After Lu Yao said, "You can't have your cake and eat it too," he felt a little regretful. The people in charge here may have some business acumen, but when it comes to reading, they have only read a few words. But then again
, Lu Yao felt that they should not be unclear about such wise words.
However, what he saw were dull eyes, and he didn't even know the meaning of this sentence. Fortunately, a person in charge understood what he said, and then asked: "
Dare I ask Mr. Xiaolu, what are bear paws and what are fish?"
Lu Yao looked at the person who asked the question and said: "Everyone should know that I took the imperial examination some time ago. Speaking of which, everyone took good care of my properties during that time. I never had the chance to thank you.
, I would like to express my gratitude here today.”
After saying that, Lu Yao bowed directly to everyone.
Later, Lu Yao continued: "I have already decided that if I can successfully pass the imperial examination, I will join the court as an official. So, do you understand what I mean?"
The person in charge of the questioning was the person in charge of the cement factory. He was the smarter one among these people. He knew what Lu Yao meant by what he said.
So he said: "Master Xiao Lu is going to enter the officialdom. This is a good thing, but once you enter the officialdom, you don't have to stop the business you are doing."
As soon as these words were spoken, other people in charge also agreed. Obviously, they had simpler thoughts than Lu Yao regarding official and commercial matters.
Lu Yao waved his hand and said: "No. Once I enter the officialdom, I will be an official in the court. At that time, if I still have these properties below, I will be criticized. But now the model has changed. I only extract
If I share the money and the accounts are clear, it won’t have any impact on my career.”
Everyone seemed to understand, and the person in charge of the cement plant spoke again and said: "I probably understand, Mr. Xiao Lu, you still don't believe us. If we can manage the workers below well and prevent them from having any problems,
Those court officials have no way of causing trouble for you."
Lu Yao thought that finally there was someone who understood and could tell the stakes. So Lu Yao patiently explained: "It's not as simple as you think. People's hearts are not as simple as snakes swallowing elephants. Just like everyone here wants to become the boss of the industry.
, do you think that the workers under you also want to be the leader? Moreover, as the leader now, I only need to restrain you, but under you, there are dozens of workers in each industry.
People, or even hundreds of people, you must not be able to look up their backgrounds one by one to know whether they are unreliable or not. So, once I am targeted and something really goes wrong, then what will happen to me below?
All industries will suffer, and it will affect the whole body. The reason why I made that suggestion just now is for the sake of the future development of all industries."
Lu Yao's words were sincere. He knew that for these people, there is absolutely no problem in playing the emotional card, and what he just said was indeed what he was thinking. He didn't want to
At that time, due to his own reasons, all industries will be inspected, so that there will be a lot of unemployed people, and all the efforts he made before will be in vain.
Hearing this, the person in charge of the cement plant completely understood Lu Yao's purpose of calling everyone here today. He felt that what Lu Yao just said was very reasonable. These industries seemed to have no connection with each other, and their respective operations
Everyone is different. But if the day comes when a problem really arises, it is impossible for the higher authorities to inspect only one industry. By doing this, Lu Yao can be said to have avoided risks for himself and reduced everyone's risks.
So, after figuring out this problem, the person in charge of the cement plant took the lead and said that he would be the first to go to the study with Lu Yao.
Lu Yao knew that this was a sensible person. After he told him all the development plans, the 30% profit would be a drop in the bucket for these people in charge. So, Lu Yao asked Tang Xi and Fu Bo to greet the others in the main hall.
The person in charge, he followed the person in charge of the cement factory to the study room to talk.
In the main hall, other people in charge saw Lu Yao leaving, so they inevitably began to analyze the suggestions made by Lu Yao just now.
"You said that Mr. Xiao Lu is going to become an official in the court, are you sure?"
"I think it should be a sure thing, otherwise he wouldn't have summoned us here. If we fail by then, it will be embarrassing not only for him, but also for Mr. Lu Xu."
"That's right. The suggestion Mr. Xiao Lu just said is good, but the 30% profit is a bit high."
"I say so. When the time comes, we will have to pay for all kinds of financial expenditures and workers' wages ourselves. And it is impossible for Mr. Xiao Lu, a man who is so good at calculating, to make any fuss in the accounts.
matter."
"I don't know who the new contact person he mentioned is, but since he is his confidant, he is definitely not a guy who can deal with people."
