Outside the window, the cicadas are constantly chirping, and the hiss is constantly bombarding people's ears, which makes people upset. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info although the ancients praised them for eating dew in the morning, noble conduct, sad that they were born in summer and died in autumn, and the years were fleeting, they understood many great truths in the world from this little insect. But Al didn't have the slightest sense of pity at the moment, he just wanted to cut down the plane trees in both rows of Shenghui Avenue, so that these little things would not be noisy in his ears anymore.

He stood up and pulled back the velvet curtains that blocked the sun, and the blinding sunlight poured heat and light in at once, dyeing the whole study golden. Even though it's only early summer, the sun has begun to show its power, tormenting tiny humans with its harsh heat, trying to squeeze every drop of water out. Several people sitting in the study writhed uncomfortably, and everyone had the right to complain about this atrocity, but looking at Al's slightly gloomy face, no one dared to say anything.

Al stood in front of the window, facing the heat, realizing that the idea of wanting to breathe was naïve and stupid. Far from getting better, the already bad mood became more irritable, and the shriveled sound of Sasha in my ears was even more disturbing.

"To sum up, after two months of operation, we have probably lost 30,000 gold coins, which is also within an acceptable range for a new trading house. Sasha concluded, but the conclusion he could accept was unacceptable.

No one spoke in the study, everyone was watching Al, waiting for him to say something. Is it an impassioned encouragement, a tactful criticism, or a stormy rebuke?

Davis, who was sitting under Sasha's hand, shrunk his whole body, and lamented in his heart: I knew that there would be no good fruit to eat at this meeting. At the beginning of coming to the mansion of Young Master Al's family, everyone was still very excited, you must know that everyone is a commoner, how can you usually have the opportunity to go to a big nobleman's house and take a look. They are all old shopkeepers who have handled thousands of gold coins, but they are shrunk like children, for fear of bumping into something and angering this young master El. Now it seems. Coming to Master Al's house for a meeting is more unfortunate than lucky.

He quietly looked up and peeked in, and found that everyone except Mr. Sasha had their heads bowed, like elementary school students who were about to be reprimanded by their teachers.

Al stood in the sunlight as if he were a gilded statue. "It was still pouring rain when I came, but I didn't expect it to be midsummer in a blink of an eye. Time is money, and it's really a consumable item that people spend before they know it. ”

He stood like this, quite a bit of an atmosphere of mountain rain about to come and the wind was full of buildings, which made everyone in the room uneasy. It wasn't until Al felt like his clothes were about to set on fire, and his temples were sweating slightly, that he spoke. The tone was very gentle, which made everyone's hearts breathe a sigh of relief.

"I have never started or operated a trading house, and I have no experience in related fields. I wonder what Mr. Sasha just said is acceptable?"

Unlike the stewards present, Sasha Spalletti is a very important member of the trading house, so he is neither humble nor arrogant, "Since we have opened stores in Hawley, Manny, and Hillier at the same time, our opening costs are high. Especially in the Hawley District, every inch of land is expensive, and it costs a lot to build such a large store, plus decoration. And in order to supply the supply, we took the initiative to buy some manufacturers, because the time is tight, and some have a premium. The total cost is about 200,000 gold coins, so in fact, we have actually made a profit in the past two months, so we only lost 30,000 gold coins when we settled, so I said that it is still within an acceptable range. ”

"But at the same time, we don't have to make a name for ourselves and build a brand, don't we? It's a time-consuming and money-consuming stage. Al asked rhetorically.

When he said this, he thought of the grand scene when the Westside Commercial Bank opened. The store in Hawley was quite low-key when it opened, and Al only invited a few familiar nobles to watch the ceremony, and even Her Royal Highness the princess was not alarmed, but it still caused a sensation and caused all kinds of criticism. This was the first store ever opened in Hawley, and many nobles were very dissatisfied, believing that this shop had tarnished the noble character of all the nobles in Hawley, and it was full of copper smell. They are still secretly mocking Al for being the heir to the "vulgar piece of iron", and now they want to be plated with a layer of gold to look brighter, but the iron is the iron, and the inside will not change. Aren't all the clubs and clubs that are all in Hawley smell of copper? Oh, probably covered by the smell of rouge, our respectable, self-disciplined, and lenient aristocrats can't smell it. It's just that because of the Iron Thorn Family, they can only say two words.

As for the shops in Manny, it's a different story. The opening of the canon is extremely lively and luxurious. Guests were crowded with guests, famous troupes were invited to perform in the open air, and a congratulatory message written by Her Royal Highness the Princess was read aloud on the spot, and the opening gifts from such big nobles as the Prime Minister's Mansion were placed on both sides of the shop, which made all the merchants in the entire Manny district jealous and their eyes turned green. There is also a reason why it is so grand, Al still remembers the scene when Zoro of the White Rose Comptoir and Quennis of the Rodriguez Comptoir spent a lot of money on each other because of the business alliance that won the trust of Radiance City. In a sense, this is also an act of promoting one's own strength and showing one's muscles. As the saying goes, the strong dragon does not suppress the head snake, but if the strong dragon wants to occupy an acre and three points of land with the head snake, he must spread the clouds and rain, drive the clouds and fog, and come up with some means, so as not to be squeezed out by these earth snakes in the future, and make some dark tricks.

And opening a shop in the Hillivan district is the old business of the Spalletti family, which can be said to be handy. They have two tricks, one is excellent quality, small profits but quick turnover. What the common people need is nothing more than "firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea", plus the consumption of "food, clothing, housing and transportation", and although the daily necessities of the Spalletti family are cheap in raw materials and rough in workmanship, they are better than fake and shoddy. And the price is relatively cheap, so it is very popular in the western border. Another trick is to cast a wide net to catch more fish, and in the West, the Spalletti family's most well-known slogan is: as long as the land in the West, there is the Spalletti family's shop. It was the convenience of going out and just around the corner that the Spalletti family almost monopolized the daily necessities industry in the West. This time he came to Shenghui City, and Sasha also took out these housekeeping skills, and prepared to do a big job.

For the opening of the Westside Comptoir, both Al and Sasha are full of confidence. First of all, Shenghui City is the largest city in St. Teresa, with a population of more than one million, and a large number of wealthy merchants and nobles, so it can be said that there is no need to worry about the market. The second is that Al himself is a great nobleman, and he was born to provide an umbrella for the Westland Merchants, and is not oppressed by other nobles and merchants. In the end, due to El's publicity, he already had some fame among some nobles and made a little famous. It can be said that everything is ready and only owes the east wind, so Sasa invested 200,000 gold coins for the two of them at once, you must know that even the Spalletti family, it is necessary to take out so many gold coins at once, and a big businessman like him who has gone through ups and downs will not be wrong. Therefore, Al and Sasha are full of ambition and ready to make a big difference in this holy city.

But reality has given everyone a slap in the face.