Chapter 44
Facing the newcomer, Ji Mingqing felt a little unhappy, but at the same time, he seemed to have a sense of relief and peace of mind.
They finally came. This incident happened so long ago, but they were patient and only came to find me today.
"What are you doing? You're blocking the door, and none of our guests can get in." Ji Mingqing looked at Louzhe fearlessly, "You're the head of Jin Yu Man Tang, you should understand this principle."
Ji Mingqing was neither humble nor arrogant, and he looked at Louzhe fearlessly. Seeing him like this, Louzhe raised his hand and twirled his beard. "Such a simple truth, I naturally understand it." After saying this, he raised the hand that was twirling his beard to his ear and fanned his fingers back and forth. "All of you, step back and don't disturb Boss Ji from doing his business."
The people brought by Louzhe were obedient. When told to retreat, they only retreated one step and then continued to stand steadily outside Ji Mingqing's restaurant, refusing to move an inch.
Ji Mingqing was almost laughing out of anger. Do these people really think that they are easy to bully because they have just arrived in the fairyland, so they are so fearless?
Ji Mingqing crossed his arms over his chest and said, "So what is Manager Lou doing here? Our store is small, and Manager Lou probably doesn't think much of it, so he won't invite you in."
"No problem." Lou Zhe didn't seem to care about Ji Mingqing's attitude. He took out a jade slip, handed it to Ji Mingqing and said, "Our city lord wants to invite Mr. Ji to his house for a chat. I wonder if Mr. Ji can give me some face."
"Invite me?" Ji Mingqing feigned ignorance. "Invite me for what? I have a small family and a small business, yet I am favored by the lord of a city."
After hearing this, Louzhe clapped his hands and laughed, saying, "Boss Ji, there's no need to underestimate yourself. You've caught the City Lord's eye, so you must be extraordinary. Boss Ji, please give me some face so I can report back."
Ji Mingqing took the jade slip and pretended to look at it. Then he put it into his storage bag, shook his sleeves, and replied nonchalantly, "I'm very busy. I won't go."
Lou Zhe was not at all surprised that Ji Mingqing would give such an answer. He replied with a smile: "No problem, I will reply to the city lord like this."
After Lou finished speaking, he lowered his voice and muttered with some regret in his tone: "What a pity..."
Ji Ming listened to his words and replied politely, "Indeed, the restaurant is small, so we are sorry for the inconvenience today. If you are free, you can come to Fengxi Garden now and have a seat. We will definitely welcome you with open arms."
"Then we'll see you next time." Lou's smile didn't reach his eyes. "Boss Ji, please make preparations in advance."
Who are you threatening? Ji Mingqing wasn't afraid at all. "Next time, you can do some research before coming and ask friends who have been here before. That way, you won't end up ordering the wrong dishes and end up losing both your wife and your troops."
"Hahahaha..." Lou laughed out loud unexpectedly. He laughed so happily that Ji Mingqing felt angry.
"If it's really the wrong dish, it won't cost much to throw it away. Boss Ji doesn't need to be so cautious."
After Lou Zhe finished speaking, he raised his hand and waved, and the people he brought immediately dispersed and disappeared from Ji Mingqing's sight. Lou Zhe looked at Ji Mingqing meaningfully, and finally left a sentence "Take care, Boss Ji", and then left leisurely.
After these people left, Ji Mingqing suddenly lost his strength. His voice trembled slightly, "Cui Ding, Cui Ding, come and help me!"
Cui Ding was just about to praise Ji Mingqing for his courage, but he didn't expect Ji Mingqing to show his true colors the next second. When Cui Ding went over to support him, he could feel his muscles trembling slightly.
Even after all this, he still held Xiaowan tightly... Cui Ding looked at Bai Cangze meaningfully, his eyes full of disapproval.
Why didn’t the Lord help when I was putting pressure on Ji Mingqing just now?
If Bai Cangze knew what Cui Ding was thinking, he would definitely slam the table in opposition. He did not exert any pressure on Ji Mingqing at all just now.
Ji Mingqing became like this entirely because he lacked confidence!
Ji Mingqing finally breathed a sigh of relief after being helped to his seat in the restaurant. He placed Xiaowan, whom he had been holding tightly, on the table and wiped the sweat from his hands.
Xu Yihe also thoughtfully brought a pot of hot tea. Ji Mingqing looked at Xu Yihe gratefully, then held the cup with both hands and took a few sips.
"Boss Ji..."
"I was so scared." Ji Mingqing felt that the clothes on his back were soaked. He used all his strength to appear fearless.
However, Ji Mingqing, who had not had much experience, was still somewhat powerless in the face of such a threat.
"Boss Ji has performed well. We need to let them see that our store is small and we can't just bully them."
