Chapter 160: It's Him
Although Lu Xiaobei and Qian Youcai will take the initiative to help, they have to perform double reeds, cross talk and sketches, and every play is a new play, it is impossible to stay below and serve the tea guests, so they have to find time to memorize lines and rehearse new plays.
The most important thing is that Lu Xiaobei and Qian Youcai served the guests on the first day, but on the second day, it was not done. Why? Because they're in the corners. When those tea guests saw that these two juniors were the two who performed juggling on stage, how could they easily let them go? I have to pull them to talk, ask them how old they are, who wrote this juggling book, and what will they play next. These are all guests, and Lu Xiaobei and they can't help but answer; When you finish answering one or two, you will get time to play. Not only did they not help much, but they were also very tired.
When Zhuang Yue saw this situation, he directly told them to stay in the background and not come out.
And what about Zhuang Yue himself? Originally, it was in charge of the VIP area, there were eight chairs, even if each of the eight distinguished guests brought a subordinate, it was only sixteen guests, and it would take a while to serve, the work was not tiring, Zhuang Yue could still take care of the whole audience, and see where there were any mistakes to make up for quickly.
But don't forget, there's still a queue at the door. Even if Zhao Dahu and the two maintain order, they can quarrel and fight for position, but Zhao Dahu and them can not solve it, and they have to let the shopkeeper come forward to mediate, so that it seems that your teahouse values the guests.
There are not many days like this, just one day, except for Qian Dongbao, everyone else is tired. Yesterday I was tired and lay down, and today I got up strong and continued to be tired for another day, but it's nothing, everyone can stand it. But it's a no-brainer. Now that word of mouth has spread, the business of the teahouse will only get better and better, and there will be more and more people. Only a few of them are so tired, day by day, even the iron man can't bear it, right?
Guan Jiaze also understood what was going on.
He asked Du Jinning: "Let's not go half the price, just raise the price, will it be better?" ”
Du Jinning didn't answer, but turned his head and asked Zhuang Yue: "Shopkeeper Zhuang, what do you think?" ”
Zhuang Yue shook his head directly: "This is not good." The most important thing for us to buy and sell people is reputation. If you say six days, then you have six days. No matter how tired and troublesome the past six days are, you can only survive it. ”
Du Jinning also means the same. The reason why he asked Zhuang Yue was to know how Zhuang Yue was.
She nodded; "I agree with Shopkeeper Zhuang's point of view."
"Then we have to recruit people again. It's just ......" Guan Jiaze looked at the tea customers outside, "I don't know if these people will come if the original price will be restored in six days." ”
Zhuang Yue did not speak.
Although he has heard from many guests that they will come even if the original price is restored. But after all, it's just talk. He, as the shopkeeper, can't boast in front of the owner.
Du Jinning asked Guan Jiaze: "If the price of my book is raised to four taels of silver, will you buy it?" ”
Guan Jiaze nodded without hesitation: "Buy, of course buy." ”
This is from the heart. Although his monthly silver for a month was twenty taels, four taels and one was not a small amount for him. But it's hard to buy a favorite when he has money, so he likes to watch "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", and he is addicted to it. Don't say four taels, even if it's twenty taels and one book, he will find a way to raise money to buy books, who calls this what he wants the most at the moment?
Du Jinning smiled and didn't say anything more.
Guan Jiaze understood what Du Jinning meant.
Yes, he likes to watch "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", and most of these tea customers come for it. If you're addicted to listening, how can you not come in order to save a few pennies? Those who can afford to spend five or eight dollars to listen to books will not be unable to get ten or twenty yuan. In order to listen to the book, even if you are reluctant, you will grit your teeth and come over, unless "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" is finished.
Thinking of this, he became worried and asked Du Jinning: "Is this "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" long?" Don't just say it in ten days. At that time, if these tea customers think that the price is too high, they will not come to our teahouse. ”
Zhuang Yue suddenly looked at Du Jinning very nervously.
Although he was tired in the past two days, he was happy in his heart. Thinking about yesterday's earnings, and then thinking about the deserted silk shop on weekdays, he feels a great sense of accomplishment. As long as the teahouse continues to be so popular, his monthly income is more than that of the big shopkeeper in the silk shop.
"Don't worry, it's going to be long, and it's only going anywhere now." Du Jinning said with a smile, "It's not half a year, I can't finish it, don't worry." ”
Saying that, she added: "After a while, we will launch other storytelling content." ”
"Anything else?" Guan Jiaze's eyes suddenly lit up. Doesn't that mean he has a new book to read?
Zhuang Yue thought of the teahouse: "But there are four shows a day this day, and the schedule is almost the same." If we add two more content, we won't be able to make a deal. ”
Because the new content is one in the morning and one in the afternoon, the time of the two shows is relatively separated, and those tea guests will leave the venue halfway and will not occupy seats here. But if new content is added in between, they will definitely sit still and not leave. If you sit for a cup of tea for a day, the teahouse can't drive them away, and the storyteller has to pay more than his monthly money, wouldn't it be a big loss?
Du Jinning smiled and didn't explain much, but said: "It's still early for this matter, don't worry, I'll talk about it later." Saying that, she instructed Zhuang Yuedao, "You ask Lu Xiaobei to see if he is familiar with someone with good character to introduce him, if not, you can recruit people from outside." ”
Because of the examples of Chen Jiaxing and Liu Ze in front of him, he found that there was no one to guard the door of the teahouse and it was easy to make trouble, Zhuang Yue did not dare to go back to the Guan family for help, but asked Lu Xiaobei to go back to the hook column to find two people to guard the door. Zhao Dahu was found by Lu Xiaobei.
Goolan's business is not very good, I heard Lu Xiaobei say that the teahouse is short of people, and the monthly money given is still a lot, so naturally they are scrambling to come over. Because he wanted to guard the door and maintain order, Lu Xiaobei ordered two stout men who were pretending to be martial arts students to come over.
"Okay, after Lu Xiaobei comes down from the stage after the performance, I will ask him to do this." Zhuang Yue Road.
Seeing that there was nothing else going on, Du Jinning came out of the teahouse with Guan Jiaze and got into the carriage directly.
"Hey, brother, look, isn't that Brother Ning in the third room?" When a teenager saw Du Jinning's back, he couldn't help but pull the sleeve of his brother next to him.
Du Jincheng looked up and saw Du Jinning's side face, and he was also stunned.
The cousin in my impression is always thin and weak and taciturn, and the clothes on his body are always tattered. But the person in front of him seemed to have a more ruddy face than before, and he was wearing a stone blue muslin cotton jacket. Even when he talked to the young master of the Guan family beside him, he still looked calm, neither humble nor arrogant, and there was a faint demeanor in his gestures.
"It should ...... It's him, right? "He's a little unsure.
At this time, Du Jinning turned around and sat down, his face facing this side, and his beautiful facial features suddenly met the eyes of Du Jincheng and Du Jinde.
"It's him!" Du Jinde immediately said with certainty.