Turning the tide in the Red Chamber

Chapter 55 [055] Invite Second Sister You and Third Sister You to the platform

Jia Chen laughed and said:

"This matter has a lot to do with it. Second Uncle is an official of the imperial court. He has to be on duty in the yamen on weekdays and has no time to do business. My nephew suggested asking Lian's Second Sister-in-law to help manage the cream business. What is Second Uncle's intention?"

In fact, Wailang, a member of the Ministry of Industry that Jia Zheng is temporarily employed, is just an idle job, and he does not need to be on duty at the Ministry of Industry at all. However, Jia Chen wants to use this as an excuse to invite Wang Xifeng, who is good at financial management and has a lot of skills, to run the business.

If a nerd like Jia Zheng is allowed to get involved in the business, he will definitely run poorly and even be deceived.

Jia Zheng was used to being idle, and he didn't want to run the business by himself. At this time, Jia Chen proposed that Wang Xifeng be in charge of this matter, just happy to be free, so he said with a smile:

"Good idea, I'll send someone to invite Feng girl over here."

After a while, Wang Xifeng walked in alluringly, twisting her hips and swinging her hips.

"Daughter-in-law pays respects to the second master." Wang Xifeng slightly bowed his knees and gave a blessing.

Wang Xifeng is actually the daughter-in-law of Jia Zheng's elder brother Jia She, but she can also call herself daughter-in-law when she salutes Jia Zheng, because she is the daughter-in-law of the Jia family.

In Dazhou, daughter-in-law often called herself daughter-in-law in front of her father-in-law and mother-in-law.

Jia Chen also stood up and bowed to Wang Xifeng, "I've met Lian's second sister-in-law."

In front of Jia Zheng, Wang Xifeng didn't dare to wink at Jia Chen, but looked straight into Jia Chen's eyes and said with a smile:

"Brother Chen, don't be too polite, please sit down and drink tea."

She speaks with confidence, her voice is not loud, but her words are loud and clear, sonorous and powerful, as if she regards herself as the master of Rongfu.

With such a strong aura and outstanding abilities, it's no wonder that Jia Zheng and his wife entrusted her with the management of the Rongguo Mansion.

After Jia Chen took his seat, Wang Xifeng just sat down, looked at Jia Zheng with a smile, and asked:

"Second master called me, what's your order?"

Jia Zheng stroked his goatee, smiled embarrassingly and said:

"Brother Chen said that he wants to do business with our Rongfu. What he wants to manufacture and sell is a kind of cosmetic cream. I don't know the specifics. I'd like to ask Brother Chen to tell you in detail."

Wang Xifeng knew that Jia Zheng was pedantic and old-fashioned, not popular in business affairs, so she told him that she was playing the piano with a cow, so she turned to look at Jia Chen, and asked with a smile:

"Brother Chen, I've never heard of this kind of cream. How do I make it? What's the cost? What's the right price?"

Jia Chen smiled lightly and said:

"Only four raw materials are needed: beeswax, flower juice, milk and glycerin. The proportions of these four need to be adjusted after experiments to find the best effect, and then determined.

Each bottle of cream is only half a tael, so it is easy to calculate the cost of each bottle based on the raw materials, and the price is based on the cost, which can be doubled by five times. "

Wang Xifeng was tongue-tied and asked in surprise:

"That is to say, the price per bottle is five times the cost? Can anyone still buy it?"

Jia Chen laughed and said:

"Everyone has the love of beauty. Women are the ones who please themselves. In order to make themselves look more beautiful, let alone five times, even if it is ten times, people will buy it. It's just for the sake of sales. For the time being, double it for the time being." Five times, when the market opens up, it won’t be too late to raise the price.”

In Dazhou, in order to make themselves more beautiful, women dared to smear mercury powder on their faces, let alone rouge powder, and even smear their lips with cinnabar. Cinnabar is a compound of mercury and is highly poisonous.

Women are crazy enough to die for beauty, do they still care about the price?

