HLnovel Chapter 136: The "Trustee" Becomes a Distinguished Guest
Chapter 136: The "Trustee" Becomes a Distinguished Guest
Luo Li lived very comfortably in the hot spring villa, but for the opening of Chuanran Hotpot City and Maotai Liquor Store, she had to return to the Qin Palace in the city.
Gao Ruoying and Yang Yanqi recommended two shareholder candidates, Xue Qing, the daughter of Right Prime Minister Xue Juzheng, and Cao Huiying, the daughter of Duke of Lu Cao Bin. When they heard that the Princess of Qin wanted to recruit them to invest in the business, they were excited and agreed on the spot.
After returning home, they persuaded their parents and came to the appointment with 20,000 taels of silver.
They met again at Shenghe Building. When Luo Li arrived, the waiter Zhang Zhuzi greeted her happily.
"Mr. Luo, you are here. Miss Yang and Miss Gao brought two more young ladies with them. They have been waiting in the private room upstairs for a long time."
Luo Li waved the folding fan in her hand in a casual manner, "Lead the way!"
Waiter Zhang Zhuzi led the way in front, secretly admiring Master Luo.
Young Master Luo is extremely handsome, and he has the ability to please and coax women. One can attract two, two can attract four. He is really lucky!
Arriving at the Xuanzi private room on the third floor, Yuli threw a piece of silver as a reward to Zhang Zhuzi.
: "Old rules! A pot of boiled water, eight dishes and a soup."
Zhang Zhuzi took the reward money with a big smile and put it in his arms, then looked at Mr. Luo expectantly and asked a question.
"Mr. Luo, is it still the old rule of eight dishes and one soup?"
Luo Li nodded and pushed the door open and walked inside.
Zhang Zhuzi clasped his fists and bowed towards Mr. Luo's back with admiration and worship!
Look at Mr. Luo, he can seduce four rich girls without spending any money, that’s real skill!
Xue Qing and Cao Huiying were both stunned when they saw an extremely handsome, suave and elegant young man coming in!
He immediately recognized that this was the Princess of Qin disguised as a man, and hurriedly stood up and saluted.
Luo Li took a few steps forward and helped one up with each hand.
: "No need to be so polite! From now on we are all partners, and we should be like sisters."
Yang Yanqi sat steadily and called out, "Luo Li! Come and sit next to me."
Luo Li walked over and sat beside her, and lifted her chin with the folding fan in her hand as usual.
: "My little beauty, it's only been a few days since we last met, do you miss me so much?"
Yang Yanqi giggled without any shame.
"It feels like a long time since we last met. I miss you so much that I am suffering from lovesickness again."
"Come! I will give you some electric current to heal your wounds and illnesses."
Luo Li joked, and her charming and beautiful peach blossom eyes shot several waves of electricity into Yang Yanqi's eyes.
Gao Ruoying smiled and hit Luo Li on the shoulder!
"Luo is stupid, Yang is stupid, the two of you should not scare Miss Xue and Miss Cao!"
Luo Li then put away the electric current in her eyes, turned her head and smiled at the two young ladies, "We, the brainless trio, are used to joking around. Don't corrupt your two pure hearts!"
Xue Qing and Cao Huiying were shocked by the peculiar way these three people who claimed to be brain-dead got along with each other!
Xue Qing pursed her lips shyly, smiled, and lowered her neck, but Cao Huiying stared at the Princess of Qin with joy and admiration.
Luo Li picked up the fragrant tea, took a sip, and got down to business.
"Miss Xue, Miss Cao, a few maids and I prepared these fine wines and hot pot delicacies just to earn a little money.
Yanqi and Ruoying said that they have a good relationship with you two and would like to get you to invest so that you can have some fun together and earn some pocket money.
Twenty thousand taels per person counts as one share. Have you discussed this with your family?"
Xue Qing raised her head and smiled slightly when she heard this, "Princess, you are too modest.
Everyone knows that the things you tinker with are all rare treasures and can be a business that can make a lot of money.
It is our blessing that you allow us to invest! My parents also readily agreed, allowing Xue Qing to follow the princess and enjoy the divine light. "
Cao Huiying stared at Luo Li with admiration in her eyes!
