Chapter 124 Store Opening
"Young man, have you seen any dead animals in the yard in the past few days?"
"Did you hear any strange crying noises?"
Wu You said: "Aunts, uncles, brothers and sisters, when we were cleaning the shop a few days ago, we did find dead animals, so the owner specially invited the Taoist priest to come and take a look.
The Taoist priest performed a ritual in the shop to pray for the deceased's soul to be reborn, and pasted some talismans. Nothing happened in the shop during the past few days, and there were no strange noises. Everything was normal.
The Taoist priest said that if we perform another ritual today, there will be no more problems in the future. Otherwise, our boss would have given up the shop long ago. Don’t you agree?”
Someone immediately agreed: "That's true. People open shops to make money, not to lose money. If something really happens, they will definitely return the goods like the previous buyers did."
Everyone nodded.
Then someone asked, "Young man, what do you do in this store?"
Bai Simian immediately stepped forward with a stack of flyers.
Wu You brought out a tray with three bars of soap, three bottles of shampoo, and two bottles of skin care facial cream on it.
He first picked up the soap and introduced it: "Aunts, uncles, brothers and sisters, our store sells shampoo, soap, and skin care cream. This one in my hand is the soap."
"What is soap?"
Wu You continued: "You haven't heard of soap, but you know bath beans. Soap is used for cleaning just like bath beans. Soap can be used to wash your face, hands and clothes.
After using it myself, I personally feel that soap is better than bath beans. You can take it home and compare the results. Soap cleans thoroughly and is of good quality and inexpensive. Uncles and aunts, take a look. "
The people standing at the front took turns picking up the soap and looking at it.
“This smells like flowers.”
"The green one has a grassy scent."
"I don't know if it's effective, but bath beans are expensive. From what this guy said, this one seems to be cheaper."
Wu You said loudly: "Uncles and aunts, brothers and sisters who want to know the effect can try it on the opening day."
He picked up the shampoo and said, "This is the shampoo in our store. It makes your hair clean, fresh and smooth after washing.
The last small bottle contains facial cream, which can be used to wipe the face to make it smooth and tender.
Our store will open on the 16th, which is the day after tomorrow. With this flyer, you can get one of these three products for free. You can take it home and try it out. If it works, you can come back to buy it. If it doesn’t work, you got it for free, so it’s not a loss, right?”
"Is it really free? Then I'd like to try it."
"I want one too. Give me a receipt, young man."
Wu You started distributing them immediately.
Bai Simian said loudly while sending the message: "Our boss said that in the first seven days after opening, it doesn't matter whether we make money or not, as long as we can establish good relations with everyone, all customers who come to the store to buy things will enjoy a 20% discount."
"What is 20% off?"
"That is to say, if the original price is ten cents, you only need to pay eight cents. If the original price is one hundred cents, you only need to pay eighty cents, saving twenty cents. The more you buy, the more you save."
These were the lines of speech written down by Li Wanyue, and they all memorized them.
"That's great."
"Haven't you heard? Just the past seven days."
"That's fine, they can still sell it at a loss."
"That's true."
Everyone took the flyers and left, and the shop returned to its quiet state.
Li Sandong had changed his clothes and returned to the shop.
Seeing that there was nothing to clean up, Li Wanyue said, "Si Mian, Wu You, you will distribute flyers everywhere in the town, especially at the academy. Distribute 60 flyers today and another 60 tomorrow."
“We’ve made note of that.”
Li Wanyue said: "I'm going to go back first. I'll deliver the goods tomorrow. You guys can close the store."
Bai Simian agreed, and after the two of them left, he closed the shop door.
Li Wanyue returned home, took out a stack of flyers and handed them to Zhao Suying, asking her to take them to the big locust tree and distribute them to the villagers.
Zhao Suying went there immediately.
Many people were sitting under the big locust tree, sewing shoe soles and chatting, while children were playing nearby.
Zhao Suying smiled and said, "Sister Wang, sister Cheng, sister Li Er...didn't you ask about the shampoo last time? Today, my Yueyue went to the town and saw someone handing out this flyer, saying that a shop would open in the town the day after tomorrow, and it would sell shampoo.
She had looked and found that the shampoo sold in this store was the same as the one she bought.
If you take this list, you can get one of the samples for free. So she asked for some lists and brought them back. Whoever wants one can go to the town with the list the day after tomorrow to have a look.
I heard that it’s much cheaper to buy in the first seven days of opening.”
Li Er's wife took the bill and asked, "Can I really give it to you without spending any money?"
"Really? But it's just a trial after all. There's only a small bottle."
"Give me one, girl."
"Auntie, can you give me two? I have a big family."
In a short while, all the flyers were sold out.
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In a blink of an eye, it was the opening day. Many people from Daohua Village went to the town, including the Li family. This was their first shop, so of course they had to go and witness it.
Since flyers were distributed in advance, many people knew that a store was opening today and they could get free things, so the front of the store was already full of people.
Li Wanyue and her family entered the backyard through a small door. The items in the shop had been laid out yesterday, and the samples to be delivered were also ready.
The soap is cut into blocks of about three centimeters in size, and the shampoo is packed in a small bamboo tube about as thick as a finger. One small tube can be used for about three or four washes.
The facial cream is also packed in small bamboo tubes, each containing about five grams.
The finished soaps are wrapped in white oil paper, and each piece is stamped with a colorful seal with the store name and a peony flower on it.
Arrange them according to different flavors.
Shampoo is also placed according to the size of the bottle and the different scents.
Facial creams come in porcelain bottles and ceramic bottles.
Wooden signs are used as price tags, so you can clearly see the prices of the items.
Wu You walked up to Li Wanyue, pointed at the three young men working and whispered, "Boss, as you requested, I'll call three of my friends to help."
Li Wanyue nodded: "For their hard work, each of them will receive 30 cents, which will be paid to you later."
"Yes." Wu You responded.
Li Wanyue said: "Open the door."
After saying that, he walked out from the backyard.
Wu You and Bai Simian opened the shop door.
Looking at the people in front of him, Wu You lowered his hands and said, "Uncles and aunts, brothers and sisters, today we are opening our shop, thank you for your support..."
After an opening speech, Wu You and Bai Simian stood on each side and grabbed a corner of the red cloth covering the plaque above the shop. They pulled it gently, and the red cloth fell off, revealing the plaque with the words "Fanghua Pavilion" inscribed on it.
Bai Simian reminded: "Everyone, in order to avoid crowding and collisions, let's go into the store in a circle.
We will put our products in front of the store. If you want to try them out, you can queue up here before entering the store. If you want to go in first and see them, go in first. If you just want to receive the free items and don’t want to go in, go to the right and receive them. This way we can separate and it won’t be too crowded…”
After that, everyone lined up neatly and proceeded in an orderly manner under the guidance of three temporary workers.
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