Chapter 404: Fair Competition
The people in the marketing department have long suggested that Wangjiang Tower is a crowded place and is the most suitable for publicity and promotion, Qin Baichuan was busy with various things some time ago, but he forgot to say hello to Sister Lan. Sister Lan came over once, Qin Baichuan seized the opportunity to take them around the Hundred Flowers Workshop again, and also instructed the family to take out the product and experiment with Sister Lan in person. Since ancient times, women have loved beauty, let alone a woman like Sister Lan? After using the facial cleanser, but I felt that my skin was a lot more delicate at that time, Sister Lan was amazed, and Shen Bijun was also brilliant.
Taking this opportunity at the moment, Qin Baichuan and Sister Lan discussed hanging the banner of the Hundred Flowers Workshop on the Wangjiang Tower, as well as the publicity method of interspersing oral broadcasts in stage plays and hot dances. Like Wangjianglou, the flow of cattle forks, if it is placed in modern times, it will definitely charge a lot of silver, there is a case of Qin Baichuan charging "naming fee" when he said the story, although Sister Lan knew that she could take this opportunity to ask Baihua Workshop for silver, but she never spoke. However, Qin Baichuan took the initiative to give Wangjianglou one hundred taels of silver every month, not as an advertising fee, but purely for the meaning.
In addition, Qin Baichuan also told Sister Lan a few ways to help sell rouge, such as asking her to go back and launch the help of those women who were drunk with Huayin, anyway, their products are clearly priced, and anyone can act as an agent without delaying their normal work, as long as the rouge is sold, he will give a certain tap. There are all kinds of things, Qin Baichuan uses the modern direct sales method of all the people are soldiers, although Sister Lan doesn't understand it very well, but what Qin Baichuan says she does is how to do it.
By the time he was done, the sky had gradually darkened, and the head of the Tan sect who had gone to give the order had already returned, Qin Baichuan ordered the kitchen to prepare wine and food, and then feasted Sister Lan in the Hundred Flowers Workshop. After dinner, the time was almost up, Qin Baichuan first sent Sister Lan back to Wangjiang Tower, and then took Shen Bijun to the Qianjin Gambling House.
Riding in the same carriage with Qin Baichuan, Shen Bijun was very restrained, shrunk in the corner of the carriage and said nothing, in order to avoid suspicion Qin Baichuan did not close the door at all, seeing that the cold wind blowing in made Shen Bijun tremble a little, he smiled and said: "Miss Shen, there is a quilt in the carriage, you can put it on if it is cold." ”
"Thank you Mr. Qin for your concern, I'm not cold." As soon as this carriage came in, it was full of Qin Baichuan's manly breath, Shen Bijun's already shy heartbeat accelerated, how could he dare to put on Qin Baichuan's quilt?
Qin Baichuan was not reluctant, and said with a smile: "Do you know where we are going now?" ”
"I just heard from the eldest brother of the coachman," Shen Bijun replied in a low voice: "Mr. Qin seems to have made an appointment with Zhou Guangyao to meet at the Qianjin Gambling House?" ”
"yes, I want to bet two with him." Qin Baichuan didn't hide it from Shen Bijun: "What I want to tell you is that you have to use extraordinary means to deal with extraordinary people, if Qin Mou is abrupt in his words or behavior, please Miss Shen can act and cooperate, Qin has his own plans." ”
"I understand." It's okay that Qin Baichuan doesn't say this, the more Shen Bijun feels worried, and she has heard Sister Lan complain to her, saying that Qin Baichuan likes to attract bees and butterflies the most, and now the woman he provokes is not twenty but twelve or thirteen, but he doesn't know how to converge yet. Could it be ...... Shen Bijun's breathing was quietly short, this Mr. Qin insisted on bringing himself, could it be that there was another purpose?
"Sir, the Daughter's Gambling House has arrived." Shen Bijun was uneasy, and Tan Jiaotou's opening made her return to reality from her cranky thoughts.
