After being a widow for half my life, I found out that my husband was not dead.

As soon as these words came out, there was silence below. After the silence, someone started to curse in a low voice.

"Trickster!"

"100 taels. Although we want to see the real faces of these pictures, we are not taking advantage of them!"

"No, who will go?"

Chen Chong felt a little uneasy when he heard the voice below, "Going back to what I said above, for the top ten poems and essays, we will give these ten paintings to the author for free as prize money!"

"free?"

"Really free?"

"Is it really free?"

This time no one scolded profiteers, they just thought it was incredible and couldn't believe it.

"Master, say it again!"

Chen Chong nodded and said: "You heard me right, we will send these ten paintings away. You all have great literary talent. I believe you can all write good poems and essays. Everyone depends on their ability. Let's learn from each other in the literary competition!"

"I attended!"

"I'm participating too!"

Literary people always look down on each other. Everyone feels that they are better than others, so they are confident that they can win a painting. It is worth using 100 taels to make a fortune from 1 taels to 2 taels.

Looking at the students below who raised their hands enthusiastically, Pei Rong waved his fan and went out with a smile.

"Master, can this move work?"

He sighed, "The owner of Nanmo Zhai is probably not good at arithmetic."

After coming out of Avon Pavilion, Pei Rong saw Liu Yunxiang standing on the street. When he came down, she walked towards him.

"Boss Pei, I want to do business with you."

"If it's Yunjin's business, I've already made it clear to Boss Liu."

Liu Yunxiang smiled and said, "No, it's another business. Of course I can also find another study to do it."

Pei Rong lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, then turned to look at Avon Pavilion and said, "Boss Liu, let's talk in Tianxiang Pavilion."

"it is good."

In the private room on the second floor of Tianxiang Building, Liu Yunxiang explained the business she wanted to do with Pei Rong. It was actually very simple. Her Nanmo Restaurant had just opened and it was still empty. There was no way to open the business. She wanted to start from Pei Rong's. Get the goods from Qingxiangzhai.

"Of course, this is for a short period of time. As for the price, whatever price you sell it to others is fine."

Pei Rong shook his fan. This business was certainly profitable for him. Selling in large quantities could still make a profit based on odd sales, but the labor cost was reduced and it did not affect the daily operation of his study. It could be said to be a blessing from heaven. good deal.

"It's just Boss Liu, what do you earn?"

Liu Yunxiang smiled, "Boss Pei doesn't have to worry about it."

Pei Rong's thoughts turned around, "Are you the owner of Nanmo Zhai?"

Liu Yunxiang admitted generously, "Yes."

Pei Rong couldn't help laughing, "It's really similar."

"like what?"

"Uh……"

"Boss Pei, it doesn't matter."

“To use a saying from our guys: Stupid people have too much money.”

Liu Yunxiang said angrily: "Who says I will definitely lose money? Boss Pei will just wait and see."

Pei Rong suppressed his smile and said: "Since it is a profitable business, I will not refuse. Boss Liu can come to my Qingxiangzhai to pick up the goods at any time. You can get whatever you want, as much as you want."

Liu Yunxiang breathed a sigh of relief, "That's good."

When she stood up to leave, Pei Rong kindly reminded her: "I can roughly guess that Boss Liu's plan is like this. Those scholars will each go to Qingyuan and pay 100 taels. If you do this for ten days, you estimate If you can get 15 taels, you can make up for the money you spent on these paintings. If you can get more, it will be a profit, and at the same time, you can get the name of Nanmo Studio out, right?"

Liu Yunxiang nodded, "Yes."

"Boss Liu really has a good mind. If it is as you expected, it will be a good start for Nanmo Studio without spending a penny to gain popularity. But you have overlooked one thing. Although many of these students are from good families, But not everyone can afford 100 taels. According to your assumption, if you want to earn 15 taels, you need [-] people. To tell you the truth, it is almost impossible."

