40: Chapter 40: The Security Guard Who Delivered the News! A Japanese Restaurant for Sale!

Chapter 40: The Security Guard Informant! The Japanese Restaurant for Transfer!

At one o'clock in the afternoon, Su Yang brought Guo Fang and Jian Wei to Chenhui Mall.

Even after a bout of 'battle' with Chen Li last night, Su Yang didn't feel tired at all.

On the contrary, he felt even more mentally relaxed!

Although it was only the afternoon, Chenhui Mall had a significant amount of foot traffic.

This was the largest mall in the Rongcheng High-tech Zone, and it wasn't far from Su Yang's Xinghuo High-tech Zone Store.

Recently, after the Japanese government unilaterally began discharging contaminated water from the Fudao nuclear plant into the ocean, Huaguo announced a total suspension of aquatic product imports (including edible aquatic animals) originating from Japan.

For Japanese cuisine brands, this was practically a fatal blow!

Even if those Japanese restaurants announced that their aquatic products didn't come from Japan itself, it didn't help much.

When Su Yang visited Chenhui Mall last month, he had noticed that Japanese restaurant.

While the other surrounding restaurants were doing a roaring trade, that Japanese restaurant was deserted.

Su Yang had tried using his Business Deduction skill and found that if this shop were converted into a Jiuxiang Beef Hotpot Restaurant, business wouldn't be worse than the store at Feida Plaza.

It was just that the transfer fee was a bit high!

After all, since he was the one approaching them to ask for a transfer, they would feel embarrassed as businesspeople if they didn't ask for an exorbitant price.

At that time, Su Yang's hotpot restaurant at Feida Plaza had only been open for a few days, so he decided to wait a bit longer.

Zhang Shuming was a mall patrol security guard who happened to be patrolling the second floor at the time.

Su Yang had asked him about the situation of that Japanese restaurant.

Learning that the shop's business had been poor for several months, he transferred a thousand yuan to Zhang Shuming, asking him to help keep an eye on that Japanese restaurant.

If the shop was put up for transfer, he had to be notified immediately.

Su Yang would also provide a tip when the time came.

Su Yang had just casually arranged an informant, and he hadn't expected it to pay off so quickly.

Arriving on the second floor of the mall, Su Yang saw Zhang Shuming.

Zhang Shuming was about forty years old, with a sallow complexion, obvious dark circles under his eyes, and a protruding belly.

In his security uniform, he looked more like a soldier from the Nationalist Army in an old movie!

When he saw Su Yang, he was momentarily stunned, but Su Yang took the initiative to smile and say:

“Brother Zhang, right? I'm Su Yang!”

“Hello, Boss Su!” Zhang Shuming greeted him hurriedly.

Su Yang glanced at the Japanese restaurant, and sure enough, a sign for 'Prime Shop Transfer' had been hung up.

He pulled out his phone directly and said, “Come, I'll transfer the money to you!”

Was he really this straightforward?

Zhang Shuming was overjoyed and quickly took out his phone.

Just moments ago, he was still a bit worried that Su Yang might go back on his word!

Once the three thousand yuan arrived, Zhang Shuming grinned, revealing two rows of yellowed teeth.

“Boss, do you have any other instructions?”

Having received the money, Zhang Shuming was extremely polite to Su Yang.

Su Yang smiled and said, “The rest is my business!”

Guo Fang and Jian Wei saw this and realized their boss had been eyeing this shop for a long time.

They couldn't help but feel a secret sense of admiration in their hearts!

“Wait for me a moment, I have some things I need to consider!”

Su Yang said to Guo Fang and Jian Wei.

“Okay, Boss!”

The two naturally had no objections.

Near the entrance of the Japanese restaurant, Su Yang found a place to sit down, then furrowed his handsome brows as if deep in thought.

The security guard Zhang Shuming stood nearby with a beaming face, not leaving.

Several young girls passing by saw Su Yang, and their eyes couldn't help but light up.

However, they were too embarrassed to disturb him; otherwise, they might have wanted his wechat!

Guo Fang looked at the Japanese restaurant and then at the business of the other dining establishments, saying to Jian Wei beside him:

“The location of this Japanese restaurant is extremely prominent on the entire second floor; you can see it as soon as you come up. If we open a hotpot restaurant here, business definitely won't be worse than my place!”

“Yeah!”

Jian Wei nodded, feeling a bit eager to give it a try.

Guo Fang glanced at Su Yang, who was still deep in thought, and said, “I have to say, the boss's eye for choosing shop locations is truly sharp!”

In any case, he felt this location was perfect for a hotpot restaurant.

