CHAPTER 300: CHAPTER 297: THE POWER OF MONEY

Lin Wanwan did not personally take charge of the training of the newly purchased New Luo Maids, only occasionally checking on the progress.

For convenience, Lin Wanwan directly packaged a set of beauty salon guidelines from modern times, including preliminary training videos and written materials for beauticians, and translated them into traditional characters using software.

Lin Wanwan first skimmed through them herself, then handed over the edited traditional version to Hong Yan, who was responsible for conducting the preliminary training methodically, with Heng Wu providing guidance.

Hong Yan, trained by Xiao’s mother, could recognize a few characters and was the most culturally literate among Lin Wanwan’s maids (Heng Wu was a musician, not a maid), so she could barely handle this task.

The training mainly took place in the back rooms.

The right side of the back rooms was used as stables and barns, while the left side now served as both the training ground for the newly purchased New Luo Maids and their quarters.

In the shop at Xiao Xi Town, Lin Wanwan crafted seven beauty beds out of mahogany, arranged in a two-two-three layout in three beauty rooms.

For this, she also assigned a Store Manager, a Deputy Shopkeeper, eight beauticians, three beauty apprentices (assistants), two cleaning servants, and two Protectors.

The Store Manager was selected through connections with Xiao Chong in Xiao Xi Town, while Lin Mengli took the role of the Deputy Shopkeeper.

Furthermore, the beauticians and beauty apprentices were all newly purchased New Luo Maids from brokers, and as for the Protectors, they were, of course, newly bought Kunlun slaves.

The cleaning servants were relatively older New Luo Maids, and this staffing configuration was settled on by Lin Wanwan after consulting modern beauty salons.

A common issue in modern beauty salons is the high turnover of beauticians; many factors lead them to leave, making it difficult to build a stable team.

But this problem is nonexistent in the Great Tang, simply because beauticians here have no personal freedom — they’re Lin Wanwan’s bought slaves.

Lin Wanwan planned to implement a membership system in the Great Tang, with the shop’s cosmetics not open to the public but available to members only.

Moreover, she positioned this shop as a high-end beauty center, explicitly for the wealthy women of the Great Tang who could afford it.

To make money from luxury and the nobility, she had no interest in scraping money from the struggling commoners.

If Lin Wanwan could really get this luxury beauty shop up and running, she would gain more than just money, so she was very eager.

At this moment in the back rooms, they were undergoing the mask skincare session, where New Luo Maids served each other.

In the eyes of others, these masks were personally crafted by Lin Wanwan, while in reality, they were bought from modern times.

Because Lin Wanwan held the "Divine Doctor" title, messing around with various masks didn’t raise any suspicion.

Masks had a potential market in the Great Tang too, but typically, they were made from medicinal herbs and pearl powder, unlike the diverse options Lin Wanwan purchased from modern times.

Of course, Lin Wanwan wouldn’t buy everything from modern times; she would definitely use some native Great Tang mask formulas to make the operation more seamless.

Apart from beauty treatments, there were services like hair washing, massage, oil massage, etc., with numerous varieties easily duplicated from modern practices.

"Not bad, everyone’s massage techniques are quite skilled now." Lin Wanwan inspected a round in the back rooms, very pleased, and praised everyone.

At this pace, her store’s opening at the end of the month was no problem.

Lin Wanwan couldn’t help but start looking forward to it.

She was busy in the Great Tang, and equally occupied in modern times.

First of all, there was a pile of tasks in the e-commerce company; fortunately, the Space-Time Gate had evolved, giving her much more time, or else she wouldn’t be able to manage.

The stores on Amazon and Japan were up, and she had already enlisted an external team to register trademarks for embroidery in the United States and Japan.

For such matters, as long as there is money, lawyers, and a professional team, Lin Wanwan didn’t need to worry too much. This is the ease of being a cash-rich player.

Gu Jingyu, as a diligent and responsible operator, worked very efficiently; once the trademark was registered, she was ready to set up brand filing, warehouses, and find shipping agents on the online stores.

Lin Wanwan had already moved the goods to the company a couple of days ago, all brought from the Great Tang.

These embroidered items from Lin Wanwan’s Great Tang Embroidery Workshop absolutely outshined most modern embroidery works, considering there were quite a few embroideresses in the Great Tang who dedicated a lifetime to handicrafts.

The ancient shop renovation was nearing completion, and the modern cross-border e-commerce was also progressing well, giving Lin Wanwan a sense of accomplishment.

Every afternoon in modern time, she would go to work at the company for four hours.

Four hours in modern times was merely half a time period in the Great Tang, akin to a nap, not delaying anything, and not attracting any notice.

Aside from work, Lin Wanwan’s house in Hai City was also being renovated.

She chose a large chain custom renovation company in Hai City to handle tearing down the old decor for a new one.

Since she didn’t want to shuttle back and forth between Hai City and Yong City, she decided to fully entrust the renovation company.

The designer personally measured the dimensions and discussed the renovation requirements with Lin Wanwan.

Lin Wanwan’s demands were minimal: a light-toned American country style, all made of genuine American red oak.

The designer quickly produced three plans for Lin Wanwan. Once she chose one, they immediately placed the order with the factory for customization.

The normal customization time was two to three months, but Lin Wanwan felt this was too slow, so she requested an expedited service by spending more money, finally setting a deadline for one month.

To avoid being fooled by the renovation company, Lin Wanwan specially brought a lawyer to sign a supplementary inspection agreement with them.

If the renovation company worked honestly with real materials, it would be a win-win result.

If they tried to cut corners due to her lack of oversight, she was ready to spend money to let them know making money wasn’t that easy.

Lin Wanwan now had plenty of money, didn’t mind spending it, but absolutely wouldn’t allow anyone to treat her as a fool.

The renovation company’s person in charge, seeing Lin Wanwan come with a lawyer to sign the contract and supplementary agreement, was a bit unsure.

After Lin Wanwan paid the deposit straightforwardly and left, they made a special note in her renovation contract describing her as a hard-to-deal-with client.

This was to inform the workers doing the actual renovation that the order’s owner wasn’t easy to deceive and might be finicky, so they should take it seriously.

With long periods of wealth, Lin Wanwan’s thinking and perspective gradually expanded, and she began to realize the power of money.

This was something she couldn’t completely feel back when she was poor!