Chapter 187

First Volume, Chapter 187: Chain Dining

To prevent Liu Hongyan from overthinking, Qin Feng quickly explained: "The Qin Family's accounting office is already full—after all, besides the wine houses and sugar business, there's also the Qin Family's own income and expenses; how could anyone keep track? This is just the beginning; once things grow larger, just calculating daily accounts will be enough to give you a headache."

"Besides dining and sugar, next we'll have gongfang and the Book Bureau. And there are expenses like paying taxes to the National Treasury and building the New Army—all together, it will become an enormous accounting system. So we must build a new accounting office and hire a team of accountants."

"Hiring accountants is the top priority—they must be utterly trustworthy, or if they forge accounts, we're finished. So once the accounting office is built, whether hiring or managing, you must personally oversee it, Sister."

Liu Hongyan suddenly understood.

Until now, she had thought helping Qin Feng with accounts was just a small favor.

If things continued like this, accounting would become her main occupation.

But that was fine—after all, such an important matter couldn't be entrusted to anyone else.

Just as Liu Hongyan agreed wholeheartedly, Qin Feng added: "Has the Wuhu Restaurant's reputation spread yet?"

Hearing this, Liu Hongyan felt puzzled—she didn't understand Qin Feng's intentions—but still nodded: "Throughout Jingdu, no one doesn't know it. With Zui Xian Lou in decline, our Wuhu Restaurant is now the undisputed top wine house in the capital, unmatched by any other. The Shopkeeper says that lately, many wealthy gentry from the regions have come to Wuhu Restaurant just to see what it's like."

Hearing this, Qin Feng felt reassured and immediately said: "Then we can open branch stores."

Liu Hongyan was taken aback: "Branch stores? We already poured massive capital into just one wine house—you said we're short on money right now—isn't this too hasty?"

Qin Feng shook his head, smiling: "Sister, I never said we'd have to pour our own money in. There are two paths: one is developing low-end chain stores; the other, like sugar, is to license franchises."

As for the dining industry, naturally, it must be divided into high, medium, and low tiers.

Wuhu Restaurant firmly holds the high-end market; thus, the medium and low tiers are vacant. Since the medium-tier dining market is too competitive and requires too much investment, Qin Feng has little interest—he only needs to secure the low-end market.

Change the name of Wuhu Restaurant to "Wuhu Wine Shop," then launch it on a massive scale, aiming to have Wuhu Wine Shops appear in every city, town, county, and commandery across Shedynasty.

Low profit, high volume.

As for licensing franchises, it's even easier to manage.

As the saying goes, it's easier to shade under a big tree—anyone who wants to profit from Wuhu Restaurant's reputation must pay Qin Feng tribute. Simple, yet practical.

In plain terms, we're selling the name "Wuhu Restaurant!"

To prevent franchisees of uneven quality from damaging Wuhu Restaurant's reputation, we must train a team of supervisors—each franchisee must be assigned one supervisor for quality control.

All of this is to be handled by Liu Hongyan.

Hearing Qin Feng's utterly brilliant business ideas, Liu Hongyan was once again stunned speechless: "This kind of commercial acumen is unprecedented—had I thought about it, I'd never have conceived of these paths."

Rarely praised by Liu Hongyan, Qin Feng immediately felt elated and grinned: "Second Sister, you'd better take this seriously and get started quickly—it's our own family business."

At first, Liu Hongyan didn't catch on, thinking "our own family" meant the Qin Family.

Then she noticed Qin Feng's sly smile and realized his true meaning—her cheeks flushed red, and she punched him hard on the back. Though her tiny fist had little force, it still made Qin Feng grimace.

Liu Hongyan rolled her eyes, annoyed: "I'm not even going to talk to you!"

She turned and walked away.

So now, could he finally sleep peacefully?

Qin Feng slowly lay down, had just closed his eyes, when a sharp voice rang in his ear.

"Qin! So you're hiding here!"

Why did that voice sound so familiar?!

Qin Feng turned toward the sound at once, his heart sinking—damn, the Ancestor had arrived.

Surrounded by servants, Princess Qiyang stood with hands on hips, stomping over with an expression as if she meant to devour Qin Feng.

Just when one storm had calmed, another rose.

He'd barely gotten rid of Lin Feimo, and now came someone even harder to handle.

Compared to Lin Feimo's "Imperial Cousin" status, Princess Qiyang was pure royal blood.

Royal beyond royal!

Using the same tactics on Princess Qiyang as on Lin Feimo would be suicide for Qin Feng.

Tonight's sleep? Forget it.

Qin Feng reluctantly rose and bowed to Princess Qiyang, insincerely saying: "Your Highness, welcome—what foul wind blew you here?"

As a princess and the only daughter of the Chang Princess,

who in all of Jingdu would dare speak to Qiyang like that?

Only Qin Feng!

Princess Qiyang stood with hands on hips, glaring coldly at Qin Feng: "Foul wind? I think you're asking for a beating! Don't think just because you're about to marry Yun'er, you can act without restraint—I can punish you anytime I please."

Yes, yes, Your Highness is right!

Who are you? The Emperor's niece—who dares offend you?

Qin Feng sneered inwardly but spoke sweetly: "Your Highness traveled all this way just to scold me?"

Princess Qiyang snorted, visibly annoyed: "Back in the Hou Gong, you kept saying the glass beads weren't worth a thing, that you could make as much glass as you wanted—how long has it been? Where's the glass? If you've lied to me, I'll twist off your dog's head!"

Qin Feng slapped his forehead—he'd completely forgotten about this, and these past few days had been so busy he hadn't thought of it at all…

This matter could be trivial or serious.

To prevent Princess Qiyang from causing a scene, Qin Feng hurried to soothe her: "Give me a few more days—I'll give you several glass pillars for free."

Hearing this, Princess Qiyang assumed Qin Feng couldn't deliver and immediately refused: "No good! I never go back on my word! Someone, seize this man!"

Seeing she was about to act, Ning Hu let out a tiger's roar from afar: "Who dares?! All of you, come here—someone's targeting Brother Qin!"

At his words, over a thousand workers from the Training Ground rushed over in a rush.

Xu Mo led the three hundred guards, weapons in hand, charging toward them.

Princess Qiyang's servants, used to bullying others, were terrified by this display and quickly retreated.

Seeing so many comrades rush to protect him again, Qin Feng felt touched—but mostly afraid.

Princess Qiyang's status was too exalted—unlike Lin Feimo—attacking the Imperial Carriage was high treason!