Early the next morning, Bai Mengting called me. She said on the phone that Bai Yongchang made an appointment with Yi Ba to meet at Xiangman Building at 2:30 in the afternoon.
I had to tell Yi Ba this news. After closing the door, I headed towards Anqing Temple.
“Are you still practicing?” I asked Yiba when I saw him practicing in the yard.
"Is something wrong? Brother Chu Yi!" Yi Ba stopped his posture, wiped the small beads of sweat from his forehead, and asked me.
"Bai Yongchang asked us to meet at 2:30 in the afternoon." I said.
"No problem." Yi Ba said.
"Have you had breakfast?" I asked Yi Ba.
"No! Let's go eat noodles together while I change into dry clothes!" Yi Ba went into the back room.
After eating the noodles, Yi Ba and I chatted for a while and then returned to Xinsheng Pavilion. As soon as I returned, an Audi A6 drove up. As soon as I saw the license plate, I felt a chill in my heart and knew something was coming.
This Audi A6 belongs to Sun Qinglan. There were two people sitting in the car, one was Sun Qinglan and the other was Wen Feifan.
The car door opened and the two of them got out of the car.
"Are you two here to see the fortune tellers again?" I asked with a smile.
"I won't read fortune tellers today because I want to discuss a business deal with you." Sun Qinglan took the words and said.
"Business talk? My Xinsheng Pavilion only reads fortune tellers and has no business to talk about." I said.
“We are not talking about the business of your Xinsheng Pavilion, but the business of Xiangmanlou.”
When Sun Qinglan said this, Wen Feifan had already diligently brought her a chair and asked her to sit down.
"Xiangmanlou belongs to the Bai family, not mine. If you want to discuss business with Xiangmanlou, go directly to the Bai family! What's the use of looking for me?" I said.
"Everyone knows about your relationship with Bai Mengting. Bai Yongchang, the owner of Xiangmanlou, is in charge, that is, your future father-in-law. We are here to find you this time, just to let you know Please send a message to Bai Yongchang." After taking such a long time, Sun Qinglan finally revealed the purpose of his trip.
"Pass a message? What message?" I asked.
"A restaurant as big as Xiangmanlou cannot be built by the Bai family alone. In order to make Xiangmanlou bigger and stronger, I brought a new shareholder to the Bai family, that is Wenjia. Wenjia is willing to invest one million to buy 50% of the shares of Xiangmanlou.”
One million buys 50% of the shares of Xiangmanlou. Sun Qinglan wants to use the money to buy a piece of tofu to buy a pig from the Bai family! Not to mention how much the Bai family's old house is worth, the decoration of Xiangmanlou alone cost five to six million.
"Haha!" I sneered twice and said: "You can buy 50% of the shares of Xiangmanlou for one million. Can you really afford the price? Otherwise, I will pay five How about five yuan for you?”
“Zhao Chuyi, don’t be so shameless!” Sun Qinglan’s face turned black with anger.
"Five yuan will buy you five nights. This price is really too low. No matter how worthless you Sun Qinglan is, you are not so cheap!" I laughed and said : "You pay one million to buy 50% of the equity of Xiangmanlou, and I pay five yuan to buy you five nights. The nature is the same. You are not willing, how can Bai Yongchang be willing?"
“Remember it for me!”
Sun Qinglan stood up and walked away.
Watching that Audi A6 go away, I thought to myself, did I go too far this time? But thinking about what Sun Qinglan did, I feel that what I just did was not excessive.
For someone like her who is unreasonable and bully, she should be more ruthless and merciless when speaking. Otherwise, she would have thought that she was the boss in this world and everyone would have to listen to her!
It was noon in a blink of an eye, and that guy Yi Ba came. He came to see me for lunch.
“Brother Chu Yi, why are you looking so sad?” Yi Ba asked me.
"Sun Qinglan came to me just now and said that the Wen family wants to use one million to buy 50% of the shares of Xiangmanlou." I said.
"How did you reply to her?" Yi Ba asked.
"I said I would pay five yuan to buy her for five nights." I said.
