Peasant Girl Bookseller

Chapter 319 Fiasco
Sure enough, when Huaici was wondering whether Wan Zhigao could understand the old man's painstaking efforts, Wan Zhigao stood up and said, "Grandpa, I don't want to study, didn't I agree? I will learn to do business with you for a few years first." , experience and experience, I have also read this book for more than ten years, what I lack is social knowledge, so my strategies and theories are dry and only talk on paper."

"You have also practiced for half a year. Tell me, what have you learned? What have you done?" Wan Baocai looked at his grandson and asked.

"Father, Zhigao is still young, what's wrong, you can teach him slowly." Seeing that the old man was unhappy, and fearing that his son would suffer, Jiang shi rushed to say something, but forgot that in this family, she hadn't said a single word. portion.

"Zhigao, tell me." The old man still looked at his grandson.

"Grandfather, I have learned how to read the books, and I also understand the tricks of doing business. Whether a shop can make money or not depends on the authenticity of the goods. If the goods are good, the price should not be too high. In addition, a reliable and shrewd shopkeeper is also essential. "Wan Zhigao said while looking at Wan Baocai's face.

Wan Baocai nodded, feeling that this grandson is not unteachable, just about to praise a few words, suddenly remembered Huaici's words, and asked: "What have you been doing with people outside?"

"I didn't do anything, I just learned something from the shopkeeper." Wan Zhigao lowered his head after finishing speaking.

"You really didn't do anything?"

"I don't know what the grandfather is referring to? What is wrong with the grandson, please ask the grandfather to express it."

"Sanggong, didn't you say that you opened two shops in partnership with others?" Kang Yi said.

Wan Zhigao didn't expect that Kang Yi would make things difficult for him at this time, just as he was about to explain, he suddenly remembered that he had asked for money from the old lady and the wife respectively, I'm afraid the old man would have figured it out long ago.

"So that's what happened. I opened two shops with someone else, and I just did it for two months. I originally wanted to surprise grandpa when I made a profit, but I didn't expect it to be exposed in advance." Wan Zhigao pretended to smile.

"Have you opened two shops?"

"A cloth shop."

"How much money you have invested and how many shares you have, you can show me the account."

"Grandfather, I take [-]% and the other party takes [-]%. The accounts will be brought to grandfather in a few days."

Wan Zhigao was like a mirror in his heart. These accounts could not stand up to scrutiny, because all the investments belonged to him. He gave [-]% of the shares to Changling for nothing, just to use his power to suppress Huaici secretly, and by the way Also hug the grass and hit the rabbit.

"Then who is the partner?" Wan Baocai tried again.

"It's a royal relative."

"Who is it?" Wan Baocai asked.

"Grandfather, I only have a cooperative relationship with him. He doesn't want outsiders to know about this, so he asked me not to tell him, lest I use his banner to bully others."

Wan Zhigao thought that his relationship with Changling was very secret, because they had never appeared in public, but he forgot who Changling was and who he was surrounded by.

Hearing this, Wan Baocai couldn't help feeling a little disappointed, because he could see the dodge and a trace of cruelty in Wan Zhigao's eyes, and this grandson seemed to have really changed.

It's just disappointment, Wan Baocai still wants to save his grandson's face.

"Okay, if you don't say it, don't say it. I have thought about it carefully. No matter what you want to do in the future, you should put down your business first and concentrate on studying for two years. Next year will be the year of the township examination. You will know that we are right Your expectation?"

"Okay." Wan Zhigao had no choice but to agree, he was still in awe of the old man.

Wan Baocai heaved a sigh of relief when he heard this, and it happened that these two years could also be used to let Wan Zhigao recognize the character of his partner. If these silver coins can make Wan Zhigao know his way back, it will not be in vain for his painstaking efforts up.

Seeing that Wan Zhigao agreed to go to the academy, Huai Ci breathed a sigh of relief, and agreed to contact the academy for him, thinking that Wan Zhigao might understand some truths after he entered the academy for two years.

Unexpectedly, just after the first lunar month, Wufu came to the door again and said that a restaurant called Haoyunlai opened opposite Fuyunlai Restaurant, which also operates according to the model of Fuyunlai, but the price is cheaper than Fuyunlai, which is obviously a rush. Come with luck.

Mai Xiang glanced at Huai Ci, and asked, "Could it be that the elder brother really didn't do it?"

Because Mai Xiang knew that Wan Zhigao had already entered the academy, and Wan Baocai had appointed a servant to follow him, so if there was any trouble with him, Wan Baocai would definitely know about it.

"It's really hard to say. The news I found out is that those shops must have his shares. That master Beizi is only responsible for settling some matters for him. He rented those shops forcibly, and the shopkeeper is also the same. The real major shareholder or responsible person he found should still be the eldest brother." Huai Ci said.

"Have you asked him?"

"He doesn't admit it. However, I can force him to come out. I want to see how he will face me then?" Huaici gritted his teeth.

