Chapter 7 Buying all the restaurants in the capital
"You want to buy all the restaurants and restaurants in the capital? Aren't you crazy? Or you are dreaming of your spring and autumn dream. Even selling the entire Rongguo Mansion won't be enough, let alone a mere five thousand taels of silver."
The second grandma had already dried up her words, but Baoyu still insisted on borrowing a thousand taels of silver from the second grandma, and also made a contract for her, saying that if she does not make money by the end of next year, she will be paid according to the five-cent profit rule.
Then she returned the capital of one thousand taels with interest; if she made money, she would become a 15% investor.
Moreover, this guy also "threatened" both inside and outside his words. Lending loan sharks at high interest rates was not only dangerous but also violated the laws of the Qing Dynasty.
"How did he know that I put usury money? This guy has become an adult during this period. Who cares about him, even if the money saved by the old lady's party is paid back... Just don't make any trouble..."
When bringing money to Baoyu, the second mistress could only comfort herself in this way.
The problem is that the always shrewd old lady also spoke out to support her precious grandson, and I don’t know how Baoyu persuaded her.
"Silver is money when it flows. Doesn't it stop being silver when it's kept in a bank?"
Looking at Baoyu (Ran Xiaoshi) trotting out quickly, the second mistress thought that maybe the No. 1 dude in the Jia family was back. Eating, drinking, and squandering things are not called prodigal. This is called prodigal. A loss is a loss.
Several thousand taels of silver.
When Baoyu asked four bookboys to carry the silver back to his residence, he saw a little girl in white playing with the abacus with She Yue to calculate how much silver the antique jades could be pawned.
Seeing Baoyu come in, he stood up and said, "Brother is going to do such a big thing, why don't you bring your sister with you? I just think it's fine. My wife also complained to you in front of the master, saying that you started to be naughty and disobedient again."
Okay, it’s strange this time. I didn’t say anything. I just said to let you go. If I didn’t object, I just agreed. I just calculated it for you. Five thousand taels of silver is enough to buy two of the eight buildings.
Yes, tell your sister how you used these five thousand taels of silver to buy all the big restaurants in the capital. No matter what, my sister will support you in whatever you do. Look, I didn’t rush back from my uncle’s house in a hurry.
, although I didn’t catch up with the weird and weird Fo Langji birthday party you organized for the old lady, but I caught up with your crazy dream, so I brought all my money and antiques to you. I’m a shareholder, and you don’t have to pay any compensation.
you still."
There was a burst of words that crackled like a string of firecrackers. Baoyu didn't say anything, but it was not because he was dumbfounded by her words, but because this Tanchun sister looked so much like the little star Zhao Shishimai of later generations.
Hey, it’s no longer strange now.
Baoyu turned over the things Tanchun took out and was a little touched. I'm afraid this is all this little girl's belongings. Blood is thicker than water.
He picked out a large piece of silver worth about ten taels and handed it to Tan Chun, "Brother, let's buy one first. If you don't have so much silver, you don't have to take out all your belongings. You still have to pay for the normal expenses.
All of these add up to 300 taels of silver, and I will give you half of the shares. In addition, you are the chief supervisor of our company, responsible for supervising all affairs, especially the accounts."
"company?"
"Ah, it's the chief restaurant that controls all restaurants." Baoyu accidentally brought out the modern words from later generations and hurriedly explained.
"Okay, that's it."
Hearing that Baoyu wanted to buy a restaurant, even the master Jia Zheng, who had always ignored family affairs, asked his servants to send him 100 taels of silver. This was a new thing that had never happened before in the Jia family. The master also supported the second son's ruin of the family?
In the end, the total was calculated to be 7,612.09 taels of silver. Baoyu kept saying that there was too much silver, and it really only cost 5,000 taels of silver to buy all the restaurants.
In the past few days, there is always a customer in Tai Feng Building on Qianmen Street who is wearing high silk. He occupies a conspicuous place opposite the door every day and orders a large table of delicious dishes, such as roasted elbow, dried mandarin fish, fried dumplings, and sour dumplings.
Braised sea cucumber in spicy shredded chicken soup, I ordered whatever was famous, but after I ordered it, I didn’t eat it, I just watched it, for several days in a row.
The shopkeeper Yu Deshui watched it for several days.
It's really ridiculous. I actually asked for 1,800 taels of silver to buy Tai Feng Building. It's really shameless. This restaurant was built by the shopkeeper with more than 300 taels of silver. Now the business is booming. Of course, if the other party can offer 2,500 taels of silver, I can still consider it.
of.
