Chapter 166 I Don’t Want to Be the Third

Chapter 166 I Don’t Want to Be the Third

After two shopkeepers left in succession, the remaining people began to think about what happened today.

Originally, I thought that there was a new head of the family, so he called all the shopkeepers together to recognize him.

I didn't expect that in such a short time, two shopkeepers have already left.

One of them is Mr. Li, the shopkeeper of Moon Viewing Tower.

You know, among all these shopkeepers, Shopkeeper Li is the leader.

There is no other reason, it’s just because the Moon Viewing Tower has the best benefits.

If you have more money to spend, you will naturally speak more confidently.

But the new young lady in charge didn't give him any face at all and even drove him away immediately.

As for Shopkeeper Liu, he has the least presence among them.

After all, he was just the owner of a bookstore. His annual revenue might not add up to what Moon Viewing Tower earned in a month.

Even such a low-key person can't be tolerated,

These people simply couldn't understand the young lady's approach.

Just when a group of people were daydreaming, Song Qingci started calling the roll again.

This time she called the owner of Zanhua Pavilion, Xing Qingshu.

"Manager Xing, although the business of the Hairpin Flower Pavilion is not as good as that of the Moon Viewing Tower, it is still ranked among the shops under the name of the General's Mansion. Do you have anything to say? !" Song Qingci changed his tactics again this time.

She no longer actively asked questions, but wanted Xing Qingshu to speak for himself.

When Xing Qingshu's name was called, his heart skipped a beat.

When he responded to the eldest lady before, he was usually the last one to speak. This was the first time he was directly called upon to answer questions.

Zanhua Pavilion is a jewelry shop.

The scale is only medium. It does not do business for the rich and powerful.

When truly powerful and wealthy people need custom-made jewelry, they will look for court craftsmen or large stores like Caijin Pavilion to have it customized.

These are the established rules in the capital.

The main customers of Zanhua Pavilion are wealthy businessmen in the capital.

A businessman who has money but no power or social status.

The business of the Hairpin Flower Pavilion has always been quite regular, and it can bring thousands of taels of profit to the General's Mansion every year.

Xing Qingshu really didn't know what answer the young lady wanted to hear when she asked him this.

"I really don't know what the young lady wants to ask?" After struggling for a long time, Xing Qingshu decided to tell the truth.

He also understood that the young lady's style of doing things was completely different from that of the previous lady.

If he continued to treat her with the same attitude and method as before, he would probably become the third shopkeeper to be asked to leave today.

He is actually very satisfied with his current status and position.

He has a considerable fixed income every year, and in the eyes of many people, he is the head of the Hairpin Flower Pavilion and has a certain amount of power.

He and the General's Mansion had signed a thirty-year contract. Now, only a dozen years had passed, and half of the contract had not yet been fulfilled.

If he was kicked out by the young lady, what would he do next? !

Find a new owner? That depends on luck.

Even if you are lucky enough to sign up with the main house, who can guarantee that the new main house is better than the general's mansion? !

Over the years, he has seen too many shop owners who were dragged out to take the blame because of their masters' unkindness.

In comparison, the General's Mansion was really a very good host. He really didn't want to be the third person to be kicked out today.

Song Qingci saw that Manager Xing was quite open-minded, so he did not want to make things difficult for him. For something like killing a chicken to scare the monkeys, one or two chickens would be enough. There was no need to kill more.

"Manager Xing, what do you think of the current business of the Hairpin Flower Pavilion?!" Song Qingci put away his previous casual attitude and said seriously.

"This..." Manager Xing pondered for a while before saying, "It's OK."

This evaluation is quite fair. The Zanhua Pavilion is currently in a very embarrassing situation. It is not good, but it is not bad either.

"Have you ever thought about how to make the business of Zanhua Pavilion better? Even comparable to Caijin Pavilion?"

Not only Manager Xing heard this, but the other managers also heard it.

However, no one took this seriously.

Anyone who has lived in the capital city knows what the Hairpin Pavilion looks like and what the Caijin Pavilion looks like.

There is a huge difference between the two.

What the young lady said is, well, really just a woman's opinion.

"What? Looking at everyone's faces, do you think I'm talking in my sleep?!" Song Qingci looked around, taking in the expressions on everyone's faces.

At this time, Manager Xing bowed and replied, "Young Madam, I am not a villain who wants to boost others' ambitions and destroy my own prestige. This Hairpin Pavilion really cannot be compared with the Caijin Pavilion. The two shops are not comparable."

