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Chapter 230: Chapter 196: The First Store of Sheng Tang Apparel (Please Subscribe!)_1
Facing Dou Jiao who was itching to go shopping, Tang Qing said helplessly, "All right, all right, I’ll be ready soon. No need to rush, the mall isn’t going to grow legs and run away."
"Humph, the mall may not run away, but what if the things I like sell out? Today is Sunday, the mall gets really crowded over the weekend." Dou Jiao retorted, hands on her hip.
"But who goes shopping so early in the morning?" Tang Qing responded with a wry smile.
"Things are different here than in the city. The mall starts getting crowded early on weekends, especially on Sundays. I don’t care, just hurry up and get dressed. I haven’t gone shopping in a long time because of this acquisition." Dou Jiao stamped her foot impatiently.
"..."
Tang Qing was speechless, and quickly withdrew into his suite. He got dressed in less than two minutes and then called Sun Chao, who was already awake, to come eat breakfast.
After a hurried breakfast, urged on by Dou Jiao, Tang Qing and his two companions arrived at the city center of Province City. The two Sky Eye employees were originally supposed to be at work, but with their bosses off, Tang Qing simply gave them a half-day off and told them to come back in the afternoon.
Not wanting to become a slave-driver, Tang Qing had Sky Eye adopt a ’human-friendly’ policy: employees working overtime on weekends could choose between double pay or ’day off’ compensation. Many Sky Eye employees started fantasizing about working extra hours to get a lengthy two-month vacation at the end of the year.
To prevent anyone from working themselves to death, Tang Qing instituted a rule that no employee could exchange more than two days of overtime work for time off in a single month. He didn’t want any accidents on his conscience.
City center.
It really was as Dou Jiao said. Even this early in the day, the mall was packed with shoppers. Looking at the bustling city center, Tang Qing felt... this was unscientific.
"I told you so, it’s weekend, it’s bound to be crowded." Seeing Tang Qing’s surprised expression, Dou Jiao spoke with a smug smile.
"..." Tang Qing wordlessly protested: Don’t you guys sleep on the weekends? Where’s the director? Send these extras home. Even extras are people, you know. It’s just plain wrong to call them out so early."
"Hehe, boss, how about treating your employees today?" Dou Jiao suggested, giggling as she tugged at Tang Qing’s hand. Dou Jiao had been insisting on holding his hand since they had got out of the car, to which Tang Qing could only self-flatter: Dou Jiao wants to borrow his popularity. There’s no helping it, he’s too handsome and draws too much attention.
"Didn’t I promise you could choose any jewel from the Group? What more do you want?" Tang Qing frowned.
"Dream Melody Group doesn’t sell clothes." Dou Jiao countered emphatically.
Just as Dou Jiao finished speaking, Tang Qing seemed to have an idea. His spirits lifting, he promptly agreed, "Alright, as an employee, you should support your boss’s work."
"Yes." Dou Jiao looked at him, clearly not understanding his intention.
"Helping to propagate the company and maintaining a positive image is an employee’s duty, right?" Tang Qing added, still smiling.
"Yes."
After thinking about it, Dou Jiao didn’t find anything wrong with what he said.
"That’s great. Look, Jiaojiao, our Sheng Tang store is just up there. Pick anything you like, and I’ll foot the bill." Tang Qing pointed to the huge signboard on the mall in the distance and said cheerfully. That was Sheng Tang’s first store in Province City, and it held significant meaning. Thanks to Liu Qian’s comprehensive prep work and relationship building, they quickly signed the contract for the shop. After speedy modular renovations, the store had a grand opening on March 7th.
The clothes Tang Qing was wearing were actually produced by his own company.
He remembered that Sheng Tang Apparel had specially custom-made a lot of clothes for him. This was his requirement. If he had good products from his own company, why should he wear clothes from someone else’s brand? In this way, he was also advertising for his own company.
When they learned that the clothes were being tailored for Tang Qing, the ladies at the company were as excited as if they had been injected with chicken blood. Qi Yan was not falling behind, calling him several times to solicit his opinion and to ask about his preferences. However, Tang Qing hadn’t visited the company for fittings recently. According to the news passed along by Qi Yan, the clothes custom made for him could already fill a whole closet. When Tang Qing found out, he immediately called it quits, wondering to himself when on earth he would wear all of those clothes.
