Chapter 10 The Godmother of the Beauty Industry

After Ling Xuan finished the call, Liu Xiaoting somehow came to his side and said, "President Ling, President Huang is here. She's in the office."

Liu Xiaoting wore a pair of delicate glasses, looking gentle, refined, clean, and innocent. Even her way of speaking was very quiet.

Ling Xuan nodded and said, "I'll go over right away." He looked back and saw that the TV reporter had left, and the beauticians were cleaning up the broken glass.

When he returned to the office on the second floor, he saw that President Huang, Ye Feng, and Wen Tianmei were already sitting there.

Huang Yaqin, the founder and chairperson of Qianying Beauty Chain Organization, was thought to be crazy by those around her when she left the hospital to establish Qianying twelve years ago. At that time, the hospital offered good treatment, while beauty salons were then referred to as "brothels" or "houses of prostitution." Moreover, Huang Yaqin's husband was the president of the Intermediate People's Court, and people couldn't understand her behavior.

There's no need to mention the hardships of starting a business. Every successful person has a bitter past and a bit of luck. Huang Yaqin's luck lay in her background. Who would believe that a beauty salon opened by the wife of a court president was a "house of prostitution"? And women love beauty, especially wealthy women. They're willing to spend a lot of money to stay young and beautiful. A single - face wash costs 300 yuan, a beauty annual card costs over 10,000 yuan, and five sessions of photorejuvenation cost 10,000 yuan. Such prices seem astronomical to many ordinary people. But in the eyes of those rich and official ladies, it's not worth mentioning at all.

Huang Yaqin utilized the network connections of herself and her husband to quickly open up the market. Usually, these rich and official ladies often gather together and share everything. When one person's beauty treatment is recognized, it will trigger a herd effect. Qianying Beauty Salon unconsciously became a symbol of regular gatherings, pastimes, and status - showing for these ladies. Your status can be known from the projects you consume and the prices you pay. Women have a strong sense of vanity. Once Qianying became such a brand, there was no worry about lack of income.

After several years of development, Qianying reached the stage of expanding its business and overall expansion. Within five years, it opened thirteen direct - operated stores and one plastic - surgery center in the city, becoming one of the top beauty chain organizations in City N and even the whole province. The growth and expansion of Qianying earned Huang Yaqin the title of "godmother" in the local beauty industry.

Huang Yaqin is 52 years old this year. As a doctor - turned - beauty - businesswoman, she takes very good care of herself and looks like she's in her thirties. Her skin is still as elastic and white as that of a young married woman, and she dresses fashionably. With the development of the enterprise over the years, she doesn't have to worry about many things, making her look even more energetic.

Ling Xuan nodded slightly to President Huang, closed the door, and had just sat down when he heard her say, "Regarding what happened today, I think Xiao Ling did a really good job and handled it very properly. You all should learn from him."

Huang Yaqin's words were obviously meant for Ye Feng and Wen Tianmei.

In front of them, Ling Xuan didn't dare to take credit arrogantly. He said softly, "The situation with the newspaper hasn't been properly handled yet. That reporter seems to be immune to both soft and hard approaches."

Huang Yaqin nodded, then turned to Wen Tianmei and said, "Manager Wen, it's said that you called the people from the TV station?"

Wen Tianmei said confidently, "I saw that man called the newspaper reporter, so I thought we couldn't show weakness, so I called the TV station."

"Oh, my god!! This is just stupid!" Ling Xuan cursed in his heart over and over again.

Huang Yaqin was obviously a bit angry. She said, "Do you think our Qianying's popularity isn't high enough and you want to show off in front of all the people in the city?"

Wen Tianmei looked aggrieved and said, "They said they would only report positive content."

Huang Yaqin said angrily, "Manager Wen, tell me, what exactly is positive content?"

Wen Tianmei stammered, "It's to report that that man was being unreasonable and his behavior was illegal. The reporter will also focus on reporting the content of the interview with me. In the interview, I said that man was being unreasonable and his behavior was illegal."

