The bustling business of Mingrui has already made people jealous. In just two months, several so-called styling shops have emerged in the city.
Wan Tong proposed to establish a clothing company, and Zhou Rui agreed without hesitation.
Previously, most of the clothes in the Mingrui store were purchased from Hong Kong, with trendy styles and not low prices. Especially in the past month, almost every piece has become popular. As a result, various knock-off versions of popular items appeared in local clothing factories, with more affordable prices, and retailers rushed to stock up.
As a result, Mingrui either had to lower prices or find another way out. Of course, they were unwilling to compromise the style they had painstakingly cultivated.
Gradually, Zhou Rui also stopped purchasing from Hong Kong and started to try making original brands.
On the other hand, there are also many stylists in the city. After studying Wan Tong’s techniques and innovations, they quickly caught up. As they set a relatively low price, it was easy to attract customers away.
Now Mingrui can only rely on maintaining old customers to achieve a certain turnover.
Zhou Rui originally just opened a small store for fun, not expecting to make big money. But after tasting the sweetness of sales in these months, she became serious.
The company spent a lot of money to hire designers, intending to only produce original designs.
Zhou Rui has seen the world, but unfortunately, she doesn’t know how to design clothes herself, so she can only tell her ideas to the designers and let them work.
Wan Tong occasionally adds a few words. As a result, the designers have bursts of inspiration every day, and new clothing styles are frequently launched.
With the help of Father Zhou, cooperation with clothing processing factories has also been established, and clothes can be produced in large quantities.
Mingrui Styling House has become famous. Every new clothing item, new style, and new match becomes a fashion trend, imitated by peers, and knock-offs abound.
Under the slander of some peers, the business in the store will indeed be affected.
But the two still opened branch stores. The store opened in the south of the city only sells clothes and does not do styling.
In addition, after two months of negotiation, the agency rights for the C-brand cosmetics brand were finally obtained, and the physical store was opened next to the styling house.
Wan Tong manages it fully, so she is busy. The styling house has been handed over to her apprentices.
She actually didn’t specialize in makeup, but she has been exposed to it in previous worlds, so she is quite familiar with it. The makeup she did for others seemed to have the magical power of turning decay into magic in others’ eyes, so she inadvertently advertised for the C-brand cosmetics. Coupled with her iconic and beautiful face, the business of the beauty store is still booming.
However, they didn’t get exclusive agency rights, which means others may also get them, so this money may not last long.
All the money she has now is invested in the company, and waiting for the money to return is a painful process.
Yan Wan’ying also has great ambitions. She is persistently approaching Yan Qinglu, while developing her own career. It is estimated that she used to be in sales, and now she has been transferred to a new position, and last month’s bonus was also considerable.
Moreover, she has also opened a clothing store with someone else, and she also does design herself, seemingly doing well in business.
Second Brother Yan has talked separately with the two sisters about this matter.
He could hardly fail to notice that they seemed to be fighting like roosters, targeting each other, which made him somewhat worried.
Yan Wan’ying was annoyed by his words and felt that he was defending Wan Tong, so in a fit of anger, she moved out to live on her own.
Wan Tong was delighted to see this and henceforth had a room all to herself.
She originally wanted to move out, but she couldn’t bear to spend the money, luckily Yan Wan’ying couldn’t stand it anymore…
In early May, the weather had already begun to turn hot and humid. Wan Tong also shed her heavy clothes and wore a beautiful dress and sandals with square heels. Whenever she stepped into the store, it was like a golden signboard.
Zhou Ye entered the styling house after her. When two men across the street saw him, they became vigilant.
Brother Lu reminded them to be cautious of Zhou Ye!
“D*mn, it’s not good, that guy can’t take his eyes off Sister-in-law, I’m worried for Brother Lu.” Chen Hou took a bite of the green bean ice on the stick and got up to walk towards the styling house.
The man behind him also hurriedly followed, “Brother Chen, but he’s a rich young master, is it okay to go like this?”
“What are you afraid of? Isn’t our Brother Lu rich too?”
Chen Hou burst into the shop door with a jingle.
Wan Tong was talking to Zhou Ye when suddenly she heard a familiar voice.
“I’ll look around by myself, don’t follow me.” It was clearly Chen Hou’s voice.
