In fact, the bosses of all the restaurants in Chang 'an City thought so.
But the problem was, how should he get through this crisis?
They did not have a storyteller as good as Li Yi.
These restaurant managers, who usually fought fiercely because of their customers, finally gathered together to discuss how to get through the current crisis.
In a luxuriously decorated and spacious room sat a few men dressed in extraordinary clothes. They ranged in age from middle-aged to old.
Almost all the shopkeepers of the biggest restaurants in Chang 'an City had arrived today.
"The shopkeepers of Fenghua Pavilion, Longevity Pavilion, Immortal Crane Pavilion, and Myriad Blessing Pavilion are all here?”
Seeing several old acquaintances sitting around him, the oldest among them, the shopkeeper of East Arrival Restaurant, Wen Fulai, cupped his hands towards them.
"Shopkeeper Wen! He had no choice but to come! If they don't come, our restaurant will close down.”
"That's right, Fatty Wang forced us too hard.”
"Shopkeeper Wen, you haven't seen the situation in my restaurant. From this morning until now, not a single customer has come.”
"Yours is fine, but mine is even worse. Yesterday, the number of customers began to decrease, and today, I didn't even see a ghost.”
……
The other restaurant managers poured out their grievances.
"We have to think of a way to restrict the Drunken Heaven Manor.”
The shopkeeper of Wind Sweeping Building, Zhou Zhanggui, frowned.
" That's right. We have to think of a way to restrain the Drunken Sky Tower. Otherwise, it won't be long before our restaurant is squeezed out by Wang Fugui. By then, the Drunken Sky Tower will become the number one restaurant in Chang 'an.”
Zhang Dabao nodded.
"I'm sure that everyone has already investigated before this. The reason why Wang Fugui's Drunken Heaven Restaurant was able to snatch our guests away was because a monk who was very good at storytelling suddenly appeared in his Drunken Heaven Restaurant. If we want to survive this crisis, we have to get rid of this storyteller.”
Wen Fulai stood up and said.
"Shopkeeper Wen, why don't we go all out and get someone to get rid of Li Yi?”
The shopkeeper of Longevity House was a thin old man with a vicious gaze. He stood up, and a trace of hostility flashed in his eyes.
"No, we can do anything else, but we can't kill anyone.”
Who knew that the manager of Wind Sweeping Building, Zhou Zhanggui, would stand up and refuse without even thinking.
"Why?"
The shopkeeper of East Arrival Restaurant, Wen Fulai, frowned.
In fact, he was still leaning towards the suggestion of the Longevity House's shopkeeper.
"We are merchants after all, not bandits who kill and rob. If we make a move, there will be a case of life on our hands.”
" Chang 'an is under the Emperor's feet, and the storyteller monk has so many audiences. The imperial court will certainly investigate this matter under pressure. If they can't find out that we did it, it's fine. If they find out that we did it, our good days will come to an end.”
Wind Sweeping Building's shopkeeper Zhou Zhanggui explained.
Seeing that the other restaurant managers seemed to have something to say, Zhou Zhanggui continued,
"I know you want to say that we all have a backer. But the problem is that this is Chang 'an Fortress. There are many people here, so it's not easy for us to attack.”
"In addition, according to the information I gathered, that very powerful storytelling monk rarely leaves the Drunken Sky Manor. He has been in Chang 'an for three days and only went out once yesterday. If we want to kill the storyteller monk, we have to wait until he leaves the Drunken Sky Tower. If the storyteller monk hides in the Drunken Sky Tower and doesn't come out for eight to ten days, we won't be able to solve it. I'm afraid our restaurant will be the first to be ruined.”
Zhou Zhanggui voiced his concerns.
"Then according to Shopkeeper Zhou's suggestion, what should we do?”
Wen Fulai felt that Shopkeeper Zhou's words were very reasonable, so he asked.
"That's right. If we can't take action and get rid of that storyteller, what should we do? We can't just sit around and wait for the restaurant to close down, right?”
said Zhang Dabao, the shopkeeper of Guangju Pavilion.
"Yeah!"
"In this way, doesn't that mean that no matter what we do, the restaurant will close down?”
"Then what are we talking about? Why not go home and wait for the restaurant to close down!”
……
Hearing Zhou Zhanggui's words, the other restaurant managers immediately became excited.
"It's not like we don't have a way to deal with Wang Fugui, but we'll need to fork out a lot of money.”
Zhou Zhanggui looked at everyone's expressions and felt that he had laid the foundation, so he finally voiced his thoughts.
"Shopkeeper Zhou, what do you mean?"
Wen Fulai seemed to have thought of something, and a flash of realization flashed across his eyes.
"What I mean is that we can join all the restaurants together and spend a huge sum of money to poach that storyteller monk from Drunken Heaven Manor. Without that storyteller monk, Drunken Heaven Manor is no longer a concern. In the future, we can also let that storyteller monk take turns to tell stories in our restaurants to attract customers for us.”
"In this way, not only will we quietly resolve the pressure Drunken Sky Tower has on us, we might even be able to bring our restaurant's business to a higher level. This is an opportunity to kill two birds with one stone, why not?”
Zhou Zhanggui said.
After some investigation, none of the shopkeepers doubted the ability of the powerful storyteller monk to attract customers.
Zhou Zhanggui's words caused all of the restaurant managers to fall into deep thought. All of them were frowning, their fingers tapping on the armrests of their chairs or matte the tea cups in their hands. It was obvious that they were weighing the pros and cons in their hearts.
"That's a good suggestion, but after poaching the storyteller monk, how should we allocate the storyteller monk's storytelling time?”
Zhang Dabao, the shopkeeper of Guangju Pavilion, looked honest and honest, but he had to be shrewd to be able to make Guangju Pavilion one of the largest restaurants in Chang 'an. Zhang Dabao asked immediately.
"The seven of us will contribute 500 strings together, and we will split the storytelling time equally!”
Zhou Zhanggui knew that if the benefits were not distributed equally, everyone would be at odds with each other, making it impossible for them to work together.
"We don't have any objections to splitting it evenly, but isn't it a little too high to invest 500 strings to poach that storytelling monk?”Wen Fulai said.
"500 strings is actually not a high price. It is said that the storyteller monk receives a lot of rewards from the listeners every day. If we invest less, I'm afraid it will be difficult to poach the storyteller monk.”
Zhou Zhanggui shook his head.
"In that case, we have no objections.”
Wen Fulai nodded, and the other restaurant managers also nodded.
"Alright, since everyone has agreed, we'll start implementing the plan.”
Zhou Chang nodded.
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