her notebook and wrote the four names Yunshang, Yijianzhongqing, Yiyibushe, and Piaopiao on four separate slips of paper. Then she shuffled the four crumpled balls together.
He looked at Zhang Hongyan and said, "Mom, why don't you catch it?"
"No, you should do it yourself," Zhang Hongyan shook her head sharply and refused.
Xia Qingqing stopped worrying about it and, with her eyes closed, casually picked up one of the crumpled pieces of paper.
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The day of the clothing store's opening arrived quickly. Three days in advance, Xia Qingqing printed many flyers and hired people to distribute them all over the streets and alleys.
Of course, opening promotions are also essential; all clothing items in the store will be 20% off for the first three days after opening.
At 8:00 a.m. sharp, Yunshang Clothing Store officially opened for business.
Xia Heping and Gou Dan set off a total of 10 strings of firecrackers, filling the entire street with their sounds and creating a lively atmosphere.
Zhang Hongyan seemed a little nervous: "Qingqing, do you think anyone will come? We'll lose a lot of money if we can't sell all these clothes."
This was no small matter like before; this time her daughter bought several thousand pieces of clothing, filling an entire room. She had no idea how much money her daughter had spent this time.
"Of course it can, Mom, you can rest assured," Xia Qingqing said confidently.
The clothes in her shop were not wholesaled from Guangzhou. Instead, she drew some designs based on popular clothing from the 1980s, then found a clothing factory to help produce them.
Because the quantity she needed wasn't very large, no garment factory was initially willing to take her orders. After all, producing a new set of clothing required creating a new pattern, which was quite troublesome.
Later, Yuan Xin introduced a newly built private clothing factory. The factory was just starting out and didn't mind that Xia Qingqing wanted too few clothes.
The factory manager was also a discerning person; he even wanted to buy the design drawings Xia Qingqing had made from her.
Xia Qingqing certainly wouldn't sell the blueprints so easily; a single design isn't worth much money. What she wanted was a share of the profits.
After some discussion, Xia Qingqing reached a cooperation agreement with the clothing factory. The factory could produce any clothes based on her designs, but she would take 10% of the profits, and she could pick up the goods from the factory at any time.
It was also fortunate that this was a newly built factory, and the factory manager was a young man who dared to think and act. If it were any other factory, they certainly wouldn't have agreed to Xia Qingqing's conditions so easily.
Zhang Hongyan's worries didn't last long before a commotion arose outside the shop:
"That piece of paper says this is the shop, right? I saw they set off firecrackers here just now."
"Let me see, Yunshang, this is the right store."
"The decoration is really nice, it's all glass, you can see the clothes inside from the outside, it's quite beautiful."
"Stop looking, let's go in quickly, or it will get crowded and others will take everything."
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