The popularity of mahjong was beyond Huo Chenan's expectation.
This also gave him some confidence in his next plan.
That is to establish the Dashun Dynasty, and even the world's first chess and card room - Wushuang chess and card room.
The reason why it is called a chess and card room instead of a mahjong hall is that Huo Chenan still has various novel and fun projects such as poker, chess, fighting chess, military flags, flying chess, etc. He will not be satisfied with mahjong alone.
"Wushuang, choose a good day to prepare for the opening." Huo Chenan said, looking at the huge storefront across the long street. In fact, he knew in his heart that now is not the best time to open a chess and card room.
The current audience of mahjong is still dignitaries, and the general public may not know what mahjong is.
But there is no way, he is short of money, and the cost of building a rural school is too high. Now he needs to make money as soon as possible.
"Okay." Wushuang now obeys Huo Chenan's words.
The two discussed it and looked at the auspicious date, and then set the opening date of Wushuang Chess and Card Room on April 6, two days later.
During these two days, Su Linglong did not arrange anything for Huo Chenan, but let him rest for a few days. However, Huo Chenan's good friend Zhang San stuck to him like a dog skin plaster.
"Brother, why are you here again?" Huo Chenan complained.
"Brother An, I will follow you for the rest of my life. I found that I can definitely eat delicious food and drink spicy drinks with you." Zhang San laughed.
Huo Chenan was stunned when he heard this. Does he still have this auspicious attribute?
However, Huo Chenan thought Zhang San's vision was still very good. He reached out and patted Zhang San on the shoulder and said, "Brother, you have a good vision. Haven't you heard of this saying?"
"What is it?" Zhang San asked very cooperatively.
Huo Chenan put on an arrogant look, pointed his thumb at himself, and said domineeringly: "Follow Brother An, go to nightclubs every day."
"Brother An, what is a nightclub?" Zhang San asked with a puzzled look.
"Uh, brothel." Huo Chenan explained helplessly.
Zhang San's eyes lit up quickly after hearing this, and then turned green again. Huo Chenan hurriedly interrupted his reverie and said, "What are you thinking about? Come to Wushuang Winery on Changjie to help tomorrow."
"Okay, Brother An. Brother An, when are we going to the brothel?"
"Can you think of something serious?"
"Okay, Brother An, Brother An, do you think we should go to Hongxiu Pavilion or Changqinglou?"
"..."
"Brother An, I heard that the girls in Hongxiu Pavilion have big breasts."
"Is it true?"
"Can I lie to Brother An? Let's go together if there is a chance?"
"Let's go together, let's go together."
...
The next day, the auspicious time arrived.
The crackling sound of firecrackers echoed in Changjie.
Passersby stopped to watch, wanting to see what kind of store was opening.
It is said that people like to watch the excitement. Soon, the entrance of the new store was surrounded by people.
Wushuang saw that the time was almost right, so he lifted the red cloth covering the door plaque.
"Wushuang Chess and Card Room", the five large gilded characters sparkled in the sun.
But the crowd didn't seem to buy it, and they all looked at each other in bewilderment.
"Aunt, what is this chess and card room?"
"I don't know."
"Is it for eating?"
"I don't know."
Qin Wushuang saw everyone talking about it, and she immediately stood up and said: "Dear fellow villagers, Wushuang chess and card room mainly operates various chess and card activities, mainly mahjong, which can help everyone kill time. The fee is 40 coins per hour. Today, we are offering a 50% discount for customers. It only costs 20 coins per hour. Please patronize us."
"Aunt, what is mahjong?"
"I don't know."
"Aunt, do you have time?"
"Who has free time when you are so busy every day? Are you crazy?"
"That's right, I have to pay you for my time? You should pay us."
Everyone said all kinds of things. But no one was willing to come in and spend money. Soon, the crowd dispersed.
At this time, Huo Chenan stood in the Wushuang chess and card room and looked at this scene helplessly. He thought that there might be some setbacks at the beginning, but he didn't expect it to be so difficult.
It seemed that plan B was needed. Huo Chenan found a piece of wood and a piece of charcoal and wrote "40% discount for opening ceremony" on it.
Then he stood at the door of the store with Zhang San, Qin Wushuang, Yun'er and several other employees to attract customers.
As time went by, Huo Chenan and others gradually changed from smiling to stiff smiles. The discount price also changed from 40% to 10%.
At noon, Huo Chenan directly changed the price to free, but there were still no customers.
Coincidentally, Ma Daha passed by with two younger brothers. Seeing Huo Chenan, the three hurriedly stepped forward to greet him: "Benefactor, what are you doing?"
Huo Chenan pointed to the wooden board behind him and said helplessly: "The new store is open, and we are attracting business."
Ma Daha looked in the direction of Huo Chenan's finger and saw "All opening ceremony discounts are free."
He couldn't help but said excitedly: "Free? Such a good deal! Then I must support you."
So the chess and card room welcomed the first wave of customers, and Yun'er took on the role of explaining the mahjong rules.
Huo Chenan encouraged everyone: "Look, this is the first business."
Zhang San, who was dozing off, fell to the ground with a plop.
Huo Chenan looked at the demoralized people helplessly. It's not that he didn't have any tricks, but his tricks were too powerful and he was worried that he couldn't control it.
However, since things had come to this point, Huo Chenan decided not to hide his shortcomings and he was going to implement Plan C.
So, the three careless people who had just heard a little about the mahjong rules were drafted by Huo Chenan.
He assigned tasks to everyone, and everyone dispersed, leaving only a few guys to watch the door.
...
On the long street, another shop was being renovated at this time. This was the location of the Su Family Restaurant. Su Linglong was sitting on the scene to direct the work.
It was not far from the Wushuang chess and card room, and Su Linglong could even hear the firecrackers in the morning clearly.
As a business woman, she knew that there were shops opening every day in Jinling City, but she also knew that countless shops closed down every day.
So she didn't care who opened the shop, what the other party sold, or how the business was.
The only thing she had to do was to do her best.
…
At this time, Chu Liuxiang was leaning against the eaves of the roof of the Wushuang Winery, holding a jar of Du Kang in his hand. As a thief leader, this wine was naturally impossible to buy.
"Good wine!" Chu Liuxiang said after taking two gulps.
He looked at Huo Chenan, who was at a loss downstairs, and was thinking about how to ask his sister to return a favor.