Wang Xifeng blinked her red phoenix eyes, and said with a smile:

"That's true, not to mention the ladies and daughters-in-law of the Duke's family, those maids in our Rongfu, who doesn't like to wear flowers and powder, and the daughters-in-law of ordinary people also love beauty .

I am very optimistic about this kind of cream, when the first batch is made, I am willing to buy a few bottles out of my own pocket, and give a bottle to my ancestors first, and then distribute it to the female relatives of the Ningrong Second Mansion. "

Jia Chen secretly praised Wang Xifeng in his heart for being a man. He bought a favor and took the opportunity to advertise the cream. In the future, all the female relatives of Ningrong and Rongfu will be potential customers of the cream.

Jia Chen reminded with a smile:
"Although we must boast about this novel cosmetic when we sell the cream, customers may not believe it. We still need someone to demonstrate the effect in public."

Wang Xifeng rolled her eyes and said with a smile:

"This is quite simple. I can invite the two younger sisters of Mrs. You of Dongfu to demonstrate. Both of them are beautiful, gentle and beautiful. Let alone apply cream to them, even if they are made of rice soup. The paste can still fascinate a large area."

Jia Chen knew that she was talking about Second Sister You and Third Sister You.

These two sisters are natural beauties, they can turn all living beings upside down without applying makeup, but if they are coated with lustrous cream, they will definitely add a lot of color.

In the original book, there are eight words to describe Second Sister You—flowers are intestines, snow is skin.

There is also a poem describing the Third Sister You—the crushed peach blossoms are all over the ground, and the jade mountain is overturned and it is difficult to support it.

The two sisters of the You family can be called the twin peers, both of whom have beautiful looks that can overwhelm the country and the city.

Jia Chen smiled deeply and said:
"I've heard that sister-in-law You's two younger sisters have peerless looks. If you can ask them to help demonstrate, the sales of the cream will definitely increase a lot."

Wang Xifeng rolled her eyes and said with a smile:

"It's also impossible for me to let them work in vain. From now on, we can give each of them a bottle of cream every month as a thank you gift. I wonder if Brother Chen agrees?"

Jia Chen smiled and said:

"Naturally, it costs money to hire the shopkeeper and Xiaoer. Second Sister You and Third Sister You have helped us increase sales, so how can we treat others badly?"

This is the same as asking celebrities and Internet celebrities to advertise in later generations, and they should be given an advertising fee.

Wang Xifeng nodded and said with a smile:
"It's comfortable to chat with smart people like Brother Chen. Let's talk about how much money you and the Rongfu each contributed, and how to share it?"

Jia Chen didn't reveal his details first, but asked rhetorically:
"How much is the Rong Mansion willing to pay?"

As soon as these words came out, Jia Zheng and Wang Xifeng looked at each other subconsciously, with embarrassment shining in their eyes.

Now Rong Mansion's inner pockets are almost exhausted, and there is really not much money to spend.

Jia Zheng pouted, with a bitter face, not knowing how to respond.

Wang Xifeng sighed softly and said in a harsh voice:
"Brother Chen, to tell you the truth, the Rong Mansion is short of money, and now I can only give out two thousand taels of silver."

In fact, Rong Mansion still has three thousand taels of silver in its pocket, but it can't be all used for business, right?One thousand taels had to be left to support Rong Mansion's daily expenses.

Jia Chen was a little speechless, he had already guessed that the Rong Mansion was short of money, but he did not expect that it would be so poor.

As far as Rong Mansion's current economic situation is concerned, I am afraid it is not as good as those local rich men on the outskirts of Shenjing City.

It's even more incomparable with me, now I have more than [-] taels of silver notes in my hand.

Seeing Jia Chen's complex expression, Wang Xifeng thought he couldn't afford much money and was in embarrassment and embarrassment, so she smiled and comforted:
"Brother Chen's family was poor since he was a child. He just sold the "Disciple Regulations" and earned several hundred taels of silver. It's normal that you can't spend much money. Don't belittle yourself. Just tell us the number, don't worry, the big head can be honored by us." The government is out."

(End of this chapter)