Chapter 94
The next day, Jiang Yun Zhu came to the broker early.
The woman was waiting for her, "Miss Jiang, there are four stores that meet your requirements. Do you want to go and have a look?"
"Yes." Jiang Yun Zhu came here for this.
The woman took her out and went to see the first one. This one was currently vacant. How should she put it? It met the standards and seemed to fulfill all of Jiang Yun Zhu's requirements. It was all at a passing level, but nothing outstanding.
It could only be said that it somewhat does the job.
The woman saw that she didn't seem to like this store, so she took her to the second store.
The second one was better than the first one, but the surrounding environment was too bad.
Next to the third store. The third store was spacious and the surrounding environment was good. It got Jiang Yun Zhu excited.
The woman stood there with a grin, letting Jiang Yun Zhu look back and forth.
After Jiang Yun Zhu finished checking it, she was 80% satisfied in her heart. When she came back and saw the woman's smile, she understood. In fact, the woman knew that she would like this store, but instead of taking her directly, she took her to see the other two stores first. With comparison, the chances of her renting this store were much higher.
Jiang Yun Zhu remained calm, "Is there another store?"
The woman was stunned for a moment, "Miss Jiang don't like this store?"
Jiang Yun Zhu didn't say yes or no or the likes. She still needed the woman to help negotiate the price. She couldn't let her grasp all the cards.
Sure enough, suspicion etched on the woman’s expression and said, "You don't need to look at that store."
"What?"
"Miss Jiang is renting the store because you want to start a business. To tell you the truth, that store had changed four owners in five years. None of them could last long."
"Why?" When she said that, Jiang Yun Zhu became interested instead.
The woman had no choice but to say, "You can see for yourself and understand immediately."
Afterward, she took Jiang Yun Zhu out, crossed the streets and alleys, and came to a street. As they walked further in, there were fewer and fewer pedestrians on the street.
Shi Liu followed behind Jiang Yun Zhu, already vigilant. This woman won't harm anyone, right?
At this time, it was almost at the end of the street. The woman stopped, pointed to a nearby place, and said, "Look, this is the place."
Jiang Yun Zhu turned her head and saw that it was a small two-story wooden building with a cover and a plaque hanging on the upper floor. Fengjulou, the name of this store. It seemed that it was a restaurant.
"Miss Jiang should understand now. This street is originally a small street and this store is at the end of the street. Usually, no one comes here." The woman said.
Jiang Yun Zhu carefully looked around the surroundings and this small building. The more she looked, the more excited she became. Wasn't this the place she was looking for! She was doing private cooking and didn't need high traffic. This kind of quiet place was perfect. She had already figured out how to decorate this small building as soon as she took a look at it.
This place was almost tailor-made for her.
Though she was ecstatic, she didn't show it at all on her face. She even commented in disgust, "Sure enough, it can't do. The last store seems better."
The woman's good patience kept her from showing any strange expression. As she said, this property wasn't good. She didn't believe it. Now she understood!
"How about going to have a look inside?" Jiang Yun Zhu seemed to be struggling.
The woman let her do as she liked. The two entered the store. The current owner of this store was named Pan. He signed a contract with the property owner's family for three years. After less than a year, he couldn't hold on anymore and wanted to sublet.
When Boss Pan heard that Jiang Yun Zhu wanted to rent his store, he immediately started listing how good his store was.
From the woman's point of view, this was a complete waste of time. So she indifferently exposed Boss Pan's lies and then wanted Jiang Yun Zhu to settle down on the previous store.
Jiang Yun Zhu showed hesitation.
Inconspicuously, the two perfectly performed a two man show.
After Boss Pan listened, he became anxious. So he started to lower the rent.
When he dropped to six hundred and fifty liang, Jiang Yun Zhu said, "Okay, I'll rent this store."
Both Boss Pan, who were about to give up, and the woman stared wide-eyed.
Immediately afterward, Boss Pan beamed and mentally rejoiced, he finally got rid of this hot potato. Although he lost some money, it was better than losing everything.
Still, he had to pretend to be heartbroken, lest Jiang Yun Zhu go back on her word and not rent his store.
His simultaneous happy and sad look was amusing
The woman wasn't too happy. Her commission was proportional to the rent. The previous store was 1200 liang. This store only needed 650 liang. The difference was almost half. Her income was much less .
"Miss Jiang, what business do you want to do?" Unwilling to give up, the woman asked.
"A restaurant." Jiang Yun Zhu said casually.
