Chapter 56 Teahouse Reform
"I'm afraid... what? Are you afraid someone might steal your business these days? That's not happening." The old man stroked his beard. "You're so famous now, and with the scholars' confidence in you, no one would dare to do anything to you for the time being. Even if someone does come, they'll only be after the money, not a real fight."
Chang Xixi thought about it and started to do it the next day.
She first changed the layout of the hall, making the stage smaller but more exquisite.
There were two more small boxes for answering questions, as discussed with the old man.
Gongs and drums roared. The waiter stood at the entrance of the teahouse, facing the busy street under the scorching sun, and shouted, "Our teahouse is going to be reformed again. It's boring for Mr. Chang to be the only one guarding the stage, so we hope everyone will join in."
"How do I participate?"
The waiter smiled and said, "Then listen to me one by one. From today on, there will be a leaderboard in the teahouse. The first place will naturally be Mr. Chang. Taking on an easy question will earn one point, and taking on a difficult question will earn two points. Those with more points will be included on the leaderboard! The top ten will receive ten taels of silver, and the list will be changed every month. Anyone can stand on the ring to defend it. The winner will continue, and the loser can challenge again. But you need to pay us to enter the ring."
The tea drinkers finally understood what was going on. This was much more fun than before and it was even more lively. The storyteller's ears were almost callused from listening to the storytelling.
"What's the reward if you win first place in the challenge?"
"Take the hundred taels of silver and from now on you can come to our teahouse to eat and drink tea for free, and you can also stay for free. How about it?" The waiter said loudly with his neck stretched out.
"What else? Who doesn't have this kind of money? We need to be more practical."
"That means I can meet with Ms. Chang. You all know that Ms. Chang is a great beauty, and now she has a husband. But it doesn't mean I can't discuss knowledge with young men or take a disciple. Everyone needs friends. Would you like to be friends with Ms. Chang?"
The waiter laughed again.
According to Chang Xixi, what is this? This is the celebrity effect!
It would be so honorable if I could discuss academic matters with Chang Xixi alone... If I tell others about it, I will feel superior to others.
The crowd rushed in. Some people guessed the content and took the answers to the shopkeeper to exchange for points. The so-called points were the number written on a wooden sign. In order to prevent some people from cheating, Chang Xixi also used some means.
For example, she had outlined the words and made marks on the wooden sign that only she and the shopkeeper knew about, not even the waiter and Gu Rongyu knew about it.
Fortunately, no one cheated in the teahouse after the reform. Maybe she just didn't notice it?
Soon, a scholar had already made it to the second place on the list.
Chang Xixi looked at the ranking of the top 100. She saw that half of them were her students and laughed softly. These people didn't come to see her, they just came for fun!
The number of tea drinkers was also increasing. Many of them came just to compete in the charts, while some just came to watch the fun. Some even regarded this place as a base for hanging out with friends and came every day. So the restaurant across the street also cooperated with Chang Xixi.
In just half a month, Chang Xixi had other ideas!
She used the money to buy the teahouse directly!
Yes, I just bought it directly... In modern customs, nothing is more valuable than real estate.
Holding the land deeds and house deeds in her hands, the corners of her mouth rose slightly. This way, she would have the right to use some of the rooms in the backyard. After all, not many people came to stay in the teahouse, and the third floor of the teahouse was all side rooms, so these rooms in the backyard were no different.
The shopkeeper was happy to work for Chang Xixi, mainly because she was generous!
That boss was just like her, paying enough wages and giving gifts, and most importantly, the wages were twice as much as those of other shop owners.
The waiter thinks it doesn’t matter whether he changes his boss or not, it doesn’t matter who he works for.
Others had no objections, but now that her family was big and her business was big, it was time to hire some more people to help. She didn't want temporary workers, but people who could work diligently.
so……
When Gu Rongyu heard about this, he wanted to find a few capable people among his own people. After screening them, he found that these people had no idea how to do business, nor did they know the tricks that Chang Xixi knew. They only knew how to fight, and they couldn't even get a wife after fighting.
Qingnan sat on the stone steps outside the house, muttering, "How can you marry a wife, but you don't give us a day off every day? How can you marry a wife? You are so happy yourself."
Clang! A pen hit Qingnan on the head, and he groaned! He had to pick up the pen and put it back on the pen holder. The young master was getting harder and harder to please lately. He got angry at the slightest provocation, as if he owed him money, even though he hadn't received his monthly salary for a month.
He was complaining in his heart and his expression was not very good.
"Go and pick out some with clean backgrounds and send them to the shopkeeper."
"yes!"
Qingnan had no choice but to go, muttering.
No matter how dissatisfied he was, he didn't dare to speak out. He just wanted to return to the capital and take back everything that belonged to the young master, instead of hiding in such a dark place.
The next day, Chang Xixi saw a dozen men and women kneeling on the ground, like commodities being sold at a high price.
In fact, isn’t it the same when applying for a job in modern times?
Each resume that is submitted is also being screened to see if it is suitable or not.
"Everyone, raise your heads, let me take a look. Although a teahouse is not a brothel, it cannot scare the guests." Chang Xixi took a fancy to two men and one woman. They all had regular features. It didn't matter if they were illiterate. As long as they were willing to learn, they could do well.
One of the two men followed Qingnan as a servant, while the other went to the front hall to teach the waiter how to greet customers, and the woman stayed in the teahouse to do odd jobs.
Gu Rongyu was stunned by Chang Xixi's arrangement.
She didn't think of these people as helping her at all, she just wanted them to lighten the burden, the burden was still on her!
This woman is even more careful than her in doing things, which makes people respect and fear her.
She didn't care about their background, she just hired people, but just did some dispensable work and watched... If it was not suitable, she could kick these people out at any time.
The same goes for Qingnan. It's obvious how defensive she is. I'm afraid the young master isn't in her eyes yet.
The young master was completely attracted to it.
Chang Xixi has locked herself in the small study these days. She is probably planning some new ideas. She wants to make sure the guests' sense of novelty does not wear off too quickly and the process should be interesting and fun.
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