Huang Yaqin was so angry with her that she could almost slap her. She said, "Manager Wen, it's not up to you to decide whether someone is breaking the law. Can you replace the court? And the TV station isn't yours. Why would they listen to you? Moreover, for such a thing, no matter how wrong the other party is, as long as it's exposed, it will have a negative impact on us. The door was smashed. If we look into the reason, it's because we did the customer's eyebrows badly. What will the citizens think? They'll say we're just deceiving the public... No matter how positive you try to make it, it's still negative. Why would someone come to smash your door for no reason?!!!"

Wen Tianmei was rebuked so much by Huang Yaqin all at once. She felt so wronged that her nose twitched and her eyes turned red. She was on the verge of crying.

Huang Yaqin was also at a loss regarding Wen Tianmei. At the beginning, the decision to use her was because she had a network of connections and a lot of available resources around her. Indeed, many times she brought a lot of customers to the beauty salon. But some of the ideas in this person's head were so naive that they were unbearable.

Facing the established facts, Huang Yaqin knew that more complaints were useless. She immediately said, "Manager Wen, you must find a way right away. Under no circumstances can you let the reporter broadcast the news."

"I know. I'll call them later," Wen Tianmei said aggrievedly.

As soon as Huang Yaqin heard this, the majesty of the "godmother" immediately showed. She said sternly, "What do you mean by later? Call right now."

"I... I'll... call right now!" Wen Tianmei didn't expect Huang Yaqin to be so furious. She stammered and left the meeting room to go to her own office to call the TV station.

Huang Yaqin said to Ling Xuan, "Xiao Ling, keep a close eye on the situation with the newspaper. I have a friend who is an editor at the newspaper and has been a customer of our Qianying for many years. You can give her a call and say that I introduced you to contact her." With that, she handed Ling Xuan a business card.

Ling Xuan took the business card and saw the name "Liao Chenjuan" written on it, with the title of deputy editor - in - chief of the morning newspaper. After writing down the phone number on the card, he said, "President Huang, I'll call her right away."

Huang Yaqin nodded and said, "Xiao Ling, also ask your policeman friend to help and see if he can find out anything."

Ling Xuan nodded. Obviously, he knew that the incident behind this was definitely not just an impulsive act of an angry customer. It was likely that someone among the competitors was deliberately causing trouble. Ling Xuan thought of this, and Huang Yaqin, the "godmother" of the beauty industry who had been in the business for so many years, couldn't possibly not know this.

"I understand, President Huang. Is there anything else?" Ling Xuan asked.

"Go ahead and do your work," Huang Yaqin said softly.

Ling Xuan nodded and went out, gently closing the door behind him.

"President Huang, do you think this door - smashing incident was caused by competitors?" Ye Feng asked in surprise.

Huang Yaqin said, "Didn't you notice? Since the customer's eyebrows became inflamed after the treatment, I've thought it was strange. Why would it become so inflamed that it festered? Our disinfection work was so thorough. And after she became inflamed, we immediately took anti - inflammatory measures, but the more we treated it, the worse it got. It's clearly a self - inflicted injury to win sympathy."

Ye Feng said, "Then what should we do now?"

Huang Yaqin said, "You immediately take this customer to the Medical University for a skin test. I want to know the real reason for the festering of her eyebrows."

Ye Feng said, "I'll go and do it right away." Just as she was about to get up, Huang Yaqin said again, "Xiao Ye, what do you think of Xiao Ling?"

Ye Feng was taken aback and said, "President Huang, what do you mean by this?"

Huang Yaqin said seriously, "I'm asking about his work ability."

Ye Feng said, "He's very good! During our cooperation these days, I think he's modest, has a strong sense of work responsibility, and his mind reacts quickly. He also has a lot of ideas..."

"Okay, I know. Go and do your thing," Huang Yaqin said with a slight nod.

Ye Feng nodded slightly and turned to leave, but she didn't understand why Huang Yaqin would ask her about Ling Xuan at this crucial moment.

People are like this. The more they can't figure something out, the more they want to get to the bottom of it.

Even a wise woman like Ye Feng is no exception.