Even though it was just past one in the afternoon, there was already a lot of foot traffic from people browsing the mall.

The second floor was full of restaurants, and business was quite good for all of them.

Ten minutes later, Su Yang rubbed his temples, beckoned to Guo Fang and Jian Wei, and led them into the Japanese restaurant.

After a round of negotiations, the owner of the Japanese restaurant finally transferred the shop to Su Yang for a transfer fee of three hundred thousand yuan.

This also included the rent for this month.

Su Yang didn't want to drive the price down too hard; after all, the shop's location was right there.

The owner wouldn't have trouble finding someone else to take it over!

The entire negotiation was crisp and efficient, without much time wasted on haggling.

Guo Fang's impression was that Su Yang's offer hit exactly at the owner's minimum psychological price point.

Most of the equipment, tables, and chairs in the Japanese restaurant wouldn't be useful for a hotpot restaurant.

After consulting Guo Fang's opinion, Su Yang didn't take them over, letting the restaurant owner handle them himself.

Subsequently, Su Yang asked the owner about the salary situation of the shop's employees.

Su Yang had just glanced at the staff in the shop.

Most of them were young people, the majority being girls.

Upon learning that these servers' salaries were even a bit lower than those of his own hotpot restaurant employees, he had the idea of taking them on directly.

If he had to recruit new employees again, it would certainly take a lot of effort.

In any case, except for a few positions, most roles in a hotpot restaurant didn't require much technical skill.

When the time came, he could just transfer two servers from Jiuxiang Hotpot Restaurant to train them.

When the shop owner learned Su Yang wanted his employees, he was quite cooperative.

After learning that Su Yang was willing to increase their monthly salary by a thousand yuan and would pay them for this month, all the employees except for two chefs specialized in Japanese cuisine chose to stay.

After having them exchange contact information with Jian Wei, Su Yang walked out of the mall and asked Guo Fang:

“Manager Guo, roughly how much will the renovation for that shop cost?”

“Does the boss want a luxury renovation, or...”

“Try to save as much as possible!”

Su Yang couldn't possibly sink too much capital into the renovation.

“It should be doable within two hundred and fifty thousand!” Guo Fang thought for a moment. “The shop's original renovation is already quite high-end; we don't need major changes, just some decorations. The kitchen area was already for catering, so it only needs some modifications. The rest will be for tables, chairs, and equipment.”

Su Yang asked, “Roughly how much time will it take?”

Guo Fang said, “If we hurry, it can be finished in a month!”

“Manager Guo, can you handle the renovation?”

Guo Fang said with some difficulty, “Boss, we might need to hire a renovation company this time; I can handle the other stuff, though!”

Last time he was responsible for renovating the Feida Plaza store, it was because that shop was originally a hotpot place, so the required changes weren't large.

But to take it a step further was a bit difficult for Guo Fang.

A renovation company?

Su Yang couldn't help but think of Dong Fang, whom he had been drinking with just the day before yesterday.

“You do a simple design first!” Thinking that even if he successfully took over the Japanese restaurant, he would still have to give the owner a few days to clear out, Su Yang said, “I'll go contact the renovation company.”

“Alright!”

Su Yang then looked at Jian Wei: “Jian Wei, go check out their employee dormitory in the next couple of days and build some rapport with them. You'll be responsible for them from now on!”

Jian Wei said happily, “Okay, Boss!”

The next day, Su Yang signed various agreements with the Japanese restaurant owner at the property management office.

A three-year lease agreement, subleaseable!

A two hundred and fifty square meter storefront, with a monthly rent of fifty thousand.

Not including this month's rent, Su Yang also paid various property fees, entry fees, and deposits, totaling seventy thousand.

In addition, Su Yang also secured a one-month rent-free renovation period.

This could save him fifty thousand yuan!

All in all, Su Yang's account was down by three hundred and seventy thousand yuan.

However, after settling all this, Su Yang's mood was quite good.

For no other reason than if he hadn't secured this shop early, someone else would have snatched it up!

But thinking about how he had been busy until the second month just to find a location for the second hotpot restaurant, he felt a bit helpless.

Top-tier shop locations were too hard to find and required a lot of luck!

His luck was all generated by his legwork!

If he wanted to rapidly expand the hotpot restaurants, he would have to appropriately lower his standards for shop selection.

Su Yang couldn't help but think: “Actually, those storefronts that can earn seventy thousand a month seem okay too, even if they can't compare to the two at Feida Plaza and Chenhui Mall...”

Fortunately, other restaurant owners didn't know what Su Yang was thinking; otherwise, they would surely want to strangle him!