Father Mavie

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Petticoat Lane, Newham, East London, 11am.

As the largest second-hand clothing trading market in London, a day in Petticoat Lane begins with stalls.

On both sides of the street, which is only five or six meters wide, are five-storey apartments and shops. Vendors will set up a shed directly on the street to sell second-hand, third-hand or even more traded clothes.

Here, if you are lucky, you can buy new clothes eliminated by nobles, a brand new coat made of wool mixed with cotton and silk, which can be sold for more than a dozen gold pounds or even higher in the store, but if you put it in Petticoat Lane, Get it for less than a fifth of the price.

However, many of the clothes eliminated by the nobles do not fit well, so whether the clothes perfectly fit the body shape has become an effective means for the upper class to observe the social status of others. The details that are difficult to observe such as materials, patterns, and stitches cannot escape the 'exquisiteness' 'The aristocrats, even if the clothes and pants are a little longer, they can detect it.

On the steam airship, Stuart judged his social status by observing Mavie's dress. The clothes Mavie wore were custom-made at Morgan's tailor shop in New Rose City. Mr. Morgan's craftsmanship was no worse than that of a top tailor, and he was as good as a court tailor. Can compete.

In addition to selling second-hand clothes, Petticoat Lane also sells new clothes made by garment factories, but these new clothes will be displayed in the window, not thrown into the box like second-hand clothes for customers to pick and choose.

When Ma Wei and the others arrived at Petticoat Lane, it was already overcrowded. The streets were crowded with people, and there was no gap at all. It was busier than a department store.

"The traffic here is really huge." Daniel couldn't help feeling emotional: "If you open a store in this kind of place, as long as the quality is good and the price is cheap, you will definitely make money!"

Marvie held a map of London, stood on the footboard of the carriage, and used the height of the carriage to observe the buildings around Petticoat Lane. Looking at it, he gradually frowned.

"What's the matter, brother?" Seeing Ma Wei's serious face, Levin asked, "Is there any problem with Petticoat Lane?"

"This is Newham District, and the nearest train station is Waterloo Station, but Waterloo Station is on the south side of the Thames River, and Petticoat Lane is on the north side of the river, which means that railway transportation is extremely inconvenient." Ma Wei folded up the map and said: "But Petticoat Lane is very close to Canary Wharf and can be transported by water."

Flower Street, which is the Whitechapel area that Mavi and the others visited before, is near Charing Cross Station, which is also close to the wharf. Both land and water routes have advantages. In contrast, Petticoat Lane has many people, but No land advantage.

At the same time, Newham District is located in the east of Hamlets District, which has deviated from the location of the city center. In terms of geographical location, it does not meet Mavi's requirements.

What Mavi wants to open is a potion shop, and the target customer group must be the middle class and the upper class. The expensive price of potion is definitely not affordable by ordinary workers, so it should be as close as possible to the central wealthy area.
"So shall we go back now?" Levin took out the silver jug, twisted off the lid and took a sip: "I think Mr. Hamley's house is very suitable for our requirements, that is, it is close to the city center, with convenient transportation and reasonable price. It’s cheap, but the place is a bit dirty, but how many clean places are there in East London?”

"It's all here, let's go and have a look first."

Putting away the map and newspapers, Mavi jumped out of the carriage, turned around and picked up Junia, who didn't want to walk, and led her to a clothing store with a wooden sign of "rental" on the outside of Petticoat Lane, and knocked on the door of the store.

The shop was very deserted, opposite to the bustling Petticoat Lane. A middle-aged woman in a purple flannel petticoat was sitting behind the counter, flipping through a novel.

Hearing the knock on the door, the middle-aged woman looked up, put down the book in her hand, got up and said, "Do you want to buy clothes? We have clothes produced by the Gleason factory here, all of which are the latest styles!"

Ma Wei carried Junia in his arms, walked into the shop with Levin, held up the newspaper in his hand and said, "I saw your rent-seeking information published in The Times, do you want to rent out this shop?"

"That's right!" The middle-aged woman nodded again and again: "The location of this store is very good. It is just at the entrance of Petticoat Lane. Many people pass by here every day. No matter what store you open, you will not lose money!"

Ma Wei looked around at a deserted shop with no customers, looked into the eyes of the middle-aged woman, and looked at her a little embarrassed
"As long as you don't open a clothing store, you should be able to make a profit." The middle-aged woman said awkwardly: "The competition in the petticoat alley is too crazy. An ordinary linen shirt, I get it from the Graham Garment Factory for 1 cent. 5p, but the same linen shirt in the street is only 11p!"

It turned out to be a business problem, Ma Wei thought to himself.

It is a well-known fact that the prices of most second-hand items are cheaper than new ones, and this is especially true for consumables such as clothes. As long as you wear them once, the price will be greatly reduced - except for beautiful women's stockings.

The products of the garment factory are already much cheaper than those of hand-made tailors, but there are also second-hand products from the garment factory among the clothes sold in Petticoat Lane!

Those who are willing to buy clothes in Petticoat Lane are basically civilians and workers who don’t have much money. They don’t think it’s a shame to wear second-hand clothes. On the contrary, it’s a norm.