"This, if your restaurant is here, the smell of wine will be too deep in the alley..." The woman persuaded her. Take Boss Pan as an example.
"Really?" Jiang Yun Zhu didn't care. Maybe Boss Pan's wine wasn't fragrant enough?
Seeing that she won’t budge after persuasion, the woman remarked in her heart- greedy for petty gains and suffering big losses. Those who have rented this store in recent years have all been like this. When she can't do it anymore, she’ll come to ask her to transfer the store. Only then, she’ll know how to write the word ‘regret’.
Since Jiang Yun Zhu wanted to rent, the woman had no choice but to discuss the specific matters with Boss Pan immediately.
Boss Pan was subletting, so he had to get the owner's consent.
"This is no problem." Boss Pan patted his chest and declared, "The owner family is very nice."
The woman glanced at him. Because they knew that their store wasn't easy to rent, so they were easier to talk to.
Soon, Boss Pan brought someone from the owner family.
It was a man who looked like a housekeeper. Hearing that Boss Pan wanted to transfer the store, he had no objections as long as someone paid him the rent every year.
"When the terms come to expiration, can I continue to renew the contract with you?" Jiang Yun Zhu asked the man.
The housekeeper-looking person almost laughed. He wished she could keep renting this store.
"En." He said.
"The rent?" Jiang Yun Zhu asked.
"Go according to his, 800 liang a year. Sign for three years each time. This is the lowest price set by my family’s Madam. No discussion with me, it's useless."
"Then why don't we sign the deed now. This way, we’ll avoid trouble in the future." Jiang Yun Zhu stated.
Boss Pan, the woman, and the housekeeper were all amazed.
The woman felt that she might have lost her mind.
Boss Pan wanted to persuade her, but held back. What if Jiang Yun Zhu stopped renting his store after he persuaded her? He waited for three months before someone who was willing to take over the store. He couldn't let her run away.
The housekeeper said sternly, "It's going to be a three-year contract. No matter how your business is, you have to pay the rent on time every year. Otherwise, I will go to the yamen to report you with the contract."
"I know." Jiang Yun Zhu replied.
The housekeeper looked her up and down. She was such a beautiful girl. Behind her were two maids. The two maids looked decent. Maybe it was some miss wanting to have fun!
Count him lucky today.
Soon, Jiang Yun Zhu signed two leases. One with Boss Pan, a two-year lease with an annual rent of 650 liang. One was signed with the housekeeper, with a three-year lease and an annual rent of 800 liang.
Boss Pan had already paid the rent for this year. Jiang Yun Zhu only needed to give him 650 liang. Minus the difference of 150 liang for next year, it was 500 liang.
Jiang Yun Zhu took out the bank note and immediately gave him five hundred liang.
It was equivalent to renting this store for only five hundred liang this year. What a pleasant surprise.
"Miss, you..." Boss Pan finally breathed a sigh of relief after receiving the money. He wanted to persuade Jiang Yun Zhu a bit, but felt that would be too hypocritical. So he left.
Sure enough, the capital city wasn't so easy to mingle into. This time, his business venture failed. He planned to go back to his hometown and never come back again.
"Next time, if you want to sublet the store, you can find me." The woman advised Jiang Yun Zhu after collecting the agency fee. In her opinion, Jiang Yun Zhu would come to her sooner or later.
Jiang Yun Zhu smiled without saying a word. After reaping the benefits, she couldn’t get any happier.
The housekeeper took the contract and left.
"Two days later, come take over the store, Miss." Boss Pan said. There were a lot of things in his store that needed to be dealt with.
"Okay." Jiang Yun Zhu left.
She didn't stay idle after that. She did what she was used to- finding a place to order tableware and finding a plaque store to make plaques. This time she didn't bother Shen Feng Ming. This was the capital city. There was no guarantee that someone wouldn't recognize his handwriting and trouble would happen.
Anyway, this time, she didn't rely on the plaque to attract people. She found a xiucai to write a few words and make it into a plaque.
Then there were various materials for decoration and some things to be used in the kitchen.
She had been so busy these two days that her feet never touched the ground.
Today was the day to take over the store. But she had another matter on her mind. This morning, she had been looking out. She kept staring out.
It was deserted in the inn today. Today the rankings were released. All the examinees went to see the rankings. The rest were basically the same as Jiang Yun Zhu, looking out and waiting for news.
When 9am approached, the outside suddenly became lively.
Soon, a group of people embraced Gu Yan Zhou and Xie Chen and entered the inn.
