Dark Fairy

Chapter 259 Bailang’s business experience
"Zu Dao, my bosses Zhou and Hou would like to treat you to a drink. A message came in this morning asking you when you would be free."

"Eating wine? Forget it for the time being. Tell them that the situation is not stable, so it's not appropriate to show it." Bailang sat in the yard looking through the basic accounts in his hand, frowning slightly.He was not interested in the reports of the guards around him.Bailang could guess the intentions of Zhou and Hou without even thinking about it.It was nothing more than hoping to win him over and escort the two businesses in the industrial park.

Now the City Lord's Mansion is still highly regarded by Liu Jianyu, and the Yamen can't be counted on at all.The only one that saved the lives of Zhou and Hou's family last time was the sword hall.Now it is imperative to reverse the attitude.

Therefore, Bailang never cared about the feelings of these merchants who followed suit.How well they treat you depends only on whether you are useful to them.I don't care about "personal friendship".Reject what should be rejected, and there must be more trade-offs.

How long has the industrial park been quiet now?Not even half a month.Bai Lang would naturally feel that it was inappropriate to set up wine and hold a banquet like this.If there are still people staring at the industrial park at this time, Zhou and Hou will definitely focus on the target.It's better to keep in touch less.

And Bailang really didn't have the mood to relax and go drink with him at this time.The accounts in his hands alone give him a headache.

"Go to the pier and call Wang Bing over."

He often takes the initiative to call people to ask questions, this is also the difference between Bailang and Tang Yan before.Tang Yan prefers to let the subordinates pass on his meaning, while Bailang likes to make it clear in person.

Wang Bing is still working as a guard on the pier, and he didn't just get out of the way to do the "fake death" account as he originally thought.

It's not that I don't want to go, but that the situation changes too fast and I can't do it for the time being.

The flames of war at Pengshan Pass in the south have already spread.It is no longer a secret that the war is difficult. It is known to the temples and ordinary people.They are also changing the state of their lives.

It's like the banned alcohol industry.What is destroyed is the brewing industry, and the people who are addicted to alcohol are embarrassed.But from the overall point of view, it is of great benefit to the tightening of grain reserves.Ordinary people can also understand.And will spontaneously imitate or follow this kind of preparation to reduce food waste and live a tight life.

Not only food, but all daily necessities, including salt, cloth, commonly used medicinal materials, and even various short-term soldiers on the market that can be used for self-defense, have all become goods in short supply.It's not just the common people who are tightening their budget and urgently buying these in-demand things, the families of wealthy people or high-ranking officials are also doing the same thing.

This extreme situation arising from panic has a devastating blow to "non-essential" production and industries similar to the "Alcohol Prohibition".

For example, the situation was very good before this, and the "Liuyunyuan Rouge Gouache", which was preparing to "expand the territory" and sell the goods all over the north and south of the Hong Dynasty, fell from the clouds to the bottom of the valley in just one night, and now it is even more trapped. The muddy ground, choking on the muddy water one mouthful at a time, should die soon.

And this "Liuyunyuan rouge gouache" is the business name of Kuang Yingxiong's family.And the Kuang family has long been working for the knife shop.In other words, all the money the Kuang family is losing now is from the knife shop.

In addition, the restaurants in the industrial park, which were supposed to make a lot of money, are now closed due to the prohibition of alcohol, and the business of Qianfang has also plummeted, not to mention the so-called "cleaning fees" on the street.So in terms of accounts, it is very difficult for Daodian now.Especially under the premise that Bailang only increased the monthly money of the street wanderers and waist knives below, it seemed that the deficit in entry and exit was even worse.

However, the reason why Bailang can survive is that the foundation of the knife shop is strong enough.Coupled with the new items on the dock, it will be no problem to drag it for a year or so.

But life can't always be counted on to eat the food stored in the rice tank at home, you have to have new income.Besides, Bailang's retreat will inevitably cost a lot of money.Bailang was still thinking about how to save some money, let alone just sit and eat.

Bailang's idea is that there are ways to make money in peacetime, and there are ways to make money in times of chaos.Fortunately, the knife shop is a mess, no matter black, white or gray.So as long as you dare to think, there is always a way.

The Kuang family's rouge and gouache business can't be done, so they can't be hanged on a tree, and they need to change the number of routes in time.

Not long after, Wang Bing hurried over.

"Zudao, are you looking for me?"

"Well. Do you have any ideas about the business of the Kuang family?"

"My subordinates have talked with Kuang Yingxiong several times. His idea is to realize the assets in his hand, then reduce various expenses, and then find a way to rely on the capital. One word "hide", and wait until the military disaster is over before making other plans.

In fact, it's not just the Kuang family's business, many other branches are now inoperable.The subordinates felt that instead of continuing to take risks in search of a turning point, it would be better to give up when the situation is good.There is no use keeping the Kuang family if it has no value.Let them sell their assets and the knife shop will take it all. "

When it comes to cruelty, Wang Bing, a gut scraper with a waist knife, is truly cruel.Since being beaten by Bai Lang last time, he has clearly understood his own position and the position of the Kuang family.He just made a veteran like Kuang Yingxiong so docile that he didn't dare to show any temper at all.

Now the business seems to have no chance of getting up again, or how long it will take to get up again.Immediately, the king's soldiers were ready to unload the mill and kill the donkey, put the mill away first, and kill the donkey to eat meat.Wouldn't it be enough to find a donkey to continue pulling the mill when the environment improves?
Not to mention, this does indeed minimize the loss of the knife shop, and it is indeed feasible to a certain extent.

"Who will fill the hole in the knife shop?" Bailang shook his head, put down the account in his hand, and asked Wang Bing back, and Wang Bing stopped asking the price directly.

Perhaps Wang Bing would think in his heart: now there are many bankrupt merchants everywhere, not our family.What can be done about the general trend?
But I dare not say what is on my mind.He could only bow and say: "This subordinate is too stupid to think of a way to make up for it."

Bai Lang asked Wang Bing: "Aside from the rouge and gouache business, doesn't the Kuang family also have a garment business?"

"It's Zuo Dao, but the clothing store has always been a sideline of the Kuang family. There are only two shops in Yongchuan City. They have been closed for a long time now." Wang Bing didn't quite understand why Zuo Dao suddenly mentioned this.

"You asked Kuang Yingxiong to go to the Hou family in the industrial park, and asked the Hou family to do some military work for the Kuang family. Then let him go to the Zhou family, and said that the coal for the Zhou family's blast furnace could be imported from them. "

"Huh? The sword, armor and tailor-made clothes don't seem to be the same thing, right? And the Kuang family doesn't have any coal to sell to the Zhou family?"

Bailang laughed and said: "If you don't know how to be a soldier, let the masters of the Hou family teach you. They are all tailors who learn quickly. If you don't have coal in hand, ask the Zhou family to help you find a way. Is it coal that you are short of now? What you are short of is coal." place.

No matter what kind of business in the industrial park, we can't bypass our knife shop.

Among them, Daodao Kuang Yingxiong thinks about it carefully, if he still needs others to teach him, then he really might as well die. "

Bailang's idea was simple.Now that the way to get money in the past has been cut off, it just so happens that he now has complete control over the industrial park, and at the same time, the two largest firms in the industrial park now rely entirely on him to produce with peace of mind.At the same time, even the City Lord's Mansion needs to rely heavily on him.

In this case, how can we look at the major benefits of industrial parks and remain indifferent?

(End of this chapter)