Chapter 69 Jinjiang Exclusive Finals
Once Su Ruyi decided to further cooperate with Lu Ting, she readily accepted the warehouse he offered and the sales clerk he seconded to her.
Lu Ting owns a hula hoop shop not far from Su Ruyi's shop, so he temporarily cleared out some space for her to put her clothes there.
Originally, Su Ruyi planned to transfer a few people with good business skills from the county to work as sales clerks in the provincial capital temporarily. Once suitable staff were hired here, or if the transferred people were willing to stay in the provincial capital, the sales clerk issue could be resolved.
It would definitely be more appropriate to directly transfer salespeople who are already familiar with the local market from Lu Ting's side.
After all, people from the county need some time to adjust, and travel expenses, accommodation costs, etc., are all a big expense.
Moving from a small town to the city can be difficult at first, and starting everything from scratch increases the challenge.
Moreover, most of Su Ruyi's sales staff are men and older women. Because they can carry hula hoops around, younger women have more concerns about safety.
It's difficult to assign men to sell women's clothing, and older women all have families to support, so it's inconvenient for them to leave home for the provincial capital.
Time is tight, and there's no time for people to adapt. It would be much better to have experienced staff here to avoid chaos at the start of the business.
Because the competition was on a Sunday, Wang Huizhen also came to help. Even though Su Ruyi wasn't there, there were people of their own looking after the shop.
On the day of the competition, thanks to effective prior publicity, the stadium where the competition was held was packed with people.
Su Ruyi set up a promotional stall at the entrance early in the morning, displaying her own samples and hanging up a banner advertising the same fitness pants worn by the performing guests.
She also set up a promotional board with photos of the performers wearing leggings.
Although no one has seen the match yet, it has still attracted a lot of attention.
The stall also displayed leggings of various colors, each with a large price tag, some priced at 29.9 yuan and others at 19.9 yuan.
Leggings are now popular, so they easily catch people's attention, especially young women.
Currently, leggings are still favored by young women and have not yet become popular across all age groups.
"They even sell bodycon pants here, the cheapest one is less than twenty yuan, which seems like a reasonable price."
A young girl walked over with her friend and whispered to her friend.
"Wow, there are so many colors! I wanted to buy the red one last time, but I couldn't find it. And it was more expensive than this one, and the material wasn't as good."
The other person touched the material and felt it wasn't bad; it was quite thick and had good elasticity. Although 19.9 yuan was significantly less expensive than 29.9 yuan a piece, it was still a good deal.
They were even more tempted by Su Ruyi's outfit, thinking it was extremely fashionable, but in the end they didn't buy it.
Many people came to watch, but since they were there to watch the game, most of them just looked around and went inside without immediately buying tickets.
Su Ruyi wasn't in a hurry. She hadn't come here to sell the leggings she brought, but rather to find distributors.
Her billboards and flyers clearly stated the factory address and phone number, and those with a keen sense of smell would definitely come looking for her after the competition.
Su Ruyi is very confident about this, because the hula hoop competition has a greater impact than initially expected. Now, Lu Ting doesn't need to look for people; various media outlets are taking the initiative to report on it.
Ruyi Apparel's advertisements were plastered all over the venue, and all the staff wore clothes and pants from Ruyi Apparel.
The day before the competition, the factory worked overtime to produce T-shirts printed with the words "Ruyi Clothing". Su Ruyi distributed them to everyone, and everyone became a walking billboard.
Without disrupting the performance, some of the performers also wore them. Su Ruyi even personally modified these T-shirts to make them more fashionable and suitable for the opening dance.
Su Ruyi herself was also dressed up, with the neckline of her T-shirt deliberately wide open to reveal one shoulder, and the bottom tied up to her navel. She wore tight-fitting leggings that accentuated her figure.
Because she didn't have time to get her hair permed, Su Ruyi slept with her hair braided last night. This morning, she blow-dried and sprayed hairspray to curl her hair, and wore a red polka-dot headband that matched her pants. With red lipstick on and disco music playing at the stall, Su Ruyi became the trendiest girl of the era.
Fortunately, Su Ruyi used to like trying all kinds of clothes and was used to being looked at by everyone, so she didn't feel awkward dressing up so conspicuously now.
She is very open and natural, which makes her stand out from the crowd.
When Lu Ting passed by the stall, he was startled and called out uncertainly, "Su... Su Ruyi?"
"It's me? You didn't recognize me after I dressed up?" Su Ruyi smiled and twirled in front of him. "How do I look? Pretty, right?"
"Okay, it looks good."
Lu Ting controlled his gaze, avoiding looking at Su Ruyi's exposed collarbone and pert buttocks. He had never felt that his self-control was so poor that his eyes wouldn't obey him.
Previously, Su Ruyi always wore the clothes made for her by Ms. Su Ying, and she looked pure and elegant with a classical and gentle temperament.
Now she has suddenly transformed, all her former gentle temperament gone, looking as beautiful and fiery as a rose, which is quite a shock to Lu Ting.
