The lights flickered dimly, and time seemed to freeze in the space above Luyi Tower. Gazes and public opinions were intricately intertwined, as if they were squeezing the air in a certain direction or almost achieving a fixed result. And with this
With a feeling of squeezing, He Fang's voice finally sounded again: "For the finale, let the shopkeeper of our Su family cloth shop come and talk about the business of the cloth shop in the past year. In addition..."
After finishing the slightly trivial words, almost everyone was looking towards the Su family. Su Zhongkan and Su Yunfang were silent and frowned slightly. Shopkeeper Liao on the side lowered his head and was silent for a while, then stood up with a smile and faced
Everyone around them clasped their fists and prepared to step forward. Behind them, a maid named Xiaochan hesitated to take the brocade box that her uncle had placed under her right hand, and then used her strength.
But there is no ***.
Ning Yi sat there and just tilted his head slightly, as if thinking about something. His eyes looked indifferent and quiet. Of course, he seemed a little lonely at this time. He occasionally looked towards the Wu family from the corner of his eye. He put his right hand motionless.
On top of that brocade box.
Shopkeeper Liao, who wanted to step forward, had already noticed Ning Yi's attitude. After being embarrassed for a moment, he turned back and tried to reach for the brocade box: "There is still a chance..." He whispered, Ning Yi
He smiled and then said coldly: "Let go."
"Uncle, there is still a chance..."
It was quiet for a while. People might not hear what Ning Yi and Shopkeeper Liao were saying, but no one spoke. They just sighed or looked at them with a sneer. After a while, Ning Yi's voice sounded faintly in the hall.
.
"We...exit."
It seemed that the reaction that everyone was waiting for finally appeared. Whispers sounded and little fingers were pointed. But it had just begun and the atmosphere could only be felt. Shopkeeper Liao frowned, looked around, and felt depressed.
He said in a loud voice: "There is still a chance, uncle, please don't mess around..."
He has been working on this matter for more than a month under tremendous pressure and has made all the efforts he needs to do. In the past few days, he thought that his personnel were exhausted and there were not many reasons for failure, so he became a little more optimistic. Just now, the Wu family
When he took out the bright yellow brocade, it was hard to know how shocked he would be.
The situation tonight is complicated, but as the authorities, I have been able to roughly sort out the outline of the darkness. The timing of the Wu family taking out the cloth, Master Dong's arrangement and attitude, everything came back to me, like a nightmare. In fact,
Shopkeeper Liao, who really controlled the situation in the Su family's main house tonight, may be under the greatest pressure at this time. But even under such circumstances, he still suppressed all his emotions and pulled Ning Yi back. At this time, he also planned to
Make a last-ditch effort and at least do what you need to do. No matter how impulsive, stubborn or bookish you are at this time, it can no longer change anything. When the situation is stronger than others, acting recklessly will not be worth anything. It will only make others think that the Su family
No grace.
But at this point, Ning Yi still shook his head and repeated: "We quit."
Shopkeeper Liao suppressed his anger and was about to speak again when He Fang stood up with a frown on his face: "Nephew Ning Xian, today I just want your Su family to participate in this party, talk about your Su family's achievements, and communicate with all the gentlemen here.
Fan. Our Jiangning Weaving Bureau is upright, but we have never allowed anyone to participate in such a disgraceful circle. Now you are here to keep saying you want to quit. May I ask what exactly you want to quit? Young people, you should think twice before you speak."
After he finished speaking, others nodded in whispers, and someone chuckled, talking about Ning Yi's loss of composure at this time. Shopkeeper Liao was a little anxious, but Ning Yi had slowly stood up and looked at the Wu family.
Over there, Wu Chenghou, Wu Qilong and his son also looked over here with smiles. Everyone in the venue looked around, and suddenly heard Ning Yi shout: "You can't do this... shameless!" This is not hysterical!
He shouted out, but it was with anger.
"Ning Liheng, don't be presumptuous!"