Wan Tong turned her head and saw Chen Hou’s smiling face. The man beside him was also a familiar face, named Zhong Youqian.
“You guys…” Zhou Ye obviously recognized them as Yan Qinglu’s people, so his face changed slightly, reminding, “This is a women’s clothing store.”
“I know it’s a women’s clothing store, but who said men can’t come in? Aren’t you here too? And can’t I come to buy clothes for my sister-in-law? Right?” Chen Hou finally said to Wan Tong, with a somewhat ingratiating smile.
Wan Tong smiled helplessly. They must have seen Zhou Ye talking to her for a long time, so they came to cause trouble.
During this time, Yan Qinglu rarely saw her, but his possessiveness hadn’t diminished at all. Even these people under his control had become strange.
They all called her Sister-in-law without hesitation. If she talked a little more with another man, they would jump out to tell that person that she already had a partner.
They weren’t afraid of her cheating, but couldn’t stand others being attentive to her, as if they would make a loss just by her being looked at.
“You just recommend, my sister-in-law has a good figure, she looks good in anything!” Chen Hou shouted at the salesperson.
Zhou Ye’s face instantly darkened. When he looked at Wan Tong, he found her smiling at those two inappropriate people, clearly indulging them.
At that moment, he felt another chill in his heart. He didn’t understand, where exactly was he inferior to Yan Qinglu?
He came from a good family, now he has taken over the family business, and his friends around him are all outstanding. With him by her side, it will be much easier for her continue to start a business in the future.
But why does she always bury her head in love for that little gangster Yan Qinglu, and even repeatedly reject him, Zhou Ye?
Wan Tong didn’t look at Zhou Ye. She only went over when Chen Hou really wanted to buy clothes.
“Wan Tong…” Zhou Ye grabbed her hand, “Don’t you feel that there is a huge gap between them and you?”
Although they both came from the village, Wan Tong’s occasional quietness and sometimes cunningness, her knowledgeable and reasonable appearance, were completely different from that group of hooligans. Can she really get along with them?
When they were together, were they discussing how many people’s homes they smashed today and how many people they injured?
Wan Tong frowned. Although Zhou Rui was carefree and straightforward, she knew how to admit her mistakes and had let go of her bias against rural people. However, Zhou Ye was the opposite. He seemed generous and tolerant, but in reality, he looked down on those from lower backgrounds.
“Zhou Ye, they are all my friends. You don’t have to like them, but I hope you don’t show it in front of me. It’s really rude.”
After Wan Tong finished speaking, she turned and went to Chen Hou’s side.
Zhou Ye’s face turned livid, and he eventually left in a huff.
Although Chen Hou and Zhong Youqian were facing away, they heard the two’s conversation clearly. They felt somewhat warm inside, but they realized that the road ahead was too difficult to navigate. Apparently, they couldn’t make Zhou Ye give up…
“Since you want to pick clothes, let me take you to the men’s section across the street. It’s also good to pick something for Brother Lu. What do you think?” Wan Tong hung back the women’s clothes they were holding.
Chen Hou and Zhong Youqian glanced at each other and found it feasible. After what Zhou Ye said just now, they felt like they were too sloppy. After all, they weren’t poor!
As the three of them walked out of the store, a teenager in his teens hurriedly ran over. “Bad news, Brother Lu got hit by a car!”
The teenager was called Liu Zi. He used to be a beggar on the street. Wan Tong and Yan Qinglu met him when they were on a date and found him barely breathing, so they rescued him. Since then, he had been following Yan Qinglu.
Chen Hou and Zhong Youqian cursed under their breath, hastily prepared to leave with the teenager. But after a few steps, they remembered Wan Tong and turned back.
Wan Tong hadn’t fully processed what she heard. Her face turned frighteningly pale. “Liu Zi, where is he?”
“Sister, Brother Lu is… in the hospital!” Liu Zi said, tears streaming down his face, probably out of fear.
The four of them rushed to the hospital, but they didn’t expect to see Second Brother Yan and Zhou Rui at the entrance of the operating room.
“Tongtong!” Yan Erge looked weary, his hands stained with blood. When he saw her coming, his eyes also showed some surprise.
Zhou Rui, who was huddled beside him, slowly raised her swollen eyes.