As Zhu Hao grew older, the people he knew began to mention women intentionally or unintentionally.
Some people want to arrange a marriage for him, some want to take him to romantic places, and some like Su Xigui are more direct and always try to push unnamed women around him. This just proves the four magic weapons of wine, sex and wealth.
How popular it is in this day and age.
If Zhu Hao wanted to cultivate a theater troupe, he could send his own people to buy actors. He also had a large number of actors in his own theater troupe, and many female actors were recruited into the theater troupe from all over the country.
They also need to have a good figure and good looks. As the young owners of the troupe, if they really want to do something, do they have the right to refuse?
Zhu Hao did not accept Su Xigui's "good intentions" because he wanted to avoid having too direct interests with Su Xigui.
Shortly after Su Xigui arrived in the capital, some of Zhu Hao's men, including Guan Dezhao and his son, also arrived in the capital.
The troupe did not follow. Guan Dezhao and his son were called into the capital alone. As for the other subordinates who were accompanying them, they were mainly business people, including Ouyang Fei.
Ouyang Fei is now eighteen years old. In the past few years, she has been working under Zhu Hao first to manage the workshop and then to run the business. Through the original channels of the Ouyang family, she trafficked a large number of cloths produced to various places in Jiangnan for sale. Although there has been a certain growth
, but there is still a gap between him and a big shopkeeper who can act alone.
Zhu Hao first went to see Guan Dezhao in the afternoon and discussed with him the matter of letting Guan worship his master.
As expected, Guan Dezhao readily agreed and even offered to thank him. Zhu Hao was now unattainable in the eyes of little people like them. Guan Dezhao could only look up to him and not fawn over him because of his loyalty.
After discussing the details of his apprenticeship, Zhu Hao went to see Ouyang Fei near dusk.
Ouyang Fei has just settled down here and lives in a private courtyard near Chongwenmen. In the past few years, she has traveled all over the country. In terms of personal self-care, she has basically given up the airs of the wealthy daughter-in-law. She is more like a folk woman, independent and self-reliant.
After Zhu Hao arrived, she first eagerly inquired about whether Zhu Hao would no longer let her be in charge of selling cloth.
"Oh, recently the army needs more cloth. The cloth produced in the workshop has been temporarily sold to military dealers. Although the price is not as high as that of trafficking to other places, it is better to sell it as it is produced without sacrificing freight. In the future, I will gradually sell Anlu
The local workshop will be moved to Shuntianfu, but it will not be opened in the capital. The labor cost here is relatively high, so it will still have to be moved out."
As a new "capitalist", Zhu Hao knows what it means to increase revenue and reduce expenditure.
In terms of manufacturing, we need to save labor costs. In terms of sales, selling cloth directly to Su Xigui is simple and fast, and the capital turnover efficiency is very high. With the improvement of his status, it is unlikely that Su Xigui will cheat him, and Su Xigui is not after Zhu Hao.
The goods are sold to various places to seize the market, and they are really sent to the army as military supplies, which can be said to be once and for all.
After passing the examination, Zhu Hao no longer relied too much on his own sales channels. Instead of wasting a lot of effort, he would wait until he became an official and gain greater power to reopen channels, which were completely different from the current business system.
Of course, Zhu Hao couldn't tell Ouyang Fei directly that he was doing business with Su Xigui, lest he feel that he had abandoned his subordinates. After all, Su Xigui still bore some responsibility for the bankruptcy of the Ouyang family. Ouyang Fei had always had a grudge against Su Xigui.
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Zhu Hao stood up: "After you arrive in the capital, you will be fully responsible for the affairs of the capital workshop. I will leave first."
Sales is a profitable business. Zhu Hao temporarily cut off Ouyang Fei's supply channels, which is equivalent to depriving Ouyang Fei of the opportunity to earn commissions. Although the management workshop will also pay a certain amount of wages, this is just working for others.
No way out.
"But boss, what should we do with our business in Jiangnan? There are so many people waiting to be raised." Ouyang Fei was a little anxious.
Zhu Haodao: "To be honest, Miss Ouyang, the profit from business in the south is not high. When a piece of cloth is large, I can't even earn two cents of silver. When it is small, it is only dozens of cents. After excluding all kinds of labor,
Cost, how much money can I make by selling several thousand pieces of cloth in a year?"
"The market can be expanded..."
Ouyang Fei said eagerly.
Zhu Hao is embarrassed to say that he can't monopolize the market even if he gives you high-quality and low-priced goods, and he still boasts to me about expanding the market in Haikou? How to expand it?
Of course, the market cannot be expanded because of the run on by the big merchants in the south of the Yangtze River. Even if the cloth produced by Zhu Hao has various advantages, the alleys are not as good as the wine. Many people do not know that such high-quality and low-price cloth exists, and competitors will
Malicious slanders such as being "plucked off dead people" and "tearing apart" are almost unfounded rumors. As a result, the cloth produced by Zhu Hao's workshop is only accepted by a few middle- and lower-class people in Jiangnan.
It is obviously no different from ordinary cloth, even better, but because of the low price, the market share is very low. As for selling it at a low price or a high price, it is even worse.
The Ouyang family went bankrupt in the end, and Zhu Hao felt that there was a reason for it, because he really didn't know how to do the market from top to bottom. It was...hard to describe.
