Chapter 732 Atypical and successful people in Dazhou
At the east end of Yanqiao Street in Dongcheng City, an ordinary house is located here. Looking at the house, it is just a house with two entrances and two doors. In terms of Hangzhou, it is not considered a mansion of a wealthy family. But this is Hangzhou.
The home of Qian Zhongze, one of the richest men in Chengpai. Qian Zhongze was very stingy. He would not buy a big luxurious house, keep a bunch of servants and maids, or build some scenery like a corridor with rockeries, flowers and trees.
In his opinion, these are unnecessary. Until now, his wife and two side servants cook, wash and fold quilts in his home. There are only two servants in the home, one is to drive the cart and feed the horses, and the other is himself.
His precious daughter Qian Xing'er is the maid who lives at home. If his daughter hadn't lived at home these past few years, his family's servants could have been reduced to just one person.
There is actually a reason why he is so stingy. At the beginning, he was just a small businessman and his life was very tight. But he just relied on the thousand taels of silver he saved to make a huge success in his life.
The choice was to buy a remote small dock and enter the shipping industry.
Decades later, the facts proved that his choice was wise. He caught up with the great development and reshuffle of Hangzhou's shipping and dock industry, and became a large merchant with docks and shipping companies in Hangzhou. He became one of the top merchants in Hangzhou.
One of the top tycoons.
Qian Zhongze has experienced hardship, so he knows that money is hard-earned. He is unwilling to use the money he has worked so hard for on daily consumption. He believes that money should be used where it can make money, and it should be used on the cutting edge.
, rather than food and drink. Therefore, despite repeated protests from his wife, concubines, and daughters, he remained unmoved and would never waste a tael of money on unnecessary things.
But what makes people feel contradictory is that Qian Zhongze is also a very face-saving person. Especially his past poverty and poverty experience, Qian Zhongze never likes to mention it. He doesn't want people to mention his past poverty and misery.
He hopes that people will pay more attention to who he is now. He likes the respect in others' eyes, which makes him feel that his life is successful.
When the shipping company was undergoing a major reshuffle, he was even willing to sacrifice some of his own interests and marry the Lin family, a well-known family in Hangzhou. He married his daughter Qian Xing'er to Lin Quan, the third member of the Lin family. Qian Zhong
Ze not only wants to join forces with the Lin family to achieve greater success in business, but also wants to marry the Lin family to get rid of his mediocre past with the Qian family. This is like using the reputation of the Lin family to improve his own status
, the Lin family is a wealthy and scholarly family, and his in-law relationship with the Lin family is his most proud transaction besides the speculation of buying the dock back then.
However, what made him extremely angry was that this deal actually became his shame. On that evening three years ago, when his daughter Qian Xing'er came home crying with a divorce letter, she told him that she had been ordered to do so by Lin Boyong, the head of the Lin family.
Lin Quan divorced and became an abandoned woman abandoned by the Lin family. Qian Zhongze was so angry that he almost spat out a mouthful of old blood. The Lin family crossed the river and demolished the bridge. When their wings became stiff, they tore up the engagement and threw his daughter out like garbage.
Is it tolerable or intolerable? He doesn't care what his daughter does in the Lin family. The Lin family is just slapping him in the face, making him unable to hold his head up ever since.
That evening, Qian Zhongze swore a vicious oath that he would be at odds with the Lin family.
However, despite swearing a poisonous oath, all Qian Zhongze could do was to cancel the cooperation between the two companies in order to attack the Lin family's shipping business. However, he sadly discovered that the Lin family's shipping business had already dominated the entire industry, and his withdrawal did not
It cannot have an impact on their business. The Lin family has completed the basic monopoly on the shipping and terminal industry, and no longer needs his help. He wanted to contact his colleagues to deal with the Lin family, but no one was willing to respond. He understood that he might have to swallow it
This is the tone.
Many changes occurred in the Lin family later. Especially after Lin Ke's death, the Lin family fell into a period of chaos. Lin Boyong was actually driven out from the position of the head of the family, which made Qian Zhongze think there was an opportunity. However, the third member of the Lin family
The actions of the concubine Lin Jue successfully saved the Lin family. Later, he learned the news that Lin Bonian, the second master of the Lin family, was imprisoned. The Lin family was fined a huge sum and seemed to be on the verge of collapse. At that time, Qian Zhongze was the happiest.
On that day, he was ready to divide the Lin family's property with others. However, things once again disappointed him. The Lin family did not fall, and the three-bedroom bastard became the head of the Lin family and remained stable.
The situation of the Lin family.
What's even more annoying is that the Lin family and Prince Liang's family are married, and the Lin family's third-room concubine actually won the first prize. All this indicates that he can't beat the Lin family. Qian Zhongze finally found out sadly that he might only be able to win the first prize.
He swallowed the humiliation of divorcing his daughter into his stomach. What made Qian Zhongze even more panicked was that he found that since he had a bad relationship with the Lin family, his dock and shipping business had plummeted and was no longer as prosperous as before. If it continues like this, I'm afraid...
It's going to be a waste of time.
How could Qian Zhongze let the situation get worse? He racked his brains and thought about it. He even wanted to restore old friendship with the Lin family and talk about business cooperation again. However, he could not make such an opening after all. There were several times.
When he saw Lin Boyong on the street, seeing the contempt in Lin Boyong's eyes, Qian Zhongze was so angry that his teeth itched with hatred. He knew that from the beginning, Lin Boyong had never looked down upon him. The cooperation between his in-laws back then was just what the Lin family needed.
