I'm back in 1990

Chapter 186: No Comparison, No Harm

November 16, a commercial center in Central, Hong Kong.

The first "Baijiali" women's clothing store opened, and Huang Boyi, Cao Charlie, and Lin Junfeng attended the opening ceremony.

In the early stages of its opening, Lin Junfeng, following Huang Xiaochuan's approach of drawing on marketing strategies from later generations, launched a series of multi-channel brand exposures to showcase Baijiali's fashionable and youthful brand image.

They also instilled new service concepts during staff training.

Let them know that clothing sales are not just about selling products, but also about selling services. Salespeople should have professional styling skills and keen fashion insight, and be able to provide personalized styling advice based on customers' body characteristics and style preferences.

When Huang Xiaochuan was communicating with the decoration company about the design, he asked the company to incorporate scene-based elements into the store design, such as creating fitting rooms with different styles and setting up themed display areas, so that customers could have an immersive experience during the shopping process.

The "Baijiali" brand store was an instant success upon opening, which is related to its multi-channel advertising campaigns, accurate target audience positioning, distinctive store design, and novel and elegant clothing designs.

The first store's sales exceeded HK$500,000 on its opening day.

If it hadn't been so late that night, Cao Charlie would have called Huang Xiaochuan long ago. However, just to be on the safe side, he had the finance department review the figures again the next morning before calling Huang Xiaochuan.

After the call connected, Charlie Cao couldn't hide his excitement and said to Huang Xiaochuan, "Mr. Huang, yesterday's sales figures are in! Yesterday's sales exceeded HK$500,000! HK$500,000!"

Huang Xiaochuan remained calm about this, saying, "The initial sales figures are good, but we need to take into account the GG effect and the opening effect in the early stages. Short-term effects do not mean that things will continue to be like this. After the opening effect has passed, we still need to look at the monthly revenue."

"Okay, I understand!"

"Overall, it's not bad. You and Lin Junfeng have worked hard. You'll be opening more stores soon. I haven't forgotten what I promised you. As long as you achieve your goals, I won't be stingy with bonuses. However, bonuses are secondary for you. I'm considering giving you and Lin Junfeng a raise, but it will depend on your future performance."

Huang Xiaochuan painted one pie in the sky after another, making Cao Charlie extremely excited and giving him a real shot of adrenaline.

"Mr. Huang, please rest assured! We will do our best."

Finally, Charlie Cao didn't forget to tell Huang Xiaochuan two other things.

"Mr. Huang, the clothes are finished and will be shipped directly to you from Mr. Huang's factory in mainland China. They should arrive soon. Also, I've confirmed that Oncler has a boutique in Hong Kong."

"Okay, I understand!"

After hanging up the phone, Huang Xiaochuan hummed a little tune as he prepared to make lunch.

Today I'm going to cook a few dishes to nourish Sister Xiang. After a flurry of activity, Huang Xiaochuan prepared four dishes and a soup.

Braised ribbonfish, braised prawns, sweet and sour spare ribs, hot and sour shredded cabbage, and a big bowl of radish and spare rib soup, topped with a handful of green garlic leaves. The green garlic was grown by Yu Xiang herself in a broken enamel basin used as a flowerpot. She could just pick a few stalks whenever she wanted to eat them, and there was always something to eat whenever she wanted.

Ji Mei knew that Huang Xiaochuan and Yu Xiang had already consummated their relationship, so every Sunday she would tactfully find an excuse to go to the library, leaving the two of them some alone time.

After Huang Xiaochuan set out the bowls and chopsticks for the two of them, he called out into the room, "Sister Xiang, dinner's ready!"

"It's here, it's here!" Yu Xiang came out of the room. She had smelled the aroma for a while, which made her stomach rumble for a long time.

It's all that little man's fault. He made a fuss in broad daylight, leaving me like a stranded fish, almost unable to breathe, and completely exhausted. How could I not be hungry?