He Fang stood up. Dong Decheng, who had been watching the situation with a smile, patted his hand: "It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. Nephew Ning Xian is young and vigorous. No matter who it is, no matter who has opinions about today's banquet or our weaving bureau, but
That being said, I never stop anyone from speaking."
At the same moment, because Ning Yi said this to Wu Chenghou, some merchants close to the Wu family had already taken over, preparing to cooperate with the Wu family to continue bullying the Su family, but Wu Chenghou stretched out his hand:
"Could Nephew Ning Xian be talking about my Wu family?"
At this end, Dong Decheng's words had just finished. Su Zhongkan, Su Yunfang, and shopkeeper Liao all changed their faces slightly. They were afraid that Ning Yi was really stunned and would drag the weaving bureau into it. They were about to speak, but they saw Ning Yi.
He glanced at Dong Decheng, then nodded, took a deep breath, and laughed. From the beginning to the end, except for the slight gaffe when the Wu family took out the brocade and the angry curse just now, others could see him the rest of the time.
It was inappropriate, and he had remained in a quiet and somewhat graceful state. At this time, he seemed to have finally suppressed his anger and looked towards the Wu family.
"Oh, that's fine... Didn't Shibo ask my nephew to help me think of poems? As it happened today, my nephew suddenly thought of a poem that would be most suitable. I'll write it... Shibo, would you like to read it?"
"Haha, that's very good." Wu Chenghou smiled and replied immediately. He looked around and said, "My Wu family has been a businessman for generations, and I am actually a bit vulgar and uncultured. Nephew Ning Xian is the number one in Jiangning.
Talented man, as we all know, you are willing to write a poem for today, so what’s the problem? Everyone, we are gathering at the top of the Luyi Building today. It is really a great event to have the most talented man in Jiangning write a poem. Come, come.
Come, quickly give your nephew a pen and paper..."
Some people stood up with a smile, and some people sighed in their hearts. No matter what they write at this time, it is just to make people laugh. Although Ning Yi is a great talent, what use can it be in such a situation.
No matter how well the poem is written at this time, when others talk about it in the future, they will only say that Ning Yi has lost face in his business, and no matter how bad the poem criticizes the Wu family, others will only think that the merchant's family itself is like this.
In turn, it builds momentum for the Wu family and only loses face.
But now that the words have been spoken, there is no way to take them back. Ning Yi stood there and looked at the Wu family. The two boys presented paper and pens and placed them beside him, but he ignored them. It was good to live like this.
After a while, he finally turned around, picked up the brush, and paused it in the air.
A group of merchants gathered around. It was a little quiet inside, and there were whispers outside. The aroma from below the restaurant came up. Among the crowd, Wu Chenghou, Wu Qilong, and Wu Qihao looked at the paper on the table with a smile. Finally,
The pen fell.
Someone leaned over, looked at it carefully, and then read the first sentence with some confusion.
"Drinking wine with Pei Di..."
As the words spread, some people looked around.
"Is there anyone named Pei Di today?"
"Mo Laosi, you are really shabby..."
"What?"
"This is an ancient poem..."
The crowd was in chaos, and some people were already confused. Although the people present were all businessmen, many of them were still somewhat knowledgeable. "Drinking Wine with Pei Di" was clearly a poem by Wang Wei of the Tang Dynasty. At this time, Ning Yi actually just wanted to
Copy it again? However, with Ning Yi’s strange style in the past, it is difficult to say that he did not deliberately choose this name and write a new one. However, the next sentence has already overturned this speculation.
"Drink wine and show mercy..."
Ning Yi was writing very quickly at this time. He was neither good nor bad. He was slightly sloppy, perhaps proving the anger in his heart. After finishing the poem, there was only cursive writing on the rice paper that could not be called a masterpiece:
Drinking wine and magnanimity, human relationships are overturned like waves. The white prime minister knows that he is still pressing his sword, and the noble family is laughing and flicking his crown. The color of the grass is wet with drizzle, and the flower branches are about to move in the spring breeze. There is no need to ask about the floating clouds in the world. It is better to lie down high and
Extra meals.
