One day the sky was clear.
A nearby wild cat played with stray catkins in its mouth, broke into Bai Song's house, and knocked over the early morning soup bowl.
Sang Sang chased him all the way with a water float.
Bai Song went out and stretched.
"I won't open the door today. There's no business anyway."
Bai Song said casually.
Sangsang looked back a little depressed: "How long will it take to go there?"
"Don't worry, we'll deal with this today. Just have a good rest at home."
"oh."
Sangsang responded.
Bai Song looked at the breakfast on the table, ate some casually, and then prepared to go out.
When Bai Song arrived at the door, he thought that there was a maid beside him, but there was no one there this morning. Normally, there should be a maid accompanying him all the way.
Bai Song was just curious. Given Dongxiang's age, she should know these rules.
"Where's Touka?"
"Sister Dongxiang went out early in the morning and said something happened."
Bai Song didn't think much and left the house alone.
Bai Song went to Donglai Restaurant again. The door of the restaurant was closed, and Xiangyang Street was no longer as bustling as before.
Bai Song did not stop in front of his house, but went straight to Shangyuan Restaurant opposite.
This literary inquisition movement organized by Shangxian Publishing House not only affected Donglai Restaurant.
Shangyuan Restaurant and even other large restaurants on other streets have been affected, and even the Flower House by the Wei River has been deeply affected.
The appeal of the older generation of thinkers and scholars far exceeded Bai Song's imagination. Nowadays, whenever a young man talks and laughs on the street, several people will come up to criticize him. Not to mention that wherever you sell books or storybooks, if there is any disturbance, a group of people will come and knock down your stall.
After holding on for several days, the Prefect's Mansion had no choice but to issue an order to rectify literary style issues in the city in the near future. Common people are prohibited from discussing the Three Kingdoms, and literati are not allowed to discuss articles other than textbooks.
The notice did not mention the restaurant, but at this juncture, no one wanted to show up in the restaurant for fear of being labeled as indolent, arrogant and lewd.
After a combination of punches, Xiangyang Street, which was originally crowded with people, became deserted and depressed in just a few days.
Bai Song arrived at Shangyuan Restaurant and saw that they were still open, but there were no customers.
In the hall, I heard someone arguing.
It was actually Mr. Xie and Boss Zhang.
"Mr. Xie, are you still unreasonable? Don't look at the recent business of this restaurant. Ever since you came, Shangyuan Restaurant has started to lose money, and you still have the nerve to come to me to ask for wages! I didn't ask you to pay my money. alright."
"When you invited me here, you said it was 20 taels of silver a month! What does your business have to do with me?"
"Hey, you old guy, I can't stand you anymore?! If you are wise, get out of here as soon as possible, otherwise don't blame me for being rude to you."
"What? You still dare to hit me? Do you believe that I can shout outside so that the children of Shangxian Book Club can see how your family bullies scholars?"
"You old cunning guy, are you the only one who is still a scholar?!"
"Boss Zhang, don't think that I am a fool. With your current appearance, even the dozen or so brothers under you can't get along with you. What else can you do to call people out now?"
"you you……"
The two people were arguing in the hall, unaware that Bai Song was coming.
Bai Song stood beside the two of them and coughed lightly: "Cough!"
When the two heard the sound and saw it was Bai Song, they stopped pulling.
Boss Zhang frowned when he saw Bai Song: "You...what are you here for?"
"Hey!" Bai Song sighed, "I have nothing to do, so come and take a look. You see, the door to my house is not even open."
"What's there to see? Stop trying to act like a hero here. If we don't have a good time, how can you not have a good time either?"
Bai Song was not in a hurry. He found a stool to sit down and poured himself a glass of water: "I don't know who shot himself in the foot?"
Boss Zhang frowned, this matter was a thorn in his heart.
Originally, I just wanted to deal with Donglai Restaurant, but who would have thought that Mr. Chen is such a fool that he actually caused trouble for Old Mrs. Chen and caused such a big trouble. Not only did Donglai Restaurant lose its business, but all the restaurants in the county were also wiped out. Business.
Now the other restaurant owners know that it was him, and now they all want to tear his flesh apart.
"Boss Zhang, I heard that Shangyuan Restaurant has been in business for many years, but the business has not been very good. Even if you lose some money, it won't be enough for an old gentleman to make a living, right?"
When Mr. Xie heard this, he repeatedly agreed: "That's right! Your Shangyuan restaurant family has a great business, so where can you lack these twenty taels of silver?"
"This is our family's business, does it have anything to do with you?"
Boss Zhang didn't say anything, but Bai Song knew it in his heart.
This boss is not short of money, but unwilling to lose money.
Prior to this, Shangyuan Restaurant had been operating for many years, and it was unknown how much wealth it had accumulated during this period. How could it be suppressed to the point where it could no longer operate in just one month?
The key is that Shangyuan Restaurant is not Boss Zhang's personal property, and the major shareholder behind it is the Chen family.
The Chen family is a noble family, but not a businessman.
This Shangyuan Restaurant is a dispensable property, and even the old lady of the Chen family doesn't know it.
