In the years of ancient traders

Chapter 54 The First Pot of Gold

"What's going on?" The shopkeeper of Yi'an Paper Workshop went to the owner to report on his work and came back. He looked through the account books as usual, but found that the business of the workshop had been bleak for two consecutive days, and the paper sold was less than [-]% of the usual amount.

The clerk who stayed in the store was sweating on his forehead: "Two small vendors selling paper came here two days ago. I don't know where the paper came from. They sold it cheaper than ours, which attracted many people to go."

"Cheap?" The shopkeeper was suspicious.It is not uncommon to have paper that is cheaper than his home, but Yi'an Paper Shop is still the only one in Hengzhou City and even Yicheng Qizhou, because the paper of his home is the smoothest and toughest, suitable for writing.

The customers are not blind, but they are just cheap, and they can't make their paper shop's business plummet like this.

"Shopkeeper, I bought one. Look." The accountant at the side handed over the Song's paper he bought, "There were a lot fewer customers in our shop that day, so I felt something was wrong, so I went out to have a look." I know there is such a small stall."

The shopkeeper took the paper and glared at the buddy. Luckily, his accountant was pretty smart. He didn't know how to inquire about such a stupid thing.

The shopkeeper took a closer look at Song Shu’s paper by candlelight, and it was indeed excellent. He has been in this business for many years, and he knows that although the paper is different from his own, no matter whether it is writing or painting, it is not theirs. Hemp paper.

There is a red stamp on the lower right corner of the paper, which is a rule in their business. The finished paper is stamped with a stamp indicating the place of origin and the author. If there is any problem, you can trace it to the source.

"Datu County, Song's Paper Workshop? This seems to be in Hengzhou?" asked the shopkeeper.

The accountant had been prepared for a long time, and immediately told the so-called Song family the location of Datu County in detail.After listening to the shopkeeper, he pondered for a moment and asked, "Are those two still in Hengzhou City?"

"Already out of town." The man finally found a chance and interjected.

It really is an ordinary small businessman?According to the accountant's description, although the Song family is a farmer, they have some skills in business, and the things he makes are unheard of. If he has a long-term operating paper mill, it is not good news for them.

"Pass the message down and let's pay attention. If they enter the city again, report to me immediately." The shopkeeper said.

"Young master, the business in our building has not been good recently. I really don't blame me." The shopkeeper of Wanghai Building was full of grievances, and the flesh on his face was crowded together, "All the rich and poor in this city ran away. After Songji Hot Pot, our place became deserted."

Songji Hot Pot Restaurant has been open for more than a month.

First there was the hot pot gang in the city, and then there was the New Moon Women's Club, all of which were established because of Song Ji hot pot.That's all for the hot pot gang, those people are not the guests of Wanghailou, but the few people led by the New Moon Girls' Association are the big customers of Wanghailou.After those women fell in love with hot pot, they never even entered the door of Wanghai Tower. Even their husbands, sisters, parents, close friends, and even close friends' parents, sisters and husbands fell in love with Songji Hot Pot Restaurant.

The reputation of Songji Hot Pot Restaurant has become more and more famous. It has been open for more than a month and it has not seen any decline. On the contrary, business has improved.

Fu Wen even argued a few words with his old man about this matter.

Mr. Fu believes that Wanghailou is the number one restaurant in Datu County, and it has always been only for wealthy businessmen and distinguished guests. There is no need to compete with Song Shu's hot pot restaurant.

Fu Wen felt that the old man was focused on being conservative and lacked intrusion.

Wanghai Building has maintained its reputation for many years, so it can naturally stand still, but the decline has already shown, and now Song Silang just set up a hot pot restaurant and robbed them of a lot of business, what about in the future?They have Master Jia in Wanghai Tower, and they have Chu Ning in Song Ji.

Song Silang's clever tricks have always been one after another, and the hot pot restaurant is by no means his last trump card. If Wanghailou does not think about making progress, sooner or later he will be defeated by Song Shu's endless new tricks.Fu Wen is unwilling to compromise, he is not in charge of Wanghai Tower for the sake of success.

His wife was about to give birth, so it was not good to bother her about it, so Fu Wen stayed in the study alone, thinking about it all night.

On the second day, regardless of the old man's objection, he unilaterally tore up the cooperation with the Song Family Steamed Bun Workshop.Since Song Ji recruited workers, he has left two guys and one cutting board here. Song Shu didn't say anything at that time, so he doesn't have to apologize now.

The old man was so angry that he blew his beard and stared, and scolded him for ruining Wanghai Tower's reputation.There was no big reaction from the Song family. Song Anan, who was in charge of the steamed bun workshop, just gave his people a cold face.

Fu Wen didn't take any notice of it, and Wanghailou launched a new product that day, five-color steamed buns.

The recipe for steamed buns is no longer a secret. Everyone in Xianghe Village knows it, and Xianghe Village has a lot of marriage contacts with other villages. Once this little lady gets married, she will tell her husband's family about the recipe in her heart.

After Wanghailou got the recipe, he didn't make it public. He secretly researched it for a long time and made these five-color steamed buns.In addition, the Song family's bean paste steamed buns, meat steamed buns, and vegetable steamed buns are ready for sale, and they will launch them soon.

The five-color steamed buns indeed attracted some guests to Fu Wen, and he seized the opportunity to introduce some new dishes developed by the master chef of Wanghailou.

