Chapter 142: A Complete Break
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Li Qi stretched his waist and came to the front yard, today, he had to go to the Drunken Immortal Residence early, because there were still many things waiting for him to arrange.
When he came to the front yard, he suddenly saw Ji Hongnu coming from the opposite side, Li Qi hurriedly smiled and greeted: "Hongnu, it's early." ”
Ji Hongnu was expressionless, saluted Li Qi, and shouted lightly, "Brother Li." And then he went straight to it.
What's going on? I didn't see it this day, so I was so rusty.
Li Qi raised his hand with an embarrassed expression, he really didn't know why Ji Hongnu, who had always been knowledgeable, became so indifferent today.
Stunned, Ji Hongnu had disappeared around the corner.
Li Qi raised his eyebrows, and thought to himself, forget it, women are so many days.
led the calm donkey out of the Qin Mansion, and when he came to Bianhe Street, he suddenly met an acquaintance, and the corners of Li Qi's mouth raised, it seems that this old fox can't wait for a moment.
The person who came was that Huang Wenye.
"Master Li."
Huang Wenye came to Li Qi and smiled.
"Oh, it turned out to be Brother Huang, what a coincidence."
Li Qi got off the donkey and smiled in return.
"Wenye is here to wait for Master Li."
Huang Wenye said and pointed to the small foot shop on the side, and said, "Master Li, my master invites you to go inside." ”
Li Qi pretended to be surprised and said, "Oh? I don't know what the staff is looking for me? ”
Huang Wenye smiled faintly and said, "Master Li will know when he goes in." ”
"There's no killer hiding in there, is there?" Li Qi was still "scared".
Huang Wenye smiled bitterly and said, "How dare you." How dare you. Master Li, please. ”
"Please."
The two entered the store together, but saw that there was no one in the store except for a big fat man sitting in the corner, and the fat man was Cai Minde.
It seems that this old thing was premeditated.
"Outside."
"Li Gongzi."
The two bowed to each other.
After Cai Minde invited Li Qi to sit down, he laughed twice and said, "Congratulations to Gongzi Li for winning the title of 'second chef', I won't tell you." Cai has been in the Taishi Mansion for so long, and it is the first time to see the Taishi attach so much importance to a cook, which is really gratifying. ”
"Where. Where. ”
Li Qi smiled slightly: "That's the Taishi lifting down." ”
"By the way, I heard that your Drunken Immortal Residence also had an anniversary feedback yesterday?"
Li Qi nodded and said, "Not bad." ”
Cai Minde smiled and said: "Li Gongzi is really different, if you change to any other restaurant." Just won the crab roe feast, how can you be willing to close the door for a day and not stay up all night, even if it is good. ”
Li Qi smiled: "This is all arranged by Madame, and it has nothing to do with me." ”
Cai Minde shook his head and said, "Gongzi Li, it's all here, you don't need to hide it." ”
Li Qi's heart was shocked, this old fox won't know about my investment in the Drunken Immortal Residence. But his face still didn't show a look, and he said curiously: "What do you mean by this?" ”
Cai Minde said with a smile: "Then Mrs. Qin is a person who can do business." Cai had already guessed that from stinky tofu to membership cards, as well as the world's unparalleled, and even the three absolutes, Li Gongzi was carefully planning. Mrs. Qin is just a cover at most, and the one who really contributes is Li Gongzi, but Li Gongzi, you do your best for the Drunken Immortal Residence, but it is someone else's after all. Are you really willing to be subservient? ”
It turns out that this old fox doesn't know my details very well.
Li Qi breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and said with a smile: "You know outside the staff, then Uncle Wu has it for me." ”
"Hey."
Li Qi was only halfway through his words when he was interrupted by Cai Minde, "I know that Wu Furong has a life-saving grace for you, but Cai thinks that you also saved the Drunken Immortal Residence, and this kindness should also be repaid." ”
Li Qi frowned, how could he not know Cai Minde's intentions, and he didn't want to play this dumb riddle with him, so he said directly: "Outside, everyone understands people, if you have anything to say, just say it." ”
"That's good, Cai said it bluntly."