"I'm telling you, you didn't realize the key point of this meeting. Mr. Xiao Lu just said that the 30% profit every month is not for nothing. Didn't he already go to the study to have a secret meeting? He will
Let me tell you about your factory’s next development plan and what else is needed.”
"That's the problem. Who knows what advice he will give us. None of us understand what he said. What will we do if we are deceived by him? We don't know whether what he said is worth it in the future.
Thirty percent profit every month.”
"What I'm saying is that if he just said something casually because we didn't understand it and signed the contract randomly, no matter what our business situation is, he will still be living happily with 30% of the profit, and he will be an official in the court.
He has no worries, and what he thinks is quite beautiful."
"Yes, let me tell you, this contract cannot be signed casually."
"Yes, yes."
Tangxi listened to these people whispering these words and did not react at first. But later, when he heard that everyone felt that the advice given by Lu Yao was probably to deceive them, Tangxi was also furious.
.
Different from before, Tang Xi's identity is now the housekeeper. Before Chen Chen officially became Lu Yao's housekeeper, he still dealt with these people directly.
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role, and should be higher than these people in level.
So, Tang Xi spoke. He didn't want to be slandered by these people just because Lu Yao was not present.
"Let me tell you, everyone, no matter how you say it, you are all working under Mr. Lu Yao. The ownership has not been given to you yet. It is not appropriate for you to talk like this."
Everyone looked at Tang Xi and knew that he was working under Lu Yao, but they didn't expect Tang Xi's attitude to be so tough today.
However, these people in charge thought that they would start their own business after this, and they would not be doing things for Lu Yao, so they did not need to be polite when they spoke today. So some people in charge looked at Tangxi mercilessly and said: "Tangxi, you
When we work for Mr. Xiao Lu, we naturally have to talk to him. Maybe you don’t know or understand the suggestions he gives us.”
After saying this, there was a burst of laughter from everyone present. The meaning of their laughter was also very clear. They were mocking Tangxi. After all, Tangxi was just an escort. In the eyes of these people in charge, Tangxi and themselves were
There is no difference. They are all just taking advantage of Lu Yao and later became Lu Yao's butler. Therefore, Tangxi must not be aware of this series of actions made by Lu Yao.
If Tangxi was still serving as an escort, he would have flipped the table and rushed up to fight with the person who was talking. But now that Tangxi has become the housekeeper of the Lu Mansion, fighting is very disrespectful.
.So Tangxi said: "You are right. I don't know what the specific advice Mr. Lu Yao is going to give you. But you can think about it, why are you sitting here today, and why?"
It’s not just like me, it’s all relying on the master’s wisdom and property. He has safely handed over the management rights of these factories to you. Otherwise, do you think you are qualified to enter the Lu Mansion?”
As soon as these words were spoken, some of the people in charge could no longer sit still. Their faces were really unflattering, but Tang Xi's words were so rough that they couldn't find any reason to argue.
Uncle Fu looked at Tang Xi from the side and nodded slightly, obviously indicating that he should continue talking.
Tang Xi continued: "Do you think the young master will give you some useless advice? I don't think so. The young master will soon embark on the road of official career, and he will not have the time and energy to take care of the following industries.
, coupled with the turmoil in the situation between North Korea and China, you may not offend anyone at that time. He will separate you from this turmoil, so that you can make money and have food to eat, and the workers below can also get their wages. You are still here.
Is it appropriate to talk about him here?"
After saying this, Tangxi directly dropped the cup in his hand to the ground. This was a combination of kindness and power given to him by Lu Yao. For such a rough man, it is useless to just be reasonable. Sometimes such tough methods are also useless.
Can have an effect.
Sure enough, everyone did not expect Tang Xi's attitude to be so tough, so they all said that they were just joking and had no real intention to accuse Lu Yao.
Therefore, Tang Xi's attitude softened and continued: "Think about it, these industries are all the efforts of Mr. Lu Yao little by little. Apart from anything else, when the Wine Fairy was established, Mr. Lu Yao and I
I’m not familiar with it yet. I followed him step by step to get to where I am today. I feel uncomfortable giving up these industries. I can guarantee that the advice he gave you will definitely be useful, because if the industry is really big by then
Who has suffered losses or cannot continue to operate, who do you think is really embarrassed? It is Mr. Lu Yao himself. Even if he becomes a hands-off shopkeeper and only takes a share of the profits, in the eyes of others, it is still an industry built by him.
