Liu Baohong is considered a celebrity on the streets of Zhou’an County, but not everyone knows her, and there are not many who even know that she is a woman. However, those who do business on the streets, whether they open the door or set up a stall, There are really few people who don't know her name.
Kong Lingjun first came to the county to do business. He had never been in this business before. Naturally, he didn't know anything about some familiar unspoken rules. It happened that he was in an excellent location in the small night market when he shot. It would be unreasonable to be unobtrusive.
The small night market starts from the gate of the department store at the southeast corner of the county seat and runs south to the gate of the Zhou'an Cotton Weaving Factory. A total of more than one thousand meters away, there are nearly a hundred food and beverage stalls with a wide variety of varieties. Almost all kinds of local snacks you can think of are included, but there will inevitably be duplicates if there are more people operating.
With so many catering stalls, there is a big difference in business. In addition to the quality of the food, the location determines whether the business is good or not. There are big differences between different locations. Practice has proved that the best business stalls are basically The upper reaches are distributed at the north and south ends, especially the decline from north to south is the most obvious.
Therefore, in the process of paying various taxes and fees, different voices appeared. They strongly demanded that the tax and fee levels be divided according to location, or they were required to redistribute the booths. Finally, the competent department of industry and commerce convened vendors to make a rule, all The stalls are rotated. Every day, the stalls are rotated to the north one by one. The stalls in the north can only stay for one night, and the next day they will go to the south. Although this is a big disadvantage, everyone is not balanced. what.
The common belief is "I can't get other people and don't want to live." Otherwise, I will refuse to pay the management fee, and even fight for booths. There have been many evil reasons for fighting because of the fight in the past.
However, there are always some people who are unwilling to rotate positions every day, because it is not only troublesome, but also difficult to retain repeat customers. There are still bosses who strive for development by quality. Therefore, the new term fixed booth is gradually derived. Fixed booths are not necessary. Participate in the rotation, but the various taxes and fees are different from the rotation booth.
The fixed booths are generally located closer to the middle, which is unique like Kong Lingjun.
The stall Zhang Feng bought for Kong Lingjun is located to the north of all the original stalls. It is equivalent to the first one at the north end, and it is still a fixed stall. As a result, it immediately caused a lot of dissatisfaction, but Kong Lingjun himself did not know. It was the first time for a trial operation in the evening. I was enthusiastic. When someone came to listen, I didn’t know what to guard against. I honestly told people that I was a fixed booth. .
But Kong Lingjun is not a very public person. He doesn't do things that bully others. He has never done anything like that. His nephew has done so much for him. He also knows how to protect his nephew’s reputation. After all, he has met some people in the world. Yes, so I never revealed that the director of the County Public Security Bureau was his nephew.
There are many people who are unbalanced in their hearts, but there are not many who rushed over to inquire about crimes, and these people are not stupid. The Trade and Industry Bureau can use this position as a fixed booth to get out, even if this barbecue booth has no energy. Unlikely.
Those who are clever are using their brains. Since a fixed booth can be added to the far north, a second one can be added, or another one can be added to the south. It is nothing more than paying more money or clearing up the relationship, so someone will call soon. The Bureau of Industry and Commerce went to inquire about it, but naturally there were no doors, and the sentence "whispering" was dismissed.
There are also people who are uncomfortable with the fixed booth added at the northernmost point, but they have no relationship with the Industrial and Commercial Bureau, so they start to use other crooked brains, such as Liu Baohong.
It is a legend that Liu Baohong's name is in the small night market. In fact, it is not just the small night market. As long as it is on the street, I don't know whether Liu Baohong's name is a newcomer or there is a problem with his brain.
Every month, a group of people come to these stalls to collect fees on time. The names are weird, but they are also very regular. They will never charge randomly. For example, the small night market is the stall fee. Depending on the type of business, the number may vary. , But once it’s confirmed, it won’t be changed at will.
This booth fee is not a fee charged by the competent industry and commerce department. The industry and commerce department collects business management fees, the sanitation department collects sanitation fees, the taxation department collects land taxes, etc., and so on. There is almost a clear regulation, even if it is An official receipt will also be issued for the miscellaneous fees collected by the municipal department, but the booth fee is inexplicably collected.
However, among all the expenses, the stall fee is the most happily paid by the catering owners. As long as the time is up, they will be prepared in advance, and even those who come to pay for the fee must be delicious and entertained, even eating and taking.
To put it bluntly, it is the protection fee. If you pay nothing, don't do business on the street if you don't pay it.
These booth fees are under Liu Baohong's staff, and similar fees have gradually penetrated into all walks of life on the street in Zhou'an County, and no one has ever refused to pay.
Kong Lingjun’s barbecue stall was only held up shortly, and the unusual fragrance attracted many customers. Kong Lingjun was skilled in his skills, bowed left and right, holding a large bundle of meat sticks in each hand and turning it over the charcoal fire. Love and his mother both I was so busy that I kept welcoming customers to take their seats, and served them with fragrant bone soup, onion chops, and sweet noodle sauce.
The small tricks of bone soup and onion petals are commonplace in the barbecue stalls of later generations, but at this time they are exceptionally different. Of course, these are the ideas Zhang Feng gave to his uncle, and they really attracted a lot of attention. Many of the customers squatted nearby because they had no place to wait. The smell of Kong Lingjun’s barbecue was too greedy.
The prosperous barbecue stall has made some people feel more unbalanced. In their opinion, it is so prosperous because of the location. Therefore, the news will reach the ears of those who collect the stall fee, and soon someone will find it. Come here.
Zhang Feng prepared ten catties of mutton for Kong Lingjun. Because the business was unexpectedly good, it didn’t take long for Kong Lingjun to ask her daughter to go to the mutton shop to buy some more mutton. She was talented in selling cash, and Aiai quickly gained twenty catties. The mutton came back, and then a person pierced the meat quickly. At this stall, four or five young men dressed in weird fashion rushed to the meat stall.
"Stall fee?"
Kong Lingjun was a bit inexplicable, but Zhang Feng explained that the procedures that no one asked would be ignored. It was too late for someone to ask, so he didn’t care. He asked, “How much? I paid the first time today. It's clear."
"One thousand yuan," the young man at the head said in a friendly tone, and he did not see that it was here to collect protection fees. "Ordinarily, this kind of position is less than three thousand yuan, but you are only open for business. Just take care of it. , Let's pay so much first this month."