To be honest, Lu Yao never expected to encounter such a situation when he came to Pan Mansion on this trip.
Originally, Lu Yao wanted to come to Pan's house to confirm their search for the team and players, and then leave. Unexpectedly, he came to Pan's house. Although Pan Yuanwu didn't see him, fortunately, his friend Pan Wen still took him to see it.
Looking at the fifteen team members he personally selected, I have to say that Pan Wen's vision for finding team members this time was beyond Lu Yao's expectations.
Originally, in Lu Yao's imagination, Pan Wen should be able to attract a group of strong men. Regardless of physical strength or speed, as long as they are strong men, they can enter the Pan family's team. This is in line with Lu Yao's plan.
Understanding Pan Wen. He had originally planned to accompany Pan Wen to find new team members after seeing the people he had found. Unexpectedly, when he saw these fifteen people, they were all
Masters, of course, they are not Cuju masters yet, but one by one, they all have their own strengths, and they are very in line with the standards of football players. This shows that Pan Wen really took a good look at the information he sent to everyone at that time.
Manuscript of basic criteria for selecting team members.
I really didn’t expect that Pan Wen would attach so much importance to the Cuju competition. Originally, Lu Yao thought that among the three families, his future father-in-law Han Yonghe’s family would be the most supportive of his work. Now it seems that the Football Lottery is very interested in Pan Wen.
The attraction is so great that it can actually turn a rich second-generation man who spends all his time at home into a migrant worker who has a goal and works hard for it.
The lottery is really terrible.
After talking about the Pan family’s team, let’s talk about the opponents they want to choose. It seems that Pan Wen really attaches great importance to this Cuju competition. He should also know in his heart that although the team brought by the Pan family will become the first in this Cuju competition.
Opponents in rounds of competition, but if the difference in strength is too great, it would be meaningless. This would only make the people and the audience question it.
Therefore, in terms of choosing opponents, one is to find a reliable team, which determines that the founder of the selected team should be within one's own social circle. Therefore, Boss Zhao and Boss Sun can be said to be both right
Pan Yuanwu's partner became a target.
The so-called first-come-first-serve approach, with this advantage, he naturally wants to repay his partners. Lu Yao would have made the same choice. Pan Yuanwu is a businessman, so the same is naturally true for Boss Zhao and Boss Sun. Boss Zhao has been with them from the beginning.
The Pan family has cooperation. It can be said that a large part of the reason why their business is so prosperous is because of Fan Lou's popularity. On the other hand, the Sun family gave the land to the Pan family for free and put it in
Hyundai, it should be said that even if it is a shareholding, Fan Lou's income over the years, even if Pan Yuanwu did not tell Pan Wen, Lu Yao can guess that among them, there must be a dividend to Boss Sun.
The same is true for this Cuju competition. If you can get your partners to participate, then through the football lottery, no matter who advances to the next round, you can get huge benefits, and the cost you have to pay is just the composition.
A Cuju team of more than a dozen people was just going to play a one-hour game. Pan Yuanwu couldn't understand this deal.
But the most practical problem now is that there is only one opponent left for the Pan family to choose.
In other words, the Pan family must choose one of the Zhao family and the Sun family to become their opponent in this Cuju competition. This decision must be made, but once the decision is made, one can imagine the consequences.
The relationship between the party that benefits and the Pan family will inevitably become closer, but the other family will not have the opportunity to participate in the Cuju competition, and the impact on the Pan family will definitely be considerable. How to decide at this time?
In fact, not to mention Lu Yao, even Pan Yuanwu, who is shrewd in dealing with things, has not figured it out these days. He originally wanted to talk to his son Pan Wen to see what he thought, but Pan Wen has been busy choosing his own home these days.
The team members, plus his own son, don’t go around much with the Zhao family and the Sun family on weekdays. His understanding of the two families is only through his introduction to him, so even if he chats with Pan Wen
Tried it once, but it didn't help Pan Yuanwu.
Until he went out this morning, Pan Yuanwu had not made up his mind as to who he wanted to cooperate with, and how should he explain himself to the other company? But time waited for no one, so Pan Yuanwu had no choice but to bite the bullet and go out.
At this time, Pan Wen asked Lu Yaolai about who should be selected as the other team to participate in the competition this time.
After Lu Yao analyzed it in his own mind, he had no idea. After all, if you choose one of the two in this kind of thing, the one who is not chosen will definitely be hit. Just for an entertainment project, both parties are so involved.
It's really not worth it to fall out with each other after many years of friendship.
Lu Yao looked at Pan Wen and said, "Don't ask me yet, if you were asked to make a choice, which company would you choose to cooperate with?"
