Shen Anran's request is completely reasonable. Since ancient times, borrowing money from others has required a written document.
"What Brother An Ran said is that I am really flattered that you can support our Gao family under such circumstances~ This kind of kindness is too great! You two should also give Brother An Ran a few kisses!"
After putting on a whole show, Gao Lingyun quickly asked his two servants to kneel down and kowtow in order to get the thousand taels of silver earlier.
"Thank you Mr. Shen for your life-saving grace!"
"Thank you Mr. Shen for disregarding past grudges!"
The acting skills of the two servants are also good. They kowtow like they are pounding garlic, and their words are also very pleasant to the ears.
At this time, Gao Lingyun's eyes narrowed. He knew that the loan was done. Shen Anran was really a real prodigal. He was about to starve to death, and he lent himself all the money in the family. He is really the biggest fool in the world.
So what if he established a written evidence? Why should I pay back the money I borrowed based on my ability? As long as the Shen Mansion gives him these thousand taels of silver today, Gao Lingyun will never think about the day he will go back!
Anyway, a penny can't kill a hero. Let's see how long the Shen family can spend with the Gao family without any silver!
"You also know the current situation of our Shen family. We really have too much time to take care of ourselves. In this case, if we borrow money, we must get some returns? Plus a few points of interest, otherwise I won't be able to pay the debt to my old man. Yeah, it’s time to say I’m a prodigal again~ Understand.”
Shen Anran patted Gao Lingyun's shoulder lightly, then winked at Lan Yue in the room, asking her to take out the pen, ink, paper and inkstone and place them in front of Gao Lingyun.
At this time, Gao Lingyun, who was holding a brush in his hand, had his eyes rolling around, and for a moment he couldn't tell whether Shen Anran was smart or stupid.
If you say he is smart, how can he do something like subsidizing his enemies at the expense of his own wealth? Call him stupid, but he also knows that interest must be added to the money he lends.
"Brother An Ran is right. How much profit do you think would be more appropriate?"
"I think it should be at least this number."
Shen Anran slapped her hand unceremoniously, her eyes narrowed into a thin line.
"What? Fifty percent profit! Shen Anran, you're not trying to take advantage of the situation, are you?!"
The current profit of Daliang is generally around 20%, and when it comes to some darker ones, it is only around 30%. However, Shen Anran directly asked for 50% of the profit, which really shocked Gao Lingyun.
"This is interesting. I am really willing to help Gao Mansion tide over the difficulties. Now I have also borrowed the money, but you don't want to take it, so don't blame me~"
Shen Anran showed a helpless expression, gently took the pen from Gao Lingyun's hand, and slowly put away the papers on the desk.
"Master, so what if we ask for 10% of the profit? We don't intend to return it anyway!"
"Yes, sir, if this matter comes to the county government and you ask the first lawyer to defend you, everything will be out of the question~"
The two servants saw that the duck was about to fly away, and they quickly started to play dirty tricks on Gao Lingyun.
"Don't say it, it seems to make some sense~ Aren't I just here for the money?"
After listening to the advice, Gao Lingyun immediately changed his face. With a smile on his face, he took one of Shen Anran's arms and said:
"Everything is subject to Brother An Ran's advice. Brother, I understand your difficulties. You must be forced to do this. Brother, everyone understands! I'll lend you this silver~"
After Gao Lingyun got back the pen and paper, he began to write quickly on the paper. After signing his name, he bit a finger and put his fingerprint on it.
Not only that, he also wrote two notes thoughtfully, one he kept for himself and the other he handed into Shen Anran's hands.
"Brother An Ran, are you satisfied now?"
Looking at the documents in his hand, Shen Anran almost laughed out loud, but he still had to pretend to be calm in front of outsiders, with a sad look on his face.
"Well, it's okay. That's it for today. I'll go back to the house to get some silver for you."
Looking at Shen Anran who obediently went back to the house to get some silver, Gao Lingyun and the two servants laughed until their stomachs ached, saying that the Shen family had such a prodigal son, so they didn't have to worry about their family fortune being ruined.
Only Shen Anran knows the weight of the document in his hand. After this matter, their high house may never be able to turn around!
Back inside, Shen Anran handed the document to his father, Shen Wenchang, and then found an empty box and placed it on the table.
