"Don't worry, I want to go upstairs to check out the clothes."
"The prices here are so high, the clothes should be the same. We should go out and have a look. There's a street full of clothes near our hotel. I heard they sell very trendy clothes, no worse than those in the department store."
Xiangnan smiled and said, "It's okay. If it's expensive, we won't buy it. Let me take a look at the style."
Xiangnan and a few others went up to the second floor where there was a clothing store. At first glance, the quality of the clothes was indeed quite good, and there were many styles, but when they saw the prices, huh... they were being treated like pigs.
Do you still think that today’s department stores are the same as before where you can do exclusive business?
Xiangnan looked around, and since he had no plans to buy anything, he didn't even touch the clothes. He just looked at them all the way, and from time to time asked Huo De, Zhou Xiumei, and Li Mo what they thought of the clothes, whether they were good, and some other opinions.
There was discussion, of course, with compliments and criticisms of the clothes, but then a waiter rushed over and said, "You've been looking for so long and you haven't found anything? If you're not going to buy anything, then don't keep shopping here. Especially you two, you look like country bumpkins. What are you looking at here for? Can you afford it if you find it?"
She didn't dare to get angry at Huo De and Xiang Nan, so she started scolding Zhou Xiumei and Li Mo.
Huo De really didn't want to bother with this department store. It was run by his cousin's family. A few years ago, his father advised him that the department store could not continue to operate in this way and should think about reform.
But my cousin didn't listen. He said yes, but in fact he didn't do anything for several years.
Look at how this place is managed. It would be strange if they could get any business with such service attitude!
It’s no longer the era of supply and marketing cooperatives where everyone was begging to buy things. Times have long since changed.
The service attitude is not only poor, but also downright insulting.
"Call your manager out." Hood was too lazy to argue with these waiters, so he just called them over. Since they couldn't manage well, he just left it alone.
He is just a cousin, and the Huo family still has the final say.
"You can call our manager whatever you want, what are you..." The salesperson said halfway, but saw Hood's cold face and dared not say any more.
Someone you can't afford to offend.
This group of people are the best at reading people's faces, and they can also sense who they can afford to offend and who are really poor.
Xiangnan folded his arms and looked at her: "How do you know we can't afford it? We just don't want to buy it from you. You are not qualified to serve us. Call your manager out.
If you don’t shout, you will be responsible for the consequences later.”
The salesperson glanced at her and lowered his head and said, "I...I'll go right away."
The manager was smoking in his office on the fourth floor, lying on the sofa and nodding his head to the music on the record player.
When he was called downstairs, the manager was very unhappy: "Why are you so useless? You kick out those who can't afford it, and force those who can afford it to buy it before they can leave, even if they have to kneel down. If he doesn't buy it, can't you coax him a little?"
"But two of these people look poor, and two look like they can't afford to offend. You are knowledgeable and you should go and take a look.
They specifically asked to see you, and I was afraid if I didn't tell you, you'd be implicated if something went wrong."
"I'd rather go and meet them. Who are they that have the nerve to ask me to serve them?"
When the manager arrived at the store and saw Huo De, his legs went weak and he cursed the salesperson: "Why didn't you call me? Are you trying to kill me?"
The manager bent over and rushed over: "Mr. Huo, Mr. Huo, how come you are here? You really make our humble place shine!"
Huo De glanced at him coldly: "Manager Jia, I came to your place with my wife, sister-in-law and aunt. We were chased away by the salesperson downstairs, and when we got upstairs, your salesperson scolded us as country bumpkins and told us to get out.
I won't say anything else. You will be treated the same way my family was treated. Get out of here right now."
The manager's face turned pale with anxiety: "Mr. Huo! Mr. Huo, these salespeople are a new batch who just came in recently. They don't know much. I'll ask them to kneel down and apologize to you and your family, okay?"
The manager was so frightened that he knelt on the ground: "Mr. Huo, please have mercy on us. It's us who are ignorant. It's us..."
"Forget it, husband, we are civilized people, we don't say get out or not, since this is a place where poor people and those who don't buy things can't enter, let's hang a sign at the entrance of the department store.
Poor people and those who only look but do not buy should not enter."
The manager's face showed surprise. "Okay, okay, I'll do it right away. I'll do it right away. Thank you sister-in-law for letting me go. I will definitely punish these two salesmen and teach them a lesson."
Huo De wanted to say something, but Xiang Nan winked at him.
Huo De then took Xiang Nan away. Before leaving, Xiang Nan instructed the manager, "Make this sign more eye-catching so people can see it clearly when they pass by on the bus. Got it?"
"Got it, got it. I'll make it big and eye-catching!"
"That's fine. Those of us who only look but don't buy will leave. From now on, your department store will only be filled with customers who will buy things. Your business will definitely be booming."
"Thank you, ma'am. I will definitely thank you when I become rich."
Xiangnan chuckled twice and left the department store. Zhou Xiumei couldn't help but ask, "Xiangnan, that's not like you. You're just going to let them go like that."
Xiangnan even dared to confront and threaten Huo De's mother. It was impossible for her to be afraid of a department store manager. This was unlike her.
"Because he would have perished on his own without us having to do anything. He thought it was harmless to let him hang a sign like this, and it would also make his department store look impressive.
In fact, within a month, he had to leave without any compensation."
Now that Hood asked them to get out, he still had to pay them half a year's salary according to the contract and the department store's benefits.
They can also tell the outside world that they were forced to leave by the Huo family.
But they completely ruined the department store themselves, and they won't even be able to find a job in the future.
As soon as people ask them why they destroyed the department store, they will know what kind of people they are. They will just have to wait for public criticism in the future.
There are only a very small number of rich people in this world, and most of them are ordinary people.
They work hard to earn their wages and diligently support their families. When they see such brands, they will only get angry and hate department stores even more.
Not to mention that the prices in department stores are extremely unfair now, even if they lower the prices to the point where they are selling at a loss, few people will buy from them.
Ordinary people may not be rich, but when faced with people who insult them, they will never smile and do business with them.
The manager agreed to her conditions so quickly, which proved that he had wanted to do this for a long time. He felt that it was the right thing to do and it was not a punishment for him.
"He wouldn't really dare to put up a sign like that, would he? Isn't he afraid of being pelted with eggs?"
Li Mo asked in disbelief.
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