PS: Thank you Yangzhigang and the captain of the securities security team for the reward, and thank you for the encouragement of the monthly passes.

With the success of the first autumn auction of the Golden Wave Auction House, the name of the Golden Wave Club was also an instant hit, and the children of nobles, dignitaries, and wealthy businessmen who wanted to become members of the Golden Wave also increased. The second auction and the third auction were also very popular, and the auction volume continued to rise, and the number of members exceeded 100 in one fell swoop, achieving the initial goal set by the club ahead of schedule.

On this day, Zhao Ran, Gao Yanei, and Liang Xingxia gathered in the back garden of the club, and Zhao Ran sorted out and reported on the business situation in the past half a month.

The shopkeeper Li Laoshi held an abacus in his hand, and while habitually pulling the abacus, he reported the income to the three shareholders in the seat.

"The number of members has reached 100, and the annual membership fee is 10,000 taels of silver, which is the first entry; the total amount of the three auctions has gradually risen, and the total auction amount has reached 47,623 taels of silver, and the auction house has taken 2,380 taels, which is the second entry; the rent of the main courtyard goods display cabinet is 2,150 taels, which is the third entry; in addition, the tea room of the last two houses of the clubhouse, The popularity of the restaurant and the shop is also gradually rising, so far there has been an income of 720 taels of silver, and it is expected that it will be able to return to its original cost by the end of the year, and it will start to profit from next spring......"

"To sum up, in the fifteen days since the opening of the club, the income has been 14,530 taels. ”

After Li honestly finished speaking, Gao Yanei and Liang Xingxia both smiled, especially Liang Xingxia's face was already full of red light, as if he was drunk.

Zhao Ran smiled lightly and said to Gao Yanei and Liang Xingxia: "Business is not bad, thanks to the vigorous maintenance of the two brothers. Originally, the opening was too short and should not be settled now, but I know that Brother Liang's livelihood is difficult. There was an urgent need for silver, so they invited two of them to come over and discuss the matter. I suggested that 10,000 taels of this silver should be kept untouched, so that it would be necessary to deal with a major event, and that the remaining 4,530 taels of silver should be distributed according to dividends. Yanai took 2,265 taels, Brother Liang took 453 taels, and the rest was from my Cheng Ji shop. I don't know what the two brothers mean?"

Half a month to easily earn four hundred and fifty taels, such an income makes Liang Xingxia can no longer be satisfied, especially this kind of business is very comfortable, there is no need to run around, just sit and wait for the money to come into the account every day, where to find such a good thing? He has no opinion on Zhao Ran's proposal. He has been very tight lately, and he has four hundred and fifty-three taels of silver coming in, which is enough to alleviate many difficulties.

Gao Yanei was also very satisfied, he was quite optimistic about this deal, so he invested a lot of energy in the early stage, and the relationship went a lot, and when he was busy, he asked for leave from Shangfeng for three consecutive days, and he didn't even go to the barracks. I listened to the results today. I feel that my busy and hard work is worth it for a while.

In fact, compared with the silver in hand, Gao Yanai cares more about the right to recommend members. When it first started. He didn't realize its importance, and in order to make money for the club, he went out to invite friends everywhere, and really lost a lot of favors. But since the first auction, he has been sitting at home and waiting for customers, when a hundred places have been filled. There are still various connections to visit him and ask for his recommendation, which makes him happy and more aware of the value of the club.

"Brother Cheng, I have a lot of backlog of relationships on hand now. I wanted to become a member and participate in the auctions held by our auction house, but the number of members agreed at the beginning was only 100, which made me very difficult. ”

Liang Xingxia also kept nodding, and he also had a lot of relationships in his hands, compared with Gao Yanei, the relationships in his hands came more from businessmen in the business field.

Zhao Ran said: "In this case, let's add another hundred members to this year's membership, my suggestion is that half of them are still recommended by two old brothers, and the remaining fifty will be recommended by the old members who have joined the club according to the method discussed before, which can also increase their enthusiasm." However, there is a clause that the two brothers should also pay attention to, the so-called scarcity is expensive, only by strictly controlling the number of members, others will cherish it, if it is rotten, this qualification is meaningless. At the same time, according to the old practice, each membership card can only bring a maximum of 10 people into the clubhouse per day, so our capacity is limited, so this is very important. ”

Gao Yanei and Liang Xingxia both thought so.

While they were discussing, a servant announced that the little marquis of Yeli wanted to see Zhao Ran. Yeli Huaide is going to come to the Jinbo Club every other half a month, and he has long been familiar with Zhao Ran, and he has reached the point of meeting and hooking up.

Gao Yanei heard that Yeli Huaide was here, and also proposed to meet together, so the three shareholders went out together and walked to the back garden.

When I passed by the teahouse, I saw that twenty or thirty small tables were set up in the open air in the courtyard, and all of them were full of distinguished guests, and the tables were covered with tea and cakes, and many domestic servants brought by the distinguished guests were standing solemnly waiting under the surrounding porches. Under the screen of the main seat, a middle-aged woman is tuning the piano by hand, while hooking the strings and cutting the tone, while explaining the rhythm.

