Chapter five hundred and thirty seventh: people are thinner than peach blossoms
Yes, the hotel is also responsible for the function of collecting intelligence. If it is closed, it will indeed be a huge loss.
After thinking about it, Li Min couldn't help but said: "In this way, the hotel will be closed for rectification first, and it will be rectified according to my method. First, throw out the chain franchise stores, and when the chain franchise stores attract their attention, our hotel will be opened again.
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Hearing Li Min's words, Wu Meiniang nodded, and then said: "Your Highness, if this is the case, then I will let these shops be closed for rectification first?"
Li Min nodded, and then Wu Meiniang went down to make arrangements.
Half a month later, people outside Jiannan Road suddenly discovered that all the restaurants and garment shops of Zhonghua Trading Company were closed for rectification.
Even other businesses seem to be shut down at any time.
Everyone actually knows what happened before.
Judging from the current results, it seems that China Commercial Bank has given up.
This does not seem to be in line with the business style of China Commercial Bank.
However, the aristocratic families such as Wu Xing Qi Wang and others are indeed too huge.
It is reasonable for China Commercial Bank to have to tolerate it.
With the rich heritage of the five surnamed Qiwang families, even the King of Shu had to avoid them!
This seems to be the first time in the confrontation between the King of Shu and the famous families such as Wu Xing Qiwang that he is at a disadvantage, right?
And this scene made the five surnamed Qiwang and other aristocratic families overjoyed.
Unexpectedly, their simple plan succeeded so easily.
In fact, they have prepared all kinds of disgusting methods.
For example, throwing feces into their shops, finding gangsters to destroy their business, etc.
But now, these methods are not needed at all, and China Commercial Bank has surrendered obediently.
It turns out that the King of Shu is not invincible, and dealing with the King of Shu is actually not as complicated as imagined.
The victory of this confrontation brought great confidence to the Five Surnames and Qiwang Family.
The mastermind Lu Yong is even more confident and is brewing a bigger conspiracy against the King of Shu.
At this time, Li Min approached Xia Yuntian, the editor-in-chief of Yizhou Monthly, and asked him to publish a piece of news in Yizhou Monthly.
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Soon, a new issue of Yizhou Monthly News came out.
People suddenly saw a piece of news in the Yizhou Monthly Newspaper.
Now China Commercial Bank is recruiting chain franchise stores nationwide.
First of all, you must have a certain financial foundation before you can apply to join.
Then you need to pay a part of the franchise fee first to join.
Then the Chinese Chamber of Commerce will conduct an on-site inspection. If appropriate, both parties will sign a contract and announce the official franchise.
After officially joining, China Commercial Bank will provide guidance and products.
It is guaranteed that the specifications of all franchise stores nationwide, including the clothing of the clerks inside and the prices of the products, are uniform.
On the other hand, China Commercial Bank will give out 40% of its profits.
This news has no practical significance to the vast majority of common people and literati.
They will only think that, well, China Commercial Bank has been squeezed out by Wu Xing Qi Wang, and the business can no longer continue. They are forced to call in chain franchise stores.
When this news fell into the eyes of other aristocratic families, all of them were shocked.
This news is really great!
They all see how popular the products launched by Zhonghua Commercial Bank are and are fond of them in their hearts.
That was so hot!
It's just a pity that in recent years, the products of Chung Hwa Trading Company have been self-operated and not many are wholesaled to the outside world.
It's also hard for them to get the goods.
They can only envy and hate, watching others make money.
But what now?
Chung Hwa Commercial Bank actually called for franchise chain stores. As long as you can join a chain store of Chung Hwa Commercial Bank, you will definitely be able to make a lot of money!
Of course, they all knew about the previous aristocratic families such as Qi Wang and the Five Surnames who were sniping at the Chinese Commercial Bank.
But since they have the courage to step forward and join the chain store, they are not afraid of Wu Xing Qi Wang's methods at all.
In their territory, they really are not afraid of aristocratic families such as Wu Xing and Qi Wang.
Of course, it is mainly because China Commercial Bank takes the lead, and there must be many aristocratic families choosing to join.
Everyone's interests are pooled together.
