"Shopkeeper Lin, it seems that you are reluctant to join forces with me?"

Hong Wanfu looked at Lin Dong coldly, Hongfu Restaurant was looking for someone to join forces, and the other party actually had a calm attitude, which was a miracle.

Didn't you inquire about your status and style of conduct in Lingnan City?

Hong Wanfu was a little unconvinced, since he knew the battle between Hongfu Restaurant and Fenglin Restaurant about the news of the Chamber of Commerce, there was absolutely no possibility that he did not know his own style. But this is not the case, but there is no other possible surname.

In the end, this shopkeeper Lin knew his own energy in Lingnan County, and he dared to talk about the conditions lightly and even refuse, right? This may be the surname, Hong Wanfu has lived for decades and has never met it once.

He believed that as long as he didn't provoke those sect disciples and families, he would definitely not meet them in this life.

"How does Boss Hong plan to join forces? Why do I think that Lin Kee Inn doesn't seem to be qualified to get involved in the competition between Hongfu Restaurant and Fenglin Restaurant? Lin Dong said indifferently: "With the status of Lin Ji Inn in Lingnan City, even if it can become an instant hit with publicity this time, it is still far from enough compared with Hongfu Restaurant and Fenglin Restaurant. Not to mention anything else, there are many people who try it, but those super big families are used to the atmosphere and taste of Hongfu Restaurant and Fenglin Restaurant, and with the strength of Lin Kee Inn, it has not yet reached the point where it can really grab food. The geographical disadvantage, coupled with the fact that the cooking skills are not superior, although there are also a few eye-catching features, but it is great, and it has caused a slight impact on the business of Hongfu Restaurant and Fenglin Restaurant. ”

"I, Hong Wanfu, like self-aware people the most!"

Hong Wanfu gave Lin Dong a thumbs up, this move was obviously a praiser, but secretly he seemed to have regarded Lin Ji Inn as a small character.

Lin Dong smiled and didn't say anything. He was very suspicious that Hong Wanfu was deliberately trying to provoke himself. The reason is unknown, but with Hong Wanfu's status in Lingnan City, it is absolutely impossible to achieve it just by relying on aggressiveness and arrogance.

Hong Wanfu ignored Lin Dong's attitude and said to himself: "In terms of joining forces, what Lin Ji Inn has to do is very simple, the cumulative gifts of VIP cards and various specialties can appear in Hongfu Restaurant." As for the remuneration, 50,000 taels of silver a month until Fenglin Restaurant announced that the light gate was closed. ”

"Boss Hong is so generous!" Lin Dong sighed: "Fifty thousand taels of silver a month, this reward is worth the profit of our Lin Ji Inn in Autumn Wind City for five months." ”

"So, you agreed?" Hong Wanfu said lightly.

Lin Dong shook his head and said: "I want to know the reason, as far as I know, the profit of Hongfu Restaurant is only 1230,000 taels of silver a month, and nearly half of the profit is taken, plus the profit position of reducing the price of wine and food to the minimum, Hongfu Restaurant's profit at that time is probably not as good as an ordinary restaurant every month, right?" Maple Grove Restaurant has a lot of money, unless it can be knocked down with a stick. Otherwise, it would be wishful thinking to force them to close their doors in two or three years. ”

After a pause, Lin Dong said meaningfully: "Lin Ji Inn and Hongfu Restaurant have joined forces, and it is far from the extent that they knock down Fenglin Restaurant with a stick. Even if Fenglin Restaurant doesn't have a way to turn the tide, at most, it will gradually grab its regular customers, and I am afraid that two years will be indispensable. ”

"I don't think Fenglin Restaurant is pleasing to the eye, and I'd rather fight for two years without making money than try to bring it down." Hong Wanfu looked at Lin Dong coldly: "Is this a reason?" ”

"Count!" Lin Dong indifferently faced Hong Wanfu's gaze, picked up the teacup on the table, took a sip, and after judging the gains and losses, he said slowly: "However, it is not enough to convince me to join forces with Hongfu Restaurant." ”

Hong Wanfu was stunned, and immediately burst into laughter, and in his smile, hideous and hideous appeared from time to time.

