Chapter 179 Four Rich Businessmen 32

"How come it is time to close early?" Yao Niang was frightened, "Ling Jing, don't be confused. Among the guests lined up outside, even if there are those who take the blame, there are real guests. If you are all rejected, you will be rejected. How can we do business in the future?"

Li Lingjing's face was ashes, her fingers tightly clenched the edge of the table, and murmured in a low voice: "Yao Niang, this is a chain of condoms. Our booklet was stolen. Although no customer is here now, as long as we let those guests who did not book a seat come in, all the guests who booked a seat before will come out to cause trouble!"

Yao Niang bit her lip and looked sideways at the manager on the side, "When will the booklet disappear? Why don't you tell us?!"

The manager lowered his head, "I couldn't find it yesterday... I saw that the lady was worried about the two stores around the past few days, so I thought I'd talk about it later. I didn't expect such a big mistake today..."

After the business grew, Li Lingjing stopped doing everything herself. She finally managed to buy the next store and put all her energy and thoughts in the new store. How to connect, layout, and how to incorporate new elements to open the Wangyou Pavilion bigger and better. She was thinking about these every day. As for the reception of customers in the store, she left it to the manager to handle it.

The manager is an old man she wants from the Li Family Silk and Satin Workshop. She has a trustworthy character, but there are still friends under the manager. Wangyou Pavilion has recently recruited many new people. If some people are not clean, it is not impossible to steal the booklet while they are busy.

"I'm not thinking well..." Li Lingjing stood by the table with her head down, and her whole body was overwhelmed by depressed and frustrated. "I know that many people have been jealous of the Wangyou Pavilion recently, but they have no precautions. Now the member cards are afraid that people have made a batch of fake ones. The roster is stole to force us to recognize fake members. If we recognize them, they can use fake member cards to determine their positions every day. If we do not recognize them, they will definitely make noise on the grounds of fraud..."

After all, Li Lingjing is only sixteen years old. The first time she encountered such a situation, she was completely panicked and could not calm down. She just wanted to close the door and buy time for herself, and then discuss a proper way to cure her aftermath with Yao Niang.

But will it cause greater trouble if the closing now be caused?

How could they get hurt by their reputation after working hard for so long?

"Go, come with the pen and ink, and we will write another list!" Yao Niang urged the manager to do so.

Li Lingjing was stunned for a moment and soon realized that Yao Niang had the ability to remember everything she saw. She must have recorded the list early after passing by her hands!

"...Yes, yes! Let's write another list!" Li Lingjing said quickly, "Search it against the list of reservations, and all appointments that are not on the list will be invalid!"

The manager hurriedly went downstairs to make arrangements. As soon as he got the list written by Yao Niangmo, he immediately began to compare and screen.

All the guests on the membership list were put in. Those who were not on the list continued to queue up for the empty seats. However, someone soon came out to cause trouble and asked why he didn't let him in after making an appointment, and he insisted on the affairs and used the membership list to confront him!

But the list was just silent by Yao Niang, and the ink stains were not dry yet, so how could it be taken out?

Even if it is taken out, what should I do if the other party deliberately causes trouble and refuses to recognize the list?

There was a chaotic outing, and the team was in chaos, and everyone gathered to watch the fun.

"What a shit, Wangyou Pavilion! It's just a villain who has gone back on his word! My son is obviously a member here, so why did he cancel our appointment? Isn't this the membership card you gave me?! Everyone comes to see it, it's just this white jade pendant. When I said that I'm making a reservation, I don't count it now! Why do I explain to my son when I go back?! Wangyou Pavilion is so bullying!"

One of the people spoke out, and many people immediately agreed and instigated.

"Call Wangyou Pavilion to pay the money! Either empty the appointment or pay the money!"

"There must be something wrong with the list! Otherwise, why wouldn't my son's name be gone?!"

"There is no name for my young master!"

"In order to get a membership here, my master spent hundreds of taels here! There is no reason why he collected money but did not do anything! You must give an explanation today!"

"That's right! I have to give an explanation!"

There is a noisy at the door, so where can the guests inside enjoy a safe drinking? The manager blocked the door and bitten to death and must follow the membership list. All those who are not on the list will be invalid, even if they hold a white jade pendant that is exactly the same as the membership card in their hand!

The people who were making excitement became more and more noisy, and almost half of Baihua Street was blocked, which finally attracted the patrol yamen runners.

The officer came in to ask questions and learned about the matter. He also felt that there might be a mistake in the Wangyou Pavilion's roster, otherwise so many people shouldn't have held member cards but were not on the list.

But now it's getting late, and if you want to argue with the black and white Quzhi, you still have to wait to go to Shuntian Mansion to decide the case tomorrow.

The officer forcibly dispersed the crowds of trouble and onlookers outside, scolded them a few times and went to patrol somewhere else.

The crowd dispersed and the business also dispersed. Seeing that Wangyou Pavilion was in trouble, the guests naturally could not enjoy it easily, so they said goodbye and left.

The formerly lively Wangyou Pavilion became deserted tonight. Li Ling sat quietly in the empty first-floor lobby, feeling in a mess.

Yao Niang paced back and forth, with anxiety on her face. This group of people came prepared and would sue Wangyou Pavilion to Shuntian Mansion tomorrow. Li Lingjing is young, what if she loses to the other party?

But Yao Niang is good at poetry and studying customer preferences. As for how to do business and how to deal with traps, she is helpless.

"No matter what happens tomorrow, you must bite the roster to death without any mistakes. You can't leave a handle for that group of people!" Yao Niang was upset and clasped her hands together, "It would be great if she could find the original roster... How could it suddenly disappear? Who stole the roster? Was it bribed by people outside?...What should I do... What should I do..."

Li Lingjing lowered her head and said in a low voice: "Being quarrel like this made the people of Wangyou Pavilion panic. If they go to investigate who stole the list, they will only bring out a lot of confusing accounts. At present, they can only be soldiers to block the water and soil. Maybe after being scolded by the yamen runners, they will not come again..."

Yao Niang frowned and said, "They will definitely not give up if they can spend so much money to make fake jade tablets!"

Li Lingjing also knew this truth, but now she had no choice but to regret that she was not more careful when planning the membership system with Yao Niang. The white fish jade pendant looked exquisite, but in fact, as long as she used the same color of jade, she could imitate thousands of them.

This jade pendant can no longer be used.

The original intention of the membership system is to give privileges and honor to some customers. If the jade pendant becomes full of all over the streets, what is the point?

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The next day, another yamen runner came to Li Lingjing to go to Shuntian Mansion. It turned out that a clerk in the store called him by himself. When he was working, he accidentally wet the list of the manager on the table. All the handwriting inside was blurred. He was worried about being scolded, so he hid it privately. Now he handed it over, it was also considered physical evidence - proving that the list in Wangyou Pavilion is fake.
Chapter completed!