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The ancestral residence of the Liang family, main courtyard.
Zhao Ran pointed to the main house and the two rows of side rooms around the xuanchang, and explained: "Yanei, Brother Liang, you have also seen that the main courtyard has been renovated, and the room is a goods display area. All goods for sale are
Each one will be displayed on these wooden stands; this high platform is the auction stand..."
"Auction stage?" Gao Yanei was very confused and couldn't help but step up to the high stage and look at the stage carefully.
"Yes, the auction stage. I make a living here. I don't sell goods directly, I only auction them. Those who have goods to sell will go on stage to display the goods, and those who need them will bid in the audience, and the one with the highest price will get it."
Gao Yanei's eyes lit up: "This is a good idea!"
Liang Xingxia said thoughtfully on the side: "The method is good, but I don't know how many people will come to participate in... uh... bidding?"
Gao Yanei smiled and said: "Don't worry, when will the auction be held? I'll post an invitation because I'm afraid your yard won't be able to accommodate so many people."
Zhao Ran shook his head and said: "You don't need too many. Just invite fifty people for the first auction."
Liang Xingxia was startled: "Is there something missing?"
Zhao Ran said: "We do high-end, not low-end. Not everyone can enter this courtyard. If you want to enter this courtyard, you must apply for a membership card..."
"membership card?"
"You need to be recommended by two old members and pay one hundred taels of silver every year to be eligible to get a membership card. My plan is this. For the first auction, Yanei and Brother Liang will invite distinguished guests. Even if there is
If they are qualified, if they are willing to pay the membership fee of one hundred taels per year, we will give them a membership card, and they can come to participate in every auction in the future. Otherwise, we will not accept them. He will not be able to enter this threshold.
.If a new person wants to become a member in the future, they must be recommended by two old members, otherwise we will not accept any money."
Gao Yanei and Liang Xingxia stayed for a while, taking a cup of tea to digest the content. Liang Xingxia couldn't help asking: "One hundred taels per year? Just to get in. Is it too high?"
Zhao Ran smiled and said: "What we do is high-end. If it is too expensive, it means he is not qualified to be our member. Is Yanei willing to sit down with such a person to discuss business?"
Gao Yanei slapped his thigh and praised: "Wonderful! That's it! Want to sit down with me and discuss business? Throw out a hundred taels first!"
Liang Xingxia thought for a while and couldn't help but nod. This is indeed the truth. There are countless people in Xingqing Mansion who want to get acquainted with Gao Yanei and are willing to spend a hundred taels to ask for a meeting. They are afraid that they will line up outside the courtyard!
Zhao Ran calculated the time. I was afraid that the effect of the spell he just cast was about to expire, so he cast another forbidden spell and said: "The profit of our business is not in the goods. How can we make money? The first one is the income from membership fees. This year
I plan to issue two batches of membership cards, the first batch will be fifty, and another fifty will be issued one month later. The annual fee for each card is one hundred taels, which is ten thousand silver!"
Gao Yanei and Liang Xingxia looked excited, eagerly waiting for Zhao Ran to say "the second one".
"Second. We hold an auction every five days. If you want to go on stage to auction your own goods, you will be given time to burn incense and charge 5% of the transaction amount as a handling fee. I did the math. We can still hold 20 auctions this year.
At an auction, if the total turnover reaches 100,000 taels, we will receive 5,000 taels, and if it reaches 200,000 taels, we will receive 10,000 taels..."
"Third, I have a total of fifty goods display stands set up in the next row of houses. Anyone who wants to display their own goods on these has to pay rent, no matter what kind of goods, each stand charges three taels of silver per day.
If all these tables can be rented out, we can get fifteen thousand taels in rent alone this year!"
Liang Xingxia murmured: "Thirty thousand silver a year..."
Gao Yanei's eyes were a little blurred and he was speechless.
Zhao Ran continued: "Every seven days, we will ask someone who is the best in business to talk about his business experience, and discuss and communicate with the members. We can also ask someone to talk about their experiences from north to south to increase the number of members.
Our understanding of the outside world. Of course, these high-end members cannot hang out here all day long to discuss business, so we have to find a way to attract them here and use this as the best place for leisure, entertainment and meeting guests. This is my next step
Plan. Come, Yanei, Brother Liang, let’s go inside.”
After entering the second courtyard, Zhao Ran said: "I plan to transform this place into a high-end teahouse. I will invite the best tea ladies here to cook the best tea. At the same time, I will invite several great chess players and musicians to sit down and give lectures on chess every day."
