Back to the 1970s: Building My Fortune Through Time Trading

Chapter 175: Cafeteria Bidding

Liu Xiaocui turned around upon hearing the words, and before she could see herself in the mirror, she heard a gasp from those around her.

"Oh my God, it’s like she’s a different person, she looks so good."

"Isn’t she? She looks just like that Hong Kong star on the poster."

"Comrade Su is really amazing, in such a short time it’s like she’s transformed into someone else."

Liu Xiaocui listened to the comments around her and quickly walked to the nearby mirror to take a look. She was stunned by what she saw.

Was the person in the mirror really her? It was the first time she had seen herself looking so beautiful.

She felt as if she had suddenly become several years younger.

She was very satisfied with this outfit, and immediately looked admiringly at Su Xiaoxiao: "Comrade Su, your skills are indeed remarkable. I really like this outfit, I’ll take the other one too, no need to try it on. Tell me how much money."

"Okay, please follow this comrade to make the payment."

Starting off with two sets, Su Xiaoxiao was in high spirits and had someone take Liu Xiaocui to pay the bill.

Xu Hualan, noticing Liu Xiaocui’s transformation in just a few minutes, was eager to try as well.

But having just mocked others, she was embarrassed to lose face.

She cleared her throat and looked at Su Xiaoxiao: "The outfit you paired just now was pretty good."

Su Xiaoxiao could see she was interested but embarrassed to ask.

So she proactively suggested: "Director Xu, how about you see if there’s a style you like, and I’ll match two sets for you too?"

Xu Hualan nodded gracefully upon hearing this: "Since I’m already here, I’ll give it a try."

Su Xiaoxiao immediately picked two sets of clothes from the rack for her: "Try these two sets, with your height they’ll look great."

"Okay, I’ll try them."

Xu Hualan responded lightly, took the clothes, and turned into the fitting room.

Half an hour later, the two refreshed individuals left arm in arm, in high spirits.

Liu Xiaocui reached the door, then seemed to remember something and turned to Su Xiaoxiao: "Comrade Su, save the new styles for us next time they come in."

Zhao Chunhua looked at Su Xiaoxiao with admiration, almost starry-eyed: "Comrade Su, you’re amazing, managing to handle these two difficult ones. I declare you as my role model from now on."

The nearby group of sales clerks immediately surrounded Su Xiaoxiao with admiration.

"Comrade Su, you’re amazing, managing to handle those two."

"You don’t know, but I used to get scared just seeing them come in, especially Xu Hualan, who would always reprimand us with a stern face, saying our designs were too tacky."

Zhao Chunhua imitated Xu Hualan’s manner of speaking, making everyone burst into laughter.

As Xu Hualan and Liu Xiaocui walked out of the department store, many people noticed their outfits and came to inquire.

In their good mood, they helped attract many customers to the department store.

Seeing the long queue, Manager Wang was ecstatic, initially thinking his job was at risk, but unexpectedly it was this popular.

Seeing the few sales clerks getting overwhelmed, he was about to step forward to help when Su Xiaoxiao pulled him over.

"Manager Wang, put up a sign over there saying ’Hong Kong new styles, limited to 100 sets per day.’"

"It’s selling so well, why limit it?"

Manager Wang was puzzled.

Su Xiaoxiao patiently explained: "This is called ’scarcity marketing’. It’s said that things hard to obtain are the best. When people can easily buy something, they don’t cherish it. By doing this, people will definitely rush here to buy the new styles."

Upon hearing this, Manager Wang immediately understood: "Comrade Su, you’re truly talented. How about joining our procurement department? With your skills, being a sales clerk is really underutilizing talents."

"Manager Wang, thank you for your kind offer. Who doesn’t know the procurement department is the core of our department store? As a new sales clerk, I don’t have the qualifications to directly enter the procurement department. Let the more experienced employees handle it."

Su Xiaoxiao certainly didn’t want to join the procurement department, as entering would mean she couldn’t get the 100% cashback by selling items.

During this period of selling items for cashback, she’s already become quite the little rich lady.

While Manager Wang was somewhat regretful, he admired Su Xiaoxiao even more. Look at Comrade Xiao Su’s awareness.

"Manager Wang, as we agreed, please have them set aside those two outfits for me. I’ll pick them up after work."

"No problem, of course not."

Manager Wang readily agreed, he had the authority for such things.

Having solved the issue of unsold clothing, he quickly returned to the procurement department.

The two quickly parted ways, and Su Xiaoxiao headed straight for the downstairs food counter.

Having delayed a little, she wondered if Qin Shuang and the others were coping well at the food counter?

Fortunately, most people were heading to the clothing section to buy clothes, so the food counter wasn’t particularly busy.

As soon as she returned, Zhang Yulan came over immediately: "Xiaoxiao, what’s happening upstairs in the clothing section? Why are there so many people today? Is there defective fabric? Or are the clothes on sale?"

Su Xiaoxiao didn’t keep it a secret and briefly explained what had happened at the clothing section.

Zhang Yulan’s eyes widened in surprise: "Xiaoxiao, how are you so impressive? You seem to know everything, even makeup and styling. You’re amazing, no wonder you can be the acting department head."

Su Xiaoxiao smiled humbly: "I only know a little. If you’re interested, you and Shuangshuang can try it out sometime, I’ll style you two."

"I’m too old to bother with that anymore, I’d just end up like an old witch. You can style Shuangshuang instead."

Joked Zhang Yulan.

The three continued to work for a while, and soon it was time to clock out.

Xu Cuilan posted a bright red notice with black letters at the door.

Zhang Yulan and the others clocked out together, and as they reached the door, they saw the notice and couldn’t help but ask: "Manager Xu, what’s posted here?"

"This is the bidding announcement for our canteen."

"Bidding? What’s bidding?"

"It’s where anyone interested in contracting the canteen can compete, and based on the bids and quality of dishes, we’ll choose who will contract the canteen."

Upon hearing this, everyone became interested.

"Manager Xu, can individuals participate?"

The one asking was Zhang Dongmei.

Manager Xu nodded: "As long as you have the capability to contract the canteen, anyone can participate, no restrictions on individuals or groups."

"That’s great, my second uncle is the chef at a state-run restaurant."

"My dad specializes in catering for village events; I’ll have him give it a try too."

Everyone discussed excitedly, while Su Xiaoxiao surveyed the numerous interested competitors.

But as a modern food blogger, she’s very confident about her recipes.

"Su Xiaoxiao, you’re not thinking of participating too, are you?"

Zhang Dongmei had somehow appeared beside her, looking at her with disdain.