The disgraced official I took care of was actually Zhu Houcong's childhood friend.

Aunt Liu was initially overjoyed after taking over the Shen family's shop.

The number of guests was also unexpectedly high.

But the first thing every guest said upon arrival was remarkably consistent.

Where are Manager Zhou's men?

After learning that Zhou Chu was quitting, most of the customers turned around and left.

Only a very small number will choose to stay and take a look.

But after exchanging only a few words with the new manager, he left in anger.

Over the two days, there were many customers, but the turnover was not much.

Aunt Liu was also anxious when she heard the news, and came to the shop to see what was going on.

If this shop fails in my hands, I won't be able to explain it to the master.

It didn't matter if she didn't come. After arriving at the shop, Aunt Liu immediately noticed Shen Qing, who was busy preparing for the opening of the new shop not far away.

She was immediately furious and went up to Shen Qing, who was busy working, with her hands on her hips.

"Well, you brat, so that's why you handed the shop over to me so easily. You were just waiting for me here, weren't you? Opening a new shop here, who are you trying to annoy?"

Aunt Liu's fighting prowess is beyond doubt, and her words are incredibly sharp and sarcastic.

Passersby avoided her when they saw her like this, afraid of being caught in the crossfire.

“What are you saying, Aunt? You wanted the shop, and I gave it to you. I didn’t take a single bolt of cloth from the shop.”

Having followed Zhou Chu to learn business for so long, Shen Qing is no longer the naive girl she once was.

At this moment, Shen Qing looked pitiful.

“As the legitimate daughter of the Shen family, I don’t even have a place to stay in the Shen family because my mother is gone. I thought I might as well find a shop to run myself. After finally getting the business up and running, my aunt came to take my shop away.”

As Shen Qing spoke, tears began to stream down her face.

Her acting was incredibly natural.

Shen Qing remembered Zhou Chu saying that this was called a propaganda war.

It can also serve as free advertising for the new shop.

Most people in the capital city are well-off and love to gossip about everyone.

Shen Qing wanted to make a big scene and attract more onlookers.

Then put yourself in the victim's shoes.

In this way, these onlookers will all become potential customers in the future.

Even after they get home, they will talk about it with their relatives and friends.

The potential customer base will continue to expand.

Zhou Chu had anticipated that Aunt Liu would cause trouble, so he asked Shen Qing to make a big scene.

Sure enough, when passersby heard this, their eyes lit up and they couldn't move their feet.

A group of people were pointing and whispering about Aunt Liu.

Aunt Liu was furious.

"When did you become so sharp-tongued, you brat?"

In Aunt Liu's memory, Shen Qing had always been simple and unassuming, never fighting or grabbing anything.

“I didn’t want to become like this either. If I could, who wouldn’t want to be a young lady who doesn’t have to worry about food and clothing? Now I’m being forced by you, Aunt Liu, to learn how to do business. You wanted the Shen family’s shop, and I returned it to you intact. Now that my new shop is opening, it’s getting in your way?”

After Shen Qing finished speaking, she covered her face and wept.

After she finished speaking, the onlookers all looked at Aunt Liu with disdain in their eyes, and they all whispered their grievances against her.

Aunt Liu, after all, cared about her reputation, and she couldn't bear to lose face.

"Hmph, I can't be bothered arguing with a brat like you."

After saying that, he fled in panic.

Zhou Chu, who was in the shop at the time, witnessed all of this.

"Go tell Boss Wang that the play I wrote for him can be performed now, for three consecutive days."

Zhou Chu looked at Afu and said.

"Yes, sir."

Upon hearing this, Afu ran south.

Soon, the news spread throughout the streets and alleys of the capital.

"There's a grand opera performance in the south of the city, it's free for three days, everyone come and go see it!"

Ordinary people love to join in the fun, and given the lack of entertainment options in this era, as soon as the news broke, countless people flocked to the south of the city.

The play was written by Zhou Chu based on Shen Qing's experiences.

The story is roughly about how Shen Qing's father and his concubines bullied the legal wife, and how, after the legal wife died, the eldest daughter was ostracized and had no place in the Shen family.

Of course, the name must be changed; the surname cannot be mentioned.

After that, the young lady asked for a shop to start her own business.

Just when business was finally starting to pick up, the concubine came to snatch the shop away, leaving the eldest daughter with no choice but to open a new shop.

