Chapter 18 second quarter

Zhang Xian stood up, helped Li Fengren up, and said: "If Boss Li agrees, I will only take 20% of your shares, and I will pay for all the expenses of Yueke Tea House, but I ask Boss Li to promise me a thing." Li Fengren said: "Mr. Zhang, please tell me, I can promise anything." Zhang Xian said: "Boss Li, I need to redecorate the Yueke Teahouse, not only to re-arrange, but also to rebuild the stage. Everything during this period is up to me to decide. Boss Li, don't ask the reason, just follow my arrangement." ,Not sure if this is possible?" Li Fengren said happily: "Mr. Zhang, it is my great blessing that you can become a shareholder of my Yueke Tea House. How dare I not agree!"

Zhang Xian said with a smile: "Okay, that's a deal! Come on, Boss Li, let's replace wine with tea and celebrate!" Zhang Xian picked up the teacup and drank it with Li Fengren. After drinking tea, Li Fengren was still a little uneasy, and asked: "Mr. Zhang, people like Chen Guo in Wangfenglou invited you to go, but you refused them and only asked me to cooperate. Will you offend Chen Guo?" them?" Zhang Xian smiled and said, "Boss Li, are you afraid of offending them?" Li Fengren hurriedly said: "Not afraid, not afraid! I am just afraid that if something goes wrong, I will disappoint Mr. Zhang's kindness, so I think more."

Zhang Xian said: "If you offend, you will offend. There must be a place to reason in Beiping." Although Li Fengren nodded again and again, a strong worry still lingered in his heart. He was lucky to be able to reopen the store, and he didn't want to think too much about the future.What Li Fengren is worried about is Zhang Xian. Zhang Xian has just arrived, and he may not understand the power of Chen Guo. Is it because of his unscrupulous character, or does he have a clever way to deal with Chen Guo?Did Zhang Xian really not understand, or did he pretend not to understand the pros and cons of these things?

Regardless of what everyone is thinking, the reopening of Yueke Tea House is a certainty! The news that Li Fengren of Yueke Tea House refunded Chen Guo's deposit and was about to reopen soon spread throughout the Tianqiao area, but no one knew the reason.No matter who asks Li Fengren, Li Fengren will never disclose any news, only saying that he will reopen the business. I saw that the Yueke Teahouse erected a high fence, and Li Fengren ran in and out to collect batches of craftsmen. He was very busy. No one could figure out what was going on in the Yueke Teahouse. I heard from the craftsmen who worked in Li Fengren Tea House that it was undergoing major repairs. Some said that many deep pits and ditches had been dug inside, and the basement might need to be repaired; Some said that wires were being pulled inside.

Because Li Fengren's refurbishment of the Yueke Teahouse was very strange. A batch of new craftsmen were hired every two days, and the work they did every day was not the same, so no one could tell that it was neat. After waiting for a month, several groups of artisans stabilized. They all said that the inside of the Yueke Tea House had changed, and a huge stage was built with heavy curtains, not the style of a flyover. Countless, there are more electric lights on the stage, some are bright and some are dark after being lit, all of which are very novel. During the time of the Beiyang government, although electric lights were not a rare thing in Tianqiao, it was still unreasonable to use so many electric lights.Some people commented that Li Fengren must have made a fortune, and some were crazy about revitalizing Yueke Tea House; some people said that Li Fengren probably wanted to do business with foreigners, so he got a lot of light bulbs to put green onions in the pig's nose-pretending to be like; Others said that Li Fengren must be playing tricks, and wanted to make a fresh start when he opened his blog.Anyway, there were countless speculations, but no one guessed that Zhang Xian was already preparing in Yueke Teahouse.

A good show is about to begin, a good show that no one can guess right. The renovation of Yueke Teahouse lasted for a month and 15 days, and many insiders in Tianqiao are waiting for what Yueke Teahouse will look like after it reopens. One morning in winter, the Yueke Tea House was officially reopened with lanterns and festoons, gongs and drums shaking the sky, and colorful flags waving in front of the restaurant. It stands to reason that Li Fengren should send out a lot of invitations, inviting the nearby masters, wives, bosses, shopkeepers, and folks from the village to come and support him, but Li Fengren just sang and sang, and there were many people watching to join in the fun, but no one actually entered the store. One.

There is a big signboard hanging at the entrance of Yueke Tea House, which is covered with a red cloth, and the shop sign above the head is also the same. It can be seen that they have made sufficient preparations. Li Fengren saw that there were more people onlookers, so he cleared his throat, stood at the door with a smile on his face and yelled vigorously: "Fathers and folks, the reopening of Yueke Teahouse depends on your praise!" The crowd of onlookers responded loudly, and people from other stores who came to watch the wind also mixed in the crowd, looking at it quietly. Someone shouted: "Boss Li, congratulations, what's new? Tell me quickly!"