On the day when the new dishes were launched, several guises were put up in front of Wanghailou, and large posters were hung up in the lobby. All the staff put on new clothes and waited for the guests to come.

Fu Wen went to the store in person, picked a private room on the second floor where he could see the gate of Wanghai Building, and waited to see how the guests would fill up.

After sitting for nearly an hour, his face became more and more stiff.

Not to mention that there are so many guests, even less than half of the usual number!

He was about to get up, but saw the shopkeeper trotting in, wrinkled into a bitter melon look: "Young Master, Song Ji Hot Pot also has new dishes today."

In front of the gate of Songji Hot Pot Restaurant, there are a few under the guise of Gongbi paintings, including boiled fish, fish balls, fish fillets, fish tofu, and fresh live shrimp, surrounding the Ruyi Gate facing the street of Songji Hotpot Restaurant.

Song Shu walked around the shop, and almost all of them were full. Some ordered hot pot, some came to taste boiled fish, and some even ordered both.The promenade outside was also full of people, the guys came in and out, moving out a batch of stools that had just been delivered a few days ago, and there was already a crowd of people waiting outside the Ruyi Gate.

Song Shu took the first batch of fish from the fishpond in Sangyuan Village.

These fish dishes were all prepared early in the morning, but they were delayed because of insufficient ingredients.Now that he had enough materials, he picked the day when Wanghai Tower released new dishes, and pushed them out all at once.

Wanghailou stopped buying his steamed buns.He had already prepared for this, and now he does not lack such a little bit, but this unilateral breach of the contract still makes Song Shu a little unhappy. In business, Fu Wen's move is too radical.

Since he wants to be radical, it is better to accompany him to be radical.

"The shopkeeper." Song Shu was halfway through his tour when a clerk ran in with sweat on his forehead and back, "According to your orders, the second batch of leaflets has also arrived."

"Very good." Song Shu smiled.

After Wanghailou launched five-color steamed buns, Song Shu approached Xie Wan and asked her to draw meticulous paintings of several new dishes such as boiled fish and fish slices, and asked a carpenter to engrave a printed version. A lot of leaflets.Then I picked the stalls where Wanghailou launched new dishes, and asked two guys to distribute them on the street, specifically picking the streets near Wanghailou.

Many guests who were going to Wanghailou were intercepted by him halfway, which attracted Songji hot pot restaurant.

"Flyers?!" Fu Wen jumped angrily when he saw the flyers brought by the servants.

What a precious thing paper is, and this man is actually holding it and throwing it on the street!Such a tossing method, of course, can attract many people, but...Fu Wen gradually calmed down. Paper is expensive, and it is even more expensive to hire someone to paint. It must have cost a lot of money to find a craftsman to carve the engraving.The popularity bought with money cannot be regarded as Wanghailou losing!

Some people saw that Song Shu was deliberately targeting Wanghailou, and advised him not to act impulsively.

Song Shu smiled: "Where is it? The ten sheets in my paper workshop are only worth one or two pennies. The paintings are made by Miss Xie. A few days ago, there was a lot of extra wood for the farming frame, so I just messed up the corners and corners. Ask my carpenter for a while, and the engraving will be ready, and the ink will cost some money."

In a few days, this word reached Fu Wen's ears, and Fu Wen was so angry that he didn't eat all day.

In order to overwhelm Song Shu, Fu Wen thought about it day and night, and finally came up with a trick.

He set up a table in front of Wanghailou, and every afternoon, the master chefs of Wanghailou gave cooking performances.The master chef of Wanghailou not only cooks delicious dishes, but also cuts vegetables and stirs them up. Sure enough, many passers-by are watching and applauding.Enough onlookers, let's have a meal at Wanghai Tower by the way.Fu Wen also launched some low-volume but affordable small stir-fries at the right time. Many people who could not afford Wanghailou before came here to try it.

Fu Wen looked at his masterpiece with satisfaction. Over the past two days, the attendance rate of Wanghai Tower was very impressive, but he didn't know what move Song Silang would make next.

He waited for a few days, but Song Shu didn't have any new tricks, leaflets were still being distributed, and one or two new dishes would be released every few days, and later they started selling soy milk and ebony drink in the store.

Song Ji's business is still booming, and the days of launching new dishes will also affect Wanghailou, but the situation is much better than before.Fu Wen added wages to Wanghai Building at the right time, and the hearts of the workers gradually settled down.

As the days got hotter, Fu Wen's heart returned to his stomach.

He knows exactly how to eat hot pot, if they hadn't been able to make the bottom of the pot at Wanghailou, they would have sold hot pot a long time ago.And hot pot has a fatal shortcoming-it is not suitable for eating in summer.

In the hot summer, it is too late to eat ice, who would eat that hot hot pot?You see, there are fewer people ordering soup recently, and the guests are beginning to prefer cold dishes with salad.

That night, a mule cart carrying six large wooden barrels entered Datu County.

Song Shu stood at the back door of Song Ji. As soon as the car arrived, he immediately ordered people to move the barrels into the cellar and put them away one by one.After closing the cellar door, Song Shu saw Song Anan coming with the mule cart.They haven't seen each other for a long time, Song Anan stood there with a stinky face and didn't speak.

Song Shu didn't seem to see his stinky face, and hooked his neck casually: "Come and have a drink with me, it's summer, hot pot with cold beer, don't be too refreshing!"

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