Chapter 58: Lucky Bags Win People’s Hearts
Coupons and other things are familiar to people living in modern times, this seemingly preferential discount policy, in fact, is just another means of earning money for a business, no matter how much discount is used, the final price is made by the merchant himself.
On the first day of opening, Wu Qingyuan only opened the department store on the left side of the ‘Wu Ji Department Store’, and on the other side, the food area on Amo’s side was opened on the fourth day.
Because there are many people doing food business in Shiqiao Town, and there are many merchants coming and going in the town, compared with other towns, there are more restaurants and eateries in Shiqiao Town, and the competition is very large.
On the first day, the novel lucky bag gift giving unsurprisingly spread the reputation of Wu Ji Department Store at once, and then on the second and third days, the decoration of Wu Ji Department Store and the goods sold completely made the four words ‘Wu Ji Department Store’ the theme of chat among the townspeople of Shiqiao.
The decoration style adopted by Wu Qingyuan of the whole store is all reference to modern shopping malls, all goods are carried out in the way of regional and shelf counters, samples are placed at the counter, goods are placed behind, and each counter is guarded and sold by a guy, so as to avoid the chaotic scene caused by many people, and the whole store is lively but orderly.
In addition to the silk, furs, spices, jade stones, and other commercial goods brought back with Jiang Da and others during the New Year, he also especially took out some modern goods in the space.
Among them, mainly soap, mosquito coils, perfume, and other daily gadgets, the quantity is not much, and the price is very expensive, he took them out with the purpose of attracting the attention of customers with a gimmick of ‘rare’ products, to show that Wu Ji Department Store is a different grade from other grocery stores in everyone’s heart.
Using the business methods of later generations, as Wu Qingyuan expected, Wu Ji Department Store became famous in just three days.
It wasn’t until the fourth day, when the food court on Amo’s side opened, that the two truly experienced the great success of their novel marketing tactics.
In the three days since the store opened, Wu Qingyuan’s lucky bags also lasted for three whole days, and these lucky bags actually contained only a few valuable things and small accessories such as handkerchiefs, and all the others were discount coupons and food coupons.
There is no need to elaborate on coupons, which are nothing more than the temptation of discounts to attract people to return to the store, and food coupons are one of his main purposes for sending lucky bags.
The discount is cheap, and even the name of the gift fully mobilizes the curiosity and greed of all the townspeople who get the coupon, especially since Wu Qingyuan asked a painter to paint some dishes and hang them in the store, the picture that looks lifelike and full of color and the look of the flavor simply evokes some delicious insects in the stomach in an instant, plus there are various ‘coupons’ that can deduct silver, what reason is there not to taste it?
Therefore, as soon as the food court on Amo’s side opened, the business reached an unprecedented boom.
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“Twenty-two, thirty-two, forty-two, excluding the cost of meat and vegetables, Brother Wu, I earned a full thirty-two today!”
In the evening, the two of them who were tired from a day sat at the table and began to calculate the account. When the silver was counted clearly and the account was calculated, Amo immediately jumped up excitedly, thirty taels, today his food area has a net profit of thirty taels!
Amo blushed with excitement, he never thought that he could make so much money at once, this is just a day’s profit from his gourmet restaurant, more than everyone in the village earns in a year, it’s incredible.
“Brother Wu, you lost this time…” Amo raised his chin proudly towards Wu Qingyuan.
The teenager said this because the two made an agreement before the opening of the store, whoever earns more within a month before the opening of the competition will win, and the loser must listen to the arbitrary calls and requirements of the winner for a month- a little fun between husband and wife.
But Amo is very attentive because he has one thing he wants to demand for sure, he is determined to give advice to Brother Wu, and when he sleeps at night, Brother Wu is not allowed to come near when he says so, Brother Wu’s physical strength is too good. There are many tricks, it is really tiring…
“Oh, really?”
Wu Qingyuan knew the truth in his heart and hit him with it mercilessly and analyzed it rationally.
“Who loses and who wins is not necessarily decided today- this is just the beginning, everyone is fresh, and when the customer source stabilizes later, your day may not have so much, and Shiqiao Town is only a small town after all, the number of people who come to eat in the restaurant is limited, our store is not big enough, and the daily income in the later period will not have so much …..”
“It’s impossible, there are many merchants in our town, and those people are the most willing to spend money, as long as I do a good job, the business will not be less! Also, in a few days, I will get the backyard of our store prepared, I will find a few more people I knew before, and do my make-up business, Brother Wu, see if you still won’t admit defeat.”
Amo will not be easily convinced, continue to be proud, the teenager is still very business-minded.
“Uh-huh, that’s a good idea, but… You still can’t win against me.” Wu Qingyuan nodded in agreement, but the words immediately turned back, staring at the triumphant young man, and said, “Guess how much my side earned today?”
“How much?” Amo was a little apprehensive, if he lost, he would have to rely on Brother Wu like this and this again!
