Chapter 285 The Far Water Can't Quench the Near Thirst
March 25th is Mrs. Qiao’s birthday.
God favored us, and it was a rare day of good weather.
Mrs. Qiao was wearing an azure colored double-breasted top and a snow-green trousers over it.
Miss Qiao wore a jade-colored half-arm embroidered with pink peach blossoms.
The mother and son sat together to greet the guests, and everyone who saw them would praise them, saying that their clothes were well made and their styles were novel.
Mrs. Qiao's birthday party was mostly attended by wealthy businessmen. These people like to pursue trends. I heard that the bijia and half-arm are both new products launched by Nishang Embroidery Studio, so some of them secretly remembered them in their hearts.
After Mrs. Qiao's birthday, the embroidery shop welcomed many customers.
At this time, shopkeeper Guo made two dummies according to Shen Xiu's instructions.
The two dummies wore novel armor and half-arms, attracting many customers.
Several guests were attracted by the clothes on the dummy right away.
Shopkeeper Guo is so busy that he wishes he could have an extra mouth and an extra set of hands.
It's just that the business of the Nishang Embroidery Workshop has improved, but the other embroidery workshops can't continue to do so.
Meixiang Embroidery Workshop suffered a loss last time in the jacket business. Now that I heard that Nishang Embroidery Workshop has launched a bijia and half-arm, shopkeeper Dong wanted to follow suit, but just thinking about the loss last time, he gave up again.
Got this idea.
Shopkeeper Zhou of Manfang Embroidery Workshop did not follow suit either. He told Bai Xiu Niang privately that Shen Xiu never fought an unprepared battle.
This time she launched the bijia and half-arm, and there will definitely be tricks waiting for other embroidery shops, so instead of following the trend, it is better to wait and see what happens.
Of course, there are embroidery shops that don’t believe in this evil, such as the Huarong Embroidery Shop, which is not well-known.
The shopkeeper of Huarong Embroidery Shop is named Zhang. Earlier when other embroidery shops followed suit and made fine cotton jackets, Shopkeeper Zhang didn't agree that duck down could be used as jackets, so he didn't follow suit.
That decision saved him from losing money. But at the same time, it also made him feel that Nishang Embroidery House was being mysterious, so he looked down on Nishang Embroidery House.
However, looking down on him is a matter of looking down on him. Shopkeeper Zhang is a shrewd man. He is keenly aware that the fine cotton clothes business is indeed very profitable if it is done well.
But he also knew that Nishang Embroidery Workshop did have the upper hand when it came to fine cotton clothes.
Just doing business requires not only the opportunity, but also the means.
The Huarong Embroidery Shop is able to do a great business even though it is not well-known in Fucheng, and Shopkeeper Zhang is indispensable.
In order to seize the business of fine cotton clothes, shopkeeper Zhang put some thought into it and sent people to the provincial capital to purchase fine cotton clothes before the weather got warmer.
The person he sent was Rongtai, the shrewdest clerk in the embroidery shop.
Before leaving, shopkeeper Zhang told him that when he comes to the provincial capital, he must establish good relations with those cloth shops. It is best to bribe the managers of the cloth shops so that they try not to sell the fine cotton in their hands to the embroidery shop.
people.
Rongtai was indeed shrewd and capable. After he arrived in Fucheng, he visited more than a dozen local cloth shops. At the same time, he tactfully told these people that after the Nishang Embroidery Shop purchased their white fine cotton, he would send it to the dyeing shop for dyeing when he returned.
Colored cloth.
After these colored cloths are dyed, they will be sold to other embroidery workshops to make a profit.
The managers of more than a dozen cloth shops were very unhappy. If what Rongtai said was true, then the Nishang Embroidery Shop was simply making money by taking advantage of the price difference between white cotton cloth and colored cloth.
Originally, most of the profits of the cloth shop were on colored cloths. Nishang Embroidery Shop only bought white fine cotton cloth, which had already caused some criticism from the cloth shop. After Rongtai said this, other embroidery shops felt that Nishang Embroidery Shop was simply taking advantage of them.
Make money by selling cloth.
Therefore, after Rongtai's provocation, more than a dozen cloth shops were no longer prepared to sell their white cotton cloth to Nishang Embroidery House.
This is also the reason why the people sent by Shopkeeper Guo have not returned yet.
