Chapter 47 Business Opportunities 2
"I didn't expect you to have this skill." Ji Zheng exclaimed.
Painting is the most testing of patience. I never expected that Li Wencheng, who usually looks so careless, actually has such great painting skills.
"Did you write this too?" Looking at the corresponding word in the picture, the character is neat and tidy, each stroke is very smooth and powerful, and the tip of the pen is sharp, which is both exquisite and majestic.
"right!"
Ji Zheng had even more respect for Li Wencheng. No wonder everyone said that calligraphy and painting were one and the same. Now looking at Li Wencheng, he really believed it.
Looking at the vivid pictures on the menu, Ji Zheng's mind suddenly turned, and he seemed to have discovered a business opportunity.
"How are you at drawing people?" Ji Zheng asked again.
Li Wencheng closed the fan in his hand, raised his eyebrows and said, "It's a piece of cake!"
After saying this, he was afraid that Ji Zheng would not believe him, so he insisted on dragging Ji Zheng to his study, no, it would be more appropriate to say studio.
The studio is not very big, but it faces south and has very good lighting and ventilation.
I think this should be the best room in their courtyard.
"Just wait, I'll find some of my best works." Li Wencheng threw the fan in his hand and ran to the other side of the studio to look through a pile of rolled-up scrolls.
There are also many paintings hanging on the walls of the studio, mostly landscapes, food, and daily life paintings.
However, there is a painting hanging on the far left that is actually a portrait.
At just one glance, Ji Zheng recognized that the man was Lu Qin, but the person in the painting looked young, about thirteen or fourteen years old.
Both the temperament and appearance are very similar, as if they were taken with a camera.
At this time, Li Wencheng came over with a bunch of paintings.
“You see, these are the ones I am most satisfied with.”
As he spoke, Li Wenche unrolled the scrolls one by one, and one exquisite figure painting after another fell into Ji Zheng's eyes.
There were Mr. Li, Mrs. Li, Lu Qin, and a few people Ji Zheng didn't know.
"I didn't lie to you, did I?" Li Wencheng's face was full of compliments, Ji Zheng found it funny, "Yeah, it really looks like you."
Li Wencheng chuckled twice and gently rolled up the unfolded painting.
After looking at the paintings, the two returned to the front hall. The noodles were already cooked. Li's mother brought two bowls of noodles filled with chicken to the table and enthusiastically invited Ji Zheng to eat.
"I have a way to make money. Are you interested?" Ji Zheng said casually while eating noodles.
"What method? How much money can I make?" Everyone likes money, including Li Wencheng.
Ji Zheng did not answer the first question, but answered the second one: "How much you can earn depends on you."
"Look at me?" Li Wencheng exclaimed.
"Can you tell me what the method is?"
"Do you know the recent hit Journey to the West?" Ji Zheng said slowly. His way of making money was by doing peripheral business.
"Of course I know that." Li Wencheng replied.
"You can draw the characters in it and sell them!"
Li Wencheng's eyes lit up and he slammed his chopsticks on the table. "Yes! Why didn't I think of that before!"
"Brother, how come you are so smart!" Li Wencheng sighed, and then continued: "When the time comes, I can draw several kinds. The simple ink color will be sold cheaper, and the colored ones will be sold more expensively. Then I can also produce a few simple versions and exquisite versions..."
Listening to Li Wencheng's marketing method that achieved three goals at once, Ji Zheng sighed again. He didn't expect that Li Wencheng also had some business acumen.
When Ji Zheng came back to his senses from his fantasy of becoming rich, he had already finished his noodles and was about to leave. Li Wencheng quickly stopped him and said, "Brother, you came up with this method. How about we split the money 50-50?"
Ji Zheng was waiting for this moment. He knew that based on Li Wencheng's personality, he would definitely give him a share, but he didn't expect Li Wencheng to split it equally with him.
"No need, I just proposed a method. The rest of the labor cost and material cost are still up to you." Ji Zheng waved his hand and refused decisively.
Li Wencheng naturally didn't want to do that, so he immediately said, "How about a 40-60 split, 60 for me and 40 for you?"
Fearing that Ji Zheng would not agree, he added, "Otherwise I will feel guilty, big brother, please."
Seeing that Ji Zheng still frowned in disapproval, Li Wencheng said again: "Then... 30-70, I'll take 70 and you take 30. This is my bottom line."
"Brother, if you don't agree to this, then I won't do it!" Li Wencheng persuaded again.
Only then did Ji Zheng nod reluctantly, and said shyly: "Well, since you are like this, how can I disagree? You are really my good brother. It's worth it that I thought of you first when I thought of this method."
Li Wencheng, a naive boy, believed this heart-wrenching confession without a doubt. He was very moved and pulled Ji Zheng's arm and said, "Brother, how about we split it 50-50? Since you treat me as a good brother, I will also..."
Holding back the laughter in his heart, Ji Zheng quickly interrupted: "I feel embarrassed about the 30-70 split. If it's really 50-50, I will really feel bad."
After saying that, he was afraid that Li Wencheng would say something else, so he said goodbye quickly, "I have something else to do, so I'll leave first and wait for your good news."
He pushed away Li Wencheng's hand that was grabbing his sleeve and walked away with big strides.
