The thirty or so people following him were all dressed in green clothes, with a huge Chinese character Zhou embroidered on their chests.
These people are all in charge of the Zhou family's business.
These more than thirty people are already the stewards of all the Zhou family's stores in and outside Dayue City!
After he said these words, the atmosphere in the hall seemed stagnant and lifeless, and no one spoke.
Zhou Muxing said in a cold voice: "Speak!"
At this time, these stewards could no longer remain silent, and everyone's eyes fell on the face of the steward standing at the front.
This steward is over sixty years old. He is a son of the Zhou family. Their family has served the head of the Zhou family for ten generations.
And he is deeply trusted by the head of the Zhou family. He is responsible for the entire Yaowang Palace. He is the steward of Yaowang Palace and has the highest status among all the stewards.
The Zhou family has more than 30 stores in Dayue City and even the entire Suiyang County, among which Yaowang Palace is naturally the most important.
This person's name is Zhou Zitao.
Zhou Zitao took a deep breath, stepped forward, and said in a deep voice: "Reporting to the head of the family, last month, the accounts of Yaowang Palace were sorted out, and it is very pessimistic."
Zhou Muching said nothing, just looked at him.
Zhou Zitao sighed and said softly: "Last month's revenue from Yaowang Palace fell by another 50% compared to the previous month."
When he said the words '50%', the atmosphere in the hall became even more depressing.
Many people feel very hot, out of breath, and sweat profusely!
Zhou Muxing's expression remained unchanged, but the corner of his mouth twitched and he said lightly: "Compared to this month last year?"
"Compared with this month last year," Zhou Zitao's voice was even softer: "It's only less than 10% of this month last year."
"What? Less than 10%?" These stewards had extremely shocked looks on their faces.
They all knew that it was difficult for the Zhou family to do business now, and the Zhou family was suppressed by the Mu family to the point where they could hardly breathe, but they did not expect that it had reached this level.
Yaowangdian, the most important business of the Zhou family, actually dropped by more than 90% compared to last year, which was less than 10% of last year!
After hearing these words, Zhou Muxing seemed to be unable to suppress the anger in his heart any longer. With a snap, he crushed the extremely hard steel armrest of the seat into powder.
Zhou Zitao's body trembled heavily, but with a firm look in his eyes, he said in a deep voice:
"Master, my guys and I have really tried our best. The root cause is our elixir."
"I have specially sent people to inquire about all our elixirs. The Mu family's stores have them, but the Mu family has many elixirs, but we don't have them."
"Especially the first-grade Qi Condensing Healing Pill, the best elixir sold by the Mujia. We have similar ones, but the price is five times more expensive than theirs, and the effect is not as good as 30% of others!"
"To be honest, if it were me, I would also go to Mujia to buy it!"
"If the problem of elixirs is not solved, our current decline will never be saved!"
Zhou Muxing looked at him with bright eyes and said in a deep voice: "Go on."
Zhou Zitao received some encouragement and continued: "Moreover, the prices of all the elixirs we have here are about 30% lower than ours."
"I took a look and found that our prices are actually low enough. If they go any lower, I'm afraid we will lose money and die without them suppressing us."
"I heard that the reason why they can keep the price so low and still make a profit is because the eldest daughter of their family, Mu Lianxia, has improved almost all the elixirs, making them cheaper and more effective."
There was a look of amazement in his eyes, and he said: "Although Mu Lianxia has a bad reputation, she is indeed a genius alchemist. She is able to do this at such a young age. It is really shocking!"
Zhou Muxing became even more gloomy, and murmured: "Mu Lianxia, Mu Lianxia!"
"Moreover," Zhou Zitao continued, "I also heard that Mu Lianxia is refining a new elixir recently. This elixir can treat some men's hidden diseases."
"And even a man with no faults can become a hundred times more powerful after taking it! If this elixir is really successful, it will definitely cause heavy damage to my Zhou family!"
Zhou Muxing waved his hand and said, "That's it for now, don't say any more."
Then, he looked at the other stewards and said, "You all should tell me too!"
Other stewards stepped forward one by one to report on the conditions of the pharmacies they were responsible for.
Even the lowest drop was 11% lower than last month, and a full 50% lower than last year!
After hearing these words, Zhou Muxing seemed to have lost all strength. He collapsed softly on the seat. After a long time, he waved his hands and said softly: "You all can get out!"
After hearing this, all the stewards looked relaxed. Zhou Zitao wanted to say something more, but he opened his mouth, but still couldn't. He sighed and left with everyone else.
After leaving the main hall, a layer of cold sweat broke out on the foreheads of these people. They were secretly glad in their hearts and were very grateful to Zhou Muxing.
Zhou Zitao said softly: "Our head is kind-hearted. If this happened to the Mu family, and if we had reported this to the head of the Mu family just now, I'm afraid we would have been torn into pieces by now, with no flesh and blood left.
Already."
"That's right," the other steward sighed and said:
"Our head of the family is really generous. The head of the Mu family heard that every day his family was angered because of trivial matters, and dozens of his servants were beaten to death by him."
"What is this? This is just a servant. I heard that even members of his family are often killed by him."
"Yes, not only him, but also his arrogant, cruel and vicious daughter. I heard that his daughter is currently refining a new type of medicine and needs someone to prepare the medicine."
"Moreover, they must be virgins under the age of sixteen and beautiful. I heard that because of this, no less than a hundred women have been killed in the alchemy cauldron."
Everyone was talking about it, and as they walked outside, the voices gradually disappeared!
In the main hall, Zhou Muxing was sitting there with a depressed look on his face.
After a long time, he suddenly burst into tears, trembling and shaking, and came to a side hall on the west side of the main hall.
In the side hall, there is an incense burner and a memorial tablet, and a portrait hangs on the wall. It is of a thin, middle-aged man in his forties.
Zhou Muxing made a loud noise, and knelt heavily in front of the spiritual throne, banging his head on the ground, and howling loudly:
"My ancestors and clans are above me, but Zhou Muxing was unfilial and ruined the Zhou family to this point. I beg my ancestors and clans to forgive me!"
At this time, there was already a look of despair in his eyes, and he didn't even think that he had any hope of making a comeback.
And at this moment, suddenly, a gentle and clear voice came from next to him: "Do you want to make a comeback? Do you want to defeat the Mu family?"