It would be easy for the five surnamed Qiwang and other aristocratic families to concentrate their efforts on dealing with them, but if they wanted to fight against all the aristocratic families, they would not be able to do so.
Therefore, after the Yizhou Monthly News was released, countless people were attracted by it and began to submit applications and decided to join the chain store.
The review mechanism of China Commercial Bank was also quickly launched.
Faced with this situation, the five surnamed Qiwang and other aristocratic families did not take it seriously.
In their view, this was a sign that the King of Shu had given up.
As for chain stores, in the eyes of the famous families such as Wu Xing Qi Wang, it is just a joke.
We can force the Chinese Commercial Bank to close down, but can’t we cure you?
After the chain franchise stores are opened, we will directly force them to close down.
When the time comes, we have to see what other strategies you, the King of Shu, have available.
As for what Wu Meiniang was worried about, the fact that they would also apply to join a chain store did not happen.
Families such as the Five Surnames and Qi Wang disdain to do such a thing.
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The assessment speed of Zhonghua Commercial Bank is still very fast, because of the existence of the Dreamweaver organization, those families who apply to join the chain store have enough detailed information.
This saves screening time.
For the first batch of chain franchise stores, Zhonghua Commercial Bank carefully selected 76 stores.
These seventy-six families all have extraordinary influence in the local area. Whether it is in the government or on the street, they all have great control capabilities and their reputations are relatively good.
After finalizing these seventy-six chain stores, the next step is to have these seventy-six chain stores send people to the headquarters to study.
At the same time, Zhonghua Commercial Bank also sent people to teach them how to renovate the shops and how to lay them out inside the shops.
Everything is proceeding in an orderly manner.
Time slips away quietly, and before you know it, it’s the time when peach blossoms are in full bloom.
On this day, a special guest was welcomed into Jiedushi's house.
This guest turned out to be Cui Zhiji from the Cui family.
After welcoming Cui Zhiji into the living room, Li Min couldn't help but smile and asked: "Master Cui doesn't go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing. I wonder if it was the gust of wind that brought Master Cui here?"
Cui Zhiji snorted coldly and said, "Your Highness, how miserable have you done to Shiniang?"
Um?
Could it be that something happened to Shi Niang?
Li Min's expression changed and he couldn't help but ask: "Master Cui, what's wrong with Shi Niang?"
Cui Zhiji sneered and said: "You tricked Shi Niang into telling the secrets of my family, which made her unable to return home. Now she is even more disease-ridden and her body is broken. Are you satisfied now?"
What?
how so?
Li Min's expression changed drastically, but he said: "Master Cui, what are you talking about? I don't understand. What secret did Shiniang reveal to me?"
Cui Zhiji sneered: "Your Highness, King of Shu, you and I are both smart people. Do you think it's interesting for you to deny it now?"
Hearing Cui Zhiji's words, Li Min's face became serious, and he couldn't help but ask: "So, Mr. Cui means to admit that the family once sent people to destroy the train tracks?"
This crime is a serious crime.
Even those with the fifth surname and Qi Wang cannot afford to suffer.
Of course Cui Zhiji didn't dare to admit it and just sneered.
At this time, Li Min was too lazy to talk to him and couldn't help but stood up and said: "Where is Shi Niang? Take me to visit her quickly!"
After that, he got up and walked out.
It actually made Cui Zhiji furious.
Is it so natural to say that?
Am I here just to show you the way?
Cui Zhiji was very angry.
But the purpose of his coming was really to take Li Min to visit Shiniang.
The family has no family ties.
There is a competitive relationship between Cui Zhiji and those brothers.
It's all about being careful on the surface, but knowing everything behind the scenes.
Only for Shi Niang, I really have a deep love of flesh and blood.
In the family, the only person Cui Zhiji wants to protect is Shiniang.
This time, it was because Cui Shiniang was harmed by this guy. She couldn't get sick and was losing weight day by day, so Cui Zhiji came to her door.
Therefore, facing Li Min's arrogance, Cui Zhiji could only endure it.
After going out, Li Min directly got on Cui Zhiji's carriage.
