As he got closer, Guo Song discovered that the store was very spacious, typical of the Tang Dynasty style. The first floor was about one foot and five feet high, equivalent to a ceiling height of four and a half meters. The store was eight meters wide and at least twenty meters deep. This was just
The first and second floors are only slightly shorter than the first floor, with a ceiling height of about four meters, but the second floor is closed with only a row of windows.
There are two rows of large vats against the wall on both sides of the shop. Roughly speaking, there are about sixty vats.
There is a table and chairs in the innermost corner, where the shopkeeper sits. There is a door next to it, but I don’t know where it leads to?
Five or six clerks were sitting and resting. When they saw them coming in, they all stood up and looked at them uneasily. They probably all knew about the transfer of the store.
Li An smiled and asked, "Is Mr. Lu here?"
A tall waiter hurriedly came out to greet him. It was obvious that he was the leader of the waiters. He nodded repeatedly, "Our boss is here!"
He quickly shouted: "Proprietor, we have a customer!"
Guo Song couldn't help but take a look at this guy. He was as tall as himself, which was relatively rare among ordinary people. However, this guy had obviously never practiced martial arts and looked like a sorghum tree.
"What's your name?" Guo Songxiao asked.
"The villain's name is Jiang Feng, and he is the leader of the wine shop."
At this time, the innermost door opened, and a middle-aged man walked in, wearing an octagonal hat, slightly fat, with a small nose and small eyes, and he looked very shrewd.
"Are you Dongzhu Li?" The middle-aged man was very polite, and the city department superintendent greeted him specifically, explaining that he had a good background.
"My surname is Li, you can just call me Shopkeeper Li."
Li An introduced Guo Song to him, "This is Mr. Guo, a grandson of Mr. Guo Lainggong. He is the one who wants to buy your shop."
Guo Song was immediately startled. How did Li An know that he was Guo Ziyi's grandson?
When the other party heard that they were Guo Ziyi's family members, they immediately stood in awe, cupped their fists and said, "Master Guo, I'm sorry."
Guo Songqian laughed twice and quickly glanced at Li An. Seeing that his face was serious and not joking, he couldn't help but secretly wonder, could it be that he had really gone to Lingzhou to investigate him?
But as soon as he thought about it, Guo Song realized that Li An couldn't use Guo Ziyi's gimmick. If his surname was Li, he might transform into a royal family again.
Mr. Lu was very cheerful and said straight to the point: "The shops are all the same, with two floors, a yard at the back, and a wine cellar. Behind the yard, by the river, there is a delivery boat and two delivery cattle.
Car, and then store wine for 500 dan, worth 1,500 guan, and rent for 4,000 guan for two years.
Ox carts, wine boats, hundreds of wine tanks, wine barrels and other items, I count you five hundred guan, three hundred dan for old wine, I count you two thousand guan, and then I have 50% of a brewery in Fuping County.
I invested 2,000 guan at that time, and now you still have 2,000 guan, and they provide us with wine at half the market price.
Also, I have signed delivery agreements with forty-three restaurants in Chang'an City. This is a customer that I spent five years saving up. Counting two thousand guan, regardless of retail sales, the total is 12,000 guan.
I'm in a hurry to go back and do some errands. If you can give me some money today, it will be a flat price of ten thousand taels of silver. I will give it to you as a customer I have accumulated over the past five years. Don't worry, I won't come back to my hometown.
, my customers all know the store rather than the person, and they all have signed long-term supply contracts.”
Gan Lei was about to speak, but Guo Song agreed, "Okay, that's it!"
Mr. Lu was a little stunned, "Master Guo, don't you want to take a look?"
Guo Song shook his head, "My boss is a sincere person at first glance. When dealing with honest people, I never worry about being fooled."
Boss Lu was also a little moved, and said to Guo Song: "Opening a liquor store is quite hard. The market has to open before the market closes, and we have to settle accounts and take inventory at night. But don't worry, the hard work is worth it. The investment you made today
I guarantee you will earn back the money in three years."
