When the beautiful woman left with the maids who were waiting behind her, Liu Xiu ignored the old man who was still standing in front of her and said happily: "Brother Lin, why are you here?"
Lin Dong understood that the old man was the guard of Tianwei Pavilion who was photographed next to Liu Xiu. He would not care about anything except Liu Xiu's safety. However, what he was going to talk about today was related to Tianwei Pavilion's case and there was no room for error. .
Therefore, with a flick of his steps, Lin Dong instantly appeared behind the old man, slashed out his right palm, and hit the old man's neck with a bang.
The old man fell limply to the ground.
Liu Xiu was stunned and didn¡¯t understand what Lin Dong meant.
Lin Dong smiled and said: "I got some news and came over to tell you. Unexpectedly, your life is actually quite pleasant. Didn't you bother me?"
Liu Xiu smiled and explained: "She is the daughter of Jiang Feng, the Minister of War. After the matter is settled, I will take her to visit Brother Lin and the old man."
"Just call us over the wedding wine." Lin Dong smiled and shook his head. Tianwei Pavilion was about to take action. Liu Xiu was not suitable to have a too close relationship with Lin Ji Inn.
"Brother Lin, how are you and Miss Yun?" Liu Xiu asked.
"I'm not as lucky as you. It's hard for an inn owner to not show some strength!" Lin Dong laughed at himself and got to the point with a smile: "Today at noon, I went to Yanheng Restaurant. I wanted to inquire about some business matters, but I met an acquaintance."
"An acquaintance?" Liu Xiu asked in confusion: "What acquaintance?"
"The Zi Han at the top of Wanxian Tower is the Zi Han who was trained by Ling Chenyue as I told you last time." Lin Dong explained.
"What Brother Lin means is that she was at Yanheng Restaurant" Liu Xiu said in surprise: "Killing someone who can't be killed?"
"Smart!" Lin Dong praised, nodded and said: "King of Pingshan!"
"King Pingshan?" Liu Xiu was stunned. Although he guessed that Zihan must have killed some high-ranking nobleman, Lin Dong felt that he had something to do with him, so he came to inform him. Unexpectedly, the one who was killed turned out to be King Pingshan.
Lin Dong nodded.
"Is it possible that King Sheng Yu didn't want any accidents to happen and planned to kill all his opponents with force?" Liu Xiu said in shock: "Or maybe my father decided to pass the throne to King Pingshan, and he knew about it, so he attacked Pingshan. The king takes action.¡±
"This is your business. How difficult is it for a prince to cultivate an absolutely loyal and strong man? Why would he attack King Pingxi? You should think about it yourself." Lin Dong said lightly: "I only know, Zi Han must have a lot of people on his hands."
Liu Xiu nodded silently.
"What's the current situation in the court?" Lin Dong asked.
"After I joined forces with King Sheng Yu, we have eliminated many competitors. Now, the only people who are qualified to become King Sheng Yu's opponents are the prince, me, the seventh prince, the twenty-fifth prince, and the assassinated King Pingxi. The prince On the other hand, the biggest supporter is the celebrity party. The celebrity party has a firm grip on the bureaucracy and is extremely powerful in various places"
Lin Dong nodded slowly, having a certain understanding of the current situation in the court, so that he could grasp the opportunity for Emperor Qianwei to attack Yang Shun.
After Liu Xiu finished explaining, Lin Dong said, "It's okay, I'll go back!"
Liu Xiu nodded and did not stay. Firstly, it wasn't suitable, and secondly, his mind was now filled with the murder of King Pingshan.
Lin Dong's spiritual power surged and he leaped away.
The next day, news spread throughout the capital that a murder had occurred and the restaurant was temporarily closed. This news is just insignificant news to most people in the capital, but to a small number of people, it is a big event.
The other fourteen top restaurants are undoubtedly one of them. They couldn't figure out why the Yanlord Restaurant was closed down because there was a murder case.
Originally, they suspected that Lin Ji Inn was behind the scenes and took advantage of King Qingliu¡¯s relationship to seal Yanlord Restaurant. But according to the agreement of the alliance, each family approached their backers one after another, hoping to come forward to fish out Li Yiliang. Only then did they realize that this matter was probably not caused by Lin Ji Inn.
The reason is that these backers are talking about everything, and they are just perfunctory.
The bosses of all the top restaurants are all smart people, so they naturally know how powerful their money can be. If it was really an ordinary murder case, even if King Qingliu was behind it, it would be impossible for this group of people to have such an attitude.
The only explanation is that the murder case at Yanlord Restaurant was too involved. The backers behind them are so big that they don't want to be implicated in the slightest, and have even been ordered to silence themselves.
"There is no one other than Emperor Qianwei who can silence these people."??people.
The news was tightly blocked. Seeing that something had happened, the bosses of the top restaurants discussed it and decided to continue offering bonus shares. After all, Yanlord Restaurant fell, and their strength was only weakened by one-fifteenth, which was not enough to cause much impact. If we do not continue to launch bonus shares, the pipe floral fragrance and spiritual stone heaters of Linji Inn will rise again.
