In order to ensure the secrecy, Su Wenyue separated each process and did it in a very secretive manner. Few people knew the trick. However, no matter who she hid it from, she would never hide it from Han Yu, so Han Yu knew a lot about it. When he heard that a noble lady regarded the things made by her wife as special supplies for the royal family of an outer vassal state, he raised his eyebrows, especially when he saw that his wife was calm and didn't feel guilty at all, the look he gave Su Wenyue was even more meaningful.
Su Wenyue was originally quite proud of herself, and felt a little embarrassed when being looked at by Han Yu. However, her things were good, not all of them, but most of them were much better than the real Western stuff. It's just that many people were like what 'Concubine Li' said, 'worshiping foreign things and fawning on foreigners', and thought that things brought from the other side of the sea would be better. Therefore, in her previous life, Chen Li had bought a lot of goods from foreign merchants, but no one was as talented as Su Wenyue to make them herself. If Chen Li knew about this, I wonder if she would sigh at the advanced wisdom of the ancients, and the so-called parallel imports would have appeared by now.
Others did not know many of the things involved. Seeing Su Wenyue and Han Yu flirting with each other, they all smiled and joked about the good relationship between the couple. Su Wenyue just smiled and said nothing.
As they were talking, several more people came, one of whom was Miss Yin Lihua of the Yin family. The appearance of Yin Lihua made people more curious about the boss behind Tianya Pavilion. They would not think that Miss Yin showed up at this time just to buy things. After all, this was the opening day of Tianya Pavilion. With Miss Yin's usual personality, such a day would not usually appear. Even if things were half price today, the Yin family was rich, so how could they care about such a small profit? Miss Yin's appearance here today must be to save the face of the mother boss of Tianya Pavilion.
In fact, everyone guessed it right. The Yin family and Han Yu belonged to the same camp of Liu Xiu. They had close contacts on weekdays. They were one of the few people who knew that the boss behind Tianya Pavilion was Su Wenyue. Yin Lihua came here naturally to give face to Han Yu and Su Wenyue.
The Yin family has been very humble in front of Han Yu and his wife recently. In fact, if Han Yu had not voluntarily given in and was willing to follow Liu Xiu, Yin Shi would have been more optimistic about Han Yu. Han Yu was better than Liu Xiu in every aspect except that he did not have the status of a royal descendant like Liu Xiu. The royal descendant was just a pretense. Liu Xiu was already in decline and was just the son of a county magistrate. In troubled times, heroes were in power, so this point was not that important.
Yin Shi actually didn't understand why Han Yu gave up this great opportunity. Perhaps Han Yu really didn't have such ambition and aspirations. Yin Shi could only think of this reason. But no matter what, it was always right to make friends with Han Yu.
"Miss Yin is here too." Su Wenyue took the initiative to greet Yin Lihua. Thinking back to when they first met, they had a rather unpleasant time. Although they were not close friends yet, their relationship was pretty good.
"Yes, I heard that the things in Tianya Pavilion are good. I came here today when I have time. Mrs. Han is here too. It's a good opportunity for us to go shopping together and buy more good things to take back." Yin Lihua knew that Su Wenyue did not want others to know that she was the owner of Tianya Pavilion, so she said in tacit understanding.
Yin Lihua was just being polite to Su Wenyue, just going through the motions. However, she really found a lot of good things in Tianya Pavilion. Besides being surprised, she had more estimates of the Han family in her heart. The power of the Han family seemed to be beyond their expectations. She would have to talk to her brother about Tianya Pavilion later.
Yin Lihua is not an ordinary lady in the boudoir. She is smart and talented. She has been brought up by her family since she was a child. Her vision and perspective are incomparable to ordinary people. She can see many problems from a Tianya Pavilion. Not to mention other things, just looking at the Western objects from the foreign vassal states that were visited, they are not something that can be obtained easily. It is not as simple as the novel style. For the things of the foreign royal family, one needs a lot of connections to get them, and it takes a lot of effort to transport them back. Many of these problems are worth pondering.
Obviously, Yin Lihua was also misled by the 'Western goods' made by someone using the patterns drawn by Su Wenyue. Even though Miss Yin was knowledgeable, she could not tell the difference between such 'Western goods' that were more exquisite and better than the real thing. More importantly, she did not expect Su Wenyue to do this, and with the Su family as his backing, it did not seem so difficult for Su Wenyue to make things used by the royal families of Western vassal states later.
Therefore, the cost of construction also depends on the right time, place and people. Although Su Wenyue seems to be able to do things simply, it is not that easy. If it were someone else, I am afraid they would not be able to do any of it.
Su Wenyue watched Yin Lihua studying those "Western objects" carefully with an expression of admiration on her face. She felt embarrassed. She even deceived the future queen. Who else could have such a skill? She subconsciously turned her head to glance at Han Yu not far away. The mockery in his eyes was too obvious. Su Wenyue remained calm and collected. She got used to deceiving people after doing so many times. Anyway, she did not do anything evil. Even if these things were not real Western goods, their functions were only better, so it didn't matter whose products she used.
Compared with the bustling scene at Tianya Pavilion, the Lixiu Department Store seemed quite deserted. Thanks to Chen Li's amazing promotional methods, it was not so deserted that no one came. However, those who came were people of low status. Even though the new shop was opening with great discounts today, there were still more people looking than buying things.
Chen Li had overestimated the purchasing power of these lower-middle class people. In today's world, not many people can spare money to buy these things. Even ordinary perfumes or rouge and powder have become luxury items nowadays.
"Boss, these people are too shabby. They walked around for a long time, looked at so many things, and only bought a few of them after careful selection. And they chose the cheapest ones. It's a pity that you personally came and spent so much time on eloquence." The shopkeeper Li Ming saw that the business was not good after the opening, and he didn't seem worried at all. He just showed a little sadness on his face to suit the occasion, but he did it for Chen Li to see. When he saw that those difficult customers finally left, he stepped forward and said, wanting to show off in front of Chen Li.
Chen Li did not show any impatience towards the difficult customer, but her face darkened when she heard Li Ming's words: "What are you talking about? Have you forgotten what I said? Customers are God! Every customer who comes to our shop must be treated well, and no one should be negligent regardless of their status. It's a pity that you are the shopkeeper of the shop, but you don't even remember the most basic rules! Considering that this is your first offense, I will forgive you this time. If I hear such words again next time, I will not be the shopkeeper anymore!"