Chapter 9 The water is muddy
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Jinyulou.
"My nephew, have you heard of it?"
Zhou Feng looked at Liu Chengbian beside him.
Liu Chengbian nodded and said, "I have heard that my nephew has hired the Kou family to help him sell Chenlou."
Zhou Feng said: "I know a little about the grudges between your two families, but I don't want it to affect my plan."
Liu Chengbian hurriedly said, "Please rest assured Uncle Zhou. If our Yakuza wants to make a profit, we must complete the transaction. If someone wants to buy Chenlou, Chen Fangyuan will not wait until now. My nephew can guarantee Uncle Zhou that no matter who Chen Fangyuan looks for, the one who buys Chenlou will definitely be Jinyulou and will not increase by one penny."
Zhou Feng nodded and said, "I hope you remember what you said today."
Chen Fangyuan had not released any news before and clearly stated that he would sell Chenlou, which was a problem for Liu Chengbian. Now Chen Fangyuan found the Kou family to help him sell Chenlou, which saved a lot of trouble. After all, Yashang is just talking about the transaction.
It can be seen from this that Liu Chengbian did not take the Kou family seriously.
Kou Mansion.
"Miss, Liu Chengbian came to visit me."
"It's really fast."
Kou Weisha pondered slightly and said, "You go to see him with your son-in-law."
"Son-in-law?"
Kou Yi said inexplicably: "Son-in-law..."
Kou Weisha said: "Dad is not in good health, and I am inconvenient. I can only go there by my son-in-law, but it is mainly you and Liu Chengbian to talk to you."
She asked Guo Dan to go, first to observe whether Guo Dan was involved in this transaction, and secondly, she also hoped to use Guo Dan to numb Liu Chengbian.
"I see."
Although Kou Yi said this, he always felt something was wrong.
Guo Dan was also very realistic over there. He took money to eliminate disasters for others. Although his pocket money was reduced, there was no small amount of meat for each meal. Therefore, when he called him here, he immediately came to the front yard.
"I didn't expect to meet my brother again so soon."
Liu Chengbian was so happy to see Guo Dan.
"Brother Liu is here, but I am worried about the welcome."
Guo Dan gave a gift like a very nerd.
Kou Yi also bowed to Liu Chengbian.
Liu Chengbian nodded slightly, glanced at him from side to side, and couldn't help but feel a little worried about gains and losses. From the perspective of transactions, he would of course prefer to talk to Guo Dan, but... he wanted to see Kou Weisha again.
After some greetings, the three of them entered the hall, and Liu Chengbian quickly got to the point.
"Brother, we are doing business and doing business, especially those who are doing business. If we complete this business as soon as possible, we can get the commission as soon as possible, so why not do it?"
My Brother Liu, I can’t even be happy if I do it or not. Guo Tan said in disagreement: “Brother Liu’s words are reasonable.”
He looked at Kou Yi in confusion again, as if asking, his words made sense, why don’t you sell it?
Kou Yi was really in tears. He was a teammate like a pig, but he was not a good person. He changed his mind to Liu Cheng: "Young Master Liu is right, but we are entrusted by others after all, we still hope to wait and see if there are anyone offering higher prices."
"So that's how it is." Guo Dan nodded thoughtfully.
Liu Chengbian just said that Guo Dan was happy. Of course, he knew Kou Yi was the main object of negotiations, so he said, "Butler Kou, we are all old acquaintances. I might as well say that if someone wanted to buy Chenlou, it would have appeared long ago, why wait until today? I know that our Liu family has robbed you a lot of business recently, but we must not act irritatedly. This competition and cooperation should be carried out, otherwise, our reputation as a stinky company will be bad. I don't think our employer wants to see us use their interests as a weapon for competition between us."
It really is a little trick! Guo Dan secretly praised himself. These simple words include four elements: power, force, profit and inducement.
Especially the last point, that is very sensitive. As an employer, you only care about your own interests and you never want to see Yaxing take their interests to serve yourself. Liu Chengbian is actually putting pressure on the Kou family. If you don’t sell, you will be revenge on your own.
