Chapter 60: The Storyteller
Inviting popular freshmen from major brothels to "sing" in restaurants is one of the ways to attract customers from major restaurants.
However, it is not easy to invite a popular polite prostitute.
This has nothing to do with money, but the innocent people of this era are more or less "literary and youthful".
If a well-known literati invites them to sing the wind and the moon together, it will be an elegant thing in their eyes and will most likely go there happily.
However, playing the piano and singing music in a restaurant is regarded as a mundane thing by them. Whether they go or not depends entirely on their mood.
Therefore, even if many innocent people have a restaurant, they may not be able to get it.
And for the Yang Family Restaurant, this doesn't seem to be a difficult task.
Because Yan Feixue and Yang Xu are shareholders of Yang Family Restaurant.
Yan Feixue herself is a courtesan and is most well-known in the industry. Her peers need to give her some face.
Yang Xu had previously written four poems that were enough to be passed down through the ages on the banks of the Yishui River, and got the opportunity to drink with the four great courtesans. This made him famous and also shamed the literati of the poetry and lyrics clubs in Jinyang City.
If Yan Feixue hadn't told Yang Xu, Yang Xu wouldn't have known that he had become a hot celebrity in the eyes of many brothel women in Jinyang City.
There were even a few famous young men who had a reputation that if Yang Xu was willing to write a masterpiece of the same as the four courtesans for her, she would recommend herself to the pillow and mat for a while with Yang Xu.
When Yang Xu heard this, he couldn't help but look at Yan Feixue a few more times.
This woman is born with charming charm, and her every frown and smile reveals all kinds of charm. She is completely different from Yang Hongyu. If she has this meaning, she can consider it herself.
Yan Fei, like a snowman, when Yang Xu looked at her, she giggled and threw her eyes in a charming way, teasing: "I also admire Mr. Yang's talent. If Mr. Yang does not dislike my Pu Liu's posture, I am willing to recommend myself to the pillow."
Yang Xu is a normal man and likes beauty, but he is not a person who is so lustful.
He knew that Yan Feixue said this, just a show-off. If he took it seriously, he would be fooled.
So he just blew up to the sky and laughed it off.
The Yang Family Restaurant’s approach was learned and imitated by other restaurants. Although their business is incomparable to the Yang Family Restaurant, they can barely maintain it.
Although the business is the leader, the Yang Family Restaurant is not self-confidence.
In addition to inviting some well-known novice prostitutes to "sing on the spot" every now and then, Yangjia Restaurant will also launch some new dishes and fresh items to make the guests enjoy it.
For example, recently, the Yang Family Restaurant hired a storyteller. The storyteller was not telling a story circulating in this world, but a brand new story called "Journey to the West".
This type of gods and demons has never appeared in this world.
The story tells the story of four masters and apprentices who went through various hardships on the way to obtain the scriptures in the West, and finally achieved the right result... Every disaster in it is wonderful and fascinating.
Especially the Monkey King, who can only go to heaven and earth, will change seventy-two times, and makes a big fuss about the underworld and the heavenly palace, is even more deeply rooted in people's hearts and is most popular among the people.
In a few days, the storyteller's chapters were circulated throughout Jinyang City, so that the people of the whole city, from old to young, almost all men and women, were fascinated by it.
In order to hear new stories as soon as possible, some people have to save a few taels of silver when they save money. Then they go to Yangjia Restaurant City to order a few side dishes, warm a pot of good wine, listen to it with their own ears, and then go back and tell the story to their relatives, friends and neighbors.
It is naturally Yang Xu's idea to ask the storyteller to stay in the venue.
When he told the villagers Journey to the West in Yangjiazhai, he knew that the story would definitely be very popular when he saw the villagers' obsession.
Moreover, there was far more than a Journey to the West in his head. It was just the four masterpieces in his previous world. It was enough to say a few times a day to say it lasted a year or two.
In addition, what are the Romance of the Gods, the Stories from a Chinese Studio?... What are the West Chamber, the Peony Pavilion, the Peach Blossom Fan... What are the monks of Lancao, Jin Ping Mei, ***...
With these things that fascinate customers, the Yang Family Restaurant can ensure that the business will continue to flourish and make enough money.
Yang Xu and the storyteller signed a contract, paying the other party a fixed salary every month, and then the reward given by the guests was divided into 30% to 70% of the restaurant.
Of course, Yang Xu, who is determined to be a bad capitalist, gave three to the storyteller and seven to the restaurant.
Despite this, the storyteller almost cried with joy.
The storyteller was already fifty years old, and before, he had earned only three or five taels of silver every month, which could barely support a whole family.
After he was found by Yang Xu, he heard that he went to the Yang Family Restaurant, which had been in a hot business recently, and in addition to a fixed salary of 10 taels of silver every month, there was also 30% of the rewards from customers. How could he not be happy?
Although he was telling books in other places and the rewards he received were all 50% off, he could not withstand the number of customers in the Yang Family Restaurant. The mere volume could far exceed the income from telling books in other places.
Moreover, after he got the Journey to the West written by Yang Xu, he knew that the story had the potential to be popular, and no matter which storyteller he gave it to, it would make him famous.
So Yang Xu asked him to stay in the room to tell the story, but he felt that this was a gift to him.
Perhaps it was also mesmerized by the Journey to the West that Yan Feixue, who rarely came to restaurants in the past, has actually been very busy these days.
In Yang Xu's eyes, she was not doing her job properly.
Yan Feixue's talent and appearance made many nobles and scholars in Jinyang City fascinated her. Therefore, her frequent arrival also made those people come to the scene, which in disguise increased the popularity and business of the restaurant.
This is what Yang Xu is happy to see.
Every time Yan Feixue came to the restaurant, she would stay in the private room on the third floor for about an hour, listen to Journey to the West several times, and then ask Yang Xu about the restaurant business, and then leave with satisfaction.
"Why did this girl suddenly care about the restaurant? Did she see that the restaurant business is getting more and more prosperous, and she wants to squeeze out both of us and take it alone?"
After Yang Xu and Yang Xing exchanged views, both men secretly raised their vigilance.
Yang Hongyu is a decisive person. The day after Yang Xu proposed to learn martial arts, she officially began to teach Yang Xu in the small courtyard behind the restaurant.
Before Yang Hongyu agreed to teach Yang Xu to practice martial arts, she had already solemnly told Yang Xu that learning martial arts is a difficult thing. You have to endure hardships and be tired, and you can't give up halfway.
Yang Xu's head was hot at that time and felt that he could do anything. He patted his chest and said that this was all a little meaning.
Unexpectedly, when he really started practicing, he realized that the degree of suffering and suffering that Yang Hongyu said was far beyond his imagination.
Just the most basic way to stretch the muscles and bones in martial arts, he was so painful that he cried and screamed at his parents. He was so angry that he could only hold on for one day, but he couldn't stand it.
Yang Xu wanted to stop doing the picks, but Yang Hongyu had a cold face and shook her head ruthlessly. At the same time, the cold eyes that looked at Yang Xu were filled with ridicule and contempt, which was clearly saying, "Don't keep your word, are you a man?"
Being ridiculed by a woman, especially a top beauty, Yang Xu couldn't accept it, so he gritted his teeth and kept persevering.
Chapter completed!