Jinyi champion

Chapter 456 Philosophical Questions
As Zhu Hao grew older, the people he knew, intentionally or unintentionally, mentioned the matter of women.

Some people want to arrange marriages for him, some want to take him to romantic places, and there are people like Su Xigui who are more direct and always put unnamed women around him, which just proves the four magic weapons of wine, sex, wealth and energy How common in this day and age.

If Zhu Hao wanted to cultivate a troupe, he could send people to buy actors himself. His own troupe also had a lot of manpower, and there were not a few female actors recruited from all over the troupe one after another.

It is also necessary to have a figure and a good appearance. As the young owner of the theater troupe, if they really want to ask them to do something, are they qualified to refuse?
Zhu Hao did not accept Su Xigui's "good intentions" because he tried his best to avoid having too direct interests with Su Xigui.

Not long after Su Xigui arrived in the capital, some of Zhu Hao's men, including Guan Dezhao and his son, also arrived in the capital.

The theater troupe did not follow, Guan Dezhao and his son were called into the capital alone, as for the other subordinates who were traveling with them, they were mainly business people, and Ouyang Fei was among them.

Ouyang Fei is eighteen this year. In the past few years, under Zhu Hao, she first ran a workshop, and later took charge of business operations. Through the original channel of Ouyang's family, she transported a large amount of cloth produced to various places in the south of the Yangtze River for sale. Although she has grown to a certain extent , but there is still a little gap from a big shopkeeper in charge of one's own.

Zhu Hao first went to see Guan Dezhao in the afternoon, and discussed with him about letting Guan worship his master.

As expected, Guan Dezhao readily agreed, and even proposed to thank the teacher. In the eyes of these little people, Zhu Hao is already an unattainable existence. With Guan Dezhao's loyalty, he can only look up to him and not curry favor with him.

After discussing the details of apprenticeship, Zhu Hao went to see Ouyang Fei at dusk.

Ouyang Fei has just settled down here and lives in a folk courtyard near Chongwenmen. In the past few years, she has traveled far and wide. In terms of personal self-care, she has basically abandoned the airs of a rich lady before, and is more like a folk woman, independent and self-reliant.

After Zhu Hao arrived, she first eagerly asked Zhu Hao not to let her be in charge of the cloth sales.

"Oh, the army needs more cloth recently, and all the cloth produced in the workshop is temporarily sold to military suppliers. Although the price is not as good as being sold to other places, the advantage is that it can be sold as it is produced without compromising the freight. I will gradually sell Anlu The workshops in the land will be moved to Shuntian Prefecture, but they will not be opened in the capital, the labor costs here are relatively high, so we still have to move out.”

As a newly promoted "capitalist", Zhu Hao knows what it means to increase revenue and reduce expenditure.

In terms of manufacturing, it is necessary to save labor costs. In terms of sales, selling cloth directly to Su Xigui is simple and fast, and the capital turnover efficiency is very high.With the improvement of his status, it is unlikely that Su Xigui would cheat him, and Su Xigui didn't sell Zhu Hao's goods to various places to grab the market, but actually sent them to the army as military supplies, which can be said to be once and for all.

In the exam, Zhu Hao no longer relies too much on his own sales channels, so instead of wasting time and effort, it is better to wait for himself to become an official and gain more power, and re-open channels, which is completely different from the current business system.

Of course, Zhu Hao can't tell Ouyang Fei that he is doing business with Su Xigui, lest he feel that he has abandoned his subordinates. After all, Su Xigui is still responsible for the bankruptcy of the Ouyang family. Ouyang Fei has always had a grudge against Su Xigui. .

Zhu Hao got up: "After you arrive in the capital, you will be fully responsible for the affairs of the capital workshop, and I will leave first."

Sales is a profitable business. Zhu Hao temporarily cut off Ouyang Fei's supply channels, which means that Ouyang Fei has lost the opportunity to earn commissions. Although the management workshop will also pay a certain amount of wages, this is just a part-time job. There is no way out.

"But my boss, what about our business in Jiangnan? There are so many people waiting to be raised." Ouyang Fei was a little anxious.

Zhu Haodao: "To be honest, Miss Ouyang, the business in the south does not bring me much profit. When there is a lot of cloth, I can't even earn two cents. When it is less, it is only a few tens. Cost, how much money can I earn by selling thousands of bolts of cloth a year?"

"It can expand the market..."

Ouyang Fei said eagerly.

Zhu Hao is embarrassed to say that you can't monopolize the market with high-quality and cheap licensed goods, so you still boast to me about expanding the market?What kind of expansion method?

Of course, the market cannot be expanded because of the run-on by big merchants in the south of the Yangtze River. Even if the cloth produced by Zhu Hao has various advantages, but the wine is good, the alley is too deep. Malicious slander and nonsense rumors such as "pick off dead people" and "tear it apart" have made the cloth produced by Zhu Hao Workshop only accepted by a small number of middle and lower class people in Jiangnan.

It is obviously no different from ordinary cloth, or even better, just because the price is low and the market share is very low.As for cheap or high-priced sales, it's even more out of the question.

The Ouyang family went bankrupt in the end, and Zhu Hao felt that there was a reason for it, because from top to bottom, they really don't know how to do the market, it's just... hard to describe.

