【New Red Mansion】Perfect World

Today, Wang Xifeng and Qin Ke'er seemed to have made an appointment. They both wore cheongsams from Lin Pin'er's shop. Wang Xifeng was tall, and wore a medium-length cheongsam embroidered with gold beads. There was a phoenix with spread wings embroidered on the cheongsam, and the phoenix tail extended all the way to the hem of her skirt, making her look noble and elegant.

Qin Ke'er was a little petite, with a very beautiful and delicate face. She was wearing a lotus-pink short cheongsam with hundreds of butterflies embroidered on it. Because the cheongsam was complex in design, she only used a white jade hairpin to hold her hair up, and her face was also very plainly made up.

After the opera over there had been sung over and over again, it finally stopped. Then Mrs. Lai started chatting with everyone.

Baoyu was bored outside and because his familiar brothers Xue and Liu were not around, he came into the warm room to chat with the ladies.

Unexpectedly, Wang Xifeng was the first to start, and Qin Ke'er followed suit to praise Lin Pin'er, praising the workmanship of the cheongsams in her store, meaning to help her expand her customer base. After listening and looking at the cheongsams, Mrs. Lai also praised her for her ability.

Seeing Baoyu coming in, Mrs. Lai turned to ask about his studies and couldn't help but say a few words:

"I think your grandmother loves you too much and it has delayed your development. We saw how your grandfather managed your father. We also saw how your elder brother Zhen manages Rong'er." He looked at Qin Ke'er and said, "Don't be embarrassed. When your father-in-law beat Rong'er, he meant to kill her. In my opinion, it doesn't matter how much you beat her. If you want to grow up and achieve something, you can do it without beating. Just like them two." He patted Qin Ke'er and Wang Xifeng's hands as he spoke.

"Who would be willing to hit them? Now I think they are very good. For example, I think your granddaughter is also very good."

Grandmother Jia nodded and said, "It's no longer a practice to use sticks to educate children. They all have their own destiny. We are old, and we can only help them when we can. If we can't help them, they will have to take care of themselves in the future. We are happy to have some free time."

As they were talking, the maids came in, cleared the snacks on the table, began to place the dishes, and then started serving the food.

While serving the dishes, Lin Pin'er thanked Qin Ke'er for recommending her store:

"Thank you for the recommendation. Many customers who came before said that you recommended them. In the future, just come and ask me what you want to do. I will give you cheongsams for all four seasons." Pin'er didn't know how to thank her.

"Then I won't be polite." Qin Ke'er said with a smile. If she refused, it would be difficult to say the rest.

"Aunt, I have a suggestion for you. The girls in our circle all have a lot of dresses. Not to mention other people, I have three rooms just for hanging clothes. Some dresses are worn once and never worn again, and some are gifts from others that I don't like or even have never worn. Do you have any intention of opening a dress shop next to your cheongsam shop, renting and selling? Start with second-hand goods. I can help you fill half of the shop. I will contact some friends around me. In the future, I will recruit some good designers and create my own brand."

Pin'er listened carefully. She thought Qin Ke'er's suggestion could be considered. She just needed to think about the funding issue when she got back.

Seeing her hesitation, Qin Ke'er lowered her voice and said, "I have some funds and would like to cooperate with you. I'm busy here and may not have time to take care of the store. And I'm not afraid of you laughing at me. This is my private money and I can't say it openly. I'll only invest in it secretly."

Pin'er understood what she said and nodded, "I'll go back and think about it, and then give you an answer."

Qin Ke'er was delighted and took out her phone: "Aunt, let's add each other on WeChat. You can contact me anytime if you have anything."

Pin'er was happy, she made another friend. There were no random people in her WeChat account, and every WeChat friend was considered a friend by Pin'er.

The banquet at the Lai Mansion was quite novel and interesting. There were two rows of food boxes in front of each person, all in the style of a variety of snacks. They were filled with new dishes, and there was a unique self-pouring pot next to it, and the wine glasses were also a set. The pot was filled with white wine, and Pin'er tasted it and it tasted like jasmine and pineapple, very sweet and delicious.

