It seemed that Lou Bucheng was really angry. In fact, he also had his own thoughts. In the words of later generations, he was called "taking advantage of the heat" and borrowed the name of Xianweiju to make Guangde Building well-known. In this way, it may seem like we are losing some money now, but business will definitely be better in the future, and we can make up for the loss no matter how much we lose.
The power of silver is great.
The guys took the money and quickly attracted a large number of waiters. Music soon began to play in the Guangde Building. In addition, food was free, so there were customers soon. It seemed that they were going to compete with the guests. Xianweiju is like a separate house.
After all, there are too many people queuing up, and it is impossible for them all to enter Xianweiju. Now that there are more choices, Guangde Building takes advantage.
But the more such advantages are taken, the more losses will be incurred. Everyone comes to Guangde Building only because they have no choice. Once everyone starts charging, then who will enter Guangde Building? The taste is mediocre and the music is old-fashioned. It's strange that it can attract rich customers.
After finishing work in the evening, Shen Xing led everyone back to Duke Zhong's mansion and truthfully reported to Shen Ao the situation of Xianweiju and the response strategy of Guangde Building.
For a whole day, Shen Ao didn't even show his face, as if he was full of confidence in Xianweiju. Shen Xing also had to admire Shen Ao's broad-mindedness, which truly allowed the mountain to collapse without changing color.
But he didn't know that everything he should have been prepared had been prepared. He had rehearsed three times beforehand. As long as everyone performed their duties, what would be the problem? Shen Ao's real intention was not to deal with Guangde Tower or Lou Bu. On Cheng's body. It was just because he was disgusted by the opponent and gave him a retaliation. Besides, Shen Ao couldn't get used to the mediocre dishes now, so he came up with various condiments. In the final analysis, it was just for his own appetite. .His real target is the Lu family.
The Lu family used the excuse of not selling rice paper to Guochanglong's new members, so within a month, Guochanglong did not have a new member. It not only affected Shen Ao's financial path, but also damaged Guochanglong's reputation. A heavy blow.
It is said that cutting off people's money is like killing their parents. How could Shen Ao endure this hatred? From the day when the Lu family released the bold words, Shen Ao began to make preparations. Fortunately, there is finally a result.
Thanks to the efforts of Shen Ao and his workers, the first batch of Shen's rice paper was finally successfully produced.
The making of rice paper is a very secret thing to others, but it is not a secret in Shen Ao's eyes. It is nothing more than cutting bamboo and floating it on the pond, boiling the wood on the fire, pouring the materials into the curtain, covering the curtain and pressing the paper, and letting the fire pass through. It’s just a few steps of drying.
Under the leadership of Shen Ao, some improvements were made, and caustic soda was used instead of lime water. Caustic soda is highly alkaline and can quickly decompose wood fibers. In addition, chlorine was added to remove impurities in the wood pulp for the purpose It is used for bleaching to make Shen's rice paper whiter and of better quality.
Everything is difficult at the beginning. The production of the first batch of rice paper is the most difficult step. The next step is to continue production according to the rules. As long as there are enough raw materials, rice paper will continue to appear, and eventually replace Lu's rice paper for a long time. The seemingly powerful Lu family fell into the dust.
What Shen Ao needs to do is to choose a time to get the best effect on the Lu family. Looking at the Shen family's rice paper that has just been produced in front of him and seems to be full of food and clothing, Shen Ao leaves in Shenxing Then he fell into deep thought.
Things at Xianweiju are still fermenting.
After just one night, early the next morning, there was a long queue outside the door, which was endless.
Although Shenxian Juzhong does not sell breakfast and has to wait until noon to open, there are still many people queuing up early in the morning. They are afraid that if they arrive late, they will lose the opportunity to taste the best food and listen to new songs for free.
Those diners yesterday have become very good publicists. Under their exaggeration, the food of Xianweiju is said to be the best wine; the music of Xianweiju is said to be the sound of nature.
In short, if you don’t go to Xianweiju, you will definitely regret it for the rest of your life. Especially for some ordinary people, they may not be able to get ten thousand taels of silver even if they work hard in their lifetime, nor can they become a junior member of Guochanglong. Once they miss it,
After the three-day period, there will be no possibility of entering Xianweiju, and I will only listen to what others say and talk about it in my life.
In order not to let myself have any regrets, I just came early and stood in line. The hard work was nothing.
The queue for non-members was like a long queue. There were not many people in the queue for members. After all, there were many private rooms and private rooms on the second and third floors, so even if you came at any time, you could be assigned a seat. This shows that
With Shen Ao's courage, he seems to have seen that Guochanglong's membership will continue to increase, and it will increase in huge numbers. There are so many private rooms and private rooms prepared.