If it's just this play, it won't have a very good effect.

Since not many people know Shen Qing's story, they can't get in touch with the new shop.

But things are different now. With Aunt Liu's help, Zhou Chu and Shen Qing's newly opened shop will soon become famous throughout the capital.

Everyone knows that one of the owners of this shop is the young lady from the play.

As a result, the new shop instantly became a popular spot in Beijing.

Countless young ladies from wealthy families come to take advantage of the trend and check in.

Then Zhou Chu used price and quality to make the new shop famous throughout the capital.

In terms of marketing tactics, Zhou Chu is simply outmatched in this era, having no equal.

"Aren't you afraid of angering your father to death?"

Zhou Chu looked at Shen Qing with a half-smile.

Once this play gets out, the Shen family's affairs will naturally become a hot topic of discussion in the streets and alleys of the capital.

At that time, both Shen Qing's father and the entire Shen family will be in the eye of the storm.

It's even quite possible that the government will get involved.

After all, favoring a concubine over one's wife and causing such a terrible impact, it's unlikely that the government would sit idly by.

"When he agreed to take the shop back, he was no longer my father. Didn't we sign the contract?"

As Shen Qing spoke, he took out the contract he had signed earlier.

“Actually, I should have seen it through a long time ago. It’s just that my mother protected me in the past, so these storms naturally didn’t affect me. But I know how my mother has been all these years. I don’t care if I suffer more grievances, but I have to seek justice for my mother.”

Shen Qing smiled bitterly.

“Since he doesn’t treat me like a daughter, why should I treat him like a father? If he really goes to jail because of this, I will visit him often, as a way of fulfilling my filial duty in the end.”

Zhou Chu sighed upon hearing this.

Upright officials can hardly break housework.

Don't persuade others to be kind to others without suffering.

The effect of the play was very obvious.

That very evening, the story of the Shen family began to circulate throughout the capital.

The next morning, as soon as Afu opened the shop door, he was startled.

At this moment, the shop entrance was packed with people, all seemingly waiting for the shop to open.

This is still the effect of yesterday's flyers, plus the drama and Shen Qing's accusations against Aunt Liu yesterday.

The trinity is not as simple as one plus one.

A chemical reaction occurred directly.

Shen Qing was also startled.

She never expected that Zhou Chu's moves would be so effective.

That's a bit too good to be true.

"Everyone, please don't rush, line up and come one by one."

Zhou Chu stepped forward and spoke.

Zhou Chu then gestured to Afu to have the people he had already hired take care of things.

Soon, five or six people, dressed in the same style of clothing with the words "Yun Gui Fang" written on them, came up with plates containing maltose, roasted melon seeds and other dried fruits. Some of them carried water bottles and kept calling out to the customers in line.

In this way, everyone suddenly no longer felt that queuing was a chore.

"The young lady really knows how to do business."

The person who said this was someone who had listened to the opera yesterday.

Then Zhou Chu had Afu set off firecrackers, officially opening the shop for business.

"Daughter of Lord Sun, congratulations on the opening of Yun Gui Fang."

"Daughter of Lord Chu, congratulations on the opening of Yun Gui Fang."

. . . . .

Soon, one noble lady after another arrived.

They didn't come empty-handed either, each presenting their own congratulatory gifts.

Each person's congratulatory gift was five or six hundred taels of silver.

Zhou Chu had someone prepare two sets of the new style of clothing for each of them.

Sun Jiaojiao and the others were overjoyed.

The people who entered the shops found that the cloth in Yun Gui Fang was much cheaper than the cloth in other shops.

The quality is okay.

This was the result of Zhou Chu's negotiations with the cloth shop that supplied the goods.

Zhou Chu knew very well that once his shop opened, the throughput would be enormous.

It's definitely not comparable to the previous Shen family shop.

The goods obtained from the cloth shop were naturally not comparable to those from ordinary shops.

It's at least ten times that of other shops.

In this way, I became a major client.

We now have leverage to negotiate with them.

The price of ordinary fabric was two to three dollars cheaper per foot.

When selling it, it was one coin cheaper than other shops.

In this way, they can sell their products at a lower price and still make more money.

It wasn't that Zhou Chu didn't want to get a better price.

However, that would greatly squeeze the survival space of other shops.

By that time, their own shop had become the public enemy of everyone else.

This is not what Zhou Chu wanted to see.

It's only one dollar cheaper, just right.