“I didn’t expect that Brother Chu Yi, your tongue could be so poisonous.” Yi Ba gave me a thumbs up and said, “It’s just that five yuan is a bit too much. Well, just Sun Qinglan’s beauty, plus At her age, you’re still losing money!”
“What’s the loss? I’m just joking. If she really sells it, I won’t let her go!” Bai Mengting explains it!" I said.
"Although what you said is very refreshing, it offended Sun Qinglan this time!" Yi Ba said.
“The look on her face when she left just now made her want to tear me apart and cut me into pieces,” I said.
"Ignore her, let's go eat first!"
I went to the restaurant next door with Yi Ba and ordered a few stir-fried dishes. After eating, we drove slowly to Xiangmanlou.
Bai Yongchang made an appointment with us at half past two, but Yi Ba and I arrived at half past one. Bai Mengting said that his father was rushing back from the city and asked us to sit by ourselves for a while.
At 2:20, Bai Yongchang rushed back.
"Sorry for keeping you two waiting for so long!" Bai Yongchang became polite to me and Yi Ba as soon as he walked in.
"Have the Wen family come to see you?" I asked.
Bai Yongchang was probably confused by my question. He was stunned for a moment, and then asked: "Why does the Wen family want us? Our Bai family has nothing to do with their family."
"Today Sun Qinglan took Wen Feifan to Xinsheng Pavilion to find me, saying that the Wen family wanted to use one million to buy 50% of the shares of Xiangmanlou." I said.
"I want to buy half of Xiangmanlou's shares for just one million. It's really a waste of money!" Bai Yongchang said.
"Brother Chu Yi has already rejected it for you, and has offended Sun Qinglan because of it." Yi Ba took the words.
"Why did you refuse?" Bai Mengting asked me curiously.
I was embarrassed to say it, but that guy Yi Ba spoke.
“Brother in the first year of junior high school told Sun Qinglan that he would pay her five yuan for five nights and asked her if she would do it? Sun Qinglan was so angry that she immediately left with a dark face.”
"What are you thinking about in your head all day long? You can also like an old woman like Sun Qinglan!" Bai Mengting pretended to be angry and poked my head with her finger.
"The Wen family didn't care about it in advance. I came here today mainly to talk about Shangguan Yue." Bai Yong sighed and said, "I'm not satisfied with what you two said, Xiang Guanyue." Manlou's ability to open depends entirely on Shangguan Yue if she falls. Even if the Wen family doesn't have the idea of Xiangmanlou, Xiangmanlou will collapse."
"Last time Shangguan Yue came to my Xinsheng Pavilion for a fortune-telling, I made it very clear to her. "Her fate is God's will. God's will cannot be violated and can only be obeyed."
"What should I do about Xiangmanlou? This is my only chance to make a comeback." Bai Yongchang said with a worried look.
“There is a way.” I paused and said, “By cutting off the relationship with Guanyue, Xiangmanlou may still have a chance to protect itself.”
"Shangguanyue has contributed a lot to the opening of Xiangmanlou. Now that she is in trouble, I will sever ties with her. Isn't this adding insult to injury? I will never do such an unkind and unjust thing! "Bai Yongchang said this very firmly.
"Is there no other opportunity?" Bai Mengting asked me.
"No." Yi Ba took the words and said: "This is the only way to keep Xiangmanlou. The word righteousness cannot be thrown away, but it is not a very sinful thing to protect yourself wisely. . Whether to fall with Guanyue or to leave a way for yourself to survive is up to you."
Bai Yongchang didn't speak anymore, and Bai Mengting was also stunned.
I have seen Shangguan Yue’s face. There is no way she can escape this disaster. In other words, even if Bai Yongchang didn't cut off the relationship with her, he wouldn't be able to help Shangguan Yue.
Bai Yongchang is a smart man. There is no need for Yi Ba and I to teach him what choices to make.
"Boss Bai, think about it for yourself! Yi Ba and I have finished saying what we need to say, so we will leave first," I said.
"Mengting, see them off."
Bai Mengting sent Yi Ba and I to the gate. When I was about to get in the car, she held me back. "First grade of junior high school, can you think again and see if there is any other way?"