Volume 3 Spring and Autumn Chapter 220 Minister of Performing Arts

Yu Youwei and Jin'er were stunned at this time, but their hearts became more and more desolate, and the son was so angry, they didn't know what to do next.

After Cao Yi waited for Red Sleeves to go out and close the door, Cao Yi breathed a sigh of relief, there were only three people in the room at present, and it was time for him to communicate with the two of them once.

"You two, come here." Cao Yi beckoned to Yu Youwei and Jin'er.

Yu Youwei and Jin'er glanced at each other, although they were still sobbing, they still obediently walked slowly in front of Cao Yi with small steps.

"Sit down." Cao Yi pointed to the chair next to him and said to the two of them.

Yu Youwei and Jin'er hesitated for a while, and finally sat down obediently. Cao Yi picked up a clean handkerchief from his desk and handed it to Yu Youwei and Jin'er, because Cao Yi sometimes writes and practices in the private seat, so there is a stack of clean handkerchiefs on the desk every time to facilitate Cao Yi to wipe his hands, and its effect is the same as the napkins of later generations, but it can be cleaned and reused.

"Youwei, Jin'er, you misunderstood me......" Cao Yi said in a soft voice as much as possible.

"I haven't arranged anything for you to do before, mainly thinking that you have just come out of the Golden Wind Building, you must take a good rest and adjust your state......" Cao Yi looked at Yu Youwei and Jin'er gently, and said in a low voice.

However, the two girls did not squeak, but the silent sobs that had been going on all the time became intermittent sobs, and the frequency was correspondingly reduced.

Cao Yi saw that this tone had an effect, so he continued to talk about it, and said with his eyes aimed at Jin'er's left arm: "And Jin'er was injured on his arm before, so you have to cultivate well, you see that you have come back from the Golden Wind Building to the present, hasn't it been half a month?" ”

"I'm also thinking about you and feeling sorry for you...... I don't want you to be so tired as soon as you come over......"

"If it's really like what you said, you look down on you, then why did I spend so much money to redeem the two of you in the first place?" Cao Yi said to Yu Youwei Hao Jin'er.

"I think you've all heard about it outside these days, I wrote a full thirty poems to Mother Li in order to redeem Youwei, thirty songs, and it's already good for others to write one song a day, I wanted to redeem you before Shen Yan...... It took a whole night to write from after dinner to the next day, and it was still writing during the day, and it was not finished until the game was about to start, and then it was immediately sent to Jinfeng Lou to Li's mother...... Didn't you look for me in this seat before the show and waited for me for a long time? Cao Yi pointed to the room, looked at Yu Youwei and Jin'er's eyes, and said sincerely, the two girls nodded, they had indeed waited in this room for a long time, and they had not waited for Cao Yi.

"At that time, I just went to Mama Li to redeem you...... You say that I write words to redeem you like this, and then I will look down on you after the redemption will come, do you think I will do these things that I am full of? Cao Yi looked at them and asked seriously.

"Really? That child...... Why...... Never came to us and talked to us...... Let's talk about future plans, so that we can rest assured......" Yu Youwei looked at Cao Yi with tears in her eyes, and asked intermittently with tears.

"I didn't think it through, and you never told me what you wanted to do next

, I'm not sure I'd just arrange it so casually without your consent, right? ”

"Jin'er and I were redeemed by Childe, then we are naturally Childe's people, if we want to beat or scold, we have left Childe to deal with it, Childe arranged to do something for us, isn't it natural......" Yu Youwei said timidly, after Cao Yi's explanation, Yu Youwei no longer cried and shed tears, but at this time, there were tears in the corners of her eyes, looking pitiful.

"Of course it's different, if it's just doing some ordinary work, ordinary people can do it, then I'll go directly to Ya Pozi to buy some young and beautiful little girls, why bother so much!"

"It turns out that I am not an ordinary person in the mind of Childe, so it seems that I still have at least a little status in Childe's mind" Yu Youwei thought of it, feeling a little happy in her heart, and then unconsciously showed a slightly happy smile on her face, although there were still tears on her face at this time, and there were tears in the corners of her eyes.

Cao Yi looked at Yu Youwei, who was still teary-eyed and pitiful one moment ago, and who could laugh happily the next moment, and was still stunned for a while, he couldn't understand or didn't know why Yu Youwei suddenly laughed happily, but it's a good thing to stop crying when he laughs, so he no longer worries about why this is so.

"Actually...... I've thought about arranging something for you to do before, but I haven't discussed it with you yet, so I haven't decided on it. Cao Yi said hesitantly.

"Really? What did Childe arrange for us? Yu Youwei Lagao's tone was high, and there was a look of excitement in her calm tone.

"I was originally thinking that you could train a group of performers for the Drunken Immortal Building......