Zhu Hao said: "For the time being, we will sell it as military supplies. People who buy cloth will not give us any trouble, and the payment will be settled quickly. As for the channels your family used to use, leave it to the future. Disband the manpower as much as possible..."
The money I make from selling my cloth is not to support idle people. Zhu Hao almost asked Ouyang Fei to dissolve the sales network.
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Ouyang Fei looked sad. In fact, she also expected today's ending, but she was not willing to accept this scene.
The sky was getting dark, and Zhu Hao got up to leave.
Ouyang Fei's pink cheeks turned red and she hesitated: "My boss won't stay for dinner before leaving?"
Zhu Hao asked in surprise: "You just settled down and the stove was set up?"
In recent years, Zhu Hao has not treated Ouyang Fei badly. She is nominally Zhu Hao's "maid", but in fact she still has her own independent living and working space. Zhu Hao even helped hire a mother-in-law and a maid.
She is often taken care of by her side, and she still lives the life of a young lady.
Zhu Hao gave Ouyang Fei a lot of commission, adding up to more than three hundred taels of silver. Of course, it was still far from paying off the Ouyang family's debt.
Zhu Hao shared the money exactly as agreed upon, and Ouyang Fei also made money for Zhu Hao, but the intensity was not enough to satisfy Zhu Hao.
Ouyang Fei lowered her head shyly: "It's okay for my boss to spend the night here."
After saying this, Ouyang Fei almost didn't dare to look at Zhu Hao.
Zhu Hao heard clearly, and suddenly thought of Su Xigui sending the actor, and Sun Ru who wanted to take him to the Fengyue place to experience something. Their purpose was the same. His age was indeed not considered an adult, but because he had passed the tribute examination, he was equivalent to becoming an adult.
If he is an upper-class person in society, he can "adult adulthood" in advance, and any situation of marriage or male-female affairs will become a means of friendship or alliance.
Zhu Hao shook his head and said, "I... don't quite understand what you mean."
In fact, Zhu Hao really doesn't understand. Ouyang Fei can be considered a lady, even though she comes from a merchant's family, but her family education is actually very good, and her appearance is first-class. The Chengguo government originally wanted to accept her.
She didn't agree to join the mansion as a concubine, but now she actually took the initiative to stay with her boss?
You must know that it is impossible for Zhu Hao to give her a status, and she can only exist as a maid. Even if things really happen, there will be no breakthrough in the relationship between the two. No one will be responsible for her. She
He should be very aware of this, but he took the initiative to bring it up without any indication from Zhu Hao.
There is only one explanation for this. Ouyang Fei wants to exchange for freedom in this way, or in exchange for more resources from Zhu Hao.
After hearing Zhu Hao's answer, Ouyang Fei blushed and stammered: "My master... you can stay here for the night... I will take care of you."
Zhu Hao said: "It's not that I don't understand what you mean by staying overnight, I just can't figure out why your attitude has changed like this... In my eyes, Miss Ouyang has always paid attention to the family's face, and you won't take any grievances you know.
There will be no consequences."
Ouyang Fei gritted her teeth and said quietly: "I know."
"Then you still wrong yourself?"
Zhu Hao seemed to be discussing a philosophical issue with someone.
Ouyang Fei said: "I am not young anymore, it is time to make plans for the future, and I have no other choice."
Zhu Hao nodded.
After thinking about it, Ouyang Fei was once a simple and innocent little girl who was deceived when doing business. Now she feels that she has grown up and she still seems to have been deceived...
It's probably because the mother-in-law and the maid kept encouraging her in her ears, saying that you are a maid just like us, and you signed the contract of betrayal, so why are you still holding back? Why don't you be more honest, in order to make money and restore the glory of the family, give a
It’s not a bad idea for a boss with a Jinshi background to be an outsider...
Even if Zhu Hao didn't hear those conversations, he already had an idea in his mind.
Zhu Hao thought to himself that this girl's parents died too early and her life was controlled by others. Now even her thoughts are about to be controlled by others.
Zhu Hao said: "I'm not rejecting you, but I think the time is not yet ripe. You need to settle down first and become familiar with the customs and customs here in Beijing. Even if such things happen, let's talk about it later."
Of course Zhu Hao was unwilling to accept this "deal".
I am an accomplished young talent. Even if you, Ouyang Fei, are really talented and beautiful, but your IQ is at the bottom, you still want to "eat young grass". Let me give you the most pure and beautiful things.
?Although we are exchanging at equal value, it is obviously me who suffers, okay?
But Zhu Hao also knows how much courage it takes for Ouyang Fei to say what she said before regardless of her personal self-esteem. If she refuses directly, it is hard to say whether Ouyang Fei will be upset. Even if she can calm down for a while, she will work for him in the future.
Not trying too hard.
Then drag it first.
Things will gradually fade away.
You are eighteen years old, which is considered a late marriage in this era, but are you really very old?
In terms of your psychological age, you are just an innocent little girl in my eyes, Zhu Hao. I will not teach you such harsh social lessons yet.
"When will the boss..."
Zhu Hao insisted on leaving, and Ouyang Fei was desperate and wanted to ask for an accurate answer.
Zhu Hao said: "Is this important? Your task is to help me take care of the business. For the rest... let it take its course."