Chapter 581 Hesitation

At noon the next day, the owners of major top restaurants left the restaurant at the door and gathered in the lobby of Dong Weilang, the owner of Chenguang Restaurant.

Fourteen, one of them was not short of them. They were also a little dead. When they entered the door, even Dong Weilang, the host, was not in the mood to socialize.

The owners of fourteen top restaurants are also fourteen rich people in the capital, each with a little black eye circle. The least of them is their wives and concubines, but the black eye circle is not because of this.

"Everyone, I thought about it all night yesterday, but I still had a headache. I wonder how you are?" Finally, Dong Weilang spoke and broke the silence.

"What else can it be done? Are there any other choices besides fighting?" Ling Weifeng replied coldly. His eyes were also black, but unlike everyone, what he considered overnight was how the fourteen top restaurants joined forces to delay staying in Linji Inn.

"Fenglin Restaurant is rich and powerful, and it is spread across the entire Han Dynasty. Naturally, there is no shortage of such losses." Yang Cheng'an, the owner of Yanxun Restaurant, said lukewarmly.

"The money in our Fenglin Restaurant was not blown by the strong wind, but if you don't fight hard, Boss Yang thinks, is there still a way to go?" Ling Weifeng asked back.

Yang Cheng'an was speechless, and the others were silent. Their considerations all night long had basically considered various possibilities, and the conclusion they came to was either to fight hard and fight again, or they had to retreat and give up the high-ranking officials, nobles, and gentry.

Like Dong Weilang, the bosses of major top restaurants are also undecided in the end of one night. This matter is really a big deal. If you really fight hard, it is likely that the wealth accumulated over decades will be lost and you will be reduced from a wealthy man in the capital to an ordinary big family.

But if they don’t fight hard, the restaurant’s monthly profit of hundreds of thousands will be reduced to about tens of thousands, which will also make them extremely unwilling.

"Everyone, I want to quit..." Suddenly, Jiang Fang, the owner of Yangfan Restaurant, spoke.

In one sentence, the whole lobby suddenly became turbulent.

If Ling Weifeng was the first person to decide to fight hard, then Jiang Fang would be the first person to decide to retreat.

Ling Weifeng's words made everyone's minds shift a little towards the fight. Jiang Fang's words also brought everyone's minds back to their uncertainty, and even slightly leaned towards retreating.

"Boss Jiang, you bought cotton land in the south of the city last year. I heard that you made a lot of money?" Ling Weifeng suddenly said.

"It's only 30,000 to 50,000 taels of silver a year, which makes Boss Ling laugh." Jiang Fang shook his head and said.

"Boss Jiang wants to quit, but he plans to put down the surrounding land and be a local rich man in the capital, right?" Ling Weifeng said with a smile.

"Where is, you need to be a local rich man. I am a restaurant owner, so I don't know those things. I just open a restaurant wherever I go." Jiang Fang naturally would not admit that after thinking about it overnight, he did think about changing careers and becoming a local rich man.

As Ling Weifeng said, the cotton land he bought last year did earn him tens of thousands of taels of silver. Although this money was just a drop in the bucket for him, the important thing was that all the land he bought was suitable for growing cotton. Originally, he planned to buy some more cotton land this year, but now that his main business has been severely damaged, he not only wants to buy some, but also enclosed land on a large scale. With his connections in the capital, as long as he is willing to make money, the local rich man and farmers in the neighborhood dare not sell the land to him.

After calculating the accounts, if you buy all the cotton land, the profit per year is not enough to match the profit per year of the restaurant, but it can still be three or four out of ten.

If you invest other deposits in several other industries, maybe the profit may not lose to the profits of Yangfan Restaurant. In comparison, the risk of having cotton land as a guarantee is much smaller than fighting with Linji Inn.

"As far as I know, the reason why cotton was so expensive last year was entirely because of the floods in Yaoyin County. This year, Yaoyin County was in good weather..." Ling Weifeng looked at Jiang Fang with a smile and said lightly: "To be honest, Ling really thinks that Boss Jiang is only suitable for opening a restaurant. With Boss Jiang's ability, it is not difficult to be a local rich man, but it is a bit difficult to be a big local rich man."

Jiang Fang was shocked and said nervously: "Boss Ling, did a flood in Yaoyin County last year?"

"Didn't Boss Jiang ask?" Ling Weifeng asked back.

Jiang Fang smiled bitterly. Yaoyin County is located in the west of the Han Dynasty and is truly worth 100,000 miles from the capital. The news cannot be spread to a well-known level. In addition, he did not have much hope for the cotton land last year, and it was just a small accompanying industry, so he naturally would not invest too much energy in it.

"Yaoyin County is a cotton-producing county. With the establishment of the Chamber of Commerce, the circulation of goods has become more and more convenient. Next year, Boss Jiang will have to be prepared for losses." Ling Weifeng said with a smile.

"But if we don't retreat, we will fall deeper and deeper, it will be a big trouble." Jiang Fang knew Ling Weifeng's intention to say so much, and said helplessly: "Linji Inn is a bottomless pit. If you spend more money in, Linji Inn will be like God's care. There will always be a way to turn the world around. No matter how much we calculate, we can't even figure out God, right?"

