Before Yan Qingqing could speak, Hu Yujiao said, "Boss Yang, what's wrong with you? You were the one who said you wanted to see Boss Yan, and now that we're about to sign the contract, you're stopping us."
Mr. Yang chuckled awkwardly and said, "I'm just afraid it might be unreliable and our money will go down the drain."
Hu Yujiao said noncommittally, "The total amount of these items I ordered is only a few thousand taels of silver, and the deposit is only seven or eight hundred taels. In business, it's all about seizing opportunities. Even if these few hundred taels of silver go down the drain, I'll accept it. Our Hu family can afford to lose money."
The others echoed this sentiment. The deposit was only a few hundred taels of silver. Even if Yan Qingqing was unreliable and couldn't deliver the goods, they would only lose a few hundred taels of silver. But if Yan Qingqing could deliver the goods on time, they would earn much more than just a few hundred taels. Those high-ranking officials and nobles loved to eat these rare items.
Seeing that he couldn't stop the others, Boss Yang hesitated for a moment and said, "Then I'll take two hundred catties of each. I can't compare to the wealthy bosses of you."
Yan Qingqing knew that this person's purpose was definitely not simple, but she was not afraid of him and would deal with him as he came. Even a fly's leg is meat, and two hundred pounds of each would add up to more than a thousand pounds, which was a big order in Chengyang County.
After signing the contract, they exchanged a few more polite words with Yan Qingqing and then returned to their respective rooms.
When Li Xinniang returned in the evening, she gave Yan Qingqing a surprise, saying that she had ordered four thousand large dolls for three hundred coins. Yan Qingqing was very happy to hear this and said with a smile, "I didn't expect that helping Wu Shaodong's family would yield such a great result."
Li Xinniang said somewhat embarrassedly, "Actually, this time we owe a lot to Young Master Wu for his help."
It turned out that the merchant who ordered the dolls was an acquaintance of Wu Jingzhi. This person specialized in making some strange and unusual things and happened to be participating in this business meeting as well.
Wu Jingzhi had already discussed the fabric headdress with him, but he wanted to look at other options.
Adhering to the principle of keeping the benefits within the family, Li Xinniang seized the opportunity to say that her family's embroidery workshop had a type of cloth doll that was not yet available on the market.
The man became interested immediately upon hearing this. Fortunately, Li Xinniang had brought samples with her, so she immediately had someone fetch them. She also introduced him to many other novel designs and the positioning of these dolls. The man immediately ordered four thousand.
After finishing her sentence, Li Xinniang said somewhat nervously, "Mother, do you think what I'm doing is a bit unfair? After all, they came for Young Master Wu."
Yan Qingqing laughed and said, "Doing business is all about ability. Besides, we didn't steal Wu Shaodong's business. It just so happens that the person knows Wu Shaodong."
Li Xinniang nodded in relief upon hearing this, and then showed the signed contract to Yan Qingqing.
Only after Yan Qingqing confirmed that there were no problems did she happily put the contract away.
Yan Qingqing looked at her and said, "Don't be too happy yet. Once you've accepted this order, you have to make sure you can finish it on time. Don't forget that Jingzhi has also received quite a few orders. Your embroidery workshop will be very busy."
After Yan Qingqing reminded her, Li Xinniang calmed down and sighed, saying, "In the past, the headdresses we made were only supplied to Jinsheng Pavilion. We always felt that there was not enough work to support the embroidery workshop."
But now that orders have suddenly increased, I'm worried about not being able to keep up and losing credibility. Doing business is really not easy.
Yan Qingqing laughed and said, "That's natural. Everyone says that scholars, farmers, artisans, and merchants look down on merchants, but none of them don't want to do business."
Ordinary people don't have that ability. Which of those high-ranking officials and wealthy people doesn't have assets behind them? They just pretend to despise money while secretly wanting to stuff it all into their own pockets.
Li Xin's mother nodded in agreement, feeling that her mother's words made a lot of sense.
During dinner, Yan Qingqing asked A'da to invite Wu Jingzhi. Today, Li Xin's mother signed a big deal thanks to Wu Jingzhi, so she definitely had to show her appreciation.
Looking at the table full of dishes, Wu Jingzhi said, "Auntie, Brother Xin, what are you doing? We're all family, there's no need to be so polite."
Yan Qingqing smiled and asked him to sit down, then said, "One meal is not enough to express my gratitude to you. Not to mention that Xiang Xin signed such a big deal today because of you."
"It's all thanks to you that my aunt was able to come to the prefectural city to attend the chamber of commerce meeting, meet so many people, and find so many sales channels for her workshop."
After saying that, he toasted Wu Jingzhi. Wu Jingzhi was a junior, and he had known Yan Qingqing's abilities well over the past few days. He admired her greatly, so he naturally wouldn't refuse the toast from Yan Qingqing.
The three of them enjoyed their meal very much, and Li Xin's mother was also happy to have a couple of drinks with Yan Qingqing after getting her permission. However, she was a young woman who had never drunk alcohol before, and after a couple of drinks, her face became even more flushed.
Wu Jingzhi sat opposite her, and looking at her charming appearance, he couldn't help but swallow hard, then quickly lowered his head.
He tried his best to suppress the filthy thoughts in his heart. If Yan Qingqing and the others knew what he was thinking, he would probably be too ashamed to face anyone in the future.
Yan Qingqing has always had a high alcohol tolerance; in her previous life, she never got drunk at business dinners.
So even though she had drunk quite a bit, Yan Qingqing was still very sober.
After she finished washing up and organizing the orders she had signed in the past two days, she was about to go to sleep when she heard someone knocking on her window.
Yan Qingqing asked cautiously, "Who?"
[Subordinate Shadow Seven]
Upon hearing this, Yan Qingqing opened the window, and immediately a dark figure rolled in.
Yan Qingqing: ……
This Shadow Seven is a bit unruly; perhaps hiding during the day is too tiring, so he comes out to frolic at night.
Fortunately, Shadow Seven stood up and said, "Shadow Six just sent word that he has investigated everything that Madam asked him to investigate. He asked me to inform Madam first."
Yan Qingqing gave an "oh" to signal Ying Qi to continue.
Yingqi then recounted the whole story to Yan Qingqing. It turned out that after receiving Yan Qingqing's instructions, Yingliu had sneaked into Shen Tongzhi's residence to keep an eye on Chen Ergu.
After returning to the mansion, Miss Chen Er first smashed up her room and then went to find her sister.
She said Yan Qingqing bullied her, not only stealing her thunder at the Chamber of Commerce yesterday, but also humiliating her at the Treasure Pavilion today, and she insisted that her sister stand up for her.
But her sister refused to help her. She said that the magistrate's wife had been watching her closely, planning to cause her trouble, and that they now had no family to rely on. She also told her to behave herself.
Chen Er Guniang was very angry when she heard this. After leaving her sister's room, she cursed her sister severely and went back to her own room to sulk.
When the magistrate's wife learned that the two sisters were having a conflict, she "kindly" came over to persuade Miss Chen.
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