Li Fengren hugged his fists with a smile, walked to the store, grabbed the red cloth in his hand, and glanced at Li Jiao next to him.The two knew each other, and they pulled the red cloth together, and the red cloth fell, revealing the big signboard and the new storefront. When everyone looked up, they all let out a sigh of "oh". On the new signboard, there are five large characters written in red letters on a black background: "Yueke Magic Hall". And on the big signboard erected by the door of the store, there is a huge pastel poster painted. In the picture, a man in a western suit is smiling slightly with a handful of Western playing cards in his hand, with pigeons flying and rabbits jumping wildly behind him. , immortals soaring into the clouds, and palaces cascading.This painting is a combination of Chinese and Western, which is the most popular form of Western advertising paintings nowadays.

On one side of the poster, it was written in large characters: Miracles in the fantasy world, unheard of, unseen; great magician Zhang Xian, two wonderful magic tricks every day. Someone in the crowd exclaimed, "Zhang Xian? Who is Zhang Xian?" Immediately, someone interjected: "Did you forget? The strange person who disappeared more than two months ago in the rumors of Tianqiao!" Among the onlookers, someone who had seen Zhang Xian's performance pointed to the magician on the poster and shouted, "I just said why you look so familiar, Zhang Xian Zhang Xian! It's Zhang Xian! He appeared again!"

While talking and yelling, someone squeezed out of the crowd and wanted to break into the store door, but several newly hired assistants of Li Fengren hurriedly stopped him, and this person yelled: "I'm rich! Let me in!" When Li Fengren saw that the time had come, he shouted: "Today, the small restaurant reopens. Mr. Zhang Xianzhang has an audition, and there is no ticket fee! Come and see everyone!" The crowd was restless, some were skeptical, some whispered, but many people couldn't hold back their curiosity and walked into the store one after another. Li Fengren and Li Jiao counted the number of people, each issued a place card, and welcomed them into the door.

The onlookers saw that many people had entered, and they didn't want to wait any longer. Anyway, they don't need money, and if they don't enter, it's no use, so they scrambled to enter the store. Li Fengren and Li Jiao didn't spend much effort, they dealt all the one hundred cards in their hands.There were also people who had waited and watched for a while before planning to go in to have a look. Li Fengren stopped them all and explained: "Today's audition is full, I'm sorry, you have to wait for the next one." Those who didn't go in were unhappy, and shouted: "Hey! How do you do business here? Even if you change the name of the place to Magic Hall, it's a new thing. How can there be a limit on how many people can go in? Others' homes are all Open the door to welcome guests, if the seats are full, there will be standing tickets and scattered seating, what are you doing here?" Someone echoed: "That's right, if you don't see your opening today, I won't come if you ask me to come! If you don't look at the people who go in, they are all gangsters waiting to die, eating radishes and eating farts." Yes, we are the ones willing to pay for it!" Li Fengren and Li Jiao kept saying good things, and those who failed to go in couldn't say anything more, swearing and making sarcastic remarks, and finally they all dispersed. Li Fengren and Li Jiao looked at each other, ordered the two shop assistants to hold the door, and hurried back to the shop, not forgetting to close the door, and put a full house sign on the door. All of this was arranged by Zhang Xian, Li Fengren and Li Jiao just had to do it, even their father and daughter didn't know what Zhang Xian was going to perform, in fact they were all uneasy and worried for Zhang Xian. The store was in a mess at this moment, most of the customers who came in were street people who had nothing to do and liked to join in the fun, few of them had quality and real money in their pockets.Except for those who are really curious and sent by other restaurants to find out, most of them just want to have a fresh look and have some free tea and snacks.To put it bluntly, they are all unwelcome masters, and every store will dislike them when they see them, and they are afraid to avoid them.Most of these people have no skills, they just have a mouth, and they think they have seen too many things, and they are indispensable for gossip. Li Fengren had just opened, and he didn't invite a few guests who could say good things for him and support the scene. He only let these idlers in, and whoever opened the new store would feel that this is not to please himself?In case there is something wrong with the performance, let the audience coax together, and talk nonsense after going out, wouldn't it be poked in the back before the war started? Li Fengren is also worried!He has opened a tea house in Tianqiao for a long time, and he has never seen a new one like his own, but Zhang Xian said to do this, so he had to bite the bullet and do it. The customers in the store were all curious when they first came in.I saw a huge stage in the Yueke Teahouse, unlike the traditional stage in the shape of a character with guardrails on the side, but a well-regulated platform on one side, and there are no pleasing decorations of flowers, birds, fish and insects on the back of the stage. , but there were several single-color curtains covering more than half of the stage.The elegant seats in the front row and the tea tables in the back row have not changed much, they are still arranged in the way of Tianqiao teahouses and theaters, but there are countless colorful lights around them, which brightly illuminate the room, which is indeed much brighter than other teahouses.