At the street corner, unnoticed until its opening, a quaint little shop named Waiting for Flowers to Bloom appeared. The decor was tasteful, and at the entrance was a variety of small flowers in pots, as well as bundles of neatly packaged bouquets.
Jiang He had even worked part-time at other stores to observe how they operated.
Big stores had different primary customers. Some collaborated with wedding companies to decorate weddings, yielding a profit of thousands, or even tens of thousands, from a single ceremony. There were also stores that partnered closely with advertising agencies for new store openings, arranging baskets and potted plants not quite as lucrative as weddings but still significant. Then there were the decor companies involved in garden and landscape projects, which could sustain themselves for half a year on one job.