Su Qingluan had now passed the initial stage of anger and had completely calmed down. After calming down, she even laughed twice.
These two laughs really made people feel creepy. Not to mention Yaoguang who knew that Su Qingluan was the head manager behind "Su Ji", even Yan Min who didn't know the truth felt a little numb from these two laughs.
"Madam Su...what's wrong with you?" Yan Min asked softly.
"So, if I want to buy jam—and I might not even get the jam I want—I'll have to at least put in a couple of taels of gold, no matter if I succeed or not. I can't believe the owner of Su Ji is such a good businessman!"
Yaoguang thought to herself, "How come you got so angry that you even cursed yourself?" So she pulled Su Qingluan's sleeve and whispered, "I heard that this 'Su Ji' has several branches. The head shopkeeper doesn't seem to be here. Maybe she doesn't know about it?"
Yan Min didn't know the secrets of "Su Ji" and just turned to look at Yao Guang: "Madam Mu, are you serious?"
Yaoguang looked at Su Qingluan's face, which had turned blue with anger, and nodded quickly: "Seriously, seriously, the main store is said to be in a small county town near our village, but we ordinary people have never been there."
In fact, although Yaoguang's sentences were not long, if a person with a delicate mind pondered them slowly, he would be able to find the loopholes. For example, Yaoguang was speaking in favor of the manager of "Su Ji" in both words and deeds, which was really strange. After all, as a "consumer", Yaoguang would not be so biased towards the merchant if they were not related.
Even so, this level of improvisation was beyond Yaoguang's normal capabilities, practically draining her brains. Later, she herself said, "Compared to lying all the time and trying not to get caught, she'd rather spend three days and three nights crouching in the reeds assassinating ten burly men!"
However, it was obvious that Yan Min wasn't a very thoughtful girl, so she didn't show any suspicion. She just nodded and sighed, "It's like this a lot of times. The King of Hell is easier to deal with than the little devils. Madam Su, there's no need to worry so much. Look at the endless stream of people trying to grab the license plates. It shows that it's a matter of willingness. There's no need to be too upset."
Su Qingluan felt a little embarrassed after hearing this - her real thoughts were not that lofty.
After all, from the very beginning, Su Qingluan positioned her fruit jam as "a conscientious product that does not cheat people of their hard-earned money."
Indeed, the taste of the jam is carefully developed by her, and even the packaging is varied. Recently, it has also integrated elements such as folk culture, striving to come up with new ideas again.
But it is undeniable that Su Qingluan also knows in her heart that when it comes to words like "affordable" and "value for money", the jam she has on hand has nothing to do with these.
It’s better to say that the jam of “Su Ji” was originally like those internet celebrity stores today, selling “concepts” and “trends”.
However, unlike the popular online stores, Su Qingluan plans to create a so-called "high-end route". Each series of sets will be sold in limited quantities each time, and will only be returned on specific holidays, which will make the originally "ordinary" fruit jam look more "luxurious".
But just like gold foil chocolate, even if it sells for four figures per piece, there is no significant difference in taste from one that costs fifty yuan a box, fruit jam, no matter how many names it has, the cost is just a little bit.
Therefore, as long as the customers are satisfied with the jam they buy, there is no need for Su Qingluan to "save money" for these people - after all, the target consumer group is not short of money at all.
On the contrary, if Su Ji suddenly takes the "affordable" route, the wealthy families who were originally chasing after it would instead dislike the fruit jam as "inferior" and would be unwilling to buy it.
Many times, people buy products just to buy this sense of superiority. And many of Su Qingluan's target customers are such people.
What made Su Qingluan angry was that these extra profits only went into the pockets of a small number of people, while the profits from "Su Ji" that were clearly credited to her account could benefit all the people in "Su Ji" and even other partners in related industries.
For example, this money can be used to improve the welfare of "Su Ji" employees, and now Su Qingluan has the energy and ability to hire a designer who specializes in designing outer packaging, and can pay a more substantial price, so she no longer has to rely on Mu Xingzhi alone to "fleece the sheep" - the most important thing is that this person is now missing, and it is impossible to fleece the sheep.
Of course, in addition to this, Su Qingluan’s own income has also increased, which is an indisputable fact.
If it was the owner of the Jingzhou branch, Su Qingluan didn't believe that he could do what she had done and raise everyone's wages - especially when Su Qingluan thought about the monthly salary increase for all branch owners and managers before, she felt that the label of being a sucker was more solid.
Yan Min's carriage was much more modest than others, perhaps due to a deliberate understatement or perhaps due to her humble family background. Regardless, she wasn't considered an ordinary person, so arranging the beechwood sign wasn't her responsibility; Xia Ying naturally took care of it.
Yan Min had originally asked Su Qingluan if she and Yaoguang should also be given a place, but Su Qingluan shook her head: "It's not worth it to spend a tael of gold for such a small possibility."
Yan Min was clearly not one to be short of a few gold taels, but she didn't make a big promise like, "I'll pay for it." She just smiled and nodded, suggesting, "Since you're here, why not take a look inside the shop? Besides the incredible flavor of Su Ji's jam, the bottles and jars they come in are also incredibly unique."
Su Qingluan certainly knew this - the cost of hiring a designer for each series was not low.
But she pretended to be disdainful and said, "What's so special about a bottle or jar for food?"
Yan Min shook his head. "You don't know that. Each series of Su Ji's jam has different packaging, and each one has new ways to play with it. For example, you can unfold a series of four packaging to form a picture. Or you can connect several bottles end to end to find riddles and poems inside. If you guess correctly, you can win a prize... In short, the gameplay is different every time."
After finishing his enthusiastic introduction, Yan Minyou sighed, "After all this talk, I've only collected a set of 'Four Seasons'. The rest of the gameplay depends on others. This time, I heard that the 'Spring Flowers and Autumn Moons' series is returning, so I wanted to see if I could get a chance to snag one. I still need a 'Clear Shadow'."
Su Qingluan chuckled inwardly: As expected, "collecting blind boxes" always has a wide audience. If only she had seen a variety of blind box games in her previous life, otherwise she really wouldn't have come up with so many tricks.
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