After the development of the Song and Ming dynasties, the teahouse culture has become quite prosperous. The Southern Provincial Government has recorded that in the Ming Dynasty, more than fifty new teahouses were opened in Yuhang alone within ten months.
There are countless large and small teahouses in Shenjing City, and the competition is fierce. Although Jia Lan wanted to move in the past, he still resisted and did not get involved in this business.
The catering industry is a highly involved industry, whether it is a teahouse or tea shop with a few tables and benches, selling large bowls of tea to the lower class people; or it is a teahouse that pays attention to interior decoration and elegance, with elegant seats.
You can watch artists playing the piano and rapping, and you can participate in a variety of games. There are teahouses specially designed to entertain dignitaries, and they are all available in Shenjing City.
The most high-end teahouses even restrict the number of people who can enter. This kind of rules set to highlight the status of customers has already taken the form of some VIPs in later generations.
Jia Lan feels that he does not have a few competitive products that are good enough to produce, and if he rushes into this field, he may only end up losing money.
The output of cakes is pretty good but the types are limited, but now with the idea of welcoming the Spring Festival, Jialan can not only produce butter in batches.
The butter has been made, can the butter be far behind?
Combining the two, there are endless products for cakes alone. Jia Lan is confident that the business of his restaurant will definitely be a hit.
In this way, not only will there be an additional income, but several new shops will be opened and managed by Shopkeeper Zhao, which will serve as a base for gathering information.
Places such as teahouses that cater to both refined and popular tastes can be operated in two levels: high school and high school, and can even be opened outside Shenjing. Previously, shopkeeper Zhao had discussed with himself the need to open more shops to expand manpower, and this was the right time.
Zuiqionglou is limited to the production of wine liquor, and has always taken the upper-class boutique route.
Teahouses are different from restaurants. They focus on quantity. If you really run it with your heart, the profit may be even higher than that of Zui Qionglou.
Because of the ideas he got from Yingchun, Jia Lan wanted to give two shares to Yingchun and Xichun.
Xichun was a little confused, but Yingchun immediately realized that opening a teahouse in Shenjing would cost a lot of money, and nothing could be done without a few thousand taels.
"My fourth sister and I wanted to express our gratitude to Lang Geer, but we turned around and ended up buying a shop. It's really inappropriate."
Yingchun spoke neither hastily nor slowly, but the rejection in her tone was very firm, which made Daiyu's beautiful eyes shine with brilliance.
Some were surprised, some were amazed.
I have to admit that at this moment, the previously dull image of Yingchun has undergone earth-shaking changes.
The ancients said that if you can be indifferent, you will have some true knowledge.
In the past, although Yingchun had an indifferent temperament, she would not say such words.
Suddenly waking up, Daiyu stared at Jia Lan with a surprised expression.
She was the only one present who could see that in his surprise, there was a smile hidden under the corner of his mouth.
Is this what you've been pursuing?
"In that case..." Jia Lan said: "Aunts Yingchun and Xichun have invested in technology and each will enjoy 10% of the income, but this 10% can only be sold to me in the future and cannot be sold to other people. How about this?" "That's not bad..." Yingchun thought for a while and felt that there wasn't much of a problem: "I just got your shop for nothing."
"Second sister, please don't be polite to this guy. You don't know, he is now a little rich man. Even Sister Feng has to rely on him."
Daiyu smiled and said to Yingchun and the two of them: "You two will just wait and enjoy the happiness."
Xichun was stunned again, but Yingchun keenly heard Jialan's management ability from Daiyu's words, and now she was not willing to accept even a 10% profit.
Jia Lan laughed loudly and pretended to teach others: "Aunt Lin, you are trying to shake Aunt Yingchun's ambition. As the saying goes, if you gain by profit, you will lose by profit. How can there be wealth in this world that does not come from the source?
There is no way to talk about waiting to enjoy happiness."
"Aunt Yingchun, you want to make money while lying down at a young age. It's not that simple."
Yingchun came back to her senses, looked angrily at Daiyu who was covering her mouth and smiling, and said angrily: "You almost got me in."
Jia Lan and Dai Yu exchanged glances and smiled: "Aunt Yingchun, Aunt Xichun, although this job is given to you, you can't just ignore it from now on. At least you have to keep trying to make new tea fruits.
Patterns."
"Of course you can." Yingchun nodded and looked at Xichun: "But the shape of this fruit depends on the fourth sister. Her painting skills are the best among the sisters."
Daiyu also nodded in agreement.
When Jia Lan heard this, he picked up the plate in the food box with a look of admiration and looked at the tea fruits on it carefully.
"I wonder why this tea fruit looks ordinary at first glance, but upon closer inspection, it has a sense of elegance and profoundness. It turns out that it was made by the fourth aunt!"
The praise made Xichun a little shy.
"Actually, I also have some different feelings about painting..."
"Ah?"
"It's true. He learned a set of Western painting techniques from somewhere. He doesn't use ink, just a charcoal pencil..."
Xueyan took out the paper and pen from Daiyu's study at the right time, and Jialan picked up the pen and stared intently at the tea fruit in the food box.
Then, his wrist shook slightly, and the brush slid on the paper. Each stroke brought a smooth feeling, leaving behind a series of delicate lines. Soon the lines were intertwined to form a picture.
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"This painting almost looks real!"
Yingchun said softly.
Xichun stared at the painting in Jia Lan's hand motionlessly. She could clearly feel that Jia Lan's painting method was completely different from the Chinese freehand painting method that emphasized the beauty of neutrality.
Direct, concise, and photogenic.
This is a new school of painting that Xichun has never seen before.
"My painting is not very good. This painting is just novel."
Jialan is really not good at sketching. At that time, he learned this as a way out of not getting into high school, and he only learned it briefly.
"No..." Xichun rarely took the initiative to answer: "Lang Geer, what you present is a brand-new painting school, which pays more attention to realism, and even more rare is the light and shade of light..."
Xichun is worthy of being someone who is immersed in the art of painting. He mentioned many characteristics of Western painting at once.
"If Aunt Xichun is interested, I can teach you."
"Okay!" Xichun couldn't hold it back and nodded immediately.
Following her sisters in managing the garden together, and being enlightened by the book given by Jia Lan, Xichun gradually deviated from the "cold, withdrawn, and stubborn" temperament in the original book. Together with Yingchun, she became much more cheerful.
"Ah, but Brother Lang, you have to prepare for the scientific examination." Xichun immediately reacted, "It's better not to disturb you in reviewing your homework."
"It doesn't matter!" Jia Lan waved his hand: "Studying is not that bad. Besides, Aunt Xichun, you have a good foundation and can learn quickly. I, a person who has never touched a paintbrush, have also learned this painting skill?"
To put it bluntly, it’s more about practice. I’ll have someone send you a set of brushes tomorrow. You can usually practice painting by yourself. We can communicate every few days.”
"Okay!" Xichun didn't hesitate when he heard the words, and nodded in agreement with a smile.
Yingchun smiled and said: "Fourth sister, go and learn quickly. Once you have learned enough, you can help me design new fruit styles!"