"Hmm." Qin Baichuan nodded, and came out of the carriage with the support of Tan Jiaotou, and Shen Bijun followed cautiously.
For Shen Bijun, she had never been to such a mixed place, and when she saw those gamblers screaming with red eyes, she had an instinctive disgust and fear. As soon as they got off the carriage, a person who looked like a steward in the gambling house walked out quickly, and the people around him greeted him one after another, but he ignored it, and came all the way to Qin Baichuan, and said with his fists in his hands: "Mr. Qin." ”
"Is Zhou Guangyao here?" Qin Baichuan nodded at Ying Tiannan and asked.
"What Mr. Qin personally ordered, how dare I neglect it?" Ying Tiannan smiled: "I just don't know...... How did Mr. Qin learn Pai Gow last night? ”
"Compared with Tan Jiaotou until dawn, it should be about the same." Qin Baichuan nodded confidently, but Tan Jiaotou grinned, yesterday he obviously talked in the car for a while, and after he went back, he was drinking, where was the comparison until dawn?
"That's good, then I look forward to Mr. taking a good look at Zhou Guangyao's sharpness, come, sir, please come here." Ying Tiannan smiled and led the way in front, Qin Baichuan stepped forward to follow, but Shen Bijun was shocked, this Mr. Qin is really a strange person, it is okay to have such a deterrent power in Wangjiang Tower, after all, it is his industry, but even the chief steward of the Qianjin Gambling House has to grovel, which is shocking.
Ying Tiannan took Qin Baichuan and the others through the front hall, made two small turns in the backyard, and stopped in a quiet small building called Baiyun Canggou. Out of politeness, Ying Tiannan ordered the little guy guarding the door to go up and pass the word, and while he was waiting, Ying Tiannan said: "Mr. Qin, this time Zhou Gongzi brought two people, who may be your old acquaintances." ”
"One is Su Muqing, I knew yesterday that they were mixed together." Qin Baichuan said.
"Exactly." Ying Tiannan knew obviously more details than Qin Baichuan, and said: "Since the rise of Mr., this Su Muqing has rarely gone to both sides of Jiangling, no, I heard that Zhou Guangyao has something to do with the governor of Beijun, so he wants to take this line, and recently he lost a lot of silver to Zhou Guangyao, it seems that he wants Zhou Guangyao to say a few good words for him after returning to Beijun, and transfer him to Beijun to be a clerk." ”
"It's okay to go, otherwise it's annoying to watch." Qin Baichuan replied and asked, "Who else is there?" Friend or foe? ”
"It's hard to say whether it's friend or foe, it's up to Mr. to decide for himself." Ying Tiannan pointed to the northeast corner and said with a smile: "Mr. Qin has been to the Qianjin Gambling House before, do you know what kind of place that building is?" ”
"Chunxiao Tower." At this time, Ying Tiannan would not ask such an inconsequential question, presumably the other person was related to Chunxiaolou, he frowned and said, "Could it be Cheng Gongzi?" ”
"Mr. said with a smile, Cheng Gongzi has already left Jiangling." Ying Tiannan didn't want to continue to sell Guanzi, and said with a smile: "It's the son of the fourth master of the Qu family, Qu Zhishu, Mr. hasn't seen it?" ”
"Oh, I forgot about this Fourth Master Qu, he still owes me silver." Thinking of the IOU that the fourth master owed 100,000 taels of silver, Qin Baichuan suddenly felt a little indescribably happy. At that time, I wrote this IOU purely for idle fun, and I was just holding on to his handle, and now I am short of silver, and asking for this 100,000 taels back will definitely solve a big problem.
"Mr. doesn't know," Ying Tiannan said with a wry smile: "Since the last incident, the Qu family's father and son have stopped patronizing the Qianjin Gambling House...... Perhaps he also noticed that Mr. was constantly growing and developing, and the fourth master Qu wanted to find a more secure backer than Fu Yin, so he also had to take Zhou Guangyao's line. He and Su Muqing hit it off, sir, you have to be careful. ”
"What are you afraid of, I'm also here today to lose money." Qin Baichuan squinted and smiled.
