When you feel that there is a problem with the relationship between two people, then there is no need to doubt that there must be a problem.

Similarly, when Du Chuke felt that there was something wrong with the situation in front of him, then there was no need to say more, there must be something wrong.

Sometimes people’s intuition is very accurate.

In less than an hour, the special wines sold at Qingque Wine Shop cost 999 cents were sold out.

This is the result of Du Chuke's timely adjustment of his strategy and only one person can buy one bottle.

It is conceivable how many people are queuing outside to buy this drink.

If the accountant hadn't received the payment fast enough, he might not have been able to hold on for an hour.

"Everyone, I'm sorry, this product costing 999 cents has been sold out. We will adjust the supply as soon as possible. You can go and check out our other products."

Du Chuke came out in person to help maintain order on the scene.

Fortunately, when there was such a long queue outside, the police officers from the police station were there to help maintain order. Otherwise, Du Chuke would be really worried about something wrong, so he would be depressed.

"Why are there no goods? I've been waiting in line for half an hour."

"That's right, the new shop opened and said it was out of stock after a while. What's wrong with you?"

"The advertisements were all over the sky, but after selling them for a while, they were out of stock. Isn't this a scam?"

Many people began to curse in the crowd.

Du Chuke was very angry. This was the first time he had encountered such a scene, but there was nothing he could do.

Who made it their own fault this time?

Fortunately, among the crowd, whether it is a entrusting or a real consumer, apart from scolding, he did not make too much move.

After Du Chuke said that starting tomorrow, a batch of 999-month wine would be released every day, the crowd slowly dispersed.

"Langjun, it took only one hour, and the Qingque Wine Shop became deserted from shoulder to shoulder. Although they spent a lot of money on advertising, for nobles and wealthy businessmen, their influence on advertising was relatively limited. On the contrary, the special price could attract some people who really need it to buy it.

Unless they sell other styles of wine at a lower price, it will not cause too much impact on me in a short period of time; it seems that we have found some people to buy them, which is still very effective."

Cui Xiangkun arranged several guys to stare at the movements of Qingque Wine, and naturally he quickly learned about their situation.

"Well, now it seems that we don't need to arrange for people to go to the market to buy back the special price of Qingque wine. The people in Chang'an City started to rush to buy it themselves, which saved us a lot of trouble."

It is certainly the situation Cui Qing hopes to see if he is targeting Qingque wine.

The current situation was obviously a little better than he expected, which made him feel nervous for several days and relaxed a little.

"Now let's see what measures will be taken next for Qingque Wine to see if they can let wealthy businessmen buy their high-end wines."

"Well, you must hurry up with the arrangements between storytellers and make as much as possible let more storytellers store red wines. The better the red wines need to be stored for a longer time, and this idea will be completely stopped and beyond our minds."

Cui Qing has no confidence in dealing with Penfolds.

But he is still very confident in dealing with the Qingque wine that just appeared this year.

...

"Your Majesty, Qingque Wine Shop opened today. It was very popular at the beginning, but after their 999 cents wine was sold out, it became much deserted, and few people bought other high-priced wines."

In the Xuanzheng Hall, Li Zhong took the initiative to report to Li Shimin what he learned today.

Since Li Tai arranged for Du Chuke to give Li Shimin two carriages of wine a few days ago, Li Zhong knew that Li Shimin was very concerned about the situation of Qingque wine.

Things that leaders care about are the most important things.

Li Zhong has been with Li Shimin for so many years, and he still has this enlightenment.

So early this morning, Baiqisi arranged several groups of people to go to Xishi, Dongshi and Yang's Tea Building to grasp the situation of Qingque Wine Shop in a timely manner.

Sure enough, an accident happened on the first day of opening.

"I see that the "Datang Daily" and other newspapers have advertised Qingque wine in recent days. The advertising slogans are also very good. And when they first opened, they are very popular, so why can't they do it in a while?"

Sure enough, Li Shimin was still very concerned about this matter.

"In terms of the price of Qingque ordinary wine, except for the cheapest one, the other products are basically the same as the price of Cui's wine, but only lower than that of Penfolds wine. So this pricing determines that their target customers are nobles and wealthy businessmen. However, many newspapers have published articles on how to taste red wine in the past few days. In other words, high-end wines must have been stored for at least one year.

In addition, restaurants, inns and other places are not used to drinking Qingque wine, so except for Jiujiuwen, which is a very cost-effective Qingque wine, everything else is not sold well."

"If it costs 999 cents a bottle, it is not cheap, right? People who can afford wine of this price should also afford wine of five or six cents a bottle?"

Li Shimin is not the kind of ignorant emperor who can say "Why not eat meat minced meat". He often visits privately and is quite clear about the prices in Chang'an City and the income of the people.

"Because of rumors that the bottle is worth a consistent amount of money, if you buy wine for 999 cents, it is equivalent to buying a bottle for free to get wine. Today, there are even cases where some people who have not bought this wine, which has increased an additional 100 cents to buy from others."

"There is such a thing? Didn't Du Chuke know how to arrange more wine and sell it?"

After hearing this, Li Zhong smiled bitterly, "Your Majesty, this product is used by Qingque Wine Shop to attract customers; according to the subordinate's speculation, every time they sell a bottle, they will lose some money, so naturally they will not let it go and sell it casually.

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In addition, there is a saying among the people that the products of Qingque Wine are actually similar, and are even brewed from the same wine cellar, except that the overpacked bottles and labels are different.

As a result, people naturally become even more reluctant to spend more money on high-priced styles."

"Why do I feel like someone is tampering with me?"

Who is Li Shimin?

