Ning Yi met Yunzhu and Jin'er while wandering around in the afternoon. During the recent Chinese New Year, the construction of the Zhuji branch has been paused for a while, but as the New Year's Eve is approaching, work has to start again, and Ning Yi can be considered
After being busy for a while, I was dragged over to take a look when I had time. Yunzhu also had some purchasing matters that he wanted to talk to someone about in the middle of the way, so Jin'er came over first with the company of the branch.
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In fact, the decoration of the store has basically taken shape now, and there are not many things that Ning Yi needs to decide. As for whether the store is called the Second Store or the Jin'er Store, Ning Yi doesn't mind. At this time, the restaurant
It is built next to the river, and many windows are not installed. There is even some snow drifting in on the side of the wind outlet. Fortunately, both of them wear more clothes, and Ning Yi has achieved some success in second-rate kung fu - at least he feels that
That's right, and Yuan Jin'er has always been lively. Not long ago, she boasted that she could bathe in the river in a snowy day without feeling cold. At this time, we had a casual chat.
"After the store here is ready, I decided to perform on stage for three days in person to gain popularity."
"I haven't performed for a long time, so I'm probably getting rusty."
"Go away, I only perform in front of Sister Yunzhu... Uh, what do you think?"
"I haven't seen it before. It must be very bad."
"I said I would perform on stage."
"...You know it yourself, so stop causing trouble."
Although they seem to have different temperaments, Jin'er still admires Ning Yi in many important matters. She naturally has high hopes for this store with her name on it, saying that she wants to perform on stage to gain popularity, but Ning Yi said this, she
He curled his lips and didn't mention it again.
"Then we can only find the sisters from before. It's very expensive." Jin'er dragged her stool to find a shelter from the wind in the hall and sat down. She was very popular and played a big role in finding connections for Zhuji.
, but in fact, she doesn’t have a very three-dimensional concept of money. Sometimes when Yunzhu is settling accounts, she will watch from the sidelines. She is always angry about the expenses and is extremely stingy.
"You can become famous without having to accompany a stinky man like me. It's a win-win situation." Ning Yi put a few stools on the round table, cleared the space, and said with a smile, "And what's more, Zhuji will really become bigger in the future.
You can cultivate a group of performers yourself.”
"Nurturing..." Jin'er blinked and whispered, "You want to open a brothel?"
"Why are you so lustful in your thoughts!" Ning Yi glared at her, "In the future... when the scale of Zhuji becomes large, you can train some girls yourself, even boys, and teach you all kinds of things.
What you learn can be done by forming a team, ranging from opera and singing to juggling and juggling. There are many children who cannot afford to eat outside, so it is a good idea to do something good and solve the problem of surplus labor."
Listening to Ning Yi's plan and outlook, Jin'er was stunned for a long time: "That... it's very expensive. If you don't open a brothel and just perform performances, the Caotai troupe won't make much money at all, and... how big do you need to be..."
She couldn't imagine these things at all. If she just ran around performing, wouldn't it be no different from the grass stage troupe performing opera? Who would spend a lot of money on such things?
"After more than three branches are opened, the chicken will lay the egg and the egg will lay. At that time, we will make a process and let it slowly split by itself." Ning Yi wrote something about the layout of the store on the paper, "
The important thing is... there is collusion between officials and businessmen. Yunzhu is relatively familiar with Mr. Qin's family, and he also knows Prince Consort Kang... The old man owes me a lot of things recently. This can at least ensure the smoothness of the whole process, and follow the steps to avoid being caught.
There is too much interference from the government, so there are ways to go through the back door..."
He paused: "The key point is to be high-end and develop southward. Suzhou and Hangzhou will be in the past. Supporting entertainment will slowly be developed. As long as it is managed and promoted properly, there will always be business. This Wu Dynasty... Anyway, it is
So poor that only money is left. Of course, it depends on whether you like to go too big, or you can stop at any time."
In terms of these businesses, Ning Yi has sufficient operational capabilities. What's more, the most important thing in doing business these days is not the logistics, but the backing. Let Zhuji's business take advantage of the power of the Prince Consort's House. Don't be too polite. This is not a problem.
Da. In the past, whenever I mentioned this to Yunzhu and the others, when Jin'er heard it, she looked surprised and thought distressedly that she might become a rich man or something in the future. She also thought that this guy was too brave to speak.
I don't believe it.
While they were talking like this, Yunzhu had already come in from outside the restaurant, closing the door and looking at the road ahead. She was different from Jin'er. Jin'er sometimes sounded like a man, but Yunzhu was usually just a woman.
The dress was dull in color at best and looked a bit rustic from a distance, but her beautiful appearance could not be concealed when seen up close. Seeing her coming, Jin'er laughed and rushed over, then looked around: "Sister Yunzhu, what are you looking at?"
"Well, I just saw... Miss Qilan passing by here, maybe I saw it wrong."
"Qilan?" Jin'er opened the door and took a few glances, "It's a coincidence, but I wasn't very familiar with her before anyway. There was Liang Zi in the Oiran Competition back then, so it must have nothing to do with us."
"When did you have an affair with Qilan again..."
"She became the Oiran, and Ning gave her two thousand flowers to compliment her. It made me lose face. This is a big deal."
Yuan Jin'er had never thought about competing for the oiran, but this was the only thing she brought up when she felt like it, to accuse Ning Yi of being shameless. Yunzhu smiled while Ning Yi patted him helplessly.