"Son, is this reliable? What if they don't pay back?"
"Don't worry, Dad, I have my own sense of discretion. Just take out the two hundred taels of silver and put it in the box, and leave the rest to me."
Shen Wenchang was very confused. What his son had done recently made him more and more confused. The note clearly stated that Gao Lingyun borrowed a thousand taels of silver from Shen's residence today. How could he get to Shen Anran? Inexplicably missing eight hundred taels?
He wanted to ask further, but after thinking about it, Shen Wenchang decided to forget it. It would be best if he could pay less.
After putting the two hundred taels of silver into the box, Shen Anran struggled for a while before carrying the box to the yard.
"The money will be checked in person, and we will not be held responsible after it leaves the counter!"
"What? The counter? Isn't this just a round stone table? Shen Anran, you are really funny."
Holding the heavy box, Gao Lingyun couldn't help but show his true colors. Before, he called Brother An Ran, but now he called him by his first name, with ridicule in his eyes.
"The weight is no problem. Shen Anran, you are really particular about what you do. You just wait quietly for our Gao family to become prosperous and repay your kindness, right? Hahahaha! Brothers, please leave first!"
Without even saying goodbye, Gao Lingyun hugged the box and left without looking back.
"Very well. When you cry, I hope you can keep this arrogant attitude."
After Shen Anran watched Gao Lingyun and his party go away, he called his maid Lan Yue and asked her to go to Shennong Hall quickly and tell Wang Youwei that he could start preparing to take over Gaofu Shop.
After Gao Lingyun returned to his mansion, he took out his account books and calculated them for a long time. He found that the shops in his hands were like endless vampires, consuming at least one hundred and ten taels of Gao's silver every day!
"Oh my god? How is this a business? This is simply nonsense! Give all the shops to me quickly and take them down! Whoever wants to do this business can do it. Anyway, I won't do it anymore!"
Gao Lingyun gave an order, and no one from the Gaofu family could be found in the huge Shangjing shop.
Shennongtang was also very fast. After receiving the notice from Shen Anran, it immediately started to get busy. In less than half an hour after Gaofu removed its stall, all the shops that originally had Gaofu plaques turned into Shennongtang. The drug store.
"Look, it seems that Shennongtang's franchise plan is really coming to fruition, right?"
"Let's wait and see. Aren't there still places available? If the merchants who join us don't make money, wouldn't it be a waste of money?"
Everyone in the city has read the plan. The first step in this franchise model is to open a Shennongtang branch in the best location on the street. Everyone thinks that this thing is as impossible to realize as a fantasy. But in just a few days, this first step of the plan was completed.
However, the vast majority of people still choose to continue to wait and see. After all, a new business model takes time to adjust.
At the same time, in the inner courtyard of Gao Mansion, Gao Lingyun was feeling very uncomfortable.
"Isn't it strange? Didn't this prodigal son say that the Shen family only had one thousand taels of silver left? And he also said that the plan to join Shennongtang was not feasible and had been abandoned? Now that the entire family has been lent to me, why did he start again? Are you planning to join the franchise?"
I learned that my previous shop had just been demolished, and Shennongtang over there had signed a lease with the shop owner. It looked like it had been prepared in advance.
"No, I was deceived by this prodigal again!"
Only then did Gao Lingyun realize that all his ideas had been seen through by the prodigal son of the Shen family in advance. He could have transferred the shop in his hands to Shennongtang in an honest way, and in this way he could still earn a lot of money.
But after going round and round, he didn't get even one. Instead, he got an interest-bearing IOU for one thousand taels of silver!
"What the hell, I really can't bear it! This prodigal son is such a fucking bully!"
Gao Lingyun became more and more angry as he thought about it. He didn't even eat dinner and sat in the pavilion sulking.
"The master is so angry that it hurts us. We haven't suffered a big loss, right? Then won't Shen Anran return us a thousand taels of silver? Just think of it as his filial piety. Anyway, it's not like we have no intention of paying him back. This money?"
The servant couldn't bear to see the master angry, so he brought over a bowl of chicken soup and a bowl of white rice, placed them in front of Gao Lingyun, and said something that moved him.
"What you say makes sense, what you say makes sense! Anyway, I am not wrong, right?"