Li An laughed at the side and said: "But the most basic lease and account books still need to be read briefly, and then you can sign a transfer deed. Let's go to the city office to transfer the ownership. For ten thousand taels of silver, I will have someone send it to you right away."
Boss Lu nodded, "That's for sure. Then I will give you the contract of Fuping Winery. Tomorrow morning, I will take you to Fuping Winery. To change the name of the owner, three parties need to be present to sign and sign."
Guo Song was really a little overconfident. He was most afraid of doing these tedious things. He said to Li Wenyu: "You can do all these things! I just need to sign and sign."
Li Wenyu nodded and smiled at Dongzhu Lu: "Dongzhu Lu, these six guys must stay!"
"You decide this. They are all willing to stay. Then you can discuss in detail how much salary you will pay each month. It will be in the ledger. I suggest you stay with the leader, Jiang Feng. He has been with me for many years and has more experience."
Mr. Lu ran to pick up the account book. Gan Lei pulled Guo Song aside and whispered: "That's how I was deceived back then. Everything seemed beautiful, but in the end I found out that everything was fake. We can't give money so happily.
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Guo Song patted his arm and said with a smile: "Don't worry! You have to go through the city department to transfer the ownership, so you can't fake it. Besides, whoever dares to cheat me, I promise to get the money back with interest. If he can't pay it back, he will have to pay with his life."
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Boss Lu brought a bunch of account books and contracts. Li Wenyu sat down and looked through the account books without hesitation. From time to time, he asked about the purchase and delivery situation, how to settle the accounts? How long can the five hundred stone wine be stored? Will it sour in such a hot day?
Boss Lu told her that out of the five hundred stone wine, 300 stone old wine could be stored for a long time in wooden barrels in the cellar. The remaining two hundred stone wine would be supplied to the restaurant. It would be delivered in the next two days. Once the wine is paid, the wine shop's
There is no credit policy, and the brand they sell is Fupingchun, a famous Tang wine. In fact, the real Fupingchun only brews a thousand dan a year, all of which is supplied to the palace. All other wines produced in Fuping County are called Fupingchun.
The restaurant delivers wine only twice a month, and usually it is sold retail.
Li Wenyu asked in detail, and the two talked for half an hour. Finally, Dongzhu Lu gave Guo Song a thumbs up and said, "Mr. Guo, the female shopkeeper you hired is amazing. Although she is new to this industry, she asked all the key points."
, with her in charge of the wine shop, you don’t have to worry at all.”
Guo Song chuckled, "It still needs Dongzhu Lu to give it to me."
"That's for sure. There are some secrets that I can't tell her yet. I have to wait until the transfer of ownership is completed before I can tell her. This is a business rule. If I tell her too early, my bowl will be smashed."
The handover between the two parties went smoothly. The transfer deed was completed at the city office. When the red seal was struck, the wine shop officially belonged to Guo Song.
When Dongzhu Lu and Li An went to get the money, Guo Song smiled and asked Li Wenyu, "What do you think, Senior Sister Li?"
"I only have two thoughts now!"
Li Wenyu said solemnly: "Starting from tomorrow, I want to visit restaurants one by one. Ninety percent of the income of wine shops depends on restaurants. If we lose big customers like restaurants, the wine shop will be ruined. Moreover, our profit is very thin, only 10%."
The net profit is two hundred guan a month, which is already pretty good."
"What's another idea?" Guo Song asked again.
"There are still six more guys. I'm going to quit three of them and save fifteen thousand dollars a month."
Gan Lei immediately said in a hurry: "Didn't Mr. Lu say that when things get busy, there aren't enough manpower?"
Li Wenyu glared at him fiercely, "Don't we still have you? Do you still think of yourself as proprietor Zhang? You are the waiter in the store, and one person must support three of them."
Gan Lei blinked and couldn't say a word. Guo Song laughed hoarsely and said: "Actually, it's good to let go of the three locals. The other three can stay in the store at night and look after the shop."
