"If you were not introduced by my good friend, I would ask you for 30%." The other party took a sip of the Tianxianglou wine at hand and shook his head.

An Jingzhi was silent for a moment, then pretended to grit his teeth and said, "Alright, 20% is 20%. At worst, we can just do more publicity. Ultimately, we still need the County Magistrate to help us get it done."

Master Zhao put down his wine glass and smiled with satisfaction, "It's best that you can figure this out. If it weren't for the county magistrate helping you take the risk, I'm afraid you would be making things easier for others."

An Jingzhi was able to host this competition with the help of his reputation as the founder of billiards and the efforts of the big merchants in Zeyun County.

But others can also easily take away their fruits and the pots.

…

"You sly guy." After being outside in the breeze for a while, Master Bai became much more sober.

"I'm leaving now. Whether your business makes money or not, you have to leave Chunming's five hundred taels for the imperial examination fee."

After Master Zhao left, the atmosphere between the two relaxed a lot. An Jingzhi smiled and said, "Don't worry, Master. Thanks to your help this time."

"That's nothing. I'm just setting you up. It's your ability to convince him."

If it were any other teacher, they would definitely reject An Jingzhi's request without thinking. What's the point of a billiards competition? Isn't this just a waste of time?

Mr. Bai, who was dragged by dozens of people in his family, knew the importance of silver.

"It's all thanks to you for helping me to ask Master Zhao out. Otherwise, if I handed him this invitation, I'm afraid he wouldn't even look at it." An Jingzhi said.