Chapter 165: Officials and Businessmen (I)
Because the spring examination was approaching, Su Luo did not keep Zhou Chongwen for long. She made an appointment to visit him another day and then parted ways with him.
Seeing Zhou Chongwen looking back every three steps, Su Luo felt sad, but at the same time relieved. If they continued chatting, the awkward silence would probably become more and more serious, and then there would be no way to end the conversation.
After this episode, Su Luo was no longer in a hurry to find Li Rusong to question him. Whether she asked or not, she could not change Li Rusong's original intention, nor could she change anything. In this case, it seemed that there was no difference whether she asked earlier or later.
After leaving the Princess's Mansion, Su Luo changed his route and went to the ready-made clothing store. Although he had an idea in mind, he was still shocked to see the bustling ordering scene in the store. Because a selection map was made in advance and there were special channels, the scene was large but not chaotic. The shop assistants were busy all the time, and Su Jiang had to greet customers and discuss fashion trends with some officials, businessmen and celebrities. That made Su Luo very embarrassed.
On the other hand, he was only bribing the emperor and building relationships with the imperial concubine, and most of the substantive business operations were handed over to Su Jiang. He really became a hands-off boss, which seemed quite unkind.
Su Luo reflected on herself and participated in the work with a guilty conscience. She could not help in other ways, but she was still confident in chatting with the clients about the current trends. As long as she could confuse them, she would consider it a success!
When Su Luo successfully got batch after batch of socialites to leave the shop in a daze, the sun had already set. The whole day had passed so quickly. Su Luo had not enjoyed the sense of fulfillment brought by work for a long time.
"Close the shop, get off work." Su Luo excitedly instructed the shop assistants, "We're having a dinner at Zuixianlou tonight."
The waiters were naturally excited about the dinner party, and they all quickened the pace of closing the shop. When Su Luo was about to take them out, they saw that Su Jiang had not come out yet. They went into the back hall and saw that Su Jiang and the accountant were checking the order and the account book one by one, fearing that something might have gone wrong.
Su Luo waved to her, "Let's do it tomorrow. I'm so tired today."
Su Jiang smiled and said, "You guys go first. I'll come over after I'm done. There will definitely be a lot of customers in the first few days after opening. If there's a backlog, it will be very troublesome tomorrow."
Su Luo felt a little guilty again. After hesitating for two seconds, he went out to get some money for the waiters and asked them to go to the dinner party by themselves.
Su Luo was going to share the good fortune and work together, but she seemed redundant anyway - Su Jiang had gotten used to not having Su Luo to help her. Su Luo was so bored that she looked around and checked the doors and windows. When she checked the main door, she unexpectedly saw someone outside .
The man was about 30 years old, tall and thin, with . He was wearing a lavender silk shirt embroidered with light pink flowers and a dark purple belt with several pearls hanging on it, which matched the pearl headband on his head. The fancy dress, fine fabrics and fine workmanship made him look more noble. It was true that Buddhas need gold clothes and people need clothes.
The man stood motionless at the door of the shop, staring at the shop sign. Su Luo thought something was wrong, so he stood next to the man and looked with him. After looking for a long time, it was still "Yamei Garment Shop, Beijing Branch". There was nothing wrong with it.
"This big brother..."
As soon as Su Luo opened her mouth, the man shuddered exaggeratedly, as if he hadn't noticed Su Luo and was startled by her sudden voice. Su Luo also startled and jumped aside, "What's wrong?"
The man looked at Su Luo for a long time, then suddenly smiled and bowed slightly, "Excuse me, young lady, are you from this shop?"
Su Luo nodded. "Do you want to order clothes? That's for tomorrow. We're all off work today."
"No, no, no, I just want to meet the owner of your shop."
Su Luo smiled in surprise, "Why do you want to see her?"
Su Luo thought that this person was just trying to get close to her and get her to introduce him to some officials. Today, many celebrities had already tried to get close to her. Unexpectedly, the man's words made Su Luo stunned for a long time...
"Today, I saw your shop doing a booming business and I couldn't help but feel a little jealous. I also want to get a piece of the pie, so I want to ask the owner of your shop for advice."
