Chapter 31: Reviving the Moonlit Pavilion
You should know that the Moonlit Pavilion is a luxurious three-story restaurant. Just paying the staff salaries and purchasing ingredients costs a significant amount of money each month. If the business turnover continues to plummet, the losses will undoubtedly be substantial.
“Dad, what’s going on? Didn’t you say a while ago that the lack of business at the Moonlit Pavilion was due to the appearance of evil spirits? But three months ago, there were no evil spirits invading Jinyang City. Look at these account books…”
Qin Feng looked up at his father, only to see his eyes avoiding contact. After a while, his father explained the reason.
It turned out that three months ago, for some unknown reason, the mansion of the city lord of Jinyang City started aggressively buying up restaurants in the city and pressuring the remaining ones by engaging in price wars. Many small restaurants lost their business, and the Moonlit Pavilion naturally suffered a significant decline in business as well.
The city lord’s mansion took this opportunity to swallow up these small restaurants. At present, about sixty percent of the restaurants in Jinyang City are under the ownership of the city lord’s mansion. They also set their sights on the Moonlit Pavilion and proposed buying it several times. However, Qin Feng’s father, being quite stubborn, never agreed. As a result, the losses kept piling up.
Of course, the main reason for his father’s refusal was the unattractive offer from the city lord’s mansion. They wanted to buy the restaurant at half its original price, making it difficult for his stingy father to agree.
After listening to all this, Qin Feng fell into contemplation. The city lord’s mansion’s bold actions surprised him. It seemed like they were attempting to monopolize the entire restaurant industry in Jinyang City.
But Jinyang City was just a small city with not a very large population. Even if they succeeded in monopolizing it, how much profit could they really gain from it?
At this point, Qin Jian’an sighed and said, “The Qin family’s wealth is almost dragged down by the Moonlit Pavilion. I have been considering whether to sell the restaurant to the city lord’s mansion at a low price. Since we bought this restaurant, our family hasn’t made any money. Maybe if I get rid of this burden, I can succeed in other businesses.”