"That's amazing! With these three things, let alone setting up a stall, I can make this place the most popular place in Chang'an City. Even if we sell a pile of dirt in the future, I can still say that it's the best dirt in Chang'an City."
Zhou Huairen said happily that he was an old businessman in Chang'an City. How could he not know the business opportunities here?
Take the mirror in Miss Changsun's hand for example. It is said that there are only two of them in the world. One is in the emperor's hand, which was given to the emperor by the chief steward Wang De, and the other is Miss Changsun's. This has been spread all over the socialite circle in Chang'an City. Some people have even said that there will be people who will buy it even if it is worth a fortune.
As for the knife in the young prince's hand, there is an even bigger market for it. There are so many warriors in Chang'an City, and the children of powerful families are basically all good at wielding swords and guns, and they are also competitive. A while ago, the young prince announced that due to too many orders, the East Palace will not accept them for the time being. If it were to be sold in our place, there would be so many dignitaries coming every day.
But this Tang Dynasty wine...
"Your Highness, I heard that the Great Tang Heavenly Brew has been sold in the Changsun family's restaurant. It's hard to find a pound of it in the market now. If we sell it here, will it be okay?"
Zhou Huairen is indeed not an ordinary person. Ordinary businessmen only consider their own interests and will not consider the overall situation. This person can think of this, so Li Xiang is relieved to hand this place over to him. Making money is secondary. The most important thing is to have a vision.
"From now on, the Changsun family's winery will sell 200 kilograms a day, and we'll sell 50 kilograms a day. The price will be one guan of cash higher than the Changsun family's, and 10% of the profit will go to the Changsun family."
Li Xiang is very principled in doing business. If he tramples on the agreement casually, then there will be no spirit of contract. Then no one will abide by the contract, and he will be the one who suffers the loss.
"That's no problem, Your Highness, that's very thoughtful. When can we open for business?"
Zhou Huairen had been idle at home for such a long time. When he heard that Li Xiang had such good products, he couldn't contain his excitement and wanted to open the shop immediately.
"Why are you in such a hurry? First, send people to spread the news in Chang'an City. Then, go find all the famous actors in Chang'an City and perform a grand opera at our gate for three days. We have to spend the money for the two carriages at the gate. We must create a big sensation."
Li Xiang, a person from modern society, naturally understands how important the advertising effect is. As long as you can afford to spend money, people will think you are strong and will be willing to do business with you in the future. In addition to the three rare commodities, the most important thing is the pawnshop today.
Li Xiang also sent people to investigate. The profit of the pawnshop can be said to be extremely lucrative. The pawnshop will buy something worth one hundred wen for fifteen wen and sell it for sixty to one hundred wen, which is four to seven times the profit.
"Your Highness, are you going to open just this one pawnshop, or are you going to open them all over the Tang Dynasty?"
Zhou Huairen is an old fox, and he has to get to the bottom of the matter now. If it is just this one shop, it doesn't matter, but if it spreads throughout the Tang Dynasty, it will be difficult to deal with, because the largest pawnshop owner in the entire Tang Dynasty is the Qinghe Cui family, and this is also the Cui family's pillar industry.
"This is the only one for now."
Li Xiang also understood what Zhou Huairen was talking about, so after listening to his words, he first gave him a reassurance.
Li Xiang already had a complete plan for business layout. The most profitable pawnshops, silk shops and other industries of this era had basically been divided up.
If Li Xiang rushed in now, it would be like cutting off someone's food and clothing, just like killing their parents. Then there might be a fight. Li Xiang has made a lot of enemies now, and he doesn't want to be squeezed in the middle.
So Li Xiang decided to take another approach, which was to use finance to control everything.
The economic base determines the superstructure. This statement is applicable everywhere. The reason why the Five Surnames and Seven Clans were so powerful was because they controlled the economy of the entire Tang Dynasty.
If Li Xiang wanted to defeat them, he would have to establish a money house a hundred years in advance. According to the information Li Xiang obtained, the money house was fully formed around the Ming Dynasty. It had not appeared during the Zhenguan period yet, and it would not appear until the reign of Emperor Zhongzong of Tang. However, it only handled some foreign exchange business, and there was no deposit and withdrawal business, let alone loan business.
While everyone still doesn't understand the money shop, Li Xiang is ready to take action. The pawnshop is just a wolf in sheep's clothing. Of course, if it makes money, we can't just watch and watch. We have to make as much money as we can.
"According to what you said, opening a pawnshop would cause them to be disgusted. What about opening a restaurant?"
Li Xiang thought of the Fuyun Restaurant that was sealed off that day. It was said that it was also the property of the Cui family and had branches throughout the Tang Dynasty.
"As for restaurants, it doesn't matter. First, there are many of them. Second, every household has their own share. Third, the profit is not that great."
As long as they don't compete with the Cui family in the pawnshop, other industries don't matter, especially in today's restaurants. A table of good food will only cost ten strings of cash at most. What's more, the rich and powerful have chefs at home and will never order food from outside.
"I'll leave the business matters to you. I won't mistreat anyone who works for me. Your second son is not young anymore, right?"
Li Xiang started his plan of winning people's hearts again. At this stage, he would first establish Zhidaobao, especially the flagship store in Beijing. As long as the brand was well-known, it could spread to the surrounding areas.
In addition to selling his own rare items, Li Xiang also plans to hold a regular auction every month to absorb rare items from people from all over the country, allowing them to get more money at the auction, at least much higher than at the pawnshop, and allowing buyers to buy good items at a lower price at the auction.
Of course, we are not obligated to do this. We must collect not a penny less in handling fees and dismantle the Cui family's pawnshop empire step by step.
"I'll be seventeen after the Chinese New Year."
Zhou Huairen knelt down and kowtowed while saying, this is the reward from the master.
"Go back and report to the Imperial City Office. I'm not a high-ranking official, only ninth rank."
Li Xiang's words made Zhou Huairen burst into tears. He used to serve the prince so well because he wanted his sons to have a good background, but the prince only cared about making money.
My son is settled now, and I have an old girl at home, who is 28 years old this year...