Su Ruyi noticed his embarrassment and chuckled, "I feel like you're not being sincere."
Lu Ting's ears turned slightly red. "It really looks good, but I'm just not quite used to it yet."
Lu Ting had seen this kind of outfit before, and even more revealing ones, but this felt completely different.
"Did I look better the way I did before, or now?" Su Ruyi teased.
Lu Ting's mind cleared up instantly, and he inexplicably felt that he had to answer this seriously: "They are all beautiful, but in different ways."
Su Ruyi giggled, "I'm not teasing you anymore, go and get busy."
Lu Ting breathed a sigh of relief, finally able to look Su Ruyi in the eye, but his departing figure still looked somewhat disheveled.
Compared to Su Ruyi's composure, Tong Dahua was somewhat embarrassed.
Worried that she wouldn't be able to handle it all, Su Ruyi called Tong Dahua and Zhang Qiaoqiao to come and help.
"Ruyi, I'm too old to wear this." When Tong Dahua first put it on, she didn't even know how to walk properly.
Unlike Su Ruyi's form-fitting style, Tong Dahua's leggings were looser, which later became a popular loose-fitting style across the country, but they still accentuated the figure better than traditional pants.
“Aunt, you’re still young, you’re not old at all. Besides, these pants can be worn at any age.”
Su Ruyi didn't force Tong Dahua. If she wasn't used to it, she could just wear her usual pants. Changing her clothes would also have an advertising effect.
However, Tong Dahua still wore it later because she knew it was for advertising purposes.
Tell everyone that not only young girls can wear it, but older people can too.
Since everyone else was wearing it, it wouldn't make a difference if she did too. Besides, she was wearing a black version, which wasn't conspicuous at all, making her feel quite comfortable.
This material is also very comfortable to wear because it's very stretchy, so the pants won't feel tight no matter what you're doing.
Zhang Qiaoqiao didn't feel so awkward; the pretty girls from well-off families at her school had already started wearing them.
She was overjoyed to receive a pair of leggings.
She chose dark green pants for herself, which were different from the gray or black pants she usually wore, and also less conspicuous.
Su Ruyi entered the arena when the match officially began.
It wasn't that I was curious about the match, but rather I wanted to see what was happening on-site.
Lu Ting put in a lot of effort for this competition. His pre-competition performance was very captivating, almost like a complete artistic performance.
Dragon and lion dances, popular dances, singing, and acrobatics created a very lively atmosphere.
With limited entertainment options available now, people are very enthusiastic about these shows. No one feels there's too much pre-show entertainment; they just feel that the two-cent ticket is well worth the money.
The competition officially began about an hour later.
By this time, everyone's emotions had been stirred up by the previous programs, making them even more enthusiastic while watching the competition.
Many of the contestants also wore the clothes and pants that Su Ruyi had given them. These were all free gifts from Su Ruyi. Because she was worried that they might affect their performance, Su Ruyi did not require them to wear them during the competition, but only when they received their awards.
All the contestants were very happy to receive the clothes. Although the male contestants couldn't wear the leggings, they could give them away, as each pair was worth quite a bit of money.
In this way, even if they don't win a prize, they've already made a profit. Add to that the regional competition rewards, and for the participants, competing in the hula hoop competition is incredibly rewarding.
Some people don't care about those things and just put on the new clothes right away.
Luo Youqiong and Xu Lili did the same. After receiving the clothes yesterday, they tried them on and found that they were much prettier and more comfortable than their own clothes.
Luo Youqiong and Xu Lili both had their own difficulties, and their clothes were faded and worn. Normally it would be fine, but the final was going to be on TV, and they were both young girls who wanted to look their best.
Luo Youqiong was reluctant to spend money, while Xu Lili did not want to spend money.
Now that's great, we have free new clothes, so we can wear them beautifully.
Many others share similar thoughts. Although everyone's life is much better than before, it's not like they buy new clothes every day.
Now that there are new clothes to wear, and they're so fashionable, everyone's putting them on.
As a result, the audience noticed it and many people started to discuss it.
"The pants they're wearing are really nice. I've seen people wearing them before, but I've never dared to buy them."
"What are these pants called? I've never seen them before."
"Leggings are so comfortable to wear when exercising. I just saw them for sale outside, and I'm planning to buy a pair later."
"I saw on the sign that it's the same style they're wearing? It must be pretty good, I want to buy it too."
There were many similar discussions, and everyone clearly approved of and was very interested in the leggings. As Su Ruyi listened, she felt more and more confident.
It seems this life is not much different from the last; leggings are in line with current popular aesthetics.
When the competition was about to end, Su Ruyi ran back to her stall at the entrance without even checking the result.
Unexpectedly, people are already asking Tong Dahua about bodybuilding pants.
Tong Dahua breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Su Ruyi. She couldn't handle all of this and was just about to page her.
"Ruyi, there's a boss here who wants to wholesale leggings from us!"
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