At noon the next day, the bosses of the top restaurants abandoned the crowded restaurants at the door and gathered in the lobby of Dong Weilang, the owner of Chenguang Restaurant.
Fourteen, not one is missing. There was also a lifelessness on his face. When he entered, even the host Dong Weilang was in no mood to be polite.
The fourteen owners of top restaurants and the fourteen richest men in the capital all have dark circles under their eyes. The youngest of them has five wives and concubines, but the dark circles under his eyes are not because of this.
"Everyone, I thought about it all night yesterday, but I still have a terrible headache. I wonder how you are doing?" Finally, Dong Weilang broke the silence.
"What else can I do? Besides fighting, is there any other choice?" Ling Weifeng replied coldly. His eye circles were also black, but unlike everyone else, what he was thinking about all night was how to let the Fourteenth Family Top restaurants join forces to delay the stay at Lam Kee Inn.
"Fenglin Restaurant is very wealthy and has branches all over the Han Dynasty. Naturally, there is no shortage of such losses." Yang Cheng'an, the owner of Yanxun Restaurant, commented lukewarmly.
"The money in our Fenglin Restaurant is also not brought by the strong wind, but if we don't fight hard, does Boss Yang think there is still a way to go?" Ling Weifeng asked rhetorically.
Yang Chengan was speechless, and the others were also silent. After thinking about it all night, they basically considered all the possibilities, and came to the conclusion that either they had to fight hard for a chance to fight again, or they had to retreat and make way for those high-ranking officials, nobles, and wealthy gentry.
Like Dong Weilang, the bosses of top restaurants are also undecided about the outcome of one night. This matter is really closely related. If you really continue to fight hard, it is very likely that the wealth accumulated over the past few decades will be wasted, and you will be reduced from a wealthy person in the capital to an ordinary wealthy person.
But if they don¡¯t fight hard, the restaurant¡¯s monthly profits of hundreds of thousands will drop to tens of thousands, which makes them extremely unwilling.
"Everyone, I want to withdraw" Suddenly, Jiang Fang, the owner of Yangfan Restaurant, said.
With one sentence, the entire lobby suddenly became commotion.
If Ling Weifeng was the first person to decide to fight hard, then Jiang Fang was the first person to decide to retreat.
Ling Weifeng's words made everyone's minds shift slightly towards a head-on fight. And Jiang Fang's words also brought everyone's minds back to indecision, and even slightly tilted towards defeat.
"Boss Jiang, I heard you made a lot of money from the cotton field you bought in the south of the city last year?" Ling Weifeng said suddenly.
"It's only three to fifty thousand taels of silver in a year, which makes Boss Ling laugh." Jiang Fang shook his head.
"Boss Jiang wants to quit because he plans to take over the surrounding land and become a rich man in the capital, right?" Ling Weifeng said with a smile.
"Here, being a rich man requires skills. I am a restaurant owner. How can I know those things? I don't always open a restaurant wherever I go." Jiang Fang naturally would not admit it. After thinking about it for a night, he did think about changing his career to become a rich man.
As Ling Weifeng said, the cotton field he bought last year indeed earned him tens of thousands of taels of silver. Although this amount of money was just a drop in the bucket to him, the important thing was that the land he bought was surrounded by land suitable for growing cotton. Originally, he planned to buy more cotton land this year, but now that his main business has been hit hard, he not only wants to buy some, but also wants to enclose land on a large scale. With his connections in the capital, as long as he was willing to spend money, the local rich people and farmers nearby would not dare not sell their land to him.
If you calculate the account, if you buy all cotton fields, although the profit of one year is not enough to compare with the profit of the restaurant, it can also be ten or four.
If you invest other savings in several other industries, maybe the profits will not be lost to the profits of Yangfan Restaurant. Comparatively speaking, with the cotton field as a guarantee, the risk is much smaller than fighting against Lin Ji Inn.
"As far as I know, the reason why the price of cotton last year was so high was entirely because of the floods in Yaoyin County. This year, Yaoyin County has had good weather" Ling Weifeng looked towards the river with a smile and said calmly: "To be honest, Ling I really feel that Boss Jiang is only suitable for opening a restaurant. With Boss Jiang¡¯s ability, it is not difficult to be a wealthy local man, but it is a bit difficult to be a rich wealthy man."
Jiang Fang was shocked and said nervously: "Boss Ling, there was a flood in Yaoyin County last year?"
"Didn't Boss Jiang ask?" Ling Weifeng asked.
Jiang Fang smiled bitterly. Yaoyin County is located in the west of the Han Dynasty. It is literally thousands of miles away from the capital. It is impossible for the news to spread to everyone. In addition, he didn't have much hope for the cotton field last year. It was only a small side industry, so naturally he wouldn't invest too much energy in it.
"Yaoyin County isAfter the establishment of Mianda County and the Chamber of Commerce, the circulation of goods became more and more convenient. Next year, Boss Jiang must be prepared to lose money. "Ling Weifeng laughed.
"But if you don't retreat and sink deeper and deeper, it will also be a big trouble." Jiang Fang knew Ling Weifeng's intentions in saying so, and said with some helplessness: "Lin Ji Inn is a bottomless pit. No matter how much money you throw into it, Lin Ji Inn will become a bottomless pit." As if God is taking care of us, there will always be a way to turn things around. No matter how many of us plot, we can never scheming against God, right?"
