In the early morning, Lin Jue got up from the warm embrace of the little princess and prepared to move to the house in Tianshuijing Hutong. The little princess was exhausted and struggled to get up to see her off. Lin Jue pushed her back into bed and told her that she didn't have to.
Send yourself. It's not a real separation, it's just a change of place to live. The distance between the two houses is only seven or eight streets, only five or six miles away, so there is no need for this.
The little princess coquettishly hugged Lin Jue and kissed him several times before letting Lin Jue get away. After finishing arranging, she left the back house and went to the front yard. A carriage was already parked at the door. After asking the housekeeper, she found out that this was the case.
The princess ordered this carriage last night. This carriage was given to Mr. Lin for his transportation, so that he could run around and avoid being burdened by his steps.
Lin Jue sighed at the attentiveness of the little princess. Sometimes Guo Caiwei was not as virtuous as the princess in the palace. She had no arrogant air, and her personality was gentle and Huixiu, which was completely different from her elder brother.
The happiest thing is Xiaohu. Ever since he threw the imperial horse to death in the snow valley in the Funiu Mountains, during this period of time when he was running around, whenever he saw the young master and Sister Lu Wu looking tired, he would
I feel so responsible. Now that I have this carriage, I can carry the young master and Lu Wu back and forth freely. In such a big capital, the young master has to travel to many places, so this carriage is absolutely practical.
At 3 o'clock in the morning, Lin Jue and his entourage arrived at the house in Tianshuijing Hutong. Xie Yingying, Xie Danhong and others had already greeted them at the door. After moving their luggage into the back house and settling down, everyone gathered in the main room of the front house to discuss matters. Lin Jue left yesterday
Tell Xie Yingying that the location where the Grand Theater will be opened must be finalized today so that the decoration and overall design can begin immediately.
After everyone discussed for a while, Lin Jue suggested to go see the place in order to make a decision. So everyone went out and got in the car and rushed to the three places that Xie Yingying, Xie Danhong and others had chosen to check on the spot.
The three lots that Xie Danhong, Xie Yingying and others were interested in were two in the inner city and one in the outer city. Everyone went north first, and went to the nearest Maxing Street lot, which is in the middle of Maxing Street.
It is the place where entertainment venues in the inner city gather. There are Sangjia Wazi, Zhongwazi, Panlou and other famous entertainment venues in the capital. The existence of Goulan tile houses makes this place a gathering place for people.
The two-story building that Xie Danhong and Xie Yingying fell in love with is at the intersection of Majing Street and Rendian Street. In terms of location, this is an excellent location. The place where the entertainment industry gathers can take advantage of the dense flow of people.
It is said that once the business is opened, there will automatically be a source of customers.
However, the rent of this two-story building is staggering. The landlord wants to pay an unacceptable price of 30,000 taels of silver a year, and requires that the year's rent be paid in one lump sum. More
The terrible thing is that he actually refused to let people modify it. Lin Jue Dang even asked everyone to get in the car and leave. No matter how good the location is, if the performance effect he wants cannot be achieved, it is not worth it to Lin Jue. Besides,
, the rent price is also unacceptable.
This time, Xie Danhong and Xie Yingying paid for the semicolon. They took out all their money and scraped together 40,000 taels of silver. It can be said that the whole thing was ruined. Now the rent alone will cost 30,000 taels. What will happen later?
How else to proceed?
Soon, a location on Quyuan Street to the west of Yujie was also excluded by Lin Jue. For almost the same reason, Lin Jue felt that the rent was too high, which would make operating costs higher and affect subsequent renovations.
and other aspects of the design budget. Lin Jue would never tolerate starting the Grand Theater's performance in the capital in a shoddy way.
In this way, everyone had to leave the relatively prosperous inner city and rush to the last house they liked in the outer city. It was a small street located outside Baokang Gate and between Cai River and Bian River in the southeast corner of the city.
There is a huge wooden building facing the street. Not only does it have a two-story building facing the street, but it is also matched with a large mansion and more than a dozen houses behind it.
When I asked about the price, the whole building and the house together cost one thousand taels a month. That’s twelve thousand taels a year. This price is nearly 60% cheaper than the rent in the two inner cities.
.Moreover, the landlord only collects rent every six months and agrees to renovate the wooden building in front. He just made a request and asked for restoration when the rent is no longer available.
Lin Jue immediately decided to make this location the first branch of the Grand Theater in Beijing. However, Xie Danhong was quite worried about this decision.
"Mr. Lin, people say, 'It's better to fight for an inch of space in the busy city than to live in a single house.' We want to open our doors for business. This street is too small and too remote. It's not lively nearby. If this is the case,
It's open, who will come to see it? Although the rent is cheaper, if the business is not good, then it will be a loss even if it is open. We have rejected this place before and went to the inner city to find two places. Unexpectedly, you chose it.
Come here. Do you want to think about it again? As for the money, the worst I can do is take out my last five thousand taels of silver for retirement."
Lin Jue smiled and said: "Sister Danhong, everything must be done with care and cost-effectiveness. Although there are differences between the inner city and the outer city, I personally feel that the difference is not big. For example, the inner city is indeed prosperous and has a large passenger flow.