"You think I should convince you? Lin Dong, you have to figure it out, I'm not Fenglin Restaurant, I don't have to worry about being caught and killed, because my business is in Lingnan County, and the county of Lingnan County is not the emperor of heaven and earth, and it is not enough to make me bankrupt and die without a place to bury me in a word. I don't have to worry about my reputation, my reputation doesn't affect my business anymore, it doesn't matter if it smells a little more fragrant or smelly. ”

"Really?" Lin Dong was noncommittal.

Hong Wanfu got up with a sneer, supported the table with both hands, leaned forward, and looked down at Lin Dongdao: "In Lingnan County, whoever I want to join forces with, whoever has to join forces with me." For the sake of your ability, I came to the door in person, and I made a condition that people couldn't refuse. But this doesn't mean that you are qualified to exceed my bottom line, in Lingnan City, no one can exceed my bottom line. ”

"This is very domineering!" Lin Dong couldn't help but praise it, it can become the bottom line if you don't cooperate, and Hong Wanfu's status in Lingnan County can be seen. Ordinary super big households, officials other than the county platform, absolutely do not have the confidence of Hong Wanfu.

"Join forces ......" Hong Wanfu stared at Lin Dong without blinking, his sharp gaze seemed to tear Lin Dong to pieces: "Otherwise, I will make Lin Ji Inn never open." ”

Lin Dong got up helplessly, not to mention that the various characteristics of Lin Ji Inn were not enough to be far ahead of Fenglin Restaurant and Hongfu Restaurant, even if the advantage was obvious, there was a huge disadvantage of region. Coupled with the Chamber of Commerce's pricing of a certain profit on the price of wine and food, the major restaurants will not lose too much money even if the business is cold, and they can completely hold on. It can be said that it is almost impossible to try to dominate Lingnan City in a short period of time.

According to Lin Dong's idea, in the early days of Lin Kee Inn's entry into Lingnan City, it should be based on harmony and wealth gradually. When the chefs of the inn continue to improve their level, their cooking skills gradually distance themselves from the chefs of Fenglin Restaurant and Hongfu Restaurant, and the Lin Kee Gymnasium begins to become popular, this is the time to attack and reduce the price of wine and food to the lowest profit set by the Chamber of Commerce.

The advantages are obvious, and the Lin Kee Gymnasium will attract a large number of super and large households to the east of the city, which will indirectly reduce the geographical disadvantage, and Lin Kee Inn has enough strength to suppress Fenglin Restaurant and Hongfu Restaurant in one fell swoop.

Let's put it together now, Lin Ji Inn is a newcomer without any regular customers, relying on various characteristics to gather a large number of diners in a short time, the fire is on fire for a while, but although Cheng Bao and Yu Linglong's cooking skills are very distinctive, the level is always lower, and it is not an orthodox wine and food, and the chefs of Fenglin Restaurant and Hongfu Restaurant are not vegetarians, they are all one of the few top chefs in a county. Hard power is not enough to convert most of these diners into regular customers.

The speed of development is not as fast as the harmony and wealth that gradually comes in.

However, before it opened, this idea was about to be shattered.

Lin Dong doesn't mind joining forces with Hongfu Restaurant to defeat Fenglin Restaurant first, although the biggest beneficiary of this is Hongfu Restaurant, but Lin Ji Inn can also follow up with some soup and water, which can completely make up for the hindrance to development by fighting together in advance. But he minded Hong Wanfu's proposal, if a year or two later, Lin Ji Inn cooperated with Hongfu Restaurant with the accumulation of wine and food prices of VIP cards and various characteristics as bargaining chips, it would not hurt, at that time, super big households and large diners knew that Lin Kee Inn was only cooperating with Hongfu Restaurant, and sooner or later it would be canceled, and if you want to enjoy the various characteristics of Lin Kee Inn for a long time or get the gift of VIP cards, you have to go to Lin Kee Inn often.

And now with this way of cooperation, super big households and large diners have developed the habit of Hongfu Restaurant as one of the top two restaurants in Lingnan City, plus Hong Wanfu Street knows the person. When I heard the news, the first thing that came to my mind was probably not that Lin Ji Inn and Hongfu Restaurant joined forces, but that Lin Kee Inn had to be attached to Hongfu Restaurant when I first arrived.

