After sending Zhangsun Wuji away, Li Yi had dinner and prepared to return to his room on the fourth floor to rest.
However, just as she returned to her room, she heard a knock on the door.
"Who is it? I just returned to my room and someone knocked on the door?”
Li Yi thought to himself.
However, he still got up to open the door.
When he opened the door, he saw seven or eight middle-aged or old men standing outside. They were dressed in luxurious clothes, and most of them were slightly fat. It was obvious that they were of extraordinary status.
"Little Master Li Yi, please forgive us for coming to visit.”
When they saw Li Yi, the leader of the group, who looked more normal compared to the others, was an old man with white hair and beard. He was wearing a short coat and cupped his hands towards Li Yi.
"You guys are?"
Li Yi frowned as he looked at the people standing outside the door.
"Let me introduce myself. I'm Wen Fulai, the shopkeeper of East Arrival Residence.。”
"My name is Zhang Dabao, the shopkeeper of Guang Ju Xuan.”
"My name is Zhou Zhanggui, the manager of Wind Sweeping Building.”
……
The few of them first introduced themselves.
The old man called Wen Fulai then said," To tell you the truth, we are the shopkeepers of the largest restaurants in Chang 'an City, except for the Drunken Sky Tower. The reason why we are here today is to ask Li Yi to leave the Drunken Sky Tower and stop telling stories there!"”
Li Yi frowned when he heard that.”
Seeing Li Yi's expression, Wen Fulai was afraid that Li Yi would misunderstand, so he immediately said,""Little Master Li Yi, please don't misunderstand. We will pay you a sum of money for letting you leave the Drunken Sky Restaurant. If you agree to our request, we are willing to give you a huge sum of money of 500 strings of coins. In addition, after you leave, you don't have to worry.”
After hearing Wen Fulai's words, Li Yi instantly understood.
He was too ruthless in helping Wang Fugui steal the business of other restaurants.
Therefore, the other restaurants had joined forces to deal with the Drunken Heaven Manor.
The first step to deal with the Drunken Sky Manor was to poach him, the person who caused all of this.
However, he had already promised Wang Fugui.
He was a person who abided by contracts.
Even if Wen Fulai and the others gave him a huge sum of money, he would not agree.
No matter where it was put, 500 strings of silver was definitely not a small sum of money.
500 strings of silver coins were converted into 500,000 copper coins.
According to the calculation of 5 copper coins per bucket of rice, 500,000 copper coins could buy 100,000 buckets of rice.
100,000 bushels of rice was equivalent to two million catties of rice.
Such a large sum of money could probably be used to fight a small-scale war with 10,000 people.
Li Yi shook his head and refused." I'm sorry. I've already promised Shopkeeper Wang. It's impossible for me to leave."”
Hearing Li Yi's rejection, Wen Fulai and the others 'expressions changed. Wen Fulai's expression turned ugly as he said,""Don't tell me Little Master Li Yi won't consider it?”
When they were discussing earlier, they had thought of all the ideas that could stop the Drunken Sky Manor from snatching their guests.
Someone even suggested getting someone to kill Li Yi.
However, Li Yi did not leave the Drunken Sky Tower often. If they waited until Li Yi left the Drunken Sky Tower before making a move, their restaurant would probably have closed down long ago.
In addition, this was Chang 'an City, the foot of the emperor. If there was a murder case, it would probably attract the attention of the imperial court and the Supreme Court would investigate it thoroughly.
After all, they were all legitimate businessmen and did not want to get into trouble because of this matter. Therefore, under the opposition of most people, this proposal was quickly abandoned.
After that, the restaurant managers put together 500 strings of silver.
He was prepared to lure Li Yi out of the Drunken Sky Tower with gold and silver.
Who knew that Li Yi wouldn't be persuaded at all?
"Who would sneak into my restaurant? So it's you guys?"
At this moment, a familiar voice sounded from behind them.
Li Yi looked over and realized that it was the shopkeeper of the Drunken Sky Restaurant, Wang Fugui.
Looking at Wang Fugui, who was holding his chest and panting heavily, Li Yi guessed that Wang Fugui must have heard from the waiter that his other competitors had all gone up to the fourth floor. It was an urgent matter, so Wang Fugui rushed up.
Li Yi sympathized with Wang Fugui. It was quite pitiful for a fatty like Wang Fugui, who weighed more than 200 pounds, to run up to the fourth floor in one breath.
"Alright! Fatty Wang, you have such a great killing weapon in your restaurant, yet you don't share it with others, but keep it all to yourself. Are you trying to squeeze out all the other restaurants besides your Drunken Sky Restaurant?”
"That's right! Fatty Wang, aren't you too heartless?”
"Fatty Wang, if our restaurant is crushed by you, we won't let you have it easy even if we die.”
"If you don't give us an explanation today, don't even think about letting us leave.”
……
Seeing that Wang Fugui had arrived, the other restaurant managers did not bother to hide anymore. They started to talk about this matter and complained.
Wang Fugui looked at the scene before him and frowned as he thought of a way to deal with it.
In fact, after he discovered Li Yi's terrifying storytelling ability, he had already predicted that one day he would be boycotted by all the other restaurant managers in Chang 'an. However, he did not expect that this day would come so quickly.
However, even though Wang Fugui had predicted that this day would come, he was still reluctant to give up on the benefits that were within his grasp.
One had to know that because of Li Yi's arrival, the Drunken Sky Restaurant's turnover had increased by 50% yesterday, and it had even soared by three times today.
If Li Yi stayed in the Drunken Sky Tower, he might crush all the other restaurants in Chang 'an.
However, he knew that since Li Yi had already been discovered by the other restaurants, it would be impossible for him to rely on Li Yi to snatch customers from the other restaurants.
Wang Fugui had no choice but to negotiate with these restaurant managers in order to keep his restaurant open in Chang 'an.
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