eurekapd Chapter 122 I'll teach you how to play billiards
Chapter 122 I'll teach you how to play billiards
Zhao Yuanzhen wandered around the area.
The flow of people is okay, and there are obviously more male customers.
I guess because of their reputation, women don't come here very often.
Although girls are not prohibited from entering the billiard hall, it is estimated that not many people come out to play.
The main customer group is still men.
Soon the landlord came.
"This lady is here to look after the shop. You can discuss the price between yourselves."
"Madam, are you planning to buy this shop?"
"Then you have to see if the price is right. Only buy if it is."
"I told the dental office that I could make a 1000 mistake in the price."
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"There is no other place like this in the whole capital for such a high price."
"To be honest, I'm a little nervous about buying your shop. You know the environment. I don't know if my business will be good next door. If the shop is more expensive, I won't dare to buy it."
The person selling the shop also knew that before he bought the shop, there was a restaurant next to it. Who would have thought that not long after, it would become a brothel. His shop was now somewhat embarrassing.
"It can't be any less."
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"If it's any less, I won't sell it."
"Well, I won't buy any more."
The homeowner thought about it for a long time and finally agreed.
Gave money and took the contract.
The owner of the house also gave the key to Zhao Yuanzhen and left.
"Mrs. Zhang, do you want to see anything else?"
"Not for now. I'll come find you if I need you."
"Okay, Madam Zhang. I'll take my leave now."
"Well, let's go."
After locking the shop again, Zhao Yuanzhen went to the beauty salon to find the owner of building materials.
"Hello, Mrs. Zhang. I'm still waiting for you on this cement. We didn't dare to move it."
"Okay, have someone open this, pour it on the ground, and mix it with some sand, fine sand."
"Okay, wait a moment."
The shopkeeper opened the cement, called someone over, opened it, and poured it on the ground, causing dust to fly instantly.
Zhao Yuanzhen stepped back a little, took out a mask and put it on.
The man brought some more sand.
When he got a little closer, he looked up at Zhao Yuanzhen.
"Pour some more. This is for painting the walls. The ratio is one part cement to three parts sand."
"Okay, ma'am."
The man came closer and the proportions seemed to be about the same.
"Open up the middle a bit, pour some water in, and then blend it into a paste."
"Okay, ma'am."
The man poured water and stirred it, and after a while, it turned into a fluid mud.
Using a plastering trowel, apply this to the wall and smooth it out.
The man found a wall and went to practice.
I found that this cement is easier to use than yellow mud. It has better viscosity, does not fall off, and is fine. It makes the wall smoother when applied to it.
Zhao Yuanzhen took a closer look and found that it was smooth and smooth.
"This wall has been smoothed, don't touch it, it will be dry tomorrow. After it dries, water it a few more times. Water it twice a day, and it will be done in three days."
"Okay, Madam Zhang, I've made a note of that. I'll ask someone to come and plaster the wall later."
"Well, okay, boss, do you have any craftsmen here?"
"Yes, Madam Zhang, do you want to speed up the process?"
"No, I still have a shop here and I want to clean it up."
"Congratulations, Madam Zhang, you have acquired another business. I have craftsmen, and I can also find another team of people."
"That's fine, will you come with me to take a look first?"
"Okay, let's go."
"Yes. I'll lead the way."
"Okay, Mrs. Zhang."
This shop is just north of the billiard hall, not far away, just over 10 minutes.
"In this shop."
"Mrs. Zhang has chosen a good location."
"I can't help it. There aren't many shops for sale. This is the only one."
"Yes, it's hard to find a shop in this area."
“Well, this shop was well maintained by the previous owner, and the main structure, tiles, and exterior walls do not need renovation.
The windows need to be changed to floor-to-ceiling windows, and the interior needs to be renovated. The second floor is made into four 4X6 private rooms, and the remaining one meter is used as a corridor. The doors and windows are all built and glazed.
Let's use cement for the entire floor, and build a counter on the first floor. Repaint the stairs. Modify the toilet in the backyard, making it the same as before."
A pool table is 2.83 x 1.55. Plus, you need to play on the four sides, so you need to leave enough space.
There is room for 2 counters on the second floor. The first floor is 4 square meters. Excluding the counter and a sink, there are about 130 counters, a total of 6 counters.
This shop has floor heating and a kang. There are eight rooms in the backyard, one for storage, two for kitchens and restaurants, and the remaining five rooms are used for living, so let's put them there for now.
"Okay, Mrs. Zhang."
"Well, let's see how much this package will cost and how long it will take."
"Please wait a moment. I will calculate it."
"It will probably cost 45 taels of silver. Including the drying time of the cement floor, it will take about 4 days. Mainly because there are few other places that need to be modified."
"Okay, then go find the craftsman and I'll give you the key here, too."
"Okay, leave it to our shop, don't worry, Madam Zhang."
"Okay, I'll leave it to you then."
"Uh-huh."
After saying goodbye to the shopkeeper, I started my daily rounds to check on the two shops.
There is nothing wrong with the storybook shop, it remains stable.