Pan Wen was stunned for a moment and looked embarrassed, but in the end he still gave Lu Yao a satisfactory answer.
"I will choose the Zhao family."
This friend of his has the same choice as him deep in his heart. However, Lu Yao still wants to hear why Pan Wen chose the Zhao family.
Pan Wen thought for a while and said: "After all, we still have a lot of business cooperation with the Zhao family. If our cooperation with the Zhao family is finally broken due to this incident, then no one will provide Fan Lou with food ingredients in the future.
For a while, it was difficult for us to find new merchants who could provide us with large quantities of ingredients."
Lu Yao nodded and said: "What you said makes sense. In fact, from your introduction just now, it seems that Boss Sun and his family have a lot of financial dealings with your family. Over the years, your father should have had a lot of contacts.
Although the kindness to the Sun family when Fan Lou was established cannot be measured in terms of money, their family should have received a lot of dividends from you over the years."
"Dad never told me about this," Pan Wen shook his head. He only thought about the cooperation between the Zhao family and his own family. Regarding the Sun family, Pan Yuanwu did not inform him about the dividends.
Lu Yao said: "It's normal for your father not to tell you. After all, you haven't really become Fan Lou's new boss yet."
"Then, if it were you, what would you think?" Pan Wen asked.
"I would also choose the Zhao family, but I have some different ideas from yours," Lu Yao said. "From what you just said, no matter which company the two companies choose to cooperate with, it will affect their relationship with the other company. Then
My idea is, if it really affects the relationship between the two of you, which one will suffer less."
Pan Wen was a little confused, obviously not understanding the meaning of Lu Yao's words.
Lu Yao smiled bitterly in his heart. He originally thought that Pan Wen's IQ would make a qualitative leap through the training of the past few days, especially his outstanding performance during the last tripartite talks. But now it seems that it was only in some aspects.
Generally speaking, my brother has not changed much.
So, Lu Yao continued to explain patiently.
"Let's talk about the Zhao family first. If the relationship between you and the Zhao family deteriorates, then the losses to your Fan House will be immeasurable. The Zhao family has always been on good terms with your family, and the amount of ingredients your Fan House has to purchase every day is huge.
Quantity, and because of the relationship between the Zhao family and your Pan family, when they prepare dishes for you every day, they can not only ensure the quantity, but also the quality. Even if you survive for a while and find the next vegetable vendor to cooperate with,
, can you guarantee that the ingredients provided by the new vegetable vendor will be the freshest?"
Pan Wen suddenly understood and said: "Maybe it won't be short of weight, but it may be mixed with some not so good ingredients."
"That's right," Lu Yao nodded and said, "In this case, your Fan Lou's evaluation and status in this city will be threatened, but as for the Zhao family, they still sit firmly in the top spot as vegetable merchants.
have any impact on them."
Pan Wen nodded and motioned for Lu Yao to continue.
Lu Yao said: "In comparison, the impact that Boss Sun's family has had on you is much smaller. I heard you talk a lot about Boss Sun and your family, but after listening to it, it seems that apart from the beginning
In addition to financial and human support, after the establishment of your Fan Tower, I later changed my people, so I probably didn’t provide you with any help anymore.”
Pan Wen said: "That's true, but..."
Lu Yao waved his hand. He knew what Pan Wen was going to say, so he said: "I understand what you mean. Your father must have thought so too. A favor should be repaid by a spring. If it hadn't been for the support of Boss Sun back then, it would have been the same."
There will be no Fan Lou now. If that's the case, then you can double the money and share it with him, that's fine. Use this aspect to make up for the damage caused to him by not participating in the Cuju competition."
"You mean..." Pan Wen thought for a while and said, "Give Boss Sun a sum of money to put an end to the problem?"
"That's right," Lu Yao said, "You have actually not had any business dealings with the Sun family in recent years, and this Cuju competition is nothing more than an entertainment event for the Sun family, not a serious business. If you can give them enough money, I would like to come
They also don’t want to lose the huge dividends you give them every year from Fan Lou’s income. Moreover, as you just said, they should be showing some signs of family decline. At this time, you can give them a sum of money.
A huge sum of money, isn't this just helping them? Moreover, something like this happened to Boss Sun's son. Do you think that if you really asked the Sun family to cooperate, if the emperor knew about this matter, once he knew about it,
Knowing the background of the Sun family, I'm afraid you will also be implicated. Moreover, even if the emperor is not angry, how can the Sun family have the intention to organize such a Cuju team now? With money, his children might be released from prison as soon as possible.
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After hearing what Lu Yao said, Pan Wen suddenly realized, and then said: "If we give them this money and tell them another way to double the money, then they will definitely be grateful to our family.