"That's right!" Ji Mingqing agreed, and then he took out the jade slip that Lou had just given him. "I haven't read this. I'm afraid he's tampered with it. Can we pay someone powerful to help..."
Before Ji Mingqing could finish, Cui Ding snatched the jade slip and stuffed it into Xu Yihe's hand, "Give it to him, let him see it."
"Alas!" Ji Mingqing wanted to take the jade slip back. What if it had been tampered with, like leaving a mark on the soul, or adding some terrible curse to it...
That’s how the novels he read in school were written!
"It's okay." Xu Yihe seemed to see through Ji Mingqing's thoughts and said, "I'll pay attention."
Even so, Ji Mingqing still looked at Xu Yihe with some worry. Xu Yihe smiled and probed his spiritual sense into the jade slip.
As expected, the jade slip had been tampered with.
After Xu Yihe's spiritual sense probed in, he felt a trace of mark trying to attach to his spiritual sense. Xu Yihe strangled it on the spot, but it was only a short moment. To outsiders, it seemed that Xu Yihe did not suffer any attack at all.
"It says here that in half a month, Yin Fuzhang, the owner of Jin Yu Man Tang, wants to invite Boss Ji to visit them." Xu Yihe casually returned the jade slip to Ji Mingqing. "There's nothing wrong with the jade slip."
After listening to this, Ji Ming finally felt relieved. He then asked curiously, "Is there anything else written besides this? Like, if I don't go, they'll burn my house down or something?"
Xu Yihe laughed, "Even if he really wanted to do that, he wouldn't write it down in the jade slip."
"That's right, but luckily we don't have any customers today. Otherwise, if they found out about this, they might not come again!"
Seeing Ji Mingqing so optimistic, Cui Ding didn't dare to tell him directly that before he came back, he had scared people away.
They didn't charge any money!
"Alright, let's follow the plan now!" Ji Mingqing slammed the table, then turned around to see a group of people looking confused. Ji Mingqing slapped his forehead and said, "I forgot to tell you."
After saying this, Ji Mingqing took out a few sheets of paper that he had written in the morning and said, "This is my plan. Let me read it to you."
"The first step is to expand Fengxiyuan's influence."
After Ji Mingqing finished speaking, he put down the paper in his hand and looked around. "What do you think about this?"
"No." Everyone shook their heads in unison.
"I was originally thinking of asking you how to expand your influence." Ji Mingqing shook his head. "I've written three options here. Let's see which one works."
"The first way is, of course, a discount." Ji Mingqing said to everyone, "This discount will definitely attract a lot of customers."
"But our current prices are already very affordable," Cui Ding said. "If they were any cheaper, we wouldn't be able to make much money."
"Costs are high now because we have to buy all the materials from outside," Ji Mingqing said. "Next, I've decided to grow vegetables and raise livestock on our own land to reduce costs."
"In this way, it will be very helpful for the long-term development of our restaurant." This was the second step that Ji Mingqing wrote on the paper, and the remaining page and a half were all in blood. He wanted to plant and raise what kind of immortal plants and livestock.
"And the third point..." Ji Mingqing fished out the last piece of paper, "I want to hold an event at Fengxi Garden."
"What activity?" others asked curiously.
"I want to organize a parent-child event." Ji Mingqing made the final decision: "Within half a month, we must make this event a great success."
"But in half a month, Yin Fuzhang might come looking for trouble with us." Cui Ding was puzzled. "Shouldn't we hire some powerful guards?"
Ji Mingqing explained, "My main purpose with this activity is to expand my influence. Once I become famous, Yin Fuzhang will have to think twice before taking action. Even if he's doing something behind my back, he'll be more cautious."
But guards did need to be hired. "I'll leave the hiring of guards to you." Ji Mingqing handed the matter to Cui Ding with confidence, and then wanted to pick up Xiaowan and return to the courtyard to write a plan for his own activities.
Just as he was about to raise his hands, Xiaowan dodged his hands with a flash.
It seems that I hugged Xiaowan too tightly just now, and Xiaowan is uncomfortable.
Ji Mingqing secretly made a note of Yin Fuzhang in his heart.
After returning to the yard, Ji Mingqing picked up a pen and thought for a long time.
He must make this activity perfect and irreplaceable, so that the little kids will be reluctant to leave. If the children like it, their parents will definitely pay more attention to him.
In this way, you will be protected by these parents invisibly.
Ji Mingqing knew that his idea might be a little naive, but he wanted to give it a try anyway.
He had no way to immediately upgrade himself to become a powerful person, nor did he have any way to immediately gain a high status and make others look up to him, so he could only find another way and work hard in other areas.
However, he took on this unscrupulous business war!
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