"Okay, I'll go too. I'll buy something nice too. I'm going to meet the Huo family tomorrow and I'm so nervous. Will they look down on us?"
"Don't be nervous. Mr. Huo doesn't look down on us. The old secretary is very kind to us. Xiangnan said that Mr. Huo is still the most powerful in the Huo family and he is the one who makes the decisions.
As long as he recognizes her as his granddaughter-in-law, the others won't have to worry about it. We won't have any other contact with the rest of them. The one who will have the hardest time will be Xiangnan."
"Sometimes I think it would be better to let Xiangnan marry an ordinary person. With her abilities, she can completely rely on herself if she wants to live a good life...
But she was born to do great things."
"Xiangnan took over the factory given by Mr. Huo and made millions a year. There's no way she would marry an ordinary person. Many things are arranged by God. What's that thing they say on TV, that it's all destined?
She and Captain Huo were destined to be together. Two people from such a long distance could get married. I believe Xiangnan will live a good life."
Li Mo also smiled: "Yes, we should believe that she can live a good life. She is really amazing. Leaving Zhang Hao is really the best decision she has made in her life."
"Don't mention that. It's already passed. Do you want to take the three little ones for a stroll as well?"
"They were taken out by the old secretary, so they didn't go shopping with us. Yesterday, Mr. Huo took them to buy a lot of clothes, enough for them to wear every day."
After a while, Huo De came and pulled them out of the door. "Let's go to the largest department store in Jinghai. I heard that the clothes there are very good. I'd like to take a look."
In Jinghai, what she wanted most was to do image design business. There were many rich people in Jinghai, so it would be more comfortable to do it. She could make money, satisfy her interests and have a sense of accomplishment.
Xiangnan had seen a description of the largest department store in Jinghai in a book. It was the tallest building in Jinghai before, with four stories high. It had already been four stories high twenty or thirty years ago, until many new buildings were built in recent years to surpass it.
There are a lot of goods in there, and many of them are imported from abroad. There are many things there that cannot be bought anywhere else.
Especially the gold, silver and jade articles, which are the most complete, genuine and of reasonable price, and are a place where rich people spend money.
The department store is located on Qianmen Street, the most bustling and prosperous street in Beijing. There are cars coming and going, and more than 20 bus routes pass by the department store.
It is very convenient for everyone to go shopping in the department store.
Even though the book describes it very well, this department store is actually on the decline now. Its sales model is too outdated, and no matter how good the items are, they are not as convenient as buying them in grocery stores outside.
Unless they are buying large household appliances, or rich people are buying clothes, gold, silver and jade.
However, with the reform and opening up, all kinds of clothing stores have sprung up outside, including small gold, silver and jade shops. They provide one-on-one service, with good and patient service, and you can bargain. The prices are cheaper and more cost-effective than those in department stores, and they have taken away a lot of business from department stores.
Nowadays, only wealthy people with plenty of money come to the department store to buy things, and ordinary people rarely come here anymore.
"It's so big, it must be several hundred square meters, it's so tall." Zhou Xiumei couldn't help but look around. There were things everywhere, and the dazzling array dazzled her.
"It's really big, but the floor isn't as shiny as the one in the hotel we stayed in. It doesn't feel as clean as the one we stayed in." Li Mo said with a smile, "But it's much better than the department store where we are."
"My sister-in-law is right. These things will have to be eliminated over time. These decorations may have been the most luxurious twenty years ago, but now they are outdated and out of date."
Renovating these department stores would require major work, and few bosses are willing to spend the money, as it would be equivalent to rebuilding the entire building. Moreover, without changing the sales model, it would be difficult to attract back those customers from outside.
Although it looks grand now, it is actually old and will eventually be eliminated by the times.
However, the employees and boss don't think so. Their things are still very expensive. Xiangnan took a look at the gold, silver and jade wares. The price of gold is ten yuan per gram more expensive than that in the small shops outside.
In this era, ten dollars may be a month's salary for some people.
It’s so expensive, who would be willing to buy it here? Moreover, the style is very old-fashioned, simply big and domineering, and it makes you look like a nouveau riche when you wear it.
But some rich people like this nouveau riche image very much. Xiangnan saw a woman in her fifties dressed like a lady and bought a gold chain as thick as her finger.
"This is a gift for my son. He and I don't have a good relationship, so I'll give him a gold chain to smooth things over."
"Madam, he is so lucky to be your son. You are his mother. How could he be unfilial and treat such a good mother like you badly?"
"I didn't have it around for long, so naturally I don't have much affection for it. Give me the diamond ring too. My other son just came back from abroad, and he loves diamond rings the most."
"Well, your son from abroad has good taste. Our diamond rings are the most authentic and the best looking."
Xiangnan rolled his eyes. This diamond ring was only big, but it had no style at all, let alone being pretty.
Zhou Xiumei was amazed: "This diamond is really big, as big as a pigeon egg. How much does it cost?"
"About four or five thousand." Xiangnan said casually, and then he saw the bodyguard brought by the woman carrying out a box of money.
In those days, there were no hundred-dollar bills, only Great Unity notes, and it took a long time to count them all.
That gold chain looks thick and big, and is only worth about a thousand yuan, but it is really ugly. Whoever wears it will be like the stupid son of a nouveau riche.
Xiangnan took a fancy to a jade bracelet. It was of very good quality, high ice quality, fluorescent, very pure and without impurities, without any cracks, and all the cotton fibers had melted away.
Especially the color. The green color forms colorful green mountains in the bracelet, like a landscape painting, beautiful and pure.
Xiangnan liked it very much, so he asked the price: "Hello, how much is this bracelet? Can I take it out and have a look?"
The employee was so busy serving her VIP customer that she didn't even look up. "30,000 yuan, no time to try it on. Can't you see I'm busy?"
Thirty thousand is definitely a huge premium. This bracelet would be sold for a maximum of three hundred thousand in later generations, but in this era, three thousand is a high price.
But thinking that she still had to go look at clothes, she held back and said nothing, wanting to leave with Li Mo and Zhou Xiumei.
As soon as I reached the door, I heard the woman say, "Anyone dares to come here to buy things. From now on, you must keep a close eye on the door and don't let anyone in to lower my status."
“Don’t worry, Madam. I won’t let them in anymore. I don’t know what the security guards did, but they should have stopped them from coming to this floor.
It's hilarious, she even dared to ask the price, and she even dared to ask me to serve her in front of you, she is so shameless, she doesn't even look in the mirror to see what kind of person she is."
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