Ever since then, Xiao Yi would often come to the old house to see the Old Secretary.
However, what Xiao Yi did not expect was that with Zhang Yuan Yuan and Zhao Xing accompanying him, the Old Secretary had become even more depressed and unhappy. He also often stopped eating and went to bed. His spirit was dispirited, as if he had just closed his eyes and was never going to wake up again.
Zhang Yuan Yuan tried her best to explain to Old Secretary the interesting things that happened between father and daughter. She even dragged the Old Secretary along as she recalled the ordinary days of Zhang Weimin's youth. Only, Old Secretary's heart was already dead. He would often listen to it and would yawn for a while without waking up.
Zhang Yuan Yuan put down all of her responsibilities, and felt so much heartache that she forced out many dark eye circles. However, all the results were gone. Every single day was torture to him when the Old Secretary was out of oil.
It was just that the naturally arrogant Old Secretary sealed the news of him being severely ill. Furthermore, all of the officials that Jiang Hai had come to see refused to see him.
Zhao Xing had accompanied Old Secretary for dozens of years. Often alone, weeping bitterly. To Zhao Xing, Old Secretary was a hope and a guardian in his life.
But...
Seeing that the body of the Old Secretary was getting worse, Xiao Yi finally decided to go to the Old Secretary's house tonight and use his own Nine Dragons True Qi to help the Old Secretary recuperate.
During the day, Xiao Yi went to Pen Hall to look around. With the strong development of Li Qi and Zou Yang, it had only been a few months. There had been an earth-shattering change, and Pen Hall's reputation had already been completely unleashed. Everyday, an endless stream of people came to the Pen Hall to read. Of course, there were a lot of people who read these words, and the sales volume was the same every day.
Zou Yang and Li Qi saw that the Pen Hall did not have enough manpower, so they hired four young men to help look at the shops and frame the words on it.
As the scale gradually expanded, Zou Yang and Li Qi had already secretly decided to continue meditating on a shop near the Pen Hall on this street. To double the size of a Pen Hall, it was just that Xiao Yi had never nodded his head in agreement to it.
The average number of words sold per day was already quite shocking. The base price of 3 million was at least 30 million yuan per day. This kind of income was already quite terrifying. Expanding the store, with so much money left over, would not be a financial burden. On the contrary, he could make the Pen Hall bigger and bigger.
However, the limitations of the Pen Hall were slowly being highlighted. Because all the words in the Pen Hall were written by Xiao Yi alone. If this continued, perhaps the supply would not meet the demand. Xiao Yi would write them down everyday to die.
Writing requires state of mind and inspiration. I'm afraid that mechanical writing has lost its spirituality. The amount of ten words per day, to Xiao Yi, was like an elbow in a haystack. After all, it was impossible for Xiao Yi to maintain his consciousness and have the desire to write letters everyday. If Pen Hall drove like this, it would become a burden to Xiao Yi.
Therefore, Xiao Yi did not nod at this expansion. On the contrary, he was beginning to think about the transformation of the Pen Hall. With this reputation, he would no longer be able to sell them openly like he did with the radishes. Instead, learn to starve marketing, make your words more tasteful, and make your word worth more.
He needed to change from quantity to quality, so Xiao Yi held his hands behind his back and strolled around the Pen Hall. Finally, he told Zou Yang who was following him, "From now on, Pen Hall will never expand. "Yes, that's it."
After hearing these words, Zou Yang immediately asked in astonishment: "Why? Boss, this is a great opportunity to make money and expand. "
Xiao Yi only smiled slightly, and spoke slowly: "Pen Hall has sold out all the words in this period of time, so let's take a break, and close the store for the time being. These few days, the Chinese Book Association has sent me an invitation to join this year's National Calligraphy Competition. I think we should discuss this with the National Book Association and set the venue for the competition at Pen Hall. After I win the National Calligraphy Competition's special prize, our Pen Hall will undergo a transformation, a transformation. "
"Why? If you aren't doing well now, why are you transforming? " Zou Yang looked at Xiao Yi in shock and puzzlement, then voiced out his objection.
Xiao Yi only smiled mysteriously and said: "Don't ever stare at the benefits in front of you, and look towards the distance. Don't let the benefits before you blind your eyes. The entire Pen Hall is tied to me alone, even if I can write all of it. Ten characters a day has already reached the extreme. If this goes on, do you think that expansion will still be useful? "
Xiao Yi's words were like a bucket of cold water that doused Zou Yang's passion. In that instant, Zou Yang instantly understood the Pen Hall's current limits. This Pen Hall looked glorious, but everything was tied to Xiao Yi alone. If Xiao Yi was going to travel a long distance, it would be fine. Then, the Pen Hall would be out of stock.
