Chapter 147 Pastry Cooperation
Xu Miaomiao had a cold attitude and did not give the person in front of her any face. In her opinion, although it was a small problem, it was often these small problems that determined the quality of a store. She would not allow her store to have any loopholes.
The man shook his head and tried to save the relationship, but seeing the woman's determination, he didn't know what to say. He could only say with regret: "We are not lucky enough to cooperate with Madam Xu. Madam Xu, I'm sorry."
"It's okay. The pastries at Guihuafang are delicious. As a customer, I am still willing to come here." Xu Miaomiao bowed her head slightly, saluted the person in front of her and said.
After exchanging a few more words with the man, he was ready to leave.
Although the relationship with Guihuafang has been severed, the pastries from the department store are still indispensable. It is obviously too late to make them by myself, so I have to find another partner.
Xu Miaomiao wandered around the street, thinking and searching.
Finding a reliable partner is often more troublesome than finding a good partner. The incident with osmanthus cake happened because we didn’t find a good partner.
From South Street to North Street, his eyes moved back and forth among the shops on the street, but his empty space was still not filled. There were only a few pastry shops in Bai County, and it was not easy to find a suitable one. Xu Miaomiao was in trouble again.
Apart from the Osmanthus Shop, the most famous pastry shop on the street is the Xianggao Shop run by Mr. Bai, who had competed with her last time. But she had already experienced Mr. Bai's character last time, and there was no way she would dare to cooperate with such a person, Xu Miaomiao thought secretly.
Further down is a cake shop specializing in salty cakes. Xu Miaomiao hesitated at the door before finally going in.
"Oh, it's Madam Xu. What a rare guest." The man lowered his head slightly and looked at Xu Miaomiao and said.
The person in front of him was Yang Lu, the display cabinet of the cake shop.
"Is everything okay, Shopkeeper Yang?"
Xu Miaomiao asked politely.
The man stroked his beard and said, "It's all good, Madam Xu is thoughtful."
Looking at Xiao Si who was busy around, Xu Miaomiao felt a little embarrassed and couldn't speak. The reason why she was reluctant to come here was that Shopkeeper Yang was a bit pedantic and was most opposed to women doing business. It would not be easy to convince him to cooperate with her.
"Shopkeeper Yang, I came here to discuss a cooperation with you."
"Haha." Upon hearing this, Shopkeeper Yang stroked his beard and smiled slightly, looking at Xu Miaomiao with some disdain: "Madam Xu, the cakes in your department store are truly unique. How can they be compared with my small workshop?"
"Manager Yang, you are too polite." Xu Miaomiao bowed and said, "Miaomiao is just doing some business casually, and it is all appreciated by the villagers."
"Now that we've come to this point, I won't beat around the bush."
Yang Liu cleared her throat and said, "I admire you very much, but you are a woman who goes out to do business all day without caring about your husband's reputation. I dare not cooperate with such a person. Even if the conditions you offer are good, I dare not use my family's name."
"Excuse me."
Xu Miaomiao bowed and turned to leave.
The man behind her never stopped sneering as he watched her leave.
As soon as she went out, Xu Miaomiao looked at the vast sky and sighed. She should have thought of Manager Yang's attitude earlier, and she still went forward, which was simply asking for humiliation.
"Madam Xu, right?"
The woman put her hands in her pockets and looked at Xu Miaomiao as she spoke. There was still a grain of rice in the corner of her mouth that she had not eaten yet. The calculations in her mind were obvious.
"Who are you?"
The woman held a piece of white cake in her hand and looked at Xu Miaomiao and said softly, "The White Jade Cake shop is ours. I heard what you said to Shopkeeper Yang just now. Why don't you consider us?"
White jade cake? Isn't it the cake made by Mr. Bai before? Xu Miaomiao thought to herself. Although she had never heard of this shop, she could only give it a try.
Following the woman into the shop, the white mist covered the face of the man in front of the stove. Seeing Xu Miaomiao coming, the man frowned and said, "Madam, who is this?"
The woman walked up to the man, pinched him and whispered, "Don't worry about it, he is the God of Wealth anyway."
After that, he looked at Xu Miaomiao who was standing beside him and said, "Madam Xu, I've asked around. You want to cooperate on the cakes and split the profits 50-50, right?"
"Yes." Xu Miaomiao nodded.
Just as the woman was about to speak, the man's expression suddenly changed: "How can you cooperate with a woman? No, I don't agree."
The man had his hands in his pockets and looked a little angry.
Hearing this, Xu Miaomiao just laughed at herself.
He took the remaining ingredients on the table and started to process them, kneading the dough and making the filling, all in one go. As the cover was removed, the aroma hit his nose directly.
The man tentatively picked up a piece of cake and tasted it, his eyes suddenly lit up: "I didn't expect that the cakes made by a little girl like you would be so delicious."
Xu Miaomiao nodded slightly in response.
"What do you think? Should we cooperate with them?" the woman next to her said.
The man nodded, his eyes turned and said, "Of course we can cooperate, but you are a woman after all, and it would be embarrassing to cooperate with you, so we want 70% of the final money."
As he spoke, he made the number seven with his fingers and looked at Xu Miaomiao.
The woman at the side also echoed and said, "Yes, Madam Xu, it's very hard for us to make these cakes every day. Even if we ask you for 70% of it, it's not too much."
Xu Miaomiao didn't say a word from beginning to end. She hadn't even checked the quality of this shop's pastries yet, but they were already discussing prices. Moreover, even the top-notch Guihuafang would split the profits with her 50-50. These two people were asking for too much.
"What are you laughing at?" the man looked at Xu Miaomiao and spoke.
"I mean 70% is not enough."
"Then how much do you want to give?" The woman at the side asked. Seeing that Xu Miaomiao didn't say anything, she gestured to the number six: "Sixty percent?"
Xu Miaomiao shook her head.
"Fifty percent?"
Xu Miaomiao shook her head again.
"The 40% you give is too little, who would be willing to do this?"
As he said this, the man angrily threw the towel in his hand to the ground.
Xu Miaomiao made a one gesture: "I mean none at all."
Ignoring the insults from the two people behind him, Xu Miaomiao walked straight out.
The department store is not her store alone, and she will never let it fail in her hands. Even if she doesn't buy the pastries, she will never use inferior ones to make up for the shortage. This is her most basic principle.
(End of this chapter)
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