Li Gui is Baoyu's valet. Li Gui is capable of doing things like pretending to be grand. But he doesn't think that the young master can buy the restaurant, let alone run it.
After buying the restaurant, I had to make a mortgage pawn. I used 10% of the money and mortgaged 80% of the money. This means that Tai Feng Building is somewhat famous.
I lost hundreds of taels of silver in this transaction, and I don’t know what the prodigal second master was thinking. The problem is that the master, who has always been serious, supports him, and the second mistress, who has always been shrewd, also supports it, so how can he let him continue to act like this?
No matter what, if the sky falls, there will be a big guy to hold it up, and I am just a servant, just follow your orders.
On the eighth day, Yu Deshui finally couldn't bear it anymore. He moved his chubby body and walked to Li Gui's side and said, "This guest, please lend me a step to speak."
"If you have anything to say, just say it here."
"You come to take care of our small business every day. I'm very grateful. But for so many days, you ordered such a large table of dishes every day and didn't eat them. It was a waste."
"What does it have to do with you if I waste mine?"
"It's just that since you came here, other customers thought that the food in my restaurant was not delicious. The number of customers has obviously decreased a lot in the past few days."
"My boss just wants to buy your Tai Feng Building. I have a lot of money."
Yu Deshui gritted his teeth hard and opened his mouth wide, "You can buy it, two thousand five hundred taels in cash, you put the money here, I will make a contract immediately and leave."
"Okay, I'm just waiting for your words."
Li Gui turned around and said to Ming Yan who was pretending to be a young boy. In less than half a minute of tea, four strong men came in carrying two boxes and placed them in the dining room. When they opened them, they were filled with white and snowy silver.
"Do you really want to buy it?"
"Isn't that right? Shopkeeper Yu, please count the money. They have just been brought out from the bank."
Yu Deshui breathed a long sigh of relief. In the past few days, he had found out clearly that this Li Gui was not a big boss, but a servant of Rongguo Mansion.
At first glance, it seems that he is working for his master.
This kind of powerful official family is not something that a small businessman like me can afford to offend. If you want to sell it, just sell it, because you are afraid that the other party will buy it and sell it by force. With these 2,500 taels of silver, it is more than enough to build a restaurant and buy two houses.
Where is the concubine?
Just sign and pledge it, and then you can feel at ease when your assistant carries all the money home.
I was a little reluctant to part with it, but luckily I sold it for a good price.
Just as he was about to walk out the door, he heard Li Gui from behind shouting: "Shopkeeper Yu, wait a minute!"
"Boss Li, what else do you have..." Yu Deshui's heart skipped a beat, thinking that it was finally here, the powerful couldn't afford to offend him.
"What are Boss Li's plans?"
"I want to build a restaurant again."
"Don't worry, our master said he can make you the shopkeeper of the Eighth Building."
"Ah? How to say it?"
"Please come inside and talk."
Yu Deshui hesitated for a moment, then accompanied Li Gui into a private room inside. Seeing a child in a brocade robe sitting upright on a chair, Li Gui quickly walked forward to speak.
Is this the master behind the scenes? Isn’t this too ridiculous?
When Yu Deshui was about to turn around and leave, he heard the child behind him say: "I will give you half of the shares of this restaurant. If you can buy all the eight buildings and eight residences, I will give you more for each additional restaurant."
If you share a share, the shopkeeper’s wages will be calculated separately.”
After thinking about it in his mind, Yu Deshui was very moved. Generally, a restaurant is divided into 100 shares. If you buy the eight buildings and eight residences, the total would be nearly 20%. This is a good deal.
"Can you take charge?"
Li Gui hurriedly introduced: "This is Jia Baoyu, the second son of our Rongguo Mansion. He is the real owner of the current Taifeng House."
"As long as I have money, I can buy the entire city of Beijing. I want eight shares of this Tai Feng Building."
"Okay, I promise you. But you have to buy the eight buildings, eight springs, eight residences and eight squares for me... I have a lot of money. This is a contract, you just sign and pledge it."
Yu Deshui was a little excited.
Only Li Gui on the side was very worried that the second young master was crazy. How could he have so much money?
(How Baoyu raised a huge amount of money to buy the eight buildings, eight residences, eight springs and eight squares, please break it down in eight hours.)
Dear readers, please forgive me. Due to plot requirements, all the famous restaurants established in the late Qing Dynasty have been moved to the early Qing Dynasty. We hope for your understanding!