The female manager on duty today was watching from the side, and when she saw the three shareholders appearing, she hurriedly moved over lightly, and whispered to Zhao Ran and others: "Today's invitation is Luo Sanniang, the grand pianist of the Teaching Division, so there are more guests who come to listen to the lecture...... The lord of Joan has also arrived. ”

Zhao Ran nodded, glanced at the middle of the field, and saw a woman in simple palace clothes in the middle turning her head and signaling to them.

Zhao Ran, Gao Yanei and Liang Xingxia all hurriedly bowed in return.

Bypass the teahouse and enter the third mansion, which has been converted into a restaurant and guest rooms. As it was not yet hour, there were no guests, just servants and cooks, who were busy preparing for tonight's dinner.

Zhao Ran called the female manager of the restaurant and asked about today's business situation: "Cui Niang, how much did you order for the banquet tonight?"

Cui Niang is one of the four green buildings in Xingqing Mansion, such as the red card of the Xi Building, Gao Ya came forward and forcibly ransomed her, and now she is the main manager of the restaurant. After all, it is a red man who has spent eight years cultivated by Ruxilou, and every word and smile has an intoxicating and amorous atmosphere, just the simple action of taking out the liquor list from the cuffs has already made Gao Yanei and Liang Xingxia breathless.

Zhao Ran took the list and looked at it, and handed it to Gao Yanei, Gao Yanei's eyes reluctantly left from Cui Niang's waist, looked at the list, and couldn't help but say happily: "All twelve tables have been booked? Well, Li Chengzhi has also booked? I will stay here tonight to toast." ”

Li Chengzhi is one of the Privy Council Officers, and his official position is not high, but it is very important, and he is responsible for the preparation of documents for the promotion and transfer of the generals of the Xia State, although he has no decision-making power, but he is very well informed. Gao Yanei, as an officer in the Yiwei Sima Army, had a good deal with Li Chengzhi.

Cui Niang stroked her hair around her ears, pouted and complained: "The room is still too few, seven guests have been rejected today, and Judge Luo of Kaifeng Mansion also wants to book a table, it's really embarrassing for the slave family, should we add a few tables?"

Gao Yanei couldn't help but feel a wave in his heart, thinking that he had to find a chance to take down this little fox, he was always dangling in front of him like this, he couldn't see it and couldn't eat it, this was 'difficult to be a dead man'.

Regarding Cui Niang's complaints, Gao Yanei and Liang Xingxia were noncommittal, when it came to business, they were already convinced by Zhao Ran, so they were more accustomed to listening to Zhao Ran.

Zhao Ran shook his head and said with a smile: "In the entire Xingqing Mansion, which restaurant shopkeeper dares to refuse the banquet booked by Judge Luo at will? Cui Niang is the only one, right? Go secretly and happily!"

Come to the back garden, it is much more lively here, the garden is full of green rockeries, ponds and water pavilions, according to the topography of the arrangement of cockfighting, cricket fighting, pitching pots, juju and other games, many distinguished members are here to have fun, from time to time there are bursts of frolicking sound.

Yeli Huaide is competing with people in the "Wood Shooting" field, and his opponents are Lu Ze of the Fangdang Department and Gu Lebuhun, the official of the Flying Dragon Academy. The Flying Dragon Courtyard is the yamen in charge of the imperial horse and the responsibility of protecting the palace in the Xia Kingdom, and to put it bluntly, it is the "royal police" in the inner city. The squire is a low-level military general, but because he guards the lord all the year round, he has a higher status. In such a forbidden place, most of the Flying Dragon Academy served as officers with the children of nobles from various departments, and Yeli Huaide also had the opportunity to be selected for the Flying Dragon Academy back then, but he loved to fight in the field, so he went to the Xiangyou Supervision Military Division of the Shizhou Yeli Department.

The original "wooden shooting" was played by hitting the wooden card standing in the distance with a wooden ball, and hitting the words "benevolence", "righteousness", "courtesy", "wisdom", "faith" and other words was a win, and hitting the words "proud", "greedy" and "indiscriminate" was a loss. After Zhao Ran's improvement, it has been no different from bowling in later generations, judging the merits by the number of wooden cards hit, which is simpler and more interesting to play, and also tests people's arm strength, waist strength and accuracy, so it is deeply loved by the military generals among the members.

When Zhao Ran and the others came here, the crowd of onlookers suddenly broke out into a commotion, some applauded, some were frustrated and scolded, and those who won went to the steward in charge of gambling next to them to receive silver. When the gambling money is over, the steward will remove the sign that says "one to two" on the side of the table and replace it with another water card, which reads "one to three".

I only heard Yeli Huaide in the crowd say angrily: "How can it be one to lose three? Lao Tzu only lost thirteen points in this game!"

The Gu Lebuhun next to him laughed wildly: "But you have lost three games in a row!"

Yeli Huaide shouted: "Come again! Lao Tzu bet twenty taels, I don't believe I can't win you!"

Gu Lebuhun said triumphantly: "Ten more rounds is also a loss!"

Someone among the bystanders advised Ye Li: "Gu Le has been spending all these days playing wood shooting here, and he has already been familiar with it, so don't gamble on it." ”

Ye Li glared at the man: "Lao Tzu is still not convinced!"

As he was talking, he saw Zhao Ran and the other three standing beside him, so he said to them: "Wait a while, I'll play another game with Gule, and then the two of us have something serious to talk to you about." (To be continued......)