Chapter 88087. Keep the wealth within the family
I don’t know what Mengluo said to his father, but the chili business was a foregone conclusion.
The harvest is 28%.
Lei Li two, Meng Luo eight.
Lei Li and Zhou Yi invested in technology, Meng Luo invested in capital, and the person in charge was directly allocated money by Meng Luo's father, of course, not the shopkeeper with a mustache.
"Hello, Boss Lei and Boss Zhou. I'm Chen Xiangrang. Master Meng Fuguang knows that you two are short of help, so he asked me to come and help you out."
This is a middle-aged man with a very ordinary face. He speaks neither humbly nor arrogantly, calmly and steadily, with the unique wealth-making and harmony of a businessman. People are convinced when he speaks.
——Unlike Lei Li, who is so domineering that he can convince people by beating them into submission, Chen Xiangrang is so convincing that people will believe that they can make money by listening to him at first sight.
Zhou Yi’s evaluation: National server support.
"Uncle Chen has been my father's head shopkeeper for over ten years. He's very much in my father's good graces. He used to be the general manager of the rice shop in Xiling Prefecture!"
Meng Luo said cheerfully, "I heard that our business is in need of a manager, so my father specially sent someone from the capital to help us. From now on, Uncle Chen will be the general manager of the chili pepper business."
"Thank you for your trust, Master and Young Master. If you two bosses trust me, I will do my best."
Chen Xiangrang bowed sincerely.
The contrast made the mustache shopkeeper seem even more sarcastic. Seeing him like this, the mustache shopkeeper snorted, "If you want to do well, why do you come to this shabby place? You must have been kicked out of the main store in the city."
"Shopkeeper Hu, there's no need to complain about sour grapes."
Lei Li smiled and said, "Manager Chen is from a big city, and you've always been in this small family, not even a city manager. It's normal to feel a little jealous."
"Don't worry, we understand."
"you!"
The shopkeeper with the mustache was stabbed in the heart. He was so angry that his mustache stood up and his heart, liver, spleen, lungs and kidneys all hurt. He couldn't find any words to say to him, so he turned around and said to Meng Luo,
"Master, look at how proud he is!"
"I haven't even given him the money yet, and he's already so arrogant and bold, even making up your capable manager like this. If you give him the money, who knows what he'll say about you!"
"Master Mengluo is my God of Wealth. Have you ever seen anyone speak ill of their own God of Wealth?"
Lei Li, still smiling, retorted without shedding blood, "But Shopkeeper Hu, Master Mengluo and I are discussing business. What do you mean by trying to sow discord between us?"
"This is because Zhou Yi and I are kind people and don't mind it. If someone with a bad temper gets upset after hearing this, they might not want to do business with us anymore—"
Lei Li snorted and said slowly, "Will Shopkeeper Hu compensate for the losses caused?"
"Can Shopkeeper Hu afford the compensation?"
"This is a business worth a full fifty thousand taels of silver, not five thousand. Has Shopkeeper Hu ever touched a fifty thousand tael note before today?"
Lei Li was responding to what Shopkeeper Hu had just said: he was a country bumpkin who probably had never even seen a five thousand tael silver note.
It didn't matter to Lei Li whether he had seen it or not, it wasn't a loss of money. If this deal really failed, although Manager Hu wouldn't have to lose money, he would definitely not be able to be the manager anymore.
Although Qingmi County is a small county, the manager in charge is not very noticeable.
But the rice here is good, and this is a big rice producer. A large part of the rice for Meng's Rice Shop comes from here. In addition, the Meng family is far away from home and can't really care about this -
Mengluo is a naive person. He doesn't know how to manage business, so he is not considered a senior executive.
It's a leisurely life and not much less lucrative than in the provincial capital. Many eyes are on this shopkeeper's position!
If it weren't for the fact that although Manager Hu is sarcastic and likes to be sarcastic, he is really capable, and Meng Luo is a soft-hearted person, he would not have been kept for so long.
“You! You!”
This series of attacks made the shopkeeper with a mustache so angry that he couldn't say a word. Suddenly he covered his chest and said "ouch, ouch" that his heart hurt.
"Shopkeeper Hu."
Chen Xiangrang's face was amiable and his tone was calm. "If you're not feeling well, go see a doctor right away. Don't miss the best time for treatment."
"That's right."
Lei Li also smiled and said, "Although it may be a bit troublesome to transfer a manager from another place in a short period of time, I believe that the Meng family has many talented people, so it shouldn't be too difficult."
Meng Luo didn't seem to get the hint and said worriedly, "Yes, Manager Hu, if you're not feeling well, go see him as soon as possible. I had a concubine who was sick and kept enduring it. In the end, she couldn't be cured and died."
"……yes."
The shopkeeper with a mustache didn't dare to say another word.
Chen Xiangrang was a "Beijing official who was sent out to other places", so there were plenty of ways to bring down the shopkeeper with a mustache, and Meng Luo obviously trusted Chen Xiangrang more.
"The next step is to discuss the details of the business."
Lei Li changed the subject and said, "When it comes to business, Manager Chen is an expert. But when it comes to cooking, at least when it comes to spicy dishes, my husband is second to none."
"Not to mention how good his technique is, just talking about seasoning, even the chefs in the palace who cook for the emperor may not be as good as my husband at seasoning and making it."
This is of course an exaggeration.
