Chapter 686: The First Branch in the Mainland
Liang Wei Bo acted quickly. After a trip to Sijiu City, he decided on the store and the land. According to Lu Jiaxin's idea, he bought the store and started construction as soon as the land was acquired. At the same time, he began to recruit workers from the society. Among them, the salary of the jewelry masters was very high. If you can apply successfully, your salary for one month is equivalent to that of an ordinary worker for half a year. In addition, there are bonuses and annual leave. Of course, you have to apply successfully. High remuneration must correspond to high requirements.
Because there are many people applying for high salaries, eight people were finally admitted. One of the older masters was a craftsman employed by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. His craftsmanship is also beyond reproach, and Wufu Jewelry also offered a monthly salary of 1,200 yuan. Of course, there is also a requirement, that is, to take apprentices. It is not required to teach the apprentices the best skills, but to teach them the skills that can be used.
After two months of planning, Wufu Jewelry opened its first branch in the mainland in late July. In the traditional way, Wufu Jewelry advertised in magazines and had people distribute flyers. Liang Wei Bo originally wanted to advertise on TV, but was rejected by Lu Jiaxin, so he just increased the publicity of handing out flyers.
Several movies and TV series under Wanjia Films are broadcast in the mainland. So the brochure also printed the portraits of these movie and TV series wearing Wufu Jewelry. The 1990s was when the Chinese were chasing after the Hong Kong circle, and many people were tempted by this promotion.
There was a discount for the first three days of opening, 88% off, and a necklace was given for every purchase of 500 yuan. With the previous strong publicity, many people came on the opening day. Fortunately, Wufu Jewelry is a mature company, and all kinds of situations have been considered in advance.
Lu Hongjun had already heard the news and came here by bus after breakfast. He came to show his support, but he saw many people standing outside the door. He was very surprised and walked up to ask, "Isn't this store open today? Why can't you let me in?"
The young man who was stopped had a good attitude and said with a smile, "There are too many people. The manager of this store said that only 200 people can enter at a time, and the time limit is half an hour."
This branch of Wufu Jewelry is very large, with two floors, each floor is more than 300 square meters. The area is relatively large, but there are only 40 sales staff, so too many people can't be allowed in, otherwise they can't greet them and worry about accidents.
Lu Hongjun was stunned: "So many people are buying?"
The young man smiled and said, "That's for sure. The earrings, necklaces and bracelets that Wendy wears on weekdays are all from Wufu Jewelry."
Lu Hongjun thought about it, and he hadn't heard anyone mention Wendy. Just when he wanted to ask who Wendy was, the staff of Wufu Jewelry came over with ice cream to give to everyone.
Seeing that someone wanted to grab it, the security guard next to the staff immediately stopped them and asked them to go back to the team. How dare they give it out in a mess? If they rush up to grab it, it might cause trouble.
July was still quite hot. Lu Hongjun looked at the long line in front of him and felt that he could not get in, so he turned around and went back.
During dinner, Lu Hongjun told Lu Jiaguang and his wife about the grand scene of Wufu Jewelry Store: "There were many people squatting at the door of the store. The store said that they were worried about accidents and only let in 200 people. The people behind were queuing. A few people came out and a few more were let in."
It was tasteless to eat alone at home, so Lu Hongjun had dinner at Lu Jiaguang's place. There was no way. The breakfast time conflicted. Lu Jiaguang and his wife basically did not go home for lunch at noon, so they could only go together in the evening.
Wang Xiaojie was at work today and planned to go to see it after two days of vacation. She didn't expect Jiaxin's jewelry company to be so popular: "That's good. With such a good business, you can make money."
"Who is Wendy?"
The couple looked at each other and shook their heads together. Lu Zhenzhen, who was still in the third year of junior high school, solved the mystery for them: "Wendy is the heroine of Legally Blonde. She is not only good at fighting lawsuits, but also beautiful and wears nice clothes."
The year Legally Blonde was released, she went to see it with her classmates on the weekend and liked the female characters in it very much. These women are independent and confident, and they don't rely on men. They get what they want through their own efforts, which is completely different from domestic TV series and movies.
Lu Hongjun understood it as soon as he heard it, and said: "Are the jewelry worn by those female stars in the movie all bought by Wufu Jewelry?"
Lu Zhenzhen smiled and said: "It's not bought, it's sponsored. It means providing jewelry or clothes for the characters in the movie to wear, and then the audience will buy them if they think they are good. It's a cooperative relationship."
Lu Hongjun thinks this approach is very dangerous. If the movie or TV series fails, the money invested will not be recovered.
Lu Jiaguang doesn't want to talk about this. Jiaxin is good at doing business, and it's useless for them, who are outsiders, to worry about it. He brought up a topic that Lu Hongjun was interested in: "Xiaojie, didn't you introduce Director Chen's niece to Lu Tao last time? How are the two getting along now?"
Wang Xiaojie said: "The two are dating. My second brother's wife is very anxious and wants him to get married early. But the girl thinks it's too early to talk about marriage after just knowing each other for more than a month."
When Lu Hongjun heard it, he said: "Don't tell me that the girl is hanging around Lu Tao and then looking for a better man."
Wang Xiaojie's expression suddenly became ugly. She asked someone to introduce him to him, so are you doubting her? I made good efforts with good intentions, but ended up being complained and questioned. Why bother?
Lu Jiaguang explained helplessly: "Uncle San, the girl just wants to get to know each other more and see if the two of us are compatible in all aspects. I think it's good. This is responsible for marriage and yourself."
Lu Hongjun didn't know much about their unit, and since Lu Jiaguang agreed, there should be no problem: "Jiaguang, Xiaojie, now Jiajie has paid off the debt he owed Jiaxin, can you help him arrange it?"
A family without a woman is not a good place. Lu Jiajie is still young and will definitely remarry. Anyway, it's better to marry early so that she can help take care of the two children. Although Lu Jiaguang and Wang Xiaojie are very good to the two children, there is no place better than home. This is why the brother and sister moved back home immediately after Lu Jiajie came back. In the uncle's house, no matter how kind and amiable the uncle and aunt are, this is not their own home.
Wang Xiaojie said: "I asked Jiajie to find another one before, but he said that it would be a marriage fraud if he owed so much debt, so I didn't dare to ask anyone. Why did you think it through now?"
"I had concerns before, but now that the debt has been paid off, these concerns no longer exist."
Wang Xiaojie didn't trust him, and said that she still had to ask Lu Jiajie's opinion to make sure he really wanted to marry again: "With his current conditions, it's no problem to find a virgin."
Lu Hongjun shook his head and said: "Jiajie said he didn't want to find a virgin, but wanted to find a second marriage without children, so that he wouldn't be afraid of being bad to Qiangqiang and Xiaofeng'er."
Hearing this, Wang Xiaojie was sure that he was not lying, and Lu Jiajie really wanted to find one: "Okay, then I'll help look for it. But if it's a second marriage, it's best to have another child, so that the couple can be of one mind."
Lu Hongjun also asked this, and he smiled and said: "Jiajie said it's okay to have another child, but you have to wait until Xiaofeng'er is in junior high school."
"Got it."