“Five hundred taels.” Under Amo’s apprehensive gaze, Wu Qingyuan smiled and reported a number that hit him in a sore spot.
“Impossible!”
“How is it impossible? I sold several bottles of perfumes today, oh yes, I seem to have forgotten to tell you that the net profit of each bottle is at least fifty taels or more, so you will definitely not win against me, you have to listen to me in the next month, well, let me think about what you can do…”
Wu Qingyuan smiled dirtily and cunningly.
“Brother Wu, you’re fooling me again…”
The dull teenager finally reacted that his gambling contract was simply unfair, and he wanted to cry without tears, and he has been fooled again!
“Yes.”
Wu Qingyuan nodded cheekily and cruelly and laughed, he could rely on anything else, but he resolutely couldn’t give in to his own welfare, who called his little husband so tempting and so easy to deceive, it was really feeling sorry for himself if he decided not to eat…
After sufficient preliminary preparation and novel marketing methods, Wu Ji Department Store was a great success within a few days of opening, and Wu Qingyuan continued to make unremitting efforts to continue to launch various offers to stimulate consumption.
For example, with the bill receipt of the purchase of department stores, if they reach a certain amount- food can be eaten for free in the food area, certain consumption in the food area allows you tp buy some items in the department store- for the many who want to buy soap, mosquito coils, perfume, etc., these rare ‘overseas goods’- it is not enough to have silver, you must spend in Wu Ji Department Store to be eligible to buy.
The membership level stimulates the townspeople of Shiqiao Town- though the members do not understand fully but it clearly stipulates that some commercial goods purchase qualifications are suddenly divided into three, six, and nine, catering to the importance of identity levels of people here, resulting in the townspeople of Shiqiao Town all purchasing ‘overseas goods’ of Wu Ji Department Store for the honor of having a reputation.
The shop was doing well, the money came into the pocket, and the two were very happy to settle the accounts every night.
Wu Qingyuan actually doesn’t value silver so much, earning more or earning less doesn’t matter as long as he doesn’t worry about using silver, but looking at Amo’s appearance of counting silver every day full of energy, he was also affected and felt that counting money to the point of having hand cramps felt good…
And just when the business of Wu Qingyuan’s store was booming and happy, at the same time in the Zhang family in Liushu Village, Zhou-ger and Zhang Dazhu had a big accident.
When Zhou-ger and Zhang Dazhu became a couple a few months ago, Wu Qingyuan gave two carbon kilns to him, and the management of the carbon kilns was naturally handed over to him and the Zhang family to lead, and he assisted, and now it is the end of July, it is a good time to start slowly preparing for their winter inventory, Zhou-ger discussed with Zhang Dazhu and began to operate.
After all, his cousin can help him for a while, but he can’t help him for a lifetime, and Zhou-ger knows that Wu Qingyuan gave him the carbon kiln and also thought him to let him have his own industry and a status in his husband’s family, so he was wholeheartedly ready to work hard with Zhang Dazhu to do this transaction well and not let him down.
Wu Qingyuan also taught him the specific carbon kiln matters, where to buy wood, what price, etc., Zhou-ger is clear, the network path is all paved, and they only need to spend a little effort to run around and spend silver
But who knew that things that should have been very smooth went wrong, the two of them bought the wood from the good timber traders that Wu Qingyuan had negotiated before, and there was a problem with a large number of wood, except for some of the wood on the surface that was good wood, the wood hidden below was all bad!
After discovering it, the two went back to find the wood merchant, but who knew that the other party not only did not compensate, but also fought that he had no fault, and his attitude was very arrogant, and he found someone to beat the angry Zhang Dazhu, which was simply a deliberate plot.
No matter how fierce Zhang Dazhu is, in the end, he is one person, how is he the opponent of the wood merchant, and he has to protect Zhou-ger in the middle, so he can only stand and be beaten, and finally beaten alive as he vomits blood and passes out.
“These are rotten people, black-hearted people, how can you still beat others, woo, husband, husband, wake up quickly…”
Seeing Zhang Dazhu, who was carried back in his dying breath, the Zhang family was all frightened and dumbfounded, and Mrs. Zhang cried out all at once, this is her son, the son who was healthy when he left, how can he be beaten like this.
“Mother, you look at Xianggong first, I’ll go to the town to ask for a doctor and find my cousin.”
Zhou-ger’s eyes were already swollen with tears on the way back, and after handing Zhang Dazhu over to the family, he ran to the backyard, took the donkey, and rushed directly to the town.
T/N: Ohhh our plot thickens and new scum have taken the stage. As always thanks for reading and bonus chapters available on ko-fi.
Thank you for your hard work! The translation is very good! But some sentences are too long and difficult to read, so please separate these sentences with dots. I know that some translators do this, and the quality of the text improves. Thanks! 💗 (Sorry if I spelled it wrong, English is not my native language)
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Cliffhanger!!
Will we see brother Wu beat some people 👀👀
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Uwah! They beat him! Noon!