In many transmigration novels, once the protagonist traveled to another world, they used their knowledge to make a splash in business and build a commercial empire.
But Li Wei's response was... I'm not a capitalist!
We've already opened eight branches! I'm going numb here!
Li Wei knew the Betty the Puppy dolls would sell, but he had never imagined so many people would buy them!
No, perhaps he had imagined it, but Li Wei had never actually worked in commerce. This buying frenzy that seemed to grip the entire population was rather beyond his comprehension.
Li Wei hadn't opened this shop to make money. He had dividends from the automobile company. He had only wanted to use the doll shop as an experiment.
There had been something similar to this era's doll shops in Li Wei's own time, though people probably didn't see them anymore. He still remembered often seeing shops called "XX Gift Boutique" on the streets when he was little. They were all small establishments selling an astonishing assortment of things: music boxes, flower baskets, snow globes, ships in bottles, photo albums, diaries, decorative rockets made from bullet casings, and so on.
When he was little, those places had mainly been where people bought birthday presents. Buy one of those curious, interesting trinkets, wrap it up, and give it to a friend, and at least it wouldn't be a bad gift.
These days, though, such boutiques had vanished from the streets. Most had become online stores.
The doll shops of this era had something of the same character, selling items that served as both art pieces and gifts.
Because of his memories of those boutiques, Li Wei hadn't paid particular attention to the shop. He had assumed its popularity would last only a few days.
But as the