Chapter 96 Opening Preparations
This crying face looked a little unfamiliar. She had never seen this maid before, so she rubbed her eyes and asked, "Who are you? Why are you here? You are not from my room."
Li Da, who was standing outside the door, heard Chang Xixi's voice and answered directly: "I just caught this guy. Xiaohong was knocked unconscious by me, and he didn't let me in to call you."
"You go down."
Chang Xixi dragged her tired body to get up. Her health was indeed not good after staying up late. She also forgot to go to her own space to sleep. At least she would feel better there.
Because she was thinking about Gu Rongyu's problem, she forgot about this matter. After washing up and eating a quick meal, she took the so-called script she wrote last night and went straight to the teahouse.
Just a quarter of an hour, just a quarter of an hour, and she was late. Fortunately, Li Da was very punctual.
Chang Xixi looked at Li Da beside her with satisfaction and patted his shoulder with satisfaction, "Boy, you've done a good job, I admire you very much. From now on, you are mine. Don't follow Gu Rongyu, follow me and you will have the best food and the best drinks. You know my methods, and you can still make some money."
Li Da had never thought that Chang Xixi would want to recruit him. He didn't know how to respond. Gu Rongyu had already given himself to her. Even if the young master was reinstated in the future, he would probably still have to follow Chang Xixi and protect her safety.
However, this kind of open recruitment is really rare.
Fortunately, I didn’t listen to Xiaohong today, otherwise I wouldn’t have gotten such a good job. It’s worth it.
"Thank you, Madam, for your appreciation. From now on, I will follow you and work exclusively for you. I brought Renwen here with me, so he's naturally yours. I hope you can accept him."
"No, no! You have to teach me how to behave properly. You have to teach me how to behave properly. You know I don't accept stupid people here."
"That's natural."
Li Da understood what Chang Xixi meant. Renwen was inflexible and easily deceived. Working under her, it didn't matter what you knew; what mattered was being able to talk, or being able to get things done like him.
This is the only way to use it for a long time.
The shopkeeper was waiting for Chang Xixi to come. When he saw that she only brought Li Da with her, the shopkeeper thought that this could be done. Chang Xixi completely treated her as one of her own.
That day, when he came to the house, Chang Xixi didn't seem to want to talk about business at home, so he couldn't say much.
It was just a simple instruction. I came here today, and I'm afraid that the real cooperation has just begun.
Chang Xixi asked the shopkeeper to find a secluded place and took out the notebook she had written overnight. It was just a story about a scholar and a young lady written from memory.
She handed the item to the shopkeeper and took a sip of tea. "This thing of mine! It can't be leaked. Also, the storyteller you're supposed to choose has already been chosen. I have a document here for you to sign, and then we can find someone from the government office to act as a witness! Our cooperation is now complete, and from now on... harmony brings wealth."
"Yes, yes."
The shopkeeper waved his hand and several storytellers came into the room. Chang Xixi looked up and dismissed a few of them after just one glance at their appearance.
The shopkeeper thought she was looking at someone's appearance and said, "I'm afraid that won't work. Storytellers, who cares about appearance? They've all been doing this for a long time. They all have good eloquence, but I've never heard of anyone looking for good looks."
"Well, let me ask you this... What would you do if the woman on stage wasn't pretty enough, or her voice wasn't sweet enough, while you were listening to a little song?"
"You turned around and left. What's the point of listening? I took a sip of tea and looked up to see that ugly face. Wouldn't that make me lose my appetite?" The shopkeeper said without thinking.
"Look, you all have this idea. If those officials and the people who listen to the story also think the same, then it should be... the same as your idea. It doesn't have to be very good-looking. At least the eyebrows and eyes should be neat and the teeth should be good. These few people meet these requirements, and then we can talk about the voice." After Chang Xixi said this, she asked them to perform a piece.
There was only one voice among them that she found quite pleasant to listen to, so she chose two of them from the ten.
Chang Xixi gave them the script she had prepared, "Go down and memorize all of this. I'll give you two hours. When the time is up, come back here and perform a segment. Those who perform well can stay. For those who don't, I have other arrangements."
After she had dealt with these, she discussed other matters with the shopkeeper.
Seeing her swift and decisive approach, the shopkeeper felt that this matter could definitely be accomplished!
"Your teahouse is the biggest in Ruzhou City. You must be paying a lot of protection fees every month! Tell me who's behind you."
The shopkeeper looked at Chang Xixi in surprise, "How do you know there's someone behind me?"
Chang Xixi curled her lips into a smile, knowing everything she knew, and began to speak, "At first, I asked you to work with me, but you disagreed. That's because you didn't know my background. Later, just as my reputation as a miracle doctor was starting to improve, you came to visit. I knew then that the person behind you was interested in me. Asking you to work with me... you didn't dare to make the decision on your own."
"You...you guessed right."
The shopkeeper was so impressed. No wonder they said this man could command Miss Zhang's admiration. It was indeed true. She didn't need to ask anyone to investigate; she could tell directly that there was someone behind him, and someone she could see.
The shopkeeper took out an invitation. This was an invitation from the richest family in Ruzhou City, and the date was the day after tomorrow.
Chang Xixi took a look at the invitation, and Li Da, who was standing behind her, took the invitation.
"Can I take my husband with me?"
The shopkeeper nodded, wondering in his heart what kind of man could make a woman like Chang Xixi surrender! And be willing to take him to such an occasion.
Chang Xixi didn't give the shopkeeper any chance to be distracted. "You definitely haven't written the notice yet. First, write some flyers on rice paper. Flyers are the paper with information written on it. I'll write the content, and you can have the shop assistants stand at the door and hand them out to everyone they meet."
"This? What's the use of this?"
"Do publicity! Don't you want our store to be packed on the opening day? If so, then do it according to my method." Chang Xixi said, rolled up her sleeves, picked up a pen and started writing.
"I'll go find someone right away. How much of that kind of paper do you need?"
"At least a thousand sheets. By the way, go find some scholars who can write on paper... the more the better." Chang Xixi gave another order, and the shopkeeper left in a hurry.
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