The dessert shop had just opened for a short while and people were just starting to come in.
"Madam, you are here."
"Well, how are the few apprentice shopkeepers you've been training recently?"
"Not bad, everyone listens to the smart and studious people."
"Okay, then you teach me well. In about five days, we will open a billiard hall on First Sweet Water Street. We need a manager."
"Billiard hall?"
"Well, a ball played on a table."
Zhang Yu: On the table? Playing ball? So bumpy.
"Okay, ma'am."
Zhao Yuanzhen glanced at him and saw Zhang Yu's expression and knew that he had not imagined it.
But for the people of the Daliang Dynasty, it was indeed very crazy.
You have to teach the eldest brother first, and then let the eldest brother teach the third prince. The third prince will only need to be slightly addicted.
This shop already has a publicity ambassador.
The Third Prince + The Third Prince’s Concubine: What’s the matter? We are your NPCs. We come here every day to gain your favor and get fame for free.
Zhao Yuanzhen: There’s nothing I can do, I really don’t know the others.
Zhao Yuanzhen felt that if this billiard hall became popular, other billiard halls might be opened as well, after all, they did not require much technical skills.
You can probably make some money by being the first to try something new.
You have to buy a cart to transport goods, as our own is a horse-drawn carriage with a carriage.
To pull the pool table.
I spent 36 taels of silver to buy a carriage.
"System, is the set that was customized yesterday ready?"
"Host, it's customized."
"Ok."
Zhao Yuanzhen settled the points for placing the order, spending 80 points.
He tied the horse to the back of the carriage, drove the carriage to a deserted place, took two sets of billiard tables, cues, balls, tripods, etc., and placed them on the carriage.
Drive back to the village.
I originally wanted to be a lazy guy, but now I’m so busy. It turns out that behind every lazy guy, there is someone who is carrying the heavy burden forward.
Seeing her pulling the things back, the security guard quickly called for people to come and unload the car.
Zhao Yuanzhen thought about it for a long time, but there was no empty room in her house, so she had to put it on the corridor in front of her house.
"Mom, you're back? What is this?"
"This is a billiard case."
"Billiards? Is that a new thing? Is it for playing?"
"Well, yes, I'll teach you how to play in the afternoon."
"Okay, mother. Second great grandfather brought some people here this morning. Seeing that you were not at home, he took them away again."
"Well, after lunch, go to your second great grandfather's house and tell him to bring someone over and say that I'm back."
"Okay, Mom, let's set up the table and eat!"
"Well, let's go."
Wash up and go to the restaurant for dinner.
"I brought back a billiard table. I'll teach you how to play billiard this afternoon. In a few days, we're going to open a billiard shop at home."
"A new thing again, little sister?"
"Yes, I'll teach you this afternoon, brother."
"Okay, I'm looking forward to it now."
I didn't even notice that my eating speed increased a bit.
Zhang Xinbai finished eating first and went to the village chief's house.
By the time everyone had finished eating and cleaned up, the village chief had already arrived with his people.
Zhao Yuanzhen asked someone to go to the corridor.
The whole family gathered around curiously to watch.
"I'll fight Big Brother first, you guys just watch from the side."
"Okay, little sister. You teach me."
“This is called billiards, this is called a billiard table, this is called a cue, this is called a tripod, and this is called a billiard ball.
There are 16 billiard balls in total, which are divided into two types. One type is the ball with only one color, called the full-color ball, which has 8 balls, one of which is black number .
The other type has several colors on the ball, called the flower ball, and there are 7 of them. Each ball has a number on it. The white ball without any words on it is equivalent to our mother ball. "
The numbers that Zhao Yuanzhen customized are Chinese characters.
"We first arrange the balls, take out the white ball, and put the tripod in place. Normally, the balls can be arranged randomly or according to the rules.
For example, the black ball is placed in the middle, the bottom row of the tripod is the fancy balls, the second row is the pure color balls, the black eight ball is placed in the middle of the third row, the fancy balls are placed on both sides, and the fourth row and the top row are all full color balls. This is the Chinese black eight arrangement method. "
Zhao Yuanzhen set it up for everyone to see. She used to work in a billiard hall, so she was very familiar with billiards.
"Now, let's start playing. Set up the balls and take the tripod away. Take your clubs and show the gesture of setting up the clubs.
You can spread your five fingers out like this and slightly bend the back of your hand.
You can also place your thumb against your index finger.
You can also place the club in the groove between your thumb and index finger, or place your thumb against the first joint of your middle finger.
Or put the club under your index finger."
Zhao Yuanzhen showed everyone several sets of common ball-holding gestures.
“Of course, these are all common ones. If you are not used to using them, you can develop them yourself. You don’t have to use these ones.
Then bend your body like this, put the white ball in this position, and start playing. OK, after this shot, I see a full-color ball fall into the hole in the table, so in this round, this full-color ball is my ball.
I just need to get all the colored balls into the hole to win. I started the round and since I got one ball in, I can continue with one shot.”
Zhao Yuanzhen hit another shot but missed.