Li Wenyu shook his head, "Junior brother Guo, you are mistaken. I plan to keep three locals from Chang'an, especially the leader, Jiang Feng, who is very self-righteous. This kind of person will deceive the master, and I cannot keep him."
"Then why are there three locals left?" Guo Song asked puzzledly.
"They can go home every day, and we live in the backyard at night. There are six houses in the backyard, which is enough for our family of three. I asked and it turns out that the original landlord Lu's family also lived in the backyard."
Guo Song was stunned, "What about the house in Xuanyangfang?"
"You can live on your own! What else can you do? Otherwise, you can rent it out and the rent will be at least 20 yuan a month. I've already asked about it."
Guo Song thought for a while, then nodded in agreement, "It is indeed too hard to run back and forth from Xuanyangfang to the West Market every day. Let's do this! I will give you and your wife a monthly salary of fifty thousand dollars, which will be deducted from my share.
You hire a maid to help take care of the children, cook, etc. Once the store gets busy, you won't have time to take care of the children."
Guo Song then put a thousand guan of money from selling jade and a thousand guan of white tiger skin for a total of 2,000 guan in the shop as working capital.
Early the next morning, Guo Song and Boss Lu went to the Fuping County Winery to change the owner. After completing the last step of the transaction, Guo Song clapped his hands and became the hands-off shopkeeper.
In the evening, Guo Song walked to the wine shop. Today was the first day that Gan Lei and his wife took over the wine shop. The couple was so busy that they temporarily hired an old nanny to help them take care of their children.
Li Wenyu personally took the waiters to deliver wine and visited restaurants one by one. In the evening, he was so tired that his bones were falling apart. Li Wenyu was still reading the account books at the table, while Gan Lei was busy cooking in the backyard.
There are only three clerks left in the shop. They are all locals and have gone home. At this time, the West Market has become deserted and will soon be closed. Only a small door is left, mainly for residents.
The owners of various shops in the West City come in and out.
"Sister, haven't you eaten yet?" Guo Song walked into the shop and asked with a smile.
"Your senior brother is cooking in the back!"
Li Wenyu put down his pen and said: "Today I gave away 150 shi of wine. I have to give away all the remaining 50 shi of wine tomorrow. Your senior brother also has to go to Fuping County to purchase goods. As Lu said, the wine cost is
The payment was made on the spot, and I brought two carts full of copper coins back today."
"Senior sister seems a little dissatisfied with the previous employer?" Guo Song heard the annoyance in Li Wenyu's tone.
"After all my calculations, I was tricked by him. He converted the inventory in the store to us, but I didn't realize it. When I delivered the goods today, I found out that he actually used the market price of the restaurant to convert it, but we didn't realize it.
The delivery price will be discounted by 30%, which means we have lost 30% of the 500 stone wine, at least 500 guan."
Guo Song was stunned. He didn't seem to notice this problem at the time.
Li Wenyu sneered and said: "This is called evil being punished. He tricked us once, but in the end he lost a thousand dollars."
"How do you say this?"
"Today I gave fifty guan of ice drink money to the city department official. This is the rule. Ice drink money in summer and charcoal money in winter are indispensable for every shop. The city department official told me that there are people named Lu.
The rental deposit of 1,000 guan was at the city office, but he forgot to return it. Once the shop owner changed, the 1,000 guan deposit became ours. Originally, I wanted to return it to him, but now I don’t want to give it to him, and I dare to give it to my mother.
Do you think I, Li Wenyu, am easy to mess with if you put on eye drops?"
At the end of the speech, Li Wenyu actually forgot that the person standing opposite was Guo Song, and the aura of the head of the family was revealed habitually.
"Junior brother is here, we just want to have dinner together!"
Gan Lei walked in from the back door carrying the food. Li Wenyu blushed, and she realized that she had not controlled what she had just said.
Guo Song sat down with a smile, "I've eaten, you can eat! I'll draw a picture for you later."