Yu Xiang saw that the table was full of her favorite foods and happily kissed Huang Xiaochuan.

Just as the two were deeply in love, someone knocked on the door.

Huang Xiaochuan couldn't help but complain inwardly, "Which unlucky bastard is knocking on the door at this hour?"

Upon opening the door, two people were standing outside: Yu Wei and Tang Yuan. Seeing that the door was open, Yu Wei didn't treat himself as an outsider and went straight into the house.

Tang Yuan didn't forget to greet Huang Xiaochuan and Yu Xiang: "Hello, elder sister and brother-in-law!"

Yu Wei plopped down at the dining table and started eating: "It smells so good! I'm starving, sis, hurry up and get me a bowl of rice."

As they were talking, a piece of pork rib went into their mouths.

Just as Yu Xiang was about to go into the kitchen to get a bowl to serve rice, Huang Xiaochuan stopped her.

"Go get some yourself if you want to eat, don't order my wife around!"

Tang Yuan obediently said, "I'll go get the rice."

Huang Xiaochuan's attitude towards Tang Yuan was different.

"Tangyuan, please sit down. We can't let you do anything at our house. I'll go cook a couple more dishes."

These words made Yu Wei roll his eyes at Huang Xiaochuan, but Huang Xiaochuan ignored him.

"Brother-in-law, you don't need to cook anymore, there's enough food!"

Huang Xiaochuan pointed at Yu Wei: "If he weren't here, this amount of food would definitely be enough. But with him here, it's not certain. I'll make two more. Anyway, there's food in the fridge, so it'll be ready in a bit."

Yu Xiang took Tang Yuan's hand and said, "Alright, let your brother-in-law make two more dishes! I didn't know you were ordering so many, so I didn't make much. Tang Yuan, please sit down, I'll go get you some rice."

"Big sister, I'll go with you!"

"Sure!"

Yu Wei looked extremely hungry, and while Yu Xiang was serving rice with glutinous rice balls, three pieces of pork ribs and two pieces of ribbonfish were already down the drain.

Yu Xiang couldn't stand it anymore: "Eat slowly, eating too fast will hurt your stomach. You need to chew slowly and wait for your brother-in-law to eat with you. There are still two dishes left."

Upon hearing this, Yu Wei put down his chopsticks and exclaimed, "I'm exhausted!"

Yu Xiang asked him, "What have you been doing? You look so exhausted?"

Tang Yuan took the opportunity to complain to Yu Xiang: "On Sunday, he did nothing but lie in bed reading and wouldn't move an inch. So I dragged him out for a walk. I could go shopping and he could get some exercise too. But he got like this after only a few steps."

Yu Wei also complained, "How many steps did you take? Sis, you have no idea, we walked all the way here, from Nanjing Road East to Huaihai Road. Look how far we walked!"

"The problem is that she has to go into every shopping mall and look around, but she doesn't buy anything. She just keeps trying things on, and my feet are killing me!"

Yu Xiang tried to smooth things over, saying, "It's normal for girls to like shopping. I go shopping all the time too. Besides, do you only go shopping if you want to buy something? You should learn from your brother-in-law. He often goes with me and never complains."

Without comparison, there is no harm. After hearing Yu Xiang say this, Tang Yuan glared angrily at Yu Wei.

Yu Wei was even angrier. "Huang Xiaochuan, you're a disgrace to men! You've really disgraced us men!"

Unfortunately, he could only keep these words to himself; he would never dare to say them aloud.

Huang Xiaochuan quickly prepared two more dishes: scrambled eggs with tomatoes and stir-fried gluten with greens.

After setting the dishes on the table, he called out, "Come on! Let's eat!"

After the meal, Yu Xiang and Tang Yuan cleaned up the mess. Just as Huang Xiaochuan was about to say a few words to Yu Wei, someone downstairs called out.

Is anyone home in room 301?