Jin Yuanyuan's Top-Tier Life

Chapter 50 Zhu Hongying's Three-Step Approach

Since fainting once, Zhu Hongying has suddenly developed a strong interest in health and fitness. She even started to take her old friends and neighbors to nutrition lectures or spiritual healing trips. Even when she was catching up with old customers before the holidays, she would choose vegetarian restaurants or drink tea and eat sugar-free pastries. She was in a very good mood.

"It's so great that Yuanyuan is back to help me. I feel so relieved. The way we sell products now is completely different from before. I feel like I can't learn it anymore." Zhu Hongying, along with her sister and Lao Li from Jin Yaya's sales department, were having tea with several old customers in a teahouse in Hangzhou.

Hidden in a narrow alley, this teahouse exudes the charm of a Jiangnan water town. With its white walls, black tiles, winding corridors, and flowing water, it feels like stepping into a traditional Chinese ink painting. The interior is exquisitely decorated and full of poetic atmosphere, transporting visitors to the world of ancient literati.

This place is quite nice too. You can taste various authentic famous teas from Hangzhou, such as Longjing, Maofeng, and chrysanthemum tea. Each cup of tea is carefully selected, with a mellow taste and a long-lasting sweet aftertaste. At the same time, there are also various exquisite tea snacks, such as xiaolongbao (soup dumplings), glutinous rice balls, and osmanthus cakes... The large round table is already full, and everyone is eating and drinking happily.

"Yes, it's all about young people now. Did you see those young girls doing live streams downstairs just now? Oh my, they were really..." Ms. Qi, one of the clients, laughed. She and Zhu Hongying had been cooperative supply and sales partners for a long time. "My son also said he would come back to help me after the New Year so I could retire."

"We're all getting to retirement age. My eldest sister will be sixty-four after the New Year. People usually retire at sixty and stay home to take care of their grandchildren. Look at her, she was still meeting with clients last month." Auntie San smiled and poured everyone a round of Gongfu tea. The aroma of tea immediately filled the air. Although everyone only had a small bowl of tea, they all had extremely satisfied expressions on their faces as they savored the tea.

"Later I'll take you to that newly opened teahouse in Xixi, well, it's not really a teahouse, it's a restaurant, Wangxi Pavilion, it's very expensive. It's run by Yuanyuan's friend, it's a redesign of a large Qing Dynasty mansion, it has that classical garden feel, I heard they even added a terrace and a small tea garden, you can sunbathe or enjoy the snow... Young people these days, they're really something, so many ideas, this owner is five years younger than Yuanyuan, and he's opened restaurants all over Shanghai and Hangzhou, amazing." Zhu Hongying smiled and offered everyone a round of small pastries.

"Mr. Zhu, why don't you retire and let Yuanyuan and the others get things going? I remember your Xiaoyu is really great, smart and quick-witted, and has a really sweet tongue... Or, I could introduce him to a few more girlfriends." One of the clients, Ms. Chen, was a very busybody woman. "These days, people like him are especially popular."

"I really can't make this decision myself. You should ask him what he thinks later." Zhu Hongying was shrewd enough to see that this was an attempt to steer the conversation towards marriage and relationships. She just wanted everyone to continue signing contracts and increase the volume. "Besides, I see they're all quite busy. You know those five-finger socks, right? The one that really famous young male skater wears. He wore those socks, and all his fans bought them. The other day, Yuanyuan introduced those socks in her live stream, and she instantly sold over a thousand pairs. It shocked us all."

"Wow, that's amazing?" President Qi immediately became interested. "I've heard that celebrities are incredibly good at selling products these days. I heard there was a celebrity who endorsed some jewelry brand, and just one ring that cost 30,000 yuan sold out instantly... Tsk tsk tsk..."

"What's the celebrity's name? Is the ring nice? I was just thinking of buying my wife a ring; we've been married for forty years, and the kids are asking what we should do to celebrate."

A group of people were chatting merrily, and the atmosphere was extremely lively.

After reaching an agreement on an additional quantity for next year, both host and guests were delighted.

After seeing off the customers, Zhu Hongying made a phone call before returning to the private room in the teahouse. She smiled and continued drinking tea with her friends, saying that they could discuss going on a group trip after the Spring Festival holiday, since there would be fewer people and it wouldn't conflict with tour groups.

Everyone naturally agreed, and they excitedly discussed where they should go for fun.

However, no one noticed the exhaustion in Zhu Hongying's eyes. She felt tired, but she still had hundreds of people at the Jin Yaya Socks Factory to support, so she dared not stop.

After chatting for a while, Zhu Hongying told her aunt that she needed to buy some more things and took a taxi to the city center. In the car, Zhu Hongying finally took two blood pressure pills and closed her eyes briefly. Her aunt knew she couldn't persuade her otherwise, so she took her hand and said, "Sister, I know you're strong-willed, but age catches up with you. You can't keep working yourself to the bone like you did when you were young. What will we do if you really collapse?"

"I dare not fall down, but I also can't become a burden or stumbling block for Yuanyuan." Zhu Hongying's eyes were still closed. "Lianqing called me just now and said that the logo on the packaging bag was printed wrong. Yuanyuan and her team put up 10,000 stickers overnight, and they've already been delivered. But she said it was her mistake, and Yuanyuan didn't blame her... She feels uncomfortable."

"What? How could the logo be wrong?"

"They're all long-time customers, and we trust each other, so we skipped the inspection step. We've had similar issues before, haven't we? But back then, the quantities weren't that large... Luckily, they were willing to be accommodating this time, otherwise, if those 100,000 pairs had been seized, Yuanyuan would have gone crazy."

"That's true. Yuanyuan is quite calm and capable. If it were Xiaoyu and the others, they probably wouldn't have been able to handle it at all."

"Yuanyuan has always been stubborn, which is both a good and a bad thing. Our betting agreement was just to force Yuanyuan to take over the hosiery factory and take on all these responsibilities. Next, I'll help her clean up these old employees; I'll play the bad guy."

"Oh, big sister, you even thought of that?"

"That's right, I have a three-step plan. The first step is to get Yuanyuan to take over the sock factory, and then I'll help her along the way. The third step, hehe..." Zhu Hongying suddenly opened her eyes and laughed very happily. "Let's buy more things later. I'm going to see an old friend. I never thought I'd have to ask him for help one day."

"Who is it?" Auntie asked curiously.

"The most famous matchmaker in Xiaoshan, specializing in introducing sons-in-law to men who live with their wives' families..."

"...Big sister, Yuanyuan will go crazy."

(End of this chapter)