Cai Minde said with a straight face: "The old thing is brought up again, you and I will cooperate to open a restaurant on Rendian Street." ”
Li Qi has also been thinking about this issue in the past few days, and it is undeniable that this cooperation plan is indeed beneficial and harmless for him personally. However, the reason why Cai Minde wants to leave aside the Drunken Immortal Residence and Jade Xuan is nothing more than to annex the Drunken Immortal Residence, which makes Li Qi unable to pass his own level, but the Drunken Immortal Residence does need an ally at present. After thinking about it, he said: "Outside the staff, I think it is more appropriate for Drunken Immortal Ju and Jade Xuan to cooperate." ”
Cai Minde was stunned for a moment, a flash of disappointment flashed in his eyes, and said: "Li Gongzi, you are deceiving yourself again, if Jade Xuan and Drunken Xianju cooperate, then this restaurant will not be able to open." ”
Indeed, if Cai Minde and Li Qi cooperate, the cooperation method is really simple, but if Jade Xuan and Drunken Xianju cooperate, then the relationship of interests in this is much more complicated, just which party is the decision-maker, it is not easy to solve, Cai Minde can delegate power to Li Qi, but he will never let Jade Xuan succumb to Drunken Immortal Residence.
And vice versa, how could Li Qi let Jade Xuan ride on the head of Drunken Immortal Residence, if Cai Minde became the decision-maker of the new restaurant, then he didn't want to do everything he could to make Drunken Immortal Residence become an affiliated restaurant of Jade Xuan.
No matter what way they cooperate, the two parties will not work together, so how can they defeat Fan Lou, which is undoubtedly self-defeating.
However, Li Qi didn't want to open this restaurant at all, he just needed an ally, and said: "Outside, that Fan Lou is the first restaurant in our Song Dynasty, are you really sure that you can beat it?" ”
Cai Minde smiled disdainfully: "The reason why Fan Lou can become the first restaurant in our Song Dynasty is nothing more than that he has been open for a longer time, I Cai Minde was born at the wrong time, if I was born a few decades earlier, then the title of the first restaurant will not be the turn of Fan Lou, at the beginning, during the period of Emperor Renzong, in order to increase wine profits, the imperial court had bought a poop workshop and put down an annual sales of 50,000 catties of wine koji, and at that time, no restaurant dared to do this business with the imperial court, so it was a cheap one for the Fan family. Later, the imperial court directly allocated 3,000 foot shops for it to sell wine, if I was here, how could I let him get this cheap. ”
Li Qi had also heard a little about this, which was also one of the reasons why he was afraid of Fan Lou, and said curiously: "Since this is the case." Fan Lou just earns enough wine money every day for us, even if you and I cooperate. It's also hard to beat it. ”
Cai Minde shook his head and said: "Li Gongzi doesn't know, over the years, Jade Xuan and Fan Lou have dealt with it a few times. If the old man of the Fan family was here, maybe I would still be afraid of three points, but now the old man has been sick in bed for a long time, and the business has been handed over to his only son, and I have also been in contact with this young son Fan, this person is short-sighted, eager for success and profit, and is by no means a person who does big things, not Cai's arrogance, with my financial resources. Coupled with your ability, within five years, this Fan Lou will fall. ”
Li Qi only believed five or six points of this, because of the business. There are no absolutes. Said lightly: "And then?" ”
Cai Minde was stunned for a moment, then understood, and said, "Li Gongzi, speaking of which, you are still worried about the Drunken Immortal Residence, let me ask you." Do you think that on this Bianhe Street, you can accommodate the Drunken Immortal Residence and the Jade Pavilion at the same time? ”
Li Qi said expressionlessly: "In this way, the staff still refuses to let go of the Drunken Immortal Residence. ”
Cai Minde narrowed his eyes and said, "Master Li, it depends on how you look at this matter." ”
"Li Qi also hopes that the staff can give some advice."
