Chapter 60: The Storyteller
Inviting the popular Qing Qi people from the major green houses to "sing" in the restaurant is one of the means for the major restaurants to attract guests.
It's just that the popular Qingqi people are not easy to invite.
This is not a question of money, but the Qing people of this era are more or less "literary and youthful".
If a well-known literati invites them to sing the wind and the moon together, it is an elegant thing in their eyes, and most of them will happily go.
And things like playing the piano and singing music in the restaurant are regarded as mundane things by them, and whether they go or not depends on their mood.
Therefore, even if many Qingqi people have a restaurant to invite them with a lot of money, they may not be able to get it.
And for Yang's restaurant, this doesn't seem to be a difficult task.
Because Yan Feixue and Yang Xu are shareholders of Yangjia Restaurant.
Yan Feixue herself is an Oiran, and she is the most well-known in the industry, and her fellow sisters have to give her some face.
And Yang Xu was on the bank of the Yishui River before, and he composed four poems that were enough to be passed down through the ages, and got the opportunity to drink with the four great Oirans in the same boat, which made him famous, and at the same time made the literati of the Poetry Society and the Word Society in Jinyang City feel ashamed.
If it weren't for Yan Feixue telling Yang Xu, Yang Xu wouldn't know that he had become a hot celebrity in the eyes of many Qinglou women in Jinyang City.
There are even a few well-known Qing people who say that if Yang Xu is willing to write a masterpiece for her that is equal to the four major Oiran, he is willing to recommend himself as a pillow and have a spring breeze with Yang Xu.
When Yang Xu heard this, he couldn't help but glance at Yan Feixue a few more times.
This woman is naturally charming, with a smile and a smile, all of which reveal thousands of styles, and Yang Hongyu are two extremes of beauty that are completely different, if she has this meaning, she can consider it.
And Yan Fei is like a snowman, when Yang Xu looks at it, she "giggles" for a while, throws her eyes together, and teasingly: "The slave family also admires Yang Gongzi's talent, if Yang Gongzi does not dislike the slave family's willow posture, the slave family is willing to recommend a pillow seat." ”
Yang Xu is a normal man and likes beautiful women, but he is not a person who is stunned.
He knew that Yan Feixue said this, it was just a joke, if he was serious, he would be ugly.
So he looked up to the sky and laughed at it.
The practice of Yangjia Restaurant was imitated by other restaurants, although their business could not be compared with Yangjia Restaurant, but it was barely able to sustain itself.
Despite its dominance in business, Yang's Restaurant is not resting on its laurels.
In addition to inviting some well-known Qing people to "sing" every once in a while, every once in a while, Yangjia Restaurant will also launch some new dishes and new gadgets, so that guests will never get tired of it.
For example, recently, Yang's restaurant invited a storyteller, who is not telling a story that is circulating in this world, but a brand new story called "Journey to the West".
This type of story of gods and demons has never appeared in this world.
The story tells that the four masters and apprentices went through all kinds of hardships on the way to learn scriptures in the west, and finally achieved positive results...... Each of these calamities is wonderful and fascinating.
Especially the Sun Monkey, who can only go to heaven and earth, will change in seventy-two ways, and make trouble in the underworld and the heavenly palace, is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and is the most popular among the people.
Within a few days, the content of the story of the few chapters told by the storyteller spread throughout Jinyang City, so that the people of the city, from old to young, both men and women, were almost fascinated by it.
In order to hear the new story for the first time, some people also have to save a few taels of silver, and then go to Yangjia Restaurant City to order a few side dishes, warm a pot of good wine, listen to it with their own ears, and then go back to tell the story to their relatives and friends.
Asking the storyteller to be present was naturally Yang Xu's idea.
When he told the villagers about Journey to the West in Yangjiazhai, looking at the obsession of the villagers, he knew that this story would inevitably be very popular when it was brought to Jinyang City.
And what he has in his head is far more than a Journey to the West, just the four famous novels in his previous world, and saying it a few times a day is enough to say it for a year and a half.
In addition, what else is there to talk about the romance of the gods and the strange tales of the gods...... What is the West Chamber, the Peony Pavilion, the Peach Blossom Fan...... What lamp grass monk, golden bottle plum, ***......
With these things that fascinate the guests, you can ensure that the business of Yangjia Restaurant will prosper for a long time and make enough money.
Yang Xu signed a contract with the storyteller, paying each other a fixed salary every month, and then the reward given by the guest was divided with the restaurant.
Of course, Yang Xu, who aspires to be a black-hearted capitalist, gives three storytellers and seven restaurants.
Still, the storyteller almost cried tears of joy.
The storyteller is already in his fifties, and he used to tell stories in other restaurants and teahouses, and he only earned three or five taels of silver a month, barely able to support a large family.
After he was found by Yang Xu, when he heard that the Yang family restaurant, which had recently exploded in business, told the story, and in addition to the fixed salary of ten taels of silver every month, there was also 30% of the reward from the guests, how could he not be happy?
Although he tells stories in other places, and the rewards he gets are fifty-fifty percent, he can't stand the large number of customers here in Yangjia Restaurant, and the simple volume can far exceed the income from storytelling in other places.
Moreover, after he got the Journey to the West written by Yang Xu, he knew at a glance that this story had the potential to explode, and no matter which storyteller it handed over, it could make it very famous.
So Yang Xu invited him to tell the story, but he felt that this was a gift to him.
may also be fascinated by listening to Journey to the West, Yan Feixue, who rarely came to the restaurant in the past, has actually come very diligently these days.
In Yang Xu's eyes, she is not doing her job.
Yan Feixue's talent and appearance have fascinated many dignitaries and literati in Jinyang City, so her frequent arrival has also made those people come to hear the news, which has enhanced the popularity and business of the restaurant in disguise.
This is what Yang Xu is happy to see.
Every time Yan Feixue came to the restaurant, she would stay in the box on the third floor for about an hour, listen to Journey to the West a few times, and then ask Yang Xu a few words about the restaurant's business, and then leave satisfied.
"This girl, why do you suddenly care about the restaurant? Didn't you see that the restaurant business is becoming more and more prosperous, and you want to squeeze out the two of us and swallow it alone? ”
After Yang Xu and Yang Xing exchanged opinions, the two men secretly raised their vigilance in their hearts.
Yang Hongyu is a resolute person, and the day after Yang Xu proposed to learn martial arts, she officially began to teach Yang Xu in the small courtyard behind the restaurant.
Before Yang Hongyu agreed to teach Yang Xu to practice martial arts, she had solemnly said to Yang Xu that learning martial arts is a difficult thing, you have to endure hardships and tiredness, and you can't give up halfway.
Yang Xu's head was hot at that time, and he felt that he could do anything, so he patted his chest and said that it was all trivial.
Unexpectedly, when he really practiced, he knew that the degree of hardship and fatigue that Yang Hongyu said was far beyond his imagination.
is just the most basic stretching of muscles and bones to learn martial arts, and it hurts so much that he cries his father and mother, howling, and only persists for one day, and he really can't stand it.
Yang Xu wanted to stop picking a pick, but Yang Hongyu had a cold face and shook her head ruthlessly, and at the same time, the cold eyes that looked at Yang Xu were full of ridicule and contempt, clearly saying, "Talking doesn't count, are you a man?" ”
Being ridiculed by a woman, especially a top beauty, made Yang Xu unacceptable, so he gritted his teeth and persevered.