Chapter 33 Construction (Beginning)
Su Luo took the opportunity to busy himself with the site selection issue.
The location of an entertainment venue is very important for its success. According to Yun Lang, it should be opened opposite the "Peach Blossom Spring" to attract all the customers who go to the brothel. Su Luo asked, what if they don't come? The bandit leader snorted disdainfully and said that you underestimated my strength.
In fact, Su Luo was absolutely unwilling to do any forced buying or selling, and she slapped Yun Lang away with a shovel - she had been using the shovel very well recently.
In fact, Su Luo had already set his eyes on a place. It was an inn on the main road of Zhuxian Town. The front was a two-story restaurant, and at the back was a courtyard with a dozen guest rooms. It was not large, but its business had been depressed recently because a large inn with good quality and low prices had opened next to it. So the company was planning to switch to business operations.
Su Luo needed a good location, and there were good locations for rent and sale. It seemed that she was still a bit lucky, but it was just "seemingly" true.
It seemed that everything was going smoothly, but in the end, problems arose in the "water" link.
"Boss, I heard from a friend that you want to sell your store?" Su Luo threw out the first trick. As long as the boss asked which friend introduced him, he could take the opportunity to build a relationship.
The honest and sturdy shop owner was working on his abacus without raising his head. "Selling for 1,500 taels of silver, renting for 200 taels per year, minimum two years."
Don't accept the challenge? Su Luo pursed his lips, scratched his chin, and wandered around the store for a long time. "I wonder why this shop is for sale? The location is good." This is the second trick.
The boss continued to calculate, "Because the Feng Shui is not good, that's why it's sold so cheaply."
Su Luo almost choked to death. This was exactly what she wanted to say, using the method of first praising and then criticizing to bargain.
"Ahem!" Su Luo cleared his throat and continued with the third move, "Hongxi Inn is also for sale..."
"He only sells it for five hundred taels and the price is negotiable." The boss's hands never stopped fiddling with the abacus.
Su Luo wanted to vomit blood. This boss was so cunning. She had made up the story that Hongxi Inn was for sale.
"If I rent it...how much is the cheapest?" Su Luo put his head on the counter and surrendered.
"The minimum rent is two years, four hundred taels."
"The cheapest……"
"Four hundred taels."
"Three hundred, I'll rent it for three hundred!"
"no."
"Add twenty, I'll pay in cash!"
"No." The boss started to read on himself.
"Can you give it a little cheaper?" Su Luo looked dissatisfied and slowly walked towards the door. "Actually, I'm not in a hurry to buy it..." When he was about to leave the door, he turned back to take a look. The boss didn't even raise his head and was only interested in his calculations.
"Three hundred and fifty!" Su Luo turned around and counted out the banknotes and threw them on the counter. "That's all I have on me. I'll give it all to you. Isn't that good enough?"
"Pa pa pa", the sound of the abacus, Su Luo felt that maybe it should be possible.
…
"no."
"Three hundred and six... three hundred and seven? Three hundred and eight! Three... three hundred and nine..."
“No…no…no…no…no…” The tape recorder was stuck in an endless loop.
Su Luo collapsed. Yun Lang, who was waiting at the door, had already collapsed. He rushed in and grabbed the boss by the collar and was about to fight. Su Luo used the last bit of rationality left to stop him. Trembling, he counted out fifty taels of silver from his pocket and said to the boss, "Don't let me hear these two words, okay?"
"Oh..." The boss silently put away the banknote, moved four beads on the abacus, and then moved another one, "No..."
Su Luo propped his head with his hands and wanted to scream, but the boss said, "To show our sincerity, we have decided to only charge you three hundred and ninety-nine taels. Here is the written receipt. You can come and take over the store in three days." He then took out two contracts and a string of copper coins from under the counter and gave Su Luo the change.
Su Luo staggered out of the shop, holding the copper coins in one hand and pressing his chest with the other, and turned to Yun Lang and said, "I want an ambulance."
After Yun Lang understood what an ambulance was, he carried Su Luo on his back without saying a word, shouting "BI-BO...BI-BO" all the way, and took her home to heal her injuries.
Four hundred taels, equivalent to two or three hundred thousand RMB, for a two-year lease, Su Luo felt more and more distressed the more she thought about it. She lay on Yun Lang's back and reflected on her inability. She could be more cunning than him when dealing with fake merchants, and more evil than him when dealing with pig-headed evil boys, but she was helpless when facing the innkeeper who was neither too cunning nor too evil. Does this mean that she is too kind, or does it mean that she is not suitable to be a real businessman? This is really a difficult question to figure out.
After thinking all the way, there was no result . When I entered the house, Su had left work early. Zhou Chongwen was also there. He was frightened to see Su Luo being carried back by Yun Lang. Su Luo quickly got off Yun Lang's back and said weakly that she was fine. Su looked at Su Luo and then at Yun Lang, and became more worried. Zhou Chongwen was a little unnatural and pointed to the main hall to cover up, "Look who's here."
Su Luo then noticed that there was a guest at home, a familiar-looking old man, sitting in the main room drinking tea. Seeing that Su Luo seemed a little nervous, Su quickly put aside her worries and stepped forward, showing Su Luo an embarrassed smile.
Su Luo's mind was full of the innkeeper's "no" offensive just now, so he had no mood to greet the guests. He grinned and knocked his head as he was about to go into the house, muttering to himself: "That old man is really powerful, how come he can't do it..."
Su called her quickly, "Luo'er, why don't you say hello to the village head when you see him?"
Su Luo was stunned, then she remembered that the old man was the village chief of Baolai Village, and waved her hand as a greeting. The old man came out, looking even more nervous, and kept looking at Su. Su called "Luo'er" again, and her embarrassed look became even worse. Su Luo's mind was a little tangled, and she felt a little scared. Usually, when people show embarrassed expressions, they want you to do something embarrassing. She just spent two or three hundred thousand yuan with a "no, no", please don't embarrass her anymore.
After waiting for a long time, Su didn't say anything. But the old man couldn't stand it anymore and said that all the villagers in the village responded to the call and went up the mountain to dig for treasure. They hadn't found anything for several months, and some families had no rice to eat.
Su Luo's head buzzed, and he squatted down with his head in his hands in pain, "No..."
The village chief didn't expect to be rejected before he could finish his words. He was still stuck in the middle of the sentence, so he had to pretend that he didn't hear it and continued, "I heard that the girl used the silver she dug to buy food and donated it to the poverty-stricken areas. The girl is really great..."
Su Luo continued to suffer, "No..."
The village chief was anxious. He had memorized the manuscript for two days and had to finish it no matter what. "I also heard that you broke through the bandit camp with your wisdom and won a reward of three thousand taels." The village chief uncle suddenly became excited, "Our village is really proud to have a good girl like you."
Three thousand taels... Su Luo's eyes went dark when he heard this number, "No!"
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