"Congratulations, Brother Gu. I never thought that our Wuling County would win first place this year." Someone said excitedly.
"Yes, Brother Gu, you are a role model for my whole life." Someone responded.
Some people said, "Brother Xie also got high ranking. This year our Wuling County actually produced two ranks. Could it be that our Wuling County is about to prosper?"
...
Everyone talked over each other. There were crackling firecrackers sounding outside.
Then someone brought the good news to announce the good news.
Gu Yan Zhou, the first in the first class, the top thesis author. Xie Chen, the twelfth in the second class, ranked as Jinshi.
The owner of the inn had long been looking forward to a top thesis author among the examinees living in his family’s inn. For this reason, he bought firecrackers many years ago. Now that he heard that his guest achieved number one, he hurriedly urged the server to set off firecrackers to celebrate.
From now on, his inn could be called Top Thesis Author Building.
The business would definitely become more and more prosperous.
Everyone surrounded Gu Yan Zhou and Xie Chen, like a cluster of flowers.
Jiang Yun Zhu heard what everyone said and was happy for them both. Sure enough, some of the things in the dream were true. Gu Yan Zhou was indeed the top thesis author.
While Xie Chen, it was unknown what happened to him in her dream.
Now he had been admitted as Jinshi.
While dealing with the crowd, Gu Yan Zhou and Xie Chen were searching for someone with their eyes. When they saw Jiang Yun Zhu being pushed aside, a joyful face appeared and wanted to go over to talk to her.
Jiang Yun Zhu shook her head. There were so many people and it was this lively. They should enjoy this beautiful moment.
The next day, Jiang Yun Zhu came to the broker early.
The woman was waiting for her, "Miss Jiang, there are four stores that meet your requirements. Do you want to go and have a look?"
"Yes." Jiang Yun Zhu came here for this.
The woman took her out and went to see the first one. This one was currently vacant. How should she put it? It met the standards and seemed to fulfill all of Jiang Yun Zhu's requirements. It was all at a passing level, but nothing outstanding.
It could only be said that it somewhat does the job.
The woman saw that she didn't seem to like this store, so she took her to the second store.
The second one was better than the first one, but the surrounding environment was too bad.
Next to the third store. The third store was spacious and the surrounding environment was good. It got Jiang Yun Zhu excited.
The woman stood there with a grin, letting Jiang Yun Zhu look back and forth.
After Jiang Yun Zhu finished checking it, she was 80% satisfied in her heart. When she came back and saw the woman's smile, she understood. In fact, the woman knew that she would like this store, but instead of taking her directly, she took her to see the other two stores first. With comparison, the chances of her renting this store were much higher.
Jiang Yun Zhu remained calm, "Is there another store?"
The woman was stunned for a moment, "Miss Jiang don't like this store?"
Jiang Yun Zhu didn't say yes or no or the likes. She still needed the woman to help negotiate the price. She couldn't let her grasp all the cards.
Sure enough, suspicion etched on the woman’s expression and said, "You don't need to look at that store."
"What?"
"Miss Jiang is renting the store because you want to start a business. To tell you the truth, that store had changed four owners in five years. None of them could last long."
"Why?" When she said that, Jiang Yun Zhu became interested instead.
The woman had no choice but to say, "You can see for yourself and understand immediately."
Afterward, she took Jiang Yun Zhu out, crossed the streets and alleys, and came to a street. As they walked further in, there were fewer and fewer pedestrians on the street.
Shi Liu followed behind Jiang Yun Zhu, already vigilant. This woman won't harm anyone, right?
At this time, it was almost at the end of the street. The woman stopped, pointed to a nearby place, and said, "Look, this is the place."
Jiang Yun Zhu turned her head and saw that it was a small two-story wooden building with a cover and a plaque hanging on the upper floor. Fengjulou, the name of this store. It seemed that it was a restaurant.
"Miss Jiang should understand now. This street is originally a small street and this store is at the end of the street. Usually, no one comes here." The woman said.
Jiang Yun Zhu carefully looked around the surroundings and this small building. The more she looked, the more excited she became. Wasn't this the place she was looking for! She was doing private cooking and didn't need high traffic. This kind of quiet place was perfect. She had already figured out how to decorate this small building as soon as she took a look at it.
This place was almost tailor-made for her.
Though she was ecstatic, she didn't show it at all on her face. She even commented in disgust, "Sure enough, it can't do. The last store seems better."
