Chapter 40: The Restaurant Owner
After all, Satsuki has a background in economics, and she pays attention to interests in everything she does. When she observed the restaurant before and after, she felt that it was really a good thing to kill multiple birds with one stone. First of all, the price of this restaurant is low now, and it will definitely not lose money if it is plated. Secondly, the management and staff of this restaurant are also ready-made, all of them are skilled workers, and there is no need for additional recruitment and training. Again, this restaurant is very similar to a teahouse, you can get a lot of information through here, which is equivalent to an intelligence station, which is more convenient than going to other people's teahouses to collect information, and sometimes the information is also money. Finally, Xiao Yue also has some thoughts about this restaurant, she thinks that the location and layout of this restaurant are very good, it seems to be remote, but in fact, it is next to the pier, and there are not many people coming and going. The backyard is renovated, and a small door can be opened separately to facilitate some people to have private interviews. The layout of the front yard is even more wonderful, she is going to build a platform in the middle of the hall, and ask Yun Siye to recommend a storyteller, specializing in the books sold by Yun Siye. In this way, the style of this restaurant has changed, not only the peddlers and pawns will patronize, even some aristocratic sons will also like such a place, such a restaurant can meet the needs of a variety of consumption levels, and the price can also be adjusted according to the different seats, such as the second floor plus the private room fee, and the backyard is only a high-end banquet venue for reservations.
Of course, these benefits are based on the need to become the shopkeeper and his original team, so she thinks that only when she is the boss can she do her best, so she directly uses the shareholding system to attract the shopkeeper to stay here.
"The identity of Wen Gongzi, I believe that the shopkeeper is clear, he has made friends with dignitaries, and there will definitely be many such people in the guests received by this restaurant in the future, so it must be rearranged and decorated. It is estimated that you will worry about whether you will lose money, I will make it clear, even if this restaurant is not profitable, we Wen Gongzi also need such a restaurant to entertain our guests and friends, but you can rest assured that you will never lose money. Xiao Yue said as she looked at the shopkeeper.
When the shopkeeper heard this, he suddenly understood something, the dignitaries and nobles thought differently from them, they just wanted to make money, and people like Wen Gongzi didn't have to worry about food and clothing, and they ate the emperor's food, but now they just needed a hidden place to meet with the officials of the DPRK and China in private. So he felt that he really had too little knowledge, and his heart was in the eyes of money, how could he think of these problems, fortunately, this son mentioned it, so he said with a happy face: "The little one understands, he understands everything, and he listens to the son's arrangement." He looked at Xiao Yue and asked, "What do you call this son?"
Seeing him like this, Xiao Yue fell a big stone in her heart: "You just call me Wen Gongzi!" Cheng shopkeeper listened to it and said again and again: "Okay, Wen Gongzi, what you said, write down the small ones." In fact, I was thinking in my heart, the pronunciation of the names of Wen Gongzi and Wen Gongzi is almost the same, is it a fake name, or is there some special relationship between the two, no matter what, he has more and more respect for Xiao Yue.
Xiaoyue asked the shopkeeper Cheng to write a contract according to her requirements, and sent it to the Wenfu Courtyard tomorrow, and then signaled Wen Youyou to leave.
Wen Youyou felt that Xiao Yue took his name and went down to the restaurant without discussing it with him in advance, and was a little unhappy, but in front of the shopkeeper, it was not easy to refute it in person, and when he left the restaurant, he was secretly angry without saying a word. Xiao Yue looked at him like this and said with a smile: "The rain has stopped now, and I finally don't need to use an umbrella." Then he patted him on the shoulder and said, "Why don't you speak, hey, are you still angry? I feel sorry for spending your money?" Wen Youyou knew that she was talking on purpose, and said in a sullen voice: "Master Wen has a lot of ideas, what else do I say." Xiao Yue was also polite to him: "Wen Youyou, you said you would give me a gift before, but I didn't ask for it, but gave you a big gift, such a big restaurant, you are still not happy." ”
Wen Youyou said: "I don't object to you taking down this restaurant, but why in my name, I gave 200 taels of silver." Xiao Yue smiled slyly: "Haven't you signed a contract yet? Wen Youyu thought for a while and said, "It's pretty much the same. ”
Xiao Yue smiled: "You're not afraid that I will swallow your 200 taels of silver privately!" Wen Youyou scratched his head and said, "It's a big deal that my master's salary will not be counted this year." As he was talking, the rain was pouring down, Wen Youyou asked Mu Shi to take the silver ticket to the money village to withdraw the silver, and the two of them walked back to Anfu slowly with an umbrella, along the way Xiaoyue was talking about her thoughts on the future of the restaurant, Wen Youyou didn't seem to understand, just said to let her take care of it herself in the future, and she didn't need to ask him for the facts, so she could end up with a clean ear.
On the second day, the shopkeeper Cheng came to the Wenfu Courtyard early in the morning to ask to see Wen Youyou, but he met Xiaoyue at the door. Xiao Yue said: "Gongzi Wen has gone to the court, talk to me about something." The two went to a nearby teahouse and negotiated and signed the agreement for the sale and purchase of the restaurant, of course, Wen Youyou's name naturally did not appear on the agreement, but the money in the name of Wen Xiaoyue. The agreement states that this restaurant will be owned by Wen Xiaoyue and the shopkeeper Cheng from now on, and the big name signed by the shopkeeper Cheng on the agreement is Cheng Fugui.