Now the old lady of the Chen family is very dissatisfied with this. The Chen family will never continue to invest money and lose money for a small Shangyuan restaurant.
As the major shareholder, if the person who is the major shareholder does not continue to invest, Boss Zhang is only responsible for the management, and the money he earns is only a small amount. How can he foolishly throw money into it himself?
Naturally, the seemingly huge Shangyuan Restaurant was in a very embarrassing situation.
At this time, it was Bai Song's opportunity.
"Otherwise, just tell the Chen family and we can sell this restaurant to me."
"You...you think beautifully!"
"When doing business, what you want is profit. If it is mixed with personal emotions, it is not a quality that a businessman should have. Now the Chen family is not willing to continue investing, and you don't want to continue investing. Even the brothers under you are separated. You Why are you still struggling to support me? I don’t want to give money, and I can’t even send a storyteller away. I saw this shop. It has a good foundation, the land is not small, and the building is well-maintained. It can be sold for a good price. Three thousand taels Yinzi, please think about it.”
"Three thousand taels?!" Boss Zhang laughed angrily, "Are you really talking about it?! My three-story house cost more than a thousand taels of wood and labor alone! And this land is the largest in Jixian County. Good land is hard to find! Someone offered me 5,000 taels of silver before, so I didn’t even negotiate. You’re talking about 3,000 taels?!”
Bai Song drank tea and did not do business. He continued: "I just proposed a price. As for whether it is suitable or not, it seems that it is not you who has the final say, right? Hurry up and discuss it with the Chen family. I can wait. If If it really doesn’t work, just pretend I didn’t say it.”
Bai Song paused for a moment, stood up and was about to leave. He suddenly thought of something and turned around to remind: "Oh, by the way, just a reminder. Just look at the current situation. I don't know what the students of Shangxian Book Club are going to cause. At that time, this shop was losing money every day it was open. Do you want to keep losing money like this, or just get a bunch of money?"
"Wait a minute!" Boss Zhang shouted.
"What? Can we talk?"
"As you said, I don't have the final say on the price. The Chen family has to ask."
"Okay, I'll wait for you here and go notify the Chen family."
Boss Zhang hesitated for a moment. Although he was reluctant, he had no choice.
Boss Zhang also knows that business is not about vindictiveness. If he insists on getting angry with this guy, he still has some wealth, enough to play with the opposite family for a year or two, but this is a self-destructive business after doing it for so many years. How can we do this for our business?
And he also knew that the old lady of the Chen family was extremely angry about this. Mr. Chen was beaten severely after he returned. The Chen family would definitely not invest too much in Shangyuan Restaurant.
Shangyuan Restaurant is now useless to the Chen family, and Boss Zhang also knows that he is a dispensable little role to the Chen family.
If you keep putting it off like this, you may be kicked out of the Chen family that day and put aside the relationship.
When that time comes, I probably won’t be able to get anything.
Instead of drawing water from a bamboo basket and getting nothing, it is better to take what you can get.
After thinking about it, Boss Zhang decided to go to Chen's house.
Boss Zhang called a carriage and arrived at the third master's house a quarter of an hour later.
Mr. Chen was beaten by the old lady and was still recovering from his injuries in bed. When he heard that Boss Zhang was coming, Mr. Chen got furious in the room and asked Boss Zhang to come in. Then he smashed the tea set into pieces.
Boss Zhang felt aggrieved and explained that it was you who acted without thinking and shot yourself in the foot. How come you ended up blaming me?
I wanted to think about it, but I still didn't dare to offend the Chen family. I hid and begged for mercy: "Third master, please calm down. Third master, please calm down. It's all because of my poor thinking!"
Mr. Chen vented his anger on the bed and ran out of energy. He just stopped and screamed twice, and then sighed heavily: "Hey! I don't blame you for this. I just wish I didn't do it before." He was too thoughtful. If he had known what would happen today, he might as well have set fire to his building! What are you doing here today?"
"Someone wants to buy Shangyuan Restaurant. Third Master, look..."
"Buy? How much silver will you pay?"
"Three thousand."
"Three thousand?! Let him eat shit! What kind of bastard is using us as a pastime, isn't he?"
"Third Master, I think so too. It's just that the current situation is different from the past. I lost seven or eighty taels of silver this month. The old lady came to do odd jobs a few days ago. It's hard to find any good furniture in the shop. How can I make up for it?" I’m afraid the furniture will cost dozens more taels, but the key is that Shangxian Bookstore is in trouble right now, and I don’t know when business will resume?”
After hearing this, Mr. Chen also frowned.
"Why don't you talk to the old lady? Tell him not to run his own shop."
"Fart, old lady, you better save face."
"If Third Master doesn't want to sell it, then he has to find a way! We can't let the building lie abandoned here. At least give him some money to maintain the expenses of the restaurant."
As soon as he heard about the silver, Mr. Chen's expression changed and he said in a deep voice: "It's not that I can't sell it, it's just that these three thousand taels of silver are too..."
Before he finished speaking, a servant's voice came from outside: "Third Master, Master Xiwen is here."
