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When Zhong Yunfeng asked about the friends he introduced in the morning, Ye Changyan quickly searched through his memories.

Soon Ye Changyan found the scene in his mind where Zhong Yunfeng introduced those people, so Ye Changyan nodded to Zhong Yunfeng.

"Do you remember a young man named Huang Huamin?"

Seeing Ye Changyan nodded, Zhong Yunfeng was ready to start talking.

"I have some impression of him. Is he the young man who looks a bit mature?"

Zhong Yunfeng sneered: "I didn't expect you to describe him as mature and steady, but it is somewhat appropriate."

"Tell me, what's going on?"

Ye Changyan thought that Zhong Yunfeng would not mention such a person for no reason, but he had only met Huang Huamin once and they just exchanged a few polite greetings, so he really did not have a deep impression of him.

"This Huang Huamin is the owner of the largest Yanzhi Building in Yuzhou City."

"Why, he's interested in our wintersweet hydrosol and perfume?"

As soon as Zhong Yunfeng finished speaking, Ye Changyan said something shocking, which made Zhong Yunfeng a little shocked. After thinking about it, he shook his head. The only thing that Huang Huamin could be related to Ye Changyan was the wintersweet pure water and perfume. But he was really surprised at Ye Changyan's quick reaction.

"You're quite quick to react. He really wants to get involved in this business."

"You agreed?"

Zhong Yunfeng shook his head. He saw that he and Ye Changyan had reached a tacit understanding. This tacit understanding was based on mutual trust. If he directly agreed to Huang Huamin's request, it would destroy the rare trust and tacit understanding between him and Ye Changyan. How could he agree to the other party's request so rashly?

"No, I know this matter is of great importance, and I have never let him know. Even now he doesn't know the specific sources of the wintersweet hydrosol and perfume."

"If he knew that this wintersweet pure water and perfume were made by me, I'm afraid he would have stopped bothering you a long time ago. Tell me the details."

Seeing that Ye Changyan saw everything, Zhong Yunfeng directly explained the cause of the matter to Ye Changyan in detail.

Zhong Yunfeng has been busy with the affairs of Yunfeng Tower in the city recently, so he has not paid much attention to the wintersweet hydrosol and perfume.

After Zhong Yunfeng brought the wintersweet pure water and perfume back to Yuzhou Prefecture, he discussed with his father Zhong Dingyi and planned to put them in Zhong's store for sale. Zhong Dingyi had no objection and agreed, but somehow, as soon as the wintersweet pure water and perfume were put on the counter, Huang Huamin came to the door.

Huang Huamin was very interested in wintersweet hydrosol and perfume. He came to Zhong Yunfeng several times and wanted to participate in the trading of wintersweet hydrosol and perfume, but was rejected by Zhong Yunfeng every time. However, Huang Huamin seemed very patient and still insisted.

After Zhong Dingyi learned about this, he told Zhong Yunfeng that Huang Huamin had a deep and complicated background and seemed to have some connections with some nobles in Shengjing, so he asked Zhong Yunfeng to think about it carefully.

After hearing his father's suggestion, Zhong Yunfeng began to be a little wary of Huang Huamin. So he planned to use the opening ceremony as an excuse to bring people over to watch the ceremony in order to ease the relationship between the two sides. He also planned to discuss it with Ye Changyan before making specific plans.

After listening to Zhong Yunfeng's detailed explanation, Ye Changyan fell into deep thought. Zhong Yunfeng also felt embarrassed, but seeing that Ye Changyan was thinking, he remained silent and did not interrupt him.

"In fact, bringing Huang Huamin in might not be a bad choice."

It took a long time for Ye Changyan to come back to his senses. His words startled Zhong Yunfeng.

Seeing Zhong Yunfeng's somewhat surprised expression, Ye Changyan smiled.

"Although Zhong's Mercantile Store has some influence in Yuzhou Prefecture, its business is complex and more like a general store that sells everything. I won't mention the advantages, but the disadvantages are also very obvious."

After hearing Ye Changyan's words, Zhong Yunfeng looked at Ye Changyan as if he understood.

"This store sells more daily necessities, and most of its customers are ordinary people. For products like winter plum hydrosol and perfume that target high-end customers, the positioning is not so accurate. Even the candies produced by our processing workshop will face the same problem in the future."

Ye Changyan's words made Zhong Yunfeng think deeply.

"It's my fault for not thinking it through. I only gave you the positioning of wintersweet hydrosol and perfume, but didn't consider the specific sales channels. I simply handed the products to you, but didn't consider whether the wintersweet hydrosol and perfume were suitable for channels like Zhong's Store, given your status and family business background."

As he spoke, Ye Changyan felt a little guilty. He only saw the stunning performance of Zhong Yunfeng in the Yunfeng Building, but did not think that everyone has their own specialties. During this period of time, Zhong Yunfeng's experience was tied up by the matter of opening a branch store. Of course, he did not have more time to think about how to make the wintersweet pure water and perfume.

Fortunately, Huang Huamin appeared in time and made Ye Changyan realize his negligence. Now, perhaps Huang Huamin is a good candidate for remedy.

“If you want to make money from rich people, you have to get into their circle, let them see your stuff, let them understand your stuff, let them like your stuff, then they will be willing to pay for your stuff.”

Zhong Yunfeng pondered over Ye Changyan's words and nodded secretly. Although the Zhong family's business had some influence in Yuzhou Prefecture, most of the people who came to the business were ordinary people and wealthy families.

Moreover, the items sold in the store are highly interchangeable, and many of the items in the store can be bought in grocery stores on the streets. The reason why Zhong's Store still has a certain influence in Yuzhou Prefecture is that the items here are very complete, which is convenient for customers to buy in one stop, and the prices are also fair.

But if these wintersweet pure water and perfume, which cost several taels of silver, were really placed in a store, they would seem a bit cheap and would not easily attract wealthy ladies and girls, because wealthy ladies and girls would seldom come to the store to shop.

Seeing Zhong Yunfeng nodded and agreed with what he said, he began to ask.

"Did Huang Huamin mention his specific ideas?"

"I didn't intend to let him get involved, so I naturally didn't give him the opportunity to talk a lot. After listening to what you said before, I am somewhat fortunate that I didn't block all the escape routes and bring him to Wanshou County."

"Did he go back to the capital with your father this afternoon?"

"No, he heard that Yunfeng Tower has been very popular in Wanshou County recently, and he wanted to go and take a look. I didn't have time to receive him these two days, so I settled him in an inn in the county town. Do you have time to meet him tomorrow? I will arrange it."

When Ye Changyan heard what Zhong Yunfeng said, he suddenly had an intuition that Huang Huamin might be a big fish, or even a big crocodile.

Ye Changyan was very surprised at his sudden intuition, but it turned out that his intuition was often unexpectedly accurate. It seemed that he really needed to meet Huang Huamin.

"Well, you take him to visit Yunfeng Tower tomorrow morning. I will go to inspect the processing workshop in the morning. You arrange a private room for him at noon and I will come to meet him."