"Miss, a flying pigeon came from the academy to send a message, saying that you should go back as soon as possible." Qingyi Cuiyue said softly, and her soft and waxy voice made people feel affectionate.
"It's so annoying. I can't even turn off the sound transmission jade talisman. I keep urging him all day long... to let that Liu Chaosheng go to Dongyue County by himself."
The bead curtain swayed, and a figure walked out from inside. Today, he was dressed in white, and the cold aura on his body became stronger and stronger, as if he wanted to freeze the entire room.
The ring on Cuiyue's body shook slightly to block the cold breath outside her body, and at the same time, it was trapped in the room. "Maybe the academy is not interested in Liu Chaosheng? Could someone have discovered something?"
The woman in white frowned slightly, but ended up saying something irrelevant,
"The candied haws on a stick these days are not tasting right. Don't those two ladies at Wangfuji stop selling candied haws on a stick?"
Cuiyue didn't have much to say, so she could only stand aside with her head bowed, like a quietly blooming orchid.
Not long after, Cuiyue seemed to sense something and opened the door and window.
A paper kite flew quietly into Cuiyue's hand.
After Cuiyue opened it, she quickly delivered it to Bai Yi.
"It's interesting that there is such a big man hiding in such a small Linxian County. He is able to maneuver between the four major academies and the Imperial College, and even sits on the position of Minister of the Ministry of War."
"In the end, he left the capital at a time of great prosperity and came to Linxian County to serve as a...teacher who was not even a serious official?"
The iceberg-like white man pursed his lips, and his beautiful red phoenix eyes slightly narrowed,
"Gu Weidao..."
"Let them check what Gu Weidao did after coming to Linxian."
"Yes, miss."
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At this time, in Zhangji Winery, Gu Jiaoyu, Zhang Fugui and Li Changan, who happened to be delivering wine, were sitting together talking.
"Last night, they were planning to attack us. Da Liu refused, but many people must have agreed." Zhang Fugui said in a low voice while drinking the newly brought wine from Li Changan.
"How to start? Is it possible to destroy your wine shop?" Gu Jiaoyu took a big sip, then picked up a peanut and chewed it happily.
"Do they dare?" Zhang Fugui stared at his eyes as big as copper bells, "As long as they dare to take action, see if I don't knock their heads flat?"
As he said this, he still couldn't help but feel a little worried, "On the contrary, I hope they will do this kind of straightforward thing. At least I won't be afraid."
"If you follow me in a roundabout way of exclusion and suppression, it will be really hard to deal with."
"That's right. You are a martial artist who only knows how to use your hands. Things that use your brain are a bit difficult." Gu Jiaoyu raised his eyebrows and looked at Li Changan,
"Chang'an, tell me, if it were you, how would you deal with Zhang Ji Liquor?"
Zhang Fugui resisted the urge to quarrel with Gu Jiaoyu and looked at Li Changan.
Li Changan smacked his lips, pondered for a moment and then said, "If you don't smash it directly, if you want to destroy the wine shop, you must first see what is in the wine shop."
"First, the wine."
"The next thing is the side dishes. After all, a wine shop is not a restaurant, and the side dishes are just an add-on. Everyone pays half a pound for half a pound."
"Then there is the newly released Malatang. The customer flow brought by Malatang can drive the business of the entire wine shop. I guess this is what they want to target."
"If I want to start...two aspects, the first is robbing, the second is squeezing."
"Tell me about it." Gu Jiaoyu said with his eyes shining.
Li Changan spoke slowly, as if he was considering every word carefully.
"Steal our advantages and squeeze out our mediocrity and even disadvantages."
"The most obvious advantage right now is Malatang. If I were them, I would immediately package up and buy all the Malatang stalls outside, and then put them in several restaurants or wine shops around us."
"No matter how popular Malatang is, if they are all concentrated in a small area, our customer flow will definitely be occupied."
Having said this, Zhang Fugui swallowed nervously and looked at Gu Jiaoyu.
