44: Chapter 44 Young man, be careful of the landlord of this shop!

Thinking of girls, Su Yang thought of Chen Li, and then felt a sense of boundless energy with nowhere to vent!

He opened the window to let in the cold breeze, and the car purchase card in his hand turned into specks of white light, dissipating without a trace.

At the same time, various data regarding the U8 appeared before him.

For the car paint, he chose Obsidian Black, which he quite liked, and chose gray for the interior; everything else was top-tier configuration.

After selecting the configuration, 126,000 was deducted from his account!

Looking at the 1.08 million in his account, Su Yang felt that money was just not enough to spend.

Forcing himself, he transferred 300,000 each to the accounts of Spark Fitness Qinglong District Store and Gaoxin District Store.

Subsequently, he transferred another 200,000 to the Spark Fitness North Street Store, and as a result, he only had 380,000 left in his hand!

He had to transfer the money.

Because of the salary increases he implemented, the Gaoxin District Store and North Street Store didn't have enough money to pay wages.

As for the Spark Fitness Qinglong District Store, they were responsible for the main promotional plan, requiring the production and purchase of various advertising and event supplies.

Looking at the 380,000 in his account, Su Yang didn't feel much urgency.

In just two or three more days, the four stores would be paying out salaries!

Thinking about it, Su Yang found it somewhat funny; as the boss, he was actually just like the employees, looking forward to payday on the 7th.

He took out his phone, found Dong Fang's number, and dialed it.

"Su Yang, is something the matter?"

Dong Fang asked with some confusion.

"Brother Dong, I have a small renovation job here, probably around a hundred thousand or so; is your side interested?"

"Even a mosquito is meat, no matter how small; of course we can take it!" Dong Fang asked over the phone, "What kind of job is it?"

"Converting a Japanese cuisine restaurant into a hot pot restaurant. The timeline is quite tight; it would be best if it could be finished this month!"

"Is it a friend's?"

"It's mine!"

Dong Fang asked loudly: "Yours?"

Su Yang laughed: "I'm opening it!"

"How come you never mentioned it?"

"I intended to say it that day, but you were so enthusiastic... I couldn't even get a word in!"

Hearing Su Yang say this, and recalling the scene that day, Dong Fang felt a bit embarrassed instead...

As usual, in the gym, he exerted all his effort to vent his excess energy.

That afternoon, Su Yang went to North Street.

The shop he had noticed at the time was right near North Street.

Arriving in front of that street-facing shop, seeing that the "For Rent" notice had not yet been removed, Su Yang breathed a sigh of relief.

This shop faced the street on two sides, and the area was estimated to be no less than 250 square meters.

In front of the shop, there was a relatively spacious open area.

Judging by the situation of other shops nearby, it should be possible to set up outdoor seating.

The area around the shop was also filled with various barbecue, chuan chuan, fish hot pot, frog hot pot, and restaurants; it must be a relatively attractive dining street in the vicinity.

Nearby were residential communities built ten years ago, with a very high occupancy rate, and there was also a public parking lot.

At the time, Su Yang hadn't used his Business Deduction skill, but he had taken a liking to this shop right away.

However, he felt the profit was slightly "meager" and the performance was much worse than the hot pot restaurant at Feida Plaza, so he didn't make a move immediately.

After more than a month of rushing around and investigating, he now felt that a shop earning seventy or eighty thousand a month didn't seem so bad!

Looking at the "Zhang's Chuan Chuan" sign on the shop, Su Yang was curious about how the previous owner had run the shop into the ground... The location was clearly quite excellent!

Could it be that the taste was too bad?

That was probably the only possibility!

Just as he got out of the car and prepared to dial the number left by the landlord, the old man from the convenience store next door walked over holding a cattail leaf fan.

That old man asked with a smile: "Young man, are you looking to rent this shop?"

"Yes, I think the location of this shop is alright!" Su Yang asked in confusion, "Sir, is this shop yours?"

"It's not mine!"

"Oh!"

"If you want to rent this shop to do business, then you need to be careful of the landlord!"

"How so?"

Su Yang put down his phone and looked at the old man with some curiosity.

He had used his Business Deduction skill, and there were absolutely no issues.

