Journey To the World of Film and Television

   In his spare time, Zhou Ji and Si Teng Hongkui talked about this matter, guessing where Zhao Paner got the confidence to take out 1,200 pennies and go down to the Moon Tower.

"With her current net worth, I'm afraid she can't raise enough money even if she sells herself. In the end, the account will definitely fall on her good sister Song Yinzhang." Zhou Ji took Si Tengji's tea and sipped it After taking a sip, he asked, "By the way, has Yinzhang's dividends for the past few months been handed over to her?"

   "I gave it to her and she didn't want it. She said that she didn't know how to manage the money, and she didn't usually spend it. I worried that it would be too conspicuous when I took it to the teaching workshop, so let us keep it for her first."

Hongkui shrugged, looked down and saw Si Teng holding a sleeve with one hand, holding up a teacup and putting it gracefully in front of him, she couldn't help being slightly taken aback, said "thank you" softly, and continued: "She She said that when she was in Qiantang before, Miss Pan'er was taken care of by her sister, so she agreed to take care of the introduction chapter when her sister passed away. Over the years, the money for the introduction chapter has also been kept with Miss Pan'er. got used to."

   "Since this is the case, let's put it on our side first."

Si Teng buckled the teapot, thought for a while and said, "However, public is public and private is private. We can help keep her dividends, but the accounts must be listed clearly so as not to make a mess when we get it. When I came to withdraw money, I didn’t even know how much money I had saved after working hard for so long.”

  Zhou Ji nodded and agreed with Si Teng's proposal.

  Although the business of Tongfu Tea House is booming, it can be regarded as making money every day, but compared with Song Yinzhang's current net worth, it is still far behind.

  Since getting the inscription of Ke Xianggong's "Bone of Style", many high-ranking officials spared no effort to spend a thousand pennies to invite her to play a song.

  One thousand crowns plus her own investment and dividends in the semi-hidden, there is no need for Zhao Pan'er, and she can take down Wangyuelou as the boss on her own.

  The three chatted for a while, but no one mentioned Gu Qianfan's name.

  In their view, with Zhao Paner's proud temperament, since she has repeatedly preached to others that "women should be self-reliant", they will definitely not do the double standard of "rely on Gu Qianfan to solve every trouble".

   One thousand two hundred strings.

  It's really curious.

Zhou Ji thought that Zhao Pan'er had previously closed down the cheap 'Zhao's Tea Shop' and turned to marketing high-end and elegant high-priced refreshments around Song Yinzhang's pipa. Baiguan.

  For example, to win over Zhang Haohao and Jiaofang kabuki who have money in their hands but are restricted by the status of official prostitutes and cannot redeem themselves, to expand the circle of sisters, and to raise funds to open stores?

   In a blink of an eye, it was time for the deal that Zhao Paner had agreed with the owner of Wangyuelou. Out of curiosity, Zhou Ji approached the owner of Wangyuelou. As a notary, he wanted to see what kind of marketing methods Zhao Paner could use.

Although Zhou Ji declined the proposal to take over the restaurant before, but the business cannot be done with righteousness. The owner of Wangyuelou just lacks money and needs to dismantle the restaurant for a half-turnover. It was a good thing, and he agreed without the slightest hesitation.

And three days ago, Gu Qianfan followed the clues and inquired all the way, and finally learned that it was his biological father, the traitor Xiao Qinyan, who conspired to kill Zhao Pan'er's father and make Zhao Pan'er's mother and herself into lowly prostitutes. .

  In the end, Zhao Pan'er's mother died in the Jiaofang, leaving her alone with both parents dead.

  The enmity between parents is irreconcilable, Gu Qianfan can hardly believe how Zhao Paner will feel once he knows the truth, he feels ashamed to see Zhao Paner again, and does not want Zhao Paner to be caught between hatred, so he endured reluctance and grief and decided to leave for a while.

   Before leaving, Gu Qianfan also mortgaged the ancestral house, exchanged it for three thousand silver notes, sneaked into Zhao Paner's room, and pressed it under the vase.

  Coincidentally, a strong wind blew that night, mixed the banknotes with the paper on the table, and scattered them all over the floor. Ge Zhaodi didn't pay attention to the banknotes mixed with paper when sorting them out early in the morning, so she packed them all together and put them under the vase again.

  Gu Qianfan didn't show up for three whole days, and even the money that was agreed upon was nowhere to be seen.

  Zhao Pan'er had no choice but to bite the bullet and lead Sun Sanniang and Ge Zhaodi to Wangyue Tower, hoping that the boss would give them a few days of grace.

Seeing Zhou Ji present, Zhao Pan'er thought that Zhou Ji had also taken a fancy to Wangyuelou and was about to **** the business from her. His heart sank slightly, but on the surface he saluted calmly, showing doubts and said: " Mr. Zhou, what is this?"

