Dragon's Origin

Chapter 269: You Can Do This Too (Part 2)

Once Wang Sheng revealed his identity as a Grand Master and that he knew several Grand Masters from the Linglong Pavilion, he couldn't stay in the Marquis's residence any longer.

Mei'er practically clung to Wang Sheng, insisting he take her to meet and visit these Grand Masters, and also to have Wang Sheng commission the unique and exquisite cultural artifacts he had mentioned.

Don't think Wang Sheng's plan was perfect; exquisite items were only from Grand Master works.

Who didn't know that Grand Master works were absolutely good and could definitely elevate the status?

Everyone knew it, but it was just impossible to obtain.

If Mei'er and Uncle Liu were to handle it, those ordinary fine products were easy to acquire; a batch seized from the raided homes was quite good and could be considered fine quality.

But for exquisite items, even the imperial palace might not have many.

More importantly, the patterns for cultural artifacts were now just those few routines.

It wasn't easy to create exceptional or unique items.

It wasn't that there weren't good things, but the thinking behind creating them hadn't reached the exquisite level Wang Sheng required.

But Mei'er deeply believed in this.

As long as Wang Sheng was willing to take action, he would definitely have outstanding ideas, which was beyond doubt.

The only trouble before was how to invite a Grand Master, but now it seemed that this most troublesome problem wasn't so unsolvable after all.

Unable to resist Mei'er's entanglement, Wang Sheng had no choice but to go to the Linglong Pavilion.

Since he was in the capital anyway, he could take the opportunity to visit Old Tie and Master Lu.

Mei'er definitely had to be brought along.

This little girl had only known a Linglong Pavilion liaison manager and one or two masters before.

Now that she had the opportunity to meet Grand Masters in person, Mei'er would definitely seize it.

Another surprise for Wang Sheng was Qingling Old Daoist.

At such an old age, he still had the mind of a starstruck fan, insisting on following along to see if he could meet the alchemy Grand Master he had always admired.

Just kidding, could alchemy Grand Masters, such sought-after talents, be roped in by the Linglong Pavilion?

Wouldn't they have been snatched up by various families and sects long ago?

However, the old Daoist was so old, and it was rare for him to have such a youthful mindset.

Wang Sheng didn't want to dampen his enthusiasm, so he brought him along to the Tiangong Workshop.

Originally, with Wang Sheng's status as a Marquis, he could ride a horse.

But Wang Sheng thought about the temperaments of Old Tie and Master Lu and the others, so he gave up riding a horse.

He only brought Mei'er and the old Daoist, not even the female guard the Emperor had given to Mei'er, and went straight to the Tiangong Workshop.

On the way, Wang Sheng didn't forget to buy some fresh vegetables and meat when passing by the market, and also bought the best wine from the largest restaurant, bringing it all along.

"This is where I trade with the Linglong Pavilion," Mei'er said to Wang Sheng, pointing to a weapon and armor shop in Tiangong Workshop.

"I'll probably have to contact them a lot in the future, want to go in and sit for a while?"

Wang Sheng certainly had no objections.

Qian Shengyuan's business would definitely be managed by Mei'er in the future, and these were all necessary connections for the future, so naturally Mei'er would make the decisions.

However, Wang Sheng could also see from Mei'er's choice of this weapon and armor shop that Baoqing Yutang's previous business philosophy was also slightly conservative.

It only pursued catering to the mentality of the vast majority of people, and only chose weapons and armor, things that cultivators were more concerned about.

It didn't consider the business direction from the perspective of the broader general public.

It wasn't until the appearance of snow candy and refined salt that the business thinking was changed.

It couldn't be said that this direction was inappropriate.

As a merchant, it was normal to only serve a specific target customer group.

Just like Qian Shengyuan and the unnamed beauty salon that Wang Sheng planned for Mei'er, they both served the high-end crowd.

Having your own target customers was a good thing, but the problem was that the business thinking couldn't be changed back and forth.

Today, you only serve cultivators, and tomorrow you suddenly discover that snow candy and refined salt can meet the needs of the public and earn more, so you immediately turn to a broader audience, which inevitably seems unprofessional.

If it were Wang Sheng, Wang Sheng would rather open another brand to specialize in these new industries, rather than mixing them with the old industries.

This way, even if something went wrong with the new industries, it wouldn't damage the vitality of Baoqing Yutang like it did.

This was a lesson learned, and Wang Sheng reminded himself to tell Mei'er about it to avoid repeating the same mistakes.

Yu Baozhai did a very good job in this regard, steadily and surely, and always adhered to its direction, which could be called a model.

The shopkeeper of this Tiangong Workshop shop was named Chen.

When he saw Mei'er wearing a veil come in, accompanied by an old man and a young man, he was also stunned.

Baoqing Yutang's recent encounters had simply spread throughout the world.

As long as you were in business, there were few who didn't know that Baoqing Yutang had been badly hurt and was not as good as before.

However, few people knew that Mei'er had broken up with Baoqing Yutang.

They only knew that Baoqing Yutang had changed its young owner.

Mei'er greeted Shopkeeper Chen warmly, and didn't shy away from her plan to start anew, directly stating that she had left Baoqing Yutang and hoped to continue the previous business relationship with Shopkeeper Chen.

"I'm sorry!" Shopkeeper Chen showed a wry smile and apologized to Mei'er: "The Linglong Pavilion's rules only recognize the shop, not the person.

If you want to continue to cooperate, I'm afraid you can only start from the lowest level of cooperation."

The Linglong Pavilion had always been in a situation where they could just take out something and put it outside, and people would snap it up and demand would exceed supply.

It had always been a seller's market, and they didn't need to expand their channels themselves.

Naturally, people would rush to cooperate with the Linglong Pavilion.

Therefore, in order to avoid trouble, the Linglong Pavilion set this strange rule, only cooperating with old shops that had been in business for many years, recognizing the shop but not the person.

New shops that wanted to cooperate could only start with the simplest transaction of only one item of the lowest value at a time, slowly accumulating cooperation credit.

Wang Sheng saw through this very clearly.

Wasn't it just company-to-company business, not targeting individuals?

This could guarantee the interests of both parties, so that the business of a certain company wouldn't be taken away as soon as an employee left, which was a very good rule.

Mei'er knew the Linglong Pavilion's rules very well, so she could only helplessly accept it.

In fact, she came here today to rebuild the cooperative relationship, even starting with the lowest level of basic cooperation and slowly accumulating.

If the cooperation went smoothly, in about ten years, they could establish a solid relationship and then become a higher-level partner.

Only a group like the Linglong Pavilion, which wasn't a monopoly but whose items were always in short supply, had this kind of business strength.

They often required others to spend ten years cultivating a relationship of trust first.

If an ordinary shop dared to use such an outrageous rule, it would have gone bankrupt many years ago.

Unfortunately, Wang Sheng wanted to create Qian Shengyuan, and he certainly couldn't wait for ten years.

So, Wang Sheng stepped forward with a smile, cupped his hands and saluted Shopkeeper Chen: "Actually, I'm not here to do business today, but to visit Old Tie, please let him know.

I felt bad about breaking his Star Gold Hammer last time, so I specially came to compensate him with a new one."