On his forehead, he was not far from the snowdrift under the window on one side of the hall. At this time, he walked over silently and picked up a snowball. Jin'er's expression was stagnant and he wanted to run away. Yunzhu laughed: "Okay, let's fight.
she."
Ning Yi didn't have any pity for her, especially for Yuan Jin'er, an enemy who was always provocative. With a wave of her hand, snowballs came roaring towards her. Jin'er hugged her head and whispered "Ah". She originally
Thinking that he would take revenge after receiving this blow, the next moment, snowflakes flew.
Yunzhu shrank her neck and didn't react at all. Snowballs splashed on her head. Ning Yi kept throwing the snowballs and was stunned for a moment. Jin'er suppressed laughter. After a moment,
The whole face has bulged.
"He's a martial arts master... he can't even hit the snowball..." Yunzhu patted the snow on his head, slumped his shoulders, his eyes were slightly resentful, and then he pursed his lips and started to walk out. Jin'er followed him out with a smile, and the two
A woman began to pinch snowballs under the eaves.
"Hey, the flood has washed away the Dragon King Temple. This is a misunderstanding... Yunzhu, you are more sensible than Jin'er, you can't be like this..."
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Facts have proved that even sensible people are not willing to be beaten in vain. When the three of them came out of the hall soon, Ning Yi patted the snow foam on his body with a helpless expression.
"Hidden weapon kung fu also needs to be practiced well..."
"This shows that your concealed weapon skills are not as good as ours." Yuan Jin'er arranged her hair, looking as if she had just been ravaged. Then she turned back to look at the shop that still needed to be renovated, "It can be opened in February.
Alright?"
"Yeah." Ning Yi nodded, "Second store."
"Jin'er store!"
"Okay, you have the final say..."
It was already getting late, and what needed to be said about the details of the store decoration had probably been finished - in fact, this itself was not the point. The three of them separated on the street, Yunzhu and Jin'er took the carriage back, and Ning Yi left from
Go home on the other side.
The weather was still cold, and there was a lot of snow in the city. Along the way home, I looked at the open shops and restaurants on both sides of the road, and the faces of the pedestrians on the road, which seemed to indicate that this year would still be a peaceful year. Ning Yi thought about the bamboo
The development of records, these things are considered business, but to him, they are similar to the general operation of drinking wine.
Intellectually speaking, he is inclined to develop in the south. After all, the Wu Dynasty is weak. No matter how the situation develops, the Liao people or the Jin people may be killed by the north in the future. The south will definitely be more peaceful. Just thinking about it,
He also remembered what he told Lu Hongti about setting up business in Luliang Mountain in the future. It would be difficult to do it, especially since it is a poor area and there are Tianhus causing trouble. I really want to do business in the future.
I'm afraid we have to adopt other modes.
Ning Yi has plans to expand his business. Of course, it is not for boring achievements such as a national chain. The main reason is actually for future inventions related to weapons. He will definitely do this in the future, if he can really make it.
, and I don’t want to hand it over directly to Kang Xian, the reason is very complicated.
First of all, half-baked firearms are of little significance. If it really wants to play a big role in turning the tide, Ning Yi needs to intervene in many places. In this case, he will definitely have to go out to do things. There is intrigue within the officialdom, and there is an emperor above.
Ning Yi is used to being the one in power. It's not that he can't deal with intrigues, but it is definitely annoying. He doesn't like this kind of pattern where people are always pointing fingers. Secondly, he has no sense of identity with the court, but he has a sense of identity with Lu Hong.
More often than not, he admires this strong and powerful woman, and if possible, he might as well help her.
Of course, when a thought is expanded to the scope of "country", the specific considerations will always appear to be extremely frivolous. It seems a bit exaggerated to think of a national chain with only two stores now. Ning Yi's current activities
The scope is only in Jiangning City. Recently, I have been running around with Tan'er to pay New Year greetings. On weekdays, most of the things I come into contact with are trivial matters at home or in shopping malls.
This is not an era of information explosion. Any passerby can talk about politics and patriotism. When future generations look at history, they may be able to see how many patriots there are, how tragic and evocative the stories are, but in fact, in the current society
In general, fighting in the north may be an extremely vague concept, and there may be contacts with Liao merchants in the business field, but what the Jin people are like, even those Confucian scholars who talk in general terms on the brothels and boats have no idea.
Ning Yi only learned some scraps of information from the occasional chat between Mr. Qin and Mr. Kang. What he had more contact with was just the leisurely life in Jiangning City, the tranquility of the bamboo forest near the academy, a group of children shaking their heads while studying, and his wife at home
The smile or playfulness when chatting while keeping accounts, these things are more real things after all.
But some feelings are actually gradually expanding. The officials who visited Mr. Qin during the New Year period have made the old man's identity more complicated and three-dimensional. One thing is probably certain, Mr. Qin should not be able to go to Qinhuai again in the future.
A chess stall was set up by the river. Ning Yi didn't know exactly what Mr. Qin had done. He could only outline an outline based on what others said. The old man was extremely calm in this regard and never talked about this in daily chats.
However, since the end of the year, Ning Yi has clearly been able to feel something tense. Everyone, whether Mr. Qin or Kang Xian, is waiting for something to happen in the north.
But the wait has not come yet.
In the spring of this year, Jin and Liao signed an armistice agreement. The war that seemed to be coming suddenly became far away...