Liu Yunxiang shook his head, "Actually, Boss Pei hasn't included the money for renting Qingyuan, the money for hiring waiters, and the money for tea and snacks."

Pei Rong raised his eyebrows, "You also provide free refreshments?"

"Of course, I paid 100 taels of silver, so the service must be attentive. The tea must be good. As for the snacks, by the way, I plan to have the snacks from your Tianxiang Tower."

Pei Rong held his forehead and said, "I heard that His Highness Seventh Prince has a lot of business in private. He must have made a lot of money."

"Before he came to Beijin, everything had been embezzled by bad guys."

"then you……"

"Me, I'm okay, I can be considered a rich person."

"Okay, over at Tianxiang Tower, I will hire more people in the next few days to ensure that you have enough snacks."

Liu Yunxiang stood up and bowed to Pei Rong, "Thank you, Boss Pei!"

On the first day of Qingyuan, the paintings of old man Zongshan were displayed. A lot of scholars came, but not many people went in. There were only about fifty people in one day. After scraping off the remaining numbers, Chen Chong looked at the remaining numbers, his hands shaking with the abacus.

"Boss, I don't need any monthly payment this month."

Liu Yunxiang smiled, "I can't do without you!"

"But this..."

"Don't worry, there will be more people behind."

On the second day, everyone's enthusiasm was a little lower, and there were only about thirty people. On the third day, there were even fewer people, only about twenty people.

When the boy told Pei Rong the situation, he shook his head and smiled, which was what he expected.

"It's true that women are unreliable in business." The boy said with emotion.

Pei Rong lowered his eyes, "It's not that women can't do business, but that some people are not suitable."

Nanhonglou was already like that. She didn't learn her lesson and built another study room. This time she suffered even more losses. Some of the people he was talking about were Liu Yunxiang.

He was thankful that he didn't impulsively cooperate with An Hong because he was angry with her.

This is asking for death and trouble!

Pei Rong panicked for Liu Yunxiang, but Liu Yunxiang didn't panic. When Chen Chong suggested that he should just stop doing it and at worst give away three paintings and pay less, she didn't agree.

"Integrity is important in doing business. If you don't break the contract, keep going!"

On the morning of the fourth day, Liu Yunxiang asked Chen Chong to post the top ten poems and essays rated in the previous three days outside the gate of Qingyuan. The scholars were already paying attention to the elegant gathering in Qingyuan, and many people gathered around to watch.

"Tsk, whatever I wrote can be ranked in the top ten!"

"I can write better than them when I'm on the toilet!"

"It's so simple, I have to give it a try!"

So on the fourth day, scholars swarmed in, which Chen Chong didn't expect. In Qingyuan, everyone was enthusiastically writing poems and compositions, and actively making selections. The atmosphere was warm and harmonious, and the smell of books was overflowing. Coupled with the good tea, snacks, scenery, and atmosphere, some people no longer care about those paintings and prefer to be here. Make friends through literature.

There were more than 100 people that day. Chen Chong's hands were shaking for three days, and they were shaking even worse today. He calculated the accounts and found that at least he did not lose money today, and of course it was still far from 15 taels.

On the fifth day, the top ten poems were posted, and Qi Zihe's narrative was displayed again. This time, it was crowded in the morning and afternoon, with more than 200 people that day.

On the sixth and seventh days, as the ten-day period drew closer, the number of people increased.

On the eighth day, Liu Yunxiang proposed that the top ten students would be given paintings, and the top fifty students would be given the Four Treasures of the Study worth one hundred taels, wishing the students good results. Therefore, on the eighth day, the number of people reached an unprecedented height.

At this time, Chen Chong's talent was revealed. At this time, he could still make thoughtful arrangements without making any mistakes. And at the same time, we had to take care of Nanmo Zhai. Because of the popularity of Qingyuan Elegant Gathering, Nanmo Zhai's business was also very good. In the end, we had no choice but to borrow a few guys from Pei Rong.