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Because he received a notice from the financial officer the day before, You Xia went to the clothing store to wait before ten o'clock the next morning, and shortly after he arrived at the store, the carriage with the logo of the city hall also stopped. On the side of the street in front of the store.

Financial officer Jason Cade arrived on time. Youxia was worried that too many employees coming in and out on the third floor would affect the atmosphere of the conversation, so he received him in the reception area on the second floor and asked the salesperson not to Let the guests go upstairs.

At present, the few ready-made garments in the store are hung on the first floor, and the display area on the second floor is still very empty.Sitting on the sofa near the window, the canopy of the big ginkgo tree is outside the window. The golden sunlight is scattered on the smooth floor through the gaps in the leaves.

"The decoration and environment of your store are really good, no wonder my picky wife and young son like to come to your store for consumption." Jason Cade complimented while holding a teacup, smelling the aroma of green tea.

The youngest son he was talking about was undoubtedly Xiu Qi.

Speaking of which, You Xia felt familiar with this finance officer when he first saw him, probably because of Xiu Qi.

The two father and son look very similar, both have long reddish-brown hair, a pair of light brown eyes, high cheekbones on the cheeks, sharp edges and corners, and they look very shrewd at first glance.

However, compared to the immature temperament that Xiu Qi always reveals inadvertently, this finance official is much more mature. Although he always has a refined smile on his face, if you look carefully, there is no emotion in those eyes of.

This kind of hypocrisy may be the normal state of people in the officialdom, but occasionally it makes You Xia feel shuddering.

"Xiu Qi shouldn't be very interested in this restaurant. He often patronizes my few restaurants. I heard that he signed up for a lifetime membership in the hot pot restaurant two days ago." Anyway, it was necessary to start the topic, so You Xia took the opportunity He continued with his words, "Mrs. Erica will probably like it here."

Jason smiled: "You don't know him well enough. Apart from his love of food, that kid is also very stinky. He always thinks his work clothes are not good-looking when he works in the Finance Institute. He is the only one in the entire Commercial and Taxation Department who wears his own clothes. I’m also having quite a headache about it.”

You Xia made a stunned expression: "Is that why you want to order a batch of work clothes?"

"It's a little selfish, mainly because the uniforms of officials are indeed changed every five years." Jason explained, "In previous years, this work would be contracted to a custom dress shop in the old city, and the clothes from that shop The workmanship has always been meticulous, and the price is very fair. It's a pity that the boss has reached his age and has returned to his hometown for retirement a few months ago. Speaking of which, you should know this old gentleman. He is the owner of the shop you bought in the Chelsea neighborhood. original owner."

Youxia thought about it, and realized that he was referring to the original owner of the grocery store before the renovation: "Ah, you said Mr. Kuimi."

"Yes, it's a coincidence when you think about it this way. Although Mr. Kuimi left, you who bought his shop opened a dress customization shop at the right time."

"It's really a coincidence." You Xia echoed, thinking in his heart, could it be that he had guessed wrong before, this order came to him not at the behest of the city lord, but because he was really lucky, and happened to hit the uniform When to replace?

"Of course there is no shortage of good custom shops in Los Angeles. We chose your shop because of the unique styles of clothes in your shop." Jason cut to the point: "For example, the one that Mr. Hodge wore the night before yesterday. A gray and black dress, if it can be used as the uniform of the sheriff, it would be great."

"Thank you for your appreciation." Now Youxia is probably sure that he is really lucky to meet a good time. There may be the arrangement of the city lord, but there must be a prerequisite, that is, the clothes in his store are really available.

He smiled and said, "That set of clothes is indeed very suitable for the uniform of the sheriff, but... you know, the production cost of good clothes will inevitably be relatively high."

"The cost of a single piece may be relatively high, so what about a large order?"

"That depends on the quantity of the order."

"Loss City has five districts in total, and each district has a security team of about 50 people, plus the uniforms to be changed, and personnel replacement within five years..." Jason made a "five" gesture and said: "First The batch should be at least five hundred pieces."

You Xia pondered for a moment calmly, and then said: "If it is [-] pieces, I should be able to control the selling price of a single set between ten and fifteen silver coins."

Jensen frowned slightly, and then quickly put on a polite smile and said, "Can you lower it a bit more, you know, the weekly salary of an ordinary sheriff is only twelve silver coins."

You Xia looked embarrassed: "The price is already very low, not to mention the labor cost, it is impossible to find the high-quality dark gray fabric of the uniform in the market, and we also paid a high price for the dwarf's fabric. It is custom-made by the workshop, and counting some loss of yarn during the trial process, one can imagine how high its price is.

"Besides, there are accessories such as leather surface and accessories decoration, metal buttons, badges, chains, etc., which need to be customized in a special place, and there are no suitable ones on the market.

"So you may not quite understand it. Do you remember the tasseled epaulets on that suit? The time it takes to make that pair of accessories is enough to make a dress."

The financial officer had an indifferent expression: "As a uniform, you don't need so many gorgeous accessories, and the materials don't need to be very high-end, as long as they are wear-resistant and damage-resistant."

"The price I'm giving you is exactly the price after excluding the extra accessories, otherwise its cost will only be higher," Youxia said without giving in, "As for the materials, I think we should listen to the designers and tailors, Sai Mr. Pu Le once said that the quality of a piece of clothing will be directly reflected in the texture of its upper and back, and you also hope that the sheriff's team will be more energetic and imposing when they go on patrol?"

Jason raised his eyebrows, undeniable.

"Besides, since it's the uniform of the sheriff, don't you always need some accessories to indicate your identity and rank?" Youxia continued: "Maybe each city is different, and these need to be customized. !"