When he arrived at his own room in Xiangxiang Building, Ji Zheng finally showed a triumphant smile. Tsk, this idiot Li Wencheng is so easy to fool.
Ji Zheng said he was in a good mood as he could earn 30% of the profits without spending any money or putting in any effort, and also gain a good reputation for being loyal and righteous.
After drinking a bowl of throat-soothing medicine brought by the waiter, Ji Zheng changed into a long gown, put on a mask, and went on stage.
As usual, she scanned the audience first, but during this scan she saw her boyfriend.
My already happy mood suddenly became even happier.
Ji Hean in the audience naturally knew that Mr. An He on the stage was his own son, so he didn't listen to much of the story, but kept staring at him.
Seeing this, Ji Zheng wished she could get off work right away and hug her boyfriend.
It was difficult to finish this game, but he still had one game to go. Thinking of this, Ji Zheng felt very depressed.
But I still changed my clothes and went to find Ji Hean.
"Why are you here?" When I saw him, I wanted to hug him, but this was on the street after all, and it wasn't a good idea to do so with so many people coming and going.
"I came here because I was bored at home." Ji Hean said with a smile.
Ji Zheng thought that Ji Hean was missing him and came to see him, but he didn't expect that they were just strolling around because they were bored.
Suddenly, the depression in my heart worsened a lot.
But no matter how depressed you are, you still need to care about what you should care about, "Have you eaten?"
"Not yet." Ji Hean shook his head, "But we'll go eat later."
Ji Zheng nodded, "Do you have enough money? If not, come and find me here."
Although he said so, Ji Zheng thought about it and took out two taels of silver and stuffed it into Ji Hean's pocket, "Buy whatever you want, eat whatever you want."
"Yeah." Ji Hean nodded.
"Then go and have dinner, and wait for me when you go back in the evening." Unable to resist, Ji Zheng reached out and pinched Ji Hean's cheek.
"Okay."
Then Ji Zheng saw Ji Hean taking Ji Zhongzi away without any reluctance, and they didn't even look back at him.
Ji Zheng: “…” Is this the pain of being in love?
No matter what happened on Ji Zheng's side, Ji Hean took Ji Zhongzi directly to Yunxiangyuan Restaurant.
The food at this restaurant is his favorite, so he also wants to bring his good friends to try it.
"Xiaoxiao, are we sure we want to come here?" Ji Zhongzi tugged at the corner of Ji Hean's clothes with some hesitation on his face.
Patting Ji Zhongzi's hand, Ji Hean whispered, "It's okay, we have money, and the food in his house is really delicious! I must bring you here to try it."
Having said that, he pulled Ji Zhongzi in.
Big restaurants are different. The waiter didn’t care at all about what they were wearing and just greeted them to their seats with a smile.
"What would you like to eat?" the waiter asked with a smile.
Ji Zhongzi had never been here before, so he naturally couldn't tell the story. Although Ji Hean was afraid of talking to strangers, he was the only one who could speak up at this time, "I want, I want a steamed pork ribs with rice flour... a pear sweet soup... a pickled cabbage... a braised lamb."
Seeing Ji and An so skillfully listing the signature dishes of their restaurant, it seemed that they must have been here several times. The waiter smiled even more, "Okay, please wait a moment."
Soon, the dishes were served one by one. The two of them ate so satisfactorily that there was not a single drop of food left. Of course, this was mainly because Ji Zhongzi ate so much.
After leaving the restaurant, Ji Zhongzi was still savoring the taste, "That sweet soup was really good!"
"I think so too." Ji Hean replied with a smile.
The two of them went shopping in other places and bought a lot of things in the whole afternoon, of course, mostly food.
When the time was almost up, the two returned to Xiangxiang Tower to wait for Ji Zheng.
Coincidentally, they had just arrived at Xiangxiang Building and Ji Zheng had just come out after receiving his wages.
Taking the things from Ji Hean, Ji Zheng asked, "Are you having fun?"
Ji Hean nodded heavily, "It's fun!"
His voice was cheerful and his smile was brilliant, and his whole body exuded a happy aura. Ji Zheng was also infected by this aura and felt very happy.
Now that he had money in hand, Ji Zheng had wanted to buy a servant for a long time. Now that Ji Hean was here, it was a good opportunity for him to choose.
"Don't go home for a while. I told you last time that our family wants to buy a servant. Now that you are here, let's go and do it." Ji Zheng said as he walked, holding Ji Hean's hand.
"Do you really want to buy a servant?" Ji Hean was a little reluctant.
Although slaves in the Jin Dynasty were cheap, their masters could not kill them at will after buying them. Even if they made mistakes, they had to be handed over to the government for punishment, and the masters were also responsible for the servants' taxes.
So even though servants are cheap, ordinary people would not pay to buy them.
He felt that if he bought a servant to serve him, Ji Zheng would have to spend a lot of money to support another person, which would be very difficult for Ji Zheng.
Ji Zheng naturally knew what he was thinking, so he said, "But I really don't want to cook or wash clothes, but I can't bear to let you do these things."
Hearing this, Ji Hean no longer objected. Ji Zheng spoiled him and he really didn't do any housework. He was also afraid that he would be bored so he bought him a lot of toys.
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