Chapter 526 - Bargaining
"Princess, there are a lot of things to do to set up a branch, and if you want me to set it up in just a few days, I'm afraid it will be impossible to complete it!"
Li Zhi directly expressed his attitude.
"It's not for you to build it completely, at least rice paper and ready-to-wear can support the first storefront, the faΓ§ade of Luoyang, I decided a few months ago, and now it should be decorated."
Taiping was very angry and casual, and in his eagerness, he showed a hint of a little woman's posture.
"So? Either you give me a month, I'll hurry up and train some clerks to come out, and then I can completely copy the past. β
"A month? There is no door, the store in Luoyang is decorated according to the faΓ§ade of Chang'an City, and even the courtyard wall has not been changed. β
"You mean there are orders from the Empress Wu?"
"It's good to understand! Anyway, the news of the establishment of the branch has already been delivered, and if you are not afraid of being punished, go according to your plan! β
Qingqi interjected: "Text, the princess's suggestion is good, rice paper and ready-to-wear will come first, hold up the field first, and other products will arrive one after another." In terms of ready-to-wear, there have been several batches of goods from Luoyang merchants, and the reputation is already there! β
Li Zhi shook his head, "These are not enough!" What does Zhengqing Wenqitang stand for? Luxury quality, high-end price, trend guidance, any product is groundbreaking, only rice paper and ready-to-wear, will be Zhengqing Wenqitang's original reputation downgrade! Even if it only supports the storefront, it is also jewelry, jade and snuff bottles, and the lowest starting price of hundreds of taels of silver can kill all merchants in Luoyang! β
"The price of rice paper is not low, and some ready-to-wear clothes also have a price of hundreds of taels?" Taiping put forward his opinion.
"I just told Mr. Yu that all trends are top-down, and they have the role of leading the trend, and to put it bluntly, it is a high price and peak quality! Imagine, if I put a huge and superb jade on the table, the price is 10,000 taels of silver, what will be the sensational effect it will create? β
"I'm afraid I haven't been out for a year or two, right?" Taiping poured cold water on it.
"I don't need it to be sold, I just want that kind of thrilling effect! Moreover, around 10,000 taels of jade, thousands of taels, or even tens of thousands of taels of treasures are lined up, and a few words of Zhengqing Wenqitang appear in this formation, is it much stronger than relying on rice paper and ready-to-wear? The next thing will be the emergence of various qualities, Luoyang City is different from Chang'an City, here we are already famous, Luoyang needs to start from scratch, after all, the people who know are only some powerful or rich people. β
"I kind of understand, what husband means deterrence!" Qingqi suddenly realized.
Li Zhi nodded, "Since the princess has spoken, I can't help but give face!" In this way, in the past two days, I will gather the existing inventory and draw as much as possible, so as to make a sensation as soon as the branch opens. But the princess needs to prepare security in advance, at least send personnel of the nature of the Praetorian Guard, stationed around the Zhengqing Wenqi Hall. β
Taiping said with a smile: "Speaking of the Praetorian Guard, I can send the internal guards to garrison for a long time, and not a single government soldier will appear!" β
The former requires a law enforcement process to maintain order, and the latter can be killed on the spot to deter without worrying about being held accountable afterwards.
The internal guards are even more amazing, the ministers and the royal family are all within the range of being killed on the spot, just imagine the Zhengqing Wenqitang under the care of such a person, who else dares to disturb.
Besides, Princess Taiping is the main partner of the branch, and in the entire Tang Dynasty, how many people are higher than her?
"What about the clerk? It's too late for temporary training! Yu Ran asked.
"It's also simple, all the clerks are under militarized management, and all the rules are formulated in accordance with the order of the access control in the inner courtyard of the palace, and the clerks are selected from the palace maids!"
Li Zhi's words caused Taiping to crack his mouth for a while, "The Zhengqing Wenqitang is my family's, and you have arranged all the royal management for me?" β
"Your Highness, this is the only way to open as soon as possible, as long as our follow-up personnel training keeps up, it will gradually turn back to normal business operations!"
"So, it's just a temporary measure?"
"Of course, what customer is willing to buy something and still be scared?"
"What do you mean by a customer? Another new word you invented? β
"It's not important, it's how it develops in an orderly manner! Ordinary affairs are crowned with the word royal, it has the nature of crushing everything, we are Qingwen Qitang, but also have the momentum of crushing all Luoyang business circles! β
"Isn't it going to be a little too much?"
"My princess, you might as well imagine that if you tell Empress Wu that I am going to open a shop on a certain day in a certain month and sell some valuable items, how will Empress Wu answer you?"
"Empress Wu loves me very much, so she will naturally say: Just do it according to your interests, and I will take care of the departments that need to be used one by one! Daughter, do you want your mother to send a few more people to take care of her? β
"Isn't this the end of it, that's the benefit of power! Your Highness, your identity is there, and it is your right to do what you do, and others will only take it for granted! Stirring up the crowd? Others thought, is he qualified? β
Such words made Princess Taiping smile.
Li Zhizhi's words are very real, his status is high, and the shops he opens are naturally different from ordinary people, if he does not have such actions that are equivalent to his identity, it is abnormal.
