Outside the south gate, the Hu family butcher shop.

There are three large doors, and there are six or seven pork fans in front of the door.

It's just dawning, and there aren't many people who come to sell meat.

There were no guests for a while, and Daddy Hu's mouth began to nag.

"Be careful in your work, don't look at us as butchers, we all think that we are rough people, rough people can do business? It's still that big?! ”

"Stinky boy, don't look at you as a scholar, this accounting and collection are still far from your old man."

"Look at you, in a month, you will lose thirty dollars. Thirty Wen, in the past, you could buy a liter of rice. ”

A few days ago, Hu Quan's account was 30 yuan short in October, which made his father nag for almost five days.

Hu Quan lowered his head and stared at the meat case in front of him, without saying a word, he couldn't help but think of some time ago.

At that time, he had a ticket of several thousand taels in his hand, and he shot a few taels of silver, and he didn't have to frown.

It's good now, I don't know how many hands I have turned all day to deal with the black money, for the sake of three copper and two sons, I have to talk to some old women for most of the day, and I refuse to spare the price, those girls muttered and even scolded and scolded unhappy, forgave the price, and after going back, his father nagged and kept counting.

At that time, I walked around in the elegant Qinhuai Qinglou all day long, socialized with famous prostitutes, listened to Nanqu, watched beautiful women, smelled thousands of years of fat powder, and now my hands are full of blood all day long, listening to the shouting of the market, watching the peddlers' pawns, and smelling the smell of blood and sweat.

It's literally two worlds.

"If you are like this, how can Lao Tzu rest assured that he will hand over the shop to you in the future, if this shop is defeated in your hands, you will make your Lao Tzu miserable."

Hu Quan couldn't help but feel a nameless fire in his heart, and suddenly raised his head and shouted fiercely: "Okay, aren't they just dozens of big sons!" ”

Hu Wanguan was stunned for a moment when he saw that his son dared to yell at him, and then said angrily: "Okay, your kid's wings are hard!" ”

Saying that, Hu Wanguan was about to come over.

Hu Quan suddenly shuddered, his father's prestige is too deep, this old butcher has a bad temper, and he is very rude, he beats the child ruthlessly, and he has been beaten since he was a child.

Suddenly saw the meat cleaver on the meat case, and Hu Quangui picked it up with a divine gesture.

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Golden Hairpin Building.

"My dad even found someone to write a letter!"

Putting the letter paper in his hand on the table, Yang Chao couldn't help frowning.

Early this morning, Wang Xiao sent someone to invite Yang Chao, saying that his father Yang Yong had brought a letter.

It was sent by the guy from the Wang family.

My father wrote that he was planning to leave in early December.

Departing from Hangzhou at the beginning of December, it will take a few days on the way, and it will be almost the Chinese New Year when I return to Nanjing.

sent his family to Hangzhou, because Yang Chao was worried that Xu Zhongxiao was plotting, but Xu Zhongxiao was also afraid of Yang Chao, he hid in Beijing, Yang Chao thought about it, and it should not be dangerous to let his family come back for the New Year.

I'm not going to reply to stop it.

"Brother Kang, how is it lately?"

Wang Xiao invited Yang Chao to come to get together, and with Kang Repentance, the three of them were all together, eating delicious dishes made by the chef and drinking wine.

Kang Cheng was quite worried: "It's not a secret, the signboard is out, and no one knows about the Golden Hairpin Building." But we don't have a girl to sleep here, and we don't have a famous prostitute townhouse, and there are not many guests. There's nothing you can handle. If you have a banquet, others will either go to the restaurant or go to other green houses. ”

Yang Chao nodded, he can understand that Jinchai Lou has just risen, and it is a new operating model, it is not so easy to cultivate its own customer base, and the construction of the brand takes time to incubate, just like winemaking, the longer the time, the more mellow.

But Yang Chao is also reflecting on the fact that he originally created pure music and pure art performances, but now it seems that there is a problem.

Yang Chao had to admit that he had a high opinion of the artistic accomplishment of the literati of the Ming Dynasty.

It is true that these people are good at playing with words, basically understand the eight strands of text, and can rhyme with poetry and lyrics, although it is not so easy to make a masterpiece with substance and deep feelings, and it requires extremely high cultivation and talent, but to do some fluent poetry, the vast majority of people who are in the examination can do it.

It is a kind of art, so Yang Chao thought that these scholars were also proficient in other arts, in fact, he was confused by the elegant life of scribes and scholars who often lingered in the brothels of the Qinglou and often listened to the piano and music, in fact, the vast majority of people did not understand the rhythm at all, and it was a kind of popular culture of the Ming Dynasty to enjoy the Qinglou, and you would be despised if you didn't go.

If you think about it at a cursory, you can actually understand that in order to gain fame, which scholar has not been in the cold for ten years, and all his energy is spent on reading, where is the time to cultivate other hobbies and cultivate other artistic accomplishments.

It's Yang Chao himself, just a child, who hasn't been admitted to the show, has great privileges at home, he doesn't have to work since he was a child, he just needs to concentrate on reading, and other scholars must be the same, neither time nor conditions, let them study music and rhythm.

Those who really understand these are those who already have fame, and after being admitted to the Jinshi, they are mixed in the officialdom but do not think about the main political theory, and still spend a lot of time in the Qinglou, such as Qian Qianyi and Ruan Dacheng, they really know music, and they are good at it, which can be called everyone.

