In the rearview mirror, Ye Yifan looked at Hua Kai, who was holding an ice cream in one hand and a candied hawthorn in the other, and his heart melted. He was so glad that he had met her.
Hua Kai and her brothers returned home, brushed the snow off themselves, and went inside to give the ice cream to Gu Lanyan: "Mom, you eat this."
Gu Lanyan said, "I'm not a child, I won't eat it."
Hua Kai forcefully shoved the ice cream into Gu Lanyan's hand: "Who said only children can eat this?"
Hua Wanjiang added, "That's right, you should eat whatever the child tells you to eat."
Gu Lanyan took two bites and handed the rest to Hua Wanjiang: "It's too cold. My teeth aren't good. You eat it."
Hua Kai smiled as she watched her loving parents; it was practically a public display of affection.
The next day, Hua Kai went to school, and Hua Qingyi saw his parents and younger brother off at the station to take the bus home.
At noon, Ye Yifan picked up Hua Kai, and the two went to the shop to take a look. There were still a lot of people there today.
Although sales were not as high as yesterday morning, things have calmed down since there were no more purchases made on behalf of friends. Most of the buyers today were people who genuinely needed the products.
These past two days, Hua Kai and Ye Yifan have been spending most of their rest time at the store. Since it's newly opened, they're making sure there are any shortcomings and are actively adjusting them.
Gu Xiaoxue's situation went relatively smoothly as well. She found a place to rent easily, and once the deal was finalized, there was no need for renovations; all she had to do was paint the walls white. She then hired two women who knew how to use sewing machines and started making samples according to Huakai's requirements.
Once everything is ready, we can pick a good day to open for business.
Three days after opening, the discounts stopped, but the store had even more customers. At first, many people didn't know or didn't take it seriously, but when they saw that their relatives and friends had actually replaced their sofas with new ones that looked really good and were practical, naturally some people came to buy them too.
On Thursday at noon, Ye Yifan picked up Hua Kai and said he needed to go back to the factory because the factory manager had called him that day to say that they had a potential customer who wanted to purchase goods.
In the car, Hua Kai said to Ye Yifan, "We're building a brand, so I still prefer our brand's own stores. That way, we can guarantee both the price and the quality. What do you think?"
Ye Yifan nodded and said, "That's what I mean too. Our products are priced 10% to 20% higher than ordinary ones, but the quality and appearance are worth the price. If we sell them with those ordinary products, it would lower our class."
"So I had an idea before, if possible, we can recruit agents and give them fixed requirements, such as store name, price range, store size and decoration, everything must be in accordance with our wishes, during the agency period they must be consistent with us, after the agency period, they are not allowed to use our store's unified decoration, and they cannot use our brand..." Hua Kai said out all the requirements for agents that she could think of.
As Ye Yifan listened, he pulled the car over to the side of the road and began to seriously discuss the topic with Hua Kai: "Your idea is very good. If we do it this way, we won't have to run around anymore. We can just train a few trustworthy people to be in charge of the agency business. In addition, this way, our investment will be less and there will be no risk."
Hua Kai said, "That's exactly what I mean, but I'm thinking of waiting until our main store in the provincial capital opens before we start developing this business. After all, we need to promote our brand and gain more recognition before we can have the resources to talk about franchise agents. It's too early now."
Ye Yifan thought for a while and said, "Since the provincial capital is so eager to open up the market, I will go back to the provincial capital next week to finalize the shop's details and try to open it in the provincial capital before the end of the year."
Hua Kai looked at Ye Yifan in surprise: "No, brother, this is no ordinary matter. Money, that's a lot of money. You bought a factory and a shop, and hired so many people. We're only just starting to break even today. Do you still have money?"
Ye Yifan smiled as she looked at the blooming flowers: "Are you afraid I don't have money?"
Hua Kai nodded: "Indeed, too much has already been spent here."
Ye Yifan thought to himself, "Finally, they've come to my strengths. I have plenty of money, to say the least."
He cleared his throat: "Even if you open ten or twenty more stores, you won't have to worry about money. You'll never have to worry about funding."
Hua Kai blinked her big eyes at Ye Yifan: "Have you struck gold?"
Ye Yifan chuckled: "Do you think that's possible? I earned the money. A few years ago, I came back from abroad and opened a chain supermarket, which is considered one of the top in the country and is doing quite well. Later, I opened two more factories, and the income paid off. So, do whatever you want without worrying about money."
Hua Kai looked at Ye Yifan and thought that this guy was shining brightly: "You really are my idol. I thought I was good at making money, but compared to you, I am ashamed. You are so rich, why didn't you say so earlier? I have always been worried about money."
You didn't even ask me?
"That's true, I don't really like prying into other people's privacy."
"Am I someone else?"
"No, it's just my personality; I overthink things."
"You really don't need to think too much about it with me."
Lately, whenever Hua Kai looks at Ye Yifan, she feels her heart race, especially after what he said just now. It was kind of flirtatious, wasn't it? Is it because she's mentally older, making her easily swayed by good looks?
Ye Yifan looked at Hua Kai, who was lost in thought again, and waved his hand in front of her eyes: "Why are you daydreaming again?"
Hua Kai blushed and touched her nose: "It's nothing. Um, how should we talk to the client later?"
Ye Yifan said, "To be honest, we've just opened and our own production and sales are not enough. We also need to open a store in the provincial capital. We'll consider other things after we expand production next year."
Hua Kai nodded: "That's a good idea, but you know that counterfeit products can come out very quickly, so we need to help the brand open up the market as soon as possible."
Ye Yifan laughed: "That means opening more stores and promoting more. I have connections on the provincial TV station. Once the ads are up and running, the brand effect will come out, and the market will open up. One store in the provincial capital is too few. Let's just open two."
Hua Kai looked at Ye Yifan and said, "Being rich means you can do whatever you want. Okay, let's open two directly. I'll draw more small furniture designs recently. More small items around the store will attract more customers, and more customers will naturally lead to better business."
"You're an expert in these areas, I'll listen to you."
"Then I'll do it my way. Don't worry, no one can surpass our brand because I'll guarantee new styles every quarter."
"I'm not worried about that. Let's go to the factory first."
"good."
Ye Yifan drove the two to the factory. When they arrived at the office, Ye Yifan told the potential customer that the factory's stock was not enough for external sales at the moment. He said that when production was expanded next year, if there was any intention to sell externally, he would definitely contact this customer first.
This potential customer didn't understand why they wouldn't do business with them.
Ye Yifan explained to him that he still needed to open two stores in the provincial capital, and that production was indeed temporarily insufficient.
When Ye Yifan mentioned opening two stores in the provincial capital, this person also checked the factory's scale and realized it could only supply its own stores. So, he left his contact information, telling them to contact him as soon as they started selling to the outside world.
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