Zhou Ji nodded slightly, as a salute, went straight to a chair in the corner and sat down, raised his hand and said, "Miss Pan'er, don't worry, I'm just doing a notarization next to you, and I won't steal your business. "

  Sun Sanniang approached Zhao Pan'er and whispered: "Pan'er, after all, it's about a lot of money. It's safer to have Mr. Zhou as a witness."

   "Then there will be Mr. Lao Zhou." Zhao Pan'er showed a formulaic smile, handed the deed to the boss of Wangyuelou, and said, "Boss Tao has a heart."

The boss of Wangyuelou looked at the contract that had been changed again, frowned slightly, and said dissatisfiedly: "Boss Zhou, take a look, look at this contract that has been changed again and again, what does it mean?! Mrs. Zhao , if you don’t have money, just tell me, don’t waste my time!”

  Zhou Ji knew that Boss Tao was taking advantage of the situation to put pressure on Zhao Paner.

  With others around, Zhao Paner didn't want to show timidity, and tried to maintain her usual calm and self-confidence, and said with a straight face: "The person who picks the goods is the buyer, and the contract should be more detailed, which is good for everyone."

Zhao Paner wanted to take the lead in the negotiation, but now she is in a hurry to buy the store, and the relationship between supply and demand determines which side is stronger. Boss Tao has been in the business for a long time, and he saw Zhao Paner's posturing at a glance, and said impatiently: "I agree to sell the restaurant in half to you , I just liked your frankness, and ended up making these twists and turns for me. How about this, you can sign this contract now, or it will be void, and I will find another buyer."

   "Hey, don't, we didn't say we wouldn't sign." Sun Sanniang was the first to be manipulated by Boss Tao, and turned her head to look at Zhao Pan'er.

  Hearing that Boss Tao planned to smash the deal.

  Zhao Paner managed to maintain a calm and unhurried appearance, her mind was a little flustered, and she immediately said: "I can sign. But the six hundred guan in the first payment will not be given to you until tomorrow."

   It doesn’t hurt to wait another day.

  Boss Tao thought for a while, and agreed: "Okay, it's three quarters tomorrow, don't wait when it's over!"

  Zhao Pan'er caressed her chest, and finally showed a bright smile on her face that had been tense for a long time.

  Just as he got up and walked to the table to sign with Boss Tao, Zhou Ji’s voice suddenly came from beside him.

   "Two wait a moment~"

  Boss Tao frowned slightly, realizing that Zhou Ji might have glimpsed something, and immediately regretted agreeing to him to be a notary.

  Zhao Pan'er felt the same, turned around and saw him coming, thinking that Zhou Ji regretted halfway and wanted to kill him.

   "Boss Tao shook the contract just now. I accidentally saw that the contract only stated the deadline for Miss Pan'er to pay the deposit and the final payment, but there was no mention of the deadline for Boss Tao to return the deposit when the business was interrupted."

  Zhou Ji asked curiously: "Could it be that Miss Pan'er has already completed the financing and has collected enough money?"

   Financing?

   What financing?

   Didn't Pan'er ask Gu Qianfan for the money to open the restaurant?

  Sun Sanniang glanced at Zhao Pan'er suspiciously, Zhao Pan'er hurriedly took away the contract and checked it carefully, and sure enough, she missed the clauses related to the cancellation of the transaction.

   However, this doesn't really matter to her.

  Because she had already made up her mind to sell this store, she never considered the possibility of canceling the transaction and refunding the deposit.

  Boss Tao looked at the other contract pretending to be surprised, and couldn't help admiring: "Boss Zhou is really thoughtful."

   Zhou Ji heard that Boss Tao's words were insincere, but he didn't really care.

  If the terms of the contract are not good for him, and Zhou Ji offered to propose, he would naturally be grateful.

  But the terms of the contract are in his favor, Zhou Ji reminded Zhao Pan'er that he was naturally upset.

   This is human nature.

   Negligence is negligence after all, Zhao Paner gave Zhou Ji a grateful look, but did not answer his question, but looked at Boss Tao and said: "Boss Tao, there are some mistakes in this contract, can you write a new one?"

  Boss Tao could see that the three of them really wanted to sell the restaurant, rather than deliberately making fun of him.

  After thinking about it, he agreed, and wrote a new contract in front of Zhou Ji, setting a specific deadline for paying the deposit tomorrow and refunding half of the deposit when the transaction was interrupted.

  Zhao Pan'er carefully confirmed that there were no flaws in the new contract, and then he pressed his thumbprint and signed it with confidence.

   Zhou Ji, as a notary, naturally signed the deed.

  Since then, the contract was officially signed, Zhao Pan'er and Sun Sanniang couldn't help but walk out of the restaurant with a bit of brisk footsteps.

  Ge Zhaodi followed Sun Sanniang in a trance, suddenly remembered something, and said worriedly: "Is it signed now? But isn't the money in our hands still quite short?"

  Zhao Pan'er looked calm and confident, "Don't worry, I'll go to the Imperial City Department right now. With Qian Fan here, it should be fine with this little money."

