bookrebus Chapter 209: Strong Competitors of Happy Commercial Street
Chapter 209: Strong Competitors of Happy Commercial Street
The thing is, not long after Yun Bai and the other five received the task of Jiulongling and set off, the commercial street received an application for opening a store, and the name of the store was Qianpinhui. This was an unfamiliar name, and I had never heard of any famous business with such a brand before. After investigation, I learned that it was a new industry opened by the Xiao family of the Song Dynasty. It is said that the Xiao family wanted to build Qianpinhui into a world-wide chain store like Wanbao Pavilion. At present, more than 800 branches have been opened at the same time, and the store in Xingfu Commercial Street is just one of them.
The Xiao family of Song State is a well-known family, even more powerful than the Yuan family. It is said that the Xiao family even supports the royal families of six countries at the same time, and is the actual ruler of two of them. In this world, it is normal for a big family to support a certain state machine, because it is convenient to mobilize a large amount of manpower and material resources for their benefit. However, it is rare for a family like the Xiao family to support several countries at the same time. This is not something that ordinary strength can support.
If ordinary people knew that the Xiao family wanted to move into the commercial street, they would definitely be happy to see it happen. Especially since Xingfu Commercial Street is nominally the property of the Yuan family, and with the support of the transcendent giant Tianlan, there is no need to worry too much about the other party's easy ideas. But it just so happened that Mr. Hua and Yuanye's school were persecuted by the Xiao family in the past, and finally had to disband. The Xiao family did everything they could to achieve their goals, and they are not good birds at all. For this reason, after discussing with Yuanye, Mr. Hua decisively rejected Qianpinhui's application for entry, and the reason was very simple: the commercial street has reached its carrying capacity limit, and it is not considering accepting new stores for the time being. As for how long this "temporary" period is, the final right of interpretation belongs to the commercial street.
I thought everything would be fine after the rejection, but after that, the security patrol team of the shopping street could always detect some suspicious customers - the most common one was that they kept the communication talisman and the Huiguang talisman on all the time. Isn't this just live broadcasting? Some even pretended to be job seekers, but they were exposed at the "conscience" level. In the end, they were even more ruthless and directly acquired a store that had already settled in the shopping street, intending to steal the dragon and the phoenix. Unfortunately, they misjudged the alertness and responsibility of the shopping street management committee headed by Mr. Hua. When the other party completed the acquisition, the committee took out the breach of contract agreement and came to the door. It clearly stipulated that if the business entity was changed privately without notifying the shopping street in advance, the shopping street had the right to terminate the cooperation relationship with it and would not bear any responsibility. The other party needed to pay a certain amount of liquidated damages.
After all this trouble, Qianpinhui found that the commercial street was solid and finally gave up the idea of attacking it. But after these things, Mr. Hua, Yuanye and others paid more attention to it - what exactly did the other party want to do?
Later, about a month later, some news came from outside, several of which were that Qianpinhui had annexed a certain well-known large business, or the entire commercial street. As a result, Mr. Hua and others finally understood the other party's plan, but at the same time they couldn't help but feel a little scared - if they were a little careless at the time, it would be very likely that the commercial street would change hands.
Qianpinhui has been testing the bottom line of the Yuan family, but found that even after all the efforts, the Yuan family still had no reaction, so their actions became more and more exaggerated.
Although the real owner of the commercial street is Yun Bai, and Yun Bai has the support of the world god Old Dragon, Yun Bai is a hands-off shopkeeper who knows nothing, and Old Man Long will not easily start a war over such a small matter. Therefore, in the end, it is up to Grandpa Hua's Commercial Street Management Committee to protect this prosperous market.
Of course, in the eyes of the Xiao family, the commercial street is a piece of fat meat, but it is just a piece of fat meat. Since they can't get it, they will suppress it and destroy it. Therefore, after that, Qianpinhui frequently held various promotional activities, some of which were simply "suicidal" in the eyes of outsiders, purely losing money to gain publicity. However, they are not short of money, they are willful, and they want to drag you down in this way! After all this, many small businesses and stores around had to close down, some of the powerful ones were eaten up by the Xiao family, and the inconspicuous ones could only find other ways to make a living.
Xingfu Commercial Street and Tianlan Market were both hit hard, but because they already had a stable customer base, they were not pushed to the worst. But even so, the daily turnover of the commercial street was much lower than before, and at its lowest point it was less than 20% of the original.
The small shops opened by Cang Yu and Mu Yinghun's Wanmu Exchange were not primarily for making money, so even if business was bad, it was not a big problem. But the other hundreds of shops made a living from this, and if it remained so bleak, they probably wouldn't be able to hold on for too long.
The day after Yun Bai and his five companions came back, Mr. Hua received another summons, saying that seven more shops were leaving the commercial street. Even if they had to pay the penalty, they had to leave early and go to Qianpinhui. Moreover, the three Qianpinhui commercial streets closest to them simultaneously advertised that the three Qianpinhui commercial streets would hold a big sale in seven days, and welcomed customers to come and shop at that time, and also welcomed like-minded merchants to settle in Qianpinhui commercial street to create a better future together.
"How about we go for a stroll over there today. After all, reciprocity is the norm. Since the other party can send people to our place to inquire about the situation, we can't let them down." After hearing Grandpa Hua's introduction of the situation, Yun Bai pondered for a moment and then proposed to everyone.
"Okay! I agree! I'm the best at fighting!" Xiaohua was the first to raise her hand in agreement. However, Yunbai told her that they were going shopping and fighting was not allowed, so she nodded with some disappointment.
"We are new faces, so we shouldn't arouse suspicion." Mu Yun continued, and he slowed down the second half of the sentence: "Besides, we are just going shopping."
"That's right! We're just going shopping!" Yun Bai agreed happily. None of them were good at disguising themselves, so if they kept thinking about "spying on the enemy", their expressions would definitely reveal clues. It would be better to act as they really are, and they might learn a lot while strolling. Yun Bai also had a little secret of "eavesdropping", so he didn't have to do anything, just listen to the shop assistants' whispers and he could gather a lot of real information.
Just go. After breakfast, the four of them packed up and set off. Before leaving, Old Man Long sent a message to Yun Bai, saying that the Xiao family was not keeping it to themselves. There are many people with the surname Xiao in the World Alliance now. They have great ambitions, not just to open a few commercial streets or a certain share of the consumer market. As for human affairs, as long as they do not endanger the safety of the world, he will not interfere casually. However, he has begun to pay attention to the Xiao family. If there are any new developments related to it, he will tell Yun Bai.