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At noon the next day, the owners of the top restaurants left behind the restaurants at the door and gathered in the lobby of Dong Weilang, the owner of Chenguang Restaurant. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Fourteen, not lacking one. On his face, he was also a little lifeless, and when he entered the door, even Dong Weilang, the host, was not in the mood to entertain politely.

The owners of fourteen top restaurants are also fourteen wealthy people in Beijing, all of them, and their eyes are a little dark. The least one of them, there are also five wives and concubines, but the eyes are dark, but it is not because of this.

"Guys, I thought about it all night yesterday, and I still have a headache, I don't know how you are?" Finally, Dong Weilang opened his mouth to break the silence.

"What else? Is there any other choice than to fight? Ling Weifeng replied coldly, his eyes were also dark, but unlike everyone else, what he thought about overnight was how to let the fourteen top restaurants join forces to delay the stay of Lin Ji Inn.

"Fenglin Restaurant has a lot of money, and it is divided into buildings all over the Han Kingdom, so naturally there is no shortage of such a loss." Yang Chengan, the owner of Yanxun Restaurant, said lukewarmly.

"The silver of our Fenglin Restaurant is also not blown by the wind, but if you don't fight hard, Boss Yang thinks, is there still a way to go?" Ling Weifeng asked rhetorically.

Yang Cheng'an was speechless, and the others were also silent. After thinking about it all night, they had basically considered all kinds of possible surnames, and came to the conclusion that either they would fight hard and have a chance to fight again, or they would only be defeated and retreat, and let go of those high-ranking officials and nobles, and the super-rich gentry.

Like Dong Weilang, the bosses of the major top restaurants also can't make up their minds about the results of one night. The stakes are too great. If you really want to fight hard, it is very likely that the wealth accumulated over decades will be wasted, and you will be reduced from a huge wealth in the capital to an ordinary big family.

But if they don't work hard, the restaurant's monthly profit of hundreds of thousands will drop to about tens of thousands, which also makes them extremely unwilling.

"Everyone, I want to quit......" Suddenly, Jiang Fang, the owner of Yangfan Restaurant, spoke.

In a word, the entire lobby suddenly stirred.

If Ling Weifeng was the first person to decide to fight hard, then Jiang Fang was the first person to decide to retreat.

Ling Weifeng's words made everyone's minds drift a little towards hard fighting. And Jiang Fang's words also pulled everyone's minds back to indecisiveness, and even tilted slightly towards defeat.

"Boss Jiang, I heard that you made a lot of money from the cotton land you bought in the south of the city last year?" Ling Weifeng said suddenly.

"It's only thirty or fifty thousand taels of silver a year, which makes Boss Ling smile." Jiang Fang shook his head and said.

"Boss Jiang wants to quit, is he planning to take down the surrounding land and prepare to be a rich man in the capital, right?" Ling Weifeng said with a smile.

"Where, being a rich man also needs to be capable, I am a restaurant owner, how can I understand those things, and I don't open a restaurant wherever I go." Jiang Fang naturally wouldn't admit that after thinking about it overnight, he did think about changing careers to become a rich man.

As Ling Weifeng said, the cotton land he bought last year did earn him tens of thousands of taels of silver. Although the money was only a drop in the bucket for him, the important thing was that the land he bought was surrounded by land suitable for growing cotton. Originally, he planned to buy some more cotton land this year, but now that his main business has been hit hard, he not only wants to buy some, but a large-scale enclosure. With his connections in the capital, as long as he was willing to give up the silver, the nearby landlords and farmers did not dare not sell the land to him.

If you buy all the cotton land, although the profit of a year is not enough to compare with the profit of the restaurant in a year, it can be three or four out of ten.

If you put other deposits into several other industries, perhaps, the profits may not be lost to the profits of Yangfan Restaurant. In comparison, having cotton land as a guarantee is much less risky than fighting hard with Lin Kee Inn.

"As far as I know, the reason why the price of cotton was so high last year was entirely because of the floods in Yaoyin County. This year, the wind and rain in Yaoyin County are ......" Ling Weifeng looked at Jiang Fang with a smile and said lightly: "To be honest, Ling really thinks that Boss Jiang is only suitable for opening a restaurant. With Boss Jiang's ability, it is not difficult to be a rich man, but it is a little difficult to be a rich man. ”

Jiang Fang was shocked and said nervously: "Boss Ling, there was a flood in Yaoyin County last year?" ”

"Didn't Boss Jiang inquire?" Ling Weifeng asked rhetorically.

Jiang Fang smiled bitterly, Yaoyin County is located in the west of the Great Han Kingdom, and it is 108,000 miles away from the capital, and it is impossible for the news to spread to the extent that everyone knows about it. In addition, he didn't have much hope for the cotton field last year, and it was only a small side industry, so naturally he wouldn't put too much energy into it.

"Yaoyin County is a large cotton-producing county, and after the establishment of the Chamber of Commerce, the circulation of goods has become more and more convenient. Next year, Boss Jiang will have to be prepared to lose money. Ling Weifeng said with a smile.

"But if you don't retreat, you will fall deeper and deeper, and it will also be a big trouble." Jiang Fang knew Ling Weifeng's intention to say so much, and said a little helplessly: "Lin Ji Inn is a bottomless pit, no matter how much silver you throw into it, Lin Ji Inn is like God taking care of it, and there will always be a way to turn things around." A few of us, no matter how much we calculate, we can't calculate God, right? ”

"Lin Kee Inn is indeed very lucky, but I don't believe that his luck can continue to be good. I won't hide it from you, as far as I know......" Ling Weifeng's gaze swept over everyone's faces, and he said slowly: "Emperor Qianwei is running out of time, and his death is imminent. ”

"Is that true?" The crowd was alarmed.

