mesbooks Chapter 273: Inquire about information
Chapter 273: Inquire about information
Chen Sanlang was just thinking about how to ask the shopkeeper about the source of the pencils when Huo Ying patted him on the shoulder and walked towards the counter.
Since opening the wood shop, Huo Ying has been considered half a businessman. He knows that the tricks he used in the gambling house will not work in the market. He quickly learned how to deal with businessmen, and it all comes down to profit.
"Excuse me, who is the shopkeeper?"
Chen Sanlang observed closely how Huo Ying became close friends with others in a very short time. He established relationships with the store owners in the name of purchasing goods and inquired about various information, but at this time Chen Sanlang's mind was spinning rapidly.
This kind of Jin carbon pencil has not been sold in Xunnan County, at least he has never seen it. Not for the purpose of helping the Wang family expand their business, but just to have a relationship with the Wang family, Chen Sanlang wants to take a risk!
He directly interrupted the conversation between Huo Ying and the shopkeeper: "If I specialize in selling Jin charcoal pencils in Xunnan County, can you give us a discount?"
"I heard that Yunxunnan is not a big place and the sales volume will not be too large. If you do it, we can support you, but we will not give you too much profit in the short term. You can give it a try first.
You guys go back and study it first, if you really want to cooperate, you can make an appointment and sit down and talk."
Huo Ying's original communication with the shopkeeper was just to help Chen Sanlang gather information, but he didn't expect that after Chen Sanlang joined in, he actually wanted to make a deal.
Huo Ying looked at Chen Sanlang with a questioning look, but Chen Sanlang's expression did not seem fake.
The shopkeeper politely escorted the two men out of the store, and the two parties agreed to return to the store three days later to discuss the details of the cooperation.
After leaving the house, Huo Ying hurriedly grabbed Chen Sanlang and came to a quiet tree, asking in confusion:
"Brother, what are you thinking? Aren't you looking for someone? Why do you want to do this business? We don't have the time. Besides, you've heard him say that if you want to do this business, you'll have to spend at least 20 or 30 taels of silver to purchase the goods in the early stages. Do you have that much money in your hands?"
Chen Sanlang looked at Huo Ying seriously, then finally smiled and nodded.
Huo Ying seemed to understand the meaning in his eyes. "You want to borrow money from me? I tell you, no, I want to use the money to rent a small store in the city, I can't lend it to you!"
Chen Sanlang pondered for a while and asked:
"Brother, didn't you say that there are two stores waiting for me to design? Let's go, let's go and earn the money first, and then decide what to do next?!"
The two of them walked through the bustling crowd, squeezed out of the East Market, and simply found a small stall on the side of the road. After eating a few bites of food, they went to look for the Dongsheng Inn.
Chen Sanlang was not familiar with Xunyang City, but he vaguely remembered that Dongsheng Inn was located opposite the east gate of the East Market, in the back alley of a shop called "Zhengchanglong".
From a distance, Chen Sanlang saw a two-story storefront with ink-colored eaves. The eaves were shaped like upturned wings and rose up like open wings. On both sides of the eaves hung copper-green bird-scare bells.
The overlapping and colorful brackets make the gate look majestic. On the central plaque above the lintel, the words "Zhengchanglong" are written in gold on a black background.
Just the hug in front of the door made Chen Sanlang stunned. The whole tree was as thick as two adults could hug together.
Chen Sanlang murmured, "Strength! How many years will it take to grow this?"
Huo Ying beside him pushed him and said, "Come on, come on, don't just stand there in a daze. The Dongsheng Inn is just ahead."
The two entered Dongsheng Inn one after the other. The innkeeper was very happy. After greeting each other, he said with a smile:
"Brother Huo, you are finally here. Our old boss has been urging me to come. If you don't come, I don't know where to find you. The address you left me last time was an inn. I heard that some of you went to participate in the scientific examination and have left!"
"Sorry, my brother took the exam for the scholar two days ago. We are here just after the exam."
As Huo Ying spoke, he pushed Chen Sanlang in front of him. Chen Sanlang quickly smiled and nodded at the shopkeeper, saying apologetically:
"My brother mentioned to me that you had a plan and asked me to come earlier, but it happened that I had to take a scientific expedition these two days, so I was delayed until now."
"Mr. Huo, I didn't expect that your brother is actually a scholar? Oh! We are marrying above our station!"
In this era of scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans, a scholar's social status was far higher than that of a businessman, so businessmen generally took pride in knowing a scholar.
Chen Sanlang said gently:
"Everyone is just trying to make a living. I'm helping my brother to make our family's conditions better and to make it easier for me to study. Let's go and take a look at the scene!"
The shopkeeper led the two people upstairs and introduced:
“Our store looks like two floors from the outside, but actually has three floors inside.
The third floor has never been actually used. A few days ago, the employer used a set of chairs you designed. He found them very comfortable and said that the style was elegant, beautiful and steady.
I think that instead of leaving the third floor idle, it would be better for you to design it. I also want your design style to be of a higher grade and better than the current Tianzihao.”
As the three of them talked, they climbed the wooden stairs from the first floor to the third floor. The so-called third floor was an open flat floor without any divisions.
Chen Sanlang roughly measured the size with his stride and asked, "How many rooms do you want to make for such a large flat? What kind of guests will you serve? How much rent will you charge? What is the current Tianzihao like? Can I go and take a look?"
The shopkeeper was very straightforward: "Okay, okay."
The two were led to the Tianzihao store, where Chen Sanlang was invited to look around. The storekeeper chatted with Huo Ying about the possibility of cooperation, while keeping an eye on Chen Sanlang's every move.
In fact, the so-called Tianzihao is just a suite, divided into two rooms, the outer room is a living room, a reception room, and the inner room is a spacious bedroom with antique shelves, screens and some decorations.
After looking at the No. 1 rooms, the shopkeeper politely asked Chen Sanlang, "How many No. 1 rooms do you think we can build on the third floor?"
Chen Sanlang made a decisive decision to introduce the decoration mode of high-end commercial outlets, emphasizing the moving lines! Except for some special wood design, other characteristics of this era cannot be changed.
Emphasizing the smoothness of the traffic flow will give the rooms on the third floor a particularly spacious and comfortable feeling.
"Boss, if you also make the upstairs into a Tianzihao, can the room be expanded? The style can be changed. If possible, I think it can be made into four rooms based on the area of the upstairs, but it can no longer be called Tianzihao but Xianrenju."
"Or we can ask someone to give each room on the third floor an elegant name, and then design these rooms in a targeted manner according to the name, so that the artistic conception of the guest rooms is better and can provide a better experience for high-end customers."
The shopkeeper and Huo Ying were both lost in Chen Sanlang's high-end experience. They were unable to react for a moment and stared at him with misty eyes, waiting for what would happen next.