However, just when everyone was feeling depressed, a clear male voice sounded at the right time: "Everyone, this lipstick is produced under my name, Hu. If you don't mind, I can give you one each."
The one who spoke was none other than Hu Changan.
Naturally, Hu Changan did not sell all the lipsticks he had.
He still kept some lipstick on hand, just for today!
A small lipstick, a big favor.
This is better than buying and selling, he does not lose money.
When everyone saw this, they quickly turned their heads, with joyful expressions on their faces.
Unexpectedly, the lipstick that is now popular in Yingtian City is actually an industry under the name of Hu!
This colleague is simply omnipotent!
What else do they not know?
However, one of them had some doubts about this.
"Mr. Hu, how much silver does this lipstick cost?"
"If it's expensive, I'll pay a little more later."
Hearing this, Hu Changan also smiled slightly and replied: "This lipstick costs one tael a piece. But I am a manufacturer here, so the cost price is definitely not that expensive."
After everyone listened, they also fell into deep thought.
One tael of silver.
For officials and officials like them, it was just drizzle.
When I gave it to Hu Changan, it seemed a bit raw.
Looking at the hesitant eyes of everyone, Hu Changan also smiled slightly and said: "This is just a small amount of money to me. I think you adults should accept it."
"This is not gold or silver jewelry, just a novel gadget."
When everyone saw this, they also thanked Hu Changan profusely.
So the next day, everyone in the Ministry of Industry had a lipstick in hand.
Everyone in the Ministry of Industry suddenly felt extremely happy.
It’s really nice to be a colleague with Hu Changan.
They can always receive all kinds of novel gadgets as soon as possible.
Thank you Hu Changan!
As for Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao, Hu Changan did not pull them down.
After going to court early in the morning, Hu Changan came to the East Palace with two big boxes in his hands.
When Zhu Biao saw this, he was also quite interested.
I wonder what kind of surprise Hu Changan can bring him this time.
Hu Changan smiled slightly and opened one of the boxes.
A row of lipsticks of different styles lay neatly in high-end velvet boxes.
Considering Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao's huge harem, Hu Changan specially prepared a lipstick gift package for them.
Although the colors of these lipsticks are the same, the shells of these lipsticks are different.
All kinds of auspicious patterns are available.
Hu Changan smiled slightly at Zhu Biao and explained: "Your Highness, this is a new type of rouge invented by me. It is not only easy to apply, but the color is also very bright."
While talking, Hu Changan also gave Zhu Biao a rough demonstration of how to apply lipstick.
When Zhu Biao saw this, he was also very interested: "Oh, is this the lipstick that is quite popular in Yingtian City recently?"
Although the ancient royal family did not participate too much in civil affairs, Zhu Biao also heard about Hu Changan's lipstick from Jin Yiwei.
As the prince, of course Zhu Biao cannot queue up with the people to buy lipstick.
But after listening to Jin Yiwei's report, Zhu Biao also became very interested in this lipstick.
I don’t know what is so magical about this new type of rouge called lipstick that it actually makes the women in Yingtian City go crazy for it?
Looking at it now, Zhu Biao couldn't help but nod his head.
This lipstick is indeed much more gorgeous than rouge, so it is no wonder that it is sought after by the women in Yingtian City.
Zhu Biao looked at the box of lipstick and was quite happy.
He, Zhu Biao, can finally let the women in his family wear this lipstick that moved the capital!
Seeing Zhu Biao's happy expression, Hu Changan also smiled slightly.
It seems that His Highness the Prince has been impressed by his lipstick.
Hu Changan pointed to the box of lipstick below and said to Zhu Biao: "Your Highness, the box of lipstick below is exactly the same as yours. I left it to Your Majesty. I hope that my lipstick will also satisfy Your Majesty."
When Zhu Biao saw this, he naturally promised to help Hu Changan deliver it.
As a filial son, he naturally wants to share good things with his father.
Seeing that the gift had been delivered, Hu Changan slowly walked out of the East Palace.
reach the goal!
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Next, Hu Changan will be busy decorating the hot pot restaurant.
Hu Changan wants to open this hot pot shop before winter comes.
The color scheme chosen by Hu Changan is similar to that of Hu’s grocery store.
The same main tone of red and black is high-end and classy.
Anyone with a discerning eye will know at a glance that this hot pot restaurant is definitely inextricably linked to Hu's Grocery Store.
This is also one of Hu Changan’s brand strategies.
Only by completely unifying the decoration and services can customers associate the brand with the store as soon as they see it, and thus be more likely to enter the store and make purchases.
And this time, Hu Changan plans to use briquettes in all hot pot restaurants.
This is also one of Hu Changan's propaganda strategies.
Regarding the promotion of briquettes, Hu Changan is preparing to carry out propaganda from top to bottom.
After all, poor people are now accustomed to using charcoal.
And now the price of charcoal has dropped to a very low level.
Even if Hu Changan's briquettes are sold at cost price, they cannot beat charcoal in terms of price.
After all, charcoal only requires going up the mountain and cutting down a few trees, while Hu Changan's coal requires hiring a large number of people to dig and wash coal. The workload is not the same level.
Even if you don't count the money spent by the Ministry of Engineering to build molds, just the labor cost allocated to each piece of briquettes is a considerable cost.
Although in the eyes of noble families, honeycomb briquettes are not much more expensive than charcoal.
But in the eyes of the people, even a penny more is still expensive.
The people of the Ming Dynasty have always been frugal, and even if Hu Changan spent a lot of effort on publicity, they would not necessarily abandon charcoal and buy briquettes.
After all, this is not just a one-time consumer product like lipstick.
Things like charcoal and briquettes need to be burned all winter long.
Although the daily usage is not much, when added up over several months, the usage is still a large number.
People will not abandon the charcoal they are accustomed to and buy something that is expensive and of unknown quality.
More importantly, in the Ming Dynasty, not everyone had a brazier or hand stove.
Although for noble families, an exquisite brazier or hand stove is an indispensable appliance in winter, in the vast rural areas, how can ordinary people have the money to buy a stove?
Without a stove, you cannot burn briquettes.
Therefore, for poor people, using briquettes not only costs money to buy coal, but also costs money to buy a new brazier.
This is not something everyone is willing to bear.
Therefore, Hu Changan felt that promoting briquettes among poor people would not work.