Chapter 180: Everyone Makes Money? (Part 1)
As soon as Shen Ruoyan finished speaking, a female businessman from the Huazhou Chamber of Commerce said, "Miss Shen, I have actually used this perfume and soap before. The effects are very good and I like them very much! It's just that the supply in Huazhou and other places is too small, and we sisters are very anxious!"
After the business woman finished speaking, other business women followed suit. They were businessmen and women, and they had used perfumes and soaps before. They were many times better than those expensive but vulgar rouge and powder. Such good things naturally attracted the attention of those ladies and noblewomen. They saw the profit in it, so they hurriedly asked Shen Ruoyan for the goods.
Shen Ruoyan said with a smile: "Sisters, don't worry. Perfumes and soaps are being produced and will be available in a while! Ruoyan can declare to all the sisters here that you can go to the Shen's branch to register first, and after the supply, the Shen's branch will send someone to deliver it to your house!"
At this time, Fang Xinyuan took out a bottle of perfume that she had carefully kept from her purse, and waved it in front of the businesswomen as if to show off, and said proudly: "This is the rose-scented perfume that Sister Ruoyan gave me!"
When these businesswomen saw the perfume, their eyes lit up and they couldn't let it go and played with it. Some of them even offered a high price to buy it on the spot, but were politely rejected by Fang Xinyuan one by one.
Jiang Chengfeng couldn't help but laugh. The perfume that was used to promote Huayang Poetry Society last time was now being shown off by this little girl Fang Xinyuan at the annual meeting. He was speechless!
Seeing this, Fang Zhi was secretly annoyed. He grabbed his sister who was still trying to show off, and winked at Liu Song beside him. The latter nodded with a smile and pursed his lips. Immediately, a businessman stood up and said in a weird tone: "Miss Shen, these perfumes and soaps are good things! But, your Shen family is not honest!"
Jiang Chengfeng had been staring at Fang Zhi, so all the little movements of him and Liu Song fell into Jiang Chengfeng's eyes. He thought that these two guys were really in cahoots with each other.
Shen Ruoyan frowned slightly, looked at the businessman in confusion, and asked, "Boss Sun, please explain clearly!"
Shopkeeper Sun snorted coldly and said disdainfully, "Miss Shen, do I need to explain it more clearly? Your Shen family used to run a cloth shop, but now you are intervening in the business of rouge and powder. Isn't this overreaching?"
Jiang Chengfeng approached Chen Susu and asked, "Sister Chen, who is this shopkeeper Sun?"
Chen Susu responded in a low voice: "This old man Sun has opened twelve rouge and powder shops in Huazhou, but he is a cunning and stingy person!"
Jiang Chengfeng understood immediately. It turned out that this shopkeeper Sun was jealous! With the advent of perfume and soap, young girls and wives stopped buying rouge and powder! And this shopkeeper Sun couldn't compete with the so-called industry standards, so he wanted to use the so-called industry standards to restrict the development of the Shen family. Who do you think you are? Even the government is not as domineering as you!
Shen Ruoyan looked calm, as if she had expected this day to come. "Boss Sun, what you said is wrong! No one has stipulated that our Shen family can only run a cloth business. Can't we do a rouge and powder business? I would like to ask, who made this rule?"
Shopkeeper Sun blushed and snorted, "Your Shen family is breaking the rules. Cross-industry operations are not allowed! If everyone is like your Shen family, what is the point of these chamber of commerce rules?"
This is just looking for trouble! Shen Ruoyan's face darkened, and she said coldly: "Manager Sun, you are too overbearing, aren't you? Are you only allowed to open twelve rouge and powder shops, and my Shen family can't do it? If what I said is true, Manager Sun's ancestors were tenant farmers. Now he is doing rouge and powder business, isn't that breaking the rules?"
Jiang Chengfeng couldn't help but laugh secretly. He didn't expect that this young lady was also so sharp in words. He really hadn't noticed it before!
Shopkeeper Sun's face turned pale and blue, and after holding it in for a long time, he said angrily, "Shen Ruoyan, don't make excuses!"
Shen Ruoyan sneered and continued to add insult to injury, saying, "Boss Sun, if you dislike the fact that our Shen family is engaged in the business of rouge and powder, we can let you do the cloth business as well. Are you willing, Boss Sun?"
Chen Susu gave a thumbs up and praised: "Sister Shen, what you said makes sense. I, Chen Susu, support you!"
Then, another rouge and powder shop owner stood up and said loudly: "Miss Shen, we can't control your Shen family's desire to do rouge and powder business! But you have to leave some food for us, right?"
Shen Ruoyan glanced at the man and said seriously, "Boss Zhou has been a businessman for many years. Doesn't he know that business competition is a normal thing? Only healthy competition can better promote the economic development of our Northern Tang country!"
The shopkeeper Sun was immediately unhappy and snorted, "Miss Shen, you are talking nicely. Do you know that the arrival of your perfume and soap has seriously impacted the local rouge and powder business in Huazhou? How can we compete? It is not an exaggeration to say that this business is monopolized by your Shen family! If you do this, aren't you going to make us all starving?"
After he said this, many bosses who were engaged in the business of rouge and powder echoed him and were very angry.
Chen Susu suddenly stood up and shouted, "What are you arguing about? What business does Miss Shen do has nothing to do with you? You have no ability and you blame others. It's a huge joke!"
There were many businessmen from the Huayang Chamber of Commerce present, but only Chen Susu was willing to speak for Shen Ruoyan. The others all acted according to Fang Zhi's instructions.
"Boss Sun, whether you have food to eat or not depends on how hard you work!" Shen Ruoyan said calmly, "My Shen family has been running a cloth shop for decades, but later due to fierce competition, we switched to the business of rouge and powder, which saved the Shen family from danger! If our Shen family had only complained like you, I'm afraid we would have fallen long ago, right?"
Everyone looked at each other, not knowing how to refute for a moment.
Liu Song coughed dryly, stood up, and tried to smooth things over by saying, "Please don't be angry, I think there is still room for discussion on this matter! I have been thinking for a long time and came up with a compromise. I wonder if you are interested?"
The anger on the face of the shopkeeper Sun disappeared, and he put on a flattering smile and said, "I'd like to hear more about it!"
Liu Song looked at Shen Ruoyan with a smile and said, "My dear niece Ruoyan, it's not easy to make rouge and powder. I think it's better to hand over the management rights of perfume and soap in Jiangsu and Zhejiang to Sun Dazhang and others. If you two cooperate, everyone will make money! Don't you think this makes sense?"