Without touching a single word or changing a single word, Ning Yi finished writing and looked down at the pen: "Wang Mojie is in front of me, so I won't write randomly. I will give this poem to the uncle of the Wu family. How about it?"
Wu Chenghou looked at the poem, then looked at Ning Yi, but the smile on his face did not change at all. Then he smiled calmly and said: "This poem is very good. Although it is said to be unpleasant to most people, it is in line with business ethics. My nephew today
I have no intention of investigating the cause of my anger, but I have accepted this poem and will keep it well from now on."
Ning Yi also smiled, exhaled, and put down the brush. Then he turned around and whispered: "Let's go." He grabbed the brocade box on the table and threw it out the window. He didn't seem to use much force.
But the brocade box flew straight out of the window, the lid of the box opened with a roar in the air, and a bright yellow flashed from the corner of everyone's eyes and fell downstairs.
Xiaochan whispered "Ah" and ran downstairs quickly. Ning Yi had not yet reached the entrance of the corridor. Wu Qilong walked over with a smile, patted his shoulder and whispered: "Brother Ning
You are talented, but why bother getting involved in unfamiliar business methods? Wouldn't it be better to write lyrics and teach poetry at home, haha."
Ning Yi looked at him with a smile, did not answer, and then continued downstairs.
The buzz started to get louder behind the scenes...
There was such an episode that disrupted the party. Although the adults did not stop it, the fixed procedures still had to continue. The Su family could ignore the emperor, but they still had to say what needed to be said. Everyone returned to the party.
The discussion at the table did not subside. During this period, there were also two maids and a child dressed as a boy kicked his feet angrily and ran downstairs, but no one paid attention to such a thing. Wu Chenghou asked someone to write what Ning Yi had written
He put away the song "Drinking with Pei Di" and talked politely with some people around him.
The Wu family has always acted in a hurry, but this time, it was as smooth as thunder. From the piece of yellow cloth thrown downstairs by Ning Yi, most people could guess what happened, but in the
Under such circumstances, even the Su family could not speak because they could not prove what they wrote. Others would only think that the Wu family was really powerful. What happened this time was really too powerful. The Su family had been doing this for several years.
, after another month of hard work, the Wu family changed hands and turned the tables.
From today on, the Su family will gradually withdraw from the three-pronged structure of Jiangning's weaving families. It is the Wu family that has truly grown stronger. The Xue family can no longer compete with the Wu family and can only remain in the second place. Everyone is talking about this.
Excited at the turning point, I also began to reconsider the positioning of the Su family and some relationships with the Su family. As for Ning Yi, he was a poor person. He was just stuck in the middle and was originally powerless.
When someone looked down from upstairs, the scholar's figure in green robe was standing downstairs, looking back here, probably to remember this building and say a few pitiful words. All of this is nothing but depression for the loser.
It was just an afterimage, with only the maid Xiaochan following him. The people upstairs glanced at him a few times, then turned around while laughing with others...
Next, we have to adapt to a new situation. For people in the business, it is more like adapting to a new era. As for the losers, they will only exist in the conversation after dinner. If you take a look at them during the serious time, they will
waste.
As a result, the atmosphere upstairs continued to become lively.
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"The crab here seems to be good today, but I didn't get to eat it...it's a pity."
Downstairs, Ning Yi stood by the road and looked at the sign of Luyi Building, sighing with regret.
"Then..." Xiaochan frowned, a little embarrassed, "Xiaochan, are you going to get some to pack back?"
"I'm confused..." Ning Yi laughed, and then patted Xiaochan on the shoulder, "Let's go back, I've been busy for more than a month, and I feel relieved..."
The night wind started to stir, and the master and servant walked towards the direction of the carriage. From behind, Zhou Pei and Zhou Junwu followed.
A rare, cool, relaxing night...
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I rarely go out once a year. The annual meeting lasted three days, and I only slept for seven hours in total. Well, the climax finally begins again. I’m all inspired. I can’t bear to keep updating. Uh, for such diligence, please**