The fabric store's name, Queena, reflects its ambition. Deyang is just where the dream began. What are daily sales of ten or twenty thousand yuan? What's so special about Mandarin's booming business? They've made a lot of money, but if Xibao wants to expand production and go to other cities, it needs its own production lines.
You can't make furniture by relying on carpenters.
Anyone can replicate this kind of furniture, so why would people pay a high price to buy from Xibao?
Reaching the top of the industry is no easy feat. Investment is required in every era, but what does a million-dollar investment in a production line mean? In later generations, it would probably be worth at least hundreds of millions of dollars.
No matter how much money Chu Yu made selling clothes, it all vanished the moment she invested in Xibao. Investing in production lines was a huge investment with slow returns; the money she threw in might just go down the drain. She was really worried.
Mandarin has He Lu's manuscripts and designs to review. He Lu, the foreign designer, is quite competent, and the designs he chose for Mandarin are quite insightful, no less so than those chosen by Chu Yu.
Chu Yu selected five design drafts and 20 new clothing designs from He Lu and then went to work on the design drawings for Xi Bao.
She's been designing the furniture at Xibao. There's no other way; they just can't find any suitable talent. It's easy to find a carpenter in Deyang, but finding a furniture designer is practically a pipe dream.
Chu Yu racked her brains, recalling every piece of furniture she had seen in her previous life, in various styles and variations, desperately hoping that these manuscripts could last for a few months.
Once she gets accepted to study in Beijing and meets more design students, she can recruit people from Beijing.
As for Queena, she didn't want to get involved anymore. Shulan wasn't someone to be trifled with. Since she was put in charge, Shulan had to be given a chance. Chu Yu was only responsible for keeping track of the overall direction.
Zhou Fangchun has been anxious and stressed these past few days, and her mouth is covered in blisters. She doesn't want to care about Mao Guangyu at all, but she has no money. If Mao Guangyu doesn't come out, her family's livelihood will be in trouble. Besides, her colleagues are all waiting to see her make a fool of herself. Mao Guangyu can go to jail, but Zhou Fangchun can't lose face.
We still need to get them out of there first.
She called Dai Qinxue, but received no reply. Too far away to offer immediate relief, Zhou Fangchun dared not place all her hopes on her.
We still have to rely on local forces.
The only people in the area who could save Mao Guangyu are the Qiu family.
Zhou Fangchun was full of wicked intentions. She specially asked Song Qingchun to buy a gift and prepared to visit the Qiu family. Before she even left home, Song Qingchun brought back an old newspaper. When Zhou Fangchun saw it, she was furious!
It was an interview with Shu Hui!
That roujiamo (Chinese hamburger) shop was actually co-owned by Shu Hui and Deng Fangping? Wasn't Shu Hui helping Shu Aiguo? How did she become the boss's wife?
Zhou Fangchun hated Chu Yu to the core, believing that Chu Yu was responsible for her and Mao Xia's miserable situation. Her purpose in going to the Qiu family this time was to continue the previous marriage and force Chu Yu to marry Qiu Jiadong.
Zhou Fangchun didn't confront Dai Donglin and didn't know that Dai Donglin even dared to hit Mao Guangyu. She figured that Chu Yu didn't have any background, and that he was able to send Mao Xia and Secretary Zhao to the police station this time purely by luck.
Shu Hui was a rural woman, so things were easy to handle. But Shu Hui became a boss's wife and even made the newspapers, which obviously made things more complicated.
She hoped that Shu Hui would still be the same submissive sister-in-law she used to be, someone she could beat and scold as she pleased. But Shu Hui was completely different from what she remembered. Zhou Fangchun's belief collapsed. How could Shu Hui, this coward from the countryside, compare to her? How could she earn so much money?
What makes her so special?!
She used to brag to Shu Hui about her good job and suggested that Shu Hui work on a construction site. But Shu Hui earns tens of thousands a year, so who knows what she was secretly laughing at her for?
Zhou Fangchun was on the verge of collapse and hurriedly went to the Qiu family with the gifts.
The Qiu family built a three-story house in the suburbs. Although it's in the suburbs, it's only a 15-minute bike ride from the city.
The three-story building built by Qiu Guangyuan is quite unusual. It looks dilapidated, without tiles, no design, and it's not even topped off yet, with the steel bars on the roof exposed.
When passersby ask why, the Qiu family will tell them that they have no money. They spent a lot building the house and simply don't have enough money to finish the roof.
The house has been lived in for several years, and it's still in this dilapidated state.
Outsiders passing by would praise him for being "honest and upright," otherwise, someone of Qiu Guangyuan's rank could easily have lost a lot of money, but he didn't pursue luxury and lived here for three years.
That's not all; he also rides that broken bicycle every day, which rattles all over except for the bell.
Qiu Guangyuan put on a good act, and the people praised him, saying he was a good official! But within official circles, he acted quite differently.
The building looks dilapidated on the outside, but the interior renovation cost nearly 100,000 yuan.
In an era when owning 10,000 yuan was a news item, what did 100,000 yuan mean? Where did Qiu Guangyuan, an ordinary official, get so much money for renovations? It was obviously not legitimate.
The money wasn't wasted. When he went on a business trip to Guangdong Province, he followed the example of Guangdong and built a two-story, open-air basement.
It was equipped with crystal chandeliers, a luxury TV, high-end sound systems and microphones, and even two luxurious rooms specifically for entertaining guests.
Qiu Guangyuan's basement was like a palace; all his colleagues who visited were mesmerized. A saying circulated in the circle—
None of those who have visited Qiu Guangyuan's underground palace have been able to resist temptation.
He has a set procedure for entertaining his colleagues.
Come to the basement and find a beautiful woman to wash your hair first. After the hair wash, you'll get a personal foot massage. After relaxing, sing a song.
The soft and beautiful Miko is there to wash your hair, give you a foot massage, and sing karaoke. Even the most serious man would find it hard to resist.
It's fine to keep a clean reputation, but once you start having crooked thoughts, after a few rounds of drinks, those who should be drunk will be drunk, those who should be sober will remain sober, those who should be taking action will not make a move, and those who should take the opportunity to drop their pretense will be ready to do so.
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