Although he had thought it through, Zou Yang still muttered: "If we keep going like this, it will sell out in about ten days. Recently, my brother has rarely written. The stock itself was not much, and the goods were already being sold out. In the remaining time, if Big Brother is going to participate in the calligraphy competition, what are we going to do? After all, we can't just sit here idly. Our passion that was just ignited, isn't it just going to cool down for nothing like this? "
It seems that Zou Yang had been working more and more diligently these past few days. He had been busy the entire day, but when he heard that the Pen Hall was going to close for the calligraphy competition, Xiao Yi became anxious.
"Are you afraid that you'll have nothing better to do?" Xiao Yi was a little surprised so he calmed down. Then, he rolled his eyes and said: "Since it's like this, then you guys properly count just how much this Pen Hall has earned after operating for so long. Invest all the money. Buy as many shops on this street as you can. The best thing would be to buy all the shops on this street. "
Hearing that, Zou Yang was stunned. This Pen Hall had finally gotten a rich balance, but Xiao Yi didn't even blink his eyes. All of them had to be invested and all of the shops on this street had to be bought. This kind of lavish gift simply caused Zou Yang's heart to beat wildly.
"Big Bro, if we invest everything, it wouldn't be too good to buy a shop, right?" Zou Yang gasped, then asked: "You just said that Pen Hall will never expand, why do you want to buy these shops?"
Xiao Yi narrowed his eyes, a glint flashed past his long and narrow eyes, and he said meaningfully: "I didn't expect that you all would be so busy. Since you have ambitions, I'll have to find something for you to do. These shops were bought and used for other purposes. I'm sure it won't be used to expand the Pen Hall, that way you guys will tire me to death. Furthermore, I am not here to watch the Pen Hall close up and find something for you all to do. It just so happens that I have to spend all the money I have earned, haha. "
For some reason, when Zou Yang looked at Xiao Yi's smile, he realized that the smile was extremely cunning.
"This little bit of money?" Zou Yang immediately roared, and then shouted out loud: "These past few months, has this Pen Hall managed to earn a little money? That was billions, billions. Brother, do you know how much there is? "
"Err …" Xiao Yi did not expect that Pen Hall would have earned so much recently. However, thinking back to those years when she followed her master on missions overseas, the fees were very high. Xiao Yi rolled his eyes and asked: "Billions, is it a lot?"
Zou Yang immediately stood in place in a daze as he asked himself incessantly in his heart: "Dozens of billions, is it not a lot? Isn't there a lot? "Damn it, could it be that the RMB in this world has fallen in value again?!"
"Billions. I should be able to buy all the shops on this street." Xiao Yi calculated for a bit, then said: "So, it depends on your abilities. He could save, of course, but he had to save some money. We still have a long way to go, and we still have a lot of money to spend in the future. Regarding this National Calligraphy Competition, I plan to invest some money into it. "
"How do we invest?" Zou Yang was unable to keep up with his big brother's wild and unrestrained thoughts.
"For the time being, you don't need to think about such things. I'll be fine." Xiao Yi smiled slightly, then said: "I'll be counting on you guys to help Pen Hall out. After she's done selling, he'll close her business, and once she's closed, she'll start buying shops. You just have to take care of these matters. You don't need to ask me about it. I have my own things to do, and you should be able to take care of them yourself after so long. "
Seeing Xiao Yi continuing to be a shopkeeper, Zou Yang finally laughed bitterly and shook his head.
Billions of dollars, you don't even care. What do you have to do that is more important than a billion dollar deal? Aren't you throwing things to the side a bit too obviously?
However, Zou Yang did not dare to say these words out loud. After smiling bitterly, he could not help but nod his head.
After Xiao Yi saw that the matters of the Pen Hall were settled, he immediately waved his hand in satisfaction and prepared to leave the Pen Hall.
To Xiao Yi, several billion was indeed a small matter. This was because the biggest matter right now was still his big brother Zhang Weimin's lifeless and lifeless body.
In this period of time, Xiao Yi could be said to have put in a lot of effort for this.
In Xiao Yi's heart, even if he spent ten billion to buy Zhang Weimin's health, it would still be useless. Xiao Yi definitely did not even frown slightly, and handed over tens of billions with a swing of his hand.
Although they were old buddies, this brotherly love was already engraved in Xiao Yi's heart.
People roamed the martial arts world, without brotherhood, how could a friend roam?