"This shop used to be Zhang's Chuan Chuan. The taste was good, the prices were affordable, people nearby loved to eat there, and business was quite good!"

"Hmm!"

Su Yang listened attentively.

"Later, the landlord saw that their business was good, so he kicked them out directly, and then continued to run a chuan chuan shop using their sign!"

Su Yang continued to ask: "Then why isn't it open now?"

"Haha!" The old man said with schadenfreude, "The taste was bad, the service was terrible, and the portions were insufficient. He could stick fourteen skewers into a single chicken foot; he was black-hearted to the extreme. As a result, the regular customers nearby who liked to eat chuan chuan boycotted him, and he only closed down for good last month!"

"So that's how it is!"

Su Yang nodded, feeling extremely disdainful toward this landlord.

"I heard he lost at least over two hundred thousand, and that's not counting the rent!" The old man happily gestured a seven with his hand, "If you count the rent and the penalty for breach of contract, he lost at least over seven hundred thousand."

"That counts as a lesson learned."

The old man fanned himself and said, "I'm not saying you shouldn't rent it; I'm just telling you to be careful of that guy. Whenever anyone comes by these few days, I make sure to give a heads-up!"

"Thank you, sir!"

Su Yang estimated that the reason this shop hadn't been rented out for so long might actually be thanks to this old man!

Encountering a landlord with such a track record, any ordinary person looking to open a shop would be wary!

He didn't hesitate much and dialed the landlord's number.

According to his deduction, this landlord couldn't possibly stir up trouble for at least a year.

It was very likely that he had been severely taught a lesson by reality and had become honest!

Although this landlord was disgusting, a shop in this location wouldn't stay vacant for long.

These days, there are simply too many stubborn people.

It might as well go to him!

Seeing Su Yang make the call, the old man reminded him: "Young man, remember to increase the penalty for breach of contract!"

Su Yang nodded: "I understand!"

Soon, Su Yang got through to the landlord's phone.

"Two of a kind!"

"Three thousand!"

"Pong!"

"..."

The sound of mahjong playing came through the phone.

"Who is it?"

"Excuse me, are you looking to rent out the shop on Xinxing Street?"

"Rent it out? Of course I want to rent it out!"

When the landlord heard Su Yang wanted to rent the shop, he immediately perked up and said he would rush over right away.

Hanging up the phone, Su Yang glanced at the old man's convenience store.

"Sir, is this shop yours?"

"Yes!"

"Ma Ran!"

Su Yang called out to Ma Ran, who was squatting next to a trash can smoking.

Ma Ran was a smoker, but he wouldn't smoke in the car.

"What is it, Boss?"

"Pick three cartons of cigarettes you like, and whatever drinks you like, get three cases too; I'll reimburse it!" Ma Ran said with pleasant surprise: "Really?"

"Don't stand on ceremony with me!"

The old man said from the side: "Young man, there's no need, I was just giving you a heads-up!"

Su Yang laughed: "It's fine, I'd have to buy them anyway, might as well buy them here while I'm at it!"

Subsequently, Su Yang took five cartons of Zhonghua cigarettes, two cases of mineral water, two cases of soda water, and some Snickers from the old man's shop and put them into the trunk of Ma Ran's car.

Although he didn't smoke, he could give them away.

Ma Ran picked a case of Coke, a case of Sprite, and a case of mineral water.

But when picking the cigarettes, Su Yang saw him pointing at the cigarettes that cost a dozen yuan a pack, so he decisively gave him three cartons of Soft Cloud.

He had seen Ma Ran smoke Soft Cloud before, but his consumption had clearly downgraded this month.

Getting the three cartons of cigarettes, Ma Ran was so happy he didn't know where north was.

The convenience store owner directly rounded down the total for Su Yang.

After paying over three thousand, the old man had his wife bring out two small stools, letting Su Yang and Ma Ran sit at the shop entrance and wait.

Not long after, a white Mercedes parked in front of the shop's main entrance.

A forty-year-old man, a short and fat man with a cigarette in his mouth, walked out.

He glanced at Su Yang and Ma Ran at the entrance of the convenience store next door, and his expression clearly stiffened.