"Princess Qin, the perfumes, shampoos, soaps, toothbrushes, etc. that you have created are truly amazing.
I am looking forward to the amazing wine and food you will create.
My parents also happily agree that you can let us have a share.
Princess, Cao Huiying will follow you from now on!"
Luo Li raised the teacup, "Okay! The five of us will use tea instead of wine to celebrate the grand opening of the hot pot city and the wine shop tomorrow, and may the gold and silver flow in like water!"
The five of them laughed and raised their glasses to celebrate!
While eating, they agreed on the time to arrive tomorrow to support the event, as well as the purpose of soliciting customers to act as "stooges" tomorrow. The five of them went downstairs very satisfied and went home to make preparations.
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Luo Li was worried that the business would be cold on the first day of opening, so she asked the other four shareholders to find their own targets and bring in the hot pot restaurant and the wine shop to act as "stooges".
When she arrived at the scene, she realized that she was worrying for no reason.
This Sichuan Hotpot City and Maotai Liquor Store, which has been advertised for many days, was opened by the Silly Princess.
The news had already spread among the wealthy and powerful in the capital, and they were all waiting for the opening day to come and see it. What kind of magical food had the greedy and playful silly princess come up with?
There was a crowd of people in front of the hot pot restaurant and the wine shop, but this time it was the home turf of the young masters.
Luo Ning, who was unwilling to sit at home and recuperate, volunteered to help the young lady manage the two businesses.
Under the protection of Hong Gu and the maids, Luo Li squeezed into the hot pot city and joined the four shareholders.
Cao Huiying's little face turned red with excitement!
"Princess, even without those people we brought here as "stooges", this gate would have been squeezed down today!"
Luo Li raised her eyebrows and smiled complacently!
"I, a fool with a brain disease, am famous in Beijing. The things I produce will lead the consumption trend of the rich and powerful in Beijing in the future!"
Cao Huiying and Xue Qing were both laughing so hard that they were shaking with laughter. The Princess of Qin was really so funny.
The auspicious time has arrived, and the sound of firecrackers outside is lively and festive!
Luo Ning, sitting in a wheelchair pushed by Tingting herself, appeared outside the spacious gate of the Hot Pot City.
Luo Li, with four shareholders dressed in fancy clothes, stood behind the shopkeeper Luo Ning to support him!
Luo Wenhao was busy and sweating. After maintaining order in the queue with a dozen people, he came over to ask for instructions.
"Little sister, there are too many people. Even if our hot pot restaurant is spacious, we can't accommodate them all!"
Luo Li nodded and instructed, "Please let in the ones who were asked to come yesterday to help us as babysitters first. For the rest, we will use the old method of issuing numbers and let them in one after another in turn."
Luo Ning was pushed forward a few steps by Tingting, and shouted out the hospitality rules of the hot pot restaurant and the tavern next door!
The second prince Zhao Yuanxi, who was hiding in the carriage, frowned slightly!
Wasn't Luo Ning, the servant of the Luo Mansion, cut by his fourth brother and his men, leaving him paralyzed in bed? Although he was sitting on a wooden chair with wheels, how could he still lift his hands?
Cao Wei and Gao Yingxiong each brought a group of brothers, and the first wave who were extremely arrogant were invited into the hot pot city.
This was the benefit they got for agreeing to be their sister's "babysitter". Who would have thought that they didn't have to be "babysitters" and instead became envied VIPs?
Cao Wei came in front of Luo Li and bowed respectfully!
"Cao Wei thanks the princess for her hospitality!"
Gao Yingxiong also bowed carelessly! "Thank you very much! It's an honor for us brothers to have the first seat today!"
Luo Li looked at the two guys who had transformed from "stooges" into VIP guests with a half-smile.
"Enjoy your meals, both of you! There is absolutely no smell of embroidered shoes in today's fine wine and hotpot delicacies!"
Cao Wei and Gao Yingxiong's faces instantly turned red with embarrassment, and they fled into the store in a panic amid the laughter of the crowd!
After the four groups of "stooges" transformed themselves into VIPs and were invited in, they also let in the first hundred diners. Then Luo Wenhao and his men blocked the door.
