"Everyone, please line up outside, don't push, don't push …"
"There are too many customers, please forgive us …"
"The supply is limited, each person can only buy five pieces at a time, five pieces at a time …"
…
Even though they were greatly understaffed, there were still a few workers maintaining order at the entrance of the clothing stores.
Outside each store, there was a long line of customers. Even in the stores on both sides of the same street, the customers lined up together.
Two days ago, when the Lin family's store reduced the price by 30%, many people were still in a wait-and-see state. After all, the price would be reduced by 10% every two days, and no one wanted to spend more money for nothing.
But today, when the price was reduced to 60%, everyone couldn't sit still.
Although after 10 days, they could buy the goods at the original price at 10% lower — the problem was, before that, what if the goods they liked were bought by others?
60% was already an unimaginably low price. If they were one step late, the goods in the store would be sold out, and what was the use of 10% lower price?
This led to the prosperity of several stores today.
Inside the shop, the smiles on the faces of all the employees and stewards never disappeared. The depression and worry of the past few days were swept away at this moment.
If there were as many customers tomorrow as today, they wouldn't even have to wait for the day when the price would be reduced by 50%, and all their goods would be sold out tomorrow.
This time, Xiu 'er was in the mood to eat candied haws. She held a hawthorn and a fruit assortment in one hand, looked at her miss and said happily, "Miss, you are really clever. How did you know that the customers today couldn't help it?"
Only then did she know why her miss asked several stewards to urgently transfer goods to the neighboring states of Liu Province a few days ago.
She had been with her miss for so many years and had seen many scenes, but it was the first time she saw the scene where the whole city people were frantically buying.
"Ahem!" Li Yi coughed lightly. He was the one who told her this idea. How could it be her miss who was clever?
Xiu 'er took a bite of the assortment of candied haws, looked at Li Yi and said, "We are family, Li, don't be so stingy …"
If Li Yi was stingy, he wouldn't have used such a violent method to open up the market.
Although they could still make a lot of money from the price reduction, their ready-made clothes were cheap and of good quality. They were very popular in both the Qi and Jing Kingdoms. They were always in short supply and there had never been a time when they couldn't sell.
This time, he was only making a name for himself in Liuzhou and giving a portion of the profits to the people. What he gained was long-term development.
Later on, they would organize membership events, birthday events, and the like. Then, they would be able to gain a firm foothold in Liuzhou.
To be honest, Li Yi did not care much about the business in Liu Province or even the Qi Kingdom. However, it was different for Xiu'Er and Lin Wanru. He had no choice but to do something since he had nothing to do anyway …
However, there were people who cared more about the Lin family's business in Liuzhou than him.
Liu Luo had just returned from outside. His face was frighteningly gloomy.
He had just gone to the Lin Family's shop to take a look. The street was filled with people. As he walked through the crowd, his wallet and the jade pendant on him had been stolen. There were more than ten people who stopped him and asked if he should queue up for him for five taels of silver each time …
He thought that the Lin family's ready-made clothes shop would be deserted as usual. It would not be until ten days later that the people who had been waiting for a long time would rush to buy the clothes at a low price. By then, the Lin family would lose everything they had invested in Liuzhou.
However, today was only the fifth day, and things had developed in a direction that he had not expected.
There was a long queue outside every Lin family's shop. He had lived for more than 20 years and had never seen such a grand scene. Even the biggest temple fair in Liuzhou City was not as grand as this.
Although 60% of the price was already very low, with such a large sales volume, it was enough to ensure that they would not lose money.
This was like a slap to Liu Luo's face. With the Lin family's interference, unless the Liu family reduced the price from 90% to 70% or 60% in the future, there would not be much effect.
More importantly, after this, the Lin family's shops would completely enter the sight of the people of Liuzhou. The first to be affected would be the Liu family's business.
A shopkeeper had already reported that the Liu family's shop did not have a single customer today …
A servant beside him raised his head and asked, "Young Master, what should we do? They are limited to five pieces per person. Even if we want to buy, we won't be able to buy much …"
Liu Luo thought for a moment and said, "Go find more people. In two days, when they reduce the price to 40%, we must buy all of their goods before anyone else!"
"But Young Master, I think that before they reduce the price to 40%, all of their goods will be sold out …"
"Then 50% it is!" Liu Luo gritted his teeth and said, "This time, the Liu family suffered losses because of them. This time, we must earn back all of it!"
…
After the meal, Li Yi took Ruoqing out for a walk. When they came back, they saw more than ten carriages parked in front of the mansion. Lin Yong was directing them to unload the goods.
He first helped Ruoqing back to rest. When he came out again, he walked to the courtyard and sat down. He asked Lin Wanru who was sitting opposite him, "Have the goods arrived?"
Lin Wanru nodded. "Just arrived."
"Logically speaking, they should have arrived a few days ago."
"It took me some time to transport the outdated models from the other states."
After the influence of the past few years, some of the common people in the Jing Kingdom and the Qi Kingdom had learned to follow the fashion trend. The ready-made clothing stores would also introduce new styles in time. Those outdated styles would be eliminated and lowered to a lower level. Then, they would target the low-end market and sell them at a low price.
Li Yi thought for a moment and looked at Lin Wanru. He asked, "You're not thinking of canceling the limit of five pieces per person, are you?"
"Not at all." Lin Wanru shook her head and said, "I just feel that five pieces is too few. Many customers have objections. Why don't we change it to 500 pieces …"
Li Yi thought for a moment and asked, "Won't this be too much?"
Lin Wanru sighed and said, "If we don't go too far, they will go even more …"
Don't offend women, especially smart women. Li Yi concluded another life philosophy.
…
It had been a day since the Lin family's shop reduced prices by 50%. Liu Luo looked at a servant with a gloomy face and said, "I told you to get more people to line up. What are you doing?"
The servant looked bitter and said, "Young Master, you told us to go earlier. I got up before dawn, but who knew that there would be a long line in front of their door …"
Liu Luo looked at him and asked expressionlessly, "Are you blaming me for not thinking it through?"
"I wouldn't dare!" The servant hurriedly shook his head and said respectfully, "Young Master, from tomorrow onwards, each person can buy at most 500 pieces. I won't sleep today. After they close tonight, I'll bring some people to guard their door. This time, there won't be any problems …"
"If there's a problem this time, don't come to see me again!"
"Don't worry, Young Master!"
…
The Lin family's ready-made clothing store had been selling at half price for a day. After the craze two days ago, the number of customers did not decrease. Instead, it increased.
However, the people who got up before dawn the next day to line up realized something.
A group of people with straw mats and quilts wrapped in them were sitting in front of the big stores. It seemed that they had been here since last night.
This scene naturally made them speechless.
It was already very cold at night in Liu Province. To actually line up since last night just to buy a few pieces of clothing, this was more than crazy. It was a little crazy …
Even the shop assistant who opened the store in the morning was shocked. After the store opened, those people threw the straw mats and quilts aside and swaggered into the store.
Because the store space was limited, only about ten people could enter at a time.
The shop assistant smiled and asked, "Sir, please take a look first. Call me if you like anything …"
The first man who entered the store waved his hand and said, "I'll take all of these in your store!"
At the same time, the same situation happened in all the big stores of the Lin family.
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