The number of members in the team is limited, but the closer it gets to noon, the more people come. Obviously, no one dares to click on it for fear of missing something.
In a teahouse about a hundred steps away from Xianweiju, two middle-aged men with luxurious clothes and extraordinary temperament were sitting in their seats, looking towards the long queue.
They are the two brothers in charge of the Lu family, Lu Shijiang and Lu Shihe.
They heard about Xianweiju yesterday. After all, they were considered hidden opponents, so there was no reason not to pay attention to it.
It was somewhat beyond the two brothers' expectations that Duke Zhongguo could open a unique restaurant in such a short period of time and attract such a huge backlash.
Even a businessman, or a successful businessman, is of course particularly interested in making money. Judging from the current situation, it is inevitable that Xianweiju will be a big hit. Even after three days of free service, I am afraid there will still be a flood of customers.
The two brothers still admire Shen Ao's talent and learning from the bottom of their hearts. They are excited to have such an opponent. When they encounter a strong opponent, they become stronger. This is the mentality of the two of them now.
They also knew about the promotion of Shenxianju yesterday. Only members of Guochanglong were allowed to enter. This was what interested the two brothers. They had already sent people to see the Xianweiju. The second floor plus the private rooms and third floor
There are nearly 200 private rooms. If a lobby on the first floor is added, there will be twice as many seats. Then the problem arises. Even if one member can bring two people to the restaurant, the number of Guochanglong members
It is also difficult to fill up Xianweiju.
After all, members can't go to restaurants every day to spend money, which will inevitably leave some seats empty all year round. Even so, what's the point of having so many seats and buying the adjacent shops to open up and expand them?
The two brothers did not believe that Shen Ao would do such useless work. Could it be that he had a way to restart Guochanglong's membership business? Could those rich people ignore the Lu family's rice paper just to eat?
Not being able to figure out the reason is the scariest thing.
"Second brother, how is the sales volume of our rice paper now?" Lu Shijiang, the eldest brother, asked as if he was worried.
"Everything is normal. The sales were good yesterday. We know that we are constantly increasing prices, and now many wealthy people are also stocking up. If we had not chosen to ship in small quantities, resulting in a market situation where demand exceeds supply, then our rice paper It will only sell faster." Lu Shihe said with a confident face. There was a lot of pride in his words. Compared with the past when a piece of paper could be sold for three taels of silver, now they have made a lot of money by selling five taels. As a result, I pressed a lot of bamboo, bought a lot of workshops, and owed a lot of foreign debts, some of which were paid with money.
But in the long run, the profits they create will be far greater than the current investment. As long as they are given a year, the strength of the Lu family will reach a new level, and they will become the first wealthy merchant and grain king of the Daqian Dynasty. He Nianfeng will not be far behind.
Hearing that everything was normal, Lu Shihe was relieved a lot. But thinking that since Xianweiju had such regulations, he shouldn't be aimless, so he kindly reminded Lu Shihe and said: "Second brother, you can consider opening up some supply of goods recently. More Collect some costs and come back. After all, we still owe a lot of money to others, with interest. I just feel that this Shen Ao seems to be trying to set our sights, and I am afraid that he will be detrimental to us. "
"Having an idea against us is harmful to us? Haha, brother, you are overthinking. Our Lu family started with rice paper, and the only way to harm us is to hinder us in terms of supply, production and sales. We have the supply and are ready. With so much bamboo, there is no problem even if we don’t need to buy it for a few years; Prince Xiang is supporting the store where it is sold, and the prince has also accepted the money sent by his father. With them escorting him, what should he be afraid of? Could it be dealt with in the production area? Us? Haha, it’s not that I underestimate Shen Ao. Although he is young and promising and has some talents, when it comes to making rice paper, he is a complete layman. Not to mention that he does not understand the technology at all. Even if he does, I think How can it be a matter of time to study it out? Brother, don’t think too much, it’ll be fine.”
When Lu Shihe said this, he felt a little contemptuous in his heart. His elder brother's habit of being too cautious was not good in his eyes.
After Lu Shihe's explanation, Lu Shijiang's originally frowning eyebrows became more and more relaxed.
Thinking that the second brother's analysis was very reasonable, Lu Shijiang really couldn't imagine how Shen Ao could deal with them, so he smiled and raised his glass and said: "Come on, second brother, it seems that the brother is overly worried, so let's not think about those things." Enough to worry about, let’s have some tea.”
The news of Xianweizhong was spread to the palace.
Juhe Palace.
The female officer Caiyue was telling Concubine Zhao vividly, as if she had really gone in, but in fact she was just reporting back from some eunuchs who came out of the palace to inquire about the news.
Knowing this, Concubine Zhao still listened attentively. The fifth princess Tang Min, who was on the side, listened attentively. From time to time, little stars would appear in her eyes, which was a look of admiration.