Zhu Hao said: "For the time being, it will be sold as military supplies. People who buy cloth will not trouble us, and the payment will be very fast. As for the channels that your family used to use, let's leave it for later. If you can dismiss the staff, let them go..."

I sold my cloth to make money, not to support idlers, Zhu Hao almost asked Ouyang Fei to disband the sales network.

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Ouyang Fei looked sad. In fact, she also expected today's ending, but she was not willing to accept this scene.

As the sky gradually darkened, Zhu Hao got up to leave.

Ouyang Fei's cheeks were flushed, and she faltered and said: "Isn't the master staying for dinner before leaving?"

Zhu Hao asked in surprise: "You just settled down, and the stove is set up?"

In the past few years, Zhu Hao has not treated Ouyang Fei badly. She is Zhu Hao's "handmaid" in name, but in fact she still has her own independent living and working space. Zhu Hao even helped hire a woman and a maid. She often takes care of her by her side, and she still lives the life of a young lady.

Zhu Hao gave Ouyang Fei quite a lot of commissions, totaling more than [-] taels of silver. Of course, it was still a long way from paying off the debts of Ouyang's family.

Zhu Hao divided it completely according to the method agreed at the beginning, and Ouyang Fei also made money for Zhu Hao, but the strength could not satisfy Zhu Hao.

Ouyang Fei lowered her head in embarrassment: "It's okay for the master to stay here for the night."

After saying this, Ouyang Fei hardly dared to look at Zhu Hao.

Zhu Hao understood what he heard, and suddenly thought of Su Xigui sending an opera singer, and Sun Ru wanting to take him to the Fengyue venue to see him for a while, the purpose is the same, his age is indeed not considered an adult, but because he has passed the tribute exam, he is equivalent to becoming a If he is a member of the upper class of society, then he can "come of age early", and any marriage or relationship between men and women will become a means of friendship or alliance.

Zhu Hao shook his head and said, "I... don't quite understand what you mean."

In fact, Zhu Hao really doesn't understand. Ouyang Fei can be considered a lady, even though she was born in a merchant's family, but in fact her family education is very good, and her appearance is even more outstanding. At the beginning, Cheng Guogong wanted to accept her She didn't agree to become a concubine in the mansion, but now she takes the initiative to stay with her master?
You must know that it is impossible for Zhu Hao to give her a title, and even she can only exist as a servant girl. Even if something really happens, the relationship between the two will not make any breakthrough progress, and no one will be responsible for her. I should be very aware of this point, but I brought it up without Zhu Hao expressing it.

There is only one explanation for this. Ouyang Fei wants to use this method in exchange for free agency, or in exchange for Zhu Hao's more resources.

After hearing Zhu Hao's answer, Ouyang Fei blushed and stammered: "Master... you can stay here... I will serve you."

Zhu Hao said: "It's not that I don't understand what you mean by staying overnight, but I just can't figure out why your attitude has changed like this... In my eyes, Miss Ouyang has always paid attention to the face of the family, and you know that you will not bring any grievances to yourself." to any result."

Ouyang Fei clenched her teeth and said in a low voice, "I know."

"Then you still feel sorry for yourself?"

Zhu Hao seemed to be discussing a philosophical issue with someone.

Ouyang Fei said: "The concubine is not young anymore, it's time to make plans for the future, and the concubine has no choice."

Zhu Hao nodded.

After thinking about it, Ouyang Fei used to be a simple and naive little girl who was cheated in business, but now she feels that she has grown up a bit, as if she was still cheated...

It is probably because the mother-in-law and maids are constantly instigating in her ears, saying that you are a maid like us, and you have signed a contract of prostitution, why are you still tense?Let’s be more realistic, in order to make money and restore the family’s glory, it’s not a loss for you to be a mansion for a Jinshi-born master...

Even though Zhu Hao didn't hear those conversations, he already had a general idea in his heart.

Zhu Hao thought to himself, this girl's parents died too early, her life was controlled by others, and now even her thoughts are almost controlled by others.

Zhu Hao said: "I'm not rejecting you, but I think the time is not yet ripe. You should settle down and get familiar with the customs and customs in Beijing. Even if there are such things, let's talk about them later."

Of course Zhu Hao was unwilling to accept this "deal".

I am an outstanding talent at a young age, even if you Ouyang Fei really has that talent and appearance, but your IQ is at the bottom, just because you want to "the old cow eats the young grass", let me give you the most pure and beautiful things ?Although the two of us exchanged at equal value, it's obviously me who suffers, okay?

But Zhu Hao also knew how much courage it took for Ouyang Fei to say what she said before regardless of her personal self-esteem. If she refused directly, it was hard to say whether Ouyang Fei would be overwhelmed. Not too hard.

Then drag it.

Things gradually fade away.

You are eighteen years old, a late marriage in this era, but are you really that old?
In terms of psychological age, you are just a naive little girl in Zhu Hao's eyes, so I still won't give you this kind of harsh social class.

"When will the boss..."

Zhu Hao insisted on leaving, and Ouyang Fei wanted to ask for an accurate answer in desperation.

Zhu Hao said: "Is this important? Your task is to help me take care of the business, the rest... just let nature take its course."

(End of this chapter)