Playing chess, listening to and learning the piano every day, I wonder what Yanei and Brother Liang think?"
The two of them cheered in unison, with a look of fascination on their faces.
Entering the third courtyard, Zhao Ran said: "I plan to convert this place into a restaurant. I will only open twelve private rooms every night. I will invite the best chefs in Xingqing Mansion to cook the dishes, and pair them with various famous wines to entertain the guests...
"
Gao Yanei interjected: "It's not enough to eat. I'll go back and get a sign from Jiaofangsi. You can open a brothel here."
Zhao Ran smiled and said: "I have already thought of changing the remaining rooms into guest rooms to ensure that the guests can spend a good night with the beautiful lady."
The three of them laughed. After laughing, Zhao Ran led them to the back garden again.
"The back garden of Brother Liang's house is very large and well-built. I don't plan to make any big changes. I plan to keep this layout and set up games such as cockfighting, cricket fighting, Cuju, and pot throwing. Of course, there will also be mutual betting.
Handicap…”
After the explanation, Zhao Ran thought for a while and added: "As Yanei and Brother Liang saw, if you want to make this place lively, beauties are indispensable. I plan to go to Xingqing Mansion and surrounding prefectures to redeem women from brothels and let them
Become the manager here..."
"Manager?"
"The people who run the business, that is, the people who take care of things, only take care of things and don't accept customers. Firstly, these brothel girls are very talented and beautiful. Secondly, they have experience in dealing with customers. Thirdly, the ones who can't eat are always the most attractive.
...I'm just worried that the money they need to redeem themselves is too expensive, and I hope Gao Yanei can help."
Gao Yanei praised: "Brother Cheng, you are doing a great job in business. Don't worry, I will take care of this matter. Not to mention prostitutes, I will redeem all the henchmen for you!"
Zhao Ran nodded and said: "In this case, let's just wait and pick up the money!"
Gao Yanei laughed and said: "That's right, isn't it just picking up money?"
Zhao Ran said: "This business is called 'Meeting House'. This is what I plan to do. Brother Liang will hold 10% of the shares here, and the office will count as 20%. We don't want the two brothers to spend a penny! If there is any difficulty, we can still
Just ask the two of you to help me come up with some ideas. When the money is collected next month, I will return the 5,700 taels of silver used to purchase this house to Brother Liang. I wonder what you guys think?"
Liang Xingxia was stunned and speechless.
Gao Yanei looked at Liang Xingxia and said to Zhao Ran: "Brother Liang is right, you are a cheerful person, I have made you a friend. This house is considered part of the house for me and the third brother, and I will help him with the money that the third brother owes."
Also, if you keep the money to build the house...and take out another 30%, I can use it."
Zhao Ran's eyelids twitched. Although he was reluctant to give up, his face didn't show it at all. He smiled and said, "It's a deal!"
Before leaving, Zhao Ran pointed to the top of the gate and said: "There is still a plaque missing here. Please ask the government to give it a name."
Gao Yanei thought for a moment and said, "If you're not busy, I'll just send the plaque over on the opening day."
After sending away Gao Yanei and Liang Xingxia, Zhao Ran was secretly depressed. In order to enhance his deception effect, he used the second level of the forbidden technique many times on Gao Yanei and Liang Xingxia. The effect was indeed good, and he perfectly realized his intention. Counting it down.
, he just gave the small yard to Liang Xingxia, and got the ancestral house for nothing. More importantly, he also brought Gao Yanei in. The business has opened up, and the money is promising, and he can basically get nothing.
There is no difference between wolves.
But the problem is that the effect of the Great Forbidden Technique was a little too much, and it fooled Gao Yanei into becoming more interested, resulting in the loss of 30% of his members, which was really depressing.
But having said that, what he is doing now is not a simple shop, but a high-end platform with the nature of a club. Without the support of powerful local snakes like Gao Yanei, this "club" concept would be completely impossible to realize. From this perspective
, he did not suffer a big loss, it was equivalent to exchanging one idea for 40%, and the result was not bad.
After thinking about it, Zhao Ran returned to the house and directed the foremen to continue the work. It was just agreed that the club would be opened on the first day of September, and now there is less than a month left. The house must be renovated as soon as possible.
, otherwise it will not be his fault alone if the construction period is delayed. (To be continued.)