Chapter 422 I will definitely teach you a lesson!
The crowd looked towards the man who made the sound.
The man put his hands on his hips, looking indignant.
Li Shufen often bought cloth in the department store next door. The cloth salesperson secretly told Li Shufen that the man who was shouting was Du Ziteng, the manager of the clothing counter next door.
After knowing Du Ziteng's identity, Li Shufen told Su Mei about it.
It turned out to be a competition among peers. Some counter clerks in department stores can get a certain commission for sales. Since interests are involved, it is no wonder that the man looked so angry.
"Don't worry about it. I'll go talk to him." It was a great day, and Huo Jianguo didn't want to spoil Su Mei's mood, so he took the initiative to go over and negotiate with Du Ziteng.
She thought it was not a big deal. As long as she explained to Du Ziteng that her family had a business license, the matter would be quickly resolved. Su Mei let Huo Jianguo handle it and did not take it to heart.
Who knew that before Huo Jianguo had even spoken a few words to the man, Du Ziteng started arguing with Huo Jianguo.
The two of them were arguing so fiercely that Su Mei went over to ask what was going on.
It turned out that Du Ziteng did not believe that Su Mei's clothing store was legally open. He gritted his teeth and said:
"What kind of behavior is speculation? How can it be legal? I am the manager of a clothing counter in a department store, and I have never heard of the legality of selling clothes privately. What kind of bullshit business license did you get? What are you bragging about?"
"Are you blaming me for not being well-informed?" Even after explaining that she already had a business license, the other party still kept pestering her, so Su Mei was too lazy to be polite.
Who doesn’t have a temper?
Du Ziteng was most proud of his identity as a clothing manager. After being mocked by Su Mei for being uninformed, his fat face suddenly turned red:
"I have seen these styles of clothes before. They have been in Yanjing for at least a year.
This year I have been looking everywhere to find out who is so desperate to engage in this speculative trading, but I have never found him.
I finally encountered this today. You still say that I am not well-informed. No matter how uninformed I am, it is impossible that I have not heard anything in a year. "
"We have indeed been making clothes for a long time..." Su Mei wanted to say that when free trading was not allowed before, they only charged for the labor costs of making clothes. Now that free operation is allowed, the store has started to sell finished clothes.
But she was interrupted by Du Ziteng before she could finish her words. He shouted, "See! I told you that there is something wrong with you. You dare to gather so brazenly. It is simply lawless."
"Comrade, the country does allow free business operations now. You should learn about this first." A guest who couldn't stand it anymore stepped forward to speak for Su Mei.
Su Mei didn't know this guest. There were so many people coming today that Su Mei thought many of them were strangers.
She could only smile gratefully at the guest who spoke for her.
After the first person stood up, more people took the initiative to speak up for Su Mei.
Many of the people who came to the scene were well-known figures, and many of them were able to hear some inside information to a certain extent, so they naturally knew that what Su Mei said about the legal operation was true.
It was precisely because they knew that Su Mei’s business was legal that these people dared to show up at her opening party.
Otherwise, no one would have the courage to do this.
With so many people coming out to defend Su Mei, Du Ziteng should have stopped talking. However, he was still dissatisfied and pointed at those who spoke up for Su Mei, saying, "They are all birds of a feather!"
This was too much to bear. Su Mei had tried her best to explain, but the man kept pushing it further and even insulted his own guests. She didn't want to argue with him anymore.
"We've said everything we need to say. You're not welcome here. Please leave." Seeing that her words were not convincing, Su Mei could only order them to leave.
Du Ziteng wanted to make a scene, but Huo Jianguo blocked him and warned him with a stern look: "I hope you can understand what I'm saying."
Perhaps it was because Huo Jianguo's aura was intimidating, even though Du Ziteng was cursing, he still turned around and left the banquet.
The opening banquet was able to continue. Su Mei took Li Shufen and went to each table, holding wine glasses to toast the guests.
She was drinking fruit wine that she brewed herself. The alcohol content was not high, so she wouldn't get drunk even if she drank too much. At most, she would be a little tipsy.