"Cultivating ...... Performers? Yu Youwei blinked, her eyes were full of complicated expressions, and she asked softly, "Childe, do you want to open a green building?" Jin'er on the side was also puzzled at this time.

Cao Yi stretched out his hand and flicked his fingers on Yu Youwei's forehead, and the latter touched his forehead with both hands and let out a cry of pain.

"What's in your head?" Cao Yi glared at Yu Youwei and said: "I mean, the scale of our Zuixian Building will get bigger and bigger in the future, Yangzhou will open soon, Hangzhou is already under construction, it is estimated that the Dragon Boat Festival will open, and then in the future, there will be more and more Zuixian Lou taking root in various states and prefectures, so I want to hire you as our Zuixian Lou or the head of the performing arts department of the Taibai Chamber of Commerce in the future." ”

"Head of the Performing Arts Department?" Yu Youwei and Jin'er both widened their eyes and asked suspiciously, "What is that?" ”

"There will be an exclusive performance team of Zuixianlou, it can be girls, it can also be boys, if it is a girl, you can teach them all kinds of musical instruments, singing and dancing, boys are estimated to find someone else to teach, from opera and singing to juggling, as well as storytelling, etc., all kinds of programs that can be watched and enjoyed by guests who come to eat, and you are responsible for forming such a team. The words of the personnel are very good, anyway, there are many homeless orphans outside who can't eat, so they have food to eat, and they have learned a skill, and we can be regarded as doing good deeds. ”

Yu Youwei was stunned, and only after a while did she speak: "Childe, are you going to form a grass platform team?" If you bring in children from outside, it will cost a lot of money...... And if it's just a performance, there are no customers who will reward anything, and our drunken fairy building is not like a green building, and we have to charge various fees to meet and watch the performance...... "In Yu Youwei's consciousness, the grass platform team is on the street

Those who run around and perform everywhere generally have a little money for the people who watch, and each person gives a few pennies at most, and there are more people who just hold a personal scene, applaud, and shout twice, and don't give money.

But in the Drunken Immortal Building, others don't deliberately stop to watch you perform, others just come to eat and drink, and they don't take the initiative to let you perform in the Drunken Immortal Building to show them, so it is estimated that there will be many people who are unwilling to pay specifically for this......

Cao Yi smiled, Yu Youwei is still a person of this era no matter what, it is normal for her not to understand. In fact, in some high-end hotels in later generations, there were bands singing or art performances while eating, such as piano, guzheng, violin solo and so on. For these consumers, what they want is this high-end atmosphere, and the payment or support for the performance is already included in the guest's drink fee, and will not be listed separately unless you are willing to tip the performer.

"I didn't expect anyone to pay for this, I just used it as another way to attract customers." Cao Yi opened his mouth to explain.

"Let's put it this way, let me ask you a question first, Youwei, Jin'er, tell me, our Zuixian Mansion is currently the most popular restaurant in Jiangning, and there are many guests coming every day, so what are the points of our restaurant that attract guests to the door." Cao Yi looked at Yu Youwei and Jin'er and asked with a smile.

"Uh...... It should be a service attitude...... Qinglian wine and Taibai drunk are also ...... There are also stir-fried dishes, but now there are more stir-fried dishes...... There are also rich eggs...... There is a sale in the restaurant, so to speak, Huayu soap is also a point to attract guests to the door, after all, it is only sold in the drunken fairy building......" Yu Youwei tilted her head and said it one by one with her fingers, and Jin'er also whispered behind her to add and hint.

"Yes, there are these points, but if I add a little bit more to the current points that attract customers to the door, so that they can watch the show for free, will it attract more customers to come to eat and drink?" Cao Yi asked, Yu Youwei and Jin'er thought for a moment and nodded.

"Then these extra guests, the money they spend in Zuixianlou is our extra profit, and this batch of profits is what you said about the grass platform team created, the more high-end we do, then the higher the identity of the guests we attract, either rich businessmen or powerful officials, these people have money, as long as they come to Zuixianlou, we have earning." Cao Yi said with a smile.

"And that's what I think, we can make a list of daily performances, and every morning or afternoon we can show what we perform, and the programs on the list are all free to watch, but if you want to specify what programs to watch, that's fine, just add money. For example, there is a girl who is similar to the Qing Qi people who sings very well, but she is not scheduled to perform today, or she has finished performing, but a guest specifies that she wants to see her sing again, then it is okay, we can set an amount, such as ten taels of silver, you can let the girl perform again, if you go to your private seat to perform alone, then it becomes twenty taels, thirty taels, etc., I just give a few examples, and the follow-up implementation will definitely be subdivided and dug deeper, There are definitely more ways to make money here. Cao Yi said eloquently.

And Yu Youwei and Jin'er looked at Cao Yi with a shocked face, and their hearts were dark, how did Gongzi's head and melon seeds grow, how could there be so many powerful ideas...... and ideas for making money......

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