No one believed what Su Shi said, because only words written with one kind of pen could have this effect.
That is the emperor's imperial pen.
If the emperor's imperial pen was used to write on the signboard, not to mention two hundred cups of black plum soup, even two thousand cups would be sold out quickly.
However, Su Shi was neither the emperor nor the emperor's penman, so the words he wrote were of no use at all.
So Bai Jiangchuan kept looking at him with a sneer.
Chen Xiaolan silently took out the pen, dipped it in ink and handed it to Su Shi.
Su Shi walked to the signboard, looked at the graceful handwriting on the signboard, and couldn't help but ask, "Did you write it?"
Chen Xiaolan nodded, and Su Shi handed the pen to her again and sighed, "You should write it."
Chen Xiaolan did not refuse, took down the sign, and then looked at Su Shi.
Su Shi walked up to her and whispered a few words to her.
Chen Xiaolan thought for a while, and then wrote three lines on the sign.
Two of the lines are a couplet.
The white-headed vulture has eyes, Xuan drinks black plum soup.
Then Chen Xiaolan added another sentence on the sign after the two cents per cup - the second cup is half price.
After finishing writing, Chen Xiaolan hung up the sign again.
When Bai Jiangchuan saw Chen Xiaolan write a couplet of poems, he couldn't help but be shocked. Because if Su Shi writes a wonderful poem, most of the talented literati on this mirror lake will naturally come here because of it. I am afraid that these two hundred cups of black plum soup can really be sold out in an hour.
However, this couplet was unremarkable and could only be slightly eye-catching at best. As for the words "half price for the second cup", Bai Jiangchuan didn't even take it to heart.
Because in this calculation, two cups are only a 25% discount. It is difficult to attract people to buy just with this discount.
So Bai Jiangchuan was relieved and looked at Su Shi coldly.
Su Shi looked at the sign, smiled with satisfaction, and said to Chen Xiaolan, "Your handwriting is indeed better than mine."
He stretched again and continued: "You will be very busy next, but you should go back and rest early after you are done."
Then he looked back at Lin Mo: "I'll go shopping, you stay and help Miss Xiaolan."
Lin Mo looked at the deserted stall hesitantly, unable to think of anything he could do to help.
At this time, someone in the crowd had seen the poem on the signboard. Although the poem was mediocre, they were a little surprised. They didn't expect that there were people who knew poetry among the vendors. Out of curiosity, they gathered around.
When I got closer, I saw the words "half price for the second cup" written behind each cup of two cents, which made me feel even more novel.
At this time, someone in the crowd asked: "What do you mean the second cup is half price?"
Chen Xiaolan did not expect that the sign would have an immediate effect as soon as it was put up. She hurriedly stepped forward and explained: "If the young master only buys one cup, it costs two cents per cup. If the young master buys two cups, then the second cup only costs one cent."
At this time, the man looked at his friend next to him and couldn't help laughing: "You have taken advantage this time." Then he took out three pennies and said to Chen Xiaolan: "I happen to be a little thirsty, so I asked the girl to give it to me." Here are two cups of plum soup."
Chen Xiaolan was overjoyed and said immediately: "Master, please wait a moment, I will send it right away."
After the two people took a sip, they nodded and couldn't help but praise: "It tastes sour, sweet and mellow, it's really good."
Now that someone has tried it, others couldn't help but be eager to try it. At this time, another person in the crowd said: "Madam, are you a little tired? Do you want a drink?"
His wife looked at the words half price for the second cup and said with a smile: "That's interesting, go buy two cups."
At this time, a young master walked up to another person, saluted him and said, "I am Cui Ming, are you one of us?"
The other person was still watching the fun, but when he saw Cui Ming saluting, he hurriedly returned the salute and said, "Liu Heng, I have met Brother Cui."
After saying that, Liu Heng smiled and said: "Brother Cui is also a person? Why don't we get together."
Cui Ming couldn't help but smile and said, "That's exactly what I meant."
After saying that, the two looked at each other and smiled, saying nothing.
The crowd who were still watching also started shouting. It would be easier if the people traveling together were even numbers, but if the people traveling together were odd numbers, they would look for people everywhere. In this way, many people who did not know each other would become friends. became friends.
At this time, there were several long lines in front of the stall, which attracted other people's attention, and even curious people kept asking questions.
Chen Xiaolan's anxious look had disappeared, but she couldn't care less about being happy because, as Su Shi said, she was very busy.
Lin Mo stared blankly at the long queue, completely confused as to why his young master only wrote a few words and this deserted stall turned out to be so lively.
Chen Xiaolan was too busy by herself, so she had to ask Lin Mo for help.
So Lin Mo also started to get busy.
Bai Jiangchuan couldn't figure it out, but even though he couldn't figure it out, he knew that he lost this bet, and he lost miserably.
So his expression became ugly, his fair face seemed to be distorted, and his sinister eyes were fixed on Su Shi.
Su Shi touched his nose, looked at the scene in front of him, and couldn't help but murmured to himself: "It seems I was wrong."
He did miscalculate because he did not expect this sales method to be so popular.
He originally thought it would take an hour, but judging from the current situation, it would not take half an hour to sell out.
Although his estimation was wrong, he was in a good mood. Especially seeing Bai Jiangchuan's ugly face, his mood was better than drinking a glass of iced plum soup on a hot summer day.
In order to make himself feel happier, he walked up to Bai Jiangchuan and said with a smile: "Master Bai, Du Huyuan, the weather is hot. Do you need two cups of black plum soup to cool down the heat?"
Bai Jiangchuan was silent for a while, seeming to suppress the anger in his heart. After a long time, he slowly said: "Master Su, what a good trick."
Although this sentence was a word of praise, when it came from Bai Jiangchuan's mouth, it seemed to mean something else.
"But..." Bai Jiangchuan said calmly: "This is just a small trick. Although Mr. Su won this small bet, I'm afraid he won't expect to use this trick to win the big bet between us."
Although he lost this bet, Bai Jiangchuan was still very confident in winning the big bet between them.
At this time, he could also see that this sales strategy was very novel and attractive, but after careful calculation, the profit was reduced by half. If Su Shi wanted to use this method to win a big bet, it would undoubtedly be a fantasy.
Su Shi smiled and said: "As for the big bet between us, it's too early to say who will lose and who will win, but can the account of this small bet be settled?"
Although the black plum soup has not been sold out yet, as long as he is not blind, he can see that Bai Jiangchuan has lost this small bet, so Bai Jiangchuan did not hesitate, took out a one hundred tael silver note and handed it to Su time, then turned and left.
Su Shi handed the one hundred taels of silver note to Chen Xiaolan, and then looked with interest at the person who had been standing by the woods watching him silently.
