Xiaochun told Xu Niannian about the tactics of that new store after she finally took the problem seriously.
After listening, Xu Niannian’s expression turned a bit strange.
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"Yeah, they dance to attract customers." Xiaochun was infuriated, her teeth itching with annoyance, "Can you believe there are such shameless people? Wearing so little clothes and wriggling around in the store, ugh, disgraceful, just trying to seduce men."
"Hold on..." Xu Niannian interrupted Xiaochun, "You said, seducing men? So, all the dancers are women?"
"Yes." Xiaochun nodded vigorously, "Boss, you have no idea. Those women act like vixens, making eyes at the male customers. They’ve stolen away all the patrons from our branch. It’s shameless."
Xu Niannian wasn’t as indignant as Xiaochun; she’d spent time in the future world where her mindset wasn’t so traditional.
Business competition was common in the future.
This store was just following in selling milk tea; they weren’t competing unethically by riding on the coattails of her product’s reputation like the sea market’s Liu De.
If dancing to attract customers can indeed draw them in, that’s a skill of their own.
However, Xu Niannian was curious about something; if that was truly the case, Cuicui’s branch wouldn’t have suffered such a big impact.
Men liked to look at beautiful women, which was understandable, but in the thoughts of that era, women dancing publicly for the sake of business should have been frowned upon by many women.
Like Xiaochun, for instance, who had such traditional views.
It wasn’t that women of that era couldn’t accept dance; they would only be envious if the performance were on stage.
But this was inside a store, and moreover, to sell goods by dancing for customers.
In the eyes of most traditionally-minded women of that time, that would be considered indecent.
Moreover, whether in the future or the present, those who enjoyed drinking milk tea were predominantly women.
How could that lead to such a devastating drop in business, only selling a little bit?
"Besides hiring beautiful women to dance, do they have any other tactics?" Xu Niannian asked.
Upon hearing this, Xiaochun seemed to think of something, her face immediately flushed red, and she coughed awkwardly twice before whispering into Xu Niannian’s ear.
"Boss, besides the women dancing, their store also has many handsome male servers, and they’re extremely polite."
Xu Niannian cracked a smile; she knew it.
"So if I didn’t ask, you wouldn’t mention it?"
"Not really." Xiaochun fidgeted a little, "Boss, what do you plan to do about this? Are you going to hire attractive male servers for our store just like they do?"
"In your dreams." Xu Niannian patted Xiaochun on the head, "I’ll go and see for myself what’s happening."
"Ey, alright, boss, I’ll go with you." Xiaochun said excitedly.
Customers in the store were raving about the Liurong Bao that Xu Niannian brought, constantly asking the waitstaff if they could have more.
The waitstaff hurriedly informed the customers of Xu Niannian’s plans to open a restaurant in a week.
Getting satisfying answers, the customers let the waitstaff go.
Seeing the positive response, Xu Niannian decided to take Xiao Bao out to visit the new store, with Xiaochun carrying Dabao alongside.
Nanny Zhao followed behind them.
Xu Niannian hadn’t planned on intervening because the other party hadn’t impacted her store’s business, but now with such a significant impact, of course, she had to take a look and find a solution.
After all, knowing oneself and the enemy ensures victory in every battle.
She decided to go and meet the owner of that little shop.