Manager Xing is very self-aware. Even at its best, the Hairpin Pavilion is not as good as the Caijin Pavilion at its worst. Not to mention that the Hairpin Pavilion is now on the decline.

He had tried to save the situation, but to little avail. He thought he had done nothing wrong as long as he could maintain the current level.

"A soldier who doesn't want to be a general is not a good soldier. Did the general teach you to retreat before the battle?"

Song Qingci couldn't understand why, in this business world, can you do business well with a bad attitude? ! They all looked so lacking in fighting spirit.

Just saying that she wanted to compete with Cai Jin Pavilion made them look dead. If she said that she wanted to defeat Cai Jin Pavilion, would they look at her like a monster? !

Hearing Song Qingci bring up the General's Mansion, Xing Qingshu was frightened and waved his hands quickly, "Young Madam, be careful with your words. The General's Mansion didn't teach us anything."

In the country of Dachen, all the farms and shops owned by the wealthy families are registered in the names of their female relatives.

Men have nothing on them except their official positions.

This is the norm and the rule.

Maybe it's because getting involved with these vulgar things would be a desecration of one's dignity as a man.

Therefore, the shop under the name of a certain mansion is actually a shop under the name of the wife who manages the house in that mansion.

The money earned was spent by the whole family. If anything happened, it would only be related to the women and not the men.

All the shops and farms in the general's mansion were still under her mother-in-law's name and had not yet been transferred to her. Of course, she did not urge for them.

She didn't want it to be transferred to her now. If she left later, it would have to be transferred again, which would be really troublesome.

So what Song Qingci said just now implicated the General's Mansion. If this was heard by someone with ulterior motives, it might cause trouble.

Although they were shopkeepers and had more face and money than ordinary people, they were nothing in front of the real dignitaries.

It is better not to say things that may cause misunderstanding.

But Song Qingci didn't care much about these.

If what she said today could get out, Feng Yi could commit suicide to make amends.

"Since the General's Mansion is now in my hands, you managers may have to get used to my way of doing things." Song Qingci picked up another booklet from the tray on the table. It was obviously from the Hairpin Pavilion.

"Shopkeeper Xing, this is the account book submitted by the Hairpin Flower Pavilion for the first quarter. For a jewelry store, the first quarter should be the peak season. However, even in such a peak season, the profit of the Hairpin Flower Pavilion did not exceed 500 taels of silver. The Madam had no requirements for your performance before. She would take whatever you submitted. She would not say anything to you, whether it was good or bad."

"But, I am the head of the family now. I am different from the first lady. Since you are the shopkeepers in charge of each store, please be responsible to the end."

"Manager Xing, this is our first cooperation, so I won't give you any trouble. I won't say much about the profit of the Hairpin Flower Pavilion in the second quarter, so let's just set it at 500 taels."

"If you can't do it, then I will have to replace you. The position of shopkeeper is not a retirement position. It belongs to the capable. The General's Mansion can sign a long-term contract with you, and it can also sign with others. There are not many other things in the world, but people are the most. Don't you agree? ! "

Xing Qingshu felt that his back must be wet with sweat.

The young lady's words sounded like nothing, but for some reason he felt nervous and scared.

The reason why these shopkeepers were so angry was that they were sure that the General's Mansion would not terminate the contract with them. After all, for so many years, the eldest lady had never expressed any intention in this regard.

So, for each store, they just do an okay job.

Only the shopkeeper Li of the Moon Viewing Tower is relatively proactive in his work.

Because Moon Viewing Tower is a restaurant and is most likely to come into contact with dignitaries, he would naturally be more careful.

In a jewelry shop like Zanhua Pavilion, the most common customers are the wives of minor officials or the wives of merchants.

These people would not easily make friends with anyone outside. So it was reasonable for Manager Xing to be in a bad mood.

But now, from what the young lady said, if his requirements are not met, the contract will be terminated and replaced directly.

"Manager Xing, you don't have to be so nervous. As the saying goes, it's better to do the old things than the new ones. After all, you have been the manager of the Hairpin Pavilion for so many years. As long as you meet the requirements, I will not easily replace you." Song Qingci slapped him and gave him a sweet date. "Besides, if you really have something you are hesitant about, you can also come to me. I am different from the eldest lady. She likes quietness and doesn't like to be disturbed. But I like excitement and I am not afraid of you coming to me."