Chapter 215 Restaurant Owner A Hui
Ye Lingshuang quickly interrupted and said that Ah Hui had found two excellent locations, one on the north bank of the Qinhuai River, and the other at the Confucian Temple. Both were prime locations and were perfect for branches of Yipinxuan.
Jiang Chengfeng fully agreed with Ah Hui's bold move of choosing two locations and opening them at the same time. Now, he no longer planned to interfere in the operation of the restaurant and was ready to leave it all to Ah Hui, even saying that the boss lady had the right to handle it.
Ah Hui was surprised and shy. She glanced at her father secretly, only to see that the latter was also smiling from ear to ear.
"Boss, these two places are both good places! But if we buy them, plus the renovation costs, it will cost at least 15,000 taels of silver!" Luo Dongchuan said with difficulty.
Hearing this number, Jiang Chengfeng couldn't help but gasp. So much silver is a huge sum of money! Although Yipinxuan's business is booming, as of today, it has only earned more than 8,000 taels of silver. It's hard to buy one lot, let alone two!
As if she could see the worry in her elder brother's eyes, Ah Hui smiled and shook his big hand, saying, "Brother, do you still remember the time when you bought Yipinxuan?"
Ah Hui nodded and said with a smile: "In fact, I have already discussed it with the two bosses. I plan to use Yipinxuan as collateral. I will pay half of the money first, and the other half will be paid off within eight months, and I will also pay interest every month!"
Jiang Chengfeng slapped his forehead and thought to himself, how could I have forgotten this. Now, Ah Hui, this little girl, has put her knowledge into practice and is indeed very business-minded. It seems that I have a good eye for choosing a wife!
Ye Lingshuang's beautiful eyes moved, and the corners of her mouth outlined a graceful arc. She smiled and said, "That day, Sister Ahui and I went to negotiate together! At first, the two bosses disagreed. Later, Sister Ahui said that she was willing to use Yipinxuan as collateral, and there was a high interest payment. The two bosses agreed! Later, I thought about it carefully. The interest that Yipinxuan has to pay every month is more than three hundred taels. The pressure is too great! If it is not managed well, it is very likely that Yipinxuan will lose money!"
"However, Ah Hui said that someone had successfully used this method! At that time, I was wondering, who was so bold as to do this?"
Jiang Chengfeng's old face turned red, he coughed dryly, and said with a smile: "Ah Hui, if this is the case, won't we have less liquid funds on hand?"
"In fact, after deducting half of the deposit paid to the two bosses and the one thousand , we still have more than three thousand taels of liquid capital left!"
Hearing this, Jiang Chengfeng suddenly remembered that there was actually such a thing as a poetry club. No wonder the talented lady Ye came here!
Jiang Chengfeng calculated carefully. There were still more than 20 days before the opening of the poetry club. If the two restaurants worked overtime to decorate, they could open before the poetry club! Damn it, I spent a thousand taels of silver for that talented man and woman. If I don't make ten times the profit this time, I won't be named Jiang!
Thinking of this, Jiang Chengfeng smiled and mentioned to Ye Lingshuang about the advertisement at the poetry club. Ye Lingshuang blushed and said, "Don't worry, Brother Jiang! Since I promised, I will do it! However, I didn't come here today for this matter, but for those four couplets! Someone has already answered one of the couplets!"
Jiang Chengfeng was shocked, wondering which talented person could have gotten the answer right? However, he was relieved after thinking about it. The Northern Tang Kingdom was so big that there must be many talented people. It was not surprising that they could get the answer right.
However, regardless of whether these talented men and women can match up, it is a good thing for Yipinxuan anyway. Since Yipinxuan opened, no talented man or woman has ever been to the fifth floor of Yipinxuan!
"Ms. Ye, who wrote this couplet? I'm going to post a notice to let the world know. I'm also going to frame this couplet and hang it in the most conspicuous place! If possible, I'd also like to invite many talented men and women in Jianghuai to come to Yipinxuan to discuss poetry and poetry together!"
Ye Lingshuang smiled and said, "Although I have come up with a couplet, I can't guarantee whether it is good or not! Since these couplets were written by you, Brother Jiang, why not let you judge them!"
As she said that, she took out a small envelope from her wide sleeves and handed it to Jiang Chengfeng. Jiang Chengfeng took the envelope and opened it . He saw two lines of elegant small characters written on the white paper, which were obviously written by a woman.
The upper hook is for old age, and the lower hook is for examination. The old man examines the young student, and the young student is examined until old age.
One person is big, two people are heaven. Heaven is bigger than human feelings, and human feelings are bigger than heaven.
Jiang Chengfeng's eyes widened. The second line of the couplet that this talented woman came up with was exactly the same as the one he remembered. It was really amazing. He nodded and said, "Good! Good!"
Ah Hui also stole a glance at Ye Lingshuang and asked, "Sister Shuang, this couplet is very neat and novel and interesting. I wonder which talented scholar or woman came up with it?"
Jiang Chengfeng also echoed, "Ms. Ye, tell me! Who is this talented person? I am going to invite him (her) to Yipinxuan as a guest!"
Ye Lingshuang smiled bitterly and said, "Brother Jiang, the person who came up with this couplet is not from Huayang, but a classmate of mine when I was studying in the capital! I really can't invite her to come!"
Jiang Chengfeng touched his nose and sighed. He had lost a great opportunity to advertise! However, since this talented woman was in the capital, how did she know about the Yipinxuan couplet in Huayang City?
Ye Lingshuang blinked her bright eyes and said with a smile, "Brother Jiang, you may not know that the four couplets of Yipinxuan are now famous all over the world. Not only in Huayang City, but also in the entire Jianghuai Province, and even in the talented people in the capital they know about it! But no one can match them up, what a pity!"
Jiang Chengfeng's face suddenly turned red. He didn't expect that his reputation had spread to the capital. So he asked Ye Lingshuang the name of this talented woman, but was rejected by Ye Lingshuang again. She said that she was indifferent to fame and fortune and didn't want to be in the spotlight, so she didn't let Ye Lingshuang tell her name.
Jiang Chengfeng curled his lips in disdain and said, "You came all the way from the capital to deliver a letter, yet you say you are indifferent to fame and gain?"
Ye Lingshuang shook her head and said, "My classmate did this not for fame, but just to bring honor to the scholars of the entire Northern Tang Kingdom!"
"To strive for success?" Jiang Chengfeng didn't quite understand and asked, "What do you mean?"
"My classmate said that although it is understandable that Yipinxuan hung these four couplets, it seems pretentious and has ulterior motives. It is really just to gain fame!"
