Time travel is risky, and love requires caution

After several rounds of negotiations, Ling Qiqi and Lu Cheng finally signed a cooperation agreement.

She had done a lot of desk work in the past, such as signing labor agreements, writing rules and regulations, sorting out arbitration replies, etc. She thought she was already very familiar with playing "word games", but she didn't expect that Lu Cheng didn't let her get any advantage at all.

She couldn't help but ask Lu Cheng:

"What did you study, law?"

"Didn't I tell you that before?"

"I forgot."

"almost."

"What does almost mean?"

"international law."

"......" Ling Qiqi really wanted to swing her fist and give herself a big fight.

"I regret it. Let's terminate the cooperation and the agreement is invalid." Ling Qiqi said weakly.

"It's too late. It's already been signed and there's written evidence. If I had gone to the Northern Emperor to make a report before, he might not have believed me. Now that we have this agreement, he has no choice but to believe me."

Ling Qiqi really wanted to swing her fist full force to give Lu Cheng a big fight.

However, Ling Qiqi immediately came to her senses. Since there was nothing to change, they should just work hard to make money together.

After that, she and Lu Cheng divided the work. She was responsible for planning in the palace, such as designing the stage, designing costumes and props, writing scripts, writing promotional plans, etc. Lu Cheng was responsible for selecting sites and properties, purchasing decorations, recruiting employees, etc. outside the palace. Of course, they both did all these in secret, saying that it was Boss Qi's business. When they had to show up, Lu Cheng would arrange for Li Chuan, his personal bodyguard who had been following him since Ximo, to show up. In order to prevent being recognized, he would have him wear a black silk mask and claim to be Boss Qi's butler Li San.

Ling Qiqi thinks that the idea of ​​this mask is very good. She will definitely ask Lu Cheng to customize a batch of them in the future. As a uniform accessory for the theater employees, it has both brand and team identification but no personal identification, making it convenient for individuals to hide from the public.

Finally, they chose a restaurant with a good location but poor business. The restaurant had three floors and a large storefront, which was more than enough to house a large stage. There was also a two-story courtyard and several rooms in the back, which had been used as an inn before. It could be used for accommodation and rehearsal for the cast and crew.

With Lu Cheng's eloquent negotiating skills and his stingy mind, he acquired the restaurant and its stores at a very good price.

Ling Qiqi felt that Lu Cheng was really suitable to be a teammate and she definitely couldn't be his opponent.

According to Ling Qiqi's decoration drawings, they built the stage as high as possible, so that they could not only leave room for the stage below, but also perform magic tricks. At the same time, they could ensure that the second floor would be the best viewing angle for the show, set up as a VIP area, and sell at a high price. The first floor could be used as a casual guest area, and the third floor as a private seating area, to meet different viewing needs and achieve good guest diversion.

At Lu Cheng's suggestion, while the housing prices were low, he bought all the land deeds of the five shops next to the teahouse. After the theater opened and attracted more customers, he could rent out these shops at a high price even if he didn't run them himself.

Anyway, Ling Qiqi has saved a lot of money in the past few years, so there is no need to worry about funds.

On Lu Cheng's side, decoration, procurement and recruitment were all proceeding in an orderly manner, but Ling Qiqi encountered a creative bottleneck.

Ling Qiqi wrote the outline of the script very quickly, isn't that plagiarism? The implicit way of saying it is copying, the polite way of saying it is borrowing, and the advanced way of saying it is paying tribute. So she first paid tribute to "A Chinese Ghost Story".

The story of "A Chinese Ghost Story" is very suitable for adaptation. It involves a scholar, a female demon, a Taoist priest, love and chivalry, and is suitable for both male and female audiences.

However, she had no experience in adapting it into a play script. She didn't know where to start with the complicated dialogues, music tracks, scene lyrics, transition words, etc., so she wanted to ask a storytelling writer to help her sort it out.