But Liu Chengbian didn't know that Chen Fangyuan asked not to sell it to Jinyulou, so Kou Yi was also fearless, but he would not make this clear. After all, it is most taboo to talk to death when doing business. He said: "Our Kou family has some time to do a tooth business. However, it doesn't need Mr. Liu to teach us what to do, and he doesn't need Mr. Liu to worry about us. I think you will never be the only buyers of the strength of our Kou family."
Liu Chengbian's face changed and he sneered: "If you come to the door on your own initiative in the future, it may not be the price."
Guo Dan nodded secretly, don’t worry, it is definitely not the price. This price is suitable for you, but not for me.
Kou Yi smiled and said, "Is Mr. Liu threatening our Kou family?"
"I dare not, I dare not."
Liu Chengbian stood up and said, "Since that's the case, Liu will say goodbye first."
In the early stages of negotiations, he had to remain strong because he had an advantage, so he had to put enough pressure on the Kou family.
However, the Kou family took over this deal mainly to target the recent suppression of the Liu family. Kou Weisha's meaning is also very simple, which is to use this deal to make the competition between the Kou family and the Liu family clear and fierce. Anyway, their Kou family has no choice but to retreat.
After seeing Liu Chengbian off, Guo Dan went back to the house, and Kou Yi went to report to Kou Weisha. "Everything was as expected by the eldest lady. Liu Chengbian was so arrogant that he didn't take our Kou family seriously at all."
When Kou Weisha heard this, she looked expressionless and suddenly asked, "What did the son-in-law say?"
Kou Yi was wondering why the eldest lady was so interested in her son-in-law recently and said, "If I hadn't been there, I'm afraid my son-in-law would have had a bad thing again."
"How do you say this?" Kou Weisha asked.
Kou Yi immediately told Kou Weisha about Guo Dan's performance just now. In fact, what he didn't want to say at all, it would be a shame to say it.
Kou Weisha pondered for a moment and suddenly asked, "Do you think your son-in-law seems a little different recently?"
Kou Yi shook his head and said, "Why did the eldest lady ask this? My son-in-law is still the same as before." He added in his heart, "It's so stupid."
Kou Weisha nodded slightly and thought to herself, it seems that I have thought too much, and then said seriously: "The news of the split and sale will be released tomorrow."
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The next day, the Kou family released the news that Chenlou was split and sold. This news was like throwing a huge rock into the stagnant water of Liangyuan, and the whole pool of water came alive. The kitchen was very important for Chenlou to last for so long. Some foodies don’t care about fake wine, but they just want to go to Chenlou to eat. So whenever they do restaurants want to get Chenlou’s kitchen. They are just not very interested in going to Liangyuan because there is a Jinyulou there, which is not profitable.
The most exciting one is Cao Da, the owner of Zuixiao Tower.
"Master, I've just gone to inquire. The news is indeed true. The Kou family really plans to split Chenlou and sell it."
Meng Qi, the shopkeeper of Zuixiao Tower, hurried to the backyard and reported to Cao Dahui.
When Cao Da heard this, he couldn't help but be overjoyed and stood up, "You go to contact the Kou family immediately."
Meng Qi asked, "The master really wants to buy Chenlou's kitchen."
"Of course, no one wants Chenlou's kitchen. Moreover, if Zhou Feng gets it, it will be even more difficult to shake his position in the restaurant industry in the future." Cao Da came to the window and sighed: "Now our Zuixiao Tower has reached its limit. If we cannot reach those high-ranking officials and nobles, it is almost impossible to go further."
Not only Yunxiao Tower, but almost all the big restaurants in the capital sent people to the Kou family for inquiries.
The Kou family, which was deserted a few days ago, immediately became very lively!
However, although there were many people coming to ask, the price was a bit discouraged because all the teeth shops estimated the Chenlou kitchen, which was no more than 1,500 taels, but the Kou family offered a price of 2,000 taels. Although the total number of 5,000 taels has not changed, they just wanted to get Chenlou's kitchen.
