Volume 2 Luoyang Xing Chapter 151 Knowing People
"My surname is Lu, you can just call me Gongzi Lu!" Of course, Lu Xiaoxian knew what the difficulties Liu Qi encountered, so he pretended not to know and asked, "Shopkeeper Liu, what difficulties have you encountered, can you tell me about them?" ”
Liu Qi sighed: "I have been working with the old owner for more than 20 years, and the old owner passed away last year. But under the continuous suppression of Zuixiaolou, no one is willing to take over even at half price. Those people in Zuixiaolou are doing a good job, just wait for Yonghelou to be completely closed and then they will take over! I don't want their conspiracy to succeed, and I don't want to see Yonghe Building close down in my hands, so I can only raise money everywhere for emergencies! I came here today to see if I could borrow some money from the pawnshop. ”
Lu Xiaoxian was very unimpressed: "Can you solve the problem by doing this?" ”
Liu Qi smiled bitterly: "I also know that this is not a way, but now I can only maintain it for a day!" ”
Lu Xiaoxian asked again: "Do you know this pawnshop shopkeeper?" ”
"I don't know!"
"Do you have a guarantor?"
"Nope!"
Lu Xiaoxian's eyes widened: "You don't know the shopkeeper, and you don't have a guarantor, why should people lend you money?" ”
Liu Qi sighed and said, "I can't do it, I can only give it a try!" ”
Lu Xiaoxian smiled and nodded, no longer speaking, he asked Wei Xuzhong to wait outside, and he followed Liu Qi into the pawnshop.
Sure enough, the shopkeeper of the pawnshop politely rejected Liu Qi.
Although Liu Qi didn't borrow the silver, he was still very polite, and he said goodbye to the pawnshop shopkeeper with a red face.
When the rain fell even harder, Liu Qi untied his baggage, took out a long shirt and a pair of old mille-feuille shoes from it, and took off the gorgeous clothes and satin square-toe shoes, and replaced them one by one.
When the pawnshop shopkeeper saw it, he sneered: "The guest officer is afraid of soiling his good clothes, so he is quite good at living!" ”
Liu Qi's face turned even redder: "This dress was borrowed from a friend, if it gets dirty, how can I explain it to others?" ”
As he spoke, Liu Qi carefully wrapped the clothes into the baggage.
Coming out of the pawnshop, Lu Xiaoxian grabbed Liu Qi: "Shopkeeper Liu, let's go, let's go back to Yonghe Building first, maybe I have a way to help you!" ”
"Really?" A glimmer of anticipation flashed in Liu Qi's eyes.
Lu Xiaoxian, Liu Qi and Wei Xuzhong came to Yonghe Building together.
After the three of them sat down, Lu Xiaoxian said straightforwardly: "Shopkeeper Liu, I have decided to put the full price of Yonghe Building down, and tomorrow I will hand over the silver ticket to your young owner, and then we will go to the government to handle the transfer." ”
"This ......" Listening to Lu Xiaoxian's words, Liu Qi was stunned for a moment.
Lu Xiaoxian continued: "The restaurant will be handed over to you to take care of!" As for how to operate, it's up to you to decide! ”
Liu Qi listened, and his face was embarrassed: "Master Lu, I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint you, I can do business, but I can't fight with those people in Zuixiaolou, you better ask for another master!" ”
Lu Xiaoxian was not in a hurry, and asked with a smile: "Why can't you?" ”
"You can also see that they let these Hanako make trouble every day, how can they still do business!"
Wei Xuzhong interjected on the side: "Leave the matter of calling Hanako to me, from tomorrow, I guarantee that there will not be another person named Hanako in Yonghe Building!" ”
Wei Xuzhong has a deep relationship with the Luoyang County Yazhu Kuai and the Jin Wuwei Street Patrol Envoy, and he is not bragging about this matter.
"Is this true?" Liu Qi's eyes widened.
"Of course it's true!" Lu Xiaoxian asked again, "Are there any more questions?" ”
Liu Qi pondered: "A few days ago, they framed Yonghelou, and the food was drugged, resulting in a sluggish popularity, and this reputation cannot be recovered in a day or two!" ”
"Yonghelou's reputation can't be restored, it's not a problem!" Lu Xiaoxian smiled slightly: "It just so happens that I want to change the name of the restaurant, don't worry, after changing the name, the popularity will soon gather!" ”
"Change your name?" Liu Qi raised his eyebrows slightly, "Master Lu, what name do you plan to change to the restaurant?" ”
Liu Qi has been working as a shopkeeper in Yonghe Building, and he already has feelings, and now he is still a little uncomfortable when he hears Lu Xiaoxian say that he wants to change his name.
"Autumn Wind Breaks!" Lu Xiaoxian said word by word.
"Autumn Wind Breaking?" Liu Qi chattered twice, he looked at Lu Xiaoxian, "Master Lu, there is a very famous restaurant on Longmen Mountain outside Luoyang City, and its name seems to be Qiufeng Po!" ”
"Since you know that Qiu Feng Po on Longmen Mountain is very famous, you must also know how Qiu Feng Po focuses on popularity!" Lu Xiaoxian's eyes were blazing, "The autumn wind is mine, and I am going to move it to Nanshi!" ”
Liu Qi suddenly realized, and a smile appeared on his face: "This dare is good!" ”
Lu Xiaoxian then said: "Shopkeeper Liu, I have another way to focus on popularity, and it is the most suitable to deal with the situation in front of me!" ”
"Oh!" Liu Qi asked curiously, "Master Lu, tell me, what is the method?" ”
"I'm afraid I can't say it clearly for a while, so let's write it down, it's clear at a glance, you can understand it at a glance!"
Liu Qi didn't know what Lu Xiaoxian meant, he didn't object, and asked people to send pen, ink, paper, and inkstone.
