Chapter 189 Angering the Royal Family
In the face of other people's advice, Hui Niang just smiled and said nothing. It doesn't matter if her shop doesn't open for a month. As long as it opens once, it will be enough to eat for half a year.
Seeing Hui Niang's stubbornness, some customers stopped persuading her and asked curiously: "Boss, if your Huiyan Pavilion expands, will you increase the number of Guan Poker boxes?"
The number of Guan Poker boxes per day is really too small, and many people can't line up. If you can increase it, it will be great.
Some people started to make a noise, "Yes, Shopkeeper Yu, your poker box is so popular. If you can add more, it will definitely bring a lot of business."
Although these people are all very enthusiastic, in fact, they rarely buy other items except some necessities, and even if they buy, they buy poker boxes.
It's not that they like the things in the poker box, but the things in the poker box are very valuable, and they will definitely only make money.
Even if they draw something they don't like, they can sell it for money.
Hui Niang smiled.
"As you can see, although the scale of my Huiyan Pavilion has expanded, it is probably not profitable. It is good enough if the number of poker boxes does not decrease. It is impossible to increase it."
"However, my shop has just opened, so I will give you some benefits. If you buy something in the new shop, I will give you a poker box."
An old customer couldn't help but grumble: "How much is a poker box? A cloth bag here costs one or two hundred taels."
Hearing that the number of poker boxes will not increase, everyone felt a little disappointed and stopped visiting the new shop.
The things in the new shop are so expensive. If you accidentally break them, you may have to pay for it. It is better not to go.
Some people who like to join in the fun would stand at the door of the new shop every day to see if anyone would buy anything.
Unexpectedly, they really saw it.
Some old men in gorgeous clothes actually came to the shop, squinting their cloudy eyes and looking around. It didn't look like they were selling anything good.
When Gongsun Yue saw a male customer coming, he hurried out to greet him, fearing that these people would offend the women in the shop.
"Shopkeeper, I was introduced by Miss Lianxiang. She said that she could get a discount if she mentioned her name. Is that true?"
Gongsun Yue nodded: "It's true. The girls in Yangliulou have helped our boss, so the boss said that as long as the girls introduced the customers, they can get a discount of twenty taels."
Several old men looked at each other excitedly.
"That's great. We can save twenty taels each time, and ten times means two hundred taels."
After listening to their conversation, Gongsun Yue had no idea.
These old men came to buy things, and after buying, they gave the full price to their wives, and secretly kept the twenty taels of silver that was cheaper. A
cunning old man.
An old man asked in a low voice: "Can it be cheaper? If it can be cheaper by another ten taels of silver, I will buy it immediately."
"Yes, yes, yes, I will buy it too."
After asking Hui Niang briefly, Gongsun Yue gave them a ten tael discount each.
In just a short while, eight hundred taels of silver were sold directly.
Others didn't know the secret, but only knew that they had earned eight hundred taels in a short while, and their eyes were red with jealousy.
Hui Niang knew that this was all thanks to the girls in Yangliulou. They mobilized the other sisters to praise the things of Huiyan Pavilion every day.
They praised the things of Huiyan Pavilion to the skies, and many people knew about Huiyan Pavilion.
As a result, they really helped Huiyan Pavilion sell things.
In order to repay these girls, Hui Niang gave them many small gifts and also took a truckload of sanitary napkins for free.
The girls felt Hui Niang's sincerity and worked harder to help Hui Niang promote the brand.
Hui Niang did not take the opportunity to mass-produce leather bags, but used pure sheepskin instead according to Gan Tian's previous drawings.
Sheepskin needs to be well maintained, and it is very delicate and far less durable than leather. However, Hui Niang thinks that what the rich need is not practicality, but unique design and something that can reflect their status.
The more delicate, the more it can show that the rich are different from the crowd.
The rich have never seen this style of bag before, so they are naturally a little more curious about it. Therefore, when most people come to buy it, they will subconsciously choose this style that they have never seen before.
As soon as this style of bag appeared, it attracted a lot of people's attention. Many people came to Hui Yan Pavilion to see the bag. Hui Niang said that there were only 100 bags, and they would be gone once they were sold out.
Hearing that there were only 100 bags, many people placed orders.
A noble lady who was dressed elegantly and followed by many maids said, "Although this bag is beautiful, it is too plain. If it is not so fresh, it is not worthy of my status."
Pan Niang was not the type to argue with others, so she lowered her head and smiled, "Madam, you are right. We will work hard to improve."
Seeing Pan Niang's humility, the noble lady hummed with satisfaction and left happily.
Because there were so many maids and servants following this noble lady, Pan Niang unconsciously remembered this noble lady in her heart.
The next day, this noble lady came back angrily.
"What kind of shabby bags are you selling in Huiyan Pavilion? You've made me laugh. Give me your money back, or I'll chop off your head!"
Pan Niang was shocked. She had been in the capital for a while and had never seen any royal nobles. The highest official she had seen was the Minister of Justice. She didn't expect that she would anger the royal family.
Her legs were a little weak and she almost fell to the ground.
She bowed her head hastily: "Princess, please forgive me, but are you dissatisfied with our things?"
"Why don't you tell me and I will help you solve it."
"Come on, you Huiyan Pavilion said that there are only one hundred of this bag and you won't sell more than that, but the result is that they are everywhere. It’s okay that they are everywhere, but there are more beautiful bags in Xingyuefang than yours."
"I've looked carefully. The bags in Xingyuefang are exactly the same as yours, but the material is much better than yours."
"That bag is really noble, unlike yours, which is gray."
Gongsun Yue and Pan Niang have seen that bag, and it is indeed beautiful compared to the pure leather ones.
The bag looked shiny black, and it could also reflect the light and shadow of the objects, looking mysterious and noble.
They couldn't tell what was so good about the bag.
But if they couldn't convince this person, the entire Huiyan Pavilion would be in trouble.
Gongsun Yue hurriedly asked someone to notify Hui Niang.
Upon hearing the news, Hui Niang was also a little panicked.
Since she came to buy a bag instead of customizing it, it meant that the princess was not angry because others used the same bag as her, but was angry that the bag from Xingyuefang was better and made her lose face.
She still had the material redeemed by her daughter. If she used this material to make a new bag for the princess, she might be able to appease the princess's anger, but Xingyuefang would probably say that they had stolen their belongings.
This was a difficult situation.