Chapter 49: Couplets

"Xiaolang is still satisfied with this dish?" Boss Xu's fat face smiled and folded, more like a dog ignoring buns.

Xu Qilin said with a smile: "I think it tastes good, Tang Niangzi, what do you think?" ”

Tang Yiyi nodded and said, "The dishes are fresh and taste good." Seeing so many drinkers, you know that Boss Xu's business is thriving. ”

"Borrow the good words of the lady." Boss Xu smiled and complimented Xu Qilin, "Our store can be so prosperous, it all depends on Xu Xiaolang's guidance." This, a certain cheeky person came to beg Xiaolang to change the name of the store, and then give the deputy one, that-"

"Couplet." Xu Qilin added, and waved his hand humbly: "I am only a shallow learner, and I really dare not offer ugliness in this title." Boss Xu can go and invite a famous Confucian master, who is a candidate in Beijing, and his talent is better than mine. ”

Boss Xu said: "What is a famous Confucian master, obscure; Rushing to take the exam, it was so sour that his teeth were sour. Xiaolang is only able to learn in his womb, and he is ten thousand times better than them. ”

After a pause, he whispered to Xu Qilin with a smile: "Xiaolang is also half the owner of this restaurant, and the inscription is written, which round will you get someone else?" ”

That's right, Xu Qilin just got a 30% share of the restaurant yesterday. As for the money, it is the income from the sale of perfumes.

After "Mantianxiang" was put on sale, because of the high price and the fact that others did not know the subtleties, no one cared about it for nearly two months.

But the day before yesterday, a high roller from nowhere found the store, and after a little bargaining, he bought it all at a 10% discount. Buy-all-in-one refers to the stock of all fragrances and all points of sale.

Xu Qilin adopted "hunger marketing", and the various flavors on the market were only 200 bottles, half of each of small bottles and medium bottles.

As soon as the fragrance was sold out, it was immediately two or three thousand yuan. According to the agreement with Boss Xu, not only did Xu Qiguan become a millionaire, but Boss Xu was also so shocked by this windfall that he couldn't sleep at night.

Boss Xu's net worth, of course, will not be intimidated by this money. Instead, I saw amazing prospects and saw the windfall profits of Xianglu.

Moreover, through Xu Qilin's guidance, Boss Xu has benefited a lot, and two branches have been opened. In addition, Xu Qilin has a good sister and is already an official, and his future looks very bright.

Therefore, in order to have a backer in the future, in order to get closer to the relationship, and in order to continue to make a lot of money from the fragrance industry, Boss Xu generously gave up 30% of the dry shares of the restaurant.

In this way, Xu Qilin and Boss Xu are no longer partners who may terminate their contracts at any time, but are joint venture shareholders of the same entity.

Xu Qilin smiled happily at these three percent of the dry stocks, but he didn't take it for nothing, but paid to buy a mansion next to the restaurant, and sent craftsmen to transform it, preparing to expand the scale and innovate the operation.

Therefore, Boss Xu was not only complimentary, but also flatteringly asked Xu Qilin to change the name of the store and write the couplet.

And when Xu Qilin heard him say this, he also felt that he could try it. If you don't say anything about promoting your fame, you won't save the cost of hiring someone for now. And he is a shareholder, and the restaurant saves money, not his own.

Tang Yiyi was born in the dust, and he was very good at observing his face, and when he saw Xu Qilin's hesitant expression, he was obviously moved.

She also wanted to see what talent this young man had, so she said to the side: "Boss Xu is kind, why should Xu Lang refuse?" Born in a scholarly family, Xu Lang's knowledge must be excellent. ”

Hehe, Xu Qilin scratched his head and laughed twice, and said, "Okay, so-and-so will be ugly." ”

Boss Xu hurriedly laid out the paper and placed the inkstone, Tang Yiyi stepped forward and took the initiative to grind the ink, waiting for Xu Qilin's inscription.

Xu Qilin thought about it for a while, picked up the pen, and wrote down the new name of the restaurant "Zuixiao Building" on the paper.

"Good word." Tang Yiyi looked at it carefully and blurted out praise: "It is not only a regular script, but it has more majestic momentum." ”

"Mrs. Tang has won the prize." Xu Qilin smiled and said, "I know that pen power and kung fu are not enough, and I still need to practice more." ”

As he spoke, Xu Qilin dipped in ink again and wrote a couplet on the other two pieces of paper, "Persuade you to have a glass of wine and sell eternal sorrow with you."

Tang Yiyi recited these two lines of poetry softly, and couldn't help but look at Xu Qilin with admiration. She didn't know that Xu Qilin would not only plagiarize, but also reassemble to make a skewer.

Boss Xu was so happy that his eyes were gone, and his bun face was wrinkled more, and he used his sleeves to fan the wind to make the ink dry quickly, and said anxiously: "So and so, I will go to find an engraver, engrave this excellent word and excellent poem, and hang it on the door of the restaurant." ”

Xu Qilin hurriedly advised: "Don't say that I wrote it." ”

"Yes, yes." Boss Xu nodded again and again, "To outsiders, I only said that it was written by a famous scholar who spent a lot of money." ”

Xu Qilin waved his hand and said: "It was only written by an unknown person, where did he come from." ”

Boss Xu happily withdrew from the private room with ink paper, Xu Qilin sat down, persuaded wine and food, prepared to eat and drink first, and then discussed Xiaobo's matter with Tang Yiyi.

Tang Yiyi ate this unique but delicious dish, looking forward to it, and glanced at the young man sitting opposite from time to time.

After two cups of wine, Tang Yiyi's face was slightly red and hot, and she was even more enchanting, and her courage was also bigger, so she said in a loud voice: "So that Xu Lang knows that the unsatisfactory thing about the slave yard is that the top brand Xiaofu next door has won a good song, and he wants to win the championship at the North Lane Flower Case." ”

"What could this flower case be?" Xu Qilin asked, while making up his brain: It's not an illegal * organization, like a black * society or something, it is said that they are all women, so they won't do this, right?

With Tang Yiyi's explanation, Xu Qilin knew that he was thinking badly. This flower case meeting is also known as the flower appraisal meeting and the flower list, which is the meaning of the Qinglou beauty pageant.

And the prostitutes of the Tang Dynasty have a characteristic, that is, they take talent rather than appearance.

For example, they all know Yang Miaoer, Zheng Juju, Lai'er, etc., or they are clever and witty; or talk about elegance and genre; or even though they lack grace, they are also very wise, and none of them are judged to be beautiful and gorgeous.

Singing * prostitutes, naturally, the singing level is the first. This includes a good voice, a good singing voice, and the songs chosen.

Therefore, it is very popular for singers to "take the verses of celebrities and scholars into their songs". At the same time, the evaluation and selection of literati poems by singers also affected whether the literati could become famous or not.

Therefore, if a singer has good poems and good words, she can raise her worth. For example, when Bai Juyi's poems were flourishing, there was a singer * prostitute who boasted: I can recite Bai Bachelor's "Song of Long Hatred", how can I be a prostitute with him? Price increase, price increase ......"

And some poets are also willing to write poems for the singers, and the singers will create a second time, so that the poems will be more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and easier to make themselves famous.

For example, Wang Changling, Gao Shi, and Wang Zhilian once held a competition in the form of a painting wall to see whose poems were sung the most by the courtesans, so as to reflect the degree to which their poems were recognized and popular by the society at that time.