Queen Yu nodded in approval, and the matter of building a shop was settled.
Xie Mingxi is fully responsible for this matter. Chief Gu Shan is busy with various matters related to recruiting more students.
Since the announcement of additional students was posted, people have come to inquire almost every day. By the beginning of February, from the day of registration, there was a steady stream of people coming to register, almost breaking through the threshold of Lianchi Academy.
While Chief Gu Shan was busy, he was quite surprised to see Xie Mingxi was not in a hurry. He opened his mouth and asked, "Didn't you say you wanted to build a shop? Why didn't you see you busy and staying in the academy all day?"
Xie Mingxi studied, practiced calligraphy, piano and painting, and also set aside an hour every day to practice martial arts. His life was leisurely. Hearing this, he smiled leisurely and said: "I have already made arrangements. The construction will start tomorrow and the construction period will be one month. By the beginning of March, it will be completed."
It can be covered well.”
"Also, all the shops have been rented out. The rent for each shop is 200 taels of silver per year. The rent will be increased by 10% every year! Master, just wait and get the money."
Gu Shanchang: "..."
Gu Shanchang could hardly believe his ears and blurted out: "Are you kidding me?"
It has only been a few days and everything has been arranged?
Let’s not talk about how to build twenty shops in one month. How can the shops be rented out before there is any sign of them? Moreover, the rent is really not low!
Xie Mingxi raised her eyebrows and said with a smile: "How could I joke with Master about such an important matter? This is the contract for leasing the shop, and there is also a deposit."
He casually took a pile of paper and several banknotes from the table and handed them to Chief Gu Shan.
…
Gu Shanchang accepted the contract and the banknote dubiously.
The banknotes are all in pieces, twenty in total. As for the contract...
Gu Shanchang read the first copy, and the corners of his mouth twitched. Then he looked at the second and third copies, and his eyes became weirder, until he saw the last one...
Gu Shanchang raised his eyes and looked at Xie Mingxi, who looked calm: "You rented five rooms for yourself, and the Seventh Prince rented five rooms. The remaining ten rooms were rented by Yin Xiaoxiao, Fang Ruomeng, Lin Weiwei and the others."
"Mingxi! How could you do this!"
"Even if no one comes to rent the shop for a while, just leave it alone. How can I ask you to fill it? No, absolutely not!"
As he said that, Shanchang Gu became excited: "These contracts don't count! Take them all back!"
Xie Mingxi smiled and comforted the excited Gu Shanchang: "Master, don't be anxious, just listen to me."
"I rented the shop to run a business and to make money. I did not use my private house to fill the academy as Master thought."
"The Seventh Prince, Sister Fang and Sister Lin also have the same plan as me."
"Master, don't be jealous when we make a lot of money."
When Mr. Gu was about to say anything else, Xie Mingxi added: "Master, don't worry, if the shop is not managed well and loses money, we will stop next year."
Mr. Gu Shanzhang reluctantly nodded. Then, he frowned and asked, "What are you going to do when you rent five shops? Running a shop is not as simple as you think. You also need money as capital. You
That little private house is not enough. I have some private money there, so you can use it first!"
Master always loves her so much!
Xie Mingxi felt warm in her heart, she relaxed her brows and smiled in a low voice: "Master, I am a man with a net worth of one million yuan, so I don't have to worry about opening a few shops. Master, you don't have to worry about me."
Gu Shanchang glared at Xie Mingxi: "What a millionaire! Bragging is not a good habit!"
Xie Mingxi: "..."
She had never been so honest with Sheng Hong! But Chief Gu didn't believe her truth at all!
…
On the second day, construction started outside Lianchi Academy.
Xie Mingxi's handwriting once again opened Gu Shan's eyes.
The students entered the academy and started class, and the craftsmen were led outside the Lotus Pond Academy to avoid bumping into the delicate girls. All craftsmen were strictly instructed to be gentle and not to make too much noise.
There are more than a hundred craftsmen in total, divided into three teams. They do not stop during the day and night, except for the girls who take an hour's rest each time when they get out of school.
In just a few days, the foundation was laid. After that, the shop was built at an astonishing speed.
Gu Shanchang went out to see them twice a day, and was amazed: "Where did these craftsmen come from? Why do they work so hard?"
Xie Mingxi smiled casually and said: "It's very simple. I asked Yu An to tell them that if the work is completed within a month, their wages will be tripled."
Gu Shanchang: "..."
Man will die for money, and bird will die for food. This sentence is absolutely true!
Thanks to the day and night efforts of the craftsmen, two rows of shops were built in less than a month. After that, the painters and carpenters came to work, and the wages were still three times as high as before.
Within ten days, two rows of white shops with blue bricks and red tiles appeared outside Lianchi Academy.
In each room, there are various wooden shelves for placing goods.
Soon, these shelves were filled with all kinds of goods.
There are those that specialize in all kinds of clothing materials, some that sell rouge and gouache, some that sell colorful silk flower beads and hairpins, some that sell food and fruit wine, and some that sell pens, inks, paper, and inkstones.
Among them, the most eye-catching one is the shop specializing in jade facial cream.
Jade Face Cream is divided into different fragrances and different formulas, suitable for women of different ages. In recent years, Jade Face Cream has become famous, and more than a dozen shops have been opened in Beijing alone. The Jade Face Cream shop outside Lianchi Academy has not yet officially opened.
, they put up a banner offering to buy three boxes and get one box free. The opening day was the day when the Lotus Pond Academy was recruiting for the exam.
In fact, twenty shops all chose this day to open at the same time.
Different from the shops outside, these twenty shops are all women's business, and the shopkeepers and waiters are also women.
Most of these women are married women in their twenties. Their families are poor and they have to find a way to make a living to supplement their family income.
The wages in the shop were very generous, enough to feed the family. Before starting work, they were given two clean and neat blue skirts, and someone trained them for a month. From standing to speaking, there were strict rules.
Require.
Each shop must employ at least two to three women, so these twenty shops can support fifty or sixty women.
On the day of the entrance examination of Lianchi Academy, hundreds of girls entered the academy. Hundreds of female relatives had nothing to do, so they naturally entered the two rows of shops to browse and buy.
Not to mention other shops, the shop that specializes in Jade Face Cream earned back several years of rent money on this day.
It can be seen that women are the most profitable in the world.
After learning about this, Gu Shanchang was shocked and subconsciously sighed: "I really don't know who made this jade cream."
Xie Mingxi answered the question naturally: "Oh, I forgot to tell Master. I was the one who made this jade cream."