Super big households and large diners are not used to the atmosphere and taste of Lin Kee Inn, there is a big restaurant with the same characteristics nearby, and this big restaurant will merge with Lin Ji Inn sooner or later, I am afraid that there are definitely not many people who are willing to go all the way to the east of the city to try to slowly get used to the atmosphere of Lin Ji Inn and other wine and food tastes.

Regular customers, when they want to invite a banquet to set up wine, they have become accustomed to taking this restaurant as the first choice of guests. The lack of regular customers is the biggest reason why any restaurant cannot operate for a long time. For newly opened restaurants, it is an Achilles heel that is undoubtedly defeated.

This is also the reason why Fenglin Restaurant spares no expense to use the news of the Chamber of Commerce to close some of the big restaurants, reopening after a year and a half, or there are new restaurants opening, under the premise that most of the diners have been developed by Fenglin Restaurant, unless there is enough strength higher than Fenglin Restaurant, otherwise, if you want to develop regular customers, you can only rely on the geographical advantages to pull some large diners who live near the restaurant into the restaurant.

Lin Dong didn't want to be on the same page as Fenglin Restaurant or Hongfu Restaurant in the early days of the army, especially an unscrupulous person like Hong Wanfu. But Hong Wanfu's move kills two birds with one stone, which is too ruthless. If he can calm things down, even if he suffers a little loss, Lin Dong will admit it.

But Hong Wanfu is obviously not the one who can make him stop if he gives a little sweetness.

"It seems that you are planning to choose Lin Ji Inn and will never be able to open in Lingnan City?" Seeing Lin Dong get up, Hong Wanfu sat down instead, picked up the teacup, and after splashing the full tea inside, he slammed the empty teacup towards the tabletop.

After picking out the largest porcelain piece, Hong Wanfu picked up the porcelain piece with one hand and ground it on the thumb nail with the rough part of the notch.

As the notch of the porcelain piece rubs against the thumb nail, the white powder slowly falls off the nail. Hong Wanfu kept changing the position of the friction, focusing on the manicure with a look on his manicure, as if he was the only one between heaven and earth.

Threat?

Lin Dong was happy, and the smile on his face slowly floated. Hong Wanfu's actions, which had been a headache for him, disappeared like a hurricane that suddenly rolled up in the fog.

He was worried that Hong Wanfu would use vicious means to deal with Lin Ji Inn, and he didn't want to use force to solve the problem before the conflict escalated. This trouble is indeed a bit tangled, but the solution is actually not difficult.

Learn from Hong Wanfu and use threats to fight back, won't it be easy to solve?

What an easy way, I didn't expect it before!

Lin Dong suddenly felt that he was too upright, and only an upright person could not think of such a simple way in the first place.

Looking at Lin Dongle's leisurely smile, Hong Wanfu's brows furrowed tightly, and his two thick eyebrows were like two sharp swords, if ordinary people saw it, they would definitely be terrified.

After carefully studying Lin Dong for a moment, until the smile on his face slowly faded, and just as he was about to speak, Hong Wanfu suddenly sneered: "It's a little interesting, you should count me as the only person I have met in the past twenty years who can smile so naturally in front of me." ”

"Really?" Lin Dong asked rhetorically.

Under Hong Wanfu's eyes, a ruthless line was twisted, his right arm was suddenly raised, and his palm slammed down towards the table.

Rumble!

The stone table was like being attacked by a giant hammer, and it instantly split apart, turning into a dozen stones and shooting in all directions.

Glancing at the power caused by his palm, Hong Wanfu was obviously very satisfied, and the ruthless lines under the bags under his eyes couldn't help but deepen a little.

"Yes, after a long period of practice, the palm power has not regressed much."

Hong Wanfu's gaze rose slightly, and after seeing that Lin Dong's legs hadn't moved a bit, he couldn't help but be stunned, and the speed of his gaze moving up increased slightly.

Calm, like a deep water. Vaguely, there may be a little banter in it.

