Nan Wusi resumed his previous life, spending his days in Mengyifang.
After completing the customization for the last customer in this batch, Nanwusi posted a notice about reserving customization slots.
However, she specified in the announcement that anyone who makes a reservation for a custom order will need to pay a deposit of 200 taels of silver, and this deposit will not be refunded, but it can be used as a discount on the final price of the garment.
Nan Wusi originally thought that her announcement would cause a great reaction and there might be many dissenting voices, but to her surprise, not many ladies and young ladies had any objections to it.
Although she was initially surprised, she quickly came to understand after thinking about it. Nan Wusi had mentioned it during afternoon tea with the ladies of Mengyifang after the incident of someone maliciously taking up numbers and plagiarizing designs.
The first reaction of these ladies and young women was that the man was despicable, causing their already limited spots to be wasted.
Therefore, Nan Wusi's move indirectly raised the bar for custom-made clothing. These ladies and young women not only wouldn't object, but would strongly support it. They even thought that given the quality of Mengyifang's products, two hundred taels was too little.
The reservation period for Mengyifang is still set for three days from now. Meanwhile, Lanyifang has also reopened and has recently completed a new batch of clothes.
However, Lan Yi Fang encountered a thorny problem on its very first day of reopening.
Tiger's mother sent someone to inform Nan Wusi to go there quickly, saying that there were many people blocking the entrance of Lan Yi Fang.
When Nan Wusi arrived, he discovered that those who had come to block the door were mostly owners of fabric shops and tailors from the street and the adjacent shops.
"I wonder what you all intend to do by blocking the entrance of my Lan Yi Fang?" Nan Wusi looked at the crowd of people, three-tenths inside and three-tenths outside, who had completely blocked the entrance of Lan Yi Fang, while the surrounding onlookers had formed a large circle.
"So, little girl, you're the owner of Lan Yi Fang?" one of them asked, looking at Nan Wusi. They had gathered together today to find the owner of Lan Yi Fang.
"Yes, so if you need anything, you can come to me. Please don't block my shop entrance." Nan Wusi nodded, acknowledging his status as the owner.
“Since you’re the owner, then we’re here to see you,” the man said, immediately drawing agreement from the crowd.
"Just tell me what you want to do." Nan Wusi didn't want to waste words with them.
"My surname is Chen, and I am the owner of Chen's Cloth Shop on this street. May I ask how this gentleman should be addressed?" the person in charge introduced himself.
You can call me Manager Nan.
"Manager Nan, the way your Lan Yi Fang is doing things is making it impossible for any of us to eat," said Manager Chen.
“The clothes sold in my Lan Yi Fang are only for ordinary people, and the quantity is not large. How could it be that you can’t afford to eat?” Nan Wusi frowned, clearly disagreeing with what the man said.
“Manager Nan, we run small businesses. In the past, we only had a few orders a month, barely enough to make ends meet. But your Lan Yi Fang sold hundreds of garments as soon as it opened last time, and at such low prices. Many people don’t need to buy cloth to make clothes for a year. Aren’t you pushing us to the brink of ruin?”
After this person finished speaking, the group of people following behind echoed him. They were the ones who had gathered together after the last opening of Lan Yi Fang and found that the store had no business.
They had originally intended to find the owner of Lan Yi Fang, but to their surprise, Lan Yi Fang sold out all its clothes the next day and then closed down, leaving them waiting.
Now that Lan Yi Fang has finally reopened, they naturally want to demand an explanation.
Nan Wusi initially opened the Lan Yi Fang simply because he thought ordinary people were dressed too poorly, so he wanted to do some good deeds on the one hand, and gain beauty points by selling clothes on the other. He didn't think much about it at all.
Namo Si had no idea that his actions would cause so many shops to go out of business.
"But your fabric shop shouldn't only sell to ordinary people, right? Aren't the fabrics sold to nobles the majority?" Nan Wusi wasn't one to believe everything she was told. Her family also owned a fabric shop, and she hadn't heard that her business had stopped after she opened Lan Yi Fang.
"Manager Nan, these big shots wouldn't even look at our little fabric shops. All the new styles and patterns are monopolized by the big stores. We simply don't have the strength to compete. Selling even one bolt of fine fabric a month is already considered a success." Manager Chen also had a bitter expression on his face. This business was really difficult. Otherwise, he wouldn't have had the nerve to come to someone else's shop and do such a thing.
Nan Wusi also felt that this matter was somewhat tricky. She couldn't think of a better solution for the time being. She couldn't possibly support all these shops herself.
Thinking of this, Nan Wusi suddenly said, "How is the quality of your fabrics? What are their prices? Could you bring some examples for me to see? Do you have any finished garments in your tailor shop that I can see your craftsmanship?"
"This..." When the group heard Nan Wusi ask this question, they didn't quite understand what he meant. Some looked at each other blankly, but no one responded.
Nan Wusi was no longer in a hurry; she patiently waited to see how these people would respond.
The first to react was Manager Chen, who asked, "Manager Nan, would you like to come and have a look at my shop?"
“Alright.” Nan Wusi glanced at Manager Chen; he was quite clever.
The other shopkeepers also realized what was happening and echoed the sentiment, inviting Nan Wusi to visit their shops.
Nan Wusi naturally led the way, visiting each shop one by one. As the group followed them to Manager Chen's shop, the entrance to Lan Yi Fang was no longer congested, and the customers were able to freely enter and exit to buy clothes.
Nan Wusi followed Manager Chen to his Chen's Fabric Shop. As he had said, most of the fabrics in his shop were ordinary, with only a few pieces of high-quality material, and the patterns were not the latest trends.
The quality of these fabrics was generally quite good, so Nanwusi inquired about the price, which was within the market range.
Afterwards, Nan Wusi visited other fabric shops and found that most of them had similar quality and prices, which was probably the prevailing market price.
However, after looking at the garment samples from these tailor shops, Nan Wusi discovered that the tailors' skills varied greatly, and their prices differed significantly as well. Overall, though, they weren't too bad; otherwise, no one would go to them to have their clothes made.
The group followed Nan Wusi around, each with their own guesses, but none of them could be sure what the owner of Lan Yi Fang was up to.
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