The problem was that writing a script was a huge and time-consuming task, and she could only leave the palace once a month, which was not enough time. She couldn't bring the script writer into the palace, so she was very depressed. She had to resort to the worst option and asked someone to go outside the palace to buy a script, and she imitated it and wrote it.

The next day was the day to go to the Imperial Medical Bureau, so she decided to go all out and coquettishly asked Senior Brother Gengshan to bring her some opera scripts to read.

Du Jingshan asked her why she wanted to read a play script. Ling Qiqi told the truth and said that she wanted to write a play script.

Du Jingshan smiled, and Ling Qiqi refused to do it.

"Brother Jingshan, why are you laughing? Do you think I can't write it? Do you look down on me?"

Du Jingshan suppressed his laughter and said:

"I dare not, but I think you are usually too lazy to pick up a pen, and now you have to write a script. Just go ahead and write it. I will be the first to read it when the time comes."

Ling Qiqi left angrily.

The next day, Du Jingshan brought Ling Qiqi several opera scripts as promised. Ling Qiqi studied them carefully for several days and finally imitated several scenes. She couldn't wait to show them to Du Jingshan.

Du Jingshan was indeed surprised. Although the article was not long, it was much better than he expected and the story was also very interesting. However, the writing skills were obviously insufficient and the rhyme of the lyrics was also unsatisfactory. So Du Jingshan pointed them out to Ling Qiqi one by one.

Unexpectedly, Ling Qiqi stared at him with a gleam in her eyes and asked excitedly:

"Can you write a play?"

"Ahem, I haven't written any, but I have read a few books when I had nothing to do."

"How about you help me write the script? I'll pay you well."

"High salary?"

"I will reward you handsomely."

"You don't have to reward me, and I won't help you write it."

"Don't refuse so quickly, think about it again, and do you know what I want to reward you with?"

"I do not want to know."

"You think!" Ling Qiqi has never heard that bribery doesn't work. If it doesn't work, it only means that the benefits are not enough.

Du Jingshan ignored her and let Ling Qiqi make a fuss while he got up and left.

Ling Qiqi quickly pulled his sleeves, shook the cuffs and said to him:

"As long as you help me write a play script, I will open a medicine shop for you."

"What did you say?" Du Jingshan was a little incredulous.

"I said, if you help me write a play script, I will open a pharmacy for you. You can provide free medical consultations and free medicine regularly so that people who can't afford to see a doctor can also get treatment. How do you think?"

Du Jingshan stopped talking, and Ling continued to speak while taking advantage of the victory.

"Do you know Nanmen Street? Among those shops at the corner of the street, which one do you think is suitable for a medicine store?"

"Are you serious? Those shops are yours."

"Yes, it's mine, the princess. I just bought it. How is it? Do you want to open a medicine store?"

Du Jingshan was very conflicted. The Seventh Princess was so generous.

He had always wanted to have his own pharmacy. He didn't want to work in the Imperial Medical Bureau, where he had medical skills but couldn't use them, and was timid and scheming. He wanted to be an ordinary doctor and treat more people.

Ling Qiqi certainly knew Du Jingshan’s career ideals, so she easily took him under her control.

"Look, you've always wanted to cure illnesses and save lives, and I've always wanted to do good deeds. We hit it off right away. I've already made up my mind. You continue to work at the Imperial Medical Bureau, and when you're free, you can help me write scripts. You don't have to worry about the daily operation of the pharmacy. I'll just hire someone else, and you just have to go to the pharmacy regularly every month to provide free medical consultations and donate medicine. Look, it's a win-win situation, how great is that?"

Du Jingshan was completely convinced by her. From that day on, whenever Du Jingshan had time, he would write the script under Ling Qiqi's supervision. Ling Qiqi was responsible for editing and he was responsible for fulfilling the script.

Ling Qiqi happily told Lu Cheng about this. Lu Cheng felt that Ling Qiqi was worthy of being an HR person. Not only did she hire a ghostwriter (a person who wrote articles for others in ancient times, called a gun writer in modern times) for free, she also hired a doctor for free.