Chapter 253: A Piece of the Pie
"It's a pity that there are no new chatters. On the way back, the maid Xiaozhu couldn't help but say that she had recently become a chatting fan.
"It doesn't matter, if you didn't buy it, I wouldn't have seen it. Miss Liu looked disappreciative.
When the maid Xiaozhu saw it, she covered her mouth and snickered secretly, saying in her heart that on weekdays, who was talking about Nie Xiaoqian, Qiu Rong, Ying Ning, Xiangyu, Liancheng, Eunniang, Mei Nu, Shang Sanguan, etc., the young lady was just not satisfied, but this arrangement was just said in her heart, she didn't dare to say it, otherwise the other party would be annoyed and angry, and she would have to eat a meal.
"Sister Ling, does Jiang Gongzi really ask for a thousand taels of silver?" In the shop of Fat Yan Zhai, although the female guy Xiaoyu had heard the conversation between Tong Lingyu and Miss Liu, she still asked.
Tong Lingyu nodded, Xiaoyu was speechless, and said a thousand taels in her heart, my God, this is worth the total expenses of the store for a year, and Yan Zhai is actually a small business, if you really want to take it, I am afraid that I will not be able to take out so much cash for a while.
"I don't think Gongzi Jiang is such a talker, is it a joke he made, but Sister Ling, you take it seriously. She said.
Tong Lingyu remembered the unhappy banquet this afternoon, shook his head, and said: "He wasn't joking, he was just blindsided for a while and had some unrealistic ideas, but after understanding the facts, he will come to his senses and sit down to have a good discussion." ”
"Sister Ling is saying, there is still something to talk about this matter, right? Xiaoyu asked again.
Tong Lingyu said: "Of course, business, always have to bargain, you come and go, it is impossible for you to come and go smoothly, you can negotiate all at once, I will come again in a few days." ”
"That's good!" Xiaoyu felt a little relieved, she really liked the book The Legend of the Condor Heroes, and she didn't want the book to be out because the price was not negotiable. There is no new manuscript coming out these days, so she went back to the previous chapters, well, and at the end, there was another beggar in the book, who looked very powerful, but she didn't know what would happen next?
"However, what if Jiang Gongzi doesn't come?" After a while, she said with some doubts.
"No way! He'll come. Tong Lingyu said with great certainty, he had already thrown out the attractive price of two hundred taels of silver, showing enough sincerity, how could the other party not be tempted, how could he not come.
"Oh, that's good. Seeing that the shopkeeper was full of confidence, Xiaoyu was also relieved, didn't say anything about it, and went to work.
In the next few days, there were still people coming and going in front of the gate of Fat Yan Zhai, no different from usual, Tong Lingyu and Xiaoyu on the counter were also greeting guests as usual, and they didn't feel anything at first, but as more and more guests came to ask about a certain book, the two gradually couldn't sit still.
There are obviously a lot more customers who came to inquire about the book of the Legend of the Condor Heroes today, but the figure of someone expected by the two still hasn't appeared for a long time.
"Sister Ling, it's been a few days, why hasn't Gongzi Jiang seen anyone yet?" On this day, Xiaoyu finally couldn't help but ask again.
Tong Lingyu had nothing to answer, who knows why the other party didn't come, maybe he hasn't figured it out yet.
"Otherwise, Sister Ling would better go to the door. Xiaoyu suggested.
Tong Lingyu hesitated for a moment and said, "If the other party doesn't figure it out, I will go in vain." ”
"Sister Ling, do you think there will be someone else who will do it and poach the person?" Xiaoyu asked worriedly.
Tong Lingyu was stunned for a moment, she also had this kind of worry, but after thinking about it, she shook her head again, and said: "Impossible, a thousand taels of moisturizing pen, no study will come out, whoever comes out, who will wait for bankruptcy." ”
Xiaoyu said to herself again: "Then why haven't I seen any movement for so many days, and Jiang Gongzi didn't come." ”
Tong Lingyu sighed slightly, then smiled, and said: "This Jiang Gongzi, there is some meaning, at this time, it is time to be more patient than everyone, whoever calms down, who can take the initiative, I believe he will come." ”
Xiaoyu was very disappreciative in his heart, and said that this matter was completely taken by the other party, now is the time when the Condor Heroes are popular, time waits for no one, the other party can afford to wait, but Yan Zhai can't afford to wait.
As he was talking here, he saw a figure at the door, and two more people walked in from the outside, unlike most of the female customers in the store, these two people were men, and one in front of him was about forty years old, with a white face and a slight beard, wearing a decent lake silk shirt, with a calm bearing, with a bit of shrewdness in his eyes, beside him, followed by a young Tsing Yi Chang.