, maybe the business will be good, but it may not be a bad business here. Let me do the math for you. The rent can save eighteen thousand taels a year, and the big house next to it can accommodate the actors of the theater troupe.
Ah, near the theater, it not only saves the cost of accommodation, but also avoids the pain of fatigue. It saves thousands of taels a year. Added together, just moving the address can free up a balance of more than 20,000 taels. Is this right?
Isn’t that a good thing?”
"As for the problem of customer sources you mentioned, this is the least of my worries. First, the tens of thousands of taels of silver saved can provide us with sufficient silver taels to support the stage lighting and theater decoration in the future.
In order to achieve perfection, as long as the play is performed well and the stage effect is unique, there is no need to worry about no one coming to watch the play? Secondly, I can carry out momentum building and publicity throughout the city. Aren’t we all familiar with these things in Hangzhou? Marketing
There are many ways we can do it. In order to attract others to come to the theater, we can even offer free trials to win word of mouth. If we have sufficient funds, we can rent a boat at the pier on the Bian River in the inner city to promote it and shuttle guests there for free.
Watching a play. In short, I am very confident. Isn’t it better to use money in these areas than to give it to those black-hearted landlords? "
Lin Jue's words completely dispelled everyone's doubts. As soon as he said it, Lin Jue immediately signed a contract with the landlord and asked for a long-term lease contract. Naturally, the landlord and his family were very happy. Because of the location of their property,
It is difficult to rent out a place in a remote outer city. I thought the other party would make a counteroffer or something, but I didn’t expect that not only did they not make a counteroffer, but they were also willing to rent it for a long time. Naturally, I wanted it. However, the landlord was a real person, so he asked clearly.
After finding out that Lin Jue and others wanted to do business here, they expressed their concerns. However, seeing that the other party insisted on doing so, they said nothing.
After finding someone to act as guarantee, signing a contract, and handing over the money, everything was settled.
At noon, everyone had a meal in a small restaurant. In the afternoon, actors, musicians, painters, craftsmen and others who had been notified arrived one after another. Lin Jue and others summoned the people on the second floor of the slightly tidied wooden building.
At the meeting, Lin Jue announced that from now on, more than 30 actresses will move here to prepare for rehearsals for the new play. The remaining people must fully prepare to cooperate with the renovation of the theater, build the stage, set stage and lighting system.
After more than half a month of idle waiting, everyone was actually anxious and had no clue. But now that Lin Jue was back in command, everyone had confidence in their hearts and felt much better.
At the meeting, based on the architectural layout of the two-story building, Lin Jue discussed with everyone on the spot and drew a sample drawing on the spot. After everyone discussed and approved it, the layout of the stage and the prototype of the theater structure were basically finalized. With this picture
After drawing the sketch, you can make modifications according to the drawings. When the general layout is completed, you can carry out the detailed internal design, which is a story later.
They were busy until the evening, and everyone returned to the house in Tianshuijing Hutong exhausted. Although everyone was exhausted, they were very excited mentally. Today, under the leadership of Lin Jue, he had not done anything for so many days.
Good thing. The house is now rented, and the planning sketch has been drawn. From tomorrow, we can hire people to carry out extensive renovations.
A group of people gathered excitedly in the front hall and chatted and laughed. Lin Jue sat aside and drank tea, feeling more peaceful than ever before. Everything was slowly getting on track. He found his teacher and his wife, and also found the little princess.
I found Xie Yingying. In a few days, I went from being unfamiliar and hesitant when I entered the capital to now being able to sit peacefully in the house and drink tea. This has already marked that I am slowly integrating into the city and slowly getting used to the life in the capital.
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After dinner, Lin Jue suddenly remembered something, so he called Lin Hu and asked him to go to Yulin Lane to deliver a letter to Mr. Fang. The purpose was to inform Fang Dunru that he had changed his address. If Fang Dunru was not informed, he might think that
I am still staying in the inn.
Lin Hu responded and left. Xie Yingying suddenly said: "Our house has no name. I'm afraid it won't be clear when Xiaohu is gone. Master Mo Ruo, please give the house a name. Send someone to make a plaque and hang it up tomorrow."
Everyone cheered in unison and looked at Lin Jue expectantly, wanting Lin Jue to give him a good name.
Lin Jue nodded and smiled: "That's fine, how can the residence be nameless? Well... when we came yesterday, the two jujube trees at the gate of the courtyard were impressive. In May, it will be the time when the jujube flowers bloom, and it will definitely be
The trees are full of jujube flowers, and the branches are full of fragrance. When the jujube flowers fall, they fall like rain, which must be even more beautiful. As the saying goes, 'Jujube flowers fall on clothes and towels', let's just call this place a jujube garden."
Everyone applauded in unison, thinking that the name was pleasant to hear and easy to remember, and it was not pretentious at all. The key was that the young master also composed a poem smoothly, which was even more rare. Xie Yingying thought that this poem must be engraved in the courtyard.
It's at the door.
"Xiaohu, please tell Mr. Fang and Mrs. Fang that we live in the Tianshui Lane Alley in the Zaoyuan. If you need anything, just search along the alley and you will find it." Lu Wu ordered.