"Linji Inn is indeed very lucky, but I don't believe that his luck will continue to improve. To be honest, as far as I know..." Ling Weifeng's eyes swept across everyone's faces and said slowly: "Emperor Qianwei has not had much time and is about to die."

"Since this?" Everyone was shocked.

"Of course!" Ling Weifeng nodded.

Everyone was in agitation. If it was true, it would be equivalent to saying that the biggest backer of Linji Inn, Emperor Qianwei would turn into clouds and mist, and the second largest backer of Qingliu King, the prestige would also be greatly reduced.

No matter which prince is the new emperor ascended the throne, it is absolutely impossible to sit still when his foundation is not stable. Once he ascended the throne, the first thing he was to bear is to weaken the prestige of the Qingliu King as much as possible. The Qingliu King faded out of the court and the country and his influence dropped sharply is the inevitable result.

In other words, by then, Linji Inn will have no backing. Everyone just needs to be willing to spend money and will not worry about not being able to suppress Linji Inn.

Of course, the premise is that Ling Weifeng is telling the truth, and the so-called death is imminent, it cannot last longer. If it comes for three to five years, it will be enough to drag them all out.

"Everyone, don't hesitate. If you don't fight hard, all your previous efforts will be wasted. If you fight hard, there is still a possibility of turning the world around." Ling Weifeng said loudly: "You are also people who have come from the storm. Can you break through this family business or keep this family business? Who has not encountered a time when you have to fight to the death?"

"I have encountered it. Like me, I just took over Qianye Restaurant from my father thirty years ago." Liu Dahua, the owner of Qianye Restaurant, said: "The nearby Ruijin Restaurant saw that I was young and bullied, and tried my best to suppress it. At that time, our Qianye Restaurant could not be ranked in the capital, and it was much worse than the Ruijin Restaurant. I remember that at that time, our Qianye Restaurant was forced to have only two options, either give up the big diners and concentrate on managing those ordinary diners. Or, I had to fight to the death. I took all the money deposited by Qianye Restaurant to invite the famous chef Wang Chuan, who was idle at home, and offered him a sky-high price of 10,000 taels of silver per month. I remember that when the business of Qianye Restaurant was done, the profit of a month was only more than 5,000 taels of silver, which was not without a loss."

After a pause, Liu Dahua continued: "But now is different from the past. I have more than 20 million taels of silver in my hand. There is no need to hang myself on a tree. More than 20 million taels of silver, why worry about not being able to run other industries? If I give up the relationship that has been formed for decades and go to a county, I will rely on these 20 million taels of silver. Apart from money houses, gambling shops, and pawn shops, what industry can't I become the first in the industry?"

Everyone nodded, and Liu Dahua's words were exactly what they thought. Even if they could become the owners of top restaurants, even if they inherited the family business from their parents, they would have experienced strong storms. Otherwise, they would have been swallowed up by their peers so much that they would not have left their bones. When it was time to take risks, they would have courage than anyone else. But in their current situation, in their opinion, the risk is much higher than the future benefits.

Ling Weifeng was silent. He understood that not bringing out some real materials means he was dissatisfied with the change of his attitude.

After pondering for a while, Ling Weifeng spoke after the crowd's proposal gradually weakened, "If our Fenglin Restaurant is willing to pay half of the price, I wonder if you can end your unsteady thoughts?"

"Take half of the price?" Everyone was puzzled.

"Yes! If we fight hard with Linji Inn, we will end up in failure, then our Fenglin Restaurant is willing to bear half of all the losses. The remaining half will be shared by everyone." Ling Weifeng nodded and said.

"this……"

Everyone's hearts were beating wildly, and Ling Weifeng's words were very attractive to them.

This means that their risks will be reduced by half.

"Boss Ling, why do you take such a big risk and convince us to continue fighting with Linji Inn?" Liu Dahua suddenly asked.

"It's very simple. Linji Inn is in other places, which also threatens our Fenglin Restaurant!" Ling Weifeng said with a cold look: "The final result of Fenglin Restaurant and Linji Inn is to die."

Everyone suddenly realized that if they were them, they would have to fight to the same extent as Linji Inn. Otherwise, once Linji Inn has an absolute advantage in Beijing, they will soon be able to spend their energy to suppress competitors from other places. With the support of the Linji Inn Main Store in Beijing, they can exhaust Fenglin Restaurant to death. Conversely, Linji Inn is defeated in Beijing, and Fenglin Restaurant can completely slowly erode other branches of Linji Inn.

This also indirectly means that the benefit of defeating Linji Inn, Fenglin Restaurant is not only in the capital, but also in all the sub-buildings in the entire Han Dynasty. In contrast, these costs are not too high.

However, everyone could not imagine how Ling Weifeng was thinking about how to delay time. No one could have thought that Fenglin Restaurant and the Third Prince had already reached an agreement. Once the Third Prince ascended the throne, they would not use the Fenglin Restaurant as a money warehouse, but would help Fenglin Restaurant to a higher level and ensure that Fenglin Restaurant's prosperity for a hundred years.

The reason is naturally because Fenglin Restaurant is not just a treasury that provides financial resources to the third prince.

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