Chapter 1121: To Become Mother's Leg Accessory

Jeon Chongshan's opened his mouth wide as he turned around in disbelief. His body trembled slightly while looking at the little guy, not believing his own ears...

Did Little Treasure...just say...something?

"Grandfather, dinner's ready!" Little Treasure repeated, then turned to Yan Ruyi, "Grandmother, time to eat!"

It was so sudden that Yan Ruyi lost control of her tears. She turned around and wiped her tears, then replied, "Okay...we heard you, we'll be there soon!"

Little Treasure then left happily.

Jeon Chongshan and Yan Ruyi both looked at each other, their eyes tearing up.

Yan Ruyi wiped her tears away and said to Jeon Chongshan, "Little Treasure called you first, happy now aren't you!"

"Look at you. He just called both of us together, stop being so petty! How childish!" While Jeon Chongshan said that, he could not hide the satisfaction and excitement on his face.

Yan Ruyi mumbled to herself when she saw Jeon Chongshan's face. Although he said it did not matter, he was actually ecstatic on the inside! Who was childish now!?

During dinner, the atmosphere was warm and everyone was happy at the table.

Yan Ruyi and Jeon Chongshan were smiling all the while. Their attitude towards Lisa had improved as well.

After dinner, as Lisa was about to leave, Yan Ruyi said to her, "It's very late already, why don't you stay here for tonight?"

Lisa was really surprised by Jeon Chongshan and Yan Ruyi's attitude tonight. She rejected carefully, "Thank you, Madam Jeon, for your concern, but I have to go to Qingdao tomorrow for a business trip. I have to go back and prepare the materials I need for tomorrow."

"I see..." Yan Ruyi nodded. "Is it for your apparel company?"

Lisa affirmed, "Yes."

"I heard Xinyan's retail store housing your brand is doing pretty well."

Lisa put on a bitter smile. "She had a great start. Account-wise, her store had the highest sales, but who knew that she was running multiple discount campaigns and tried to pump up her numbers with more sathat? She even changed the professional salespeople I arranged for her..."

Although Yan Ruyi was not a professional, after being around Jeon Chongshan for so many years, even she understood the problem. "This child! How could she do that?! Then, what happened?"

"I talked to her and made sure she followed the rules and regulations. Her discounts have made her a great loss and it'll take some time for her to recover, but as long as she doesn't do anything reckless, it'll surely get better..."

Yan Ruyi patiently listened to Lisa's market analysis of several brands and she nodded, continuing to chat with her.

Jeon Chongshan had actually investigated Lisa's company and found out that she not only started it up by herself, she also did most of the things on her own. Despite being a small company to develop to the state it was today, Jungkook had never involved himself in any of the process...

Yan Ruyi chatted with Lisa for quite a while. It was only after Jungkook urged her to leave so she would not be too tired that Lisa was sent to the door.

"Mommy!" The little bun clung onto Lisa's trousers and looked up as if he wished to become his mother's leg accessory and follow her back.

Chapter 1122: Get One Yourself!

"Ah!" Lisa squatted down and patted the little bun's head.

"When will you come back?"

"Mmm, I'm not sure yet, but I'll video call you!"

"I want a hug!"

Lisa hugged him for a while.

"I want a kiss!"

Lisa kissed his forehead.

Only after a long while did Lisa finally leave.

Yeonjun witnessed the whole process of the little bun parting with Lisa.

The moment Lisa left, Yeonjun went up to the little bun and said, "Don't be sad, Little Treasure, Second Uncle can give you hugs and kisses. Come to Second Uncle!"

The little bun's gentle gaze remained focused on his mother before he looked at Yeonjun seriously. "Second Uncle, I'm my mother's baby. If you'd like to one, get one yourself."

Yeonjun was speechless. He felt like multiple arrows had just been shot through his chest!

"Brother! Look at your son!"

Jungkook patted his son's head. As expected of his clever son! "Mmm, Little Treasure is mother's baby."

Yan Ruyi went along, "Little Treasure's right. If you like kids, go and find someone and get your own kids. Stop troubling other people's kids!"

Jeon Chongshan sneered at him, "If he's capable to find one that is!"

He was attacked simultaneously by his nephew, his brother, and his parents...

He did not dare to brag to them about Little Treasure calling him "Second Uncle" again...

...

The next morning, after a good night's rest, Lisa brought Han Momo with her to Qingdao.

Qingdao was under the Hubei province, which was much closer to Imperial. There were two competing shopping complexes and Qiao Weilan had already contacted one of them.

Lisa's aim this time was to discuss the details. She did not have to do everything by herself as the boss, but she wanted to experience this learning process.

On the plane, Han Momo was arranging Gong Shangze's designs as Lisa was looking into the proposal carefully in case there were any mistakes that needed to be rectified.

Lisa did not really feel pressured for this cross-state retail store as this was just the first step. Spirit would be expanding its roots to every state in the country until it went international.

Qingdao was not far away, so it only took them an hour of flying.

After they left the airport, they checked into the hotel they had booked.

After lunch, Han Momo followed Lisa and went to the largest shopping complex in Qingdahad the New Era mall.

In Qingdao, there were two renowned shopping complexes, one being New Era Mall, and the other was Allstar mall.

Chapter 1123: Initial Success

A few years ago, Allstar Mall dominated New Era Mall in terms of customer flow and product placement.