Lin Dong's expression made Hong Wanfu's gaze solemn.

Fear of death is a person's original surname. No matter how calm and profound a businessman is, he can be calm under the crazy pressure of his competitors, but under the steel knife of an outlaw, he can never be as calm as water, let alone banter is like watching his competitors play juggling performances.

This look is definitely not simple.

Annoyed and angry, he was pressed down by Hong Wanfu. Looking at Lin Dong's gaze, he was still cold and violent. Hong Wanfu smiled coldly, turned around, and walked as he walked, and an unhurried voice came out.

"Fifty thousand taels of silver is not a small amount, Shopkeeper Lin, I hope you can think about it. Tomorrow, I'll send someone over to hear the reply. ”

"Is that all there is to it?" Lin Dong's smile was extremely cold. Hong Wanfu's attitude, although it was still tough, he could feel that Hong Wanfu was retreating.

I can't even stand a smile, saying that Hong Wanfu is careful or timid! The fact that cannot be changed is that although Hong Wanfu opened a casino and saw a lot of slashing and killing, he also couldn't bear it in the face of unknown fear. Maybe it's because he's old, and his indomitable courage is a little lower than Lin Dong expected.

"What, you still want to keep me down for lunch?" Hong Wanfu looked at Lin Dong coldly.

Lin Dong pouted at the stones on the ground, and said casually: "Kind to welcome guests, but the guests destroy my teacup and break my stone table, and don't give an explanation, it seems unreasonable, right?" ”

Hong Wanfu laughed: "What does Shopkeeper Lin want to explain?" Losing money? Apologize? ”

"Both, take it!"

In Lin Dong's eyes, there was no wave, but Hong Wanfu's body was horrified to find that his body was flying towards him uncontrollably.

"You, you ......"

Hong Wanfu's spiritual power surged, but no matter how he struggled, in front of that invisible force, he was as small as a cloud and mud, and he couldn't get out of the control of that invisible force.

The fear of unknown forces continued to spread in the depths of his heart, and as Lin Dong got closer and closer, this fear finally surfaced on Hong Wanfu's face.

The two sides were less than half a meter before Hong Wanfu found that his body had stopped. But his legs still couldn't move a bit.

With his right arm raised, Hong Wanfu subconsciously struck Lin Dong's heart with a palm. The scene that shocked him reappeared, and the moment his right palm was about to touch Lin Dong, it suddenly hit the air.

The person, gone, just disappeared from sight out of thin air. In such a situation, Rao is the courage of Hong Wanfu, and he can't help but be terrified.

With his right arm retracted, Hong Wanfu's head wanted to move to look at the surrounding situation, but in place, Lin Dong flashed out again.

"You, are you a human or a ghost? How is this possible? ”

Hong Wanfu was a little incoherent, and the panic in his eyes was clearly recognizable.

"I dare to come to Lin Ji Inn to make trouble, to be honest......" Lin Dong said lightly: "Boss Hong's courage makes me admire." ”

Hong Wanfu's eyes were suffocated, and this sarcastic remark made him ashamed. In the same way, it also made his beating heart slowly calm down.

Compared with those disciples of the great sects who need to cultivate concentration in the phantom array, Hong Wanfu may be slightly inferior, but after decades of swords and swords, it is not much different.

The potential meaning of Lin Dong's words, Hong Wanfu understood, and knew that he was a double mind, and with this tone, it undoubtedly meant that the shopkeeper Lin in front of him was only stronger.

It's just that the strength is stronger, and it's a hundred times easier to accept than something incomprehensible. Fear is also a hundred times smaller.

"Shopkeeper Lin......" took a deep breath, Hong Wanfu stopped struggling, and said in a deep voice: "Since I came to the door by myself, I want to kill or chop, or whatever conditions are required, just use it." Since I, Hong Wanfu, have admitted it, I am not afraid of any consequences. ”

"If you don't do business and become a bandit, plus the strength of the mental period, you are also a character." Lin Dong smiled, controlled the spiritual power of Hong Wanfu's body, and then withdrew.

It could be clearly felt that the invisible power that imprisoned his legs had disappeared, but Hong Wanfu did not try to escape, but looked at Lin Dong without blinking, waiting for his next step.