What jealousy? What share of the pie? Isn't this a blatant declaration of challenge? If he hadn't been so humble and polite, Su Luo would have almost suspected that he was here to mess things up. But I don't think anyone would be so stupid. The grand opening scene is a legend in the Beijing business community. Would this jealous person not know this? Would he ignore the backers here and charge in? Would he come here to challenge before charging in?
Perhaps Su Luo's expression was too incredible, the man shook his sleeves and laughed, "I'm sorry for being rude. I'm Liu Chengxuan, my family has a small fortune, and I do some business, but it's never been successful, so I'm anxious and want to make friends with Boss Su as soon as possible."
Su Luo blinked, dug her ears, and suddenly laughed, "Who are you? What's your purpose in looking for me? Why don't you just tell me?" Liu Chengxuan clearly knew that the boss's surname was Su, so how could he not find out about other situations? Again, knowing that she had a gorgeous support group, he still dared to rush up. This person was either a cannon fodder or a sinister boss. Su Luo hoped that he was the former.
Seeing Su Luo expose him, Liu Chengxuan was neither anxious nor annoyed, and laughed: "People say that Boss Su is a heroine, but after seeing her today, she is just a weak woman."
"Are you disappointed?" Su Luo curled his lips symbolically.
Her actions were destined to make her a celebrity in Beijing, and celebrities were destined to have all kinds of comments and speculations. The most talked about was to guess who the biggest backer behind her was. Some people also said that she was a socialite in the officialdom, so she could get so many adults to come and cheer her up. As for the four words "female hero", there may have been such an evaluation, but it was definitely not the normal meaning of the literal meaning, most of them were quoted. Su Luo knew all this, but she couldn't stop others from talking, and speaking out to refute was even more stupid, so... just let it go. Her distress would not change any facts, so why bother.
Liu Chengxuan shook his head. "If Boss Su is as beautiful as a peach or plum and has a seductive manner, I'm afraid I'll be really disappointed right now."
Su Luo raised his eyebrows, "Why?"
"If Boss Su is as I said, then your shop is only as prosperous as it is today because of your beauty. I'm afraid I will not only be disappointed, but also disdainful. But when I met you today... you are far from what people say. How can I be unlucky?"
Why does this sound so awkward! Especially the long pause in the middle, is he trying to think of a word to describe her? In the end, he couldn't think of anything, so he just said "far from the legend". Does this mean... that Su Luo is really far from "as beautiful as peaches and plums, with a seductive posture", or even completely incomparable?
"Stop talking nonsense." Su Luo's face was not so sunny, "Purpose, tell me quickly."
Liu Chengxuan bowed and said, "Boss Su, don't be anxious. I came here today just to say hello. My purpose will be revealed soon. I hope you can give me some advice then." After that, he bowed and said goodbye, walking away with a shaky step.
Su Luo returned to the inner hall depressed and told Su Jiang about it. Su Jiang thought for a while and said, "Why don't I go to the Chamber of Commerce to ask around. This Liu Chengxuan seems to have bad intentions."
Su Luo nodded. Su Jiang hesitated for a moment and said, "It's better to let Zimao check his background. This man is so arrogant. Maybe he has a backer in the court."
Su Luo was stunned. "Zimao? Why do you call him that? I get goose bumps all over my body." She crossed her arms as she spoke. "Didn't you always call him Li Rusong before?"
Su Jiang smiled, "It is said that friends should call each other by their courtesy names, and only those who are closer can call each other by their names. Besides, calling each other by their courtesy names is quite novel."
Su Luo frowned and disagreed. She just felt awkward. Su Jiang waved her hand and said, "Let's decide it. I'll go to the Chamber of Commerce and you go ask Zimao for help." After that, she was surprised again, "Why didn't he come to see you today?"
Su Luo was also wondering, Li Rusong was basically an idle person in the capital, and she thought that if she didn't go to find him, he would be bored and come to find her. What was even more strange was that Qin Huai didn't show up today, did these two people discuss it?
