"Twenty percent? That's a bit too little."
After Master Zhao returned, he immediately went to report to the county magistrate of Zeyun County.
The other party's first reaction after hearing it was that it was too little.
Master Zhao had a pretty good relationship with Master Bai, and he could see that Master Bai really had high hopes for the young man.
Facing the county magistrate's questioning, he quickly explained, "So that the adults know."
"It may seem like they're making a lot of money, but in reality, this business requires huge upfront investment, and there's no visible income yet. The risk is extremely high, so not many merchants in the county are willing to participate in this event."
“Every single detail of the promotion and hosting of this event venue is a huge investment.”
The county magistrate was a little impatient. "Why are you telling me so much? Let's get to the point."
Zhao Shiye was interrupted and quickly adjusted his words, "Nowadays, our business tax is one tenth. After deducting their various inputs, it is not easy to earn 50% net income."
"We gave you 20%, and they want the remaining 30% to be divided equally among the ten families. If you ask for too much, I'm afraid they won't continue this activity."
The county magistrate looked unhappy, and Master Zhao hurriedly said, "Although 20% may seem small, you still have 10% in taxes. If you can increase the commercial tax revenue by a significant amount, it will also be your political achievement, and it will be much easier for you to get promoted in the future."
"Besides, this billiards competition can only be held for more than one year."
The county magistrate's expression eased slightly. It would be good if it was a hen that could lay eggs. Although there were not many this year, there would still be more next year.
What he values most is his political achievements. Now, if this billiards competition is successful, he will have political achievements and his pockets will be full.
But next year we can't just take this little bit of money.
A few businessmen can do it? He, a county magistrate, can't hold a billiards competition?
"Okay, let's do as you say for now."
Let these people try their luck this year. If they can make money, we’ll kick them out next year.
The county magistrate had a beautiful idea. He thought that he would receive a large amount of silver every year and would not have to worry about being discovered for corruption. So he was so happy that he found two concubines that night and spent the whole night with them.
The next day, Mr. Zhao called An Jingzhi and told him the news that the county had agreed.
"My Lord takes this matter very seriously. You must handle it well. If you mess up, my Lord will not let you go." Master Zhao said earnestly.
Originally, the county magistrate said that he would come with him to see An Jingzhi today, but when he went to the county government office to ask, he found out that the other party was ill.
After asking around, I found out that I took too much medicine last night.
He collapsed stiffly on the bed. If it weren't for his two concubines shouting for help, he would have been killed today.
Master Zhao is similar to Master Bai in that he is also a scholar who is not very successful in his studies. What makes him better than Master Bai is that he comes from a better-off family.
The only way for him to get the position of legal advisor was because his family spent a lot of money.
Naturally, he couldn't stand the Zeyun County Magistrate, who was like a fool and knew nothing, but what was the point of disliking him? He was a legitimate ninth-rank official.
This time, it was because she liked An Jingzhi that she spoke those good words on his behalf.
After hearing this, An Jingzhi immediately promised that he would run the event successfully and would not disappoint the county magistrate.
Before leaving, Master Zhao gave the other party a box of local specialties.
One hundred taels of silver were given out directly in total.
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After dealing with the county magistrate, he went to talk to the ten businesses that agreed to host the billiards competition with him and told them that they would be the banker and accept bets on the day of the billiards competition.
This was a sure win, so everyone agreed without thinking.
But they were surprised that An Jingzhi could let the county magistrate take only 20% of the share. Everyone knew that the county magistrate of Zeyun County was the greediest.
In fact, An Jingzhi himself was also a little surprised, but later he thought about it and understood that it was all because of Master Zhao.
Therefore, he prepared another box of local specialties with him and used it directly.
Ma Jinhang's father was at home with a cold and could not come, so he sent Ma Jinhang over to handle the matter.
"Brother An, your methods are incredible. You even know the county magistrate's advisor."
Everyone originally had some respect for An Jingzhi, but that was only because he was a young talent. They put aside their past grudges and taught them how to lose less money in billiards.
But businessmen are profit-oriented, and this respect and gratitude will fade over time.
Perhaps with the success of the billiards competition, the connection between them will become closer and closer, or perhaps they will fight each other and become increasingly loose.
But now that An Jingzhi has hooked up with Mr. Zhao, the county lawyer, the situation has become different from theirs.
Thinking that Master Zhao had actually come to see them in person and was very kind to An Jingzhi, everyone had a hint of flattery in their eyes and congratulated and thanked him.
Before, it was An Jingzhi who discussed with them, but now the status of the two parties has changed.
An Jingzhi can make all the decisions and can even kick out anyone he wants.
Because behind him stood Master Zhao and the county magistrate.
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With the joint efforts of several families, the news of the billiards match quickly spread throughout Zeyun County.
An Jingzhi hired a lot of people to promote the billiards competition on the streets every day, and even the illiterate people knew about it.
Then it slowly spread to the surrounding areas with Zeyun County as the starting point.
Before the billiards game even started, the Tongsheng examination began.
As he promised, An Jingzhi personally spent five hundred taels of silver he earned to buy An Chunming the qualification to take the imperial examination.
That day, the mother and son came to Dong Shuangyan's yard together, knelt down and kowtowed three times.
If Xiaoqiu and Xiaoxia hadn't pulled the man up in time, I'm afraid the mother and son would have continued to kowtow.
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