Chapter 80: The Most-Treasured Doll of the Shop

"Sino Commercial House, you never cease to surprise me," a young master looked at the plush toys in the store, his eyes sparkling.

"Hey, the things in the store are not cheap! If you buy them, I'm afraid you won't have enough silver for wine." The young master's page reminded him.

The young master closed the folding fan in his hand and hit the page's head gently.

"You are such a blockhead. My grandmother and mother really like the things in this store. If I buy a doll for my Grandmother, Grandmother will be so pleased and for sure she will give me more allowance."

The page looked at his young master with admiration and said, "Master, you are so smart! "

The young master went to the counter and bought two dolls.

Lu Lin who had been observing in the store found that there were many men who came to buy dolls. 'Most of them are buying for their family,' thought Lu Lin.

Yang Heng Zhi came to the store this day and he saw people coming and going in the store.

There were quite a few people who were just there to browse and admire the dolls.

The prices of the dolls in the store were still quite high. Some parents couldn't afford them, so they banked on the idea of having a good look of the dolls in the store and making one by themselves at home.

"Lu Lin, your shop is really popular! You have the most customers on the enrite commercial street!" Yang Heng Zhi said.

Lu Lin smiled and said, "That's so flattering, Young Master Yang."

" I saw someone holding a White Bunny Rabbit doll. But why haven't I seen one in the store?" asked Yang Heng Zhi.

Lu Lin said with a smile, "That one is sold out."

Yang Heng Zhi frowned, "Already?"

Lu Lin nodded, "Yeah! There are many kinds of dolls that have been sold out."

Yang Heng Zhi sighed with emotion and said, "You always have genius ideas, looks like I'm too late for bunny rabbits."

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Business in Forest Town was booming, so was Willow Town.

The branch in Willow Town had suffered a low tide, they could only make a handful of sales per day.

However, on this day of the Autumn Fair, Chen Xiao Cai put the dolls transported from Forest Town on the racks of the store, it had attracted the whole town's attention.

In fact, the residents of Willow Town understood that if they wanted to buy new trendy goods, they should go to the authentic Sino Commercial House branch, those copycat stores were only good for low-priced imitations.

The dolls in the store made the ladies lose their mind.

A lady in purple looked at Chen Xiao Cai and said with bright eyes, "This doll is 600 cents, two is 1 tale of silver. What if I buy ten of them? Can I get a better deal?"

Chen Xiao Cai rolled his eyes and said, "I'm afraid not. But if you buy ten, I can give you a smaller one for free."

The lady in purple nodded and said, "Alright, I will buy ten."

Chen Xiao Cai thought to himself, 'These rich people I can't believe the lady has actually bought ten useless dolls!'

Chen Xiao Cai counted the money the lady handed him while Shen Chi took out the dolls and handed them to the lady's maids one by one. It was quite spectacular that a lady and four maids each carried two dolls in hand.

The lady in purple looked at Chen Xiao Cai and Shen Chi and said curiously, "Your boss is really bold! This is such a big store, and he is letting you two children watch the store, and one of you is a Bio!"

Chen Xiao Cai looked up at the Lady and said, "We have Uncle Qin here."

The lady in purple didn't notice Qin Yi who was standing behind the counter with a serious face, 'This store is really different! The two children are managing it, the fierce guy over there looks fierce, but obviously he is only here to protect them.'

The young lady in purple said goodbye to Cai and Chi, then she marched off with her maids.

There were many people who would buy ten dolls in one go like the lady in purple.

The other guests who were just browsing suddenly felt that 'fear of loss' when they saw the lady in purple walking out of the store with ten dolls, they were afraid that they would miss the dolls they liked, so they all walked to the counter telling Chen Xiao Cai what they wanted.

"Hey, can you get that mini bear for me..."

"Hey, I want to get a bunny..."

"Hey, what kind of animal is that?"

......

Several guests rushed over and Chen Xiao Cai was overwhelmed.

Qin Yi took a step forward and said, "Everyone, please stand in a line so we can serve you."

......

Chen Xiao Cai's commercial house was flooded with people on the day of Autumn Fair, and that copycat shop had no such luck.

Some children appeared on the street holding dolls in hand, naturally the dolls had attracted the attention of others.

Other children would pester their parents for a doll, soon people started asking around which shop was selling those dolls, the children who held dolls would reply proudly, 'the Sino Commercial House of course!'

Compared to Chen Xiao Cai's new Sino Commercial House, people were more familiar with his old rental shop.

Some people who knew the truth knew that the owner of the rental Sino Commercial House had changed. However, for people who had no idea about that just thought the rental one was the origin branch.

A large number of people rushed to the fake Sino Commercial House and asked if there were any dolls in the store.

Lu Lin has always used confidential measures to make the dolls. People in this time and space had no idea about cartoon dolls, so it was hard for them to copy the idea so fast.

Although the boss had been observing Lu Lin's movements, he just couldn't figure out what Lu Lin was doing. Naturally, he didn't have dolls in his store.