When the losses disappear, will there be no voice in the court that makes fun of him? Even if it is for his own reputation and status in the court, I don't believe he will give you useless advice."
After saying this, Tang Xi stopped talking, silently put away the broken cups, stood aside, and looked at everyone coldly.
These remarks were made from the perspective of a bystander, helping those in charge present to analyze the current situation clearly. After listening to Tang Xi’s speech, coupled with the previous attitude of the person in charge of the cement plant, Lu Geng had already agreed with Lu Yao
The suggested approach made all the leaders present somewhat shaken.
At this time, a servant suddenly entered the main hall, which surprised Tangxi.
During this meeting, Tangxi and Uncle Fu had already explained that unless there was something particularly urgent, no one else would be allowed to enter the main hall and disrupt the meeting.
But now this servant looked nervous, something big must have happened, so Tangxi signaled Uncle Fu to continue entertaining everyone, and he walked towards the servant's location.
"What happened?" Tangxi took the servant to a deserted corner and asked.
The servant said that Young Master Han Wenyuan of Han Mansion had come and wanted to see Lu Yao by name, and that he would not meet him in the manor. He wanted Lu Yao to meet him outside the manor.
Tangxi was a little confused. What was Master Han Wenyuan doing here at this time? Within a few seconds, Tangxi suddenly remembered that he had just gone to the Han Mansion to deliver the manuscript. Could it be that something went wrong there?
Needless to say, the order of the manuscript must have been wrong, and he had not had time to tell Lu Yao about this matter. Now was the critical moment inside, and Mr. Lu Yao must not disturb him. So, Tangxi asked his servants to return to the door to stand guard.
, he returned to the main hall and explained to Uncle Fu that he had something important to deal with at the door. Then Tangxi left the main hall and went straight to the main entrance.
The person in charge present was also a little puzzled as to why Tangxi had just left after speaking impassionedly. Just as he was wondering, the person in charge of the cement plant had returned to the main hall with some manuscripts.
"Everyone, I don't know about other factories. My cement factory has signed a contract with Mr. Lu Yao. From now on, I will give Mr. Lu Yao 30% of the profit every month."
"Have Master Xiao Lu given you the next suggestion?" someone asked.
The person in charge nodded and said: "Here, there are five pages of paper. Moreover, after I thought about it carefully, these suggestions are at least very useful to our cement factory. I think they are worth the price. I
I hope everyone will also go to the study and have a good talk with Mr. Lu Yao."
After saying this, the man looked at the people present. He was obviously looking for Tangxi. He didn't expect that Tangxi was not in the main hall now, so he could only look at Uncle Fu and said
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: "Master Lu Yao said that he will wait in the study for the next person to pass."
Uncle Fu nodded, and then asked other people in charge present if they wanted to go to the study room.
With the first successful example in front, and Tang Xi's explanation of the stakes just now, the people in charge began to be tempted, and soon a second person in charge entered the study.
At this time, outside the Lu Mansion...
Tangxi felt very panic in her heart. Han Wenyuan's visit must be urgent. In recent days, the Lu family and the Han family have not had much interaction. That is to say, just now she went to the Han Mansion to deliver a manuscript to Han Wenyuan.
, the manuscript was actually given to Han Yunyu. Tangxi said in her heart, just don’t think there is any problem with the manuscript.
Pushing open the door of Lu Mansion, Tangxi saw an angry Han Wenyuan standing not far away. This was the first time Tangxi saw such an angry Han Wenyuan.
Tangxi walked over, knowing that he was in the wrong, so he kept smiling and said, "Mr. Han is here to visit, what's the matter?"
Han Wenyuan's eyes were cold, he glanced at Tang Xi and said, "It has nothing to do with you, just ask Lu Yao to come out."
"Mr. Han, our Mr. Lu is dealing with important matters in the mansion, so if you have anything, you can tell me first." Tangxi looked at Han Wenyuan and said.
Han Wenyuan snorted coldly, and then said: "Well, since it was you who came to deliver the manuscript just now, I can tell you."
After saying that, Han Wenyuan took out some manuscripts from his sleeves and threw them directly on the ground. Tangxi could only bend down and pick up the manuscripts.
Han Wenyuan said loudly: "Give this manuscript to Lu Yao and ask him to give a reasonable explanation of what is written on it. Just now you gave the manuscript to me, and I gave it to my little sister. After reading it, she
I was very angry and directly said that this was definitely not written by Lu Yao. The article was completely unstructured and the content was so bad that I couldn’t read it. If it weren’t for the handwriting being written by Lu Yao, I would not have believed such a bad manuscript.
