"I have classes four afternoons a decade," Mr. Kang said. "If you are free at other times, I can teach you."

Xu Xi was overjoyed and quickly bowed to Mr. Kang: "Thank you, Master."

The two agreed on the time and place of the class, and Mr. Kang said: "Okay, I'll ask who wants to learn painting from you first, and then I'll send someone to contact you. You don't have to worry about this."

With that said, he waved his hand and left directly.

When it comes to teaching painting, Mr. Kang is there to help him. It's the best thing, and Xu Xi doesn't have to worry about it.

Anyway, this painting class can't be opened in just a few days; Xu Xi will have to start a painting class with Mr. Kang to learn painting. After Mr. Kang determines the number of people who want to learn painting from her, she will have to rent a house.

, this matter cannot be rushed.

So in the next few days, Xu Xi stayed peacefully in the academy. Apart from attending classes, he also went to the bank to draw design drawings.

And Jiebaozhai also opened on an auspicious day this ten days.

Shopkeeper Wang is indeed the most powerful shopkeeper among the many shopkeepers in the Zhennan Palace. Although he does not know what "marketing" is, his marketing methods are really good.

He used to be the shopkeeper of a silk and satin shop. Because the ladies and ladies of wealthy and aristocratic families rarely leave the house, any good goods produced in the silk and satin shop depend on those sharp-tongued women who go into the inner house to recommend them. They work with the concierges and housekeepers of each house.

They are all familiar with each other.

Since the Princess of Zhennan wanted to do a good job in the business of the silver house, shopkeeper Wang was not polite and immediately transferred some women he had used well in the silk and satin shop to bring jewelry brochures and several kinds of jewelry to sell them door-to-door.

After some discussion, he also explained that if he came to the store in person on the opening day of Mingjie Baozhai, he could enjoy a 10% discount.

The housewife stayed in the house all day and was bored. I saw good jewelry and heard that there were more new styles to choose from. Although I regretted that the jewelry store was not in the capital, I didn’t want to go to Beining County.

There was a lot of conflict—the village at home is in Beining, so I happened to go to the village to have a look.

What's more, the 10% discount doesn't seem like much. But a fine head and face worth 3,000 taels, and you can save 300 taels of silver after the discount, so it's worth it.

Therefore, on the opening day of Jiebaozhai, after the gongs and drums were played to mark the opening, many horse-drawn carriages came one after another. The carriages were not only luxurious, but also had the signs of wealthy and aristocratic families, which showed that those who came to Jiebaozhai were genuine.

noble.

Xu Xinda and Huang Xing's faces turned dark when they saw Jie Baozhai being delisted and knew it was a silver house. Looking at this scene again, their faces were as dark as the bottom of a pot.

"Which bank is this? Beining County is only so big. Two banks are enough. If another bank opens and opens across from us, isn't it trying to steal business from us?" Xu Xinda said through gritted teeth.

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Huang Xing had been keeping an eye on Jiebao Zhai during this period, but he found out a lot of information, so he took some countermeasures and wrote a letter to be taken to the concierge of Pingnan Hou Mansion and reported to the second young master.

It's a pity that the second young master is not at home during this time. I heard that he went to Jiangnan with the fifth master.

At this time, looking at the prosperous appearance of Jie Baozhai, he was also very upset.

"I haven't found out which one opened it, but I already know that they opened a workshop on the back street." As he said that, Huang Xing smiled sarcastically and asked Xu Xinda, "Do you know Meng Juren?"

Xu Xinda raised the tea cup to his mouth for a moment, put down the tea cup, nodded and said: "I know."

Meng Juren has been in the jewelry design industry for several years and is very famous. It is impossible for Xu Xinda not to know about it.

"This silver house invited Meng Juren to draw jewelry pictures for them." Huang Xing slowly pinched a piece of snack and put it in his mouth.

Xu Xinda was shocked: "What?" He suddenly turned his head and looked out the window, "Isn't that, isn't it..."

He didn't say any more and grabbed Huang Xing's arm: "Hurry up and report this to the Second Young Master. Meng Juren is the best at drawing jewelry pictures now, at least in this part of the capital. I'll invite you from the other side.

He, then do we still have a way to survive?"

Huang Xing wiped his mouth, and the smile on his face became brighter: "Do you know what they did after inviting Meng Juren? Meng Juren worked for two days, and they kicked him out before even a single picture could be drawn.

Already."

"Ah?" Xu Xinda opened his mouth, "Why?"

"Why else?" Huang Xing threw another snack into his mouth, chewing and curling his lips, "Because Meng Juren was not convinced that the jewelry he painted was not as high as the price of Miss Xu, so he complained a few words and was kicked out by them.

Already."

Without waiting for Xu Xinda to say anything, he glanced at the other party proudly: "Meng Juren was extremely angry. When our people went to contact him, he directly accepted our invitation and agreed to draw jewelry pictures for our Yulong Pavilion. The price was also

Don’t be so high, you only need one hundred taels of silver per picture. The one given to him by Jie Baozhai across the street is one hundred and twenty taels per picture.”

Xu Xinda was very happy when he heard the first half of the sentence, and felt secretly happy; but when he heard the last sentence, he couldn't help but frown.

"One hundred and twenty two pictures? Have you checked it?"

After all, Xu Xinda still has the mentality of a small citizen. Even after being educated by the "Fifth Master" and the Second Young Master, he still feels that spending one hundred taels of silver to buy a jewelry picture is too expensive. As for Jiebaozhai, he is willing to spend one hundred and twenty taels to buy Bombay.

When someone was shown a picture of jewelry, he couldn't understand it and expressed doubts at the same time.

He vaguely knew the price of Meng Juren's paintings of jewelry, which seemed to be eighty taels a piece.

Xu Xi is a young lady from the Hou family and is in school. Even if she buys her jewelry pictures, she can only buy them a few times. The jewelry pictures she draws are very novel and very different from those on the market. So for the second young master, he insists on buying Xu Xi.

Regarding the jewelry picture, Xu Xinda’s opinion is not that big.

But Meng Juren makes a living from this. Although the jewelry pictures he draws are good, they never deviate from the original style and are not as novel as Xu Xi. In addition, his inlaid jewelry pictures are also priced at the same price, so the cost is high.

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For jewelry bought at such a price, the jewelry must be made from good raw materials. The cost will be extremely high. If it cannot be sold, the loss will be huge. A few times, a silver building collapsed

It's possible.

Therefore, the price offered by the bank to those who draw jewelry pictures is very cautious and will not rise easily.

Huang Xing actually doubted the quotation of one hundred and twenty taels, but he had no place to verify it. He couldn't just hire Meng Juren and go to Jiebaozhai to ask.

Moreover, it was difficult to recruit Meng Juren. He knew that many silver houses in the capital wanted to hire Meng Juren, but they couldn't. He didn't know how the people in Jiebaozhai managed to recruit Meng Juren in the first place. Maybe they paid a really high price.

So he hesitated for a moment before agreeing to the price Meng Juren said. He planned to ask for instructions after the second young master came back. If the second young master thought the price was too high and didn't want to hire him, he would just ask Meng Juren to leave. Take Meng Juren's painting of jewelry.
Chapter completed!