Chapter 355: Small Business

"So soon to find a good shop?" After a busy day, Ye Tao returned to the small courtyard, whether these things like finding a shop to open must be done by themselves, whether they seem true or false in the eyes of others is a small problem, mainly because Tan Weixin and Ye Tao both feel that since they come out like this, it is really a loss to experience life well. Although he was a little tired, although he had to look at other people's faces when negotiating, Ye Tao was not a person who was arrogant to any extent, he only felt that it was endless fun to fight with others, and he didn't feel hard at all.

"Well, in Fenglian Lane, just behind Liubu Street, it's a good place. It's just that the price of this place is really unnegotiable, and it actually cost more than 7,000 taels of silver, and, it seems to be a little bigger than what we said in advance, to get a small shop. However, when I turned my head, a guy popped up, and when we saw that we had started the place, he thought it was too big, and he also got together. I rented the backyard part of the shop to the guy. Turn back and let people build a wall to separate the two sides, and they will not disturb each other. Ye Tao smiled and recounted the results of today's busy day.

"Oh? What's that guy's coming from? Tan Weixin knew that if it wasn't necessary, Ye Tao would rather leave that part empty or misappropriate it for other purposes than sublet it out.

"He was a merchant in Chunnan, and now that the two countries were at war, he had to switch from a foot merchant to a local trade merchant. Fortunately, Xiling is now well-behaved, and he doesn't dare to wipe out the enemy businessmen casually, as long as he doesn't commit any crimes, this guy can survive. He needed a convenient place to run his business. That guy is from the Golden Source Firm. Ye Tao said with a smile.

"What a coincidence." Tan Weixin also laughed. Jinyuan Firm is one of the most important things they want to go to Chunnan to tackle. Although Jinyuan Firm is not the largest firm in the Chen family's industry, it is the one that Tan Weixin finds the most difficult to control. The main reason is that the scope of this business is too extensive. Jinyuan Firm is the kind of business that has been engaged in cross-border trade and freight transportation, they have fixed suppliers and supply targets, as well as random source organizations, but basically all sales targets are in Chunnan. Although the profit of each single business is due to the loss of long-distance transportation, the average time taken by each single business can be said to be meager, and sometimes the supply of goods for temporary organizations may be a little loss, but it cannot stand the durability and stability of their business model. There are always several main agents in charge of the overall operation of each party, who are responsible for the procurement and transportation of goods in a certain place. In addition to the headquarters of Jinyuan Firm, these people scattered all over the country are the most valuable wealth of Jinyuan Firm, as long as these people are here, relying on a strong adaptation system, Jinyuan Firm can make a comeback at any time even if the headquarters is gone. The agents located in various parts of the mainland have different backgrounds, some are locals and some are sent from the Chunnan headquarters, some are full-time agents, and some have their own other industries, and they are just in charge of the business of Jinyuan Firm. Anyway, no matter who you are, it will take some time to figure out this system.

And the one that Ye Tao encountered can be regarded as the person in charge of the business activities in Xiling, but all of a sudden, he had to change from transnational trade to local business, which made the businessman named Xiao Xingyuan a little confused. And just when he was blind, he actually bumped into Ye Tao. Ye Tao's style of talking about business is not blindly lowering the price, when he bought all the ground of the shop, Ye Tao only pushed the price below his psychological price, in fact, this is all artificial. Ye Tao and the others brought enough money, and the silver tickets they carried around them were three million taels. However, after reaching the price, Ye Tao persuaded the other party to write a series of other conditions into the transaction documents, and the person who sold the house had to bear the cost of a maintenance and the cost of cleaning the store thoroughly. This kind of negotiation method in which both sides get their own place makes Xiao Xingyuan feel very good. After that, Xiao Xingyuan and Ye Tao became business neighbors, and they had to come and go often.

"What about tomorrow? What are you going to do tomorrow? Tan Weixin asked about Ye Tao's arrangement. Although she is a senior economist, she is not very good at the practical aspects of doing business, she is only good at numbers, concepts and methods.

