On the second floor of the small theater of the art garden, Meng Feng, who was dressed in a blue robe, was sitting on the wooden couch, closed his eyes and pondered for a long time, before he opened his eyes and looked at Dong Ce beside him, and said: "Since you mentioned the matter of investment promotion to me that day, I have thought about it carefully for a long time, and I do feel that it is feasible, but after I visited a few shops a few days ago and discussed with their shopkeepers, the results were not optimistic." ”

Dong Ce put the teacup on the table, frowned, and said, "Why?" ”

Meng Feng picked up the teapot and poured himself a cup, and sighed when he heard the words: "You know the situation in Jiangnan better than me, Ningzhou has suffered a lot of damage, and few of today's merchants have the leisure to invest money in us, and our rent is almost the same as the second-rate shops outside, plus you proposed that you must pay more than half a year's rent first, and there is a deposit of fifty yuan, many shopkeepers immediately shook their heads when they heard it." ”

Meng Feng said this, drank half a cup of tea, put down the cup and continued: "Otherwise, the deposit will be waived, and the rent will be reduced by three percent!" ”

"No!" Dong Ce immediately shook his head and said, "The rent can be reduced, but not without a deposit, otherwise we won't be able to show our strength immediately." ”

"We don't need to be so anxious, wouldn't it be better to take it one step at a time?" Meng Feng frowned.

Dong Ce still shook his head and sighed: "The world doesn't allow it!" ”

Meng Feng was stunned for a moment, thought about it for a long time, and then said cautiously: "Brother Dong means that there will be a **** soon?" ”

Dong Ce nodded and said: "It's possible, the arrival of the national teacher's junior brother Lu Dao means that the Taiping Dao is about to go south in a big way to win the hearts of the people, if they let them subdue these people, Jiangnan will be peaceful, but is the Taiping Dao really just to help the people?" ”

Meng Feng twisted his eyebrows, fixed his mind, and said: "If there is only Taiping Dao, it is good to say, even if they win the hearts of the people, it is impossible to immediately set off a storm, and the White Lotus Sect, the Five Fire Hall and the Mountain and River Society, these cult jackals, how can they let go of this piece of meat in front of them!" If they fight, Jiangnan will definitely be chaotic. ”

"Well, so we have to stop this!" Dong Ce said in a heavy tone.

"Huh? Brother Dong, aren't you kidding, just with us people, with this little financial resources, how can we compete with those cults? Meng Feng was a little incredulous.

"Naturally impossible now!" Dong Ce nodded and smiled, and said, "However, as long as we roll this snowball immediately, we will have the strength to fight them!" ”

Meng Feng understood after hearing this, and said with a wry smile: "I see, first gather funds from the night market, rely on this money to build a kiln to burn tea sets, and then fry tea, these all need manpower, and now the most important thing is manpower, as long as we continue to expand and continue to recruit victims, we can indeed quickly gather a large number of financial and manpower!" ”

Speaking of this, Meng Feng paused, and said: "Relying on your hands to have enough food and clothing is indeed more reassuring than relying on sects, even if the victims are surrounded by the Taiping Dao and those cults, with the stable wages we can give them, they will gather together, but it is difficult to calculate how effective it is." ”

"It's just an approximation!" Dong Ce smiled slightly, and said carefully: "I have been in contact with Master Liu of the Imperial Porcelain Workshop many times, and I learned that he wants to leave the Imperial Porcelain Workshop and start a new stove, so I will persuade him in a few days, but the tea set is in a hurry, and the top priority is to expand the art garden!" ”

"Huh? Still need to expand? Meng Feng frowned.

"Of course, after the opening of the art garden, every day will be performed from morning to night, so only one kind of trick can not support the table, I now want to rehearse a new drama, you don't need to ask much about this for the time being, first help me find a few plays that can sing and dance, of course, the fame should be small, it is best to be unambitious!"

Meng Feng glanced at Dong Ce, shook his head and smiled: "It's cheaper to be so expensive, isn't it!" ”

"Those who know me, Meng Dacai is also!" After Dong Ce finished speaking, he was met with a roll of eyes from Meng Feng again.

After the two finished discussing, as soon as they walked down the attic, they saw that on the stage, Zhou Cong and his four children were rehearsing, and there were only three audiences in the audience, the eldest was Liu Fu, and the other two were children about six years old, both of them were teasing the little flower in his arms by Liu Fu's side.

Dong Ce walked over, took the little flower from Liu Fu's hand, and said with a light smile: "Oh, my little flower, come, dad hug!" ”

As soon as Dong Ce finished speaking, a pretty girl who was rehearsing on the stage hurriedly walked over, and said with a red face: "Boss, you ...... You call me? ”

"Huh?" Dong Ce was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly woke up, couldn't help but look at the girl with a wry smile, and said, "I forgot, you are also called Xiaohua, it's okay, it's okay, you continue to rehearse." ”

This girl is the eldest daughter who Tu Ping sold before, Tu Xiaoguo's sister, who is three years older than Xiaoguo, has already been slim, delicate and lovely, and has inherited her mother's fine tradition! But it's a pity that she doesn't have the talent of Xiaoguo, but like her mother, she is an introverted type who is shy and answers, otherwise Dong Ce really wants to train her as an assistant.

But this girl is very grateful to Dong Ce for helping their family, even if she is introverted, she also accepted to perform on stage, as for the effect, it looks good in the rehearsal, but when she really performs, I am afraid that she will not be able to accept the attention of hundreds of people!