Cai Minde said: "It's very simple, move the Drunken Immortal Residence to Rendian Street in Dongcheng." ”
Li Qi frowned, and said: "What does the staff mean, let the Drunken Immortal Residence close the door first, and then transfer all the people to the newly opened restaurant of the two of us, abandon the Qin family, and I will change from a chef to a proprietor." ”
"Not only that, but Jade Xuan also has to close its doors." Cai Minde said lightly.
Li Qi raised his eyebrows and said, "What do you mean?" ”
Cai Minde said with a smile: "As long as our newly opened restaurant has a firm foothold in Dongcheng, Jade Xuan and Zuixianju will become the branches of our newly opened restaurant, and they are also our most solid backing." ”
The meaning of his words was obviously not to take the Qin family in his eyes, he believed that as long as Li Qi left, the Drunken Immortal Residence would be in his pocket.
Li Qi naturally knew what he meant, and said lightly: "If this is the case, then we will have no way out, if we lose, then everything will be over." "Since you want to fight with Fan Lou, the funds required are not a small amount, and you must also press the Drunken Immortal Residence and Jade Xuan.
Cai Minde laughed and said arrogantly: "Isn't this what doing business is all about, if it's like the old man in Yang Lou, nesting in Beicheng, and not even daring to go out, then this business is still so fun, and we can't lose at all." ”
Li Qi was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: "In this way, it seems that the goal of the outside staff is not just as simple as Fan Lou. ”
Cai Minde nodded and said, "Yes, my goal is to make there only one main store in the entire Bianliang City." I don't lack silver now, what I lack is a talent like Li Gongzi, since Li Gongzi can save the drunken immortal residence that has been closed, I believe that Gongzi will also be able to make our restaurant all over the country, and this time we have enough capital. ”
I didn't expect this old fox's appetite to be so big, he actually wanted to monopolize the restaurant industry in the entire Bianliang City, no wonder he didn't want to cooperate with Drunken Xianju to death, it turned out that there was still this layer of meaning in it.
Li Qi was secretly surprised in his heart, he still underestimated Cai Minde. said: "Have you ever thought about it, if there is really a day, then you and me." ”
Cai Minde interrupted Li Qi's words, "There is no need to worry about this child, at that time, we will have endless money, so why divide each other, and Cai is not too young, and it will not be all up to the son to decide at that time." ”
It seems that this old fox's pursuit is not just about money, he is more about the process of pursuing.
Li Qi hates to encounter this kind of enemy the most, because once you become his enemy, he will not hesitate to attack you. The headache was terrible, and his fingers kept tapping on the table, squinting and contemplating.
Cai Minde didn't bother him, quietly drinking the tea that had been cooled.
After half a ring, Li Qi suddenly said: "If I don't agree?" ”
Cai Minde's hand shook, the water in the teacup splashed out a little, and sighed: "Then Cai is really disappointed, but Cai really can't think of any reason for Gongzi to refuse." ”
Li Qi smiled: "It's very simple, because I'm not interested in this, or to put it this way, I don't plan to spend so much energy on it, I think there are still many things to do in life, such as being an idle cloud and wild crane is also very good, but once I enter this game, then I'm afraid my life will be all explained here, and I don't want to betray Mrs. Qin, there is no reason for this, it's just a matter of principle." ”
Cai Minde sighed and said, "In this way, Cai and Gongzi can only become enemies." ”
Li Qi smiled and said, "Maybe Jade Xuan moves to Dongcheng, then we can still be friends." ”
Cai Minde was stunned for a moment, and laughed, he knew that this might be the most sincere sentence that Li Qi had ever said to him. said: "It's okay to meet an opponent like Li Gongzi, Cai has no regrets in his life." ”
"That's what Richie thinks, too."
After Li Qi finished speaking, he stood up and said, "Outside, Li Qi has to go back to work in the store, so he will leave." ”
Cai Minde got up and arched his hand: "Childe, please." ”
After Li Qi left, Cai Minde let out another long sigh, patted Huang Wenye's shoulder, and said, "Wenye, don't go back to Jinling for the time being." ”
Huang Wenye frowned and said, "What does the master mean?" ”
"If the tiger around me hasn't been solved, how can I fight with that Fan Lou." Cai Minde laughed, then shook off and strode outside. (To be continued......)