"Lin Ji Inn is indeed very lucky, but I don't believe that his luck can continue to be good. To be honest, as far as I know" Ling Weifeng glanced at everyone's faces and said slowly: "Emperor Qianwei has already Time is running out and death is imminent."
"Is this true?" Everyone was shocked.
"Of course!" Ling Weifeng nodded.
Everyone was in a commotion. If it is true, it means that the largest backer of Linji Inn, Emperor Qianwei, will turn into smoke, and the second largest backer, King Qingliu, will also have his prestige greatly reduced.
When the new emperor ascends the throne, no matter which prince he is, it is absolutely impossible to sit back and watch someone like King Qingliu exist when the foundation is not stable. Once he ascends the throne, the first thing he will do is to weaken King Qingliu's prestige as much as possible. King Qingliu faded out of the government and the public, and his influence dropped significantly. It was an inevitable result.
??In other words, by then, Linji Inn will no longer have any backer. As long as everyone is willing to spend money, they don't have to worry about being unable to suppress Lin Ji Inn.
Of course, the premise is that Ling Weifeng is telling the truth, and the so-called death cannot last too long. If it takes three to five years, it will be enough to drag them into bankruptcy.
"Everyone, don't hesitate. If you don't fight hard, all your previous efforts will be in vain. If you fight hard, there is still the possibility of turning things around." Ling Weifeng said loudly: "You are also people who have come through strong winds and waves. You can make it this far. To get a share of the family fortune or to keep it, who hasn¡¯t encountered a time when he had to fight to the death?¡±
"I have encountered them before. Like me, I just took over Qianye Restaurant from my father thirty years ago." Qianye Restaurant owner Liu Dahua said: "The nearby Ruijin Restaurant saw that I was young and easy to bully, so they tried their best to suppress me. At that time, , our Qianye Restaurant is not ranked high in the capital at all, and it is far inferior to the scale of Ruijin Restaurant. I remember that at that time, our Qianye Restaurant was forced to have only two choices, either to give up the big diners. Come out and concentrate on managing those ordinary diners. Or, I have to fight to the death. I took all the savings of Qianye Restaurant and ran to hire Wang Chuan, a famous chef who was idle at home, and offered him 10,000 taels of silver per month. The sky-high price. I remember that at that time, when the business of Chiba Restaurant was booming, the monthly profit was only more than 5,000 taels of silver.
After a pause, Liu Dahua continued: "But today is different from the past. I have more than 20 million taels of silver on hand. There is no need to hang myself on a tree. With more than 20 million taels of silver, why worry about not being able to run other businesses? Industry? If I give up the connections I have built up over decades and go to a certain county, with only 20 million taels of silver, besides banks, gambling houses, and pawn shops, what industry can¡¯t I become number one?"
Everyone nodded, and Liu Dahua¡¯s words were exactly what they thought. They can become the owners of top restaurants. Even if they inherit the family business from their fathers, they have also experienced great storms. Otherwise, they would have been swallowed up by their peers without leaving any bones. When it's time to take risks, they are more courageous than anyone else. But in the current situation, in their opinion, the risk is much higher than the future benefits.
Ling Weifeng was silent. He understood that if he didn't come up with some real information, he would be trying to persuade these people to change their attitude.
After pondering for a moment, Ling Weifeng said after everyone's support gradually weakened, "If our Maple Forest Restaurant is willing to pay half of the price, I wonder if you can put an end to your wavering thoughts?"
"Bear half of the price?" Everyone was confused.
"Yes! If our fight with Linji Inn ends in failure, then our Fenglin Restaurant is willing to bear half of all losses. The remaining half will be shared equally by everyone." Ling Weifeng nodded. .
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Everyone¡¯s hearts jumped wildly. Ling Weifeng¡¯s words had great appeal to them.
This is equivalent to saying that their risks will be reduced by half.
"Boss Ling, why did you take such a big risk to convince us to continue fighting with Linji Inn?" Liu Dahua suddenly asked.
"It's very simple. Lin Ji Inn is also a threat to our Fenglin Restaurant in other places!" Ling Weifeng said with a stern look: "The final result between Fenglin Restaurant and Lin Ji Inn will be life and death."
Everyone suddenly realized that if they put themselves in their shoes, they wouldThe only way to solve the problem is to fight to the death with Linji Inn. Otherwise, once Lin Kee Inn establishes an absolute advantage in the capital, it will soon be able to devote its energy to suppressing competitors in other places. With the support of the Lin Kee Inn head office in Beijing, it will be enough to kill Maple Forest Restaurant. The opposite is also true. If Lin Kee Inn loses in the capital, Fenglin Restaurant can slowly cannibalize other branches of Lin Kee Inn.
This also indirectly means that by defeating Lin Ji Inn, Fenglin Restaurant will not only benefit in the capital, but all branches in the entire Han Dynasty will benefit from this. In comparison, these costs are not too great.
However, no one could have imagined that Ling Weifeng¡¯s first consideration was how to delay time. No one would have thought that Fenglin Restaurant and the third prince had already reached an agreement. Once the third prince ascended the throne, he would not use the money bank of Fenglin Restaurant. Instead, he would help Fenglin Restaurant to reach a higher level and ensure Fenglin Restaurant¡¯s century-old future. prosperous.
The reason is naturally because Fenglin Restaurant is not just a money bank that provides financial resources to the third prince.