On the third floor of the Drunken Sky Tower, in a room.
On the table was the tea that the waiter had just served.
At this moment, the managers of all the big restaurants in Chang 'an City were sitting here.
Of course, this also included Li Yi, the main culprit behind this incident.
"Fatty Wang, you have to let little master Li Yi out. Then, let little master Li Yi take turns to tell stories in our other restaurants every month.”
As soon as he sat down, the shopkeeper of East Arrival Restaurant, Wen Fulai, demanded an exorbitant price.
"Impossible. I was the one who discovered little master Li Yi. It's impossible for you guys to share this cake equally with my Drunken Sky Tower.”
Wang Fugui refused without hesitation.
Although he had offended all the restaurant managers in Chang 'an City because of Li Yi, it was impossible for him to let Li Yi go and take turns to tell stories in the restaurants.
"Shopkeeper Wang, if you put it this way, then we can't talk anymore. You have to give up a portion of the benefits.”
Manager Zhou Zhanggui of Wind Sweeping Building said.
"I can give up a portion of the benefits, but if you want to get something for nothing, let me tell you, there's no way.”
Wang Fugui's tone was still firm.
If he didn't give him some benefits and compensation, it was impossible for him to give up such a huge advantage.
Wang Fugui had been in Chang 'an City for twenty to thirty years. He had experienced the chaos of the Sui and Tang Dynasties. He naturally understood that Wen Fulai and Zhou Changgui wanted him to hand over Li Yi, their trump card, if they didn't give him a single cent.
"Shopkeeper Wang, if you continue like this and want to bring us down, we will at most fight to the death. Even if all our restaurants collapse, we will not let you have a good time.”
The shopkeeper of Vast Gathering Pavilion, Zhang Dabao, threatened.
Under the threat of his restaurant's life, Zhang Dabao, who used to be a good person, had no choice but to reveal a trace of viciousness.
"Hmph, the fish may die, but the net may not break! I don't believe that you can shut down my restaurant if you join forces.”
Zhang Dabao's threat infuriated Wang Fugui.
"Shopkeeper Wang, you have to think clearly. You should have some understanding of the strength of our people. With so many of us working together, although we might not necessarily shut you down, it's possible to make your Drunken Sky Restaurant not smooth for a period of time.”
A restaurant manager threatened.
"That's right. Shopkeeper Wang, you must not be too ruthless.”
Another restaurant manager echoed.
"It's not good to go overboard. After all, you've already benefited greatly in the past two days.”
Another restaurant manager said.
Wang Fugui understood the meaning behind these people's words. If he did not give up some of his benefits, he could not blame them for using other tricks.
If hoodlums and gangsters often visited, no customers would be willing to come.
Wang Fugui couldn't ignore the threats from so many people.
He held the teacup in his hand and thought for a long time before saying,"If you want Master Li Yi, you can go to your restaurant to tell stories, but you can't take turns.”
Wang Fugui paused for a moment and continued," Master Li Yi, I was the one who discovered it. Within a month, Little Master Li Yi has to stay in our restaurant for ten days. You can allocate the rest of the time to yourselves.”
Seeing that Wang Fugui had taken one-third of a month's time, the others were naturally unwilling to agree.
" That's impossible. If you took away one-third of it in a month, wouldn't your Drunken Sky Tower become the number one restaurant in Chang 'an?”
"That's right. Your business is already good enough now. You still need ten days.”
"This is impossible. Your Drunken Sky Tower's restaurant takes one-third of the time, then what about our other restaurants?”
"That's right, it's impossible."
"We don't agree."
……
Wang Fugui's condition was immediately rejected by everyone.
"Don't go too far. Li Yi was originally in my Drunken Sky Tower, so I have no obligation to give him up. And I didn't ask for any compensation."
Seeing that he had already taken such a step back, the managers of the other restaurants were still pushing their luck. Wang Fugui's expression was ugly.
These restaurant managers probably felt that this was the limit that Wang Fugui could accept.
After protesting for a while, their voices weakened.
"Five days!"
After pondering for a moment, East Arrival Restaurant's shopkeeper Wen Fulai said.
"No, at least nine days."
Wang Fugui argued.
"Six days."
"Impossible."
"Seven days."
"Don't go too far."
"Eight days."
"Alright, deal."
Wang Fugui finally made the final decision.
Then, they had a two-hour long discussion to discuss the specific amount they had agreed on.
In the end, Wang Fugui and all the restaurant managers came to an agreement. The agreement had the following provisions:
1. Li Yi would not be limited to only telling stories in the Drunken Sky Tower.
Second, on the 1st, 5th, 9th, 11th, 16th, 20th, 23rd, and 28th of each month, Li Yi will tell a story at the restaurant.
3. Every month, their restaurants would increase Li Yi's residence fee to 30 strings, and the audience reward would all belong to Li Yi.
Fourth, Li Yi's daily storytelling time increased from four hours to six hours.
……
As for the few restaurants that offered 500 strings of coins to poach Li Yi, they naturally did not have any more.
After all, because of Li Yi, their restaurant was already in a life-threatening situation. That was why they had to spend a huge sum of money to poach Li Yi.
But now, the manager of Li Yi's restaurant, Wang Fugui, had already agreed to let Li Yi take turns to tell stories at each restaurant in the future, so there was naturally no need to spend that money.
After everyone finished their discussion, smiles appeared on both sides 'faces.
Li Yi, who had been silent all this while, stood up calmly and said,""You guys discussed it so quickly. Didn't you want to ask for my opinion?”
The moment Li Yi spoke, the other restaurant managers were stunned.
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