Chapter 26: The Beginning
Kyoto Higashi-lane Street, Ruyi Building.
This is a very ordinary two-story restaurant, and the decoration materials are not much worse than the popular Ichishiju in Kyoto.
However, because of the plot, the flow of people is more than several times worse, and the business is naturally far from being comparable with Yishiju.
On the first floor of the restaurant, two guys in coarse linen clothes are slowly wiping the tables and chairs with a white cloth.
From time to time, he glanced at the shopkeeper on the street with a bitter and hateful look.
A guy sighed: "Zhang An, what do you think about the shopkeeper?"
What kind of newspaper sells well, but just casually mentioning a sentence on it, can it bring our restaurant back to life? ”
Zhang An shook his head and said, "How do I know, but I hope this newspaper can really have that much ability."
Li Cheng, you shouldn't want this restaurant to fall.
Otherwise, Ruyi Lou will fall, and you and I will have to find another place to make a living, and I am afraid that I may not be able to meet such a cool master as the shopkeeper. ”
Li Cheng opened his mouth and swallowed it into his stomach with a grumble.
However, after a while, he couldn't help but say: "I also read today's newspaper, and I added two sentences in such an inconspicuous place, it costs a hundred taels, and I didn't rob the money so quickly." ”
Hearing this, Zhang An took a breath, one hundred taels, for people like them, they may not be able to accumulate such a huge fortune in their lifetime.
Even if it's not the first time I know it, every time I hear it, I can't help but be amazed.
However, although he hoped that the newspaper could bring Ruyilou back to life, he also thought that the price of one hundred taels was too outrageous.
After all, a new newspaper is only a mere penny.
It takes up less than one percent of the space, and it is not the only one, it will cost a full hundred taels of silver, and he doesn't think it's worth it no matter how he thinks about it.
At this time, the shopkeeper at the door seemed to have heard their conversation, walked over from the door, and said in a slightly stern tone: "What do you know, do you know what is called the fragrance of wine and are you afraid of the deep alley?" I think that my Ruyi House will never be much worse than the top restaurants in Kyoto, as long as I can spread the word about it, it will definitely be promising.
What's more, the one hundred taels will only be paid when the effect is seen, and the Fuyao Newspaper was opened by the prince of the dynasty, and Mr. Na Luo is also a very talented person, how can he covet my one hundred taels of silver? ”
Hearing this, the two guys immediately stood with their heads down, and hurriedly said: "Don't blame the shopkeeper, we are shallow." ”
As he was talking, he saw that it was already dark when someone suddenly grabbed a newspaper and stepped over the threshold and walked in.
He looked around, showed a somewhat satisfied expression, and said, "So this is Ruyi Building?" Shopkeeper, come and order some good food and drinks. ”
In an instant, the seriousness and fierceness on the shopkeeper's face turned into a smile.
"Okay, guest officer, please."
As he spoke, he hurriedly ordered: "Li Cheng, quickly let the back hall get ready." ”
"Hey, I'll go!"
Li Cheng responded and hurriedly walked to the back hall.
And not long after the first guest was seated, another customer came in twos and threes.
While greeting the guests, the shopkeeper asked tentatively, "Did the guest officer come from the new newspaper?" ”
The guest smiled: "Yes, I just saw that there are two restaurants recommended above, and I happen to be closer to here, so I came over to take a look." ”
The shopkeeper's heart was happy, although there were not many guests at the moment, but in the past, he had never seen such a lively scene.
As for the two restaurants mentioned by the guest, he also knows, but one of their two restaurants is in the east of the city and the other is in the west of the city, although they are both restaurants, they can't form any competition.
Just thinking about these things, there was another wave of admiring guests outside the door.
Suddenly, he couldn't stop laughing.
However, this smile only lasted for a moment, because as more and more customers grew, his two-story restaurant was already full.
But to his horror, outside the door, there was still an endless stream of guests coming from all directions.
He had to step forward and apologize while comforting the guests who had come to the back for nothing.
Again, there was another problem that was a big headache for him that quickly came to the fore.
The restaurant is not staffed.
Before, because of the slump in business, in addition to Zhang An and Li Cheng, there were only two helpers in the back kitchen and a chef.
Not to mention the guests who have no place to come in outside the restaurant, the guests who are already full in the restaurant alone have completely exceeded the full load capacity of Ruyi Building at the moment.
Relying on such a few guys and a chef, when the last guest eats the meal, I am afraid that the daylily will be cold.
On the other side, Li Cheng and Zhang An, who were busy like ants on a hot pot, looked at the hot scene right now, and only irrepressible amazement was left in their hearts.
This new newspaper is too tm god.
A hundred taels can be exchanged for such a result, and it doesn't seem to be a loss?
In fact, in the eyes of the shopkeeper, where is not a loss, it is simply earned by grandma's family.
But if he doesn't hurry up and deal with the current scene, the current prosperity is afraid that it will just be like a bubble, and it will burst at the touch of a button.
He condensed his eyebrows, gritted his teeth, and called Li Cheng, who had just finished serving food to a table of guests, and after a few words, Li Cheng took two legs and quickly rushed out.
It didn't take long for a group of people to follow Li Cheng to the door of the restaurant.
The shopkeeper looked at the man at the head, although he was a little reluctant, but he still arched his hand and said, "I'm tired of my cousin this time." ”
Although the plot of this Ruyi building is not good, if you want to open a restaurant like this in Kyoto, the cost is also not low.
Therefore, the shopkeeper's family assets are actually not low, so he has been able to support him for so long under the condition of weak business.
In fact, the shopkeeper's family has been in business for generations.
His cousin owned a restaurant, and his business has always been good.
And the reason why he opened a restaurant is actually to say goodbye to his cousin.
However, this time he is facing a crisis, but only this cousin has enough manpower to help him settle it.
The man waved his hand and said, "What does the family say?" ”
He saw the scene of people boiling through the door of the restaurant, and there was both envy and amazement in his eyes.
"This time your Ruyi Building is an instant hit, as long as the food is not bad, in the future, in Kyoto, you will have a place, this newspaper, tsk, it is worthy of being from the hands of the prince, it is really not simple."
The shopkeeper also sighed and said: "Indeed, Mr. Luo from the Fuyao Newspaper has already reminded me in advance that I want to recruit manpower, but I only treat it as a dead horse as a live horse doctor, and I don't pay enough attention to it." ”
The man smiled and said, "If you had prepared earlier, where would I have had my business?" ”
He helped this time, naturally driven by enough interests, otherwise although they are cousins, their own brothers also have to settle accounts, and he will not be able to help a strong competitor in vain.
At the same time, similar scenes are taking place in six other places in Kyoto.
And with the popularity of the six shops, the potential influence of the new newspaper has also surfaced for the first time.