At the end of March, Shopkeeper Guo finally brought his people back. However, the people he sent only brought back dozens of pieces of white cotton cloth.
The clerk said with a mournful face: "I don't know what happened, but all the managers of more than a dozen cloth shops changed their faces overnight. No one was willing to sell white cotton cloth to me. I begged my grandfather to sue my grandma, and it was easy to coax a cloth shop manager.
The manager spat out and said that the guys from the Huarong Embroidery Shop had said a lot of bad things about our embroidery shop, so more than a dozen cloth shops refused to sell cloth to me."
"I had no choice but to go to the weavers' homes and try my best to get these dozens of pieces of white cotton cloth."
"Huarong Embroidery Workshop." Shen Xiu learned about this from shopkeeper Guo, and asked, "Do you know this Huarong Embroidery Workshop?"
Shopkeeper Guo said: "I've heard it before. This Huarong Embroidery Shop is a century-old embroidery shop. I heard that it was mainly based on Hunan embroidery. It was popular in the early years, but then declined. By the way, the former shopkeeper Zhang said
, Shopkeeper Zhang of Huarong Embroidery Shop is a very scheming person."
Shen Xiu smiled slightly: "So, Huarong Embroidery Workshop mainly specializes in Hunan embroidery. I would like to come and have a look some other day."
"Ms. Shen, how should we deal with the issue that this flower embroidery shop is targeting us?" Shopkeeper Guo was more concerned about the unavailability of fine cotton cloth.
Shen Xiudao: "While Huarong Embroidery Shop was targeting us, did they buy a lot of fine cotton cloth?"
Shopkeeper Guo said: "I don't know about this. If Mrs. Shen wants to know, I can send someone to inquire."
Shen Xiudao: "No need to ask, the truth must be like this. Since Shopkeeper Zhang of Huarong Embroidery Shop is a man with means, in order to deal with us, he will on the one hand sow discord with the cloth shop, and on the other hand he will definitely hoard a lot
Fabric.”
"Although the Neon Shang Embroidery Workshop is somewhat famous in Fucheng, the provincial capital does not know the situation in Fucheng. In their view, the Huarong Embroidery Workshop is similar to our embroidery workshop. Whoever can bring them more profits will be
To whom should the cloth be sold?”
Shen Xiu continued: "Since they want to hoard cloth, let them hoard it. Sooner or later, they will sell the cloth to us."
Shopkeeper Guo didn't understand what Shen Xiu meant. Before he could ask, he heard Shen Xiu say: "Shopkeeper Guo, I want to spend money to buy a field outside the city in the name of Nishang Embroidery Workshop."
"Why did Mrs. Shen suddenly think of buying land?" Shopkeeper Guo asked with a questioning look on her face.
Shen Xiudao: "I want to buy a field and plant some cotton on it later. If the land is big enough, I can also plant some mulberry trees."
"You can tell Shopkeeper Fan about this later, and he should agree. If he agrees, our two embroidery workshops can join forces to buy a large piece of land."
Shopkeeper Guo thought for a while and said, "Ms. Shen, you bought land to grow cotton. Do you want to weave your own cloth?"
Shen Xiu nodded and said: "You guessed it right. In the future, we want to be in the business of fine cotton clothes. We can't just buy them from the provincial capital. Just like this time, once the cloth shops in the provincial capital don't sell us fine cotton, then we won't be able to buy them at all.
There is no other way. Rather than being embarrassed by others, it is better to weave the fabric yourself."
"I have already written a letter to Qu Huan. He has also agreed to set up a weaving shop in Fucheng. Once we can produce fine cotton ourselves, we will no longer need to ask for help."
"But water from afar can't quench our thirst nearby!" Shopkeeper Guo said: "Even if we can start a weaving business, it will take several months to wait for a good cotton harvest and for the cloth to be woven!"
Shen Xiudao: "Don't worry, Shopkeeper Guo. Aren't there several embroidery shops following the trend and making these Bijia and half-arms? Soon they will know that these Bijia and half-arms are not that easy to make. By then they will Once you lose money, you will obediently give us the cloth."
An idea flashed in Shopkeeper Guo's mind, and he thought of what Shen Xiu had told him, "Ms. Shen, is it related to the alkaline water?"
Shen Xiu smiled and nodded: "Anyway, just wait and see!"