"Personalized customization, like when you made clothes for Su Yujing and the others before?"
"Yes, just like that, specifically catering to high-end clients."
As Ji Xia spoke, she combed her hair, tidying up her ponytail again. Noticing the large hand on her chest becoming increasingly audacious, she grabbed the horn comb and smacked it.
"It's still early, what are you doing? Getting stuck in this limbo is awful!"
Upon hearing this, Chen Jing couldn't help but laugh. He put his arm around her slender waist, held her chin with his other hand, and leaned down to kiss her.
Their lips and tongues intertwined until Ji Xia was breathless and her body leaned limply against him, only then did he suppress his burning desire and release her.
Ji Xia took a slight breath to calm her racing heart. She looked at herself in the mirror and saw a girl in the mirror whose eyes and brows were full of spring-like charm, her eyes were alluring, and her red lips were luscious and tempting.
She applied lip balm to her swollen lips for a while, reducing the redness and swelling a little, before giving Chen Jing a disapproving look.
"When are we going out? I'm hungry."
"We've been waiting for you, let's go!"
He took Ji Xia's hand and went out, locked the door, and rode his bicycle to a hole-in-the-wall restaurant in a small alley for a meal.
The small restaurant is located deep in an alley in a small courtyard. The courtyard is not big, and an elderly couple and their half-grown grandson run the kitchen. I heard that it has only been open for two or three months.
However, the chef of this small restaurant used to be the head chef of a big hotel. Now that his son has taken over as head chef of the big hotel, he was bored at home taking care of his grandson, so he opened a small restaurant.
Chen Jing and a few of his underlings had eaten here before; the food was delicious and the price was reasonable.
Chen Jing was excited to have acquired a shop today, one that he had snatched back from some big shot.
The old chef and his assistant brought them roast duck, pancakes and various side dishes, fried liver and two kinds of seasonal vegetables, and also two bottles of beer.
Ji Xia raised an eyebrow: "I bought a few shops a few days ago, and I didn't see you this happy?"
"That's different. This shop was hard-won today, and I'm happy."
"Hard-won? And now there's a competitor?"
"Not bad, he's the young master of some century-old family. He looks down on people. I've never seen such an arrogant person in my life. If I don't teach him a lesson, I won't know what I'm capable of."
Chen Jing chuckled as he told Ji Xia about the bidding and his experiences that day, while pouring her a glass of beer.
Hearing that the price had been raised by 7,000 yuan, Ji Xia couldn't help but feel a little heartache. Just a few days ago, two stores didn't cost 7,000 yuan. Could Chen Jing have single-handedly driven up the housing prices?
And what about the Lin family? The country hasn't even been established for a hundred years. To maintain the honor of a family for a century without being purged, this family must have a powerful background and strong backing.
Ignorance is bliss. Seeing Chen Jing's excited face, Ji Xia silently swallowed her inner grumbling.
Forget it, others have powerful backers, and Chen Jing has good fortune. Besides, Haishi is far away from them, one in the south and one in the north, so their influence can't possibly reach that far.
Suppressing her worries, she unwrapped the roast duck from the pancake and said in a low voice, "With the price so high today, I'm afraid shops and houses in the capital will go up in price. We already have four shops and two courtyards, so let's just forget about it for now and not buy any more!"
"Hehe, no problem, I'll do whatever you say."
Chen Jing winked at her while holding his wine glass. Ji Xia remembered his lewd words, her face flushed, and she lowered her head to concentrate on wrapping the pancake.
Chen Jing downed half a glass of beer in one gulp, then took the wrapped duck meat from Ji Xia and asked, "How have you thought about what to do with these stores?"
"Let's leave it for now, there's no rush. We'll wait until private businesses are allowed to operate."
Ji Xia thought for a moment and then said, "My skills aren't good enough yet. Let's have some people set up stalls to sell the clothes I've designed for now!"
"Once I start school and my skills are up to par, I'll design some good styles, open a specialty store, and create my own brand."
The location in Wangfujing is undoubtedly the best, and the shop is over 300 square meters. The first floor can be used as a specialty store, while the second floor can be used as a studio. Since the shop belongs to them, they don't need to pay any rent, so there's no pressure.
Chen Jing readily agreed, saying he would only be responsible for buying the shops and running the business, leaving the operational issues to Ji Xia.
She'll be a college student in the future, so of course she'll be even more capable than him. Chen Jing doesn't feel ashamed at all for listening to his wife.
It was a pity for those few who were keeping watch; they had been doing so for more than half a year until the policy was relaxed. The assistants were busy running all over the country, but they still didn't see any plans for the shop to open.
It was all for nothing, like punching cotton.
Two days after Chen Jing bought the shop, the thousand pieces of spring clothing he had shipped arrived.
When the group of henchmen heard that new goods had arrived, they cheered excitedly and, without Chen Jing saying a word, followed him to the freight warehouse to collect the goods.
The spring clothes delivered this time are already lightweight, so the wholesale prices are relatively cheaper. They range from dresses and light jackets to suits, with prices ranging from 18 to 28.
After Wang Yuan and the other eight people had enough funds, they split into four groups. Although each group had less than two thousand in costs, the purchase price was lower this time. Based on their friendship with Chen Jing, each of them bought one hundred pieces wholesale and then set up their own stalls.
Of course, this time the four groups didn't all stay in Wangfujing; instead, they went to several different places.
Meanwhile, another Chen Xing, along with his younger brother, wholesaled seventy or eighty items for the first time, and they all opened for business together.
Chen Jing received a thousand items, and almost half of them were gone in no time, leaving him with nothing to do.
His younger brothers had all gone to set up their stalls, and no one was there to play with him. Looking at the time, it was already afternoon. He thought for a moment, then turned around and took a bus to Chaoyang Library.
Upon entering the library, seeing rows of neatly arranged bookshelves and the quiet atmosphere filled with the fragrance of books, Chen Jing put away his carefree expression, looked around, found Ji Xia's seat, and smiled knowingly.
Ji Xia was engrossed in working on her exam paper.
Rong Ruoshi was a student at the school. A few days after returning to school, he brought her a huge pile of test papers.
I heard these are test papers from several schools, and they even managed to get quite a few from last fall.
Beijing truly deserves its reputation as the cultural center of the country. Although the college entrance examination has only been reinstated for two or three years, the attitude of Beijing towards the exam can be seen from the fact that teachers are busy creating exam papers.
Chen Jing sat down next to Ji Xia with a smile. Ji Xia only realized something was wrong when she finished half of the test paper. She turned around and found that it was Chen Jing.
"Quiet down, don't bother me, or you'll get kicked out."
"Yes, ma'am, don't worry, I absolutely won't." Chen Jing made a gesture.
Ji Xia smiled and, seeing that he had nothing to do, suddenly went to find some business management and commercial books for Chen Jing to help him pass the time.
Lin Chen and Liu Jin stayed in Beijing for a few days and bought two shops at low prices, but unfortunately there were no shops in Wangfujing.
As soon as he got back to the hotel, Ma Shaotang hurriedly reported to him: "Young Master Lin, we found out about that kid's background a few days ago. He's a small-time hoodlum from the south. I heard he came to Beijing with his fiancée to take the art academy entrance exam."
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