"It's not easy for me, I run around all day long, just to get some good things that are not available on the market! Her Royal Highness the princess can take a share of the pie with her mouth! β
"That's not right! Wait Mr. Li, didn't we say that it was forty percent before? β
"Did you say that before? Ahh β
"You don't do these merchants' bargaining for me, that kind of usual trick doesn't work for me! Even if it's a bargain, you've dropped it so much, directly from 40% to 10%! β
"The princess has thought about it, whether it is rice paper, snuff bottles, high wine, red wine, but I have developed them alone, and the spice and perfume are also the credit of my wife's cry. And I also take on all the processing and production, cost payment, personnel employment, and new product research and development. Don't take risks when you go out to find resources? Do you need me to contract the export of products? If the princess agrees to take a small part of these, I will give you forty percent! β
"How can I have that ability, besides, isn't it a credit to call the human resources of the imperial court? Didn't I provide the three-story faΓ§ade building in Luoyang City for free? β
"But His Highness doesn't have a tael of silver to buy shares, right? In this case, if the princess can give me 100,000 taels of silver, I will be in charge, and give you forty percent! β
"Li Zhengwen! You Rippy! β
Princess Taiping took the case, because of her anger, her hair was a little messy, her face was red, her ears were red, and the tip of her nose was full of sweat.
"One hundred thousand taels of silver? Why don't you die! Her tone was sharp, as if she was out of control.
Li Zhi raised Erlang's legs higher, and he was not in a hurry, "Is it more than 100,000 taels?" I casually threw out a piece of jade is tens of thousands of taels, and the size of the nail cover colored diamonds costs thousands of taels, I have a lot of such jade, colored diamonds, the princess is to me to say, how much can I buy for 100,000 taels of silver? And that's just the jade thing! β
Princess Taiping shrank her neck and sat back with a bang, what Li Zhi said was not mixed with a trace of water, it was a big truth about a mouthful of foam and a nail.
Who would have thought that Li Zhi's nagging had not stopped, "At present, I dare not say that the entire Tang Dynasty, just in Chang'an City, my Zhengqing Wenqitang five words, if you want to sell 10,000 taels of silver, isn't it an exaggeration?" Give me another year, and this name will be able to spread abroad, Princess, how much is it worth just five words? β
"Then why did you give me a forty-percent in the first place?" Taiping is still insisting, but his tone is no longer imposing.
"Want me to be honest?" Li Zhi stared into her eyes.
"Tell me about it."
"At that time, I was more thinking about borrowing the influence of the princess and giving some rice paper, costumes and the like in exchange for protection, but I didn't think about copying the past as a whole. It's different now, Luoyang City has the meaning of a branch in the real sense, and I need to invest all my worth, and naturally the four-layer elements are not good! Your Highness, try to calculate, we calculate according to the profit of 30% and the daily turnover of 10,000 taels, and your 10% is at least 200,000 or 300,000 taels per year! Hundreds of thousands of taels, how much is the tax revenue of the entire Datang in a year? It's only a few million taels, right? β
"Bang!"
Princess Taiping slapped the table again, her previous blushing and thick neck had recovered a lot, "It's a component!" β
"Princess, don't worry, I'm not done yet!" Li Zhi said slowly.
"Li Zhengwen, don't kick your nose in the face!"
"There can be an agreement between us, this component can be limited to one branch in Luoyang, and it will only be given to you alone, and it has nothing to do with your family. But I promise that even if you become an empress in the future, this part will be delivered to the palace in time on the first day of each month, even if you live to be one hundred and fifty years old, there will be no delay! β
"You can't talk nonsense about such a big rebellion!" Princess Taiping couldn't sit still, stood up, looked left and right, and her face turned pale.
"There are no outsiders here, I'm just making an analogy, and it's okay to say that it's a little heartfelt."
"You don't dare to talk nonsense in the future, you're going to cut off your head!" Taiping patted his chest and exhaled.
"There won't be a next time! Rest assured, princess! β
Li Zhike is not stupid, Princess Taiping was arrested by Xuanzong on suspicion of rebellion twenty years later, and died at home, and his regime was declared stable and the rule of Kaiyuan was opened.
The share he gave himself could not be inherited by his family.
He didn't say the word empress suddenly, which was intended to confuse this person's mood in an instant, and in a panic, he didn't think about it deeply.
Sure enough, Taiping made a decision, "Then let's do it, we don't sign any agreement between us, even if it is a private negotiation, Mr. Li is also willing?" β
She also has her ideas, her identity is there, what agreement is really unnecessary, and Li Zhi does not dare to violate it.
Every year, there will be 200,000 or 300,000 taels in hand, she really hasn't counted, as long as the white flowers and silver are sent, the family can spend it at will, and there is no difference between inheriting and not inheriting.
Li Zhi put down his legs, stood up, stretched out his hand, and made an appointment with Princess Taiping.
The atmosphere at the scene eased down as soon as possible, and Taiping also had a smile on his face, "Don't worry about everything in Luoyang, with me here, no one will dare to ask for benefits!" β
"Then I will also prepare early in a few days, and after I arrive on the fifteenth, I will start to open the business!"
"I think I'll take the ladies too, such a big thing is worth congratulating Chongqing, what's the matter if they don't show up!"
"Let's discuss these things with each other, and try to get the whole family to go!"
Li Zhi knew in his heart that he would inevitably rush there in advance by himself, and it was the right thing to secretly monitor the Empress Wu and take the Zhuyan Pill.
The ladies can only rush with the large army, and they can't stay in their own Chaoyuan secret realm, otherwise it will be a problem to be known.