As a result, the clothing stores opened by middle-aged women in the alleys of petticoat alleys are not very competitive. The cost is there, and the price cannot be suppressed. Who will buy it?

Using marketing might change the situation, but middle-aged women clearly don't understand marketing.

"In that case, how much is the rent of your shop?" Ma Wei asked.

"10 gold pounds per week!" The middle-aged woman said without hesitation: "This price is already very cheap! If you rent this shop from me, you will also get a free attic!"

10 gold pounds a week, 40 gold pounds a month, 500 gold pounds a year
To be honest, the price is really not expensive, Petticoat Lane has a lot of customers, and businessmen who can run it can make a lot of money every week, but Mavi's potion business is quite special, and Mr. Hamlet only needs 100 gold buyout price in pounds.
"excuse me."

Ma Wei lifted his hat and said tactfully: "Your store is very good, but it doesn't meet my requirements. I need a larger store space. It is best to have a store or a store that integrates the upper and lower parts of the residence."

"Oh."

Hearing Ma Wei's refusal to rent, the middle-aged woman immediately lost interest. After sitting back at the counter, she picked up the novel and read it on her own, ignoring Ma Wei and the others.

"Let's go."

Ma Wei turned around with Junia in his arms, and the three of them left Petticoat Lane, took a carriage, and returned to Flower Street.

Boom boom boom!
Boom boom boom!
"Why are you guys again?"

A face with heavy eye bags and age spots appeared at the door. When he saw Ma Wei and the others, Hamlet's face collapsed immediately: "What are you guys trying to do? Don't buy it, don't waste my time!"

"Buy." Ma Wei's attitude was very straightforward: "We have thought it over clearly, a restaurant that costs 100 gold pounds, I am afraid that you will never find such a cheap price in London. Do you have a contract?"

"Yes, last time a buyer left a contract, and I copied two copies."

As if afraid that Mavi and the others would go back on their word, Hamlet dragged a lame foot, pedaled away quickly, and dug out a few handwritten contracts from the cabinet in the living room, and put them on the table together with the ink bottle and quill. He said firmly: "I don't accept a deposit, the money must be paid in one lump sum!"

very anxious
Ma Wei smiled, flipped through the contract documents, and after confirming that there were no problems, he signed with a pen and pressed his fingerprints.

After signing the contract, Mavi took out his wallet, pulled out two brand new gold pound coupons with King Rhodes IV's face on them, and pushed them in front of Hamlet:
"The Thames Bank issues a 50-pound denomination note with anti-counterfeiting identification and watermarks on it. It can be exchanged for the same amount of cash at any bank. You can check it."

Hamlet grabbed the gold note, looked carefully at the dim white light outside the window, kept rubbing the paper with his fingers, and said after a long while, "The shop is yours now!"

"If there is no problem, please sign the contract."

Grabbing the quill, Hamlet wrote his name in a big pen, pressed his fingerprints, stood up and said, "I will move out this afternoon, and the real estate, real estate certificate and business license will be left to you. What do you think?" Live in when you want, live in when you want."

"it is good."

Hamlet walked upstairs with a limp, and when he reached the stairs, he stopped suddenly, hesitated for a while, then turned his head and said, "Mr. Nicholas, I suggest you treat this shop as an investment and sell it immediately." , and maybe make some money."

"May I ask why?"

"Because there is a devil in this house!" As if recalling some terrible memory, Hamlet said tremblingly, "I can hear its voice every night. It is a devil! The devil hides here. I can't say more, you can do it yourself!"

Hamley's figure disappeared at the end of the stairs. Mavie sat in the living room for a while, and found that nothing strange happened. Junia, Edward, and the devil's wooden box did not feel the 'demon' breath that Mr. Hamlet said. .

"Yannick, you stay here and monitor the house, and protect Hamlet and his son from leaving by the way."

"Ah."

Mavie stood up, put on his hat, took Junia's little hand, and said to Levin and Daniel: "Let's divide into two groups, Yannick stays, Felix, Jonas, follow me to Holmes gentlemen."

"Brother, why bother?" Levin was a little puzzled: "With our strength, are we still afraid of a little devil? Wouldn't it be better to just find it out?"

"First of all, we need to find a way to contact Mr. Holmes. May I ask under what circumstances, the newly arrived Manstein Three Brothers will contact a great detective?"

Ma Wei said with deep eyes: "By buying this house, we can use the name of inspection to invite Mr. Holmes to come in a reasonable way. In the eyes of outsiders, this is the first contact between the three Manstein brothers and the great detective Sherlock Holmes. There are good reasons and nothing to doubt."

"Secondly, if there are really demons in this house, then Mr. Holmes will definitely not be able to solve the commission. In this way, we will not only clear the suspicion of Holmes colluding with other churches, but also invite the Church of the Three Fates to perform the exorcism. .”

"Baron Frederick has taken the blood of mercury to find the second prince Shukri. They will be interested in us. At that time, we can use the name of exorcism to draw out the archbishop behind the second prince Shukri."

"Some things, if we don't do it ourselves, the effect will be better!"

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