Chapter 38: Official opening!(1/2)
The old lady was a little curious, so she sent a maid directly: "Go and see, what else is Miss doing?"
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While they were talking, everyone heard the sound of a piano coming from the room on the other side of the corridor.
Shen Chufan recently knew what Xu Ruoxue was busy with, so he smiled and said: "It's begun!"
The melodious sound of the piano sounded, and Xuruoxue stood in the middle.
Then he said seriously: "I have kept everyone waiting for a long time. Next, please enjoy the performance by the General's Mansion Catwalk Troupe."
When she said this, everyone began to look forward to it. After all, they had never heard of a catwalk group.
Immediately afterwards, I saw the maids in the mansion wearing clothes with embroidered patterns that they had never seen before, and Xuruoxue standing aside explained them one by one to everyone.
Xuruoxue has specially trained their walking posture these days, and now they can walk quite decently.
Finally, all the people who had passed by before came out again. Everyone stood in a row and saluted everyone present before exiting in an orderly manner.
As soon as the performance was over, Xuruoxue looked at them excitedly.
Seeing the unfinished look on the old lady's face, she chuckled and said, "Grandma, what do you think of today's performance? I'm going to let them go out dressed like this on the day of the opening. This will also meet the customized needs of customers in the form of ready-made clothes. You can What do you think?"
The old lady in charge of the General's Mansion is a very good person, but since Xu Yan got married, the old lady simply let go and didn't care about anything for the sake of purity.
After seeing this unique catwalk show, the old lady was greatly shocked and praised repeatedly: "This method of yours is quite new, it can be said that it is unprecedented!"
Although Lu Wansu wanted to support her daughter's ideas, she still had some rigid ideas in her heart.
"Isn't it bad for girls to always be in the public eye?" Lu Wansu was a little worried.
Xuruoxue said unhurriedly; "I have already thought about this. This time I only plan to let everyone walk in front of the store when it opens. When the time comes, you only need to choose the sample picture, and I asked my second brother to find a master for me to make several wooden figures, which can also display clothes."
After hearing this, the old lady sighed: "Look at this little man, I don't know where he got so many ideas!"
Xuruoxue stood in the middle humbly, with a trace of embarrassment on her face.
Shen Chufan said from the side: "I didn't expect Xueer to be so thoughtful. She is really a good hand in business."
"No." Xu Ruoxue said with a smile.
After watching the catwalk, Xu Yan was even more surprised: "It seems that I can be a hands-off shopkeeper in the future."
Everyone laughed when they heard this, and the courtyard was peaceful.
However, Shen Chufan said with some doubts:
The trial display here was affirmed by these people, and Xuruoxue became more confident.
I left the house again and prepared to check out the layout of the store.
This time it was Shen Chufan who also accompanied Xuruoxue to visit the store.
Shen Chufan asked: "Xue'er, when are you going to open the business?"
Xuruoxue thought for a while: "In three days."
Then Shen Chufan saw that Xuruoxue had made some plans in the store, preparing where to arrange seats for the ladies and ladies, and where to let the catwalk team walk around.
Shen Chufan watched her busy with patience, and would step forward to help from time to time, his eyes never leaving Xuruoxue.
Unknowingly, Zou felt that Xuruoxue had a magical power that kept attracting him.
Suddenly, when Shen Chufan saw the wooden figure in the shape of a man, he remembered something.
"Why didn't you do a men's catwalk?" Shen Chufan said curiously.
"The main reason is that time is tight and I don't have time to rush to make men's clothing, but there is no need to worry." Xuruoxue replied.
Then he talked about his plan unhurriedly: "At present, I have decided to start on a small scale. When the opening comes, I will post a message to some ladies and ladies in Kyoto City and invite them to come. On the opening day, we will I just let the catwalk team walk through the store once."
"Shen Chufan hesitated for a long time and said: "That's fine for you, but what if a man comes on the opening day?!"
Xu Ruoxue suddenly thought of making small partitions in Tianxiang Tower by dividing each table with luxuriously decorated bamboo.
She smiled and said: "It's not difficult. We just need to use some screens at home to separate them and form private rooms one by one."
Shen Chufan felt something was wrong: "What if a man goes wrong?"
Xuruoxue seemed to be worried about this problem once she said: "Don't worry, I will use a screen to separate the middle, with men's seats on one side and women's seats on the other. When the time comes, just find someone to take charge of the men's seats, and I will be responsible for the women's seats."
