Chapter 97: Returning Customers There was actually a crowd around their stall. ...
Everyone saw the sales performance this morning, and anyone with a discerning eye could tell that a lot of money was made.
Although the pedestrian street was bustling and had a police station nearby, it wasn't without its share of thieves and thugs. Xu Heye was a young girl, and with so much money in her bag, he felt uneasy leaving her alone. He decided it would be safer to deposit the money at the Postal Savings Bank.
Xu Heye thought about it and felt that Lu Jun was more thoughtful.
"Uncle, let's go to the Postal Savings Bank now. But—" She looked at the remaining equipment, "What should we do with the wooden table and the remaining fake collars?"
"I have an idea." Lu Jun thought for a moment and went to the nearby pancake stand to buy two super deluxe pancakes with meat and egg. "Sister, we're going to be gone for a while. Could you please take care of this wooden table we're leaving behind?"
There is no conflict of interest between the clothes seller and her pancake seller. Although the proprietress is a little jealous of their business, she also knows that the money is not something she can earn.
After all, she didn't have any connections to get such cheap fake collars, so she decided to just stick to selling her pancakes. Plus, if more people came to buy fake collars, it would indirectly boost her pancake stall's business.
So after Lu Jun asked her for help, the proprietress agreed readily.
"Okay, I'll help you watch it." Business on the pedestrian street has slowed down at the moment, so it's not a big deal to help watch a table.
"Thank you, sister." Lu Jun thanked with a smile, then took Xu Heye to the Postal Savings Bank.
The two arrived at the perfect time; the bank staff had just finished their lunch break. Xu Heye, carrying her schoolbag, approached the counter and said, "Hello, I want to deposit some money."
The counter staff glanced at Xu Heye and was a little surprised that the person coming to deposit money was so young.
"Okay, how much do you want to save?"
Xu Heye: “I haven’t counted yet.”
As she spoke, she opened her schoolbag and took out a handful of banknotes.
Teller: “…”
The teller's eyes widened when she saw the bag of coins.
Her eyes flickered between Xu Heye's face and the money in her schoolbag. Whose child was this? Her parents were so careless, letting a fourteen or fifteen-year-old girl save so much money on her own.
Yes, Xu Heye had asked Lu Jun to return after entering the Postal Savings Bank. The bank had security guards and special police, so unless you were unlucky enough to encounter a rare bank robbery, it was very safe here.
It would take a long time just to count the change in her schoolbag, and having Lu Jun accompany her to save the money wasted time. It would be better if one of them saved the money while the other went back to get the goods, so they could continue selling them later.
The teller looked at the bag of coins and her shoulders drooped. She took out a sign saying "Suspended Business" and placed it on the counter. Then she took Xu Heye to a VIP room and counted the money.
With so much change, it’s a hassle just to count it.
If she miscounted and gave the customer too little, they'd complain. If she overpaid, she'd have to pay for it. It was even worse if she received a □□. The whole bank would have to report it and write a self-criticism...
It is inconvenient to count money at the counter, and if it delays the business of the following customers, there is also the risk of being complained about.
It would be better to suspend business and find an empty room to count quietly. Other customers will naturally go to other tellers if they see that the counter is not doing business.
Forty minutes later, the two came out of the VIP room.
One thousand seven hundred and sixty-four, almost one hundred and fifty yuan more than the previous estimate. Xu Heye didn't expect it to be so much more.
She saved fifteen hundred dollars, leaving two hundred and sixty-four for change in the afternoon.
After depositing the money, Xu Heye didn't rush to leave the Postal Savings Bank. She made an appointment with Lu Jun to pick her up at the bank after he got the goods.
Fortunately, she didn't have to wait long. Half an hour later, a taxi pulled up in front of the Postal Savings Bank. Lu Jun got out of the passenger seat, and Xu Heye hurried over to greet him, carrying her schoolbag.
Lu Jun said, "He Ye, this time I brought 120 silk false collars, and 100 of each of the other two items. Also, I've talked to Sister Xinghua about the two things you mentioned, and she said she'd arrange them."
"Okay, thank you Uncle Lu."
"Let's go, the taxi will take us to the pedestrian street entrance."
"Okay." Xu Heye got in the car, only to find that Liu Tong was also in the car: "Uncle Liu, you are here too?"
Liu Tong nodded. "Junzi said you were so busy this morning you didn't even have time to drink water, so Sister Xinghua asked me to come and help. It just so happens that when you go to school tomorrow, you'll need someone to help your Uncle Lu. I'm coming here early to get accustomed."
As for the manpower to rush the goods, Sister Xinghua said that they were going to need people anyway, so they might as well hire more. Sister Lian said that many people have been unemployed recently, and many aunts and sisters in Zhangshu Lane have lost their jobs. If they are paid ten yuan a day, they will definitely be willing to come and work.
"Very good." Xu Heye nodded. With business so good, she really needed to hire more people and make those scraps of cloth into fake collars as quickly as possible.
Lu Jun turned around and said, "You asked Sister Xinghua to call Wang Anwen, and she called him. Wang Anwen said that all the goods from their factory were given to Sister Xinghua, and they probably won't have any suitable goods in the short term. Fortunately, he has connections in other sewing factories and can help us ask."
