allonlinenovel Chapter 754 I Want 6% of the Shares
Chapter 754 I Want 6% of the Shares
Unfortunately, Li Yao didn't listen to him at all. She had her own plans.
She glared at the shopkeeper and said, "Shut up! This is the second young lady of the Duke's Mansion. Haven't you heard of her name?"
"Even if you haven't heard of her name, you must have seen her on her wedding day, right? She's a well-known person after all, she wouldn't lie to me."
"If I want to cooperate with her, I must show some sincerity. Otherwise, if I really lose the opportunity to surpass Qingyun Building, won't I regret it so much? Will you compensate me for this opportunity then?"
The shopkeeper looked embarrassed and stopped talking.
Of course he had heard of Shen Wantang's name. Not only had he heard of it, even a three-year-old child on the street had heard of it.
Because on the day of her wedding to the second son of the Duke's Mansion, the Prince of Ning tried to snatch the bride in the street, causing an uproar in the city.
There are also rumors that Shen Wantang is a very resourceful woman, so the Ning Wang's wife and the Duke's wife both took a fancy to her and wanted her to be their daughter-in-law. In order to compete for her, the Ning Wang's prince and the Duke's second son fought each other to the point of bloodshed, using all means.
Now, some people say that she is the reincarnation of a fox spirit, who knows how to charm people and is good at bewitching them. That is why she, a mere concubine's daughter of a fifth-rank official, is liked and fought over by so many people.
Some people also say that she is good at fortune-telling and scheming. Anyone who meets her will fall into her hands, so you should stay away from her as much as possible to avoid being sold by her and having her count the money.
But the shopkeeper actually didn't believe these messy rumors before. She wasn't a supernatural being, so how could it be that mysterious? He thought it was just because Shen Wantang was born beautiful that she attracted the fight between the Second Master Gu and the Young Master Xiao.
But today, I found that she actually has a special ability that can easily control people's hearts and accurately touch the most painful places of others.
After just a short chat, her young lady already regarded her as a life-saving straw.
No wonder she was able to win over Princess Ning and the wife of the Duke. It turns out she really has some abilities.
While the shopkeeper was lost in thought, Shen Wantang had already discussed the terms of cooperation with Li Yao.
"Young Master, my conditions are that the specific development direction of Zuixianlou must be determined by me. I will decide the main dishes, but you will be responsible for the daily management. Most importantly, I want a 60% stake."
"What, you want 60%?!"
"No, Young Master!"
Shen Wantang looked at Li Yao's shocked expression and the shopkeeper's anxious look, and smiled softly, "If the young master doesn't give me the 60%, you won't even get the 40%. Without my planning, your Zuixianlou will have a hard time surpassing Qingyunlou, let alone maintaining profitability."
"Don't worry, as soon as Zuixianlou's business enters a period of prosperity and stability, I will hand it over to you to manage. I won't interfere too much with you. You will still be the young master of Zuixianlou. Oh, no, you should be the head of Zuixianlou by then."
Li Yao shook his head. "Let's not talk about how much you want. This restaurant alone is not something I can decide. The restaurant is my Li family's family business. I only have the right to manage it, not to dispose of it. If you ask for 60% of the shares right away, the elders in the clan will not agree, and neither will my father."
Shen Wantang smiled softly. "So, I've thought of a way for you to take over Zuixianlou. From now on, Zuixianlou belongs to you alone, not the family. Otherwise, how can you transition from being the young master to the head of the family?"
Li Yao was surprised: "What? You have such a method?"
"Have."
Shen Wantang said calmly, "Take Zuixianlou as your dowry."
"dowry?"
Li Yao still shook his head: "No."
"It's possible. If Zuixianlou's business is booming, it's unlikely you'd want it as a dowry. But isn't it on the verge of closing now? Its value has been greatly reduced, and even your brothers are unwilling to take it over. Now is the most opportune time to come."
Li Yao frowned and thought hard, didn't she want Zuixianlou? Of course she did!
After her brothers and cousins grew up, they all received their own properties, and they were all profitable properties. They lived up to the family's expectations and each earned a lot of money. During the New Year and other festivals, they paid out of their own pockets to buy various gifts for her and other sisters. They would also buy some expensive and good things to honor their elders, and they were very proud and proud.
Moreover, this is a virtuous circle. The more good things the brothers buy to honor their elders, the more promising the elders will think they are, and the more willing they will be to hand over other industries in the clan to them. Then, they will earn more money and buy more gifts to honor their elders.
At the end of each year, the brothers would compete to show off their performance. The stewards would loudly announce the brothers' profits for the year at the clan banquet, and the clan would also distribute the next year's assets based on their performance.
Every time this happened, Li Yao would be extremely envious and wanted to be like his brothers, have his own business, make a lot of money, and be a star at the family banquet.
It was a pity that she was not a man and was not allowed to seize the clan’s property.
Because, she would eventually marry into another family, and the children she gave birth to could only take her husband's surname. They could not inherit the incense of the Li family, and naturally could not get the Li family's property.
Thinking of this, Li Yao was extremely depressed: "Second Young Master's wife doesn't know that my family has already arranged my dowry. Every girl in the clan has a fixed dowry. The legitimate daughters get more, and the concubines get less."
"Although I am the legitimate daughter, I cannot afford to build a restaurant because the clan has a rule that when a woman gets married, the dowry she is given can only be intangible things like land, houses, gold and silver. Restaurants and shops with thriving business are not given."
"It's not like I haven't asked my father for the restaurant, but he directly refused. My mother also didn't approve of me asking for it, but she felt more sorry for me, so she told me privately that she would leave her dowry to..."
At the end of the conversation, Li Yao's eyes suddenly lit up: "Wait! Madam Second Young Master, maybe I have a way to get Zuixianlou! If you help me, it really could become my private property!"
Shen Wantang looked at her with a smile: "Are you planning to start with your mother?"
"Correct!"
Li Yao said excitedly, "Zuixianlou has been losing money for years. In fact, my clan also thinks it's worthless and a pity to abandon it, so they gave me the management for the first time! If that's the case, it means it's not very valuable anymore and can be sold to my family. I can find my mother and ask her to use her and my dowry to buy Zuixianlou!"
Shen Wantang was a little skeptical: "Didn't you say that your clan is unwilling to give these properties to you girls? If your mother wants to buy them, will they sell them?"