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Lu Yao was a little surprised by these words, so he asked: "What method are you talking about?"
Then, Lu Yao saw Pan Wen's eyes shining brightly, and heard Pan Wen say: "My method is like this, give them a large amount of money, and then let them use the money to buy football lottery tickets. Of course, they have to buy our Pan Wen."
Then we will win all the way and win in the end, so that the Sun family can also get a lot of income, what do you think?"
Lu Yao didn't think of this at all. He asked the Sun family to buy football lottery tickets, and the cost of buying football lottery tickets was still a huge sum of money given by the Pan family. In this case, if the Pan family's team won the final victory, it would be a bloody profit. If not
Beware of being eliminated, the cost was borne by the Pan family, and the Sun family must have only invested part of it in the football lottery, so it is not considered a loss.
"This method is good, but there is a problem," Lu Yao thought about it and said, "That is, can your team really win?"
Pan Wen said confidently: "Don't worry, I have confidence in my team."
"That's fine, but I don't know if your father will settle the matter outside today. It would be meaningless for us to discuss it here."
Hearing what Lu Yao said, Pan Wen finally reacted and quickly called his servants, wanting to send people to the Sun Mansion and the Zhao Mansion to inquire about the situation.
Unexpectedly, at this time, the old housekeeper's voice came.
"The master is back."
Then, Pan Yuanwu was seen appearing in the hall. He seemed to be in a low mood.
Pan Yuanwu stepped forward and saw Lu Yao was there, and said, "Why is Mr. Lu here?"
"I'm here to see how your team selection went. I have to say that the players Pan Wen selected look pretty good." Lu Yao stood up and said.
Pan Yuanwu smiled, found a chair and sat down.
Seeing this, Pan Wen came up and asked, "Dad, how was your chat with the Zhao family and the Sun family today? Have you decided?"
Pan Yuanwu said: "It has been decided. I think we will have to make a decision sooner or later, and wouldn't it be better to give them more time to find the players."
"So, which one did you choose in the end?" Pan Wen and Lu Yao looked at each other and asked.
Pan Yuanwu took a breath and said: "The Zhao family, no matter what, the supply of food is Fan Lou's top priority. There is no way I would hurt the harmony with the Zhao family just for a small Cuju competition."
Sure enough, after all, Pan Yuanwu is a businessman. When it comes to business, he, like Lu Yao, carefully considered the pros and cons and finally chose the Zhao family.
However, Pan Yuanwu did not think as much as Pan Wen and Lu Yao thought. Instead, he directly told the Sun family that they had no chance. This made the Sun family feel very embarrassed, so they had a big quarrel with Pan Yuanwu, and then
He drove out of Sun Mansion.
Only then did Pan Yuanwu look unhappy.
"The friendship with the Sun family is gone, but if it's gone, it's gone. Anyway, their family has a lot of bad luck now. They can't even protect themselves. How can they participate in the Cuju competition." Pan Yuanwu sneered and said.
Lu Yao winked at Pan Wen, which obviously meant that he told Pan Yuanwu about himself and the method he had just designed.
Pan Yuanwu was very surprised. He first looked at Pan Wen. Obviously, he did not believe that his son could have such an analysis and design such a method. Then he looked at Lu Yao again, and his expression returned to normal. If it was
Lu Yao's idea, then everything makes sense.
Pan Yuanwu stood up and said seriously to Lu Yao: "Thank you, Mr. Lu, for clearing up the confusion."
Lu Yao quickly waved his hand and said, "As you say, it was my idea to send money to the Sun family, but it was indeed my son Pan Wen's idea to enhance the relationship between your two families through football lottery."
"Oh?" Pan Yuanwu finally believed that Pan Wen had really made progress. He looked at Pan Wen and said, "I didn't expect that you could come up with such a method."
Without further ado, after Pan Yuanwu said a few words to Pan Wen, he was about to take Pan Wen out of Pan's house. He said that he would go to Fanlou first to get some food and drinks, and then take Pan Wen with him to go to Sun's house.
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The purpose couldn't be more obvious, that is, to repair the relationship with the Sun family. Just giving money is not enough. Regarding the football lottery, Pan Yuanwu knew that he did not understand Pan Wen as thoroughly as he did. Moreover, he took his son with him to show his sincerity.
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On Lu Yao's side, in order to express his gratitude to Lu Yao, Pan Yuanwu hoped that Lu Yao would wait for him at Pan's house for a while, wait for them to come back, and entertain Lu Yao well in the evening.
Do you want to wait for the two of them at this house? You may have to wait until when. These two people are going to Fanlou to bring wine and food. What's more, Lu Yao is indeed busy today, so he shirks it.