Those who couldn't get dolls were greatly disappointed, they confronted the boss and asked him why the other Sino Commercial House were selling dolls and he wasn't. Some short-tempered customers just made a scene and shout abuse at the boss.

Faced with the crowd's questioning, the boss felt so badly battered.

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Lu Lin's shop in Forest Town had gained considerable fame thanks to the dolls, a continuous stream of visitors came to his shop from dawn and dusk.

Lu Lin had tried his best to stock up, but he had underestimated the purchasing power of the people. Many young people had become returned customers because the dolls they bought were 'confiscated' by the elders at home, so they had to come back and get more.

Many styles were sold out.

"Manager Wan, how much is that giant doll?" A young man stood at the door of the store and asked.

"This is the most-treasured doll in our entire store, it's for display, not for sale. I'm sorry."

"The most-treasured doll! How about 20 taels? I really love it." The man played with the folding fan on his hand and asked with a smile.

Wan Li smiled stiffly and repeated, "I'm sorry, young master. This is for display only. We can't sell it."

"Manager, you're so resolute! How about thirty taels?! Thirty taels of silver should be enough to match the value of the most-treasured piece," the man smiled radiantly.

Wan Li hesitated for a moment and said, "Young master, please excuse me for a moment, I will go ask for instructions."

Lu Lin was not in the store. Wan Li asked Chen Xiao Mi's opinion, Chen Xiao Mi agreed immediately when he heard that someone was willing to offer 30 taels for a doll.

Chen Xiao Mi liked the lifesize doll very much, but he liked 30 taels of silver more.

Lu Lin had anticipated there would be persistent free-spenders who insisted on buying the lifesize doll, so he made a few of them in reserve. But he didn't make too many, because 'the rarer a thing is, the more it is worth'.

When the offer was generous enough, the most-treasured doll could be for sale. That was 30 taels of silver the young master had offered! A real bear was merely 20 taels.

The most-treasured doll only cost more fabric and cotton, it was not that hard to make.

The young master who had spent thirty taels of silver on the doll couldn't help but feel self-satisfied when he left the store.

"What a big doll!"

"Yeah! This bear looks so adorable!"

"Didn't the manager say that the lifesize doll isn't for sale? How come he has sold it to this young master?!"

"Thirty taels of silver? It's too wasteful to buy such a doll with thirty taels of silver!"

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The young master who carried the big doll on his shoulder had attracts so many head turnings, he enjoyed the attention so much that he had deliberately walked back and forth on the streets for several times.

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Lu Lin didn't expect his treasure would be sold off while he was away for a little while. Knowing that it was sold for 30 taels, Lu Lin smiled and suddenly it wasn't hard to departure with his favorite doll.

"I didn't expect to use the spare giant doll so soon."

Lu Lin placed a giant cat doll in the store after the bear was sold.

Lu Lin felt that the 'most-treasured piece in the store' served as a great attraction, people in town would talk about it, and it would attract more customers to the store to admire it and that would help them to make more sales on the small dolls.

People who came to the store to admire the bear this day were shocked to find the bear was gone.

"Manager Wan, where is the bear? "

"Manager Wan, where's the original most-treasure piece? It used to be a bear, isn't it?"

Wan Li showed a meaningful smile and said, "The bear met its owner in destiny, so now it has left the store with him."

"Manager Wan, how do you tell who the bear's owner in destiny is?" A teenager asked.

Wan Li smiled and said, "It all depends on how sincere you are." Wan Li had sugarcoated that, what he was really trying to say was it all depends on how much money you offer, the higher the offer, the more sincere you are.

"How do you judge whether someone is sincere or not?"

"Heaven will guide us."

Chen Xiao Mi rubbed his nose awkwardly as he listened to Wan Li's speech.

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At dusk, Lu Lin and Chen Xiao Mi counted their turnover.

They had sold more than 100 dolls in one day and earned more than 90 taels. Among them, 30 taels were earned by selling the lifesize bear alone. Chen Xiao Mi got so excited, he didn't mind selling more 'the most-treasured piece in the store'.

Chen Xiao Mi looked at the silver in his hand and said, "Someone came to ask about the giant cat today. Actually quite a few people have made enquiries, but they all thought 30 taels a bit too much. I definitely think we will have them if we lower the price to 20 taels."

Lu Lin thought to himself, 'When the fruit is scarcest, its taste is sweetest. If I lower the price, it won't create as much hype and people would be less interested. However, if we keep a high price, people will keep coming to the store and they will stay intrigued. No way will I lower the price.'

On Chen Xiao Cai's side, his branch had earned more than 70 taels a day. There were more rich people in Willow Town, but Forest Town's branch had beaten him because they had sold the bear.

Chen Xiao Cai's branch had been suffering a bit since they moved to the new location. However, the dolls had helped the store gain a firmer footing in Willow Town.

It had been a long time since Chen Xiao Cai saw so many customers in one day, everything felt so hectic. Fortunately, Shen Chi knew mathematics and account keeping, he had helped Chen Xiao Cai a lot.