Chapter 198: Sold Out
Chen Zhi’s face darkened, and she said unhappily, “There are so many people, why go through the back door? Besides, it’s not even certain to work.”
Shen Yun still wanted to say something, but Cai Xiaohe turned on her instead: “No matter what, you and Lu Qiaoge grew up together, you were so close before, and after so much time, you should have forgotten it long ago. You go find her, it’s guaranteed to work.”
Shen Yun was stunned.
She never expected Cai Xiaohe to talk to her like this.
Yet she couldn’t fall out with her.
Shen Yun felt a sense of powerlessness all over her body.
Lu Qiaoge, why are you haunting me like this.
You’re really everywhere.
She really wanted to hide now. Before she had a sure way to deal with her, she didn’t dare provoke her.
Shen Yun restrained her emotions and said indifferently, “Lu Qiaoge hates me to death. We’ll never have anything to do with each other in this lifetime. Alright, no more about her. Let’s go over there and look at the dresses. Look how pretty that floral one is.”
Cai Xiaohe glanced at Lu Qiaoge not far away. Actually, she wasn’t familiar with her. It was all because Shen Yun said bad things about Lu Qiaoge that she felt the same.
Her family scolded her for not using her brain. What business is it of yours to meddle in those three people’s affairs?
Yeah, actually, they should have been strangers.
Especially since Lu Qiaoge didn’t even linger her gaze on them when she saw them, clearly not taking them to heart at all. So why should they go up and show off?
Wouldn’t that just be asking for embarrassment?
Before the sun had set, all the clothing had sold out.
Including the several tens of thousands of scarves in various colors that were added later, almost all snatched up.
Meng Xia had gone with Old Mrs. Lu. There were too many people, and halfway through the crowd, she couldn’t stand it and brought her mother-in-law out.
But she did grab a few scarves.
She also had her eye on a dress. They were really so beautiful, with all kinds of colors and styles, but unfortunately, she didn’t get one.
She really hadn’t expected it to be like this. She thought after going, she’d have to buy things to complete the task.
She had even planned to spend all the money she brought, which would count as supporting her second daughter’s work.
But she never imagined it wouldn’t need her support at all.
However, after the two squeezed out from the venue, Old Mrs. Lu said to her, “There are families like ours too. There aren’t few who don’t lack money. For example, Old Xu’s family in our backyard has eight people, only one going to school, and each month’s salary can exceed three hundred yuan. There are two level seven workers, one head canteen chef, and the rest are all formal workers. Tell me, how could they lack money?”
Meng Xia naturally knew Old Xu’s family lived comfortably, but there was no way around it—they all had jobs.
Old Mrs. Lu continued, “The clothes are work uniforms issued by the work unit. They eat at the canteen every day with subsidy, water and electricity fees paid by the public, houses are public too, and medical expenses are reimbursed.”
At this point, Old Mrs. Lu lowered her voice: “I see only the rough paper for wiping butts needs to be bought with money.”
Meng Xia chuckled secretly: “If using a stick, even rough paper isn’t needed.”
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law both burst out laughing.
But actually, they had to admit that the more people working at home, the better the life.
Just like the Old Lu family. Before, only Old Lu had a proper job.
Now suddenly there were five more. Could the days still be poor?
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law couldn’t squeeze in and muttered outside, but they were happy inside.
Meanwhile, Secretary You standing in a corner of the office area had a trembling voice: “I know Jiangcheng isn’t even a big city. In the eyes of Nancheng people, this is just a remote frontier. But even so, it achieved such terrifying sales volume. If… we held sales in those few bigger cities?”
He couldn’t even imagine how much they could earn.
If they toured all of Dragon Country, could they become Hong Kong’s richest?
The other three bosses were also burning with excitement inside. Actually, before coming, they had similar ideas to Secretary You, but they had privately discussed that even if they couldn’t sell, they were prepared to talk to General Manager Zhen about only taking a portion of the cost as compensation, and exchanging the rest for grain and supplies.
This land, no matter what, was their father’s generation’s hometown. Before coming, their grandfathers and grandmothers had exhorted them repeatedly.
It was a time of difficulty now, so helping a bit could console their elders’ hearts.
Who would have thought it would be so unexpected.
In one day, they earned what should have taken two years.
Zhen Xi didn’t know these three had such ideas. He was very proud—no returns at all, proving his supervision of clothing quality this time was in place.
Moreover, these clothing company bosses were all known for their integrity and reputation.
It seemed choosing the right cooperation partner was very important too.
The exhibition fair was a resounding success.
Once the clothing money was transferred to Zhen Xi’s account, the grain worth three million and electronic components worth one million and other supplies that Zhen Xi had arranged would be fulfilled as promised.
Nine hundred plus wan more than expected. Zhen Xi promised to take ten percent to buy a set of domestic D machine tool and an instant noodle production line.
The instant noodle production line was specifically requested by Lu Qiaoge.
Elder Sister Su really didn’t know what instant noodles were, but Team Leader Xu knew and had even eaten them. But the taste wasn’t that great—nowhere near as good as his wife’s fried sauce noodles.
Truthfully, the taste was far inferior.
But Lu Qiaoge had told him in advance that if it exceeded expectations, she wanted an instant noodle production line.
Team Leader Xu hadn’t asked in detail at the time—really hadn’t—and didn’t make Lu Qiaoge submit any application report.
This actually went against his style, but Team Leader Xu just felt that whatever this girl wanted was good.
So Team Leader Xu agreed without hesitation.
The transfer wasn’t that fast now, and Zhen Xi didn’t mind. For some reason, compared to Hong Kong merchants, he trusted these plainly dressed work unit cadres who didn’t ask for any benefits more.
Zhen Xi called his assistant in Hong Kong, telling him to start transporting the supplies immediately.
With connections, people, and money, getting supplies naturally wasn’t difficult.
Although Zhen Xi’s situation was awkward, he had to admit that in this year plus, following his father, he had seen broad experience. These few million in profit wouldn’t make his father bat an eye.
Maybe not even as much as his super yacht.
But this money felt different.
Before coming, many people had been watching the joke, their disdainful expressions and words still fresh in mind.
Zhen Xi thought he really should let those high-and-mighty people come see their one-day sales volume.
The trade group successfully completed the task.
Although it was already lights in every home, they hadn’t gotten off work. All the staff began organizing and cleaning the venue.
But actually, it was really very clean.
Everyone was used to frugality. Whether plastic packaging bags, kraft paper packaging bags, or even rope, no one was willing to throw them away.
This really wasn’t an exaggeration.
Lu Qiaoge had anticipated it early, but seeing the clean venue still shocked her.
Clearly, the crowd had been so packed it felt chaotic and disorderly, but after everyone left, they just needed to straighten the chairs.
If it were the future, the same crowd flow wouldn’t leave it this clean.
Many hands make light work.
Especially with over a hundred young soldiers helping—they worked the fastest.
