Perfect match.

The kettle made a muffled gurgling sound, and a cloud of white steam spewed out from the spout, and then the electricity "clicked".

Zheng Feiluan set up the teacups, poured boiling water on them, and brewed two cups of barley tea presented by the inn. The soup was warm yellow in color and smelled a solid aroma of roasted earth.He An picked up a cup and took a sip slowly. The hot tea warmed his stomach, and his limbs became alive as if they had thawed.

Cheng Xiu also panicked from the cold, and immediately took another cup. Before he could drink it, he was scolded firmly: "I have been away for a year, and I am not even as good as the guest room manager, right? If the problem is not solved, I will first think about talking to the guests. quarrel?"

Cheng Xiu shook his hands, spilled half a cup of tea, and blew on his red-hot fingertips.

He An hurriedly ran to the bathroom to wring a wet towel, and when he came back, he applied cold compresses to Cheng Xiu and said to Zheng Feiluan, "I'm not professional, so don't scold him."

Zheng Feiluan: "He has worked in Jiusheng for four years, and you haven't. I won't judge you professionally, but someone like him who has received professional training and still makes mistakes in basic operations deserves to be scolded."

Even though He An was protecting Cheng Xiu, Zheng Feiluan's tone was not soft at all.

Unconvinced, Cheng Xiu rubbed a wet towel and muttered: "We are a small business, we are responsible for our own profits and losses, and it's not like a star hotel where changing rooms is just like having fun. In this way, we can coax whoever has a good time. It doesn't mean telling others that we Is it a soft persimmon? If it spreads in the future, someone else will follow suit..."

"Then plug the loopholes and don't let people take advantage of the loopholes." Zheng Feiluan interrupted him, "Star hotels have brand value protection, one more negative review will not affect loyalty, do you have it? Every negative review How much potential loss will be caused on average, have you calculated it?"

"……No."

Cheng Xiu quickly fainted.

Zheng Feiluan supported the table with both hands, leaned down, and said in a deep voice: "The inn is different from the hotel. The hotel has a high fault tolerance rate, which corresponds to a low degree of freedom. It is complex, large, and standardized. The inn is just the opposite. A low fault tolerance rate corresponds to a high degree of freedom. ——But the degree of freedom will not be given to you in vain, if you can’t even do the simplest trade-off of pros and cons, stick to the rules, or act on your own will, then any inn handed over to you will have only one ending: bankruptcy.”

"..."

Cheng Xiu had the illusion that he was dreaming of returning to Jiusheng even after he left the job, and he was still being scolded and scolded.

He An sat next to him, secretly pushed him with his elbow, gave him a comforting look, then looked up at Zheng Feiluan, nodded quite seriously: "Well, you are right."

At this time, he looked like a sensible top student, with bright and piercing pupils, lively curly hair, and his whole body was warmed by the tea, exuding vitality from the inside out.

No matter how angry Zheng Feiluan was, he couldn't hold back He An's compliment, and his anger immediately dissipated.

He subconsciously tugged at the neckline, but realized that he was not wearing a tie, so he coughed twice in embarrassment to cover it up.Then he stood up straight, put his hands in his pockets, and turned around slowly with his back.In the process of turning around, I couldn't help but chuckle to myself, with a serious face, I could only pretend to be tolerant and let Cheng Xiu go.

However, there was one person he couldn't let go.

"Where's Dai Xiao? Where did he go as an Alpha? Why didn't he show up?"

Zheng Feiluan turned back, reached out and knocked on the table.

He An hurriedly explained for Dai Xiao: "It's not that he doesn't come out, it's that I don't let him come. The problem in the bar is not a day or two. Cheng Xiu and I have had it before we moved in. It's a chronic disease that can't be solved. In the morning Dai Xiao just went to negotiate for a while, but there was no progress, and he was angry. I think his mood is not stable, and I am afraid that something will happen when he comes here, so I let him stay in the room first."

"...Actually, it's still locked."

Cheng Xiu added a few words, stretched out a finger, and turned the small silver key.

Zheng Feiluan was dumbfounded.

In your inn, Alpha really has no human rights at all.