Following the direction pointed out by Tang Qing’s finger, Dou Jiao saw the advertisement for Sheng Tang Apparel. She was stunned for a moment and then remembered the situation. After all, she had copies of all of Sheng Tang’s weekly reports and plans in her possession. She had initially thought of supporting the store on its opening day, but she had been busy with the acquisition of Dream Melody Group recently and had forgotten about it.
"But, is this considered the company’s business?" Dou Jiao asked, making a face and pursing her lips.
"Of course, it is. Have you forgotten about the annual bonus from Sky Eye? One to five percent of the company’s profits will be given as bonuses. If the company performs well, wouldn’t your bonus increase?" Tang Qing answered matter-of-factly.
"It seems so." Dou Jiao also remembered this. However, there was no bonus distribution last year, and she was somewhat in the dark. But considering the current situation, she guessed that the dividends from Sheng Tang and Dream Melody Group would be quite substantial this year. One to five percent... Knowing Tang Qing’s personality, as long as Sky Eye didn’t mess up, he would definitely give Sky Eye more than three percent of the profits. The one percent was just a warning.
According to Sky Eye’s audit and forecast, Sheng Tang’s profit may break 50 million this year. This was under the premise that Tang Qing’s investment plan was not clear. Of course, this completely excluded Tang Qing’s investment, which was also Tang Qing’s requirement. Otherwise, given the rate of return of these two companies, Sky Eye might not receive a penny of the annual bonus in the first few years.
"Don’t worry, Sister Jiaojiao. You have to believe in our company’s designers. The products they produce are definitely not bad," Tang Qing said confidently.
Even though he owned a clothing company, he still didn’t understand what avant-garde fashion was, or what color, style, and trend were popular this year. He only knew that if it looked good on people, fit well, and was liked, it was good enough. He didn’t care whether it was trendy or not. Like those fashion shows, are most of the works meant to be worn? They were meant to be seen.
Although Tang Qing had not yet reached the level of playing with capital,
he also knew one truth: capital was constantly changing and influencing people’s thinking. 𝙣𝙤𝙫𝒑𝙪𝒃.𝒄𝒐𝙢
As long as capital is willing, it is easy to set the trend for the global clothing industry this year. What color, style, and trend to be popular is simple. You can get it as long as you splash money. When all kinds of media and ’professionals’ are praising something, people can only follow their lead. Whatever capital wants to hype, common people will follow suit, especially those ’trend-following’ consumers. After buying something to prove themselves right, they will defend it aggressively, not allowing others to say anything bad about it, and propagate their ’correctness’ everywhere.
This is the world of capital. The consumption concepts of most ordinary people are the result of capital instilling. Tang Qing wants to be a person who masters capital and direction, not a naive consumer. He naturally maintains a cautious attitude towards all the good things that others say.
Are Picasso’s paintings good? Are Van Gogh’s paintings good?
Anyway, he didn’t see it. It looked like a ghost symbol. How could it be as beautiful as the landscape paintings of our country? If nobody named a price, even one hundred per painting would seem expensive to him. Abstract? Haha.
Besides, the clothes produced by our own house look good.
"Alright." Dou Jiao nodded in agreement. In fact, when she saw the promotional poster of Sheng Tang Apparel, she had already decided not to buy clothes from other brands today. She knew everything about Sheng Tang. The quality control was top-notch. Moreover, the weekly reports from the design department often contained many drafts of clothes designs or fashion analysis. Sometimes they even had model pictures. Many of the design plans intrigued her. But there used to be no place to buy them. Sheng Tang didn’t even know about the existence of Sky Eye before and she also had no reason to try clothes.
"Let’s go. If you really don’t like it, we can switch to another store. But, I hope that you first put aside the concept of reputation when looking at things." Even when facing Dou Jiao, he had to back up his own products.
Seeing Tang Qing so serious, Dou Jiao also understood what was happening. After all, everyone thinks their own child is the best. She cuddled Tang Qing’s hand and said gently, "I get it, my stingy little boss brother."
Tang Qing was speechless. He had gained another lengthy title.
PS: La la la, here comes the second Chapter. Writing is so hard, wu wu wu...