Jason rubbed his fingers against the wall of the cup, nodded after pondering for a while: "Okay, but I still hope that the price of a uniform can be controlled within twelve silver coins."

"I will try my best to make sure." You Xia raised the corner of his lower lip slightly.

The reasons he confided are certainly correct, but with the help of magic, many relatively complicated crafts are actually easier to carry out. The cost of a uniform is not as high as he said, but since the business It's delivered to your door, so you still have to make some money if you can make money.

He guessed that the other party was also mentally prepared for this, so after a few words of bargaining, he agreed smoothly.

"For the idea of ​​official uniforms, last night I discussed with the two designers in the store for several hours overnight, and finally decided on a suit," Youxia said while taking out a blueprint from the space ring and handing it to him. , "Look, how is this?"

What he took out was the blueprint of the "gentleman" suit that he unlocked yesterday.

A complete set of clothing includes shirts, vests, coats, coats, trousers, scarves, top hats and leather boots. The design of the clothes incorporates modern elements on the basis of traditional gentleman suits. The black, white and gray colors are serious. Solemn is suitable for formal occasions, but compared to the official uniforms in this world, it is more flexible, comfortable and light, which is exactly the style You Xia imagined, so she directly took it out for the other party to have a look at.

The design drawing shows three effects, the first one is wearing a shirt and trousers alone, the second one is wearing a vest and coat, and the third one is wearing a black coat. The whole set includes all seasons of the year, which is beautiful At the same time, it also takes into account the practicality and cost performance.

You Xia observed Jensen's expression when he looked at the blueprints. Although the other party didn't reveal any emotions, he could still feel that the other party was quite satisfied with this set of design drawings from the relaxed posture of the middle-aged man.

Sure enough, after thinking for a while, the finance officer raised his head and asked, "I don't know what the price for this suit of clothes is?"

"The custom price for a complete set is six gold coins and 88 silver coins. If you want to order in large quantities, I will only charge six gold coins for a set." Youxia replied calmly.

Immediately before the other party opened his mouth to negotiate the price, he explained the reason first: "Don't think it's expensive, this set of eight items, whether it's leather boots or a coat, the materials and craftsmanship are not cheap. In addition, our tailor tailors the clothes, no matter what your figure is, the clothes you make will definitely fit you well, you must know that in other haute couture shops, the custom-made ordinary dress will cost this price, let alone a complete set.”

"You're right," Jason said after a moment of silence, "In fact, the price of six gold coins for such a set of clothes is very reasonable to me, but please think about those low-level errands. Most of them only receive a monthly salary of forty silver."

This is indeed the case when You Xia thinks about it. If you can't mention officials, you can take it for granted that they must be at least above the middle class. There are always some civil servants who are struggling at the bottom and cannot afford the price of a high-end uniform.

He thought for a while and said: "Well, then, I can divide the production of clothes into three grades. There will definitely be obvious differences in the materials and production techniques of the three grades, and the lowest grade only sells clothes and trousers. Including top hat, scarf and leather boots, I try to control the price of a set of clothes within ten silver coins, what do you think?"

Jason smiled slightly: "Thank you for your understanding, this price is very suitable, but before I formally sign the order, I hope to try a sample of clothes first."

"This is what it should be. You can leave your size in the store later. We will try our best to rush the work and send the sample to your home within three days. You can wait until you try it on Cooperate with our store."

You Xia said so, but he had a well-thought-out plan in his heart, as long as the other party experienced the comfort and convenience of that suit, this order would definitely not go away.

Maybe it won't be long before there will be many civil servants wearing suits commuting to and from get off work, and sheriffs patrolling in military uniforms...

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In the morning, Youxia finished talking about the business of the clothing store with the financial officer, and in the afternoon he received Karnak, the leader of the dwarf caravan, on the second floor of the grocery store.

He and Kanak have worked together twice, and they are quite familiar with each other. After the two sat down on the sofa, Youxia was thinking about the circulation of pirated goods in the upper class of some countries on the mainland, so he asked the other party Case.

"You don't have to worry. Ever since your cosmetics store branches opened in Beastman Country, Yilan Country, Lot Country and Sealand Country, the name of your elf shop is like the help of winged humans. It has spread, and except for areas where ignorance and news are blocked, I don't think there is any nobleman who has not heard of your name of 'Xia Zhisen'." Kanak said with a serious attitude.

"That's it, then I'm relieved." You Xia nodded, he believed in the character of this dwarf, and he also trusted the news he said. Hearing that the problem of pirated copies replacing genuine ones was solved, he felt at ease all of a sudden. many.

Kanak took a sip of green tea from his teacup, and said solemnly: "This proves that as long as it is a good product that the market needs, it will not be buried. The spirit of our Dwarf Chamber of Commerce is also the same."

"Exactly." You Xia agreed, "By the way, what kind of goods are you planning to buy this time?"

"There are a lot of goods to be bought this time. I just wanted to tell you that I want to open a branch of your Xiazhisen in our capital city of Chande. I want to buy some of the grocery stores and cosmetics. Your agent needs to pay the franchise fee of five gold coins, is that right?"

"That's right, but that was the fee for the first batch of franchise stores, and now the franchise fee has risen to eight gold coins."

Kanak frowned: "I hope you didn't raise the price just now."

"How could it be?" You Xia showed a gentle smile, "You also know that our store's reputation is getting bigger and bigger. Every time we open a branch in other places, the main store in Rose City will bear higher risks. I hope You can understand, and I have to remind you that if you want to join two stores at the same time, the franchise fee will be doubled."

Kanak was silent for a few seconds, and then said: "I have to say, you are more and more like a mature businessman now, rather than a pure wood elf."