"To do business, you should follow the rules of doing business." Lin Dong spoke slowly, not in a hurry. But the tone is as if he is teaching the younger generation.

"Do you know why your business hasn't made any other progress in more than a decade? Don't tell me, you don't want to open Hongfu Gambling House and Hongfu Restaurant to other counties. The reason is that you value force too much. If you regard force as the greatest strength, and the others as auxiliaries, you won't dare to leave Lingnan City at all. Because only in Lingnan City, you have enough force not to be afraid of any opponent. ”

"Shopkeeper Lin wants to tell me, as long as you don't use force with Lin Ji Inn." Hong Wanfu said in a deep voice: "Lin Ji Inn will not use force with any opponent? ”

"Clever!"

Lin Dong gave Hong Wanfu a thumbs up, this move made Hong Wanfu can't help but remember that he had also given Lin Dong a thumbs up before.

"In that case, can I go?" Hong Wanfu's gaze was fixed on Lin Dong's face.

"Apologize for the loss of money!" Lin Dong said leisurely: "After doing these two things, listen to it." ”

"How much compensation does Shopkeeper Lin want and what kind of apology?" Hong Wanfu asked.

"It's up to you to be sincere." Lin Dong understated.

Hong Wanfu did not hesitate, and took out a silver ticket and a dagger from the storage spirit ring on his index finger.

Piercing the dagger through the silver ticket, Hong Wanfu inhaled, and the dagger in his hand stabbed down to his thigh.

With a bang, the dagger with a sharp cold light sank into the thigh four or five centimeters.

With a hideous smile, Hong Wanfu pulled out the dagger, ignoring the blood spraying, and stabbed the dagger dripping with blood beads into the ground. Immediately, he turned around and left.

glanced at the face value on the silver ticket, one thousand taels.

This amount was a little less than Lin Dong expected, but Hong Wanfu's methods were much more neat and neat than he expected.

Looking at Hong Wanfu's staggering figure, Lin Dong suddenly said loudly: "Boss Hong, remember what I just said." If there is any means, just don't exceed my bottom line. It's not often that I can talk as well as I do today. ”

Hong Wanfu paused, and then flashed out of the yard.

After finishing the work, and then looking at the stones on the ground, Lin Dong was a little helpless, before and after, this is the third or fourth time that he has been destroyed by someone in front of him. The stone table in the front yard of the Lin Kee Inn is unlucky.

With a suck in the palm of his hand, the dagger flew out of his palm, and with a slight slash, the sharp and hard dagger instantly centered on the silver ticket and broke into two.

Taking out the silver ticket and stuffing it into the mobile counter, Lin Dong turned to look at Ma Chun, who had been hanging at the door of the backyard.

"Shopkeeper! This Boss Hong is here to threaten us to withdraw from Lingnan City? Ma Chun trotted forward, with a thick disdain on his face. He could see the situation just now, and he could almost tell what was going on.

"It's not a threat, it's a team. By the way, why didn't you just come over? Lin Dong was puzzled.

"The shopkeeper doesn't know, this Boss Hong has too much temper, saying that he doesn't like his eyes when he sees me, and he doesn't want to see me." Ma Chun smiled indifferently: "In order not to obstruct his eyes, I can only stay far away." ”

"This person is enough damage!" Lin Dong couldn't help but raise his eyes and look at Ma Chun, he couldn't say that he was handsome and chic, but he wasn't ugly, and he looked ordinary at a glance. But if you look closely, the ruffian spirit of the year has long disappeared, and vaguely, you can already see some unusual temperament.

As far as Ma Chun's temperament cultivated in the past two years of ups and downs, standing on the street, not to mention standing out from the crowd, as long as it is not swept by at a glance, it is enough for people to see the extraordinary. Hong Wanfu's mouth is so poisonous, he undoubtedly saw Ma Chun's extraordinary, and deliberately looked for a ballast to break him away.

Ma Chun obviously guessed this, so he didn't take it to heart. It was inevitable that there would be extraneous branches, and as Hong Wanfu said, it did not appear in front of his eyes.

