Chapter 540: Soliciting Outside the City
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The autumn wind withered, and in early winter, fifteen top restaurants finally officially launched their third cooperation. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Outside Yanxun Restaurant, the guests came like clouds, and the endless stream of diners made Yang Cheng'an smile and couldn't close his mouth. Ten times and a hundred times, he can still maintain perfect movements and the same friendly smile.
The third cooperation of fifteen top restaurants, one of the promotional stops, is to choose Yanxun Restaurant.
Antique calligraphy and painting, rare treasures, Yanxun Restaurant at this moment is a treasure pavilion. The treasure of King Yicheng, the treasure of Lord Shangshu, and the family heirloom of Qin Honghou...... The calligraphy and paintings hanging on the walls, the vases and objects placed in the corners, each of which can be called priceless, has a great origin.
From the first floor to the third floor, the original luxuriously decorated Yanxun Restaurant, after the appearance of these antique calligraphy and paintings, the value will be 100 times higher. If you pick up something inconspicuous, it will be worth more than 10,000 taels, and there are even more than 100,000 taels of rare treasures.
These things were jointly lent out by fifteen top restaurants, in order to create a sensation. Maybe not everyone likes antiques, calligraphy and paintings or knows how to appreciate rare treasures, but as long as it is properly promoted, it is enough to make the huge rich in the capital think that if they don't take a look, they will have a good share.
On the first day of its launch, the business of Yanxun Restaurant was completely unexpected by the owners of the top restaurants. Its popularity, in the past hundred and ten years, is second only to the first few days before the Lin Ji Inn launched the Lingshi Fan four or five months ago.
The business of Yanxun Restaurant is not an exaggeration. At noon, even like the Lingshi Fan and VIP card launched by Lin Ji Inn at that time, there was a grand scene of waiting in line.
In order to borrow these rare treasures, the top restaurants have taken out a lot of money and favors, which is just the publicity of one restaurant, and the other fourteen also cost a lot of money.
This situation seems to have a huge impact on Lin Ji Inn, but in Lin Dong's eyes, it is a good thing. The major top restaurants have joined forces, and he doesn't have to worry about anything else, just worried that these restaurants will boil frogs in warm water and slowly consume them with Lin Ji Inn.
Although Lin Kee Inn will become stronger and stronger with the passage of time, no matter how strong it is, it will not be able to form an overwhelming advantage over the major top restaurants in five or six years. If you want to slowly develop regular customers, the strength of the top restaurants is there, and with a few small means, Lin Ji Inn will have to be tired of coping.
forced the top restaurants to use big means and spend a lot of money, although the difficulty of the confrontation is not small, but Lin Ji Inn is not impossible to deal with. As long as they can cope with it, if the major top restaurants still want to launch big measures, they have to discuss and prepare for at least a month or two, just like this publicity. These two months are the free time for Lin Kee Inn to cultivate regular customers. The more aggressive the means, the more free time there is.
Regarding the suppression of the top restaurants this time, Lin Dong did not plan to retreat like the previous two times. The previous two retreats, one is because the power is not great, and Lin Ji Inn can't lose much no matter how it retreats, and the other is to lure the major top restaurants to take the bait, so that they can despise Lin Ji Inn, so as to use a means that cost a lot of money.
Now that the goal has been achieved, retreat again, and wait until the fifteen top restaurants have been visited one by one, and it is estimated that there are very few diners at Lin Ji Inn.
Of course, Lin Dong didn't plan to fight back immediately. Fight back too early, the price paid by the major top restaurants is not too high, stop it in time, and the losses that are flattened are acceptable. What's more, it's not the time yet, it's just winter.
At the gate of the north of the city, the cold wind was blowing, and Lin Dong and Ma Chun sat by the city wall with a few men, causing strange eyes from pedestrians coming in and out.
For these eyes, Lin Dong didn't notice them at all. At this moment, he had just swallowed the auxiliary cultivation elixir that he had exchanged from Tianfeng Street, and he was working hard to refine it.
Ma Chun and a group of men looked towards the official road one by one, but after half an hour, they didn't see any movement, just like sightseeing and looking at the scenery.
In the opening of the city gate, Wang Chengyi, the general guarding the city in the north of the city, and the city guards were also a little worried. The reason is naturally because of Lin Dong and others who were blowing a northwest wind on the side of the door.
Wang Chengyi and the city guards didn't know Lin Dong, but they had all seen Ma Chun, the chief steward of Lin Ji Inn!
When Lin Dong and the others first came, Wang Chengyi was still drinking tea in the room. The city guards handed over tea and water, and learned that the shopkeeper of the Lin Ji Inn was also there, and they were completely stunned. sent someone to trot over to inform Wang Chengyi, and even Wang Chengyi was a little dumbfounded. The shopkeeper of Lin Ji Inn, really speaking, is just a businessman, Wang Chengyi is a general, a fourth-grade official rank, although the magnates befriended by the huge riches in the capital are not worse than him, but if there is really any conflict, the huge rich also have to give him three points. After all, Wang Chengyi is not alone, he also knows powerful people.
But in front of the shopkeeper of the Lin Ji Inn, he had to be dumbfounded. According to the scale of Lin Ji Inn, this Lin shopkeeper who can also enter the ranks of the capital's huge riches, not only has a lot of silver, but also has a friendship with King Qingliu.
As soon as the king of Qingliu came out, all the dignitaries and nobles were only lying on their stomachs.
