"Mom, Yun, there's no rush to repay the money." Hearing Zhao Mei and Qin Yun's words, Qin Xuan quickly shook her head.
Qin Guodong and Zhao Mei borrowed a total of 140,000, of which 100,000 was borrowed from Qin Xuan and Li Yihang.
"Big sis, we're all family, no need for formalities. Now that the clothing store's finances are sufficient, it's only natural to repay the money we owe you and brother-in-law." Qin Yun said with a smile.
He took out his phone and transferred 100,000 to Qin Xuan.
"You..." Qin Xuan looked helplessly at her brother, but at this moment, she also felt a bit relieved.
Regarding the 100,000 yuan loan, Li Yihang was okay with it, but her father-in-law and mother-in-law had quite a few complaints.
"Yun, I have something to tell you."
Thinking for a moment, Qin Xuan said, "This morning, Sun Yadong's Qiyun Clothing Store had few customers, but starting from three in the afternoon, there was suddenly a large influx of people, at its peak, there were even more than ten people in the store."
"Suddenly increased?"
Hearing this, Qin Yun looked into the distance, where four people were walking around, looking at clothes in the Qiyun Clothing Store.
The two clothing stores were not far from each other, so they could naturally see the situation in the other store.
"However, I observed closely, and some customer behavior seemed very strange. Three people appeared at three o'clock, left Qiyun Clothing Store, then came back at four, and again after four forty, they came for the third time."
No one usually enters a clothing store three times in two hours, which is obviously suspicious.
"So these people were likely hired by Sun Yadong?" Qin Yun asked.
He relied on the Wealth Gathering Array for such foot traffic, unless Sun Yadong also had a Wealth Gathering Array, otherwise, there couldn't suddenly be so many customers.
"I guess that's possible." Qin Xuan nodded.
She only noticed those three, as for more people, she hadn't paid much attention, nor was she sure.
Pondering slightly, Qin Yun said, "I'll go check it out."
He walked briskly towards Qiyun Clothing Store.
At this time, both Sun Yadong and Sun Jianqiang were in the store, and when they saw Qin Yun coming, Sun Yadong's expression changed slightly.
After all, he had previously reclaimed the clothing store through the tactic of spiking the rent, Qin Yun certainly understood his methods.
Even so, a slight smile appeared on his face, and he said, "Haha, Boss Qin, what brings you here?"
Qin Yun smiled, "This was Celestial Fortune Clothing yesterday, isn't it normal for me to come by and take a look now? Boss Sun, how's business?"
His gaze swept over the clothes.
The vast majority of clothing styles here were the same as those in Celestial Fortune Clothing, even the shelf arrangements were the same; if he didn't look at the name, Qin Yun might have thought he had walked into his own store.
Hearing Qin Yun ask this, Sun Yadong's face clearly became a bit unnatural.
He went through so much trouble to reclaim the clothing store because he valued the insane earning power of Celestial Fortune Clothing, but after reclaiming the store and opening it himself, not a single piece of clothing sold.
It truly was an immense irony.
Now, the people in the store were still hired.
However, this tactic did have a slight effect; someone bought a piece of clothing in the afternoon.
Of course, compared to the money spent hiring these people, the profit from selling one piece of clothing wasn't enough to offset the cost.
"Business is alright." Sun Yadong said with a smile.
Beside him, Sun Jianqiang stepped forward with a smile, "Qin Yun, since we're classmates, do you see anything in my store that could be improved?"
Hearing his words, Qin Yun even had the urge to punch him in the face. Qin Xuan, standing beside Qin Yun, felt the same.
It's disgusting; Qiyun Clothing Store completely copied Celestial Fortune Clothing. After seeing Celestial Fortune earn money, they reclaimed the store out of envy and now pretend to seek Qin Yun's advice.
No doubt, Sun Jianqiang was just trying to disgust Qin Yun; did he think Qin Yun would dare to hit him?
If he did make a move, he'd immediately call the police.
There were only a few days until the college entrance exam, and he just wanted to mess with Qin Yun's mind.
"Phew!"
Taking a deep breath and forcibly suppressing his emotions, Qin Yun smiled and said, "Not bad."
He glanced broadly at the clothes in the store, and suddenly his gaze stopped slightly at one spot.
The prices there were very expensive, with tags as high as 1000.
The most expensive clothing in Celestial Fortune was over 300, with the cheapest being under 100.
There were items here that were so expensive.
In fact, Sun Yadong's idea was simple; he had long anticipated his Qiyun Clothing Store would be as busy as Celestial Fortune Clothing, so he had a wider variety of clothes and price points in wholesale.
After all, expensive clothes have a high wholesale price, but if sold, the profit would be even higher.
Some people sell things mostly very cheap, even at wholesale price, with only a very small portion being expensive; in reality, these people never count on making money from the cheap things, but on those few expensive items.
Buy enough cheap things, and someone will eventually seek something unique.
Seeing the poor business in the morning, he brought out the more expensive ones in the afternoon when he hired these people.
After glancing at the prices, Qin Yun's mind suddenly sparked an idea.
He returned to Celestial Fortune Clothing; it was past five o'clock now, with only two people looking at clothes there.
His thoughts stirred, and then the Level 1 Wealth Gathering Array enveloping Celestial Fortune Clothing, under his consciousness, began to change slowly.
Threads of pattern spread out, advancing along a peculiar trajectory, under his control, they actually touched Qiyun Clothing Store.
"Sun Yadong, since you want to sell clothes, let me lend you a hand!"
Those threads of pattern dispersed, then drifted into Qiyun Clothing Store, coming alongside those three clothes priced at a thousand, enveloping them!
The Wealth Gathering Array can change size and shape with Qin Yun's thoughts; at this moment, most of the array enveloped Celestial Fortune Clothing, while a small portion enveloped those three thousand-yuan clothes at Qiyun Clothing Store.
At this moment, inside Qiyun Clothing Store, Sun Yadong and Sun Jianqiang were talking about something.
"Dad, business is still the same?" Sun Jianqiang inquired.
He had just arrived at the store too.
"Sigh." Sun Yadong sighed, "We only sold one piece of clothing in the afternoon, we're looking at a significant loss today."
His expression was notably unfavorable, as he had previously hoped for a booming business day today; the greater the expectation, the greater the disappointment.
Seeing Sun Yadong like this, Sun Jianqiang dared not say much; after all, opening a clothing store was his idea, and now the situation was like this.
As time passed, after half an hour, suddenly a customer in the store said, "Boss, can I try on this clothing?"
Looking at the clothes, both Sun Yadong and Sun Jianqiang were taken aback; that was the most expensive clothing in the store, costing 500 to purchase, with Sun Yadong pricing it at 1100. The quality of the clothes was indisputable, but the price was high. Sun Yadong hadn't stocked many, only three styles in total, mainly as a trial.
Any clothing store, when it opens, will stock various styles and price points, to see which are popular and sell well, in order to slowly find the right positioning for the store's clothing.
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