On the opening day of the Jingpin store, Li Yun brought his family to the store to help.
At the same time, the Queen and the Queen Mother also came out of the palace and went to the Jingpin store.
When Li Yun arrived at the Jingpin store, Manager Cui had already prepared everything for the opening and was waiting for Li Yun to come.
When the time came, Li Yun asked Changjiang to set off firecrackers. At this time, the Queen and the Queen Mother also arrived at the Jingpin store.
"Mother, Empress Dowager, you are here." Li Yun saw the carriages of the Queen and the Queen Mother, and went over to help the Queen Mother get out.
"Well, is Yun'er open?" the Queen Mother asked Li Yun.
"Grandmother, get ready." Li Yun replied.
After setting off the firecrackers, Manager Cui came forward to speak.
"Ladies, ladies, young masters, and fellow citizens of the capital, good morning! The golden tailoring will open the way for wealth, and endless fortune will roll in. May good fortune, prosperity, and longevity all come together. Fireworks will invite the God of Wealth! Today is the auspicious day for the grand opening of the Jingpin Store. Now, please welcome the owners of the Jingpin Store, the Empress, and Princess Jiahui, to the stage for their speeches!"
Li Yun helped the Queen onto the stage, and the people below saluted the Queen.
"Your humble servant, your humble servant (common people) pays respects to the Empress and Princess Jiahui. May the Empress live a thousand years and a thousand thousand years!" The people of Jingpin Store bowed and paid respects to the Empress and Princess Jiahui.
"Everyone stand up!" said the Queen.
"Thank you, Queen, for your grace!" The people expressed their gratitude before they dared to stand up.
Li Yun waited for the people to stand up before she spoke.
"This princess would like to thank all the fellow villagers, lords, ladies, young ladies, and young masters. Today is the grand opening of the Jingpin store. There are many things in it that were not available in the Jin Dynasty, such as peep shows and colored glass, which were all introduced from foreign countries. The purpose of our Jingpin store is to put customers first, and to uphold fairness and justice, and to put service first. Our Jingpin store has also launched many discounts: for orders over 10,000 taels, we will give a crystal headband; for orders over 100,000 taels, we will give a colored glass bracelet; for orders over 1,000,000 taels, we will give a small colored glass mirror; for orders over 10 million taels, we will give a colored glass necklace. Now, please allow our big boss, the Queen, to speak!" After Li Yun finished speaking, he took two steps back and handed the main court to the Queen.
At this time, the people below were already furious.
"The owners of the Jingpin Store are actually the Empress and Princess Jiahui. Do we dare to go in and buy anything?"
"What? There's actually colored glass? That's priceless! Isn't colored glass only found in the Qingli Kingdom? The Emperor only has a few pieces of colored glass sent as tribute from the Qingli Kingdom."
"That's right, the Jingpin Store actually sells colored glass, and even gives away colored glass for free?"
"Isn't Princess Jiahui a village woman? How come she has so much glass?"
The people were talking about it, and the queen spoke up to stop them.
"Everyone, please be quiet! I am the owner of the Jingpin Store. I hope those with ulterior motives will not target the Jingpin Store. Also, I am very grateful to the law-abiding people who buy things in the Jingpin Store!" The queen's simple words can deter those with ulterior motives.
At this time, Manager Cui brought up two waiters. They held a long red cloth in their hands. Each of them held one end in each hand and stood on both sides in front of Li Yun and the Queen, straightening the red cloth.
"Now, please invite the owners of Jingpin Store, the Queen Mother, and Princess Jiahui to cut the ribbon for the opening of Jingpin Store." Steward Cui and other waiters pulled open the red ribbon, and then invited the Queen and the master to cut the ribbon.
Two waiters came up from both sides, holding golden scissors in their hands, and walked to the Queen and Li Yun.
Li Yun picked up the golden scissors, and the queen also followed suit.
"The ribbon-cutting ceremony has officially begun! Please invite Her Majesty the Queen and Princess Jiahui to cut the ribbon for the opening of the Jingpin Store." said Manager Cui.
Li Yun and the Queen cut the red ribbon at the same time.
"I declare that the Jingpin store is officially open! Please unveil the imperial plaque!" Manager Cui waited for Li Yun and the Queen to cut the red ribbon and started to have people unveil the imperial plaque.
Changjiang and An Yifei went up and uncovered the red cloth. What caught everyone's eyes was the imperial plaque with the three characters "Jingpindian" written in a flamboyant style, and a jade seal below it.
The people below applauded loud and clear.
The waiter took the things downstairs, and Li Yun also helped the empress dowager downstairs.
Manager Cui waited until the applause died down before speaking.
"Dear gentlemen, ladies, young ladies, young masters, and fellow villagers, you can now go into the Jingpin store and buy what you like." After Manager Cui finished speaking, he also stepped down from the stage.
As soon as Manager Cui finished speaking, the people in front of the Jingpin store entered the store in an orderly manner to see what the legendary colored glass looked like.
When people entered the Jingpin store and saw the decoration and layout inside, they were shocked. What kind of store is this? There are bronze mirrors everywhere, no, it's more beautiful than bronze mirrors.
The layout of the Jingpin store is similar to that of the jewelry stores and mobile phone stores in the past, both of which use glass counters. Merchandise can be placed inside the counter, and customers can see the merchandise clearly through the glass.
The Jingpin store has two floors. The downstairs is filled with glass beads, glass bracelets, and other glass jewelry purchased from Haoduoduo. There are also headdresses from past lives, glass mirrors, and various pendants. Even agate and amber are purchased from Haoduoduo and sold.
The second floor was filled with women's items, such as cosmetics, dolls, and underwear. These were all made by Li Yun according to designs he had found online and given to Chen Mei to make.
Manager Cui and Wan Wu brought the waiters to introduce the things in the Jingpin store to everyone.
When the common people heard the counter was also made of colored glass, they nearly collapsed. Colored glass! What if they accidentally broke it? Even if they sold it, their family wouldn't be able to pay for it. So, ordinary people cautiously left the Jingpin store, leaving only the wealthy families and the families of court officials behind.
The families of ministers and the masters, ladies, young ladies and young masters of wealthy families knew that Jingpin Store was the Queen's store, so they all honestly chose what they liked in the store.
In fact, the cheapest items in the Jingpin store were headpieces and handkerchiefs embroidered by the Mianxiufang shop, which cost only ten taels of silver. Everything else was extremely expensive. For example, a single glass bead cost ten thousand taels of silver; a glass bracelet cost one million taels of silver; a glass necklace cost one hundred thousand taels of silver; even a crystal comb cost ten thousand taels of silver; and a ready-to-wear fitting mirror, the store's most expensive item, cost ten million taels of silver.
Soon, word spread throughout the capital that the Jingpin Store was selling colored glaze. Upon hearing this, many court officials brought their families to the Jingpin Store.
The Duke of Huguo also took his wife and mother to the Jingpin store. They wanted to see if there was anything suitable for their daughter that they could sell to her.
The Duke of Huguo's men waited at Tianxiaji for a whole day but did not see their daughter. They were very anxious. But then they realized that their daughter was in the capital and they would definitely find her.
Li Yun took the Queen and the Queen Mother to the second-floor box, which had a lounge. This box was reserved specifically for Li Yun, so that she could have a quiet and comfortable environment when she came to check the account books.
Li Yun asked someone to bring one of each item from the Jingpin store for the Queen Mother and the Empress to choose from.
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