  Sun Sanniang hesitated and said, "Just in case you can't see him."

  Zhao Pan'er smiled lightly, and shook her head firmly: "Impossible. Qian Fan is not Ouyang Xu, so how could he avoid me?"

   Zhou Ji and Boss Tao had a few polite words, and politely declined Boss Tao's persuasion. As soon as they left the gate, they heard Zhao Pan'er setting a flag for him

What's the meaning? Is she asking Gu Qianfan for money?

   Zhou Ji thought he had heard wrong at first.

  If Zhao Pan'er didn't talk about "self-reliance" at the beginning, Zhou Ji's psychological expectations for her would not be so high.

   But in retrospect now.

   Did I 'overestimate' her too much?

  From Qiantang to the capital, she is still the same Zhao Paner, without any change?

   "Thanks to having you today, Mr. Zhou, otherwise we would not have discovered the flaws in the contract." Zhao Pan'er saluted Zhou Jiying, interrupting his thoughts.

"Since I'm here to do notarization, this is what I should do." Zhou Ji came to his senses, responded casually, and said hesitantly: "Miss Pan'er, I read the contract just now, and Wangyue Tower is not cheap. 50% of the total price, and it will be paid tomorrow, do you have that much cash on hand?"

   "Don't worry about Mr. Zhou, we will find a way."

   Opposite the Bianhe River is the Tongfu Teahouse. Zhao Paner glanced at the teahouse in the distance, and her distorted self-esteem was at work again. She raised her head slightly and said calmly.

   "I was overthinking." Zhou Ji looked at Zhao Pan'er's bluff, smiled, indicated that the teahouse was not far away, and invited the three of them to sit there.

  Zhao Paner heard that Zhou Ji was just being polite, and reasoned that he still had important matters to deal with, so he apologized and said goodbye to Zhou Ji.

  Sun Sanniang bowed to Zhou Ji, thanked him again for the reminder, and left with Zhao Paner.

  Zhou Ji looked at the backs of the three leaving, sighed softly, and showed a complex look in his eyes undisguised.

the other side.

  On the way back to Osmanthus Lane, Zhao Paner and Sun Sanniang Ge Zhaodi separated, and went to Nanya to find Gu Qianfan by themselves.

  However, when she came to Nan Ya under the scorching sun, she was stopped at the door.

That person was Gu Qianfan, a close friend who recognized Zhao Pan'er's identity, but didn't invite her in, so he half-opened the door and told Zhao Pan'er that Gu Shizun was not in the capital, and that he had recently left Beijing with the envoys from the North to go hunting in the Liangyuan area. up.

   "What?" Zhao Pan'er looked a little strange, and quickly asked, "Where's Chen Lian and Chen Dutou? I haven't seen him for several days."

The man's attitude seemed neither cold nor indifferent, and he replied, "He has also gone to Beijing for business", and asked Zhao Pan'er if there was anything wrong. If there was anything, he could send someone to Liangyuan and tell Gu Shizun that Zhao Pan'er had come to look for him. his news.

  Zhao Pan'er managed to squeeze out a smile, and said with a blessing: "Thank you."

  The man nodded, and slowly closed the mansion door.

  Zhao Paner stood outside the closed door for a long time before turning around and returning to Osmanthus Alley.

"How did this happen? What the **** is Gu Qianfan doing? He...he...he...he suddenly regretted it, so he didn't see you on purpose?" Said, stopped what he was doing, and said worriedly.

  Zhao Pan'er answered without hesitation: "Absolutely not! Qian Fan must be on business, and he really doesn't have time."

   Speaking of the latter part, I still didn't forget to explain: "Otherwise, he has always supported me in opening a restaurant, so there is no reason to suddenly regret it at this moment!"

  Ge Zhaodi approached and said: "I agree, otherwise why would he send the two hundred guan? If you really regret it, you should not give a cent."

   "That's right, so let's be more patient and wait a little longer. His subordinates also said the same. In a few days at most, Qianfan will definitely be able to send the money we need!"

  Zhao Paner nodded vigorously, not only as if comforting others, but also as comforting herself.

  However, they can wait, but Wangyue Tower cannot wait.

  The deed has been signed, and the deposit of 600 guan will be delivered early tomorrow morning. It has been a while, and they only have 400 guan in cash, and they urgently need to make up the remaining 200 guan before the pawnshop closes.

  Because Zhao Pan'er lured Ge's mother to Chi Yanei last time, Chi Yanei regarded it as a provocation, so he told his subordinates that the remaining eleven lines except the ice line were not allowed to do her Zhao Pan'er's business.

  Zhao Paner raised the banner of "Song Lady" once again, using her name to intimidate and lure her, the pawnshop shopkeeper was in a dilemma, so he had to agree to Zhao Paner's half-hidden storefront as a mortgage, but he was only willing to pay 50 pawns.