Li Changan continued, "Of course there is a more desperate way, which is to round up everything that can be used to make spicy hotpot in the Linxian wet market, so that we have no spicy hotpot to sell."
"This will definitely not work, but it can affect the price of these ingredients. Even if Malatang makes more money, if the price increases too much, the profit will not be so ruthless."
Gu Jiaoyu glanced at Li Changan with a half-smile, "Yes, Malatang involves a wide variety of ingredients. It's impossible to make them round. After all, unlike hawthorn fruit, there is only one orchard selling it."
"Chang'an, who do you think came up with this method?"
Li Changan just took a sip of wine, choked and coughed, his face turned red, "I don't know, it's just that after I heard about it, I thought this person was very powerful."
"What are you talking about? What about hawthorn fruit?" Zhang Fugui on the side was confused and couldn't help but interjected.
Gu Jiaoyu rolled his eyes at Zhang Fugui and said to Li Changan, "Keep talking."
Li Changan nodded and suppressed the throbbing in his heart, "The second is to squeeze out the two things we have, wine and side dishes."
"Their wine is better than mine and the price is cheaper. That's half the battle."
"If the side dishes are cooperated with restaurants, they might really have an impact on us. After all, strictly speaking, spicy hotpot is also a type of side dishes."
When Zhang Fugui heard this, he started to sweat on his forehead.
There are indeed a lot of twists and turns in the stomach of a scholar. With such a brain, what can't be done? Want to think about doing bad things?
Li Changan frowned slightly, "In the final analysis, the scope of influence of a wine shop is only so large. As long as there are more establishments around us, without doing anything else, just lowering the price can give us a head-on blow."
"If we can continue to wrap up the stall's spicy hotpot as I said before, without having to think about making money, and can sustain it for a while, we will collapse without a fight."
Gu Jiaoyu nodded and patted Zhang Fugui on the shoulder, "It's basically the same as what Chang'an said. This level is not going to be easy, so you have to be prepared."
"Chang'an makes Malatang. Why don't we close the stalls outside for a few days? Or don't sell to these guys, is that okay?" Zhang Fugui said unconvincingly.
"It makes no sense to do this." Gu Jiaoyu shook his head and said, "How many days can we keep the stall closed? People also need to eat."
"This is equivalent to those guys doing nothing and leaving us in chaos."
"As for Bao Yuan and other things, they are also hard to guard against. As long as you send a few more people to occupy the team and buy more at a time, you can still bring them over and you can't stop them."
Zhang Fugui was a little frustrated.
After all, Zhangji Winery is just a small winery. Among the 45 wineries in Linxian County, it is in the middle and lower reaches.
Now we have to face the joint attack of so many restaurants and bars, and there is basically no chance of winning.
"Don't worry, let's see what Chang'an can do." Gu Jiaoyu's voice sounded next to him.
Zhang Fugui quickly looked at Li Changan and said, "Chang'an, please tell me, do you have any good ideas?"
"Don't worry, Boss Zhang. There must be a way. As long as these people are not monolithic, there will definitely be flaws." Li Changan gently kneaded his fingers.
"Waiting for them to make their move clear first, then revealing their move at the first glance, will save us the trouble of thinking too much."
"If Boss Zhang doesn't mind the trouble these days, Chang'an is willing to stay in the wine shop. If there is an emergency, he can help in time..."
The three of them chatted for a while, and Li Changan was the first to stand up and leave, preparing to go home and talk to his sister-in-law about the matter first, so that she would not miss her.
Gu Jiaoyu also walked out with wine and said to Li Changan who was about to push the cart back, "Have you read the Art of War?"
"Read it."
"That's right. It's impossible to have these insights without reading the Art of War." Gu Jiaoyu nodded, "I'm also at Zhangji Winery these days. Don't let Lao Zhang down."
"Definitely, please rest assured, Gu Jiaoyu." Li Changan saluted Gu Jiaoyu with clasped fists, and then pushed the cart away.