delicious little cook

Chapter 710 How easy is it to open a new business
"Does it have to be like this? Only this way?"

"Of course, they have the original source of raw materials, so they can give me the lowest price within the quantity I request. If you don't kill them, don't talk about preferential prices. Can you give me the quantity I want?"

"It turns out that's the case. I thought you could just say a word."

"If I do this, then I will not be able to continue as an imperial merchant. Those big raw material suppliers are not only supplying me alone. What if they get upset and join forces with other imperial merchants to suppress me? Those people I am an imperial merchant who has served the imperial court for generations, and I am the newcomer in this group, if they really do something to me, can you save me?"

Gu Xu shrank his neck, almost unable to sit still in embarrassment.

"Brother, it's not that I'm a younger brother who doesn't pull my brothers to make a fortune together. In business and business, more than a hundred people under me rely on me for food. I don't think about myself, I also want to think about them, not to mention the imperial court all day long." Staring at me, there are so many imperial merchants, and I am the only one who is greeted by the Ministry of Finance every now and then. There is no way, I can’t take risks, I have to be cautious in every step, I hope you understand, big brother, it’s natural that you don’t have the conditions for cooperation There is no chance of cooperation."

"Okay, let's not talk about the raw materials, what about the sales? Can this be counted as our share?"

"I just asked how many shops there are under the name of my sister-in-law? Can it cover the whole city?"

"Ah?! Why do you want so many houses?"

"Of course I do. I sell goods with small profits but quick turnover. The resources of my mother, Gongzhong, Ning's family, and the district's family are enough for me. For the same reason, if you want me to change partners, just I need to get rid of my old buddies first, so I can welcome new ones."

"It's true that there are not too many shops under your sister-in-law's name, but it's not a problem if you have a few more for her?"

"How could it not be in the way? Isn't that a conflict with my current four parties? How many residents are there in a workshop? In the past, I was eager to sell new goods, and I would give them all the goods that anyone wanted. It will not work in the future. My business is now famous. If there are two shops selling the same product in the workshop, the turnover will be reduced, and if there are more than three or four stores, the turnover will be even less. In order to protect the profits of the partners, I only choose the best in a workshop. One is exclusive, I don’t want to see my partners compete with each other for business, and it’s not good for me if they fall out.”

"The third brother is now more and more like a businessman."

"No way, who told me that I am now an imperial merchant. Since I am a merchant, naturally all interests come first. I must maintain a good relationship with all my partners. No one dares to offend. Everyone who has money earns it. They all make money." Gu Yun shook his head and smiled wryly, with a helpless expression.

"It's true, third brother, you have a great responsibility now, and you can't make any mistakes. It's because I didn't think carefully, which made third brother embarrassed."

"It's okay, just say what you have to say, no matter whether it's successful or not, it's good to talk about it, and it's easy to talk between brothers." Gu Yun chuckled, picked up the teapot and poured tea for the two of them, "Now it's going to be spring plowing. I have to continue to invest money on the other end. Does my sister-in-law have a lot of cash? If it is not enough for two expenses, it is better to focus on one end, not to mention that the farm shop and workshop under her name also need cash flow and various unexpected situations. .I understand your urgency to make money as soon as possible, but it doesn't make sense to ignore the current smooth and mature business and invest in unpredictable new businesses. What if the new business doesn't succeed and keeps losing money? Once the old business can’t get the money out, it’s not like keeping both ends? Bro, would you be happy to see your wife’s property shrink sharply in just a few years? Her property is to be left to her children Even if she wants to start a new business, she will not take risks easily. Now this cooperative farm has cost her a lot of money. As a daughter-in-law who has been married for less than two years, how much cash can she use at will? She is too aggressive, this is not a businessman who is based on profit, but more like a gambler, maybe someone told her something to force her to take money?"

"How can it be!" Gu Xu hastily denied, after all, it was his mother's request to his wife himself, and he could not betray his mother, "She really did it voluntarily."

"Well, there is no way, wait until the Lantern Festival, please have a good chat with the princess and sister-in-law, it's easy for their female shareholders to have something to say when they are together."

"Alright, let's leave it at that for the time being." Gu Xu lost the interest to continue chatting, and stood up shaking his robe, "Third brother has already wasted a lot of reading time, so I'll go back first."

"Discuss it with my sister-in-law. You are still young, so don't worry. Now that you have a child, you can't afford the risk. It's better to save money first."

"Okay, I'll go back and talk to her, let's go first."

"I'll send it to my brother."

"No, no, just read."

Gu Yun sent Gu Xu out of the study with a smile, and then called the maid to send him out of the Zhongming Courtyard. After seeing Gu Xu out of his main courtyard, he turned and went to the ear room, where Bai Kou was drawing style drawings, waste paper The ball was thrown all over the ground, and he was in a daze with his cheeks on his hands.

"The talk is over?" Bai Kou recovered from his daze when he heard the movement.

"Well, I'm exhausted."

Gu Yun walked over, sat down next to Bai Kou, flipped through her messy style drawings, and after a while, Qinglan brought in a tea tray, and saw that they were busy, she quietly retreated on tiptoe. Down.

As soon as Qinglan went out, Gu Yun threw away the blueprint in his hand, quickly threw Bai Kou down to eat tofu before talking, and then pulled her up again.

"Take a break, come and drink tea with me."

Gu Yun pulled Bai Kou up involuntarily, and the two moved to the tea table and sat down together wrapped in a blanket.

"Did you have a good chat?"

"Not curious what Gu Xu was talking about with me?"

"I'm not curious, left and right are just related to money. At the end of the year, the second master's tenure will be over, and next year's spring will be full for Uncle Xu's concubine. If you want to stay in the capital or go to a wealthy place to be an official, it will all require money."

"It's about money, but it has nothing to do with the future of their father and son."

"Oh?" Bai Kou tilted her head slightly, and finally got a little curious, "It's not about the future, it's purely for money? Is it about the second wife or Grandma Xu? Since Uncle Xu came to tell you in person, That still has something to do with their husband and wife, could it be that Grandma Xu couldn't take it anymore and wanted to withdraw her shares?"

"You are exactly what I thought, but unfortunately you are not."

"What the hell is that?"

"They want to start a new business?"

"Ah?! Grandma Xu still has cash?"

"Let's not talk about whether I have money or not. Gu Xu wanted to be my partner at the beginning, supplying me with raw materials, and let me only buy from him, and he eats what I eat alone."

"It's impossible, he's fanciful."

"Yeah, I refused immediately, and taught him to kill those big raw material suppliers that have formed a monopoly in the industry, and then come to talk to me about business."

Bai Kou couldn't help giggling.

"Uncle Xu can't do it at all."

(End of this chapter)