Spoilers for The Red Mansion, Daiyu’s mentality is broken

Chapter 114 Hot and Hot
A bottle of perfume costs 15 taels?Upon hearing the price, there was a sudden gasp of air from all around.

This price is too expensive.The best rouge and gouache in Beijing cannot be sold at this price.

Even if your perfume is easier to use, where can it be sold at such a price?
"15 taels? Your price is too expensive. Why don't you go and grab it?"

"That's right. Is your perfume made of gold?"

"This must be a shady shop. Sisters, please don't buy it. Let's see who this shady shop sells to."

Seeing this situation, Shopkeeper Gao suddenly panicked.

He also felt that the price was too expensive. A box of the best rouge and gouache in Beijing only cost 12 taels of silver.

As for their perfume, a bottle costs 15 taels of silver.

Shopkeeper Gao also reminded the eldest young master that the price was too expensive, but their eldest young master insisted on selling at this price.

And he also told him that if someone thinks it is expensive, he can say this.

Shopkeeper Gao quickly followed the young master's instructions and said: "Everyone, everyone, the price of perfume is indeed not cheap. But do you know why the price of this perfume is so expensive?"

"Tch! There's no need to ask, it's just you who are evil!"

"That's right, this thing is sold so expensively in your shop. Why are you asking us why it is so expensive?"

"That's right, that's right, even if he talks about flowers today, none of the sisters will buy them!"

Shopkeeper Gao became even more panicked and said quickly: "Everyone, this perfume is extracted from fresh flower petals. Do you know how many flowers it takes to extract a drop of flower juice? It costs ten kilograms. Just buy these ten kilograms of petals. Just one tael of silver."

"Not to mention, there are various precious spices and various precious herbs added to this perfume. For example, agarwood and sandalwood, aren't they worth the same as gold?"

"There are other precious medicinal materials. Because of the formula, I can't say more, but the prices are extremely expensive."

"These are just raw materials, and the procedures for making this perfume are even more cumbersome. A total of eighty-eight sixty-four processes are required, and hundreds of laborers are needed. Do the math, just for the labor salary, How many?"

"The cost price of this bottle of perfume is almost 13 taels of silver. Our shop sells a bottle of 15 taels of silver, which is really a reasonable price."

"For these two taels of silver, we have to deduct the rent of the shop and the wages. From a bottle of perfume, my profit is only a few hundred dollars. At this price, I really don't make any money."

"Everyone, everyone, the production of this perfume is extremely complicated. We currently only have one thousand bottles in the store. After selling these one thousand bottles, if you want to buy again next time, you will have to wait five days. Even if it is five days later, you will not be able to buy it again." I don’t know how much I can take out.”

"Everyone, everyone, the quantity of perfume is limited, so hurry up if you want to buy it! If you come late, you won't be able to buy it."

In the private room on the third floor of the restaurant opposite, Jia Huan watched this scene with interest.

"This shopkeeper Gao is quite a talent."

Xue Pan laughed and said, "Lao Gao is pretty good. He did all this according to Brother Huan's instructions."

"By the way, Brother Huan, let's tell the outside world that the cost of perfume is 13 taels. We only make a few hundred dollars from one bottle, and selling a thousand bottles a day only costs 400 taels. No one cares about this little money. Is it eye-catching? How about we sell a thousand bottles a day?"

Xue Pan has a lot of inventory in his hands, and he can make a lot of money by selling it.

But now it takes only five days to sell a thousand bottles, which makes Xue Pan feel itchy.

He was so looking forward to making a lot of money and then slapping the little screwdriver in the face.

Of course, the first ones to be slapped were his mother and his sister's faces...

Jia Huan couldn't help but said with disdain: "Brother Xue, you think other people are fools. You said you can make hundreds of dollars from a bottle of perfume, and others believed it?" "Especially those colleagues, how can you still deceive them? Can't they? They can definitely deduce that the cost of a bottle of perfume will never exceed five taels of silver. With one thousand bottles of perfume, we can earn 5000 taels of silver, 5000 taels a day, do you think they won't be tempted?"

In fact, the cost of perfume is less than one tael of silver per bottle.

By selling a bottle of perfume, they earn at least 14 taels of silver with tears in their eyes.

Hearing this, Xue Pan said with fear: "Yes, Brother Huan is thoughtful. Now we sell a thousand bottles of perfume in five days, which is enough to make people jealous, and we can't do more."

Just as the two of them were talking, most of the ladies, young ladies and maids who were watching below suddenly dispersed.

The price of 15 taels of silver per bottle dissuaded most people.

This price was originally beyond the reach of small households.

But there were still a dozen people left and walked into the Xue family perfume shop.

These people are basically potential customers. As long as they enter the store, they are basically bound to buy.

Don't look at the fact that there are few people buying now, it's just because the news hasn't spread yet.

As more and more women learn about the existence of perfume, their business will only become more and more popular.

After all, it won’t be long before perfume becomes a status symbol.

If others have something that you don’t have, you will be outclassed immediately.

For those noble ladies and young ladies, this would be even more uncomfortable than killing them.

Just like those luxury goods of later generations, everyone knows that they are obviously paying IQ tax, so why do the rich women still flock to them?

Isn’t it because they need these to support their appearance?
Sure enough, as time went by, the Xue Family Perfume Shop gradually became lively.

There are more and more women coming to buy perfume, and there is an endless stream.

By noon, all the [-] bottles of perfume prepared in advance were sold out.

And those ladies and ladies who had not bought the perfume still refused to leave.

These ladies, ladies, and several others have high statuses that the Xue family cannot afford to offend.

For a moment, Shopkeeper Gao had no idea, and then he had no choice but to come to the private room here to ask for help.

After hearing this, Xue Pan frowned and said, "If it doesn't work, just take out some more perfume and send them away."

Shopkeeper Gao nodded in agreement, and when he was about to leave, Jia Huan said:

"Wait a minute, this matter is absolutely inappropriate. If we handle it like this today, it will become an example later."

"Not to mention the collapse of our reputation, this reputation will become even more unstoppable in the future."

Xue Pan said helplessly: "Brother Huan, I also know that this is not a good solution. But there are a few people here that we cannot afford to offend, and they refuse to leave. What can we do?"

Jia Huan said calmly: "It's very simple. Register their names and promise to supply them first when the goods are available next time. If they leave a deposit, we will even deliver it directly to their door."

(End of this chapter)