But this time, the only ones following and protecting Li Min were Li Yuanfang and a few Huya Special Forces soldiers, plus a few shadow guards given to him by Li Shimin.
If Cui Zhiji wanted to take the opportunity to frame Li Min, then Li Min would be really in danger.
But Li Min really didn't worry that much. Shiniang was seriously ill, so even if it was a dragon's pond and a tiger's den, he had to break into it.
Seeing this scene, Cui Zhiji appreciated Li Min even more.
The carriage quickly drove out of the city, and soon arrived at a village on the outskirts of the city.
Not long after, the carriage stopped, and Cui Zhiji said to Li Min: "We've arrived, get off the car."
Li Min didn't expect that Cui Shiniang didn't go home, but was in Yizhou.
This manor is full of peach trees.
At this time, the peach blossoms are in full bloom. The garden is full of fallen flowers, fragrant and fragrant. Bees and butterflies are flying around, busy collecting nectar.
Not long after, Cui Zhiji led Li Min to several thatched houses.
The thatched cottage did not have a door closed, but the door curtain was hung so that the scene inside could not be seen.
Cui Zhiji pursed his lips and said softly: "Shi Niang is inside, you go in."
Li Min raised his feet, walked gently to the door, and opened the curtain. For a moment, he actually felt timid.
Li Min looked into the room and happened to see a young girl sitting at the desk with a brush in her hand, writing something unknown.
At this time, the brush was hanging in the air, but it did not fall. The girl seemed to be in a trance.
This girl is none other than Cui Shiniang.
Compared with when we were separated, I really lost a lot of weight now.
Looking at it now, my eyes look bigger and my chin looks sharper.
The skin seems to be a bit whiter, without any blood color at all.
Li Min couldn't help but said: "The peach blossom curtain is still open, but the person inside the curtain is thinner than the peach blossom."
The girl in the room was frightened and couldn't help but raise her head.
Suddenly he saw that the person coming was the King of Shu. He dropped the brush in his hand and stained the white paper on the table without realizing it.
"Your Highness, is it really you?"
"Shi Niang, how many months have we been apart? Why are you so sick?"
Hearing Li Min's words, Cui Shiniang's eyes couldn't help but turn red. She raised her eyes and looked at him dreamily. After a while, she said: "Your Highness, I, I'm fine, I'm fine."
Li Min walked over quickly, couldn't help but take Cui Shiniang's hand, and said distressedly: "It's okay, it's still fine. Look, how thin have you become? What's wrong? Are you sick?"
Cui Shiniang's tears couldn't help but burst out of her eyes and fell on the paper, scratching the paper and blurring the portrait on the paper.
When Li Min looked down, he discovered that there was a picture drawn on the paper, and what was drawn on the picture was his portrait.
There is also a poem written on the painting.
When Cui Shiniang saw King Shu looking at the paintings on the table, she couldn't help but panic and quickly reached out to hide the paintings.
However, a pair of delicate hands were tightly grasped by Li Min.
When I looked down, I found this poem that read:
Infinity is not as sentimental and painful as one inch can become thousands of strands. Sometimes the ends of the earth and the ends of the earth are gone, and there is only endless love. (Ahem, this is a half-Que Song poem, it is purely a coincidence)
Seeing that the King of Shu discovered the paintings and poems she had made, Cui Shiniang could not help but lower her head shyly.
Li Min, on the other hand, never thought that no one would be so affectionate and so unanimous.
Li Min couldn't help but hugged Cui Shiniang into his arms.
After a long while, the two reluctantly separated.
Li Min couldn't help but ask: "Shi Niang, you are so seriously ill, why didn't you tell me earlier?"
Cui Shiniang said quietly: "Your Highness, Shiniang is not sick. It's just that after the separation, Shiniang didn't want to go back to the family, so she stayed here. These days, she has been restless, lazy, and has little food.
talent……"
In the final analysis, I still feel sad at the end of my heart.
Because she discovered that the aristocratic family she grew up in was not what she imagined.
After coming into contact with herself, she discovered to her horror that the family would perish sooner or later.
And she had no choice but to watch helplessly.
The collapse of her faith made her lose weight day by day.
Fortunately, I never got sick.