Lu Xiaoxian was not polite, he wrote with a stroke of a large pen, and he had already finished writing with only one pillar of incense, and then handed over the ten or so pages of silk paper to Liu Qi.
Liu Qi took it in his hand and looked at it, there were not only words, notes, and even schematic diagrams, which were really clear at a glance.
After reading it, Liu Qi had a strange expression on his face.
Looking at Liu Qi's expression, Lu Xiaoxian was as steady as Mount Tai, and smiled secretly in his heart: I copied the takeaway service of the later generations, of course you won't hear about it, and of course you can't see it!
Wei Xuzhong felt curious, and Duo Liu Qi took the silk paper in his hand and looked at it seriously.
After a long time, Liu Qi asked weakly: "Master Lu, can this work?" ”
Lu Xiaoxian said lightly: "Doing business is to make money, as long as you can make money, you don't have to care whether you open the door to do business or send it to your door to do business." Besides, the cost of taking the initiative to visit the door is much less than opening a store to do business, so why not? ”
Speaking of this, Lu Xiaoxian paused, and then said: "With the current situation, if you don't want to close the store, you can't do it, then you have to lose money, is Shopkeeper Liu willing to open a store at a loss than to go to the door to serve to make money?" ”
"This ......" Liu Qi was speechless.
Liu Qi didn't know the truth that he would lose an extra day if he opened for one day, he borrowed money everywhere to push it down, but he just held his breath in his heart. Now listening to Lu Xiaoxian say this, I also feel quite bored.
Liu Qi stopped talking, but Wei Xuzhong on the side began to ask: "Brother Lu, how do you know that this method will definitely work?" ”
"Of course I knew it would work!" Lu Xiao talked eloquently, "My method has never been used in Luoyang City before, things are scarce and expensive, how can it not work without me." There are many rich people in Luoyang City, and there are not a few people who want to eat delicious food at home without going out. ”
Wei Xuzhong nodded secretly, what Lu Xiaoxian said made sense.
Seeing that Wei Xuzhong seemed to digest what he had just said, he said again: "Take me as an example, if you don't want to go to the restaurant to eat, and you don't want to cook it at home, what should I do?" As long as you send someone to Yonghelou to order food first, Yonghelou will arrange a special person to come to the door to serve, and then pay the silver after the meal is delivered. For example, if I want to entertain guests, Yonghelou can come to the door to host the banquet, rent utensils, serve wine and food, from the invitation to the arrangement of seats, table deacons, etc., there are people to undertake and prepare. As long as the guests pay money, they can hold a grand banquet in the mansion without the slightest effort. Isn't it a business opportunity for customers to have such needs? How can you not make money? ”
Lu Xiaoxian told the story, Liu Qi thought in his heart, it seemed to make sense.
Liu Qi asked suspiciously: "The guests who come to the door, can we accept them?" ”
"Of course it's going to be received!" Lu Xiaoxian said confidently: "After ordering, guests can eat in the restaurant, or they can pay the silver to take it away!" ”
Liu Qi seemed to think of something, and reminded Lu Xiaoxian: "Master Lu, the food in the restaurant is directly from the back hall to the table, which is very convenient, but it is not so simple to deliver meals to the guests' homes!" ”
Lu Xiaoxian smiled and said: "It's very simple, we only need to prepare more food boxes, and if there are more dishes, we can put them into different food boxes, and send more people to deliver them at the same time, and we will definitely not be able to make a mistake!" I just drew a kind of warm plate that can be used to keep warm. The warm plate is composed of two layers of porcelain, the upper porcelain is thin, the lower porcelain is thick, and the middle is empty. ”
Lu Xiaoxian said the Tao, Liu Qi looked at him stunned, how could this young man understand so much?
Wei Xuzhong suddenly asked on the side: "Brother Lu, whether it is a food box or a warm plate, if it is sent to the guest's house, it can't be taken away at that time." If you don't take it, you can't sell it to customers. Food boxes and warm dishes are very valuable, and if this is the case, the guests may not be able to eat it. ”
Lu Xiaoxian nodded: "This is not difficult, you can leave the food box and warm plate in the guest's house, and put some silver on the receipt." The next day, go to the guest's house to retrieve the food box and warm plate, and return the money to the guest! ”
Everything that should have been thought of was thought of, and Liu Qi and Wei Xuzhong had nothing to say at all.
Lu Xiaoxian smiled at Liu Qi: "Shopkeeper Liu, you don't have to shirk it, what I value is your personality!" To put it bluntly, I will leave the business to you, I can rest assured! ”
Liu Qi was excited, he stood up, bowed deeply to Lu Xiaoxian, and said with emotion: "Master Lu, with your trust in Zaixia, I Liu Qi will hand over this hundred catties to you." ”
Leaving Yonghe Building, on the way back, Wei Xuzhong was puzzled: "Brother Lu, what I recommend to you is the shopkeeper of that pawnshop, why don't you use him, but use this Liu Qi?" “
Lu Xiaoxian said with a smile: "Knowing people is important in knowing products, Liu Qi cherishes the reputation of the store, which makes people admire; He borrowed a piece of clothing and took care of it, so he valued his reputation so much, I handed over the restaurant to him to operate, how could he not know to cherish it? ”
Wei Xuzhong suddenly realized.
Lu Xiaoxian glanced at Wei Xuzhong: "Brother Wei, do you know why I don't use that pawnshop shopkeeper?" ”
Wei Xuzhong pouted and said, "Of course I know, businessmen can't even look at their customers, how can they take on a big responsibility?" ”
Lu Xiaoxian stretched out his thumb towards Wei Xuzhong and said with a smile: "Brother Wei, I can't see it, you are also very talented in business!" ”
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