Seeing these two dazzling guests come in, the two who were talking on the counter stopped talking, Tong Lingyu nodded at Xiaoyu and motioned to the other party to receive it.
In the past, there were few customers with such a shape in the store, but with the popularity of the Legend of the Condor Heroes for a while, there were occasionally some male customers visiting the store.
Xiaoyu walked out from behind the counter, stepped forward, came to the two male customers, and greeted politely: "Two guest officers, welcome to Fat Yan Zhai, but what do you need to serve?" ”
The middle-aged man with a white face and a slight beard glanced at the hall and said with a slight smile: "This is Fat Yan Zhai, the legend of the Condor Heroes of the River Fishing is from Guizhai." ”
Sure enough, Xiaoyu nodded: "Yes, the legend of the Condor Heroes of the River Fishing is from Yi Zhai, but now the Legend of the Condor Heroes has only come out in the fourth book, the twelfth time, and the new book has not come out yet." She thought that the other party was also here to ask about the new book of the Condor Heroes, so she preemptively explained.
The middle-aged man smiled slightly, didn't take the stubble, and just asked, "I don't know if Guizhai's shopkeeper Tong is there?"
Seeing that the other party was clearly looking for the shopkeeper, Xiaoyu was stunned and asked, "I don't know the name of the senior driver, what is the matter with finding the shopkeeper?"
The middle-aged man said: "Yes, I forgot to introduce myself, my person Cheng Decai, the third shopkeeper of the Jiangzuo West Road branch of Wanjuan Shuzhai, this time I took the liberty to visit, I have a business to discuss with Fat Yan Zhai." ”
Xiaoyu was shocked when she heard it, listening to the other party's words, the other party was not small, and he was actually the third shopkeeper of the Wanjuan Study in Jiangzuo West Road?
Wanjuan Study is a large study that has been inherited for thousands of years, with branches all over the world, like the existence of a behemoth, Fat Yan Zhai in front of each other, just like ants and elephants, she really didn't expect that there would be a shopkeeper of Wanjuan Study to visit in person, what to say to negotiate business?
She really can't think of any business in Yan Zhai, she can negotiate with such a behemoth as Wanjuan Study, and she is not a liar.
Seeing her stunned here, the middle-aged man Cheng Decai smiled slightly and said, "What, isn't the shopkeeper Tong here?" ”
Xiaoyu came back to her senses, she didn't dare to make decisions about this matter, so she immediately asked the other party to wait for a while, and hurriedly walked to the counter.
"What's going on?" Seeing that Xiaoyu who hurriedly walked back looked wrong, Tong Lingyu asked.
Xiaoyu glanced back and said softly: "Sister Ling, someone said that he wanted to see you, saying that he was the third shopkeeper of Wanjuan Study, and that he had a business to discuss with Yan Zhai, isn't he a liar?"
"Don't talk nonsense!" Tong Lingyu scolded, but his heart moved, he hurriedly got up and turned out from behind the counter, greeted him with a smile, walked in front of the visitor, and said with a salute: "I don't know if the two distinguished guests are coming, Lingyu has missed the distance, it's really rude!"
"This is our shopkeeper. Xiaoyu followed up and introduced.
"It turned out to be the shopkeeper Tong, disrespectful and disrespectful. The middle-aged man Cheng Decai politely returned the salute, introduced himself again, and said: "My person Cheng Decai, the third shopkeeper of the Jiangzuo West Road branch of Wanjuan Shuzhai, this time on the order of the big shopkeeper Mrs. Yongtan, I came to visit the shopkeeper Tong, and I came in a hurry and rash, please forgive me." ”
"The shopkeeper Cheng is polite, the shopkeeper Cheng is here, and the restaurant is really shining. Cheng shopkeeper inside please. Tong Lingyu smiled and stretched out his hand, invited the other party into the back room, and sat down to serve tea.
After sitting down, Cheng Decai took out a letter from his arms and handed it to the other party: "This is a letter that Mrs. Yongtan asked me to bring to the shopkeeper Tong." ”
After Tong Lingyu took it, he opened the seal, took out the letterhead and looked at it, and recognized that the handwriting on it was indeed Mrs. Yongtan's, and the last doubt in his heart disappeared.
Mrs. Yongtan didn't say anything important in the letter, just some usual greetings, invited her to have time to gather in Hongzhou, the provincial capital, and briefly mentioned the matter of Cheng Decai and his party.
