Chapter 239: The Hesitant Lin Ye
It would have been fine if Su Chen hadn’t said anything, but this sentence almost made Lin Ye break down.
“I won’t open a small shop.”
“Do you know what status my Drunken Old Man Tower used to have in this Tang’an City?”
“It’s impossible for me to open a small shop!”
Lin Ye was emotional. Su Chen realized he had said the wrong thing and comforted him for a while.
This was equivalent to asking someone who had been an emperor to become a beggar. It wouldn’t work well on anyone.
Su Lingxi also saw that Lin Ye had deep feelings for this Drunken Old Man Tower.
“The Drunken Old Man Tower was once prosperous. Boss Lin, haven’t you thought about innovating your restaurant?”
Innovation meant checking the problems in the operation of one’s restaurant and then developing other attractive things.
It could be dishes or something else.
Lin Ye had thought about Su Lingxi’s suggestion.
“Over the years, I have been trying to save the Drunken Old Man Tower.”
“I anticipated the crisis of the restaurant in advance, so at that time, I often sent various chefs to the four countries to learn special dishes.”
“During this period, a lot of high-grade spiritual crystals were spent, and finally the chefs lived up to expectations and learned.”
“Perhaps the crisis of the Drunken Old Man Tower was destined. The increase in dishes did not solve the key problem.”
“Later, the restaurant’s revenue was not good, and I didn’t even have the capital to improve the restaurant.”
“Customers continued to lose, and slowly I could only watch the restaurant become like this.”
Su Lingxi was a little full. From Boss Lin’s conversation, she also knew why the restaurant had become like this.
Traditional restaurants were already going downhill. No matter how hard they tried, they could only delay the time of closure at most.
“Boss Lin, actually I have been considering doing a business recently, which is related to restaurants.”
Su Lingxi directly stated her purpose.
“Oh?”
Lin Ye looked at Su Lingxi strangely, and then shook his head very resistantly.
“To be honest, Miss, I’m quite surprised, but many people have come before and taken a fancy to my place.”
“The location of the Drunken Old Man Tower is very good. The rent alone reaches thousands of high-grade spiritual crystals a year.”
“I don’t know why, but everything except a restaurant is very popular in my place.”
Lin Ye gave a bitter smile. “In the end, I still can’t bear to part with the sign of my Drunken Old Man Tower.”
“Boss Lin, you are overthinking it. Who said I want your sign?”
“To be honest, I have the secret to saving the Drunken Old Man Tower here. It depends on whether you are willing to cooperate with me.”
Su Lingxi smiled. She really didn’t care about the sign or anything.
As long as she could make money, anything would do.
Lin Ye drank another bowl of wine and shook his head. “Miss, you don’t know… how many people have said they could help my Drunken Old Man Tower over the years, but in the end, few of them were useful.”
Su Lingxi rubbed her forehead helplessly.
This Boss Lin Ye seemed to have given up. Nothing she said worked.
Su Lingxi was short of a place like the Drunken Old Man Tower to develop her own industry.
The decline of the Drunken Old Man Tower was also beneficial to Su Lingxi.
In this way, Su Lingxi could take down the Drunken Old Man Tower at the minimum cost.
“I am willing to fund the reorganization of the Drunken Old Man Tower. You don’t have to spend a penny, and…”
“If it succeeds, the profits between you and me will be split, and if it fails.”
“You don’t need to take any responsibility. I will bear all losses.”
Su Lingxi had already given Lin Ye a great concession, and even Su Chen on the side couldn’t help but be moved.
This was almost free for Lin Ye.
“This…”
Lin Ye was still hesitating. This condition was very tempting.
But what did Su Lingxi want with his broken restaurant if she didn’t covet his sign?
“I say, Boss, the girl has already said this much. What are you still hesitating for?”
Su Chen was more anxious than Lin Ye.
At this moment, a diner who had been eating silently in the restaurant suddenly spoke up and sneered, “Little girl, aren’t you here to deceive people? The Drunken Old Man Tower has become like this. You say you can reorganize it just like that? Who believes it!”
Lin Ye was about to refute a few words for Su Lingxi, but when he turned his head, he saw that the diner was an old customer.
Although they hadn’t said much to each other, they had met often.
Although there were few people in the Drunken Old Man Tower, there were still a few tables of guests.
The other diners happened to have run out of topics at the dinner table, and they all started discussing this matter, expressing doubts about Su Lingxi’s words.
“The closure of the Drunken Old Man Tower is a foregone conclusion. It’s been so many years in Tang’an City.”
“You’re not the only time-honored brand that has closed down. I think you should just accept this ending silently.”
“In the future, open a small shop and pass on the craft of Peach Blossom Brew.”
“Stop tossing about. Why waste those spiritual crystals?”
The diners at the tables were all repeat customers of the Drunken Old Man Tower. They didn’t want the Drunken Old Man Tower to close down so quickly.
But they didn’t want to see Boss Lin being fooled either.
Lin Ye, who was already hesitant, was even more wavering at this moment.
Su Lingxi frowned and scanned the crowd with firm eyes. “I am a person who keeps my word. If you don’t believe me, I can write a note.”
She took out a pen and paper from her pocket, quickly wrote down the terms of cooperation, and handed it to Lin Ye.
Lin Ye looked at the note, his fingers trembling slightly, and his heart was extremely conflicted.
Su Chen stomped his feet anxiously on the side. “Boss, stop dawdling. Where can you find such a good opportunity!”
Su Lingxi looked at those diners. “I said, if it fails, I will take full responsibility and Boss Lin won’t spend a single spiritual crystal. If it succeeds, I only want a share.”
“If you really want the best for the Drunken Old Man Tower, you should trust me this time.”
Lin Ye took a deep breath and finally made up his mind.
“Actually, I can also see that the Drunken Old Man Tower’s fate is over. This tossing about is the last time.”
“If I persist like this, the ending won’t change.”
Thinking of this, Lin Ye took the pen from Su Lingxi’s hand and planned to sign and pledge with Su Lingxi.
“Alright, I’ll trust you this time, girl!”
Seeing this, the diners didn’t say much more. After all, they were just outsiders.
The result of the decision still depended on Boss Lin.
Just as Boss Lin made up his mind and was about to sign, some noisy voices suddenly came from outside the door.
“Boss Lin!”
“Your rent is due. If you can’t pay it this time, wait for the closure!”
The moment he heard the voice, Lin Ye’s expression changed, and the movement of his hands also stiffened.
The person who came was the landlord of the Drunken Old Man Tower, followed by a few fierce thugs.
The landlord crossed his arms, his face full of disdain. “Boss Lin, your Drunken Old Man Tower is about to close down, yet you’re still delaying paying the rent.”