Wang Chengyi had a big show, and he took it for granted that Lin Dong's pomp was also very big, seeing that he didn't want to serve tea and water, and he was polite, he couldn't be nervous. If this is because of the poor greeting, the shopkeeper Lin is angry, and he mutters a few words to the king of Qingliu, although the four-grade official is not low, and even the prefect has to shout respectfully and respectfully in the palace, but in front of the king of Qingliu, it is just a character who can fall to the ground with a single word.
Not afraid of 10,000, just in case, Wang Chengyi had to be cautious, seeing that no one appreciated it, he only said that he was going out of the city to solicit customers, and he had to follow a group of city guards at the city gate to drink the northwest wind.
"A convoy is coming!" Suddenly, a fellow shouted.
The fast-galloping spiritual power in Lin Dong's meridians then retreated into the dantian, and when he opened his eyes, a long line of flat carriages carrying large wooden boxes was slowly driving towards the official road. As far as the eye can see, there are more than 100 vehicles in the long line.
The wooden boxes behind each carriage were stacked high, and Lin Dong roughly estimated that there would be no less than a thousand cubic meters of goods. If you rent a yard to store it, you have to pick the biggest one, otherwise you can't put it down.
If it can be negotiated, this first business will definitely be a big start.
Lin Dong and Ma Chun stood up in unison and headed for the carriage, and the guys followed closely.
"Stop! Who? ”
When the convoy guard saw someone approaching, he immediately shouted and asked.
"I am the steward of Lin Kee Inn, this is the shopkeeper of my family, take the liberty, forgive me, forgive me!" Ma Chun smiled and said, "Don't worry, the city gate is in front, we have no malicious intentions, we just want to ask if you want to stay?" ”
"No!" The captain of the guard, who was in his early forties, immediately waved his hand when he heard this, and all the way along the way, they all rented private courtyards, and they had never stayed in an inn at all.
"Look at you guys, you must have come all the way here, right? I finally arrived in the capital safely, of course, I had to take a good rest. Ma Chun naturally would not give up because of the captain's words, and immediately smiled and said: "Our Lin Ji Inn is the largest inn in the capital, and I can guarantee that it is definitely second to none in the capital and even in the Han Kingdom." Our guys are all enthusiastic, and the chefs can compete with the top restaurants in the capital, which can be proved by asking anyone after you enter the city. ”
"In addition, our Lin Kee Inn also has a lot of warehouses, which can completely ensure the safety of your goods, and when the time comes, you only need to send one or two guards to guard the door. The big brothers have worked hard all the way, and it's time to be rewarded. ”
The captain of the guard hesitated for a moment, whether it was from his own point of view or from the entire escort team, Ma Chun's every word hit his weakness. They came from a remote county town, and they slept all the way, starting from the early spring and arriving in the capital for more than half a year. Finally, the task is completed, and it should indeed be easy and easy. What's more, if it is really as good as the other party says, I believe the boss will not object. They are all martial arts practitioners, and it is hard to resist finding a good place to stay, let alone a boss who is used to enjoying good things.
"Wait, I'll ask."
The captain of the guard did not hesitate for long, and immediately turned around and headed straight for a carriage in the center of the convoy.
After a while, a thin black and thin middle-aged man in a brocade robe walked over with the captain of the guard.
"You're running an inn?" The middle-aged man glanced at everyone, and his gaze stayed on the face of Lin Dong, who was the best dressed.
"I'm Ma Chun, the steward of Lin Ji Inn." Ma Chun judged at a glance from the middle-aged man's attitude and clothes that he was the boss of these goods, and immediately smiled and said, "We ......"
"I didn't let you speak." The middle-aged man is the richest man in the county, although he also knows that the capital is at the foot of the Son of Heaven, and any passer-by has a bit of background, but he has not yet put an inn in his eyes, and he is immediately dissatisfied with Lin Dong.
A steward is not equal to his identity at all, even if he is the shopkeeper, if he is not met, he is also not qualified to speak on an equal footing.
Opening an inn and meeting a grumpy guest is a common occurrence, even Lin Dong, who is not very in charge of things, often encounters it, so he doesn't care much, and immediately said: "I am Lin Dong, the shopkeeper of Lin Ji Inn, I don't know what the boss is called?" ”
"Surnamed Yang, tell me why your inn let me stay!" The middle-aged man said indifferently.
"Our Lin Ji Inn is the largest inn in the capital...... Lin Dong's eloquence is not as good as Ma Chun's, but this does not prevent him from repeating Ma Chun's previous introduction.
After Lin Dong finished speaking, the middle-aged man didn't ask the price, nodded and waved his hand: "Brother Liu, let the convoy move on." ”
The captain of the guard was overjoyed, and immediately ordered the guards to direct the coachman to move on.
"You guys lead the way!" The middle-aged man waved his hand at Lin Dong, although he was not very satisfied with Lin Dong's attitude of letting a steward come out to socialize, but Lin Dong's introduction really moved his heart. As the captain of the guard had expected, he would have preferred to find a place with better accommodation. Along the way, he had had enough of sleeping in the open and sleeping in private houses.
"Please!"
Lin Dong originally wanted a guy to lead the way, but at this time and then, the guests had needs, so they naturally had to do it.
The middle-aged man straightened his silk and satin robe, saw that the city gate was not far away, touched the weight of the money bag on his waist, and did not return to the carriage, and strode towards the city gate behind Lin Dong and the others.
(To be continued)