A lion's mouth is asking too much! It's absolutely a lion's mouth! The housekeeper was shocked! He asked the other party to name a price, and the other party really dared to name a price! "Let me be frank first, this price does not guarantee that the matter can be done. Don't think I am too capable, I am just lucky, a blind cat meets a dead mouse!" Chen Guanlou made a solemn statement, vowing to get himself out. The housekeeper was shocked again, "You offer a price of 50,000 taels, and you don't guarantee that the matter will be done. Your asking price..." For a moment, he didn't know how to complain appropriately. If he scolded too harshly, he was worried that he would offend the other party and the other party would just quit. If he scolded too lightly, he was afraid that the other party would smile and laugh, and not take it seriously at all. If he didn't scold, he would be upset and couldn't feel relieved until he vented.
No wonder those people wanted him to be the middleman. The negotiation process is really torturous. It's either tormenting the other party or tormenting yourself. In the final analysis, someone always gets hurt. The butler brought tea to cool down his temper. Chen Guanlou took the opportunity to say, "I've said it before, I can't do this. What can a small shrimp like me do if you can't do it? I've said it over and over again, but you just don't believe me and force me to do it. Well, I reluctantly offer a price, but you complain that the price is too high. Butler, what do you want me to do? Do I want this money? Am I so greedy? Am I so ignorant? It's the Jinyiwei next door who asks for such a high price, I just earn a fee for running errands, and ruin my reputation. I worked so hard for a long time, but I didn't get any benefits, I suffered all the trouble." Chen Guanlou spoke a lot, complaining and complaining. In summary, this job can't be done. If you dislike his high price, go find someone else if you have the ability, and see if the people outside dare to offer a price. In this day and age, anyone who can offer a price to rescue people from the imperial prison is a brave man. That was the Jinyiwei, the imperial prison, where even the officials in the court would retreat and turn pale at the mention of it. Ordinary people would tremble when passing by it before shooting. Who dares to quote a price? Who dares to guarantee that they can do things after receiving money? No one! No one has the right to order the Jinyiwei to do anything without the order of the head of the Jinyiwei and the emperor. Even the empress and concubines in the harem have no right to order the Jinyiwei to do things. The only person in the world who can order the Jinyiwei is the emperor. The emperor's hawk dog, this is not just a casual statement. They are serious watchdogs. The butler's head was buzzing with lawsuits. Fifteen thousand taels for three people was really unexpected and the price was ridiculously high. He said earnestly, "I know you have difficulties. So, I have crossed out the other people on the list for you, so you don't need to ask about them. If someone embarrasses you, just tell me the name of the Marquis' Mansion. I want to see who dares to act wildly against the Marquis' Mansion. But these three people are extremely important. One of them has been imprisoned in the imperial prison for three whole years. It is a fluke that he is still alive. No matter what, he must be rescued. In order to manage it before, his family has spent most of their property. Now the family can't continue, and the price of 50,000 taels is too high. It's not that I deliberately lowered the price, but the other party really can't afford it. Brother Lou, give me a real price, and then we can discuss it and see if we can get it together and get it done." Chen Guanlou also looked embarrassed, "Butler, you shouldn't have come to me for this matter from the beginning. Who am I? How can I rescue people! Gu Shanhe That was luck, and it was also fluke, just happened to meet. In addition, this man has a father-in-law who is the richest man, who is not short of money, and is an honest official, and there is no black history, so the Jinyiwei will simply let him go.
I don’t know the three people you circled, but I guess the case must be not simple, and they must have real crimes, and the crimes they committed are not small. I offer 50,000 taels, which is already a friendly price. Believe it or not, I will go to Xiao Jincheng now and throw this list in front of him, and his offer will not be less than 40,000 taels. The remaining 10,000 taels have to take out 8,000 taels to bribe the perverts in the imperial prison. I only have 2,000 taels left for running errands. And if you want the other party to collect the money, there must be a prerequisite, these three people must be qualified to transfer to another prison. This qualification does not refer to money, not to relationships, but to their cases, their crimes, and the people they are involved in..." He counted on his fingers and calculated the accounts with the butler one by one. Calculate where the 50,000 taels were spent. Don't think he's asking too much. If he wants to deal with the Imperial Prison, this little bit of silver is the starting price. Gu Shanhe is insignificant and irrelevant. It's purely a money transaction, so the price can be lower. The list given by the butler must be a key person with a case. If you offer a low price for such a person, you will feel uneasy, wondering if there will be a follow-up to the case, whether it will implicate you, whether... Moreover, if there is a case, if you want to transfer to another prison, you have to go to the Ministry of Justice, complete the procedures, and do the documents that should be done. The documents that should be filled in cannot be missed. There are all human relationships, which means that it will cost a lot of money. Do you really think it's easy for him to help run errands and rescue people! All aspects must be taken into consideration, and the beginning and the end must be handled cleanly. The official documents must be legal and compliant to anyone who checks them, and there must be no mistakes in the law. It must be more real and more formal than the real case. Both the result and the procedure must be legal. It must not be caught by others that the procedure is illegal, thereby overturning the conclusion that the result is legal. Is it easy? It's too difficult! If you don't spend many years in this business and save countless people, you won't be able to summarize so much practical experience. You won't even know who to manage. This is all delicate work. This work is worth 50,000 taels. This is a discount for the sake of the Marquis's face. Otherwise, he would not offer 50,000 taels, but 100,000 taels. Anyway, the lion's mouth is so high, it depends on whether the other party dares to accept it. Seeing the butler frowning, he simply advised kindly, "Butler, you give up. This deal can't be done. Outsiders only watch the excitement, how can they know how difficult the process is. Don't take on such a rotten thing, really, conscientious advice. The Marquis's Mansion doesn't make money by being a middleman, so there is no need to get involved." The butler sighed and sighed, "You have your social skills, and the Marquis's Mansion also has its own social skills. Some things, even if you know that they will get involved, you have to do them. When you are in the rivers and lakes, how can you not get your shoes wet. If you don't want to get your shoes wet, don't get involved in this scene. Don't you think so?" Chen Guanlou chuckled twice, without commenting. The Marquis's Mansion is a large family with a large business, and it takes most of the energy just to maintain it. If you want to go further, you will naturally have to work harder than others and have more social skills. In the final analysis, it is all about desires without limits. If you have less desires, you won't have to be so embarrassed. "Since the price is inevitable, I will ask again. If they agree, we can continue the discussion. Is that okay?" "Sure! I have no problem."