Seeing that the young couple's new shop in the county town has successfully opened, and their lives are getting more prosperous day by day, the elders of the two families can return to the village with peace of mind. The young couple went to buy a lot of things, called Shen Songjie and Jiang Quan helped bring them back to the village and distribute them to various families. Although they were ordinary items and nothing that could not be bought in the town, they were still the wishes of the young couple.
Before leaving, Chu Yi handed a letter to Jiang Quan and asked him to take it to Lin Ji's boss. It contained his and his wife's response to what Lin Ting mentioned in the letter.
In fact, on the night when Jiang Quan handed the letter to Chu Yi, after the young couple put Zheng Zheng to sleep, they read the contents of the letter. Lin Ting first explained in the letter that he was curious about what you learned from Jiang Quan. After asking about the young couple, I sincerely congratulated Chu Yi on his current achievements.
Later, he mentioned in the letter that the new idea of using straw as raw material for papermaking provided by Shen Luzhu to Lin Ji's papermaking workshop not only saved Lin Ji a lot of costs in the following years, but also allowed Lin Ji to make paper. The papermaking industry in the entire county has gradually emerged and gained a place.
In this regard, Lin Ting said that he wanted to thank the young couple properly, but he had never found a suitable opportunity. Now after hearing about the young couple's current situation, he came up with an idea and hoped that the young couple would consider it carefully.
Lin Ting said he thought that since the young couple now opened a shop in the county town, in addition to the new paper money made in their own workshop, they would probably also sell some ordinary yellow burnt paper and white money. If Jiang Quan could only rely on Jiang Quan to travel back and forth by himself I am afraid that I may have more than enough ambition but not enough power to transport it between the two places.
The Lin family's property also involves business between Changshui Town and Xing'an County. In the future, the yellow paper and white money can be transported by Lin Ji, and in order to express his gratitude, he can send it to the county in the future. There is no charge for all paper money.
Of course, this is nothing compared to the original idea Shen Luzhu brought to Lin Ji. Therefore, Lin Ting also planned to use another sum of money to invest in the couple's workshop in the village for future operations. He would only invest this money into dry shares. Not charging a commission was a token of his and the entire Linji's gratitude to the young couple.
While Chu Yi was reading the letter, Shen Luzhu kept thinking. After he folded the letter paper again, he asked softly: "What do you think? Do you agree?"
Chu Yi folded the letter and put it in the kang cabinet beside him. Then he looked at his wife who had a calm expression and could not tell what she was thinking and replied, "I don't agree."
Shen Luzhu then smiled and approached the man's arms: "The two of us are really getting closer to each other. I also think it's better for us not to agree to this. The reason why I told Lin Ji about the straw-made The method of raw materials was to exchange for an opportunity to purchase goods at a low price with Lin Ji. Although it seems that we are somewhat at a loss in this exchange, but since we were the ones asking for them in the first place, we naturally have to exchange them for something substantial. Improve the success rate of negotiations. Secondly, no matter how valuable the method is, it is worthless in our hands. It is better to give it to someone who can use it. In my opinion, this is a very fair transaction, since I didn’t feel that I was at a disadvantage at the beginning. , then why do I need to say thank you now? Boss Lin’s move must be due to other considerations."
Chu Yi hugged his wife tightly and kissed her forehead: "My A-Zhu is really wise."
Shen Luzhu raised his head and looked at Chu Yi: "You think so too?"
"Well, I don't think Boss Lin did this because he wanted to thank us. The method has been handed over to Mr. Lin for many years. During this period, I went to the papermaking workshop from time to time to purchase goods, but I never heard anything. People have mentioned this before. I think it was Boss Lin who came up with the idea after he found out that our business is doing well and wanted to make our cooperation stronger. However, he is Lin Ji’s boss. There’s nothing wrong with business planning.”
Shen Luzhu nodded, and she and Chu Yi thought of one thing: "Indeed, there is nothing wrong with Boss Lin's move. He has given us huge benefits without telling us, and he has given us enough face, but it is also Because of this, we should not agree. Cooperation is cooperation. No one party will purely take advantage and the other will purely suffer. Such cooperation will not go far in the future even if it is completed."
"Well, no reward for no merit, let's forget it this time, but next time if we want to do a new business, if Boss Lin is still interested, we can cooperate."
"OK
, all listen to you. "
Lin Ting only received the reply from Chu Yi five days later, when Jiang Quan went to Lin Ji's papermaking workshop again to purchase goods. After seeing that his boss had read the reply, he remained sitting in his chair with a very expression on his face. Intriguingly, Lao Li, the manager of the papermaking workshop, couldn't help but say a lot: "My boss, that Chu family doesn't know how to praise, so what did he say that was unpleasant?"
Lin Ting shook his head and denied, "Boss Chu indeed did not agree to our proposal, but there is nothing offensive about it."