If you get sick at this time, I'm afraid you'll be sick.
Of course, she was heartbroken.
If this heart disease is not treated in time, problems will occur sooner or later.
And Li Min happened to know how to cure this heart disease.
Therefore, after listening to Cui Shiniang's words, Li Min couldn't help but said: "Shi Niang, don't worry. The aristocratic family actually has its own value. I will find a way to find a way out for the aristocratic family."
Hearing Li Min's words, Cui Shiniang couldn't help but asked in surprise and joy: "Your Highness, but..."
Li Min smiled slightly and said: "Shi Niang, listen to me..."
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Let's say that after Cui Zhiji brought Li Min, he sat down on a stone bench under the peach blossom tree outside the courtyard.
On the stone table next to it, there is fairy tea brewed by the maid, which makes this day quite pleasant.
Seeing the girl losing weight day by day, Cui Zhiji had no idea what to do.
In desperation, he had no choice but to find the King of Shu, Li Min, hoping that he could unlock the girl's heart.
Cui Zhiji drank one cup after another under the tree.
Unknowingly, I drank two pots of tea and couldn't help but run to the toilet.
But the King of Shu did not come out of Shiniang's room for a long time.
This made Cui Zhiji couldn't help but think: The two of them were cooking in the room, right?
If the uncooked rice is cooked into cooked rice and this person invites him, then the joke will be a big one.
No, I have to go into the house and interrupt them.
Thinking of this, Cui Zhiji couldn't sit down anymore and hurried to the door.
However, when he heard the voices of the two people talking in the room, Cui Zhiji felt relieved and then left awkwardly.
Breaking in at this time would probably offend both of them at the same time.
And hearing the joy in the girl's voice, it seemed that the medicine he had found was the right medicine.
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In the room, Cui Shiniang looked at Li Min lovingly, and suddenly asked: "Your Highness, when you first entered the room, Shiniang heard you recite two lines of poetry: The peach blossom curtain is still open outside, but the person inside the curtain is thinner than the peach blossom.
Is this a poem you composed? Can you recite it to me?"
Whose poem are these two lines from?
When he first entered the house, Li Min saw that Cui Shiniang was very thin. He suddenly remembered two lines of poetry and then recited them.
Now that Cui Shiniang mentioned it, Li Min thought about it for a long time, and finally remembered that, by the way, this seemed to be a peach blossom poem written by Lin Daiyu.
At that moment, Li Min took up his pen and wrote down half of the peach blossom poem:
The east wind is soft outside the peach blossom curtain, and morning makeup is lazy inside the peach blossom curtain. There are people outside the peach blossom curtain, and people are not far away from the peach blossoms. The east wind deliberately lifts the curtain, and the flowers want to peek at people. The curtain does not roll up. The peach blossom curtain is still open outside, and the people inside the curtain
Thinner than peach blossoms. Flowers express pity for people. Flowers are also sad. The wind blows through the news behind the curtain. The wind blows through the Xiang curtain and the garden is full of flowers. The spring scenery in front of the court is doubly sad. The door of the courtyard is covered with moss, and people rely on the railings in the slanting sun.
Looking at this peach blossom poem, Cui Shiniang couldn't help but her eyes turned red, and she couldn't help but shed tears again.
What a sad and sad Sister Lin!
Li Min took out a piece of toilet paper and wiped the tears from her eyes.
Li Min couldn't help but said to Cui Shiniang: "Shi Niang, let's stop living here. Come with me and live in Yizhou New City."
Hearing Li Min's words, Cui Shiniang was very shy and very sweet.
However, in the end she shook her head and said: "Your Highness, thank you for your kindness, but I really can't leave with you. If I leave with you, my Cui family will be discredited."
This damn etiquette!
Li Min took a deep breath, and then said: "But you can't live here forever. Sooner or later, you will go home. I don't trust you."
Cui Shiniang said painfully: "Your Highness, I will never marry again in this life! Thank you for coming to see me! Let's go!"
Li Min sighed and said, "Shi Niang, why are you doing this?"
Cui Shiniang took a deep breath and said: "If love lasts for a long time, especially if it lasts for a long time, day and night."
Shi Niang still can't let go of her knot.
