"I don't have any charter, I just have some ideas."
Yang Xuan said: "When we open the business, just hold a party. Invite all members and potential customers. The party will be in the form of a buffet so that everyone can get to know each other and communicate. At the same time, we will hold some small competitions. After all, it is a horse-drawn carriage club.
Well, it doesn’t make sense not to have some competition.”
He talked about the club's opening activities in a few words. Lu Jingqi was busy taking notes, but Lu Jing asked: "What is a buffet?"
Yang Xuan touched his chin: "As the name suggests, you put the food aside and get what you want to eat by yourself. This is called self-service. The biggest advantage of this format is that guests can move around freely, which makes it easier for them to communicate with other people.
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Lu Jing clapped her hands after hearing this: "Mr. Yang's plan is really brilliant. In this way, more people will flock to our party."
The Dasheng Dynasty was, after all, a feudal era, with clearly defined hierarchies. During normal dinner gatherings, the primary and secondary positions should be assigned to each other at the table, not to mention dinner parties with a large number of people. If the hierarchy was not enough, they could not even be in the same courtyard.
The wonderful thing about buffets is that everyone hangs out in the same place regardless of their status, so it is much more convenient for people with low levels to get to know people with high levels.
Of course, if this format is used in a very formal occasion, some people may not be willing to accept it, but this is a club party.
First of all, we are all young people, and secondly, we all gather together because we like horse-drawn carriage competitions, so there is no need to distinguish them so clearly.
After asking for some more details, Lu Jing and Lu Jingqi went separately to make preparations.
In fact, the party is easy to organize, but the trouble is the people to invite. In addition to the members, you also need to screen out the people who are qualified to join the party.
According to Yang Xuan, people who can join this club need not just have money, but also need to have a certain identity so that they can maintain the style of the club. If someone can join by paying money, then it seems like this
The club is too cheap.
Putting this aside, in Yingtianfu, it has been seven days since the first publication of Ming Pao, and a total of three issues of the newspaper have been published.
The rest of the content in these three issues of Ming Pao is similar to that of Sheng Pao. The only difference is that the two companies are fighting each other. Ming Pao will defend some of the shady companies exposed by Sheng Pao.
The common people watched the two newspapers say their own things, and gradually began to divide into two groups. Some agreed with Sheng Pao, while others felt that what Ming Pao said was reasonable.
Based on this incident alone, the circulation of Sheng Pao has increased a lot, and by the way, the circulation of Ming Pao has also become larger and larger.
When the fifth issue of Ming Pao was published, Chang Sun Teng even held a celebration banquet.
Although Ming Pao has only thrown money into it up to now and has made no profits at all, this investment is just a drop in the bucket for these eight firms.
The most important thing is that their stores have gradually attracted customers. After all, ordinary people cannot tell who is telling the truth and who is lying, and the price discounts of the eight stores are really there.
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This alone is worthy of Changsun Teng holding a banquet to celebrate.
But what they never expected was that on the second day after their celebration banquet, Ming Pao would be confiscated.
The ones who searched the Ming Pao newspaper office were not even the Sanfa Department, but the Police Department. Because newspapers were published early in the morning, the printing shop started working at midnight, so the search time was also midnight.
By the time Chang Sun Teng and others got the news, the engraving workshop had been evacuated. When they heard that the person who searched was someone from the Police Department, Chang Sun Teng was dumbfounded.
It would be better if the Sanfa Department could smooth things over and ask about the situation, but the Police Department belongs directly to His Majesty the Emperor. Where could Changsun Teng go to smooth things over?
It wasn't until the third day that Chang Sun Teng got some news from the Department of Police, saying that his newspaper was misleading, confusing right and wrong, and was published privately, which was against the law. He was told to surrender quickly, otherwise there would be consequences.
serious.
Sun Teng, the commander-in-chief who surrendered to the police, did not worry him much. The only thing that bothered him was the private publication of the newspaper.
This law does not say that newspapers cannot be published, and the Shengpao has been published for so long and has not been censored. Why should Ming Pao be censored?
As for surrendering, Changsun Teng knew that he would have to pay for it. If he really wanted to arrest him, with the style of the Police Department, he would have arrested him from the bed in the middle of the night.
Now, when it comes to surrendering, you have to pay yourself.
He wasn't afraid of paying. He just happened to ask about the situation. As long as Ming Pao could continue to operate, he was willing to pay more.
After receiving the news, he immediately prepared the banknotes and went to the Yamen of the Police Department.
Even though Chang Sun Teng was arrogant outside and had personal relationships with many officials from the DPRK and China, when he arrived at the Police Department, there was only a stall to receive him.
The stall owner is just the lowest-level official who manages ten fans.
But seeing this stall, Changsun Teng could only politely bow his hands as a salute, and at the same time quietly stuffed a one hundred tael silver note over him.
After collecting the check, the stall owner's tone became a little more polite.
"President Changsun, to tell you the truth, your case has been settled and cannot be overturned."
One sentence made Changsun Teng feel cold, but he still wanted to ask what happened: "Please tell me, sir, what is going on, so that the common people can learn from it in the future."
The stall clerk rolled his eyes: "Isn't it very clear? You publish newspapers privately, confuse the public, and confuse right and wrong. Do you really think that our Police Department is just a decoration?"
"Don't dare." Changsun Teng quickly apologized: "I mean, why is Shengbao okay?"
When Chang Sun Teng mentioned the grand report, the stall owner's expression immediately changed and he said angrily: "Don't you know what you have done yourself? Do you still want to involve others? I'll tell you clearly. The higher-ups have said that you will be fined twice.
Ten thousand taels of silver, and I will ask you to publish another issue of Ming Pao tomorrow, stating that your previous remarks are pure confusion, do you understand?"
Zhang Sun Teng was stunned by the sudden outburst at the stall. Didn't he just mention the grand report? As for that?
To fine him 20,000 taels of silver, which made his heart bleed, and to have Ming Pao publish a newspaper admitting that he had confounded right and wrong, wouldn't that be a slap in the face, but a slap in the face?
For a moment, Changsun Teng was heartbroken. According to this idea, is Mingpao, which he worked so hard to establish, really irreversible?
Changsun Teng gritted his teeth, took out a thousand taels of silver notes, and stuffed it into the hand of the stall owner: "Sir, if it's inconvenient, please introduce me to the person in charge of this case."
One thousand taels of silver notes, for a small stall owner, was a windfall. After receiving so much money, the stall owner still revealed a little bit of information to Changsun Teng.
"To tell you the truth, this matter is the palace's intention. You can't turn the case over."