Qin Yun's brother-in-law, Li Yihang, has an uncertain job. Sometimes, when there's a shipment, he's busy for months on end. Other times, there's nothing, and he becomes quite idle.
"Without saying anything else, just the quality of the clothes, I can tell by a touch," Qin Xuan said confidently.
Upon hearing this, Qin Yun's eyes lit up, and he quickly nodded, "Then I'll trouble you, big sister."
He had thought of Qin Xuan before, but since she had to take care of her nephew Li Jun and pick him up from school, he had given up on the idea.
Now Qin Xuan has time. Not to mention anything else, even just going to buy clothes, Qin Xuan has a far better eye than he does.
"Then let's set off tomorrow morning at seven," Qin Xuan said, a hint of excitement in her eyes.
Having been in the clothing industry for so long, she had always wanted to open a clothing store.
However, after getting married and needing to take care of her son, she's only worked intermittently over the past four to five years, with the longest stint being just a few months.
...
In the following time, Qin Yun and Qin Xuan started to handle the paperwork and chose clothing.
With the help of his sister Qin Xuan, the efficiency increased significantly.
After two days of busyness, working all the way until ten at night on the 4th, everything was finally done.
At this time, people like Zhao Mei were in the shop, helping with the arrangements.
Looking at the items in the shop, Qin Yun breathed a slight sigh of relief.
"It's finally opening!"
Since it was a clothing store, the interior decoration remained largely unchanged, only adding some shelves and dividing the shop into two areas: one for men's and one for women's clothing.
The clothes were all arranged, and a new sign was put up in the shop.
"Celestial Fortune Clothing Store."
This is the name of the clothing store now.
"Yun, you're doing both men's and women's clothing, the positioning isn't very clear. It could be difficult to build a fixed customer base this way," Qin Xuan couldn't help saying.
"Moreover, most of your clothes are priced above 100 yuan, and you ordered so much stock. It could lead to an inventory backlog if not sold."
She had mentioned these points to Qin Yun before and couldn't help bringing them up again.
If it were her, she wouldn't do it like Qin Yun. When just starting a store, one should stock fewer items and gradually try out what sells well.
And then stock more when business is good.
However, Qin Yun didn't listen.
"Big sister, don't worry. With my luck, the clothes I prepared will definitely sell well," Qin Yun laughed.
With the Level 1 Wealth Gathering Array in place, there will surely be many customers entering the store.
All those who come to buy clothes will try them on — different sizes, colors, and styles — with everyone's height, body type, and preferences varying, so each style needs a certain number of pieces prepared, having about ten of each is quite normal.
For just one style, having about ten pieces means over a hundred pieces for just ten styles.
Altogether, you can imagine the total number of clothes prepared.
Besides the stock transferred from Zhang Ya, Qin Yun bought additional goods worth tens of thousands.
After deducting the transfer fees, paperwork, and other expenses, Qin Yun spent almost all of the more than 120,000 yuan remaining!
He's very confident, but he can't share this confidence with his parents or sister.
"Let's hope so," Qin Xuan said with resignation.
She doesn't know where her brother's confidence comes from.
But unfortunately, the store belongs to Qin Yun, and she can't change his decision.
"Second brother, second sister-in-law, this shop looks really nice," a middle-aged woman said with a smile inside the shop.
"Yun is really capable. Once the shop opens, you all will be living in comfort,"
The middle-aged woman is Qin Yun's stepmom Feng Lan, who learned about the shop from Zhao Mei and came to help tonight.
She's extremely envious that Qin Yun won about a hundred thousand. She even bought two lottery tickets herself.
Of course, she didn't win any money.
"Oh, I just hope business will be a little better tomorrow," Zhao Mei sighed.
She now has no confidence in her heart at all.
"Mom and Dad, everything's done now. Let's come back again at seven o'clock tomorrow morning," Qin Yun said with a smile.
They can't keep standing watch in the shop forever.
As they spoke, a thought crossed Qin Yun's mind, and a strange light spot in his mind appeared in his hand.
With his thoughts, this light spot quickly expanded, forming numerous complex patterns that instantly enveloped the entire Celestial Fortune Clothing Store!
Level 1 Wealth Gathering Array set up successfully!
Then, the family finally left.
"Everything depends on tomorrow,"
Qin Yun walked out of the shop, looking at his very first clothing store, and thought to himself.
...
In a rented house, there were two girls lounging on chairs without any pretense. Looking closer, one of the girls had a very familiar face; it was Zhang Qing from the previous Zhang Ya Clothing Store.
"Qing, have you found a job yet?" the other girl asked.
Her name is Sun Tingting, Zhang Qing's best friend, and the two of them share a rented house.
"Not yet. I'm still waiting for that new clothing store owner's call," Zhang Qing said lazily, sipping on a soda and idly scrolling through Douyin.
Even though she had thoughts about going out to look for a job, she couldn't muster the energy to do so.
Seeing her friend's lazy demeanor, Sun Tingting could only feel helpless.
Her friend is too lazy. Besides working, she hardly ever leaves the rented house; she prefers lying in bed watching Douyin, dramas, and reading novels, the ultimate homebody.
They moved to Qingwu County two years ago. Now she works at a hotel managing several rooms. Though it's tiring, her salary is over 4,000, and with perfect attendance bonuses, it almost reaches 5,000.
In a fifth-tier city like Qingwu County, this is considered a high salary, and she has great potential for advancement, aiming at becoming a supervisor.
As for Zhang Qing, she just randomly chose a clothing store, where she idly plays with her phone at work and continues after coming home, earning less than 3,000 a month, just half of hers.
Even so, Zhang Qing isn't worried at all, sometimes making Sun Tingting anxious for her.
"I say, wouldn't that just be the new boss being polite? Are you just wasting time waiting?"
Sun Tingting thought for a moment and said, "Why don't you come work at our hotel? The salary is over 3,000 too."
"No, I can't handle the hotel environment; it's too strict,"
Upon hearing this, Zhang Qing quickly shook her head and said, "I'm much more comfortable at the clothing store, where the boss doesn't intervene in my work."
She had worked at a hotel before, but hotels demand perfect service, and someone was always watching, so she prefers more freedom.
Hearing her answer, Sun Tingting wanted to say more, but suddenly Zhang Qing's phone rang.
"Hello?" Zhang Qing picked up the phone after glancing at the caller ID.
After a few seconds, the call ended.
"Whose call was it?" Sun Tingting asked curiously.
"It's the new boss,"
Zhang Qing said happily, "He told me to come to work by 8:30 tomorrow morning."
"Ting, to celebrate, let's have another drink of soda."
(Thanks for the 800 reward from Ban Sheng Liang Liang Liang to Shang, and the 100 rewards from Ghs Hao and Ji Miao Sha. Thank you.)