It smells like a little thunder and a little raindrops.
But even so, Zhou Feng was furious when he heard the news and asked Liu Chengbian: "How did you talk to them yesterday? Don't you know that I am bound to win the kitchen of Chenlou. Now that they are split and sold, Chenlou's kitchen is likely to fall into the hands of others. Tell you, if you mess it up, I will not only not give you a penny, but I will not think I will cooperate with your Liu family again."
Faced with Zhou Feng's rage, Liu Chengbian seemed extremely calm and smiled and said, "Uncle Zhou, don't be angry, this is just a mystery in the Kou family."
Zhou Feng was stunned and said, "Damn it mysterious?"
Liu Chengbian nodded with a smile and said, "I dared to ask Uncle Zhou, if Chenlou does not have a kitchen, is Chenlou worth that much money?"
Zhou Feng frowned slightly, sat down slowly, and asked, "What do you mean?"
Liu Chengbian said: "Anyone who is familiar with business will not do this. If the kitchen is sold, Chenlou will become worthless. Chen Fangyuan cannot leave the five thousand taels without making money, but he just makes these two thousand taels. I think the Kou family wants to use this to disrupt our plans and force us to give more favorable conditions. At this time, we should calm down. My nephew thinks that Uncle Zhou should be full of confidence in Jinyulou. Who dares to come to Liangyuan to become enemies with Uncle Zhou in this capital?"
Zhou Feng nodded slightly and said, "But no matter what, I don't want any accidents."
"Please rest assured Uncle Zhou, this is no surprise than the transaction."
Having said that, after leaving the Jinyulou, Liu Chengbian's face suddenly became a little anxious, and he thought to himself, "Yusha, your move is really cruel. It seems that I still underestimated you."
"well.....!"
Guo Dan, who was lying under the big tree in the yard, suddenly sighed, threw the "Zuo Zhuan" in his hand casually, pinched his eyes, and said a little tired: "This kind of book is really not suitable for me, a commoner." He picked up a candied fruit from the side and threw it into his mouth, stood up, stretched his waist, "Now the water is muddy enough, it's time for me to take advantage of the troubled waters."
The next morning, Guo Dan left the house, came to the south gate, found a tea shop to sit down, and looked around intentionally or unintentionally.
As the capital of the Ming Dynasty, Beijing is naturally also an economic hub and a key trade place, and there are endless merchants traveling from all over the country.
"It's worthy of being the capital, it's so prosperous!"
Su Fu, a Suzhou businessman who came back to the capital for the first time, stood in front of the city gate and couldn't help but sigh.
A servant carrying a bun beside him said, "Master, go and ask where the Qin family silk and satin farm is?"
Sufu nodded.
Suddenly, I heard a tender voice, "Uncle, are you going to Qin's silk?"
Su Fu looked down and saw a twelve or thirteen-year-old child looking up at him with his head raised and asked with a smile: "Do you know?"
The child nodded and said, "I know, I will take you there."
Su Fu looked at the child alertly and said, "I wonder how much money I'll give you?"
He is a businessman, so he didn't know that there is no free lunch in the world. In fact, there are such leaders in Beijing and Nanjing.
The child shook his head and said, "No money, no money. This is the homework assigned by our teacher to us, so that we can learn the spirit of helping others."
Upon hearing this, Su Fu smiled slightly, and saw that the child was so young again, so he nodded and said, "Then I'll trouble you."
"Not bother, no trouble."
As the child said, he said to the children beside him: "Xiaoji, you guys play, I will take this uncle to the Qin family silk first."
Su Fu turned his head and saw several children jumping rope in the open space next to him. He thought to himself, it turned out that they happened to be playing here, and he felt even more relieved.
The child led Su Fu to the city, and suddenly, he secretly gave a wink at Guo Dan under the wooden shed.
Guo Dan smiled. Is he a child still a little uneasy!
Chapter completed!