Due to the development in recent years, many infrastructure had been built such as schools, government buildings, and residential areas, contributing to higher traffic flow to New Era Mall.

New Era mall grabbed the opportunity and promoted themselves heavily, then rose as the largest shopping complex of the city.

The business deal this time was with one of the best clothing companies, whose owner was called Deng Kuan. He had eight brands under him and he handled low to medium-class brands well, but what he lacked was a luxury brand like Spirit.

During this period of time, Spirit's popularity was rising. Along with the attractive bonus for franchising, this made Deng Kuan interested in joining them.

About half an hour later, Lisa brought Han Momo to New Era. After they walked around for a while, they realized that New Era Mall was pretty big and a lot of people came here as well. If the deal with Deng Kuan went well, it would be very advantageous for Spirit's growth in the Hubei province.

Lisa called Deng Kuan to inform him that she and her assistant had arrived. A short while later, a middle-aged chubby man with a female secretary came to Lisa.

"Hello Ms. Kim, I'm Deng Kuan." Deng Kuan smiled and shook hands and Lisa.

Deng Kuan then led Lisa to his office.

After some small talk, Lisa passed her proposal to Deng Kuan as she smiled. "Mr. Deng, the details of franchising are all in the proposal. Please have a look."

Deng Kuan nodded and started to go through the proposal seriously.

"We've included some of our latest works inside. Check it out." Han Momo presented a well-packed outfit to Deng Kuan.

"Mmm...great!" Deng Kuan smiled. "Ms. Kim, I've been to Spirit's store twice and I really like Spirit's quality and designs. Overall, I think it's great, but, about the price, do you think you could give me a little discount?"

Lisa replied, "Mr. Deng, I'm sure you understand that quality comes with a price. We're really looking forward to Mr. Deng's collaboration as well, so we've made a special consideration on the pricing."

"Heh, Ms. Kim, we're business people. We're all aiming to earn more money, no?" Deng Kuan said suggestively.

"Mr. Deng, well..." Lisa paused for a short while. "If I tell you that I can give you more discount today, then Spirit's loss will need to be compensated from the materials. It would be a bad thing for both the consumers and you, Mr. Deng. With Spirit's popularity and assurance in quality today, I believe you can see for yourself, as a smart businessman, you'd be able to understand the full potential of Spirit."

Deng Kuan's eyes brightened as he looked at this young founder in front of him. He was trying to get a lower price, yet she was so experienced that what she said made sense.

Spirit's brand impact and potential was what he was aiming for.

Chapter 1124:  Breach Of Contract

"Haha, Ms. Kim, it's all set then. Let's return to Imperial tomorrow together. Let me take a look at Spirit's headquarters and we'll get the contract signed. How does that sound?" Deng Kuan beamed.

"Of course, we'll welcome you. It's set then. If there're any more questions, you can contact me anytime." Lisa's expression softened.

After a short casual chat with Deng Kuan and agreeing on the time to go back together to sign the contract, Lisa left with Han Momo.

Lisa and Han Momo went straight back to their hotel after they left New Era mall.

...

Just a moment after Lisa left, a man walked into Deng Kuan's office.

"Mr. Deng, please allow me to introduce myself. I'm the Marketing Director of History, Qin Zifan." The man looked at Deng Kuan smilingly.

"History?"

Deng Kuan was a little taken aback. Of course, he knew about History. History had been founded earlier than Spirit. Coincidentally, both their brand positionings and styles were similar. Everyone knew that these two luxury brands were currently competing.

"Qin Zifan...if I remember correctly, you're the former Marketing Director of SF?" Deng Kuan took a glance at Qin Zifan, seeming to remember him.

Qin Zifan nodded, not denying it.

"Haha, Mr. Qin, I'm afraid you're too late, I've already made an agreement with Spirit. I'm going to franchise Spirit's brand. Sorry but you've wasted your efforts to come here."

An experienced businessman like Deng Kuan could surely guess Qin Zifan's intentions for being there.

"Oh...hmm, an oral agreement?" Qin Zifan pondered, "I believe as a businessman, I'll be straightforward with you. We're really interested in working with you. This proposal was written by me personally. You may take a look before making a conclusion."

Deng Kuan took the proposal and read through it patiently.

"Two points lower than Spirit?!"

Deng Kuan was shocked. This offer was much more attractive than Spirit's!

"If you accept our offer, from the brand management to the supply and training of the salespeople, we'll make the necessary arrangements directly from our headquarters, and most importantly, any fees needed for promotions will be provided by us as well." Qin Zifan offered an extremely attractive deal.

Deng Kuan took some time to contemplate. "Well, we're all friends. Let's have dinner tonight and go through the details..."

Qian Zifan gave Tzuyu a call after he came out of the office.

"Boss, it's done! I told you so, the Marketing Director of Spirit is just a nobody!"

He ended the call with a wide grin, then left.

...

The next day, in the hotel room, Lisa received an abrupt message from Deng Kuan. He said that after a long consideration, they decided to give up Spirit and choose History instead. The main reason was that History made a better offer.

"How could he be like this? That Mr. Deng broke our promise!" Han Momo expressed her injustice of the situation.

"We were too careless this time. Anyhow, we should go there and confirm with him directly..." Lisa's expression turned serious. She did not say much and went straight to New Era mall. She then realized that Deng Kuan had made his decision earlier

He had invited Lisa for lunch but had not said anything about Spirit's franchise.