"No need to find anyone, I can do it." Shen Chufan said directly.
Xuruoxue smiled: "It would be better if the second brother comes."
Over there, Master Zhou said that he had made two human models and could try them out first.
Xuruoxue immediately asked the housekeeper to bring the two wooden figures.
Xuruoxue carried out a thorough renovation and layout of the cloth line.
She likes the simple and practical decoration style of Lingxiu Clothing Store. The counters and display racks where fabrics are placed are very simple and do not overwhelm the fabrics.
After a total of three days of busy work, everything was finally ready.
Early that morning, waves of gongs and drums rang out in Kyoto East Street!
Everyone in the General's Mansion got up very early today, and the carriage took Shen Chufan and Xuruoxue to the shop early in the morning.
After a while, except for the old lady who didn't like making noise and Shen Zong didn't go because she had official duties, the Shen brothers and others all arrived at the scene.
People were coming and going in front of the Lingxiu clothing store, and it was very lively.
Some wives and young ladies from wealthy families have already prepared to choose styles and are waiting for the opening of Lingxiu Clothing Store to make beautiful clothes.
When Xuruo Xuexia posted her post, she specifically mentioned many styles that were not seen in Kyoto, so everyone was very curious and wanted to find out.
Shopkeeper Yang, dressed in new clothes, stood in front of the door happily and greeted the customers coming and going.
After a while, Ling Shuang whispered in Xuruoxue's ear.
"Miss, the backyard is also ready!"
Xu Ruoxue nodded and made a gesture.
From the attic of the Lingxiu clothing store, the sound of the piano could be heard.
As soon as the piano sounds, everyone knows that it is about to begin.
Everyone immediately became quiet, wanting to see what this cloth shop wanted to do.
Because I haven’t seen any store open like this, I invite everyone to sit and watch the opening.
Xuruoxue was also agitated. After all, this was her first time doing business in ancient times.
If it succeeds this time, life will be much easier in the future.
Hearing the sound of the piano, Xuruoxue stood up first and walked to the low-rise stage: "Today is the day when our Lingxiu clothing store opens. Thank you for your patronage."
"Today, we are launching eight new styles of clothes, mainly women's clothes. Men's clothes will also be launched for everyone in the future."
Then Xuruoxue left the stage and directly let the catwalk troupe appear in front of everyone.
When the catwalk group ended, everyone was in an uproar.
Seeing that the progress was almost complete, Xuruoxue continued: "Our ready-made clothing shop is custom-made. If anyone needs it, please discuss it with me, shopkeeper Yang, and we will come to your house after we finish it."
Shopkeeper Yang came out and bowed his hands to everyone, which was regarded as meeting everyone.
So he began to say to everyone: "Here is the changing room we have set up. If you like the clothes here and the sizes are about the same and want to try them on, you can try them on site."
Xuruoxue's new store has many varieties. After she announced the end of the new product display, everyone began to visit the store one after another.
Because there were so many people coming to inquire, Lingxiu Garment Store had to postpone its closing time for half an hour on the day it reopened.
From shopkeeper Yang to the waiters, everyone is almost exhausted.
The next day, the Shogun's shop instantly became popular throughout Kyoto.
At the end of the day, Shen Chufanna and Xuruoxue calculated today's accounts.
The store received 2,500 taels of silver today.
Shen Chufan was shocked at that time: "I really didn't expect that this cloth shop has been losing money for a long time. You have made such a profit once it has been renovated. I believe it will take less than a month to make up for all the losses."
"This is still the case where we are only launching women's clothing. If we cut men's clothing and children's clothing in the future, there will be more orders than now." Xu Ruoxue is still very satisfied with today's results, but thinking about the future, she feels sad Even more energetic.
For a time, there was an endless stream of orders, which made the embroidery workshop a little busy.
When Xuruoxue was thinking about whether to recruit people, she suddenly discovered something extra in the space.
Sewing machine?
Xuruoxue was so excited that she wanted to spin around three times.
This is really a pillow for sleepiness.
So Xuruoxue began to immerse herself in studying the sketch of a sewing machine. If this thing appeared, it would surely cause a sensation throughout ancient times.
However, it was not difficult for her to draw the sketch of this thing, but the difficulty was how to make it.
After she finished the sketch, she hurriedly prepared to find Shen Chufan.
As soon as I went out, I bumped into someone, and the sketch in my hand flew out.
To be continued...