"Of course!" Ling Weifeng nodded.

Everyone shook in unison, if it was true, it would be equivalent to saying that the biggest backer of Lin Ji Inn, Emperor Qianwei would turn into smoke, and the second largest backer, King Qingliu, would also have a great reduction in prestige.

The new emperor ascended the throne, no matter which prince it was, when the foundation was not stable, it was absolutely impossible to sit idly by and watch the existence of a figure like King Qingliu. Once he ascended the throne, the first thing to do was to weaken the prestige of King Qingliu as much as possible. King Qingliu faded out of the government and the opposition, and his influence declined sharply.

In other words, at that time, Lin Kee Inn will no longer have any backers. Everyone only needs to be willing to spend money, and they don't have to worry about not being able to suppress the Lin Ji Inn.

Of course, the premise is that Ling Weifeng is telling the truth, and the so-called death is imminent, and it can't take too long. If it takes three or five years, it will be enough to drag them out of the bank.

"Everyone, don't hesitate, if you don't fight hard, your previous efforts will be in vain. If you fight hard, there is a possibility of turning things around. Ling Weifeng said in a loud voice: "You are also people who have come over in the wind and waves, can you break through this family business or keep this family business, which one has not encountered a time when you have to fight to the death?" ”

"I've met it, like me, I just took over Chiba Restaurant from my father thirty years ago." Liu Dahua, the owner of Chiba Restaurant, said: "The nearby Ruijin Restaurant saw that I was young and bullied, and I tried my best to suppress it. At that time, our Chiba Restaurant was not ranked at all in the capital, and it was a lot worse than the scale of Ruijin Restaurant. I remember that at that time, our Chiba restaurant was forced to have only two options, either to let out the big diners and concentrate on running those ordinary diners. Or, it's just a desperate fight. I took all the silver deposits of Chiba Restaurant and went to ask Wang Chuan, a celebrity chef who was idle at home, and offered him a sky-high price of 10,000 taels of silver per month. I remember that at that time, when the business of Chiba Restaurant was doing well, the monthly profit was only more than 5,000 taels of silver, which could not be said to be a failure. ”

After a pause, Liu Dahua continued: "But now it's different, I have more than 20 million taels of silver in my hand. If you can't hang yourself on a tree, more than 20 million taels of silver, why can't you run other industries? If I give up the relationship that I have built up for decades and go to a certain county, with 20 million taels of silver, except for money banks, gambling houses, and pawnshops, what industry can I not become the first? ”

Everyone nodded one after another, and Liu Dahua's words were exactly what they thought. They can become the owners of top restaurants, even if they inherit the family business from their parents, they have also experienced strong winds and waves, otherwise, they would have been swallowed by their peers to the point that there are no bones left. When it's time to take risks, they are more courageous than anyone else. But in the current situation, in their opinion, the risk is much higher than the future return.

Ling Weifeng was silent, he understood that if he didn't come up with some real materials, he would not be convinced that this group of people had changed their attitudes.

After pondering for a moment, Ling Weifeng spoke after everyone's secondment gradually weakened: "If we are willing to pay half of the price at Fenglin Restaurant, I wonder if you will be able to end your wavering thoughts?" ”

"Half the price?" Everyone was a little puzzled.

"That's right! If the desperate struggle with Lin Kee Inn ends in failure for us, then we are willing to bear half of all the losses. The remaining half will be divided equally among everyone. Ling Weifeng nodded.

"This ......"

Everyone's hearts jumped wildly, Ling Weifeng's words had a great attraction for them.

This is tantamount to saying that their risk will be cut in half.

"Boss Ling, why did you take such a big risk to convince us to continue fighting with Lin Ji Inn?" Liu Dahua suddenly asked.

"It's very simple, Lin Ji Inn is in other places, and it also threatens our Fenglin Restaurant!" Ling Weifeng said with a cold gaze: "Fenglin Restaurant and Lin Ji Inn, the final result is only your life and death." ”

Everyone suddenly put themselves in their shoes, if it was them, they asked themselves that there was only one way to fight to the death with Lin Ji Inn. Otherwise, once Lin Ji Inn has established an absolute advantage in the capital, it will soon be able to spare energy to suppress competitors in other places, and with the support of the main store of Lin Kee Inn in Beijing, it will be enough to consume Fenglin Restaurant. The reverse is also true, Lin Ji Inn was defeated in the capital, and Fenglin Restaurant can slowly encroach on other branches of Lin Ji Inn.

This is also indirectly equivalent to defeating Lin Ji Inn, the interests of Fenglin Restaurant are not only in the capital, but all the branches of the entire Han Kingdom will benefit from this. In comparison, these costs are not too great.

However, everyone couldn't imagine that Ling Weifeng's first consideration was how to delay time. No one could have imagined that Fenglin Restaurant and the Three Princes had already reached an agreement, once the Three Princes ascended the throne, they would not use the money of Fenglin Restaurant, but would help Fenglin Restaurant to reach a higher level and ensure the prosperity of Fenglin Restaurant for a hundred years.

The reason is naturally because Fenglin Restaurant is not just a treasury to provide financial resources for the three princes.

(To be continued)