Chapter 109: Opening a Shop and Becoming Rich in One Day
"Do you really want to leave the Marquis' Mansion?" Qin Hanzhang asked softly, his expression revealing no emotion.
"My Lord, I am just kidding you. Once you enter the Marquis' mansion, it is like entering a deep sea. If you want to leave, you must be able to swim. I am a landlubber."
Su Qianqian raised the duck lantern in her hand and continued walking forward.
Qin Hanzhang paused for a moment before following with his hands behind his back. A pair of long shadows formed behind the two of them, intertwining together.
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On the second day, there was enough gum in the farm, so the construction of the greenhouse began. The craftsmen had already figured out how to do the construction according to Su Qianqian's instructions.
Boil glue and filter the cloth, and after a few layers it becomes a translucent shed cloth. Build the shed frame and build compost around it to build an insulating wall, pour running water through bamboo tubes on top, and burn coking coal to raise the temperature and control the temperature. Several villages are busy in full swing.
While the shop was being renovated, Su Qianqian had people put up a cloth with the words "restaurant (rice shop, clothing shop, vegetable shop, tea house) under construction", so stay tuned.
At this time, the reserve employees began to distribute flyers, contact the housekeepers of various wealthy families, and place orders in advance to post small advertisements. The sign they used was: Royal Exclusive Public Welfare Project.
Su Qianqian also gave Qin Hanzhang a task: ask the emperor to write the two words "Anmin" by hand as the name of the plaques of all shops, forming a preliminary chain industry.
The emperor has granted "peace to the people", who dares to make trouble? Doing business in compliance with the emperor's order, do not dare to disrespect!
In addition to paying taxes, the proceeds will be used to appease the families of soldiers who died in battle in the name of the emperor, and to solve problems for the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Revenue, thus killing two birds with one stone.
The emperor readily agreed, thinking that he could gain both fame and fortune by writing two words. He secretly went back to the imperial study and ruined more than a dozen sheets of paper before coming out to give the words to Qin Hanzhang.
Su Qianqian’s own shop takes a different approach: mysterious.
In the past few days, she has received visiting cards from more than ten concubines who asked their families to send them. However, she wants to suppress them and wait for the right opportunity. She will not care about things that are easy to get, and will only treasure things that have invested too much cost and expectations.
August 18th was a good day. Su Qianqian received the concubines' families one by one throughout the day. The routine was the same:
With a dilemma, he said that this was done by a master who was famous for bringing back "spring". Her beauty pills and creams were all secret recipes, and even the vegetables and fruits she planted were rare treasures, such as tomatoes.
Three days later, two shops will be opened in Cuizhufang, one is a cosmetics shop, the other is a vegetable and fruit shop. The difference is that not everyone can buy things in the shops. One needs to first take fifty taels of gold to become a "member". Only with "membership" can one enter the shops to buy things.
However, this "membership" is limited and requires a noble status. Each store has only one hundred places. Those who come late cannot join no matter how much money they give. Moreover, the total consumption of each member must exceed five hundred taels of gold per year, otherwise the place will be withdrawn.
These people came here with a mission. How can we explain it to them if we don’t let them buy things back? Moreover, this quota is hard to come by, and Mrs. Hou is willing to reveal the news as a favor, so some people are thinking about grabbing a quota as soon as the opening begins. Some are afraid that they will not be able to reserve a quota later, so they plan to reserve a few more!
These concubines were able to see their natal relatives because they were of high status and their families were powerful and influential. Once they spread the news, they received many visiting cards.
On August 20th, the managers of the four shops and farms completed the training assessment. This time, Mu Tong's score was far ahead. The team he led had already received more than a dozen orders worth one hundred taels of silver before the shops even opened. This must be a year's supply of vegetables, rice, and ready-made clothes. All the business was taken over by other teams!
He Sheng was unwilling to lose to a young boy, so he innovated the management of the farm. His team also sold six orders and signed annual purchase orders for six large restaurants in Xijing City. In order to achieve good results, He Sheng asked Su Qianqian to buy vegetable samples with his own money...
Cai Meng has always been striving for victory by maintaining stability. His team is pragmatic and hard-working. They explain the benefits of the products they sell clearly to those merchants who are not powerful but have money.
These merchants are all business savvy. Although they don't act quickly until they see the rabbit, they are more likely to know the value. They sign orders just to test the amount, but they sign dozens of orders, which gives them an advantage in terms of quantity.
Only He An was at the bottom again, waiting for Su Qianqian's lesson with a sad face.
“Ask yourself, do your results match your efforts? If your results don’t match your efforts, no matter what, keep learning and wait for opportunities.
If your results have exceeded your efforts, learn from your mistakes and try again next time. Don't forget that there will be profit evaluations every month and this is just a test run. ”
Su Qianqian had worked so hard to train management talents, and she didn't want them to give up just because of a setback. She had to let them get back on track. Moreover, the team He An led was from a teahouse and a restaurant, so they were already at a disadvantage in terms of operations.
On August 21st, Su Qianqian’s shops “Hualongge” and “Cuiyinglou” opened.
The store looked plain and simple from the outside, and it was impossible to tell what it did. It was also located in an extremely remote area, but before the red silk on the signboard had fallen and the store door had opened, the maids and nannies who served the ladies of each family had already lined up in a long queue.
When the doors of the two shops opened, two handsome young men in front of the doors asked the guests to show their business cards and only after verification led them to Mu Tong and Cai Meng.
The two of them were wearing finely crafted cloth robes and had decent smiles on their faces. They were asked to enter their identities and pay membership fees as VIPs, and then they were issued a gold-plated card. With this card, they could enter the VIP room of the same level and choose the products.
The maids and old women were also a little confused. After asking, they found out that fifty taels of gold was only for the entry-level VIPs, and the higher levels were eighty taels of gold, and there were also one hundred and fifty taels of gold. The quality of the goods provided was different, and the prices were naturally different.
However, these membership fees are not in vain, and the services received are also different. High-level memberships include, but are not limited to, door-to-door delivery services, and beautiful boys teaching how to use the products. The highest level members will have the shopkeeper personally demonstrate makeup.
The first time Mu Tong drew his eyebrows, he gave them to a senior member, a lady. That’s a story for later.
On this day, Su Qianqian earned more than 8,000 taels of gold in membership fees alone, which converted into more than 80,000 taels of silver. She became rich overnight! Not to mention the income from beauty pills, cosmetics, tomatoes, potatoes, etc., the two shopkeepers were so busy that they had no time to rest and their mouths were stiff from smiling.
Of course, Su Qianqian did invest a lot. In addition to the money to buy the shop, decorate it and hire employees, she also spent a lot of time and money on selecting and packaging fruits and vegetables and making cosmetics in the workshop.
Except for the Qin family, no one knew who the owners of these two shops were. But even if someone coveted them, they would not dare to act rashly when they saw that the people entering the shops were either rich or noble.
On August 25, all the shops of "Anmin" opened together.
The restaurant has an open counter for selecting dishes, and the ingredients of the dishes can be clearly seen. Some dishes that have never been heard of appear on the sample stand. From the cooks to the waiters and barmaids, they are all relatives of soldiers who died in battle, or injured and retired soldiers. The two golden characters "An Min" of Emperor Gan De on the plaque shine brightly.
The restaurant had done a good job of promoting itself, so there would be many customers coming to try the new food. Su Qianqian was mentally prepared for this, but she was still shocked when she got out of the car in front of the restaurant wearing men's clothing.
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