174: Jinling CEO

Wu Fan looked at Fang Hanyu's charming expression, raised his hand and touched her big belly, "Be good, go rest..."

But Fang Hanyu was insistent, "..."

Her eyes were bright with anticipation.

Wu Fan smiled faintly and pinched her thin lips.

Fang Hanyu rolled her eyes beautifully, "..."

Wu Fan chuckled, "Go back quickly, be obedient."

...One Foot Sea Bar.

The guests filled the seats, and the colorful lights and wine were intoxicating.

Wu Fan sat in his usual spot, smoking.

Fei Wei raised a hand, and Ling Feier jogged over.

"Go get some food."

Ling Feier nodded, and soon brought various dishes.

Wu Fan opened a bottle of Sprite, took a sip, "To become the best bar in Island City, the store's size is still not big enough."

Fei Wei nodded and said, "The night market stall next door hasn't been doing well recently. I wonder if they plan to transfer it by the end of the year."

Wu Fan said, "Go ask."

Fei Wei waved his hand, "They haven't put out any word about transferring, wouldn't it be inappropriate to ask? It's like cursing them to go out of business."

After he finished speaking, he took a sip of beer.

Wu Fan, however, didn't think much of it, "How can you be so superstitious? I'll go ask for you."

Fei Wei wanted to say more, but saw that Wu Fan had already walked away.

The night market stall next door was called "Crazy Harvest Fish Port."

Chairs were set out at the entrance, deserted, with no one around.

In the dead of winter, only a fool would come to the seaside for a late-night snack; it was windy and very cold.

The female boss, however, was young, about twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old.

She was tall and thin, with fair skin, dark eyes, and a high nose bridge, like a mixed-race person.

When she saw Wu Fan, she stood up from the front desk, "Handsome Guy, what would you like to eat?"

Wu Fan turned around and looked at the fish tanks; there were quite a few live seafood items inside.

There were flower crabs, eels, spicy snails, sea bass, tiger head fish, groupers, and more.

"Are there still private rooms upstairs?"

The female boss said, "Yes, how many people are you?"

"What time do you close? We can only come to eat after the bar closes."

The female boss waved her hands repeatedly, "Oh no, that's too late, we'll definitely be off work then."

She tossed the menu onto the bar counter, swayed her slender waist, and walked inside, watching TikTok.

This was tantamount to telling him to leave.

Wu Fan wasn't annoyed. He leaned his hands on the front desk, bent down, and said, "This location is a bit out of the way. If you opened one on the pedestrian street, business would definitely be much better."

The female boss put down her phone, "Of course, but it's hard to find a storefront on the pedestrian street, and the rent there is expensive, so the pressure would be greater."

Wu Fan asked, "Is the rent here okay?"

The female boss sighed, "I have two storefronts here, one costs 110,000 a year, so two are 220,000. Utilities and labor costs are extra, it's tough."

Wu Fan nodded, "Is business booming in the summer?"

The female boss pointed to a plastic stool nearby, signaling Wu Fan to sit for a while.

She seemed to suddenly open up, and began to chat.

"In summer, there are more tourists, so business is indeed better. But even if I'm busy all day, it's just so-so. After all, customers all come during meal times, and if there's no space, it's a waste."

"Anyway, there's a limit. If we can turn over a few tables, that's good."

"This summer, I met a group of locals who claimed to be from Jinling city. They were really odd."

"As soon as they came in, they kept calling each other 'President Wang,' 'President Liu,' 'President Zhang,' which made me happy inside, thinking, 'Big bosses are here!'"

"There were about ten of them, and they took the biggest private room. But they ordered a table full of vegetables, which completely confused me. What was going on?"

"When they heard that sterilized tableware cost extra, they had the Waitress change all of it to regular tableware."

"They bragged for over two hours that night, and the final bill was only a little over three hundred yuan. It was truly speechless."

"If you encounter such customers, you just have to consider yourself unlucky. A day's turnover just goes 'whoosh' down."

Wu Fan couldn't help but laugh out loud, "Are there such ghosts?"

The female boss said, "It was my first time encountering it, unforgettable for life. Many customers later came to ask about the big private room, but there was nothing I could do but turn them away. These 'Bodhisattvas' were invited in, and I couldn't drive them out, there was nothing I could do."

Wu Fan was endlessly amused by what the female boss said; she was truly talkative.

Wu Fan blurted out, "That place, there might be too many Sakura Country seeds."

The female boss was puzzled, "Why?"

Wu Fan leaned in a little and whispered, "Sakura Country soldiers didn't do less raping back then, right? They must have left seeds, how could there be anything good?"

The female boss slapped her thigh and laughed, "A profound point."

The two looked at each other, both immensely amused.

The female boss covered her mouth, laughing, her cheeks inadvertently flushing.

She found Wu Fan very handsome, especially when he smiled, he was very sunny.

There was a very warm feeling.

Wu Fan paused, then said, "Female boss, there's a question I don't know if I can ask?"

"Why so mysterious? Go ahead, I'm broad-minded."

"Are you satisfied with what you earn in a year?"

The female boss said frankly, "You've seen the business, it's just like this, not enough to get rich, but not enough to starve."

"Now, I'm not making money every month, and I'm even losing on labor costs."

Wu Fan was surprised, "Then why don't you close?"

The female boss took a bottle of mineral water and handed it to Wu Fan. She also opened one for herself, took a sip, and said, "I make money in the summer to cover the losses in winter. When it's all tallied up for the year, there's very little left."

Wu Fan sighed, "It's not easy. Since you're not earning much, why not transfer it? You could do other business."

The female boss was stunned for a moment.

She didn't expect Wu Fan to be so direct, "The contract still has a year left, it's not easy to get rid of it all at once."

"Why don't you ask the bar next door? Their business is so good, maybe they're waiting to expand!"

The female boss said honestly, "If the shop isn't closing, I can't actively offer it, then the price won't be easy to negotiate, right?"

She smiled very calmly.

Wu Fan nodded, "If it's according to your wishes, how much do you want for the transfer?"

"At least 200,000 for the transfer fee. When I first renovated, I spent nearly 500,000. Now that it's been used for a few years, 200,000 is definitely needed."

Wu Fan said, "I'll offer 300,000, transfer it to me."

The female boss could barely believe her ears, "What?"

She couldn't understand why someone would actively offer 100,000 more to sublease a storefront; it was outrageous.

Wu Fan's eyes lit up, "The extra 100,000 I'm adding is a welcome gift for you."

"The little story you just told was very interesting, I enjoyed listening to it very much."

"A thousand gold coins can't buy a happy laugh, it's priceless, right?"

The female boss was very surprised, somewhat unsure if Wu Fan was telling the truth.

Wu Fan reached out, "Let me see your business card."

The female boss said "Oh," and took a business card from the drawer.

Wu Fan glanced at it; her name was Ye Suping...