Cao Wei and Gao Xingxiong Bing got together, and the dozen or so friends they brought with them sat together, waiting for the meal to begin and to taste the delicious food.
The spacious private room was filled with more than a dozen people, and two long square wooden tables were put together.
Two skillful waiters came over and brewed two pots of fragrant tea for the diners.
"This is the tea specially made by the Princess of Qin. Please enjoy it."
Cao Wei and Gao Xingxiong were both worldly-wise people. Their sisters had brought this fragrant tea home and they had tasted it.
Seeing his friends all looking curious, Cao Wei smiled and explained: "The tea made by the Princess of Qin has clear tea soup, but the fragrance of the tea is lingering and refreshing, which makes people have an endless aftertaste."
Everyone picked up the teacup and took a sip slowly.
: "Not bad! It's really fragrant and refreshing!"
"Good tea! I didn't expect that the Princess of Qin changed the way of drinking tea and made the tea have such a magical flavor."
Everyone started to praise the dish and were looking forward to the hot pot and wine that was served.
Several waiters in uniform came in pushing small carts with small wooden wheels.
Four jars of fine wine were placed on the table first, and then the cups, plates, bowls and chopsticks were arranged one by one.
Plates of fresh tofu, vegetables and delicious meat slices were stacked on the cart, but not on the table.
Everyone looked at him curiously, but no one asked, for fear of being laughed at as a country bumpkin.
Four copper pots burning with charcoal were placed on the table from a small cart.
Two of them had red oil floating on them, and two of them had white soup.
The waiter was a spirited young man of about 17 or 18 years old. After directing his men to set the table, he smiled at everyone!
"I am Liu Xi, the humble servant, responsible for serving these two tables for the guests. The two pots with red oil floating on them are spicy. Guests who don't like spicy food can use the two pots with clear soup."
Happy Bear finally couldn't resist his curiosity and said, "You won't serve the meat and vegetables, but just let us drink these pots of soup?"
Liu Xi smiled politely again and explained as he used long chopsticks to push a plate of thin mutton slices into the boiling copper pot.
"These meat dishes are placed on the small cart next to it, which makes it more convenient for customers to eat hot pot."
Four plates of meat slices were poured into four copper pots. In the copper pots burning with charcoal fire, the meat slices changed color in a moment and floated on the surface of the soup.
Liu Xi took a step back, bowed, stretched out his hand and made a gesture of invitation!
"You are now ready to eat. Take the meat slices and dip them in the sesame sauce or seafood sauce bowl in front of you, and you can eat it."
After hearing this, Gao Xingxiong impatiently went to the pot with red oil floating on it, scooped up a large piece of meat with chopsticks, put it into the sesame sauce bowl in front of him, stirred it, and put it into his mouth.
"It's delicious!... I've been craving for this hot pot dish that my sister boasted about at home for a long time!"
Everyone picked up their chopsticks, scooped up the meat slices from the pot, dipped them in sesame sauce or seafood seasoning, and put them into their mouths to taste.
This tender and delicious way of eating mutton will conquer everyone's taste buds!
They ate and praised the food.
Especially the two pots with red oil floating on them, people rushed to put their chopsticks into them.
The two waiters who were in charge of serving the meat and vegetables simply couldn't keep up with the speed of these foodies.
Gao Yingxiong watched as a pot of mutton cut into small cubes was snatched up again. He put down his chopsticks and picked up the jar of wine on the table.
These idiots were so busy grabbing the meat that they didn't even have time to taste the wine. I'll still grab the first bite to taste it.
The aroma of wine filled the air! Several people nearby who were fighting over the meat were immediately attracted to the aroma.
Happy Bear drank the wine in the bowl in one gulp!
"Good wine! ... My heartless sister always boasts about how delicious the wine made by the Princess of Qin is, but she never brings a jar home for me to taste.
After tasting it myself today, I finally know what real fine wine is! "
Everyone rushed to break the mud seal on the wine jar and pour the wine into the empty wine bowls in front of them to taste the best wine in the world!
Another round of endless praise!
These four jars of wine with different flavors instantly conquered the taste buds of these foodies!