Chapter 132
As soon as he set down the empty bowl, Uncle Shan produced a cloth pouch from his own robe and offered it to Wang Jin. "Young Master Yuan asked me to give this to you after you'd taken your medicine. He made it himself."
Wang Jin opened it, inside were white candies, the kind Yuan Heng had learned to make previously at the Keyuan Residence.
Yuan Heng was always like this, no matter where he was, he always thought of Wang Jin.
Wang Jin's heart felt as sweet as honey. Even though he hadn't eaten the candy yet, the bitter taste in his mouth seemed to have already been suppressed.
Yuan Heng said he would be busy for a few days, and he truly was busy for several days.
During these days, he still prepared breakfast for Wang Jin and took care of everything, but his figure was rarely seen. The lock on the small courtyard gate was fastened, and Wang Jin couldn't get in either.
With Yuan Heng no longer by his side, Wang Jin poured all of his focus into the shop and the fireworks.
The clothes Xiao Pei rushed to make were ready. Although the styles were a bit old-fashioned and flashy, the craftsmanship was first-rate. After seeing those clothes, Wang Jin looked at Xiao Pei as if he had found a treasure, his eyes shining. He entrusted the entire clothing production task to Xiao Pei, telling him to select a group of people from outside to train under his lead, specializing in making clothes.
For his part, Wang Jin began sketching out all the clothing styles he could remember.
In his previous life, he had so many guests, each with a different style of dress, so he had many ready-made styles in his head.
However, the fabric colors Xiao Yu had acquired were somewhat dull... The gers here all preferred bright colors. Wang Jin simply instructed them to make these clothes larger and sell them as ready-to-wear for beastmen.
Although beastmen were generally less concerned with appearance than gers, those in Ning'an City maintained rather refined standards.
Regarding the fireworks, Wang Jin and Cheng Bai split the profits fifty-fifty. Wang Jin was responsible for providing the materials and the formula, while production and sales were entirely up to Cheng Bai.
Cheng Bai was reliable. Wang Jin originally thought that once the materials were sent out, he wouldn't need to worry anymore. Who knew Cheng Bai would come to him every couple of days to discuss fireworks sales issues.
He could clearly come up with a perfect plan himself, yet he insisted on getting Wang Jin's approval.
At first, Wang Jin thought it was an excuse for Cheng Bai to get close to him, so he was somewhat resistant. Later, he saw that when Cheng Bai came, it was really just to get his agreement... with no other ulterior motives. The occasional shared meal was simply because they had worked past mealtime.
This improved Wang Jin's impression of Cheng Bai considerably.
Moreover, Cheng Bai was truly capable. The pricing for the fireworks was much higher than he had imagined. Wang Jin received the first payment much earlier than expected, and the amount was also much larger than originally anticipated.
Once Wang Jin got the money, he used it to buy some brightly colored fabrics. He drew some more beautiful gers clothing designs and gave them all to Xiao Pei to produce.
At the same time, he set people to work renovating the shop.
Soon, a new ready-to-wear shop appeared in Ning'an City.
The shop had many ready-made clothes. These clothes had novel styles and high-quality materials. Most importantly, this shop actually had more clothes for beastmen than for gers, which was quite rare in Ning'an City.
A shop like this should, in theory, not be able to compete with those specializing in gers clothing. However, the beastmen's clothing in this shop was genuinely good-looking, the quality was better than elsewhere, and the price wasn't much different. It was said there were opening discounts. That very day, the shop attracted a large crowd; the entrance was so packed it was impassable. This crowd included quite a few ger...
These gers were thinking of buying clothes to take back for their beastmen to wear.
This scene startled even Wang Jin, who had witnessed many grand occasions in his previous life.
On the day of the opening, Wang Jin had Xiao Yu take some people to mind the shop. He found a nearby tavern to watch from afar and had no intention of spreading the news that the shop was his.
All the ready-made clothes were snatched up that very day, earning a large profit. Those who came later could only place custom orders based on the item numbers of the clothes. These custom orders were somewhat more expensive than the ready-made clothes, but the orders kept increasing without decrease.
Xiao Pei originally had five people working with him on clothes. Now, he added five more, making ten people total. They worked busily in the backyard of the shop for several days, using up all the low-cost fabric they had purchased.
Seeing the shop's business so good, Wang Jin finally regained some of his business sense from his previous life.
Xiao Yu and Xiao Pei were both very capable. Xiao Pei was excellent at leading people. Xiao Yu had previously mentioned handling money in a shop. In Wang Jin's opinion, Xiao Yu was more than qualified to be a shop manager.
After supervising for a few days and seeing that the two were handling things adeptly, Wang Jin felt at ease staying in the courtyard... drawing.
Seeing those ready-made clothes sell so well, he wanted to draw a set of designs to hang in the shop. This way, the shop would be decorated, and customers could view the clothing styles at any time, rather than having to rely on memory and item numbers for custom orders.
One day, Cheng Bai walked in excitedly, his face full of joy.
With the shop opening and busy, Wang Jin had sent almost everyone from the pavilion to help Xiao Yu and Xiao Pei, so there was no one to stop Cheng Bai.
Wang Jin hurriedly covered the half-finished hanging scroll he was drawing, but Cheng Bai, who had barged in, had already seen it.
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