There are also those nobles who can be rich and noble for a lifetime without relying on hard study in the imperial examination, and can become officials, those descendants of Zhu Yuanzhang, Xu Da, Liu Bowen, etc., and in fact, the children of the nobles represented by Xu Qingjun in Nanjing are indeed recognized as big players.

Therefore, Yang Chao's original plan to attract high-end customers with pure art can only be high and low, and may be able to attract one or two nobles, but this is not what Yang Chao wants, one or two nobles cannot support the operation of Jinchailou, and it is impossible for Jinchailou to have a place in Nanjing, or even lead the trend.

Yang Chao wants to make Jinchai Tower a benchmark for the Qinhuai River, so that those bright buildings can be operated very well without sleeping with others.

So this is a directional error in his plan, and the route is not right at all, no wonder Kang regrets poor implementation.

Therefore, Yang Chao comforted: "Brother Kang, don't worry. Take your time. ”

Kang regretted and sighed: "Brother Yang, why don't we buy a few beautiful powderheads, with the signboard of Jinchai Building, there are also people who come at a high price." ”

Yang Chao resolutely refused: "Brother Kang, Jinchai Lou does not do skin and meat business, and Jinchai Lou is different from other people's Qinglou." ”

Yang Chao's development blueprint for the Jinchai Tower is a combination of the National Centre for the Performing Arts and the high-end club, although now it seems that the National Centre for the Performing Arts model seems to be a bit problematic, and there are not so many high-end potential customers in Nanjing, but the Jinchai Building does not do the meat business.

Yang Chao doesn't believe that the aesthetics of scholars are so unbearable, if they don't appreciate authentic and pure music, Jinchai Lou will launch an elegant and vulgar opera, dance art, if they don't sleep and don't come to Jinchailou, then such a guest Yang Chao is not uncommon.

"Brother Wang, how are you doing here?"

Wang Xiao, who runs the Jinchai Building, also has a part, and he is in charge of the part of the social club.

Wang Xiao smiled bitterly: "I have brought in a lot of rich businessmen, but they are all about business, and they are all junior brothers." ”

Yang Chao's requirements for the accounts of Jinchai Lou must be clear, and the distinction between public and private must be clear, even if Kang Cheng and Wang Xiao invite guests here, they must also pay the bills, because Yang Chao does not dare to guarantee that Wang Xiao will entertain his business partners here in the name of developing customers for Jinchai Lou and develop customers for himself.

Yang Chao said: "I believe you won't lose." ”

Wang Xiao said: "That's right. ”

Yang Chao said: "Don't worry, I can guarantee that as long as it takes a long time, everyone will see the benefits of the social field of Jinchai Building." But I've seen the customers you've invited, and I've found that you're only going to invite customers related to your grocery store, which is a shame. ”

Wang Xiao smiled awkwardly: "Take care of public and private, take care of public and private!" ”

Yang Chao said: "It's not the way to balance public and private. And it's a waste of connections. I've heard people say I'm a broker, and I didn't want to be a broker, but you might consider doing it. Help those wealthy businessmen to make a big deal in the Jinchai Building, and the Jinchai Building will have one more customer. And you can also earn commissions, and when you do it, it's not you who will help people, there will be people begging you for help. ”

Wang Xiao pondered for a moment: "I can think about it, the grocery store is a mess, and I can't help it." ”

Wang Xiao had to concentrate on Wang Yihe's grocery store, because this shop was really bad.

This grocery store has not been in operation for a long time, and it has not been ten years since the total of the Communist Party of China, and it was Wang Xiao's father, Wang Yihe, who founded it with the intention of dealing in goods from the north and south to the east and west through Nanjing, a large commercial port.

It is a pity that the Wang family's foundation in Nanjing is too shallow, from eight years ago, the peasant army entered the Jiangnan area, and later pushed to Huguang, with the officers and soldiers you retreat and I advance, although it was not able to gain a foothold, but it affected the shipping on the Yangtze River, to a certain extent, blocked the circulation of goods in the east and west, so that Wang Yihe and the grocery store to do the business of the turnover of goods and goods greatly affected.

Therefore, from its opening to the present, this shop has been tepid, investing a lot of money, but not making much profit.

Wang Yihe handed over this shop to Wang Xiao, not necessarily because he had the idea of giving up this shop, and at the same time gave Wang Xiao, a concubine who had made great contributions, a reward.

Of course, through the last political meeting, Wang Xiao opened up relations with many wealthy businessmen in Nanjing, which was also a reason for Wang Yihe to hand over Nanjing's industry to Wang Xiao.

The Wang family can not care about this shop, Wang Yihe can not care about this shop, but Wang Xiao can't not care, this is the capital of his life.

Wang Xiao's glory and wealth in the second half of his life may have to rely on this shop, because as soon as his son Wang Yihe died, he basically couldn't even share half of his family property.

In an official family like Zhang Pu, Zhang Pu, as a concubine, can't share the family property, not to mention a merchant family like them, when the brothers can give him a mouthful of soup to drink, they will have a conscience.

Therefore, Wang Xiao is under great pressure and extremely dedicated, and during this period of time, he has devoted himself to this shop that has not improved, but it is quite large.

But without the Wang family's abundant capital for him to operate, Wang Xiao's aura seemed to be much less before, probably because the Wang family used to do things and spend money, but now it is his own, so he is afraid to do things.

Yang Chao was about to boost Wang Xiao's morale, when suddenly a turtle came in to report, saying that someone was looking for Yang Chao by name, saying that he was Yang Chao's friend.

The person who came was Hu Quan, wearing dirty and coarse clothes, and there were blood stains on his hands and face.

The first sentence said: "Brother Yang, I figured it out." ”