Shaking his head, Li Min walked out helplessly.
Outside the door, Cui Zhiji was still drinking tea under the peach blossom tree.
The breeze blew gently, and the fallen flowers were in full bloom. Cui Zhiji's body was covered with petals.
Several butterflies landed on him.
Seeing Li Min coming out, Cui Zhiji stared at him, seemingly searching for something.
Li Min was already in a bad mood, so he couldn't help but glared and asked, "What are you looking at?"
Cui Zhiji was confused. Is this how you talk to your uncle?
Li Min didn't react until he reached the door and couldn't help but ask: "What are you looking at?"
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Zhonghua clothing chain store, with dozens of stores, is scheduled to open on the same day.
On the opening day, the venue was decorated with red and colorful decorations, lion dances and embroidered balls, loud gongs and drums, and firecrackers blasting, making the venue very lively.
Several stores originally owned by China Commercial Bank were now included in these chain stores based on market prices.
On the opening day, guests were given a 20% discount, and it was packed with guests.
If the business is good, it makes people envious and jealous.
Although the sales are at a 20% discount, their profit is 40%. After conversion, they still have a 20% profit.
This 20% profit can amount to hundreds of profits in one day.
This business is simply not that exciting.
After the accounts were settled that day, the proprietor's eyes turned into slits with laughter, and the whites of his eyes were almost invisible.
Then each clerk was awarded ten cents.
These guys take their money and go home happily.
As a result, on the way, we encountered four or five gangsters blocking the way.
The guy sneered, took out an iron rod from his arms, and said viciously: "Hit his mother!"
Then seven or eight people rushed out from behind this guy, each holding a wooden stick in their hand. They went up and beat the four or five gangsters violently.
The attack was ruthless and the legs of these four or five gangsters were immediately broken.
This was not over yet. After the beating, he was tied up directly and sent to the government.
As for the final punishment, these gangsters whose legs were broken would not only be beaten in vain, but would also be imprisoned for two more days.
The reason is that these gangsters have been fighting every day in the past few months, and now they go out to cause trouble again. They must be severely punished.
It turns out that the aristocratic families that Li Min was looking for to open chain stores, although they were small aristocratic families, were all local gangsters.
Before Wu Xing Qi Wang, he had never taken them seriously.
But when Wu Xing Qi Wang prepared to deal with them in the same way as China Commercial Bank, he ended up suffering a big loss.
Locally, both black and white people have better food than they do.
Now, the positions of the two sides have changed again.
Now the five surnames and Qi Wang have become strong dragons, and others have become local snakes.
Only then did Wu Xing Qi Wang realize that things were not as they imagined.
They really don't have a good way to deal with these chain stores.
If the power above is used, I am afraid that the King of Shu and even the Emperor will not let them succeed easily.
They really don't have a good way to deal with these local snakes.
At this time, the restaurant of Zhonghua Commercial Bank also opened for business.
Wasn’t it true that we couldn’t even recruit a guy last time?
Now, let's just forget about those guys.
Now open the cafeteria directly.
After guests enter the restaurant, they are divided into three categories. They can pay 58, 88 and 588 first, and then go to the designated area and start eating directly.
In addition to not wasting it, eat as much as you can.
The buffet style has never been seen before.
Once launched, it became popular immediately.
Countless consumers flocked to the restaurant, making the buffet business extremely popular every day.
Nowadays, other restaurants don’t even use waiters. The chefs all live in the restaurant.
For a while, it was difficult for Qiwang, the fifth surname, to take action even if he wanted to.
Another important point is that right next to the restaurant, there is a Chinese clothing chain store!
Although they are not from the same family, they still have a very deep connection.
If anything happens here, just call and someone from the clothing chain store will come over to help right away.
With the help of the local aristocratic families, even if Qi Wang wanted to do something evil, he would not be able to find a chance.
It has to be said that a chain store plus a buffet made the family's evil plan go bankrupt.
And the second phase of chain franchise stores is also in full swing.
I'm afraid it won't take long to cover the entire Tang Dynasty.
This poisonous plan not only did not cause damage to China Commercial Bank, but actually allowed them to expand even faster.