The dishes are a fusion of New Beijing cuisine. Tofu is made into square snacks, hand-shredded roast chicken fills a small grid, the ice cream cones are: black truffle red wine ice cream, the small particles are sauce-flavored chicken cubes, and Pin'er likes the Xianning bird's nest mung bean cake the most...

After dinner, Old Lady Lai was still not satisfied, so she set up a small square table in the warm room and forced Grandmother Jia to play mahjong. Grandmother Jia was dizzy, so Pin'er moved a chair to sit beside her to watch the cards. On her left sat Old Lady Lai, opposite her was Madam Xing, and on her right sat Wang Xifeng to help them set up the table.

The other sisters just sat at the long table drinking tea and chatting. Grandmother Jia played until after nine o'clock before taking them back home.

As soon as Pin'er arrived at the yard, she received an invitation from Su Miaoyu. Her new store was scheduled to open for trial operation next Saturday, and there would be no opening ceremony. She just invited Lin Pin'er to have tea.

The invitation was very elegant, with a short poem attached. The paper even had a faint scent of tea.

After Pin'er looked again and again, she was about to call Su Miaoyu when Shui Rong also came into the room.

"It's so late, I thought you weren't coming." Pin'er said while sitting at the desk.

"Why don't you come? Didn't we agree last night that I would come to see you later?" Shui Rong hung up his clothes and walked inside.

"Have you had dinner?" asked Pin'er.

"I ate it with Wei Ruolan."

"Are you going to the night market for flowers, birds, fish and insects again?" Pin'er teased.

"What is the flower, bird, fish and insect night market?" Shui Rong was puzzled.

"It's the night market selling fried insects!" After saying that, Pin'er laughed first.

Shui Rong suddenly realized what she said, "He was thinking that. I was not willing to go out with him in such a cold day. In the end, I asked Shi Fan to go to my second brother's place and order some food to be sent over."

After that, he asked Pin'er: "What about you? What did you eat? Did you have fun?"

Pin'er talked about what she had eaten and watched today like pouring out beans. Suddenly she remembered something and said:

"Qin Ke'er talked to me about something today. She wanted to cooperate with me to open a second-hand dress store. I want to look up some information about it. I also want to ask how much money our cheongsam store has available."

After hearing this, Shui Rong sat down next to Pin'er's desk and asked her to find the information first, while he used another computer to check the operation status of the cheongsam shop. Then he remembered something and got up to make a phone call.

After a long time, he came back and said, "Qin Ke'er is a person who can cooperate. If she wants to buy a hidden stake, she will not participate in the management. She has connections there, and you can use her influence. I just asked the landlord, and the room next door can be vacated for us after the New Year. Before the New Year, we can use the name of the cheongsam shop and set up a pop-up store where we bought the blind box that day.

Anyway, it doesn't require a big investment, it's mainly to create a gimmick, just as a market research. I'll provide all the materials, and I'll arrange to meet her to talk in the next few days."

"Qin Ke'er said she has a lot of costumes, but I want to take a look first." Pin'er replied. She was just thinking about it, but she didn't expect Shui Rong to come up with a plan so quickly.

"We thought of this business model when we were running the cheongsam shop. Some celebrities and internet celebrities need to rent dresses. There are second-hand stores like this in Hong Kong that specialize in renting dresses for celebrities or celebrities. My eldest brother suggested that I run a pop-up store to promote a cultural and creative store. If we organize an event, it is not mainly for profit. We just need to find some jewelers to organize an exhibition-type event."

After hearing this, Pin'er asked hurriedly, "Has our creative boss agreed to the cultural and creative store?"

"I agreed, but he gave me a new task. Right now I have to combine the several small companies and studios I have, so they can be connected. Then I need to register a formal company and hire professionals to do some things."

"I can't help you with starting a company." Pin'er muttered.

"You can help me think of a name."

"Let big brother think about it. I am thinking about little girls. It is not suitable for you to do big things."

Shui Rong said gently: "I think your talent is not inferior to that of men."

Pin'er suddenly got an idea and said, "I think your elder brother is like the NPC for your company development mission, and Qin Ke'er is like the NPC for my shop development mission. It was her words that gave me the inspiration for the last time in the cheongsam shop. It seems like they are here to assign us tasks."