Tong Lingyu glanced at it, and after reading it, he took the letter back, looked up and said with a smile: "It's rare that Mrs. Yongtan has a lot of opportunities, I still remember Lingyu, Mrs. Yongtan has always been good, and after I asked the shopkeeper Cheng to go back, Dai Lingyu said hello to Mrs. Yongtan, if she has time, Lingyu will definitely go to the provincial capital to visit Mrs. Yong. ”
Cheng Decai agreed, and after greeting for a while, he talked about the business he was doing here, and said: "To tell you the truth, I came here this time because I have a business to talk to Guizhai." ”
Tong Lingyu's heart moved, but she was puzzled, to be honest, to have the opportunity to cooperate with a big study like Wanjuan Study, Fat Yanzhai naturally couldn't ask for it, but she really couldn't think for a while, what business could she do with the other party in her study, it was like an ant and an elephant doing business, how to do this business.
And the other party also sent a three shopkeepers to come solemnly, this matter is even more strange, it stands to reason that Wanjuan Shuzhai in Linshui County, Qinghe Town has a branch, please talk about the shopkeeper of this shop, it is enough, and the other party wants to send a three-storey shopkeeper from the provincial capital to move the crowd to come, nothing else, it can only show that the other party still attaches importance to this business.
With these strange things, it is no wonder that she would have some doubts in her heart, if she hadn't read the letter just now and confirmed that it was Mrs. Yongqin's handwriting, she would have been like Xiaoyu before, wondering if it was a liar.
"Oh, Lingyu would like to hear about it. She picked up the teacup, took a sip of tea, and said quietly. Under unknown circumstances, she had to hold on to her troops first and figure things out.
Cheng Decai smiled and said: "That's the case, the legend of the Condor Heroes of the River Fishing should be from Guizhai, don't hide it from the shopkeeper Tong, Wanjuan Shuzhai is very optimistic about the prospects of this book, and intends to cooperate with Guizhai in this regard, but I don't know what the shopkeeper Tong thinks?"
Tong Lingyu was stunned when she heard this, it turned out that the business that Wanjuan Shuzhai wanted to cooperate with Yan Zhai was this book of the Legend of the Condor Heroes? This was simply too unexpected for her, if it wasn't for what the other party said, it wasn't like a joke, she thought it was a joke.
Although the book of the Legend of the Condor Heroes is popular, but that's all, no matter how popular it is, how much profit can it get, for the fat Yan Zhai, of course, it is a big piece of fat, but for the ten thousand volumes of the study, this is only afraid that even the meat of the grasshopper leg is not counted, it is worth the ten thousand volumes of the study so solemnly to send a provincial city of the three shopkeepers, come all the way to grab this cup of soup, this is simply unreasonable.
She was silent here, unable to understand the other party's intentions for a while, Cheng Decai continued: "For this cooperation with Fat Yan Zhai, Wanjuan Study is very sincere, Shopkeeper Tong does not need to worry, as long as Shopkeeper Tong can agree, the conditions can be mentioned casually, and naturally there will be no loss of Fat Yan Zhai." ”
Tong Lingyu thought about it again, and felt that this matter was a good thing for Fat Yan Zhai after all, Fat Yan Zhai's strength was limited, even if it cooperated with other scholars, its influence was limited to the land of Qingling Mansion, and if it could cooperate with the other party, then the entire Jiangzuo West Road market could be easily won, and the other party sought cooperation, not to divide the cake, but to make the cake bigger, and the share of Fat Yan Zhai would not decrease, but increase.
In addition, this cooperation with Wanjuan Shuzhai may also be an opportunity for Yan Zhai, an excellent opportunity to expand outward.
So she couldn't refuse the other party's proposal at all, although she still had many doubts in her heart, how could such a behemoth as Wanjuan Shuzhai stare at such a little bit of meat and soup.
In fact, she didn't know that the facilitation of this incident was really related to the prince of the Tanglin Mansion who was far away in the provincial capital. The prince saw that the legend of the Condor Hero was energetic, but suddenly he couldn't see it, he couldn't sleep well, and he was unwilling, so he directly found the big shopkeeper of the 10,000-volume study in Jiangzuo West Road, Mrs. Yongtan, why did you look for her, there was no other reason, this book was introduced to him by Mrs. Yongtan at the beginning.
Mrs. Yongtan couldn't conjure up a new book, and after being annoyed by the other party a few times, she moved the meaning of mixing this cup of soup, and directly sent a third shopkeeper to Linshui County to discuss cooperation with Fat Yan Zhai, so that at least the new book can be published as soon as possible in the provincial capital, and it can be regarded as an explanation to the prince.
Of course, the troubles of the prince are only one aspect, and the profitability is also one of the main reasons, this legend of the Condor Heroes is not just a little meat soup in the eyes of Mrs. Yongqin, she sees greater potential business opportunities from it, so she is willing to give it a try. (To be continued.) )