It's just me. People like me will never be valued by the Lin family. Asking for cooperation is just humiliating myself.
It was by chance that Qian Zhongze became what he is today, but he has to admit that he is a man of foresight. His original speculation that led to his current family fortune is also related to his quick thinking. When the shipyard and wharf business was unsustainable,
, Qian Zhongze thought of changing careers. Although doing so was very risky, Qian Zhongze learned a truth from the Lin family, that is, no matter which industry he invests in, he must make it big at all costs so that he can monopolize the entire industry.
Industry, you can control the entire industry and achieve the status of the leader. Then things will be much easier to handle.
At this moment, the opportunity came. At the beginning of winter last year, Qian Zhongze accidentally got the news that the two brothels, Wanhua Building and Qunfang Pavilion, were going to be transferred. For some reason, Prince Liang’s Mansion was unwilling to continue operating it. After learning this news
, Qian Zhongze keenly felt that this might be an opportunity that he had dreamed of.
In Hangzhou's flower world, Wanhua Tower and Qunfang Pavilion are undoubtedly the best. When people from all over the Zhou Dynasty come to Hangzhou, if they want to have fun, they must go to Wanhua Tower and Qunfang Pavilion. Qian Zhongze also went there.
He found that these two buildings were like gold-selling dens. He just ordered a good-looking woman at random, ate a few pots of flower wine and fruits, and spent hundreds of taels of silver. Not to mention the rumored meeting with the oiran.
It will cost you thousands of taels of money to wrap your head around. The Fengyue Place is a cornucopia, and there are money trees in Wanhua Tower and Qunfang Pavilion. It is simply unbelievable that Prince Liang’s Mansion should be transferred.
Qian Zhongze was someone who would do what he thought of. While others were still discussing and speculating, Qian Zhongze had already taken action. He found Li Youyuan, the steward of Wanhua Building and Qunfang Pavilion, and he knew that from Li Youyuan's mouth
Here, you must be able to get the most authentic facts first-hand.
Li Youyuan did not disappoint Qian Zhongze. He confirmed the news that the palace was going to transfer Wanhua Tower and Qunfang Pavilion. At the same time, he was also worried about this matter. Because once Wanhua Tower and Qunfang Pavilion were transferred to others, his Hangzhou flower world
The powerful man was about to pack up and leave. Qian Zhongze caught Li Youyuan's mentality and made a promise that if Li Youyuan could help him win the two brothels, he would let Li Youyuan continue to serve as the manager of the two brothels.
role, allowing him to continue to become an indispensable figure in the flower world.
This obviously hit Li Youyuan's weakness. After the news was released, several wealthy families wanted to take over Wanhua Building and Qunfang Pavilion. However, with Li Youyuan mediating and revealing the inside information, Qian Zhongze took the lead step by step and fully catered to his needs.
When others were still discussing the installment payment, Qian Zhongze had already mortgaged and sold off all the dock and shipping companies, and used all his savings to collect cash. While others were still fussing over the details, Qian Zhongze
Guo Bing has already catered to Guo Bing's wishes, taking over all the deals, allowing Prince Liang's Mansion to get away completely and not care about the value of those trivial personnel.
The only thing Qian Zhongze asked for was that the two courtesans could not leave and must be transferred with the building. This was also what Li Youyuan suggested. He knew the significance of the two courtesans to the two brothels.
When Qian Zhongze accepted Wanhua Tower and Qunfang Pavilion, many people in Hangzhou couldn't believe that he had transformed instantly, from the shipyard and wharf industry to the leader in the flower industry. This courage and courage are really surprising. Qian
Zhongze once again made a splash and completed the third important decision in his life.
After the initial excitement, Qian Zhongze soon discovered many things that made him incomprehensible and unhappy. For example, Qian Zhongze thought that with the reputation of Wanhua Tower and Qunfang Pavilion, and the fact that every night in the building
With the passenger flow and consumption standards, these two buildings should be able to make a lot of money every day. But this is not the case. Although the money taken in is a lot, the money spent out is equally scary.
The girls had to pay their share, and the handymen, nursing home mothers, ghost slaves, and all the people in the kitchen had to pay wages. These were easy to understand. But there were many more expenses that were difficult for him to understand. For example, the dozens of eighty-nine-year-olds who were raised in the building
The children in their teens were raised for free. They were also given good food and clothing, and teachers were invited to teach poetry, literature, painting, singing, dancing, musical instruments, etc. Qian Zhongze
I think, isn't a brothel just a place where men come to have fun and have fun? The women there only need one skill, that is, skill in bed. How come there are so many tricks, so many unnecessary things and costs?
Spending a lot of money and energy teaching things that are useless is simply a waste of money.
Li Youyuan explained to him, but Qian Zhongze ignored him at all. He only insisted on his own ideas. A brothel should look like a brothel. Customers come in for a night of ecstasy and nothing else is necessary. Women dress up.
It's enough to be good-looking, talk coquettishly, be romantic, and be good in bed. Singing, dancing, writing poetry, and painting are of no use at all.
Li Youyuan finally realized that the new owner was a nouveau riche idiot, and it was impossible to explain Fengya to him. Under such circumstances, Li Youyuan naturally could not resist Qian Zhongze's will. So the building began to drastically cut off the money.
Zhongze considers unnecessary personnel and cuts money for expenditures that Zhongze considers unnecessary, which makes everyone confused.