"Okay." Xu Heye nodded. "Uncle Lu, later on, go borrow the landline at the mall and make a call. Tell my aunt to tell Uncle Wang that even if the price from other factories is a little higher, as long as it's not too outrageous, you can get it."
Fifty yuan for a bag of silk scraps—it was a complete bargain. Xu Heye and the others were able to pull it off, not only because of the help of Wang Anwen, the warehouse manager, but also because of a precedent that prevented the shrewd people in the finance department from investigating further.
But other factories certainly can't give them such a low price.
But even if the price is a little higher, it is definitely much lower than buying a whole piece of cloth.
As the three chatted, the taxi arrived at the end of the pedestrian street. After unloading the goods, Lu Jun paid the fare and the three of them walked towards the pedestrian street with the goods.
After walking a few steps, the three were surprised to find that there was a crowd of people surrounding their stall, and many of the faces looked familiar.
Xu Heye didn't expect that they would have repeat customers.
The pancake stall owner explained to the group with a smile on her face: "Don't worry, the guy selling these fake collars will be back soon. The counter is still here, and he will definitely be setting up the stall again this afternoon."
I don't know what magic that fake collar has, but people who bought something in the morning actually came back in the afternoon, bringing a group of people with them. The boss didn't come, and everyone got bored waiting, so many of them bought pancakes at her stall.
Fortunately, she hadn't refused the handsome young man's offer to help watch the counter. Otherwise, he would have dragged the table away when he left, fearing it would be lost. If customers saw the counter was gone, they would have turned away and wouldn't have bought her pancakes.
The proprietress was just thinking about it when she saw three people coming in from the alley entrance. She pointed at Xu Heye and said loudly, "Look, the young boss and his friends are here."
The person who was waiting looked back and saw that it was indeed Xu Heye and the others who came.
"Little boss, I brought people here to support you."
"Auntie, why are you here?" Xu Heye was surprised to find that the person who spoke was the auntie to whom she had given the large intestine hair ring in the morning.
The aunt said, "Didn't I tell you this morning that I would recommend customers to you when I got home?"
She pointed to a few aunties around her age and said, "Look, these are your older sisters. They saw the fake collars I bought and they all liked them. They insisted I bring them here to buy some!"
Xu Heye looked at the aunts. Like her aunt, they were all dressed decently and had permed hair. It was obvious that they were a group of fashionable people.
The aunt said, "Young boss, if you have any good stuff, please put it out quickly. My sisters are all very impatient people. You don't know this. I haven't even had lunch yet, and they want me to bring them here. I've been trying so hard to persuade them to wait until now."
"Okay." Xu Heye replied with a smile, "I just happened to pick up a batch of new goods from the factory. Aunties, please make way and let us move the goods in. It will be convenient for everyone to choose if we put the goods on the counter, right?"
As soon as Xu Heye said this, the auntie immediately said, "Make way, make way, let the young boss go in first."
The three of them looked at each other, then swiftly lifted the sack to the counter, opened the sack, and took out the new goods.
It is still divided into three columns: silk, color-blocked and solid colors.
The customers brought by the aunt were obviously familiar with the prices on their stall. They would pick two, three, or four items at a time. Even if they couldn't buy that much, they would combine the order with their friends and then ask Xu Heye to pay.
Xu Heye did not stop these customers from placing a group order. As for how to distribute the gifts and payment after placing the group order, that was up to these customers.
A group of people were busy picking, and the number of fake collars on the table was decreasing at a speed visible to the naked eye.
This lively scene attracted a large number of customers. The customers outside began to ask curiously: "What are they selling here? Why is it so popular?"
The customer who had been educated by the old customer began to educate the new customer: "We sell fake collars."
"Fake collar? What's that?"
"This fake collar is actually a real collar, but unlike an ordinary shirt collar, it has a front and back, buttons, and buttonholes. When you wear it under a jacket, it looks like you're wearing a shirt underneath."
"Then what's the use of this thing?"
"It looks great. Wearing this fake collar gives me the same matching effect as a real shirt, even better than a real shirt. It's also cheap and the quality is pretty good. I can buy one for just a few dollars, and there are discounts if I can get one. It feels like new clothes when I wear it."
"Oh, there's another benefit," another person interrupted, "You know—" She looked around and lowered her voice, "We women often wash clothes, so we all know where a piece of clothing is most likely to get dirty.
Winter is cold, and clothes don't dry easily. If you don't wash dirty clothes, they'll stay filthy. If you wash them, they won't dry easily. Washing them too much will only wear out and damage them.
But now it’s different, we can wear a fake collar inside our sweaters, and when it gets dirty we can just take it off and wash it.”
"Really?" the customer's heart was instantly moved. She really was tired of washing thick winter clothes. But if she didn't wash them, it wouldn't be practical to let the men and children at home go out in dirty clothes every day.
"Also, these fake collars are really cheap. A single solid-colored one is only three dollars, and there are discounts if you buy more. If you buy seven, you can wear something different every day for a week!"
"Then I'll buy a few more later."
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