Ying Tiannan wanted to say it again, and the little guy who passed the rumor went back and forth, and the corresponding Tiannan hugged his fists and said: "You should be in charge, Zhou Gongzi will let you go up." ”
Ying Tiannan nodded, and took Qin Baichuan and the others upstairs, this small building is divided into three floors, the first floor is a place to meet guests, the second floor is for rest, and the third floor is a gaming table. After following Ying Tiannan up, Qin Baichuan looked at it a little, and there was a beautifully dressed man who seemed to be only seventeen or eighteen years old sitting in the middle, this man was not ugly, but a pair of narrow triangular eyes flashed with an undisguised lewd light, which made people feel bored when they looked at it; On the left hand side of this person sat a scholar dressed in white, who was a little embarrassed after seeing Qin Baichuan, and did not dare to look at Qin Baichuan; The last one was the same age as the man in the middle, his face was blue, his eyes were dull, and he was even more addicted to wine at first glance.
"Gongzi Zhou, Mr. Qin has arrived." Zhou Guangyao is also a customer of Qianjin Gambling House, although Ying Tiannan knows that Qin Baichuan may have to deal with him, but before the conflict breaks out, there should be no less courtesy.
"Mr. Qin?" Zhou Guangyao narrowed his narrow triangular eyes, and when he saw Shen Bijun standing behind him, he laughed gloomily: "What, Qin Baichuan, do you want to stand up for this little slut?" ”
Shen Bijun's face suddenly turned red like blood, although she hadn't read many books, but she had always lived cautiously over the years, adhering to the traditional ancient precepts of women, and she didn't dare to do anything beyond it on weekdays, but now it's good, she is called a little slut in public, and she still dares to be angry and dare not speak.
"I can't talk about it, I just want to compete fairly with Brother Zhou." There was still a seat left opposite Zhou Guangyao, obviously reserved for Qin Baichuan, and Qin Baichuan was not polite, and sat down. Shen Bijun's heart beat wildly after hearing this, if it wasn't for Qin Baichuan's instructions in advance, I'm afraid she would really want to list Qin Baichuan and Zhou Guangyao as all the way.
"Fair play?" Zhou Guangyao didn't understand Qin Baichuan's personality, he squinted at him for a long time, and suddenly chuckled: "What is the origin of this son, I believe that people in this circle know a little bit, I said why Mr. Qin dared to take in this little slut knowing the identity of this son, it turned out that he wanted to get close to the water." ”
"Gongzi Zhou, Miss Shen has a name and a surname, and you don't like the title Qin Mou." Even though Shen Bijun was standing behind him, Qin Baichuan could feel the violent fluctuations in her emotions from her breathing, so he snorted in a deep voice.
"Oh? Mr. Qin knows how to pity the fragrance and cherish the jade. Zhou Guangyao smiled disdainfully, in his mind, this Qin Baichuan may also have the same general thoughts as Qu Zhishu and Su Muqing, and he came to give himself silver, plus Qin Baichuan's background cannot be underestimated, but he did not disobey: "Since Mr. Qin has spoken, I can't help but give this face." It's just that I want to know, what is the fair competition law? ”
"It's simple." Qin Baichuan tapped his index finger on the table rhythmically: "I know that Zhou Gongzi likes to play pai gow, then let's use a thousand taels of silver as a gambling book, the four people here, no matter who loses the gambling game first, it will be over, whoever has more silver before you and me will be the winner." ”
"Are you sure?" As early as when Qin Baichuan didn't come, Su Muqing and Qu Zhishu told themselves that Qin Baichuan was scheming and asked him to be careful, but after listening to this gambling contract, he almost laughed out loud. More than who has more silver at the end? Aren't you stupid? That Qu Zhishu and Su Muqing must take the initiative to lose money to themselves, unless you Qin Baichuan is the king of gambling, there is no possibility of half a point at all!