Chapter 303: Who are they and why are they referring to me as sister-in-law? (2)
When the brick wall was completed, Shu Yan smiled and clapped her hands. “Great. Soon as it dries, I will have to repaint it. I am such a nice person. There is no need to thank me.”
Turning and leaving with the others, Shu Yan had only taken a few steps when something seemed to have occurred to her. “Oh, right. I am re-opening my shop tomorrow and there will be a lot of promotional activities and performances. Do come and check it out!”
“Opening? You’ve found a new location already?” It had only been a few days. How was it possible that she had already found a location and ready for business?
Shu Yan pointed across the street from them. Sometime down the line, Xianxue Underwear had been replaced by Yanxue Boutique. There was a big arch made out of balloons in front of it and there were workers assembling a stage to one side.
“Be sure to come and check it out tomorrow.” Shu Yan gave them a big smile.
There was no more doubt in the landlord’s mind that they had been tricked by Shu Yan. It was obvious that she had already found the storefront and manipulated them into taking their location back, blackmail them for a large sum of penalty for breaching the contract. They would be grand opening tomorrow and it would take them at least 2 weeks’ time to remodel this place. By then all the old customers would have already been diverted over to their new location.
“What are we going to do now, Dad?” Yangyang was dumbfounded.
“What are we going to do? I want to ask you what we are going to do. Tell me again in details what your have seen and heard the other day.”
90,000 yuan. They were talking about 90,000 yuan…
“Did you see that look on them earlier?” Zhang Huaxiu felt very redeemed.
Shu Yan smiled. “Let’s go. Let’s go over our plans one more time.”
This time around, the special prize for the raffle was a motorcycle – the large kind that cost upward of 10,000 yuan. That would for sure get some attention. Three first prizes, which would be a television, a refrigerator, and a washer. Second prize would be a bicycle; third, an electric fan; fourth, a kettle; fifth, a coupon that could be used on purchasing the clothes there; sixth, a grab bag made up of leftover clothes from past seasons. Regardless of what they get or whether they could fit into them, there was no returns. They could also give it away as a gift. They were all good clothes and they make good gifts.
Consolations prizes were underwear and socks. These were all overstock from their storeroom, for sure beat the toothbrushes that they gave away before.
With the prizes ready, Shu Yan made one more round around the shop. She had participated in the design of this shop and integrated some concepts of specialty stores from the future. It looked more high-end as was the prices of their clothes. A shirt would cost over 100 yuan but they were also of higher quality.
“That should more or less be it. Let’s head back.” Shu Yan turned to look at Zhang Huaxiu when she was done talking. “Do you have anything else to add?”
The two salespersons looked over at Zhang Huaxiu. They, too, had just found out that Zhang Huaxiu would be their second boss going forward. She was the second boss in title, but would be the one managing the stop. Shu Yan would not be coming to the shop anymore so Zhang Huaxiu was basically their boss. They were, naturally, more respectful to her than usual.
“Come earlier tomorrow, everyone. It will be a long day but there will be bonuses,” said Zhang Huaxiu as she summoned up all of her courage and gave Shu Yan a look.
The next morning, Shu Yan woke up both JingJing and Tianbao. It was the weekend. Perfect time to take the two of them to go watch the performances.
“Will there be big lions today, Mommy?” asked Tianbao excitedly.
“Yes. Two very big ones.”
“Mommy, can I poke a balloon today?” JingJing never forgotten how her brother had poked a balloon and won a big prize.
“Of course. That’s what I am bringing you with today.”
When they were ready to go, Shu Yan said to Aunty, “We will not be home for lunch today. If you want to go out to take care of some personal businesses, you can. Just be home before dinner time.”