Chapter Twenty-Six: Another Round

  The shopkeeper walked out of the counter with quick steps and smiled: "Sir, are you here to find Miss?"

  Is this the young master of the Shen Mansion? Several waiters carefully sized him up, forgetting about their work. This young master was indeed handsome, just a bit dark-skinned. Rumor had it that he was quite talented in literature and also somewhat mysterious.

  Zhu Ziming first took a glance at the hall, where there were only a few scattered customers, and business wasn't too good. He nodded: "En, where is Miss Shen?"

  The shopkeeper smiled and said: "Young master, the young lady is in the accounting room, I'll take you there."

  Followed the shopkeeper up to the second floor and stopped in front of a small room in the corner, the shopkeeper knocked on the door: "Miss..."

  "It's Yu Zhuanggui, Miss has asked you to come in," the voice from inside wasn't Shen Biying's but that little maid Lan'er.

  The shopkeeper pushed open the door and saw Shen Bixian sitting in front of a large desk, looking at the account book on the table, her hands still moving the abacus on the table, while Mr. Ji and Lan'er stood aside.

  The accountant and the shopkeeper were about the same age, both over fifty, with a broad face and a big nose, not looking very dignified. He stood carefully to one side, deeply afraid that there would be some mistake in the accounts he had made.

  The accountant saw the shopkeeper come in, accompanied by a young man with sword-like eyebrows and starry eyes, standing upright, who was quite good-looking. Who is this person?

  The young lady was busy, and the shopkeeper didn't dare disturb her, but still whispered: "Miss, your husband is here."

  Lan'er glanced at Zhu Ziming with a hint of sympathy in her eyes. It's really not easy being the young master, walking all this way on such a hot day.

  This is the uncle of the Shen family! The accountant was shocked, looking like he didn't expect it. In the accountant's mind, this son-in-law should be timid and weak, but this uncle is actually quite majestic.

  Mr. Ji shook his head, this is a family matter of the Shen Mansion, what does it have to do with him?

  Shen Bi Xing raised her beautifully painted eyebrows and glanced at Zhu Zi Ming, saying lightly: "Mm, Yu Zhuanggui, you can go busy yourself now."

  Yu Zhuanggui fell silent for a moment, then quickly retreated, thinking that the young master was the son-in-law of the Shen family, and it wasn't surprising that the miss was so cold to him.

  But Zhu Ziming was already used to it, his own wife didn't give him face, and out of boredom, he started wandering around the accounting room. The accounting room was not only narrow but also filled with cabinets, on which were placed the account books of Yuquan Building since its opening, these several decades' worth of account books, totaling hundreds of volumes...

  After Heban Xiang's skillful performance, Shen Bixian suddenly stood up with a hint of a smile. The accountant said, "Miss Shen, is there anything amiss?"

  Shen Bi Xing shook her head and smiled faintly: "Can't I trust Mr. Ouyang to handle things?"

  Mr. Ouyang knew that Miss Shen was just being polite, as she would come to the accounting room every ten days to check the accounts. Mr. Ouyang smiled and clasped his fists together, saying: "Miss is too kind, I'm just doing my best to serve you."

  "It's just that this account is flawless... " Shen Biying's tone changed: "But why has business been so slow lately?"

  Mr. Ouyang said in a low voice, "Miss, you don't know that recently, two more wine houses have opened in Lingyun City. Although they are not as good as our Yuquan Building, the wine they sell is cheaper, so there are many fewer guests."

  Although the place is not as good, without the elegance and grandeur of Yuquan Building, but their wine is cheaper, where can't you drink, of course go to a cheaper place. Zhu Ziming heard this and secretly shook his head, business has become worse, it's also reasonable.

  "Is that so....." Shen Bi Xing's pretty face showed a few shades of worry, this Jade Spring Building was the Shen family's reliance, it couldn't be allowed to operate in a dismal manner. She muttered to herself: "I must think of some ideas to bring back the lost customers."

  Should we lower the wine prices to bring them back, but wouldn't this grand wine house be no different from those small wine shops, and even tarnish the imperial plaque bestowed by His Majesty?

  No way, this method is absolutely not feasible. Shen Biyun secretly shook her head and couldn't think of a better idea for the time being. Mr. Ouyang was even more out of sorts, thinking for half a day with a worried look on his face.

  "Miss Shen, why don't I give you an idea?" said Zhu Ziming, leaning against the wall with a smile.

  Shen Bixian said coldly: "What idea can you have? Are you thinking of turning the Jade Spring Building into a brothel?"

  Mr. Ouyang was stunned, wondering if this was really the young master of the Shen family, otherwise why would Miss Shen be so sarcastic towards him, and even mention a brothel... it couldn't be that kind of thing, could it?

  When no one is around, I must give you a good spanking. Zhu Ziming took a look at her curvaceous figure, full breasts and buttocks, really familiar like a ripe peach.

  Zhu Ziming felt a surge of excitement in his heart, and he licked his lips: "Miss Shen's joke is really big, my idea is to let the wine house do some activities to reward the guests, to attract everyone's attention, not only can earn Yuquan Building's good reputation, but also make the guests willing to spend money."

  Both having a good reputation and being able to make customers willing to spend money? Mr. Ouyang was tongue-tied, he couldn't believe it, is there such a good thing in the world, unless these customers are fools.

  Shen Bixian naturally didn't believe him either, and looked at him coldly, wondering what other absurd idea he would come up with.

  Being able to earn silver and also let the wine house gain reputation, what a good thing! Mr. Ouyang was somewhat skeptical: "Please instruct me, Brother-in-law."

  Zhū Zǐ Míng sank into thought for a moment, then slowly said: "There's no one who doesn't love taking advantage of things, so we can use the psychology of wine guests to have an 'open barrel with rewards' activity."

  "Is there a reward for opening the altar? Is it to reward silver, which seems too far-fetched? Shen Biying had never heard of such a novel idea before and couldn't help but ask: "Opening the altar has a reward... what does that mean, what's the reward?"

  Zhu Ziming smiled mysteriously: "Our wine shop sells wine, of course it's a reward for the wine. On the lid of this wine jar, write 'come again for another jar'. Whoever opens the lid and sees these four words will be rewarded with another jar of wine."

  Mr. Ouyang was shocked: "If it's like what Master Gū said, every jar of wine will be rewarded with another jar, won't this wine shop go bankrupt?"

  "This old man is really too naive, Zhu Zi understood and rolled his eyes: 'Of course not, this reward must be limited in quantity, for example, good wine, only one out of a thousand jars can be served again, medium wine one out of a hundred jars, poor wine one out of ten jars. This way, it makes the guests want to drink more and also makes the wine house look very generous.'"

  He had originally wanted to say that the odds of winning were one in a thousand, or even one in a hundred, but would these ancient people be able to understand? Zhū Zǐ Míng was at a loss and painstakingly explained it in detail.

  After a moment of stunned silence, Mr. Ouyang applauded with his fists: "Brother-in-law is indeed talented and was able to come up with such a clever plan, I admire you!"

  This move "come again for a jar" not only makes the wine guests excited, naturally increasing their drinking capacity, but also attracts many wine guests to come, and makes the wine house famous, it's really a clever move that can make money and have a good reputation!

  ————————————————

  PS: There's still one more chapter tonight, I'll work hard to update this week. Please help collect this book for those brothers who haven't collected it yet, and ask for recommendations to rush into the new book list. Thank you!

  ;