The murder case at Yanlord Restaurant actually had a big impact on Lin Kee Inn. After all, ordinary people don't know who was killed, but the dignitaries know it.
At such a time of turmoil, who among these high-ranking officials and nobles is in the mood to go to a restaurant?
Without the high-ranking officials and nobles, the power of bonus shares from the fourteen top restaurants will naturally be reduced a lot.
Lin Dong¡¯s purpose is to significantly weaken the strength of the major top restaurants, so he naturally hopes that the bonus shares of the fourteen major restaurants will create as much noise as possible.
Of course, like the fourteen top restaurants, without the nobles and nobles, the plans that should be carried out still have to be carried out.
Two days later, the unfairness of bonus shares began to spread in the capital.
The bonus shares offered by fourteen top restaurants began to be questioned, and the craze suddenly cooled down.
This time, no one doubted whether Lin Kee Inn was behind the scenes. Because there is no need to doubt that this is what Lin Kee Inn is doing behind the scenes.
Although there are fewer high-ranking officials and nobles, the business of the fourteen top restaurants is already booming. After all, there are also countless wealthy businessmen in the capital. They didn't know the inside story of Yanlord Restaurant's long history, and few people came to the banquet for dignitaries. However, the stock bonus still made them unable to help but visit fourteen top restaurants every now and then.
It can be said that apart from some impact on business, the closure of Yanlord Restaurant has not had a big impact on the plans of major top restaurants. You must know that the dignitaries would not go to the fourteen top restaurants, and they would not go to the Lin Kee Inn. The plan to suppress the Lin Kee Inn has not encountered any obstacles.
As soon as rumors spread that the bonus shares were unfair, the impact was huge.
Fourteen of the top restaurants have spies outside Lin Kee Inn. They know everything about Lin Kee Inn¡¯s business.
Since the launch of bonus shares, the business of top restaurants has become more and more popular, but the number of diners at Linji Inn has been decreasing day by day. After the rumors about the unfair bonus of shares came out, although the situation was not reversed and the business of the fourteen top restaurants was only slowly weakening, the business of Linji Inn began to increase significantly.
Summer is about to begin again, and it¡¯s the time when Lin Kee Inn¡¯s Lingshi Fan shows off its majesty. If it¡¯s not stopped, the plan to force Lin Kee Inn to close its doors will undoubtedly be dashed.
The bosses of fourteen top restaurants gathered together again to discuss how to deal with the rumors that have spread.
"Damn Ma Chun!"
As the owner, Wang Yuhan, the owner of the returning restaurant, took the lead in kicking off the discussion.
This beginning was unanimously recognized by everyone. They had no doubt that creating rumors was the idea of ??Ma Chun, the manager of Linji Inn. And this idea was indeed worthy of their scolding Ma Chun.
"The bonus shares must not be ended. We have no choice but to disclose the accounts and the number of share certificates." Liu Dahua, the owner of Qianye Restaurant, said helplessly.
Everyone nodded helplessly. This time they gathered together, it was better to say that they were discussing, but it was better to say that they were reaching a consensus that everyone was mentally prepared for.
As Liu Dahua said, bonus shares must never end, especially after tasting the benefits of bonus shares, no one will have the idea of ????giving up just because they encounter some obstacles. Moreover, giving up would give Lin Kee Inn a chance to breathe, and no one was willing to do the same.
Since the bonus shares cannot be ended, the only way is to solve the rumors that the bonus shares are unfair.
Wanting to solve it, everyone thought about it carefully on the way here. There is no other way but to disclose the total amount of share certificates and the accounts of each top restaurant.
The consequences of doing so are not small. As a result, the top restaurants will be completely transparent in front of Lin Kee Inn, making it easy for Lin Kee Inn to find opportunities to attack the top restaurants. Secondly, top restaurants will not be able to obtain huge profits by issuing more share certificates after defeating Lin Kee Inn.
More importantly, once the total amount of accounts and share certificates are made public, once Lin Kee Inn has a way to turn things around, the top restaurants will suffer heavy losses.
After all, if you want to attract diners with bonus shares, in the early stage, the top companies must make a loss to operate. Spend one hundred taels of silver to get a piece of share paper, and the monthly dividends will be about one hundred cents if you want to break even.
Spending one hundred taels of silver to exchange for a share certificate that takes hundreds of years to earn back the capital, even if the one hundred taels of silver is not wasted, the appeal will be greatly reduced.
The first dividend proposed by the major top restaurants was five taels of silver per share paper, which directly increased the dividend fifty times. Only in this way can it cause a greater impact and keep the power of bonus shares at its peak.
When Lin Kee Inn closed down, if he wanted to make a fortune, he would give away stock certificates and cash out money. If he had enough, he would leave the mess behind and leave. Of course, this is relatively risky. After all, many high-ranking officials and nobles also hold large amounts of share certificates.
If you want to continue running the restaurant, you can slowly reduce the dividends bit by bit to almost the same as the profits. This means that the more share certificates they issue, the more cash they withdraw. In the end, it will become a capitalless business, just spend some paper and get as much money as you want.
When you have made enough money, or someone sees the trick, cancel the bonus shares. At most, it would only attract criticism, but not to the extent of seriously offending people.