Chapter 31 Cash Box
"KTV?"
It was rare that Zhou Chongwen read these three letters so accurately. Su Luo nodded with a smile, "Simply put, it's a place for people to sing and have fun."
Zhou Chongwen frowned, "Singing for entertainment? What's the difference between that and a wine shop or a brothel?"
"Of course there is a difference." Su Luo held his chin with one hand and tapped the table with the other, shaking his head and enjoying the music. "In a tavern or a brothel, you pay to listen to other people singing, while in a KTV, you pay to listen to yourself singing. The most essential difference is that it is all green and pollution-free, with a wide range of consumption, and there are no ladies sitting around to accompany you."
Zhou Si didn't understand the last sentence. Su Luo explained it for a long time before he suddenly understood. The bandit leader also understood it and said beside him, "That's meaningless."
Su Luo rolled her eyes at him and said to Zhou Chongwen, "It's just a preliminary idea at the moment. Whether it can be implemented or not will depend on market research. But before that, we have to decide whether to move our position or not."
They had just beaten up a relative of the county magistrate. As a rule, such local tyrants would certainly seek revenge. For a stable life and prosperous business in the future, it would be better to make countermeasures early.
After hearing the explanation, Yun Lang was quite disdainful, "If that kid is not afraid of death, come and try it. "
Su Luo snorted, "What about Magistrate Qi? Are you going to beat him too?"
Yun Lang argued, "The usual way to deal with an official is to commit a few major crimes under his jurisdiction so that he cannot report to his superiors, and then he will naturally get into trouble."
Su Luo pointed at the silver box and said, "Please count your silver and leave quickly to commit a crime. We won't keep you company."
Yun Lang leaned against the silver box leisurely, "I have decided to retire and become a businessman from now on."
This is really a misfortune for the business community, Su Luo sighed, and then looked at Zhou Chongwen, "After all, we are more familiar with Zhuxian Town, and the money we have is simply not worth mentioning if we take it to Kaifeng or Luoyang. It is better for us to gain a firm foothold in a small place first."
Zhou Chongwen was led astray by Su Luo and asked, "Then what should we do?"
Su Luo smiled slyly and said, "Don't you know someone in the prefectural government?"
In ancient times, the prefect was equivalent to the mayor or secretary of the municipal party committee of a prefecture-level city. The county magistrate dared not call the prefect "grandfather" in front of him and could only pretend to be his grandson.
Su Luo said that you should ask Master Zhong to say hello to Magistrate Qi, and then we can buy some Sanlu milk powder or something and go see that Pighead San to apologize. This way, they can save face and we won't suffer any loss.
Zhou Chongwen hesitated. He always felt that this was a bit of bullying. Su Luo immediately became anxious and said that if we don't take the initiative, that guy will file a complaint with the magistrate of Qi County and try to kill us.
Zhou Chongwen still felt bad, thinking that after all, he was the one who started the fight, and it would be unfair to file a complaint now. He suggested that they go to visit Zhutou first, and then visit Magistrate Qi, in case he was magistrate and forgave the past. Of course, if he insisted on blaming him, it would not be too late to ask Master Zhong to come forward.
Su Luo scratched his chin and said, "Do you think that pig-headed man is so broad-minded?" He looked at the grandparents and grandchildren singing in the lobby again, "If we take the initiative, we will be in the right first, so that County Magistrate Qi will not have the opportunity to protect his relatives. In the future, we can restrain the pig-headed man and make him dare not bully the vast number of working people again."
This sentence still carries enough weight. Zhou Chongwen looked at the singing girl and nodded immediately, "As a parent official, if you can't even control your own family, how can you rule fairly?"
Su Luo pretended to nod seriously, and secretly made a note of this trick to use more often in the future.
What she didn't expect was that although Zhou Si was a scholar, he was a man of action. He made a decision without delay and said that he would go to Kaifeng immediately. He asked Su Luo to prepare gifts and visit Zhutou San when he came back. He also said that the Sanlu milk powder you just mentioned sounded very high-end, so let's buy it.
Su Luo was a little troubled because it was not popular to add urea to milk now.
After Zhou Chongwen left, the bandit leader touched his stomach and said he was tired from the fight and wanted to order another roast duck. Su Luo hurriedly stopped him and said, "I've got a good job for you. Do you want to visit the brothels in Henan?"
Yun Lang was indeed a bandit leader who was used to seeing all kinds of romantic scenes. His expression did not change at all. He threw the silver to pay the bill and picked up the silver box and left. "You pay and I pay?"
In the end, it was Su Luo who paid the money, gave him ten taels of silver, asked him to carry the silver box to the silver shop, and then let him go to drink and prostitute.
With more than 1,900 taels of silver in her pocket, Su Luo continued to prepare for her market research and went to Qinji Grain Store to find the second shopkeeper who rented the warehouse to her last time. After all, they had bonded over the wine table, so he should not refuse to ask him about the market situation.
The second shopkeeper must have heard about Su Luo's wisdom in breaking into the bandit's nest. He actually put away his contemptuous attitude and became respectful. When he knew that Su Luo did not plan to do grain business again, he was very sorry and said that he could introduce Qin Ji's owner to Su Luo, and there was hope for cooperation in the future. This was another benefit brought by the village breaking incident, but Su Luo still declined politely. The shadow left by grain in her heart was too heavy.
After leaving Qinji Grain Store, Su Luo followed the instructions of the second shopkeeper and found a printing house next to Yuefei Temple in the west of the town. He reported the name of the second shopkeeper and printed 5,000 investigation reports at a relatively low price, and agreed to pick them up in ten days. Finally, he found a small private school and asked the teacher to help contact a dozen students from poor families in the name of helping poor students. He said that he wanted to exchange the students' knowledge for money to show the highest realm of "there is a golden house in the book" - in fact, he just wanted to find a few literate people to help do market research.
After finally completing the preliminary preparations, Su Luo finally breathed a sigh of relief. She was originally worried about whether Yun Lang could come back on time, after all, the Soul-Love Cave was easy to enter but difficult to exit. Unexpectedly, as soon as she entered the door, she saw the bandit leader teaching Su Yi how to use a big knife. Of course, Su had hidden the knife, and they found two shovels instead.
Su Luo stepped forward, grabbed two shovels and threw them into the corner. Su Yi breathed a sigh of relief and ran to the kitchen to help Su cook. Su Luo told Yun Lang, "Do less harm to the young seedlings of the motherland in the future. I've been there for an afternoon. How's your observation?"
Yun Lang said with a sullen face: "The girl in Yiyun Tower is really ugly."
Su Luo impulsively wanted to pick up the shovel and hit him to death, but fortunately Yun Lang continued: "It is indeed as you said, many people go there to listen to music and drink, and then leave for fun. There are many people who don't look for ladies to do business."
Su Luo nodded repeatedly and told him to go to the next one tomorrow. Yun Lang said that he had already observed it and would go to Weicuixuan tomorrow because the girls there were pretty.
Su Luo wanted to pick up the shovel again, and Yun Lang said, "I think the idea you mentioned today is a good one. When we visited brothels before, there were brothers who would not let the ladies sing and would sing themselves." It seems that he has really understood the modern meaning of "lady" and has widely applied it.
"What do you call that thing?" He could never pronounce the syllables as clearly as Zhou Si.
"It's called Qiangui." Su Luo blinked and smiled. After all, KTV should be called Qiangui, and it is expected to develop into a national chain.
