As He Yunxiao approached and focused his attention, he indeed heard breathing and heartbeats coming from the back door. The breathing was quite deep, undoubtedly belonging to the fat boss.
He Yunxiao picked up a firework from the shelf next to him and asked, "What's this?"
"Young master, this is a 'ground rat,' something placed on the ground. When burned, it will run around like a rat."
"Oh. Do you have any fat rats here?"
"Fat Rat? I've never heard of this firework."
He Yunxiao sneered, then darted to the back door and said, "Let me show you what a fat rat is like."
Then he pulled the wooden door open with force, and with a "ouch" sound, a "fat mouse" fell to the ground.
He yelled, "Who is it! How could you be so rude!"
He Yunxiao laughed and said, "Big Fatty, why are you avoiding me?"
Upon seeing that it was He Yunxiao, "Big Fatty" stopped cursing and immediately scrambled to his feet, fawningly saying, "Oh, it's the famous Young Master He! I'm so sorry for not greeting you properly. Please serve him some tea."
He Yunxiao was there to discuss cooperation. Besides the fireworks shop, he had many other shops to sell. He politely declined the formalities of having tea and went straight to the point: "Fatty, I have a business opportunity with you. Do you want to do it? This..."
Before He Yunxiao could finish speaking, the fat man chuckled and said, "Which firework in our shop has caught your eye, young master? Feel free to take it."
He Yunxiao said seriously, "I have an idea..."
Then he went to great lengths to briefly explain the matter of the consumption vouchers.
He Yunxiao thought the fat man understood, but to his surprise, he directly ordered someone to bring out five hundred taels of silver, put it on a plate, and bring it over.
"The shop is not doing well and we really can't afford to spend any more money."
He Yunxiao said speechlessly, "I'm not here to ask for money."
"Please give me some time, young master. I can still scrape together another five hundred taels."
At this point, He Yunxiao finally understood that the fat man was ignoring what he was saying and was just relying on stereotypes to treat him as a villainous character in a novel who bullies men and women.
He Yunxiao: ...
It seems he's not wrong; he is indeed the villain.
He Yunxiao is indeed short of money. After giving Nanzhu's wife two hundred taels, he only has less than fifty taels left.
To risk fifty taels for ten thousand taels is extremely difficult.
Renting a storefront just to issue consumption vouchers would cost far more than that.
Renting a shop, decorating, printing vouchers... everything costs money.
"Never mind."
Seeing that he couldn't reason with the fat boss, He Yunxiao decided not to make things difficult for him and simply got up and walked towards the door.
His slender figure exuded an indescribable loneliness.
As he reached the door, He Yunxiao suddenly turned around.
"Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river, never underestimate a young man's potential!"
Big Fatty: ?
Servant 1: ?
Servant 2: ?
Servant 3: ?
After rehashing a tired joke from his past life, He Yunxiao felt much better.
He waved his hand and said, "That was just a joke, don't take it to heart. We'll have many opportunities to cooperate in the future, but when that time comes, you'll be the ones coming to me."
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