Chen Miao did not go straight to Shi Manman. Instead, he took a walk around the entire funeral home first.
He had not inspected the funeral home this closely in quite some time, not since spending nearly two million on renovating and rebuilding the place. When he went downstairs, the young woman at reception greeted him with a smile.
As he passed the lounge, Chen Miao saw no sales representatives there.
Before the renovation, one or two sales representatives could often be found sitting on the first floor. Afterward, however, they seemed more motivated and began going out to drum up business more frequently. At least, Chen Miao rarely saw any of them sitting in the lounge scrolling through their phones anymore.
The recent increase in the funeral home's business reflected that, too.
The funeral home's growth had come in three stages. First, after the original owner of the Fushou Funeral Center was taken away, the center closed for several days, and all sorts of rumors circulated. After that, business at the Tianmen Funeral Home began to recover slightly.
The second stage came after Chen Miao set up a charitable morgue for Shi Manman's Corpse-Sewing Art. The Tianmen Funeral Home's reputation gradually improved among ordinary working-class people. As word spread, many people who had originally intended to use the Fushou Funeral Center turned their attention to the Tianmen Funeral Home and became willing to give it a chance. Most people chose the Fushou Funeral Center because, in their minds, a bigger, newer facility was more professional. And a more professional establishment was less likely to pull anything shady.
For that final journey, every family wanted their loved one to depart without a hitch.
Once those people came to the Tianmen Funeral Home and experienced its sincerity and professionalism, its reputation