When it comes to conspiracy, he is the best at it.

From Li Zhong's words, he quickly smelled a breath of conspiracy.

"Your Majesty, in business, no matter what shop is opened, there will definitely be people who are unhappy and will lose the interests of some people. In Chang'an City, there are relatively few people who drink wine for the time being, and the monthly sales are relatively limited.

Before this, high-end wines were mainly Penfu wine from the King of Chu Mansion and Cui wine from the Cui family in Qinghe. Now Qingque wine suddenly entered this field, which will definitely cause a rebound from the opponent. Qingque wine was developed with the support of His Highness the King of Chu, so this matter was definitely not arranged by His Highness the King of Chu."

After Li Zhong said this, Li Shimin understood it in seconds.

Cui, Qinghe, really has the capital to not be afraid of Li Tai.

Besides, everyone shows their powers in business matters, and Li Shimin has no reason to interfere.

You can’t let others give way to him just because Qingque wine shop was opened by his own son?

At that time, the censors of the Censorate will not jump out to impeach like crazy and seize this opportunity to show themselves?

"In addition to spreading rumors, what other means do you think the Cui family has?"

"Your Majesty, you read the Qujiang Daily and other newspapers. In recent days, some articles about tasting wine have been published. The words and words reveal that the longer the wine is stored, the better the taste, and the more noble it appears. Qingque wine was only brewed this year, and they have no wine that has been stored for more than three months to be sold.

My subordinates think that this should be the reason behind Cui's promotion; in addition, many storytellers in restaurants in Chang'an City have also started to tell stories about red wine in the past few days, and they are also telling the audience, both explicitly and secretly that the newly established wine workshops cannot produce good wine. I think this may be the work of Cui.

In addition, today, the Qingque Wine Shop's products priced at 999 yen were sold out within an hour. The subordinates also suspected that the Cui Wine Shop was promoted by the Cui Wine Shop. Many of the people who bought this wine were the Cui Wine Shop's friends or their families."

Seeing that Li Shimin was so concerned about this matter, Li Zhong was secretly glad that he had done his preparations sufficiently.

Otherwise, if Li Shimin took the initiative to report the news, he would backfire if he asked the question but couldn't answer it himself.

"Then do you think that Du Chuke can think of any good way to deal with it under the suppression of these methods?"

Obviously, Li Shimin did not want to see Qingque wine suppressed.

"Although Du Chuke is quite talented, he should have less exposure to commercial matters. Now Cui's red wine shop is putting pressure on him in multiple ways. His subordinates feel that in the short term, he may not have any particularly effective countermeasures besides continuing to increase advertising efforts."

After hearing this, Li Shimin was silent for a moment, and then said, "If all the products of Qingque Wine are to be sold well, is there any way?"

After hearing this, Li Zhong couldn't help but raise the importance of Li Tai to a higher level.

Obviously, even if Li Tai did so many things that disappointed Li Shimin, he did not completely lose Li Shimin's love.

Maybe when Li Shimin will restore his position to his post.

You should still be careful to avoid accidentally offending Li Tai one day.

"Your Majesty, as a wine with a relatively high-end position, Qingque Wine mainly buys them with various nobles and wealthy businessmen, as well as those who are preparing to give gifts to them. If the sales of Qingque Wine grow, then you must let the nobles and wealthy businessmen in Chang'an City recognize its quality and value, and let everyone feel that drinking Qingque Wine is a very respectful thing; let everyone feel that giving Qingque Wine is a thing that makes the other party feel sincere."

Some suggestions are not suitable for Li Zhong to say too bluntly.

However, after hearing his words, Li Shimin immediately had an idea in his mind.

"Lanhe, go and arrange it and give a box of green cap wine to the ministers in the court, which is said to be rewarded by me; in addition, all banquets in the Daming Palace and the Summer Palace will be given priority to use green cap wine; from today on, I will also taste a glass of green cap wine for each meal, and you can ask the Datang Daily to report on this matter."

Li Shimin didn't want to see the wine workshop that Li Tai finally founded, so he was suppressed by Cui.

Since the sales of high-end wines have a lot to do with the recognition of the nobles, let the nobles recognize the value of Qingque wine.

This is a difficult thing for others, but for Li Shimin, it is a very easy thing.

What a tribute!

As long as he likes it, he can help ordinary shops increase the added value of their products.

Since Cui used all kinds of methods to deal with his son, don't blame him for not being virtuous and just coming to help.

...

"Du Changshi, I went to inquire. There are many rumors about our Qingque Wine Workshop outside now."

A guy came to Du Chuke carefully and prepared to report the information he had found.

"What rumors?"

Du Chuke felt a little confused.

I just came to Chang'an City for a few days and Qingque Wine has just been released, so why are there so many rumors?

"Some people say that we bought our 999-month product, and after resale, we can make money, so that we can go to our shop to buy it every day; some people say that our wines at various prices are actually exactly the same, but just to make more money, they deliberately divided them into several types; some people say that all wines need to be stored in the cellar. The longer the cellar is, the better the taste, and none of our Qingque wines is truly good."

The guy told all the news he had heard in one breath.

"This... this is too much, true and false, deliberately causing misunderstandings among the people. Isn't this intentional tricking us?"

No one answered Du Chuke's rhetorical question.

Obviously, even the stupidest guy is, he feels that his shop has been targeted.

"On the newspaper! I will go to the Datang Daily to publish an advertisement now, and I want to clarify this situation and not make people confused there."

Du Chuke was very angry, but the solutions that could be thought of were very limited.

After all, professional things need to be done by professionals.
Chapter completed!