Back at Qianfang, Bailang re-recognized the changes in his face during the time of his injury.
The original thirty-two old brothers now have only ten left, including Zhang Wu and Wang Bing. The rest were replenished after two losses. It was different from the beginning, because when replenishing manpower later, the priority was to consider killing methods, so priority was given to people selected from the front-line waist knives in the past, rather than people sent in through various connections with the forces in the knives hall.
So this gives Bailang a lot of room to operate, and it will be easier to win people's hearts.
With good treatment, leading by example, strong strength and past achievements, Bailang is no longer the scrutinized person he was when he first arrived.
Nowadays, Bai Tu's name is a well-known golden sign in Dongcheng. Who doesn't know about it, from knife shops, people on the street, people fooling around on the street, and even peddlers and lackeys?
The word reputation may not bring any actual benefits elsewhere, but in the business world, it is equivalent to a real "guarantee."
A time-honored brand is always more trustworthy than a new store. As long as the time-honored brands do not commit suicide, new counterparts will either resort to dirty tricks or slowly turn themselves into time-honored brands, otherwise they will definitely not be able to compete.
The same principle applies to Qianfang. Because although Qianfang is not a serious business, no matter how unscrupulous or smelly it is, to put it bluntly, it is still a business. Therefore, the influence of reputation on Qianfang also means "security".
However, unlike the "guaranteed quality and quantity" of serious business, Qianfang's "guarantee" is actually equivalent to "safety".
No one would dare to sell a thousand slaughtered sheep in the money shop, would not refuse to cash in the money he won, would not be beaten to death by thieves when he went out, and would not worry about someone coming in with a knife. Murder, robbery, etc.
So as soon as Bailang returned to Qianfang, Qianfang's business began to pick up quickly. Not only the regular customers from the past came back with smiles on their faces. Even gamblers who don't play here originally will come to hang out.
In order to retain these gamblers, Bailang also took advantage of his recovery time to tinker with some gadgets.
For example, free food is given to gamblers, such as noodles, pickles, etc. It doesn't cost a lot of money, but it attracts those rotten gamblers who are least short of time and easiest to help you with publicity. As soon as these people build momentum, the gamblers who can really reap the rewards will unconsciously come over to try their luck. Even if the people from the West City come to the East City a little far away, they still can't stop them.
Bai Lang even assigned new tasks to the desk officers in the venue after becoming the shopkeeper. That is to say, desk officials should remember people's faces just like they do in the lobby. Remember who are the regulars, and more importantly, remember the number of wins and losses these regulars have had in the market in recent times. It is strictly forbidden to bleed to death with one knife, but to chop once, feed the meat to the mouth, and chop again and so on. Let nine out of ten bets lose, become seven out of ten bets to lose.
It seems to have reduced the income of Qianfang, but it struck Qianfang while the iron is hot and destroyed Qianfang's reputation as "the desk officer of Qianfang over in the East Market is stupid, come and win money".
While nine out of ten gamblers lose elsewhere, eight out of ten gamblers here lose seven. This may not seem like a big change, but it actually doubles the chance of winning! The stupidity of the desk officer at the East Market was immediately confirmed. People who came to make money almost filled the huge place of Qianfang.
The place that used to be lively only after evening is now bustling with people just after noon. So much so that Bailang had to discuss with Yu Ping and was forced to move two yards back from the wing, enlarging the hall and adding more than a dozen tables, but it was still overcrowded.
"Master Bai, you are really a genius in business!" Even Yu Ping, who was very reluctant to deal with Bai Lang at first, had to shout "Master Bai" to be convinced after he understood the situation.
"I'm a damn business wizard." Bai Lang never accepted such compliments. Because in his opinion these are all trails. It’s not even unusual at all.
These are tricks that have long been played out in other businesses. It's just that this is a money shop and a knife shop's business. The business of the knife shop has always been a one-man business, and it can only be eaten, and as time goes by, no one pays attention to the means of normal business. Nowadays, only when Bailang uses it will he feel "wonderful". In fact, it doesn’t even count.
"Brother Yu needs to worry more about the accounts. Especially the records of those new regular customers that we have made, and we need to take the lead in doing it. If we are too busy here, Brother Yu can find two brothers who can take advantage of it. Then I will I will go to the affairs hall and the sword to explain the situation."
"Haha, I will do my best if Master Bai says this. Thank you very much for Master Bai's support! In the future, Yu Ping will only follow Master Bai's lead!" Yu Ping smiled very happily, and the previous conflict with Bai Lang was completely gone. .
Bailang proposed to create an accounting document for gamblers and record the situation of each gambler, just like looking at the growth of crops.
This was an eye-opener for Yu Ping, and he also understood the huge benefits.
The possibility of bad debts and dead debts in the future will be greatly reduced, while the efficiency of harvesting gamblers will be improved.
Yu Ping is even sure that in the long run, all the people who come to the Qianfang to make money will be trapped into crops and provided to the Qianfang for whatever they want. This stall has definitely done a great job. Bailang was giving him the credit for his meritorious deeds!
Moreover, Bailang allowed Yu Ping to bring people in. What was promised was the position of two wealthy men in Qianfang, which was regarded as compensation for the loss of Yu Ping's three people's hands. Yu Ping actually grew to admire him as he walked around and brought water.
You want to know how old Bailang is? At the age of ten, this combination of skills and brains is simply terrifying!
Yu Ping left happily, as if he had found new motivation.
In this way, Bailang's efforts were not in vain. Now he is the leader in the money shop, and he can do whatever he wants to do now that he couldn't do before. But if Yu Ping interferes, it will always be an eyesore. That's why I went out to share some of the credit and benefits and win over Yu Ping. Until then, Qianfang can be completely controlled.
Not long after Yu Ping left, Wang Bing bent over and knocked on the door again and came in.
"Master Bai, this is what you said last time. I've fixed it." Wang Bing had an extra scar on his face, and it hurt his eye socket. He looked much more sinister than before.
In fact, Bailang is not much better, or even worse. Because the scar on Bai Lang's neck that cut almost half of his neck now looked ferocious after healing. It was as red as a centipede as thick as an index finger lying on his neck. When talking, the "centipede" moves as if it were alive.
After hearing this, Bai Lang took the pamphlet handed over by the other party. I flipped through it quickly. Then he asked: "Have you been exposed to them all? What are their attitudes?"
"When I got back to Mr. Bai, Kuang Yingxiong listed a total of seven shops, three of which were from other places, and the rest were local. We went to the four local shops, but they didn't give us face. Two even asked their clerks to send us away directly. , even the shopkeeper didn’t show up.”
"Oh? Is it so hard?"
(End of chapter)