Lei Li had no idea what dishes the imperial chefs in the palace could cook or what kind of sauces they could make, but as long as he could scare Chen Xiangrang, at least he could save face.
Zhou Yi had been silent for so long, and now he couldn't hold it in anymore after hearing what Lei Li said.
Others don't know his level, but doesn't he know it himself? To be frank, who does he think he is? How dare he touch the imperial chef in the palace?
They are carefully selected by nine clans!
Zhou Yi was digging his toes into the ground when he suddenly remembered that when he was watching videos on his phone before, he happened to see a netizen talking about his interview skills.
If you have seen it, you have learned it. If you have learned it, you can do it. If you can do it, you are proficient. If you are proficient, you are master.
Just get in first and see.
"The young master has praised Boss Zhou's cooking skills to me many times."
Chen Xiangrang smiled gently and said, "They say it's better than the restaurants in the city, and the prices are even cheaper. They only make a profit of one out of ten. I've never seen a store like yours."
"I didn't believe it before I came here. The master asked me to come here to see you."
"So what was the result?"
Lei Li thought to himself, as expected, if he wasn't careful in a business involving 50,000 taels, he would suspect that either Mr. Meng Fuguang had a mental problem or was setting a trap for him.
It should be because Master Meng Fuguang did not want to disappoint his son that he agreed first and then sent his confidant to conduct an on-site inspection. He would continue the cooperation only if he was satisfied with the inspection results. If he was not satisfied, he would politely refuse so as not to hurt his youngest son's feelings.
"To be honest, before the young master and Manager Hu came, I had already ordered a meal from your shop. The taste was truly heavenly, and it gave me even more confidence in our chili pepper business."
Chen Xiangrang smiled and said, "When I get back, I'll write a letter to the master, telling him not to worry. Boss Lei and Boss Zhou are indeed skilled craftsmen with kind hearts."
He then said to Mengluo, "Young Master Mengluo's vision is indeed good. He can even help the old master and the eldest young master with business. If the old lady knew about this, she would definitely be very happy."
"hey-hey."
Mengluo smiled embarrassedly.
Back to business, Zhou Yi, who had been listening to the battle between Lei Li and Chen Xiangrang, was called out again.
"I wonder what Boss Zhou thinks?"
Chen Xiangrang asked humbly.
Zhou Yi thought for a moment and said, "Since it's a chili pepper business, let's plant chili peppers first. After the peppers are harvested, we can make chili sauce, chili powder, dry the peppers, and then open a restaurant."
“To grow peppers, you need land.”
As for the land—
Zhou Yi and Lei Li looked at each other.
—
"What?"
The village chief almost jumped up, his voice trembling, "Brother Li, Zhou Yi, how much did you say just now? How much silver?"
"One thousand taels."
Lei Li's expression was calm.
After discussing the general details with Meng Luo and Chen Xiangrang yesterday, Lei Li and Zhou Yi hired a bullock cart to return to Sanlihe Village early the next morning, and asked Zhang Daqiang to take charge of Lei Ji Fast Food Restaurant temporarily.
Zhang Daqiang worked in the store for several months. He was influenced by what he saw and heard, and since he loved to eat, he gradually learned how to cook from Zhou Yi and became half of Zhou Yi's apprentice.
A fast food restaurant is not a big restaurant or a palace, and cooking doesn't require too much skill. Zhang Daqiang just follows the recipe and hires an assistant, which is enough to last for a while.
Lei Li and Zhou Yi took the opportunity to come back and discuss with the village chief about mobilizing the villagers to grow peppers.
"This thousand taels is the start-up capital given by that young master. When the peppers are ripe, he will buy them at a suitable price and will not let the villagers lose money."
Zhou Yi explained.
The one thousand taels were split up by them at the money shop using the ten thousand taels given by Meng Luo. They split it into nine one thousand taels, nine one hundred taels, and nine ten tael silver ingots.
If they had taken out ten thousand taels at the beginning, it would have been like a fortune for the village chief and the villagers.
Not to mention whether someone might have bad intentions to steal the money, ten thousand taels also seems particularly fake, so fake that it is unbelievable and seems like a joke.
Zhou Yi thought that if someone suddenly asked him to grow peppers and gave him 10 million yuan after the peppers were grown, he would also think it was a scam.
"One thousand taels..."
The village chief was a little excited, yet also a little hesitant. "Brother Li, Zhou Yi, do we really just need to grow peppers and not do anything else?"
"real."
Lei Li nodded affirmatively, "If there's other work, I'll pay you extra money, and it's not illegal."
"That's good……"
The village chief felt like he was in a dream. The crops hadn't even been planted yet, but someone had already come to pay for a reservation. However, he still gathered the villagers together and told them about it.
A huge uproar.
Everyone who heard about this felt like they were dreaming. Lei Dashan and Liu Ye'er felt elated when they knew that it was Lei Li and Zhou Yi who brought in the business.
"Last year, I only made a few taels of silver. How come I've suddenly become a big business earning a thousand taels?"
"When did Brother Li get to know such an important person?"
"That Zhou Yi is indeed a lucky star. As soon as he came to the Lei family, the Lei family prospered..."
All of a sudden, all kinds of ideas came up in the villagers, but the most important thing was money.
"Will you really give me money if I grow the crops?"
"You'll buy our peppers regardless of whether the business is successful or not?"
"What is chili? I've never heard of it. Oh, Lei Li and Zhou Yi are the ones who come to the store to cook..."
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