Among them, Wen Xiaoyue accounts for eighty percent of the shares, Cheng Fugui has two percent, Wen Xiaoyue is the major shareholder has the right to veto the management and operation of the restaurant, and Cheng Fugui has the right to make suggestions. The two jointly entrusted Cheng Fugui to directly manage and manage the restaurant, of course, in accordance with Wen Xiaoyue's requirements, and the income of the restaurant was distributed according to the proportion of shares. The shopkeeper was still very satisfied with the agreement, and felt that he was still the owner of the restaurant and could share dividends, and he could also get a salary when he was the shopkeeper, so he signed the contract agreement with satisfaction. And Xiaoyue also became the majority shareholder of the restaurant. After signing the agreement, Xiaoyue handed over 400 taels of silver to the shopkeeper Cheng, and then took out the decoration plan of the restaurant drawn yesterday and handed it to the shopkeeper Cheng, explaining that he would not open for business in the past month, and first redecorate the restaurant according to Xiaoyue's requirements.
Since then, Xiaoyue has been to the restaurant every day to supervise the decoration, and the family of the shopkeeper Cheng quickly bought a small courtyard opposite the restaurant and vacated the backyard. The decoration of the vestibule is simple, that is, a table is built in the middle. And the backyard is basically going to be rebuilt, and Satsuki is holding the budget and spending every penny of silver on the blade, and the wood removed from the backyard can be used and will continue to be used.
So, the installed backyard was built out of three single rooms, each single room is a guest room, these three single rooms are completely separated by bamboo forests, forming three pocket-sized yards, from the back door of the backyard to open three roads directly to these three yards. Each yard has characteristics, the first yard is facing the river, the straight street leads water from the river to the yard, the small house is also built on the pool, the wall and roof made of glass, named: glazed water pavilion, the house of the second yard is built with thatch, the yard is planted with peach blossoms, named: Taoyuan Ju. The house in the third courtyard is made of bamboo, and the courtyard is planted with bamboo and banana trees, and is named: Biyun Pavilion.
Xiao Yue felt that this restaurant also needed to change its signboard. After having dinner in Anfu, Xiaoyue wanted to ask Wen Youyou to give the restaurant a name and an inscription. As a result, before she could speak, Wen Youyou told her a somewhat surprised but expected news.
"Today, I heard the latest news from the Ministry of War, the prince made a surprise move, broke the elite troops of the secret country, and the peace envoys sent by the secret country are already on their way to the imperial city. ”
"So fast!" Xiao Yue looked at Wen Youyou and said, "I haven't heard anyone in the imperial city yet." ”
Wen Youyou glanced at Xiaoyue: "If everyone knows, then I squat in the court every day, not eating rice." ”
"Hehe," Xiao Yue smiled: "Wen Gongzi's popularity is really getting better and better, and this kind of news has been inquired." ”
Wen Youyou sighed and said: "What kind of popularity, it's just to look at the face of my old man, and some people take the initiative to penetrate the wind in front of me." ”
Xiao Yue nodded and said, "Then the prince will return to the court in a few days, right?"
Wen Youyu thought for a while and said, "When the envoys of the secret country negotiate with the master, it is estimated that the army will come back." ”
"Oh, that's a good dare!" Xiao Yue smiled and said, "Our restaurant hasn't been renovated yet, just such good news, the day when Wen Gongzi will make money is not far away." Wen Youyou poked Xiaoyue's head: "You can't think about anything else except money." ”
Xiao Yue shook her head and said, "I can't think so far for the time being, what do you think of, let's hear it." ”
Wen Youyou said: "The current situation is not very good, although the battle is won, the treasury is also very empty, and some will be busy in the future." ”
Xiaoyue said: "You have been in the court for a few months, and you are more and more worried about the country and the people. ”
Wen Yu Yu is noncommittal. Xiaoyue asked him to help come up with a restaurant name, and Wen Youyou nodded and promised to write it to her in a few days.
A few days later, when Xiaoyue received the name of the restaurant written by Wen Youyou, the news of the victory on the front line had spread all over the streets and alleys of the imperial city of Yingjun, and everyone was celebrating the victory of the British army with lights, waiting for the victorious division to return to the court. Xiao Yue looked at Wen Youyou's neat handwriting with the three big characters "Jiang Shangyue" written on it, and felt that Wen Youyou was really thoughtful, and wrote her name into it. After a few days, Xiaoyue also received a letter from Mr. Pan, saying that he would go to Yingjun to meet her in the near future. Xiao Yue thought to herself that the manuscript had already been written, so let him help revise and polish it to see if he could pay the difference of Yun Siye. Although her manuscript was finished, Yun Yan was reluctant to go back to Bailan Bookstore, but kept Anfu to accompany her, Xiaoyue also felt that it was good to have her by her side, and when the time came for the restaurant to ask Yun Siye for help, Yun Yan also needed to come forward to contact.
On this day, just as Xiaoyue was thinking about when the renovation of the restaurant would end and when it would open for business, Wen Youyou brought a surprise news to her.