Merchant of Otherworlds

Chapter 5 The Beginning of Magic
The opening of Wangjiang Tower has attracted the attention of many literati, not because of the power of its boss; nor because of the scale of its restaurant.Just because of a couplet of "Wangjianglou, looking at the river flow, looking at the river flow downstairs, the river tower through the ages, the river flow through the ages", they all attracted them.

Maybe it's because the boss is a businessman and doesn't know much about poetry.Therefore, although he personally felt that this couplet was very good, he could not tell what was good about it.As a modern person, Yu Ling knew that this was an ancient absolute, but he didn't have much interest in these literatures, let alone understand the thoughts of these ancient people.

So when so many literati and students were discussing Wangjiang Tower; he was both happy and incomprehensible, and finally thought; anyway, no matter what reason those people came to Wangjiang Tower, as long as they finally saw One's own performance; being deceived by magic tricks, from which one's disciples are born; that's enough.

In order to have a better environment for him to perform in the future, Yu Ling can be said to have resorted to catharsis. As long as he knew and could use the knowledge, he dug it out of his mind.It's just that I don't know if this 21st century style can be accepted by people here.Finally... after Yu Ling and the restaurant owner had been busy for more than half a month, the renovation of the restaurant finally came to an end.

For the people of Chang'an, perhaps they would never have imagined that in this year, the 32nd year of Kaiyuan, the opening of a small restaurant would have such an impact on future generations.It can even be said; if it weren't for the opening of this restaurant, then perhaps there would not be so many changes in the future...

Today is an important day for the literati in Chang'an. The saying "Wangjiang Tower, Wangjiang Flow, Wangjiang Tower Wangjiang Flow, Jianglou Eternal, River Flow Eternal" made them realize a "Wangjiang Tower".For those who were born in the Tang Dynasty, it is really difficult to understand why such a talented scholar would practice such lowly merchant skills.And I seem to have heard that this great talent will perform on stage himself.

Some people felt sad about what Yu Ling had done; some agreed with it, while others hid aside to watch his jokes... However, no matter what views those literati had, in short, they all came to Wangjiang Tower today. '.In addition to wanting to see what this legendary talent looks like, the most important thing is to see what he is going to perform. Maybe... today I can hear another absolute; or a good poem. !So people with this idea came to the side of the 'Wangjiang Tower' one after another, waiting for its opening...

There was no congratulatory speech; no ribbon-cutting...'Wangjianglou' just opened in a bland manner.The boss hiding in the background looked at the flow of people coming in; he couldn't help but worry: "Brother, I, Lao Zhang, have never seen in my life a restaurant that opened and had such a good business. But; we don't even have one There is no opening ceremony, isn’t that too much?”

Patting Boss Zhang on the shoulder, Yu Ling quickly comforted him: "Don't worry; you haven't seen how popular your brother and I are, so there's nothing to worry about. Besides, all our savings have already been invested. There is still extra money to do these things! If you can’t do it, don’t do it; save as much as you can, there are not enough funds!”

Boss Zhang nodded and echoed: "That's right; I should be right to listen to you. Besides, you are the big boss of this restaurant now, so let's do what you say! Then, I'll go to the front to help greet you. There's no one to say hello in front of you. I don't know how this restaurant is opened? We have to recruit some people quickly tomorrow. There are only four of us, Xiao Liuzi, the two of us, and you, and we can't be busy no matter what. come!"

Unexpectedly, Yu Ling shook her head without thinking and said: "We need to recruit people, but we can only recruit people to help in the kitchen. There are no waiters in our restaurant. All guests have to go to the front desk to order anything. want."

Upon hearing this, Boss Zhang hurriedly said: "That won't work; if you really do what you do, who else will come to our restaurant to eat. You have to order by yourself; it's better to go home and eat. I won’t agree to anything you say.”

Seeing that Boss Zhang disagreed, Yuling quickly explained: "Brother Zhang doesn't know something. If all our layouts are still the same as before, then the business can only be done like that forever. I'm doing it now; selling It's just a novelty, have you ever seen a restaurant decorated like this by me?"

Seeing Boss Zhang shaking his head, Yu Ling continued: "Think about it; I am performing on the stage, and the guests below can sit down and watch if they want. If they want to take a rest, they can go to the front desk and buy various snacks. When it's time to eat; they can also hand-pick their favorite meals there.

Although some people may not be satisfied if they have to do it themselves; but once they get used to it, they won't say anything anymore.We can call this way of eating 'a la carte meal' and introduce it to those guests as a novel idea.I think there will be many people interested in this way of eating. "Having said this, Boss Zhang still had an expression of disapproval.

In the end, Yu Ling had no choice but to order: "Okay! Now I am the big boss of this restaurant. If the business is really bad, I won't worry if my losses are not greater than yours. Why are you worried so much?" ! Hurry and go to the back to help; if you really want to go to the front to say hello, then go and introduce our place to them. I should also be ready; I will perform a 'magic' for those guests later. .

Boss Zhang nodded his head to express his understanding; maybe because he thought that he couldn't change Yuling's mind, he had no choice but to go to the front to greet the guests.

When Yu Ling saw that Boss Zhang was gone, she took a deep breath and said, "Huh! We're finally gone. We don't live in the same world after all, so it's really not that difficult for them to understand our thoughts. Well. What are you going to do next? Great transformation? No tools...escape technique? Haven't played... that's right; there are also poker cards, um! The state; there is no reason to be worse than those magicians before! Hmm! Try to say anything."

Thinking that he would be able to deceive the power of faith from the guests outside later, Yu Ling couldn't help but excitedly thought: "What on earth are we going to perform? It seems that there are really a lot of poker-type magic tricks. If I hadn't borrowed a magic book from the old man, I didn’t know that a playing card could perform so many magic tricks. However, since that old man wants to collect rent from me, it’s really unreasonable. He has already lost a lot of money. Fortunately, there is someone outside to pay the bill; otherwise I The young master will be miserable!"

(End of this chapter)