Chapter 55: Second Guidance to Piaoxiang Pavilion
"I am not doing my job well, please punish me." Wang Wu and Jia Liu both stood in front of Lin Lang, lowering their heads.
They brought people to ambush last night, and the other party did come with silver notes. Unfortunately, they were unable to capture them alive and were shot into hedgehogs by a crossbow.
Lin Lang looked at the silver notes in his hand. How could such a good subordinate be willing to punish him?
"Okay, just die. I can't ask any important news anyway. I can guess their identities."
"You two should also improve your strength and don't go to Piaoxiang Pavilion every day. If you have the realm of Liu Baihu, is it difficult to capture it alive?"
Under his training, Wang Wu and Jia Liu have both become first-class people in the world, but there is still a lot of gap between them and martial arts masters.
I go to Piaoxiang Pavilion every day, and I don’t have to worry about peeing and turning into a shower.
Wang Wu and Jia Liu both smiled embarrassedly. They have indeed visited Piaoxiang Pavilion too many times recently.
Adults are right, they should spend more time practicing martial arts.
The two of them went to practice martial arts, and Lin Lang stood up. It was a great time and was just right to go to Piaoxiang Pavilion to listen to music.
When we arrived at Piaoxiang Pavilion, the madam came to us enthusiastically.
"Mr. Lin hasn't been here for a long time. I'm about to go to the private room upstairs."
When they entered the private room, the madam poured Lin Lang a cup of tea: "Sir, I don't know how I offended the Yinhook Gambling House recently. They sold some of the newcomers to the other two companies, and they would not sell them to us Piaoxiang Pavilion at all."
To do their job, there must be some new people.
On average, a newcomer needs to be trained for several years, and then she can earn ten or eight years. After a little older, she will basically not make a lot of money.
But now that the newcomer is broken, the popularity of Piaoxiang Pavilion will not last long.
"Why, except for the Silver Hook Gambling House, can't buy people elsewhere?"
Yinhook Gambling must have been ordered by Hulong Villa to deliberately target Piaoxiang Pavilion.
But it doesn't matter. He has many ways to make Piaoxiang Pavilion continue to flourish.
"Yes, it's just to spend more time and money." The madam laughed with her. It seemed that Lord Lin would not help solve the problem of the Silver Hook Gambling House.
"Our Piaoxiang Pavilion is doing well now, but we have redeemed every month. If this continues, there will be no courtesans in two months, and the business will definitely decline."
"Didn't you tell you to find more new people?" Lin Lang frowned. Men are all tired of the old and old, especially regular customers here. They really like the ones they like, so they have bought them home long ago.
"Sir, I have trained some newcomers, but these people look pretty good, but singing a small song is really hard to describe."
Newcomer?
Lin Lang's eyes lit up: "Everyone calls in and sings a few words. I like to support newcomers the most."
The madam immediately nodded and agreed. Lord Lin had a random idea and let Piaoxiang Pavilion become popular for so long. Maybe she could help her guide the newcomers.
Soon, more than a dozen young women walked in, each holding a musical instrument in his arms.
"Xiaomei has met the adults, please enjoy the song "The Guest Officials Can't"."
"Xiaolan has met the adults, please enjoy the song "Officials Don't Leave."
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More than a dozen people finished singing, and before Lin Lang could express his opinion, the madam cursed first: "How can you teach you? Who can hear it clearly by singing such a little voice? Even if you like this, you want to make money on stage?"
"Sir, I didn't teach them well, so I'll let them go."
The madam is actually very envious of the places in the capital because she can buy people from the Jiaofangsi. Although it is expensive, those women are proficient in music and dance, and they are all after officials and have good temperaments.
No matter what she bought, they are all children from poor families. Many of them even came in for the sake of having a meal.
But now, Piaoxiang Pavilion has become quite famous in Pingyang Mansion, not to mention the entire Ming Dynasty. Such people must not be allowed to appear, which will destroy the reputation that Piaoxiang Pavilion has finally gained.
Lin Lang also felt that it was not for the madam to scold people. These dozen people sang softly and weakly, and their instruments were average. Although they looked good, they were just beautiful and had no talent in this place, so they could not be a courtesan and would not make a lot of money.
"Wait a minute." Lin Lang stopped the madam, "Who said they can't take the stage?"
The madam was stunned: "Sir, didn't you say that our Piaoxiang Pavilion must pay attention to reputation now? Aren't they driving customers to other places like this?"
Lin Lang smiled slightly: "Have you ever thought about letting them form a group and perform on stage?"
The madam looked at the women around her: "Group on stage? What does adults mean?"
Lin Lang looked at the madam: "Although each of them sang very well, their voices were very small and soft and weak, but what about a dozen people together?"
"We can also enhance our courage between each other and not be afraid of singing wrongly. The combined voices are loud enough, which can also make up for the shortcomings of everyone's voice."
"Everyone learns different instruments, and they can play together."
"Come on, everyone will perform the song "Don't Leave" together."
When everyone sang it together, the madam looked confused, as if it was really nice.
Lin Lang picked up the teacup: "Even they don't need to learn dancing, just practice more instruments, sometimes they don't need to sing, just play."
"I'll ask Liu Baihu to come over and check it out for you. He is a master in this field."
Liu Zhengfeng's Ming Dynasty at this time can be called a musician, and he can help these women improve their instrumental performance a lot in a short period of time.
The madam's eyes became brighter and brighter: "Sir, your method is really great. This way you don't need three years to train and you can go on stage in about a year. And you don't need to choose those with talented voices, you can save a lot of money."
"I see other buildings, how can I grab customers from our Piaoxiang Pavilion?"
Lin Lang explained other details to the madam, such as performing for up to half an hour every day, and then he would not appear no matter how much it costs.
For example, if everyone wears the same clothes, but needs to wear different makeup, everyone's temperament must be different.
For example, if you spend a ounce of silver and a flower, you will ask the guests to give them flowers and rewards and select the most popular person.
For example, fabricate a pitiful and attractive background for everyone, etc.
The madam looked at the women: "You are so lucky. You meet Lord Lin to help you. Wait for the best, and marry a nobleman as a concubine."
Taking all these women out, the madam took out a stack of silver notes from the Datong Money House worth 1,000 taels and handed them to Lin Lang: "Sir, this is the money from last month. I came to a few high-ranking customers last month. I thought Piaoxiang Pavilion's income would decrease in two or three months, but now I promise that Piaoxiang Pavilion can make more money in two or three months!"
The madam now feels that Lin Lang is willing to receive money from her Piaoxiang Pavilion, which is really her blessing. She also believes that Piaoxiang Pavilion will really become the place that men yearn for the most in the Ming Dynasty, and surpass the legendary Jile Tower.
Lin Lang packed the silver notes and was about to leave.
I heard the noise of riots below.
Who is so bold that he dares to come to Piaoxiang Pavilion to cause trouble? I wonder if this is the one he is guarding?!
I opened the door and walked out, glanced at the hall, and saw an acquaintance.
Chapter completed!