Traveling through the starry sky just for you, I was a koi in ancient times

Chapter 274 Dongsheng Inn

Chen Sanlang looked at Huo Ying and the shopkeeper's eager expressions, thought for a moment and explained briefly:

“If you want to build a guest room, you have to meet the guests’ comfort and functional needs!

Comfort is nothing more than making people feel comfortable looking at it and living in it.

The first impression people have when they enter the door is that it looks comfortable. This is the so-called visual experience that must meet the guests' psychological expectations.

For example, the first customer likes a luxurious house, the second customer likes a stable and restrained style, and the third customer likes a novel living environment. "

The shopkeeper asked curiously:

"Sir, how do we know what that guest likes?"

"That's why we design rooms of different styles, so that customers can choose for themselves. With choices, they will naturally know what they like!"

"So what are the three styles you mentioned?"

"I will provide your store with drawings of these three styles..."

"Sir, please give me the blueprint and then make a simulation model. It will be more convenient to look at it this way."

This was the first time that Chen Sanlang had taken on an engineering design, and it was also the first time that he had heard that a model was needed. However, thinking about the considerable design fee and his desire to be closer to Wang Jinyi, he nodded to the shopkeeper with certainty.

“However, I can only think of three styles at the moment. If you really want to divide it into four rooms, there is another style that you need to request, and I will design it for you specifically.

There is another way, which is that you name each room, and then determine the style and theme based on the meaning of the name, and I will design it for you.

But before designing, I want to ask, how much do you want to spend on renovating the third floor? Do you have an expected cost or target customer group? "

"what?"

"What? Sir, I understand the expected cost you just mentioned, but I don't quite understand what group of people you are talking about?"

"I mean who would you want living in a room like this?"

"Of course it's the guests who came to Dongsheng Inn!"

"I know he is a guest staying at your hotel. I mean, what kind of person is he? Let me give you an example. Is he a businessman passing through here, an official doing business, or a prince or noble on his way out? Or is he some other special customer?"

"Ah? So you want these people to stay in these rooms?"

“I’m just giving an example, I don’t know who lives in your store.

So who does your boss want to live on the third floor? Or let me ask again, who lives in your Tianzihao?"

After hearing Chen Sanlang's question, the shopkeeper's eyes rolled around. He knew very well who lived in his Tianzihao, but he couldn't say!

Huo Ying quickly pulled Chen Sanlang's sleeve from behind, reminding him that he should not inquire about such purely commercial information.

On the way here, Chen Sanlang had already made up his mind to use the money earned from this design to start a pencil business.

The shopkeeper was already absorbed in what he was saying, so he skipped over the previous question and said:

"I'll report to the boss again. You draw the design, and then we'll set a time for both sides to sit down and have a good talk."

When Huo Ying heard that Chen Sanlang was coming, he knew that he had a chance to get the job, and he could even meet the owner of Dongsheng Inn. He quickly agreed with the innkeeper to send the drawings and design models in three days.

Chen Sanlang thought that since it was three days later, he decisively agreed with Dongsheng to hand in the design in the morning of three days later and asked him to write a contract. After the design draft and design model were reviewed and approved, the contract was signed and 30% of the fee was paid. Only then did he prepare materials for construction and detailed each step.

After hesitating for a long time, the shopkeeper finally decided that no matter whether the boss showed up or not, there would be someone who was determined to cooperate to check and finalize the design.

Chen Sanlang was a little disappointed after hearing this. It seemed that his original plan to get the design fee was going to fail, so he added a clause that if the design was not approved, the Four Brothers Woodworking Shop could take over Dongsheng's carpentry work.

The two sides reached an agreement, and Chen Sanlang asked the shopkeeper to write an invitation letter for three days, stating the reason and stamping it with Dongsheng's seal.

Chen Sanlang felt relieved, and the two sides said goodbye.

Huo Ying walked and looked at the invitation in his hand, feeling indescribable. Who would have thought that his small Four Brothers Wood Furniture Shop would actually receive an invitation from Dongsheng Inn? How could he justify this?

Huo Ying was happy, while Chen Sanlang was upset. He had originally wanted to use the design fee to become a pencil agent, but it was probably not going to work.

I have to think about how much money I can raise and make sure I can continue the pencil business in Xunnan County.

The two were almost immersed in their own thoughts along the way. Huo Ying saw that Chen Sanlang kept his head down thinking about something, and thought that he had already started to think about it, so he did not disturb him.

The two returned to a private house at the base of the west city where they were staying.

It’s a bit far-fetched to call it a set. It’s just a very small yard with only two houses and a kitchen.

On weekdays, Chen Sanlang got up early and went to the bookstore to copy books, while Huo Ying went to the furniture shop to lobby the store owners to sell the newly designed furniture of the Four Brothers Furniture Shop on their behalf.

He had to inspect the stores every two or three days. Whenever there was a demand for goods, Huo Ying would run back to Xunnan Mansion to place an order, get the goods, and then replenish the goods for each store. He ran back and forth hard every day and was exhausted, but Huo Ying was happy.

It has been almost two months since I came to Xunyang Prefecture City. The flashy furniture designed by Chen Sanlang is selling surprisingly well. In addition, Chen Sanlang has raised the price of those flashy furniture again and again.

Those flashy wooden items earned quite a bit of money, roughly a few dozen taels. Each person got nearly ten taels.

But Huo Ying didn't want to share the money. He wanted to use the money to rent another store in the city. He would give the store to Chen Sanlang and run the business for him in the market. He would escort the goods on both sides. The Four Brothers Wood Furniture Store was established!

Huo Yingchang thought that there was something to be done in the wood shop in the city.

Chen Sanlang was also thinking, in addition to the three taels of silver he had saved before preparing for the exam, plus the silver he had earned a while ago, if he could get a share, plus the designs he had done for the hotel before, if Huo Ying could give him money...

It seems that it is still not enough!

Chen Sanlang returned to the house and thought about his problems silently. If there was no other way, he could only ask Huo Ying to borrow money. Borrowing money from business partners was a big taboo in a partnership!

Chen Sanlang was very clear about this, but he did not want to give up any chance to get close to Wang Jinyi, even though he had no idea how to get close. Now, just by seeing the word "Jin", Chen Sanlang was ready to devote himself to it.

After sorting out his thoughts and smoothing out the jute paper, Chen Sanlang carefully placed the pencils he had been holding all the way on the table, arranged them one by one, and looked at them with great interest.

Then he picked a few from the middle and slowly began to sharpen the pencils, as if he was doing something memorable and happy.