Ye Tao thought for a while and said, "I have to find another shop." The group of people in the special battalion are now idle in Anqing, and it is not a solution. And it's a good opportunity to make a big deal. ”

"Big deal?" Tan Weixin smiled and said, "What business did you think of again?" ”

When chatting with Xiao Xingyuan, he said something. In Anqing, the Xiling Imperial Court had a total of three treasury. One is the most important treasury located within the royal palace. One is the private treasury in the western city, and the other is the standing treasury in the southern city. I actually knew about this before, but I went to Nancheng just now to take a look. The standing treasury of Nancheng is located in the downtown center of Nancheng, which is mainly the treasury for accumulating daily fiscal and tax revenues. Although Xiling is financially tight now, the standing treasury will not move much. Mainly, there are silver ingots of various sizes and broken silver in the standing treasury, which are inconvenient to use to meet regular major expenses. There are about a million taels of silver piled up there now, which is less than a little. The depot is counted and smelted once a year, probably in March and April, after the first commercial tax of the year is collected. In between counts, there is basically only one inbound every three days, I think...... In fact, you can use your brain for this place. ”

What Ye Tao said made Tan Weixin stunned, and then, she said with some amusement: "It's only one million taels of silver, it doesn't do any damage to Xiling, it doesn't help us, it's fun?" Why are you such a good adult, when you arrive in Anqing, the capital of Xiling, do you want to be a bandit? ”

Ye Tao shook his head and said, "It's really not for the million taels of silver. It's just a little money, and I really don't like anything now. But it's really fun. Wouldn't it be fun for us to open a shop on the street next door, do business in a proper way and make money, and dig a tunnel underneath and then empty it all? ”

Tan Weixin immediately understood Ye Tao's thoughts, he just wanted to plagiarize the movie. The Amateur Thief by Woody Allen...... The problem is that this time Ye Tao really wanted to steal the silver to play tricks, he just wanted to have some fun for the soldiers of the special battalion.

"I see, in fact, I'd rather you get the film technology out, and it's really not fun now." Tan Weixin sighed.

"Send Zhang Wei or Song Feng or Barrett to prison and give them a hammer, they may not be able to chisel it out. The conditions of incarceration for downloading are not so good, what else is ** or something. However, there are a lot of things that can be copied. Ye Tao also smiled. I'm like looking at what they look like when they see that they might make more than a million taels a year in business, but I give them the task of stealing that one million taels. ”

Tan Weixin nodded and said, "Well, it's really interesting." I'll help with that, too. However, starting a small business is not so simple to earn a million taels. What are you going to ask them to sell? ”

"Naturally, if you want to copy it, make a full copy, cookies." Ye Tao pursed his lips and said.

Tan Weixin smiled and didn't say anything. In this time and space, it is really not easy to earn a million taels from cookies. However, it is not impossible if it is mixed with other means. Tan Weixin's mind could immediately come up with a whole bunch of ideas.

"What about our own shop? You asked me to go down to the shop, but you didn't tell me what to sell. Ye Tao asked.

"We're here to deal with people, so it's better to have a home field. The people who deal with it are three and nine streams, but there are many people with a bit of status. Ordinary people like us have to have a little style, right? Tan Weixin teased. So, how about we open a tea shop? The environment is elegant, the service is considerate, there are lobby and private rooms. As for the types of tea, naturally it is not those small tea shops, a single black tea and green tea Pu'er oolong, we can make up tricks. For example, those blended teas, flower teas, fruit teas and the like. As for snacks and refreshments, research the local produce and see what you can come up with. You always take care of the decoration, but don't do it yourself. Otherwise, the details of those carved railings reveal your identity, and it won't be fun. ”

Ye Tao smiled and said, "Okay, I won't play tricks." What is the name of the tea house? According to our usual naming convention, what should it be called this time? Is it better to call Yuanyuan Garden, or is it called a tea and a sitting? ”

After thinking about it carefully, they still decided to call it Yuanyuan Garden. After all, the name "One Tea and One Seat" is a little too modern for this time and space.

In the following days, Ye Tao continued to be busy with these two things. The soldiers of the special battalion usually have projects such as earth work when they are training, and there is no obstacle to digging such a difficult tunnel. It's just that in the sense of stealing this standing library, he was fooled by Ye Tao. Ye Tao took Zhang Wei and Song Feng to spend a morning buying two small storefronts just across the street from the Nanshi Tax Yamen, where the standing warehouse is located, and then began to clean up and prepare to redecorate.

In the afternoon, Ye Tao and Jin Ze, who is known as "Xiao Jin", stayed in the place they bought in Dongcheng, carefully studied the two-story building, which had only been built for two and a half years and was quite well maintained, and roughly implemented the renovation plan. Ye Tao didn't dare to play too many tricks, there were still people from Ye's workshop among the special battalion and the people who came to Xiling this time, plus himself, it was more than enough to deal with the decoration of general difficulty. However, they can't do it themselves. After a little research on the local construction workshops in Anqing or the contractor team that worked in private, Ye Tao really didn't have the confidence to play any tricks. He now knows why Yip's Construction Bank is such a highly profitable institution. His clear pricing strategy, for those who have gone south and north, and have suffered enough in this regard, is really providing Australian air lobster services at the price of crayfish.