Speaking of which, she is really pitiful, although the days of being sold are not long, and she has not been ruined by men, but the old bustard of the Qinglou saw that she was ingenious and learned everything quickly, so she forced her to practice the piano every day and learn words, which is a good thing, but you must know that if you just play the wrong string and read the wrong word, you will be scolded by fists and feet, so can it be good?

Because of this, when Zhou Cong, who went to ransom people with Tu Ping that day, witnessed the darkness behind this kiln with his own eyes, he swore never to go to the kiln again!

Dong Ce sat in the audience and watched for a while, and couldn't help frowning.

handed over the little flower to Liu Fu, Dong Ce turned over directly to the stage, came to Zhou Cong's side, and said angrily: "I said fat master, are you twisting Yangge?" Or a thunderbolt? ”

"What twisting Yangge and dancing thunderbolts?" Zhou Cong's swaying body stopped, and he said angrily: "This is a typhoon that I have specially researched, how about it?" It's very domineering! ”

"Bully your sister!" Dong Ce scolded secretly and said, "You are a master of tricks, do you know that you should be solemn and focused, don't act like a clown." ”

Zhou Cong was immediately angry when he heard this, and said dissatisfiedly: "Fat man, I am so handsome and chic, why am I ugly?" Besides, what's so bad about that? You don't know, many children are overjoyed when they see me! ”

"I'm le, you really want to be a clown!" Dong Ce muttered, and suddenly felt that this was not impossible, after all, his typhoon is indeed not suitable for fat people, if it is directly shaped into another style, it may be able to win more customers!

Thinking about this, Dong Ce smiled and said, "Okay, since you like this, you might as well be funny!" ”

"What is funny, fat man, I call it chic!" Zhou Cong was dissatisfied, but after finishing speaking, he was still cheeky and asked with a smile: "Why is it more fun?" ”

"You are not in a hurry at this point, because you have to work the dress and face, and there is no need for rehearsals, in addition, you can add some unique style to the action, for example, Zhang Xiaogui is very stylish, the whole little monkey, as for Xiaoguo and stone, you two also have to work harder, and shape it into your ideal character or animal!"

Several children laughed when they heard this, and Xiaoguo even laughed at Zhang Xiaogui and said: "Did you hear it, I said that you are a monkey, and you still don't admit it, hehe......"

"Brother Dong!" Zhang Xiaogui immediately ran over dissatisfied and complained: "Where am I like a monkey?" ”

"Look at your monkey eagerness, can you not look like a monkey!" Dong Ce made fun of it, and said cautiously: "Don't laugh at the monkey, if you learn the charm of the monkey thoroughly, I promise to make you a monkey king in the future!" ”

"Monkey King!" Zhang Xiaogui was overjoyed when he heard it, and he felt very angry when he heard this title!

"The owner!" Tu Xiaohua walked over timidly and said shyly: "I...... What about me? ”

On this stage, Dong Ce mentioned it to everyone, but he ignored her, which made her feel a little flustered, for fear that Dong Ce would think she was useless.

"You ......" Dong Ce originally thought that this girl was very smart and would definitely be able to win the attention of the audience, but with this character......

After thinking for a while, Dong Ce said to Tu Xiaohua: "You are really not suitable for the stage, you don't have to listen to my opinions in order to repay me, just tell me what you want to do, I will give you the most reasonable arrangement." ”

Tu Xiaohua was stunned when she heard this, and then she really thought about it seriously for a long time, and finally shook her head and said, "I don't know what I can do, but even if I serve tea and water." ”

"Serving tea and handing water is also a kung fu, and it is more demanding to do this business in my place, you must listen more, watch more, remember more, learn more, and more often you need to chat with guests, you can't slack off any customer, you can't do this."

Hearing Dong Ce's direct denial, Tu Xiaohua's eyes turned red!

"Dongjia, my sister is very smart, she will definitely be able to do it!" Tu Xiaoguo immediately spoke. Sister Guardian is full of meaning.

Dong Ce smiled bitterly and said: "I didn't say that she can't do anything else, the people who work under me, I want them to shine, and to do this, we must consider her character, tap her strengths and abilities, do you understand what I mean?" ”

As soon as Dong Ce finished speaking, everyone shook their heads in unison.

"I'm le!" Dong Ce had no choice but to repeat it again in words they understood, and after he explained it for a long time, a few people understood.

"But the owner, apart from these, Xiaohua doesn't know what else to do?" Tu Xiaohua said urgently.

Dong Ce thought for a while, and then said, "What do you like?" ”

"This ......" Tu Xiaohua thought for a while, then said shyly: "Cooking, cleaning, embroidery, and ...... And playing the piano! ”

"Okay!" Dong Ce smiled when he heard this: "If you don't do the first two now, you will do embroidery in your spare time, and you can practice the piano in the rest of the time." ”

Speaking of this, Dong Ce turned to Meng Feng in the audience and said, "Go back and get him a piano." ”

"I have it at home, I'll take her back and let her pick it later." Meng Feng said boldly.

Dong Ce despised this rich second generation fiercely in his heart, and then said to everyone on the stage: "Think about it, what are you suitable for playing, besides, fat man, if you have nothing to do, you can pay some money to take them to Xiaoheyuan to have a look!" ”

"Hey, didn't you say we wouldn't find fault?" Zhou Cong said in astonishment.

"Damn, let you go and see how people perform, know yourself and know that the other side can survive a hundred battles!" Dong Ce didn't have a good airway.

"Okay!" Zhou Congyin smiled sympathetically and said, "I promise to touch him thoroughly!" ”