It was written by Lu Yao."
Tangxi picked up the manuscript and took a look at it, and then he realized that, except for the first and third pages, which were the Records of the Stone, the content of the other pages had nothing to do with the Records of the Stone. Tangxi knew in his heart that this should be given to Cao Cao.
The content of the manuscript sent to me was in the wrong order due to the circumstances that happened to me on the road.
However, Tangxi understood that if he told Han Wenyuan that he had mistaken the order at this time, he would definitely ask who the other manuscripts were for, so he could not tell the truth now. So Tangxi could only say that he would wait until Lu Yao took care of it.
It may take a day or two to give Han Wenyuan an answer regarding matters within the Lu family.
Although Han Wenyuan was a little angry, it was more because his sister suddenly lost her temper in the mansion just now. Han Yunyu refused to admit that this thing was written by Lu Yao. She could only say that Tangxi had given it to her personally.
He and Han Yunyu also had a quarrel. After that, Han Wenyuan was very angry, so he took the manuscript and went to the Lu Mansion to investigate. Of course, this kind of thing is a trivial matter in the end, and there is no need to let his father Han Yonghe
know this.
Looking at the current appearance of the Lu Mansion, Lu Yao was indeed dealing with some important matters, otherwise it would not be Tangxi who came out to greet him. Han Wenyuan also knew etiquette, so he told Tangxi that when Lu Yao had time, he hoped that he
I can go to Han Mansion in person to explain the reasons.
After leaving these words, Han Wenyuan left without looking back.
"Now we're in big trouble." Tangxi sighed and was about to turn around and go back to the Lu Mansion. When he reached the door and opened the door to enter, he heard a pause.
Tangxi turned around and saw Cao You's figure slowly appearing in the distance.
Obviously, he must have come to Lu Yao about the manuscript.
Fortunately, Han Wenyuan had already gone far away and did not see Cao You, otherwise there would really be no way to end this matter.
Tangxi walked towards Cao You with a frustrated look, holding in his hand the manuscript that Han Wenyuan had just given to him.
Seeing this, Cao You smiled and said, "I think Han Wenyuan should have been here already,"
Tangxi smiled bitterly and said, "Yes, I didn't do this well."
Later, Tangxi handed the manuscript to Cao You, and then told Cao Yu that he had an unexpected situation when delivering the manuscript. Cao You was different from Han Wenyuan. Cao You had a closer relationship with Lu Yao. Tangxi felt that
If you tell Cao You what happened, he will probably believe you.
On Cao Yu's side, he adjusted the order of the manuscripts and then handed the remaining manuscripts back to Tangxi. Obviously, the manuscript Tangxi was holding now was to be handed over to Han Yunyu.
"I believe what you said, but I'm not sure whether the Han family can believe it was your mistake." It seemed that Cao You still believed in the character of Lu Yao and Tang Xi.
"Then you came to me to get back the correct manuscript?" Tangxi's voice became softer as he spoke. He no longer wanted to ask Cao Han about his reaction after seeing the manuscript. After all, Cao Han had a much hotter temper than Han Yunyu.
Cao You said with a smile: "You don't have to look like this. If my sister is also furious, I won't be so calm when I see you. After my sister read "The Story of the Stone", she just felt that it was not very written.
, and it seems that it is not an article that Lu Yao can write with his character. She still prefers to read this manuscript that Lu Yao wrote specifically for her, and these are her original words."
Tangxi breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, Cao Han was not angry because he received the wrong manuscript.
Cao You looked at the door of Lu Mansion and said, "It seems that Lu Yao is doing business inside, otherwise he should have come out to see Han Wenyuan just now."
Tang Xi nodded, and Cao You continued: "Then I will go back, and I have to give the correct manuscript to my sister. You can give Lu Yao a message. He doesn't have to worry about me here."
After saying that, Cao You waved his hand and left Tang Xi's sight.
Tangxi sighed. Although Cao You and Cao Han did not pursue the matter, in the final analysis, he did something wrong. It was his first mistake since becoming the steward of the Lu family. How should he explain it to the young master later?
By the time Tang Xi returned to the main hall, many people in charge had already gone to the study. When each of them came out, their faces were very happy. It seemed that the young master had a good conversation with each of them.
So just like that, Lu Yao and all the industry leaders finally successfully signed the contract.