He leaned on the table and thought for a while, then took out a chair and sat down: "Let's talk about it, why is there no progress? Is the bar owner's attitude hard and refuses to communicate, or is there collusion between the government and businessmen, and there is no way to complain?"

"All, all."

Seeing that he got the two most important things right at the same time, He An was a little surprised.

Zheng Feiluan smiled: "Think about it too."

He An was eager to get some help, so he told Zheng Feiluan all the grievances between Qingguo Inn and the bar across the street.

The bar across the street has a very domineering name, called "Xiao", with a rough style, specializing in country death rock, singing whatever is loud, which is not in line with the small and fresh temperament of Luotan Town.Every night in the middle of the night, his family would hold a party without any hesitation. Roaring singers sang all night long. The passionate MC screamed until the sky turned pale. It's fun.The noise radiated to the three inns along the river, and every family was unbearably disturbed.

The trouble is, the bar is run by a local Wang family, or the three Alpha brothers.

They are like one another, and for decades they have run across the countryside like a nest of crabs, wielding their pincers at everyone they see, plus the nepotism accumulated over generations, no matter where they go to complain, they cannot avoid their relatives.In short, in Luotan Town, no one can touch them.

"They can't move, but you can always move?" Zheng Feiluan asked, "Why don't you simply move the inn?"

Cheng Xiu raised his hand: "Because Dai Xiao rented this place for ten years."

"How many years are left?"

"Eight and a half years."

Zheng Feiluan suddenly didn't know what to say.

Seeing his silence, He An realized that the problem might not be easy to solve, so he tentatively asked: "Is there really no other way? If it were you, what would you do?"

——If it were me, I would immediately pay liquidated damages to stop the loss, and then use [-]% of my energy to re-locate and start again.

Zheng Feiluan answered in his heart.

Every inn with a hasty site selection is a cactus planted in a pond, and it will die sooner or later, and it does not depend on service quality, style, or pricing strategy. Instead of slow suicide, it is better to give up sunk costs.However, judging from the current situation of the Qingguo Inn, it is not easy to even maintain its operation. How can there be any spare money to pay liquidated damages?Even if it can be paid, it is not enough to raise a higher amount of start-up capital.

He is rich, but He An doesn't want to take any of it.

Zheng Feiluan thought about it, got up and said: "Well, I'll help you talk."

"We've talked many times, but on their side..." He An hesitated to speak, and sighed softly, "It's useless."

"So I'm here to help you talk."

Zheng Feiluan smiled, as if he was not worried about his failure at all.He leaned over the table again, looked at He An, and said with a smile, "You just need to tell me one thing: what is your appeal?"

"Hmm... tell them not to quarrel at night?"

He An thought for a while and replied.

"Yes." Zheng Feiluan nodded, "After drinking this cup of tea, go back to rest and get a good night's sleep. I will give you good news tomorrow morning."

He acted vigorously, and after saying this, he picked up his coat and went out.

"...It's over, this time I owe you too much favor."

Cheng Xiu was lying on the table, with his face stuck to the teacup, and a tea bag string dangling from his mouth, with mixed expressions of joy and sorrow.

He An said: "It may not necessarily be successful."

"No, no, that's because you don't understand Zheng Feiluan's style." Cheng Xiu raised his index finger and shook He An, "Let me give you an analogy: Suppose there is a tree in our inn, and there are birds on the tree. You have built a nest, and it is very noisy every morning, what will you do?"

He An thought for a while: "Kill the bird away?"

Cheng Xiu: "What if the bird flies back?"

He An: "Remove the bird's nest?"

Cheng Xiu: "How about another bird?"

"Uh..." He An couldn't figure it out, "Then what should I do?"

Cheng Xiu looked at his confused and hard-thinking face, and was overjoyed: "Look at you, you can tear down a bird's nest even if you are the most ruthless. If you leave this matter to Zheng Feiluan, he will cut down the whole tree first. , to prevent birds from coming back to build their nests, and then seal the tree planting hole with cement to prevent people from coming back to plant trees.”

"When you put it that way, I seem to... understand a little..."

Holding the teacup in his hand, He An swallowed a sip of tea with difficulty.

How could he not remember Zheng Feiluan's way?He himself is that unlucky bird, whose nest was torn down, the tree was cut down, and now he is still living in other people's yard with his young.