Taking advantage of the good weather today, Su Mei asked Yang Suhua to complete the apprenticeship ceremony today.
Drinking Yang Suhua's apprentice tea, looking at the brand new store and the clothes she made stitch by stitch, Li Shufen felt as if she was in another world.
If there had been no Su Mei, if she had not boldly followed Su Mei and ran away, she would probably never have known that a woman could live like this.
The guests were toasting each other, and there was laughter and conversation everywhere.
This would have been a good start.
Unfortunately, Du Ziteng quickly came back with his men and ruined today's good day.
After leaving the opening party, Du Ziteng did not give up. He went to the street office to report Su Mei.
After receiving the report, the street office immediately brought people over to verify the situation.
"It's them, a swarm of them promoting speculation and profiteering!" After calling people over, Du Ziteng pointed at Su Mei's nose and complained, with a smug look on his face.
An official unit like the Street Office must be aware of the red-headed document.
When Su Mei opens a store on this street in the future, she will need to deal with these departments more often.
She didn't want to offend these people, so she invited the street office official into her store and showed them her business license.
After confirming that Su Mei was operating legally, the people from the street office said a few polite words and turned away with their people.
Seeing that the people he brought here after reporting the crime were gone, Du Ziteng was unhappy. He chased after them and shouted:
"Hey, hey, hey, what's wrong with you guys? Why did you follow the boss lady in and leave without saying a word?"
"What do you want us to talk about?" The head of the street office gave Du Ziteng a cold look. He could see that the founding hero Feng Shenghui was sitting among the guests with his soldiers.
In addition to Feng Shenghui, there are many other guests sitting here with good manners.
The owner of this store is Su Mei, a well-known figure who has appeared in many newspapers in Yanjing in the past two years.
A store that complies with the regulations and has a good background has opened here. What dare the people in the street office say?
Du Ziteng didn't expect that the people from the street office would ask him back such a question. He was speechless for a while.
He could only watch helplessly as people from the street office came in in droves and left quietly.
Although some unpleasant things happened, fortunately they were easily resolved.
Overall, the opening ceremony was a success.
By the time the party was over, all the clothes in the store had been bought back by today's guests.
Su Mei priced these clothes 20% higher than the most expensive clothes in the department store.
But because all the guests who came to the party today were there to give her face, she gave discounts on all the clothes.
Although the clothes are still relatively expensive, customers are willing to buy them.
Although the clothing store had just opened, the novel styles of clothes designed by Su Mei had already become well-known in Yanjing.
Many people want to buy the clothes she designed, but they just can't find the source of the clothes.
Many people are happy now that they can buy clothes at discounted prices.
This can be regarded as a big opening reward given by Su Mei.
If anyone buys it again in the future, she will pay the original price.
What she wants to make is a luxury product, and Li Shufen has to spend a lot of effort to embroider many of the clothes. Naturally, Su Mei will position the prices towards high-end brands from the beginning.
Having made so many finished clothes, Li Shufen was worried that she would have to stock up if she couldn’t sell them.
As a result, all the finished clothes were sold out on the first day of business. Li Shufen was so excited that her eyes were shining.
Du Ziteng, who lived next door, was so angry when he saw that the clothes in Su Mei's store were sold cleanly that he spat again and again.
As the manager of a clothing counter in a department store, he earns commission from the clothes he sells.
His income used to be good, but it started to decline in the past year.
Many old customers no longer patronized the clothing store. He searched for the reason for a long time and finally discovered that some new clothes that he had never seen before had appeared on the market.
Before today, Du Ziteng always thought that those new clothes were foreign goods imported from overseas.
It was not until he saw the styles of clothes in Su Mei's store that Du Ziteng suddenly realized that the root cause of his financial problems was right here in his hometown.
Clothes sold privately can make more money than those sold in state-owned stores, which makes Du Ziteng very uncomfortable.
So he secretly swore in his heart that he would make Su Mei's shop unable to operate here. Looking at the guests leaving Su Mei's shop with their clothes, Du Ziteng secretly cursed:
"Bah, a private company dares to compete with a state-owned company for business. I will definitely teach you a good lesson."