He said that Jiu Zhongxian had something to deal with and was about to leave.
Before leaving, Lu Yao also specifically revealed some things about hot peppers to Pan Yuanwu, which surprised Pan Yuanwu. He immediately said that he would talk to Lu Yao about hot peppers after planting tomatoes and potatoes.
After leaving Pan's house, Lu Yao returned home directly. Tangxi had already been waiting at the house. According to what he had explained before, Tangxi had already sent out the pork belly he had bought from the market under Lu Yao's order.
We went to Jiuzhongxian Restaurant because the dish we were going to treat Su Shi to tonight had to be cooked in front of him, otherwise it would be meaningless.
Seeing Tangxi, Lu Yao called him to his room and asked him about what happened when he invited the two brothers from the Su family.
Tang Xi said: "These two talented men are really informal. I just gave them the manuscript you wrote, and they actually started reading it in front of me. Fortunately, they only read it for about fifteen minutes, and then they started reading it.
I agreed to your invitation tonight and said I would show up at the Wine Fairy on time."
"Looking at them for a quarter of an hour? Have you noticed the expressions on their faces?"
Tangxi thought for a while and replied: "I remember, Su Shi's expression changed the most. First he was puzzled, then he seemed very happy, and he even shouted, this commentator position is really interesting. Su Che's reaction was also different from Su Shi's.
almost."
When Lu Yao heard this, he felt relieved, and then said: "If you look like this, it seems that there will be no problem tonight. You will come with me later, and then you can get a few bottles of good wine from the Jiuzhongxian and return it."
Yes," Lu Yao took out the copied manuscript of "The Story of the Stone" and handed it to Tang Xi. "Also, give the manuscript to Han Wenyuan and the wine to Han Yonghe, but you have to tell them this time.
One thing, I will pay a visit tomorrow, mainly to see how they are preparing for this Cuju competition. There is no need to say more. If they ask you about my situation, you can just shirk it and say you don't know.
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"knew."
After reaching an agreement with Tangxi, Lu Yao took him out of the Lu Mansion and went straight to the Wine Fairy.
After arriving at Tangxi, he grabbed a few jugs of good wine and rushed to the Han Mansion.
Lu Yao looked at the time, then walked into Jiu Zhongxian's kitchen and started cooking the dish named after Su Shi.
Dongpo meat.
On Su Shi and Su Che's side, they started to move towards Jiuzhongxian according to the agreed time.
"Brother, this manuscript has been sent, what else does he want us to do?" Su Che asked as he walked on the road.
"I'm also thinking about this issue. It is said that we have been entertained with good wine and good food last time, so it should be no different this time," Su Shi thought for a while and said.
The two of them were puzzled. When they arrived at the Fairy Queen of Wine, as soon as they entered the door, a smell of meat hit their faces.
In fact, after Su Shi and Su Che left Tangxi, they had been studying the manuscript written by Lu Yao for them about the position of commentator. The two of them had never been exposed to this profession. They were full of talents, but they had no need for this aspect.
, so when I read the manuscript, I saw that these two people were in a fog. This evening, I accepted Lu Yao's invitation and came to Jiuzhongxian. I was a little tired from running around along the way, and I actually felt a little sleepy.
Unexpectedly, the aroma of meat directly stimulated their taste buds.
Su Shi quickly called out the shopkeeper and asked if the wine fairy had any new dishes.
The shopkeeper said that in order to welcome these two people, Lu Yao was cooking in the back kitchen to prepare a new dish. Then, he took the two of them to the private room upstairs.
After a while, some dishes and wine were served. The style was similar to the dishes they had here last time, and the two of them had no other feelings.
Could it be that the smell of meat is just my imagination?
Just as the two of them were thinking this, they saw Lu Yao walking over carrying a big bowl.
The bowl contained cube-shaped pieces of pork belly, which were all deep red in color. It was this meat smell that the two of them smelled just now.
Lu Yao put the plate on the table and said: "Here you two are, this dish is a newly invented dish of mine. In order to show your support for my Cuju competition, Brother Su Shi, I decided to make this dish
, it’s named after you, Dongpo Pork, how about it?”
Su Shi was flattered. Little did he know that Dongpo Pork was actually the braised pork he cooked for them in the following years when he arrived in Hangzhou. In order to express their gratitude to him, the people named the braised pork he cooked for them after him.
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Lu Yao just brought this matter forward.
"What's wrong with this?" Su Shi waved his hand quickly.
Lu Yao didn't take it seriously. He turned to look at Su Che and said, "Try it, will it taste good?"
Su Che couldn't wait any longer, so he quickly picked up the chopsticks, picked up a piece, and put it in his mouth.
