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Chapter 12 Twelve, it is called Louwailou

Huang Chujiu had been thinking about this matter, how to prevent the Xinxin Stage from falling into the hands of Jing Runsan after the contract expired, and of course he couldn't pay for another roof garden.Huang Chujiu really thought about it for a while. After much deliberation, it suddenly became clear that this was a good opportunity. Why not persuade Jingrunsan to cooperate, which can not only solve the problem of funding for the construction of the roof garden, but also solve the problem of the final destination of the Xinxintai house.Jing Runsan has become a shareholder, and the business of the roof garden is doing well. In the future, he will have to consider whether it would be beneficial to have a falling out with Huang Chujiu. He will definitely not just talk about it.

Although Jing Runsan owns a lot of land, most of it is the property left by his ancestors. He himself does not need to spend much thought and energy on the management, and only relies on collecting house and land rents to live.It's not like he doesn't want to start a career, but the young master is used to life, and he is a little afraid of taking risks. Besides, he can't think of a career to do.Hearing Huang Chujiu talk about the prospect of the roof garden so well now, I couldn't stop feeling warm in my heart, and agreed immediately, and said to Huang Chujiu: "Everything depends on the great talent of the old man."

Huang Chujiu cooperated with Jing Runsan for the first time, and the two got along relatively well. The renovation project of the roof garden did not require much effort and was completed quickly.The so-called "garden" is to imitate the method of the Japanese, and put a lot of potted trees and flowers around the roof. The main "pattern" is that four playgrounds are opened at the four corners of the roof, which are used for folk art in the north, storytelling in the south, and juggling magic. There are Bentan which is the predecessor of Shanghai Opera, Sutan which is the later Su Opera, and Xitan which is the later Tin Opera), but the most interesting thing for tourists is the elevator and distorting mirror.

In Shanghai at that time, only the banks and foreign firms on the Bund were equipped with elevators, and ordinary citizens could not take them, but they had infinite curiosity about them.Huang Chujiu had a good grasp of the psychology of Shanghainese, so he specially installed an imported elevator and went straight to the roof garden.When tourists enter, if they go up the stairs, they only charge one corner of the ticket, and if they take the elevator, they charge two cents.But most of the tourists who come here are willing to spend 20 cents to take the elevator, and everyone wants to try something new.

The distorting mirror is a concave and convex dressing mirror.When people look in the mirror, they immediately become deformed. Some have a small head and a big belly, some have a big head and a small belly, some are narrow and long, and some are flat and wide... The big world still has these settings.When people saw their strange appearance in the mirror, they all laughed, so Huang Chujiu named the mirror "Haha Mirror", and put these mirrors in a pavilion, which was called "Haha Pavilion". Seeing that everything is ready, the roof garden is about to open auspiciously, but it is always necessary to choose a name that is extraordinary and can be remembered immediately.Some friends, including Sun Yusheng, naturally thought about it for a while, but Huang Chujiu was not satisfied. Suddenly he had an idea and said, "How about calling it Louwailou?" Everyone called Miao, saying that the name was ready-made and complete, Easier to call out.

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