Chapter 564 A Losing Business

With Zhong Yingcai's personality of always pushing things forward, he should have prepared all these things during this period of time, and there should be no delays.

"Has Manager Zhong encountered any trouble?" Zhuang Qingning asked.

"It's not a big deal. I just had a place I had my eyes on and I've almost finished cleaning it up. Yesterday, a shopkeeper named Cao came to my house and said that his friend, shopkeeper Li, had a bigger place. I went to take a look and it turned out to be bigger and better. So I was planning to rent this place and move all my things there. In this case, I'll need to spend another two days to clean up the place."

Zhong Yingcai said, "But don't worry, Manager Zhuang, everything will be ready in the next two days."

"You mean, the place you want to rent is from Shopkeeper Li?" Zhuang Qingning asked with a frown.

"That's right. It seems that this Shopkeeper Li has opened a bookstore in the county town." Zhong Yingcai pointed to the side, "Look, it's not far over there."

After Zhuang Qingning and Zhuang Yutian looked at each other, Zhuang Qingning asked, "So how much rent did Manager Li give you in the end?"

"It's a five-year term, and the annual rent is twenty taels." Zhong Yingcai said, "Actually, I originally intended to buy this place, but the other party was unwilling to sell it, so I thought of renting it first and then talking about buying it later."

"The price I negotiated with Manager Li earlier was twenty-five taels of silver per year," said Zhuang Yutian.

This time, even Zhong Yingcai was a little surprised. After a detailed chat with Zhuang Yutian, he learned the inside story.

At this point, it can be said that everything is very clear. Cao Jiande deliberately acted as a middleman and was willing to pay money to mess up Zhuang Yutian's affair.

"This Cao Jiande, if he is not taught a lesson, he simply doesn't know what is good for him!" Zhuang Yutian said angrily.

"It's very simple if we want to teach him a lesson." Zhong Yingcai narrowed his eyes. "It just so happens that I just finished discussing the matter and haven't moved the things in yet. Since Shopkeeper Zhuang hasn't found a suitable place yet, why not let Shopkeeper Zhuang use this place."

"Since the rent here is cheap, I will pay for it. Since Manager Cao is willing to do this business at a loss, let him do it."

Zhong Yingcai likes to do business, but a gentleman loves money but makes it in a proper way. There are many things he disdains to do, and he even disdains to see others do them.

Cao Jiande's move really made Zhong Yingcai look down on him.

And Zhuang Yutian immediately understood what Zhong Yingcai meant.

At this moment, Cao Jiande only thought that paying the money would only make him feel unhappy. However, if he knew that he paid the money and Zhuang Yutian took advantage of him, he would probably be extremely upset and the unhappiness would naturally be on him.

"Thank you, Manager Zhong." Zhuang Yutian bowed to express his gratitude.

"Manager Zhuang, please don't be so polite. Since you and I are both doing business with Miss Zhuang, we should help each other." Zhong Yingcai said with a smile, "I will arrange for someone to work with Manager Zhuang to clean up the place for him to use."

"In this way, the soap workshop doesn't need to be moved back and forth anymore. Miss Zhuang, please come with me to take a look. If there are no problems, we can start teaching people how to make soap."

"Yeah." Zhuang Qingning nodded.

The matter was settled, and the three people each went about their business according to the established plan.

Zhong Yingcai was obviously very serious. Many of the materials for making soap and the tools needed were prepared very well, with almost no adjustments needed. Seeing this, Zhuang Qingning roughly explained the principles and general production process of soap making, and agreed on a time to teach these workers how to make soap every day until they could make qualified soap.

Also because he had to teach the people in the workshop how to make soap, Zhuang Qingning had to run to the county town every day during this period, and then rush back in the evening.

After working so hard for more than ten days, the people working in the soap workshop basically mastered the soap-making process and were able to make soap independently.

The first batch of soaps produced were of two types: one was the most basic soap, and the other was peach blossom soap made according to the peach blossoms that were in full bloom at that time of the season.

There is no need to talk about the basic soap. The peach blossom soap looks quite fresh in color because of the addition of peach blossom juice. Add some peach petals into it, and it looks like the soap is full of petals and is filled with floral fragrance.

"Not bad." Zhuang Qingning looked at the finished soap and nodded in approval. "Now they are familiar with the soap production process, and they will be able to master what to add to it in the future."

Mass production is just around the corner.

"For this batch of goods, I have prepared people to send 80% of them to the capital overnight and sell them in Linglong Pavilion in the capital. The remaining 20% ​​will be sold in the county town." Zhong Yingcai said.

"If we sell these soaps in the county town..." Zhuang Qingning smiled, "Has Shopkeeper Zhong found a suitable shop?"

"I have asked people to tidy up the branch of Linglong Pavilion, and it will open soon. It is located in the center of East Street, where there was a rouge shop before." Zhong Yingcai replied.

Zhuang Qingning thought about it for a moment and finally remembered.

Zhuang Qingning had been to that rouge shop before. It had a complete range of products and was quite popular because of its good quality and low prices. When she passed by it a few days ago, she saw that the shop was closed and the sign had been taken down. Zhuang Qingning thought that the shop was just preparing for renovation and did not take it too seriously.

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It turned out that the shop was not undergoing renovation, but because its owner had changed.

"But I remember that rouge shop was doing good business. Are they willing to transfer it to Manager Zhong?" Zhuang Qingning asked.

"It was precisely because the business was good that I offered a price 30% higher than the market price and was able to buy it." Zhong Yingcai said with a smile.

Zhuang Qingning, "..."

These past few days, the feeling that Zhong Yingcai gave her could be described in one word: rich!

He bought a shop without saying anything, and bought a place without saying anything. Such a rich and powerful behavior...

She admitted that she wanted to have one, too.

"Manager Zhong is indeed generous." Zhuang Qingning smiled.

"This location is great. It's perfect for selling soap. Since it's a good location, we should hurry up and take it. Although it costs a little more money, it saves a lot of trouble."

Zhong Yingcai said, "If I use the saved time to do other things, the money I earn will be much more than the money I save, so I always don't want to waste too much time on these things."

Very good.

Zhuang Qingning nodded slightly.

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