Chapter 455: Planning for Future Business
At the beginning of the chapter, > Gu Yun's throat choked, Bai Ko usually didn't call him that, but once she called it that, it naturally meant that her temper was about to flare up.
"I haven't gotten angry yet, you're going to lose your temper first!"
Bai Ko rested his hands on his thighs, looked at Gu Yun calmly, and didn't say a word.
Gu Yun was stared at by this kind of gaze, his heart gradually became furious, his high arrogance slowly weakened, his mouth flattened, and he pouted with grievances.
"I'm so angry if you look at me like that again!"
"You know that what the servant said is reasonable, so you won't get angry, otherwise you would have lifted the table."
"What do you mean by eating me?"
"This is the meaning of praising you for being the most sensible prince in the world."
Gu Yun couldn't sit still, stood up all of a sudden, walked back and forth in the room a few times, and finally stood still in front of Bai Ko, Bai Ko wanted to get up and talk, and was sat back by Gu Yun on the shoulder.
"There is still more than half a year until next year, and the matter of the new factory next year will be discussed at the end of the year, maybe there will be suitable personnel at that time."
"It is possible to dig up new craftsmen from elsewhere, but the preparation and construction of the new workshop, the maid can not be on site to supervise, this has nothing to do with whether the maid understands or not, but an attitude, so that the people below do not think that they can play tricks casually, you know, the people below are extremely snobbish, as long as the steward is a little polite, they dare to kick their noses in the face, and they must set up rules from the beginning."
"Okay, okay, it's all your reason, let's see how much money you make this year and then plan for next year."
"Even if you don't build a factory for the time being, you still have to buy land, right?"
"It's okay to buy land, anyway, the land price is cheap, first circle a piece of land and put it aside, if you can't build a factory, you can still use it to grow vegetables, and it won't be deserted there anyway."
"Yes." Bai Ko lowered his eyebrows and was pleasing to the eyes, docile and well-behaved.
Gu Yun looked at Bai Ko like this, there was no anger left, he reached out and picked up Bai Ko's chin, and under the gaze of her innocent eyes, he bent down cheekily and imprinted a string of fine kisses on her smooth forehead.
"Sooner or later, I'm going to be by you for all sorts of high-sounding reasons."
"It's not good for the servant to be angry, don't worry, the servant won't do it." Bai Ko said seriously, but there was always a hint of joke in his tone.
"Hey, you're getting more energetic?"
"Don't dare."
"Really."
Gu Yun pretended to be displeased and reached out to touch the tip of Bai Ko's nose, lowered his head and pecked at her lips as if a dragonfly was water, and then quickly jumped away, narrowly avoiding Bai Ko's fist.
"The new store opens today, let's celebrate in the evening, you and I have two drinks together."
"Yes, Shizi, the servant will go down to cook."
Bai Ko slanted a smug look at Shizi, slowly stood up and straightened his clothes, and left the room dignifiedly.
Gu Yun smiled and went to greet the elders first, and told them how he felt today, and the old lady was so happy to hear that her grandson's business was doing so smoothly.
When it was time for dinner, Bai Ko served a table of wine and food, Gu Yun really pulled her to sit down to eat and drink, she didn't drink, and she also watched Shizi not let her drink more, and the two of them drank a lot of soda in the end.
Because they had already seen the elders before, they also knew that Gu Yun was tired today, so he didn't have to go after dinner, and after Gu Yun was full of wine and food, he went to the study to rest, read books, review his homework, and then go to sleep.
Early the next morning, the people of Zhongmingyuan sent the young master out of school, and Bai Ko did his daily routine, and went out with the guards, and went straight to the shop on Cross Street, looking at yesterday's account book, waiting for a guest to leave his name and date on the reservation book of the women's tea room.
Yesterday's daughters will inevitably tell all kinds of happy things when they return home, Gu Hui's table is simply an unexpected surprise, if someone really comes to Gu Hui to learn chess skills next time, this women's tearoom can be regarded as having a steady flow of customers.
There are many people who love to play chess, but there are few female chess players with a level, and the rich and noble female relatives who are taught by a good teacher will not come out to compete with others all day long, Gu Hui's own special situation is destined to not be raised in the deep boudoir and do not know people, and the chess table is completely qualified to compete with male chess players, as long as she makes a reputation, it will naturally attract many people to challenge her.
Bai Ko began to think about whether to vacate a wing room on the second floor for Gu Hui to make a chess room, and fixed one or two days a month as a day for her to learn chess skills with outsiders.
The more I thought about it, the more I felt that this plan was feasible, and Bai Ko immediately wrote it down on his notepad.
It took two or three days to make an appointment for more than a dozen young ladies in the appointment book in the hands of the shopkeeper, the date was early and late, the time was all day and half a day, or before the afternoon, or in the afternoon, a qiē as they liked, but not in recent days, the earliest appointment was at the end of the month, most of the dates were set for the next month, and a few people set a date in the second half of the year.
Gu Hui's chess skills are also spread in the circle of chess players, and the letter inviting her to try her chess skills was sent to the Yeguo Mansion like snowflakes, Aunt Rong asked Bai Ko to help sort out the letters, and Bai Ko found out the blank days from the appointment book of the shopkeeper Bi, and arranged four meetings for Gu Hui throughout May, and spread the news to the circle of Miss Guò Qianjin, welcome to make an appointment to watch the game, just pay a little tea money.
Naturally, this refreshment fee is not cheap, Bai Ko's reputation in cooking is well known, in the face of the price she offered, people who intend to watch the game have paid money at the same time as making an appointment to register, and there are many people who support the scene, some of which are somewhat subtle psychology, regardless of whether Gu Hua's chess skills are worth seeing, at least Bai Ko's dim sum is worth tasting.
It took a few days to schedule Gu Hui's meeting, and the reservation for the women's tearoom was already full even in June, and it also ushered in the first reservation since the opening.
The guests are all fresh faces, there are no acquaintances who have dealt with Bai Ko, a few sisters have a reading club in this tea room, come in the morning, take a nap and leave, have a very good time, and even after the lunch break, when they are still simply dressing up, someone will send their subordinates to find the shopkeeper and set a date, and the next time they come, but they have to schedule it until July at the earliest.
The last few days of April are just around the corner, ushering in a hotter May, because this year Bai Ko uses saltpeter to make ice, so the girls can also use ice trays in their rooms to relieve the heat, and even the bathroom has a large ice tray to eliminate the stuffiness of the bath.
In addition to refrigerating the food on the ice cellar side, they no longer use ice from there, and this method is only used by the old lady and the long room, and the second and third rooms only know that Bai Ko has a new idea, but they don't know the details and details, not to mention that they will not be the masters of their ice, so they don't bother to ask so much.
The business of the women's teahouse has been stable for almost a month, and the girls who are sent to work there have also adapted to this more busy life, as long as there is an appointment day, they have to go there early to prepare, although it is hard, but the prince will pay them from the account, and do not want them to do day work, if there is money to earn, naturally there is no objection. End of chapter - >