HPDBC Chapter 24: Buy one rose, get one cake free
Chapter 24: Buy one rose, get one cake free
The sky gradually darkened.
Jiang Yixia is arranging flowers.
In the evening, there are usually more young couples strolling around the commercial street.
At this time, the flower shop's business will also be better.
With the current economic downturn, ordinary people are buying and sending flowers much less often than in previous years.
Moreover, in previous years, flower shops would do particularly good business on romantic holidays such as Valentine's Day and Qixi Festival.
But in the past year, business has become increasingly difficult.
Boys seem less willing to buy or send flowers.
Jiang Yixia also knows that the monthly revenue and profit of this flower shop is only enough to support her family's expenses.
If anyone were to fall seriously ill, it would cost a significant amount of savings.
Of course, she would burn incense and pray every day, praying that her parents, as well as her two children, Sifan and Silu, would have a smooth and healthy life.
As for herself, she just needs to avoid being a burden to them.
While she was busy, she glanced at the pastry shop across the street.
It's no longer called a steamed bun shop; it's now called "Liuxia Pastry Shop."
The meaning of this signboard name is self-evident.
Jiang Yixia was so angry that she argued with Lu Fan about it.
But Lu Fan smiled and said, "Since you've already guessed the meaning of this signboard name, it proves that the signboard name is meaningful."
"What nonsense is this?" Jiang Yixia was too lazy to argue with him and finally let him hang up the sign.
Looking at the pastry shop now, it seems that the frivolous giant radish is no longer there.
"Hmph, it's better if he's not here, saves me from getting upset."
Just as I thought that, a familiar figure appeared at the shop entrance.
Lu Fan, holding a megaphone, shouted to everyone on the street, "Liuxia Pastries are delicious and beautiful! Come and try them!"
Jiang Yixia was speechless when she saw him shamelessly waving the flag and shouting slogans again.
However, she recalled that when she was setting up a stall outside to earn extra money, she didn't dare to speak up, and Lu Fan stood by her side shouting for two or three hours in a row to attract customers.
In his own words afterward, he said that shame is worthless; as long as he can achieve his goals, he will stop at nothing as long as it doesn't break the law.
This was also one of the reasons why Jiang Yixia was infatuated with him back then.
Confident, organized, and never afraid of failure.
Now that he's so rich, he still treats his guests the same way he used to.
Although Jiang Yixia disliked him, she had to admit that she admired him.
At the very least, she found it difficult to speak up whenever she wanted to stand at the shop entrance to solicit business.
Lu Fan's recruitment methods were indeed effective.
The store has also been renovated and looks quite eye-catching.
This also drew many curious people into the store.
During this time, he shouted loudly through a megaphone: "Today we're having a joint promotion with the flower shop across the street. If you buy a 5-yuan rose across the street, you can get a free exquisite mini cake worth 20 yuan. Buy two roses, and you get two cakes. The more you buy, the more you get."
Many people got excited after hearing about the event.
One of the young women with a child asked, "Boss, what are you trying to achieve? It's obvious you're losing money; I don't really believe it."
"Haha, actually it's because my shop is new, so I was thinking of organizing a joint event to let more people know that there's a great flower shop and pastry shop on our commercial street. Of course, the event won't be every day; it's tentatively scheduled for three days." Lu Fan knew that if he didn't treat these customers with sincerity, it would backfire, so it was better to be direct.
Sure enough, the guests immediately became interested after hearing this.
"Okay, okay, I'll go buy a rose now. Boss, I want this strawberry cake, please save it for me."
"no problem."
As she spoke, the young woman led her child toward the flower shop across the street.
The other guests, of course, were not to be outdone.
"Boss, I'd like this piggy cake."
"I want this mango cake. I'll go buy roses right now, so you have to save some for me!"
In no time, four or five customers followed the young woman into Jiang Yixia's flower shop.
Jiang Yixia was still arranging the roses at this moment.
She was clearly taken aback when a group of people walked in.
"Boss lady, are the roses 5 yuan each?" the young woman asked, picking up a rose from the table.
Jiang Yixia nodded repeatedly: "Yes."
"Then can you help me find a nice one, one with intact petals? Is this the QR code on the wall?"
"Okay, yes, it's the WeChat QR code on the wall."
Jiang Yixia quickly took out a rose from the refrigerator and carefully wrapped it for her.
At the same time, two or three other customers behind him also asked, "Boss lady, could you give me two roses too?"
"I want three roses."
Jiang Yixia didn't quite understand why everyone came in and immediately asked for roses without even looking at them.
But this unexpected business also made her act quickly.
She even thought to herself that today should be a good day, because usually there wouldn't be so many customers in the store at this time, but today there were so many customers buying roses.
Just as Jiang Yixia was carefully wrapping the roses for the guests, one of the guests said with a smile, "I think your event is great. If possible, please continue it next week. I'll come back next week to buy roses and get a cake."
"What? Buy roses to get a cake?" Jiang Yixia asked, puzzled.
The young woman explained, "Isn't your flower shop doing a joint promotion with the pastry shop across the street? If you buy a 5-yuan rose, they'll give you a 20-yuan mini cake. The more you buy, the more they give away."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Yixia finally realized what was happening.
So these customers weren't actually interested in buying roses, but rather in this new promotion launched by Lu Fan!
She immediately became somewhat annoyed.
However, since there were other customers in the store, Jiang Yixia could only patiently pack their bags before planning to settle accounts with Lu Fan.
The guests came one after another, like dominoes.
They didn't give Jiang Yixia any time to find Lu Fan.
By 9:30 p.m., after all the cakes in the pastry shop had been sold out, the number of customers coming to the flower shop gradually decreased.
Jiang Yixia then stormed to the entrance of Lu Fan's pastry shop.
At this moment, Lu Fan was already waiting for his white moonlight to come to his door.
Jiang Yixia's face flushed red, her brows furrowed, and she angrily demanded, "What exactly are you doing?"
"Yixia, as you know, my shop just opened. To make a name for myself and establish a foothold on this commercial street, I need to create some buzz. I don't know any other shop owners, so I can only collaborate with you," Lu Fan explained, feigning grievance.
Jiang Yixia naturally knew this was his trick, and she absolutely did not believe that Lu Fan had this reason.
She pressed on, "Then why didn't you ask me before unilaterally signing the petition?"
"If I asked you, would you agree?" Lu Fan replied with a smile.
"I..." Jiang Yixia was momentarily speechless.
Indeed, given her personality, if Lu Fan had asked her to launch a collaboration, she would have refused immediately.
"I'll return the profit from today's rose sales to you later. I don't want your charity." Jiang Yixia then took out her phone, intending to take a picture of the payment QR code on the wall.
But Lu Fan immediately took out his phone and said, "The QR code on the wall belongs to the previous boss. Scan this one."
Jiang Yixia rolled her eyes at him and said angrily, "I need a payment QR code, not a friend QR code."
After saying that, she turned and left.
Looking at her angry expression, Lu Fan remarked with a sigh, "Even when she's angry, she's still so beautiful. I really had good taste back then."