"Many thanks for everyone's kindness. Today, I am telling a story to repay the restaurant's meal. With everyone's support, I believe that the restaurant's meal will be able to be repaid. It was getting late today. If fate allowed it, there would definitely be a chance to tell everyone a story in the future.”
Li Yi shook his head and refused. He walked down from the storytelling platform and went to pick up the bounty on the ground.
He wasn't a professional storyteller before. After speaking for two hours, his throat was almost smoking and his lips were almost worn out. How could he still be willing to tell stories?
Even if these people gave him more money, it would be useless.
Mister Zheng, who was standing at the side, had just recovered from Li Yi's story. When he saw Li Yi picking up the thick layer of reward money at his feet, his eyes turned red and his heart was filled with jealousy.
He wished he could replace Li Yi and collect all the rewards on the ground.
However, he was still rational and did not do such a stupid thing.
At this moment, Mister Zheng felt both envy and hatred towards Li Yi.
Because if he saw such a money-making opportunity, he wouldn't have put on airs and would have gone up without saying anything.
Unfortunately, Li Yi didn't seem to care at all.
"I'm really unlucky today.”
At this moment, the restaurant's manager, Wang Fugui, woke up. He looked at the food and wine that had not been touched for a long time on the tables around him, as well as the customers who simply stood there without even sitting down and listened to Li Yi's story. He could not help but wail.
In the beginning, he was worried that Li Yi's story would not be good enough to attract people.
However, the truth was that Li Yi's storytelling was so good that it even stole his restaurant business.
After listening to Li Yi's story, the customers who were eating just now were all immersed in Li Yi's story. They forgot to eat, let alone add food and wine.
While Li Yi was telling the story, no one left the restaurant.
The new customer stood there and was lost in Li Yi's story before he could even sit down.
Even he, the owner of the restaurant, was mesmerized by the story, let alone the others.
At this moment, he could only use the phrase 'want to cry but no tears' to describe his feelings.
After Li Yi picked up all the money on the ground, he piled them all up on the black lacquer wooden table on the storytelling table. The pile was like a small mountain of money. Li Yi counted 500 copper coins from it and placed it on the other side.
Then, he looked at the restaurant manager, Wang Fugui.""Shopkeeper Wang, is this money enough to pay for my previous meal?”
Wang Fugui walked in front of Li Yi and kept nodding his head with a smile.""Enough! Enough!"
Then, he ordered the waiter to collect the 500 wen.
Seeing that Li Yi was really not going to talk about it, the customers in the restaurant left impatiently.
At this moment, a white-haired old man in a Confucian robe with an extraordinary temperament came to his senses from Li Yi's story. He stood up and asked Li Yi with cupped fists,""Little Master, can you tell me the name of the story you just told?”
"Journey to the West," said Li Yi.
The old man muttered to himself,"So this story is called Journey to the West."”
Then, the old man came back to his senses and looked at Li Yi with bright eyes.""Little Master, are you still coming to this Drunken Night House to tell stories tomorrow?”
Li Yi seemed to have noticed the nervousness of the fat shopkeeper Wang Fugui. He said calmly,""It depends on the situation. It might come, but it might not.”
After getting the answer he wanted to know, the old man looked out the window and saw that the sky was getting dark. It was already dusk.
He immediately slapped his head and shouted,"Oh no!" Then, the old man took out a stack of money from his sleeve and shouted,"Keep the change!" Then, he hurriedly ran down the restaurant and left.
Li Yi felt that this old man was a little strange, and then he threw this old man to the back of his mind.
At this moment, the manager of Drunken Night Inn, Wang Fugui, walked over.
"Little Master, I now solemnly invite you to stay in our Drunken Night Inn and tell stories.”
There were two sides to everything. Once an unfavorable thing was used reasonably, it could produce an unexpected and huge effect.
Although Li Yi's storytelling was so good that even his restaurant's business was affected by it, it was not a big deal.
However, if they made reasonable arrangements, such as letting Li Yi read for an hour and then resting for an hour, not only would Li Yi's storytelling not affect Drunken Night Inn's business, but it might even increase the restaurant's income by a large margin.
Li Yi did not say anything. He just looked at Wang Fugui calmly.
He had already repaid the money he owed Drunken Night Inn for the meal. From now on, he and Drunken Night Inn were even.
Although Manager Wang Fugui had given him a chance to take the stage, it was not enough for him to agree to Wang Fugui's request after he had shown that he could generate such a huge profit.
"Of course, I will give you two strings of silver coins a month as a fixed payment. The reward money you get from telling stories will also go to you.”
Wang Fugui gritted his teeth.
He then added," Before this, Mister Zheng was a storyteller in my Drunken Night Inn. Our restaurant didn't give him any money to stay in the inn. We even charged him 30% of the profits.”
Li Yi shook his head and extended five fingers.""Five strings a month."
"Alright."
Although his heart ached, Wang Fugui still agreed.
Seeing Wang Fugui's sincerity, Li Yi finally nodded.""Since Shopkeeper Wang is so sincere, then I will stay in this Drunken Night Inn for a period of time.”
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