"No matter how nice you say it, you still haven't agreed. What's the difference between the conditions you gave me and getting money for free? Why didn't you see it before? This guy surnamed Chu is too arrogant. Sure enough, the old saying is true. There is nothing wrong with it, it is hard to keep your original intention when you are poor and rich."
Lao Li's indignant look inexplicably made Lin Ting laugh. He hurriedly explained for Chu Yi: "I haven't finished speaking yet. Look, I'll make you angry. In my opinion, this boss Chu not only keeps his original intention He is very good, and his character is also first-class. At first, I just thought that the Chu family's paper money shop was only a few years old. It has moved directly from the village to the county seat, and also opened a workshop in the village. This business is His methods are evident, but now it seems that he is still underestimated."
Lao Li was a little puzzled: "I'm afraid my boss was confused because he praised the other person after being rejected... It also saved a lot of money, so he should be happy."
Lin Ting shook his head again: "He saw that we wanted to have a good relationship with him, and we were also deliberately giving him benefits to save face, but he still refused. This shows that this person is not a short-sighted person, and he said it unabashedly. Not only did he not want to take advantage, but he also directly promised in the letter that the Chu family's workshop would always purchase goods from Linji and his intention for the next cooperation. This reassured us and did not go against his own wishes. The Chu family's The business will definitely not stop here in the future. We, Lin Ji, have found such a reliable partner, why am I not happy?"
"My boss said that I didn't expect that the young couple in this village are quite capable."
The talented young couple opened a new shop in the county town, and their business went surprisingly smoothly.
Probably this shop called Chuji Funeral Shop is so novel. The types of paper money it sells are novel, the method of selling goods is novel, and it also has a membership system. Neighbors in the county who are not short of money heard about it. Everyone wanted to take a look, but no one who entered the shop left empty-handed. ap.
Taking advantage of this novelty and the peak season for funeral supplies during the Ghost Festival, the Chu family's paper money suddenly opened up a market in the county town.
During the Ghost Festival, Jiang Quan would come to the county to deliver paper money every three to four days. This sales volume was almost the same as the previous best sales in the village, and this was when the new shop was just beginning to be used. The people in the county accepted it, and the young couple figured that by the end of the year, the business would be able to reach a higher level.
Although the young couple's turnover is not a very gratifying achievement in the eyes of the shop owners on the main street of Xing'an County, the momentum of a shop that has just opened is so good that it still caused several paper money. Shop attention.
Those who noticed Chu Ji's funeral were all small shops. Seeing that the newly opened shop of the young couple, the sales volume was almost catching up with their own. Recently, I kept hearing people talk about burning copper coins, paper and paper ingots. And so on, so after the Hungry Ghost Festival was over, I hurriedly pretended to be an ordinary neighbor and came to Chu Ji on Changqing Street to find out.
Naturally, these bosses were not as obvious as Huang Liang from the Hu family, but after all, Chu Yi saw some clues. It was a coincidence that when he was still looking for a shop, he had bought all the paper money merchants in the county. He went around all the shops. Although he couldn't remember the appearance of all the shops, Chu Yi could still remember some of them that had characteristics or special things that happened at that time.
When he saw that someone from someone else's paper money shop had come to his shop, Chu Yi made some guesses, but he still just treated the other person as an ordinary customer and promoted products, just like what Shen Luzhu said when he met the Hu family, after all Only a thief can be a thief for a thousand days, and there is no one who can guard against a thief for a thousand days. What's more, with competitors, it is normal to explore the truth. They just come to take a look, and they don't do anything extraordinary.
As soon as the person who came to inquire about the truth left, he returned to the inner courtyard and opened the shop for Shen Luzhu, who was making food.
He walked in through the back door and fed his fat son who was being coaxed by Xiuxiu.
Hearing that Chu Yi had learned what he had just done, Shen Luzhu felt a little happy subconsciously: "A colleague came to the door so quickly. Does that mean that our store's sales during the Ghost Festival are pretty good?"
Chu Yi also smiled and nodded: "It should be good."
As if thinking of something, Shen Luzhu suddenly turned his head and asked, "Did they buy our paper money?"
"Azhu, are you afraid that they will go back and copy our paper money?"
Shen Luzhu sighed and said: "If it is the same as when we were in the village before, if these two kinds of paper money are more popular than ordinary ones, it will be a matter of time before they are counterfeited. I just hope that there will be no more troubles about the Hu family's money last time." It’s all about the ticket money.”
Chu Yi knew what happened last time and frightened his family, especially himself and his wife. If the current county magistrate hadn't been a confused official who didn't care about human life, and if Jiang Juan hadn't gone to the county to find Ding An, they would have been afraid. It's not that easy to get out of trouble.
There were no customers in the simple shop for the time being, so Chu Yi walked out from behind the counter and found the bowl in his wife's hand. While feeding his fat son, he comforted his wife and said: "Such a thing will never happen again. Copper coins are just paper money when burned." , Although paper ingots look very similar, the ones in circulation in our country are all gold and silver ingots. There is no silver coins in the shape of ingots, so don’t be afraid.”