Since Ma Chun didn't need to be comforted, Lin Dong stopped talking nonsense and told his most powerful subordinate what had just happened as it was.

"Join forces, Hong Wanfu's trick is poisonous enough." Ma Chun's response was amazed. Kill two birds with one stone, if the shopkeeper has never seen a big ticket and a person with wind and waves, 50,000 taels of silver a piece, maybe he will really agree.

"Any ideas?" Lin Dong asked.

"I think ......" Ma Chun hesitated, "We should go and check the details of Hong Wanfu, especially the recent situation." ”

Lin Dong smiled, this idea is the same as himself.

When Hong Wanfu proposed to join forces, Lin Dong had doubts about his real purpose in doing so. Later, when I found out that this was a plan to kill two birds with one stone, I had no other doubts.

But just now I carefully recalled what loopholes existed in the process of threatening Hong Wanfu just now, but the result was that the loopholes were not found, and Hong Wanfu's reaction was also in line with expectations, and he should no longer dare to use methods that he could not tolerate against Lin Ji Inn. But I unexpectedly found that I still seemed to ignore something.

Hong Wanfu, it's a little too anxious.

Lin Kee Inn is just spilling leaflets, it has not yet opened, and various features have not been launched. The true effect is still unknown.

Even if Hong Wanfu had detailed information about what Lin Ji Inn had done in Autumn Wind City, Autumn Wind City was only a government city after all, and it was too radical to rashly press the treasure on the various characteristics of Lin Ji Inn that had not yet been proven in Lingnan County at a huge price.

Wait until the official opening of the Lin Kee Inn and verify the effect, and then come to the door to negotiate, with the old feud between the Lin Kee Inn and the Fenglin Restaurant, it is impossible to reach a possible surname to join forces to deal with the Hongfu Restaurant in just a few days. Although there are also shortcomings that Lin Ji Inn may start to sit on the ground after verifying that the effect is good, but 50,000 taels of silver a month, if you don't think through this plan of killing two birds with one stone, compared with the pay and reward on the surface of Lin Ji Inn, no matter how you sit on the ground, the starting price can't exceed this amount.

It can be said that after the opening of the Lin Kee Inn, the only drawback is to play for a few days and start to deal with Fenglin Restaurant.

Hong Wanfu is so anxious, and the stakes are expensive, but the key to victory or defeat is pressed on others, there must be other reasons behind killing two birds with one stone.

Seeing Lin Dong's expression, Ma Chun knew that he agreed, and couldn't help but say, "If the shopkeeper doesn't have other instructions, I'll do it?" ”

"Go ahead, even if you find out why." Lin Dong nodded.

When Ma Chun left, Lin Dong went straight back to the backyard.

It was only half a day, and in the evening, Ma Chun came to the door.

spent 180 taels of silver to pay a silk shop that a concubine who was favored by Hong Wanfu often went to, and in the afternoon, he quietly set out a lot of things.

After visiting the door twice in a row and returning to Hong's house from the county government with a black face, the relationship between Hong Wanfu and the new county station was not as close as it was indicated.

Coupled with a series of changes made by Hong Wanfu to the Hongfu gambling house recently, after a little tidying, the spearhead is directly aimed at a newly opened Tianlai gambling house in the city, and the means seem to be more containment than suppression.

Ma Chun came to the conclusion that Tianlai Gambling House may have an unknown relationship with the new Juntai. Hong Wanfu obviously knows this, and after the hard work cannot be reversed, he can only move the focus of the industry from the gambling house to the restaurant with a certain foundation.

is so urgent, I am afraid that I want to grab the various characteristics of Lin Ji Inn before Fenglin Restaurant notices this, and then hold the head of Fenglin Restaurant and beat it wildly. If not, Fenglin Restaurant will definitely take the first step to contact Tianlai Casino, as long as the threat of Hong Wanfu is settled for Lin Kee Inn, if the two work together, Hong Wanfu will take care of one and lose the other, and the Hongfu Gambling House and Hongfu Restaurant will be forced to collapse, not to mention that it can save more than half a year.

This news is not a small blessing for Lin Dong.

(To be continued)