After hearing this, Mai Xiang understood what he meant, and said to Wu Fu: "When Uncle Wu goes back, he will give some instructions to the master masters in our shop, don't let them be pried away by the other party, and when necessary, With both kindness and strength, our shop is not without a backstage, the other party is just a beggar, and we have Prince Li as the backstage."

"I've thought about this a long time ago, but there is one thing. The other party also found a master chef from the south, who also cooks salted duck and sauced duck. It is five cents cheaper per catty than us. What should I do?"

"It doesn't matter, we will also lower the six points." Huai Ci said.

"This?" Wu Fu thought that Huai Ci would have some good idea, but was rather disappointed after hearing this, and turned to Mai Xiang.

"That's what I mean too. Don't worry, Uncle Wu, we can still afford to pay for this little money. By the way, send a message to Uncle Second and Uncle Third. If someone comes to the village to buy ducks and geese, they will be charged five cents a catty. "

"What? Shouldn't we tell them to keep the ducks and geese for us?" Wufu was puzzled. If the ducks were sold out, how would the salted duck business be done?
Wufu has been doing business for these years, and his brain is not slow to react. It is estimated that the other party will control the supply of goods first, because there are not many ducks and geese in the capital, except for Huangye Village.

The villagers in Huangye Village know that Mai Xiang’s family needs a lot of ducks and geese every year for the salted duck business, so almost every family raises ducks and geese, especially Er Fu’s family. Mai Zhong no longer studies. , wholeheartedly helping Erfu to farm at home, raised ducks and geese on a large scale, and Sanfu stopped pulling donkey carts, raised some ducks and geese a year, and made some toothbrushes. Although it was hard work, the income was not low , the life of these two families is much better now, not only his two families, but the whole Huangye Village has become much richer under the leadership of Mai Xiang's family, at least the food and clothing have been solved.

Because of this, Wu Fu felt that if Mai Xiang spoke up, the villagers would still give Mai Xiang a little face and keep the ducks and geese. After all, Mai Xiang is the long-term and stable customer.

"The purchase price of ducks has increased, but the selling price has decreased. Do you think this salted duck can still make money?" Mai Xiang smiled.

"But this salted duck and sauced duck are our specialties and signature dishes. Wouldn't it be a pity to have such special dishes as duck blood soup, sauced duck head, duck feet, duck neck, and duck tongue?" Wu Fu clapped his hands and sighed. road.

"It's okay, these are only temporary." Huai Ci smiled slyly.

At this time, Mai Xiang had already thought of a way out.

Sure enough, within a few days, news came from the countryside that the ducks and geese in the village had been bought by others at high prices, and sold for five cents per catty. Ye Dafu and others were busy hatching duck and goose seedlings again.

Maixiang's salted duck business can't be done, and the loss is not too big, because Fuyunlai Restaurant has changed new specialties, with spicy flavors such as chopped pepper fish head, spicy hot pot, boiled fish, and boiled meat. The dishes are the main features.

Although Mai Xiang doesn't have a recipe, she was a person who liked spicy food in her previous life, and she didn't eat less of these things. In addition, her family is in the catering industry, so her understanding of this aspect is naturally higher than others. Mai Xiang made a mess of it at home After more than a month, several special dishes have been released.

Mai Xiang didn't launch all the new dishes at once, because she was afraid that the other party would steal her skills, so she released two new dishes a month, and there were two special dishes every day. With her own newspaper to advertise, the business was actually better than before. It's still hot, good luck can only be watched.

Rui Jinxiang also fought a price war with the other party, but that was not Mai Xiang's handwriting, because Huaici saw Mai Xiang's belly getting bigger and bigger, so naturally he didn't want his wife to be troubled, so he took Rui Jinxiang personally. Jinxiang's accounts.

After doing some market research, Huai Ci also lowered the price of the goods to a little lower than the other party. This kind of unfair price competition is nothing new. wear down.

However, this price war has affected many innocent people in the pond. During this period, several small silk and satin factories closed down. The merchant couldn't hold on any longer, Huaici resolutely stopped, and together with some other merchants, sued Ruijing Pavilion to Shuntian Mansion Yin with a pleading, the charge was that the other party used improper means to disrupt the market rules.

This pleading soon forced Wan Zhigao out, because Changling had no intention of cooperating with Wan Zhigao sincerely at all, his purpose was just to fool some money, and the original contract used Wan Zhigao's name Well, Prince Li's big mountain is behind him, so he won't be so stupid as to openly fight against Mai Xiang, and he hasn't dared to forget how his leg is lame.

Wan Zhigao did not expect that he would lose so badly and so quickly in this battle. He not only invested in tens of thousands of taels of silver, but also invested in his own innocence and reputation. In this way, his children will not be able to participate in the scientific examination in the future.

Only then did Wan Zhigao feel scared, and hurriedly came to Huaici to intercede.

(End of this chapter)