The woman's good patience kept her from showing any strange expression. As she said, this property wasn't good. She didn't believe it. Now she understood!
"How about going to have a look inside?" Jiang Yun Zhu seemed to be struggling.
The woman let her do as she liked. The two entered the store. The current owner of this store was named Pan. He signed a contract with the property owner's family for three years. After less than a year, he couldn't hold on anymore and wanted to sublet.
When Boss Pan heard that Jiang Yun Zhu wanted to rent his store, he immediately started listing how good his store was.
From the woman's point of view, this was a complete waste of time. So she indifferently exposed Boss Pan's lies and then wanted Jiang Yun Zhu to settle down on the previous store.
Jiang Yun Zhu showed hesitation.
Inconspicuously, the two perfectly performed a two man show.
After Boss Pan listened, he became anxious. So he started to lower the rent.
When he dropped to six hundred and fifty liang, Jiang Yun Zhu said, "Okay, I'll rent this store."
Both Boss Pan, who were about to give up, and the woman stared wide-eyed.
Immediately afterward, Boss Pan beamed and mentally rejoiced, he finally got rid of this hot potato. Although he lost some money, it was better than losing everything.
Still, he had to pretend to be heartbroken, lest Jiang Yun Zhu go back on her word and not rent his store.
His simultaneous happy and sad look was amusing
The woman wasn't too happy. Her commission was proportional to the rent. The previous store was 1200 liang. This store only needed 650 liang. The difference was almost half. Her income was much less .
"Miss Jiang, what business do you want to do?" Unwilling to give up, the woman asked.
"A restaurant." Jiang Yun Zhu said casually.
"This, if your restaurant is here, the smell of wine will be too deep in the alley..." The woman persuaded her. Take Boss Pan as an example.
"Really?" Jiang Yun Zhu didn't care. Maybe Boss Pan's wine wasn't fragrant enough?
Seeing that she won’t budge after persuasion, the woman remarked in her heart- greedy for petty gains and suffering big losses. Those who have rented this store in recent years have all been like this. When she can't do it anymore, she’ll come to ask her to transfer the store. Only then, she’ll know how to write the word ‘regret’.
Since Jiang Yun Zhu wanted to rent, the woman had no choice but to discuss the specific matters with Boss Pan immediately.
Boss Pan was subletting, so he had to get the owner's consent.
"This is no problem." Boss Pan patted his chest and declared, "The owner family is very nice."
The woman glanced at him. Because they knew that their store wasn't easy to rent, so they were easier to talk to.
Soon, Boss Pan brought someone from the owner family.
It was a man who looked like a housekeeper. Hearing that Boss Pan wanted to transfer the store, he had no objections as long as someone paid him the rent every year.
"When the terms come to expiration, can I continue to renew the contract with you?" Jiang Yun Zhu asked the man.
The housekeeper-looking person almost laughed. He wished she could keep renting this store.
"En." He said.
"The rent?" Jiang Yun Zhu asked.
"Go according to his, 800 liang a year. Sign for three years each time. This is the lowest price set by my family’s Madam. No discussion with me, it's useless."
"Then why don't we sign the deed now. This way, we’ll avoid trouble in the future." Jiang Yun Zhu stated.
Boss Pan, the woman, and the housekeeper were all amazed.
The woman felt that she might have lost her mind.
Boss Pan wanted to persuade her, but held back. What if Jiang Yun Zhu stopped renting his store after he persuaded her? He waited for three months before someone who was willing to take over the store. He couldn't let her run away.
The housekeeper said sternly, "It's going to be a three-year contract. No matter how your business is, you have to pay the rent on time every year. Otherwise, I will go to the yamen to report you with the contract."
"I know." Jiang Yun Zhu replied.
The housekeeper looked her up and down. She was such a beautiful girl. Behind her were two maids. The two maids looked decent. Maybe it was some miss wanting to have fun!
Count him lucky today.
Soon, Jiang Yun Zhu signed two leases. One with Boss Pan, a two-year lease with an annual rent of 650 liang. One was signed with the housekeeper, with a three-year lease and an annual rent of 800 liang.
Boss Pan had already paid the rent for this year. Jiang Yun Zhu only needed to give him 650 liang. Minus the difference of 150 liang for next year, it was 500 liang.
Jiang Yun Zhu took out the bank note and immediately gave him five hundred liang.
It was equivalent to renting this store for only five hundred liang this year. What a pleasant surprise.
"Miss, you..." Boss Pan finally breathed a sigh of relief after receiving the money. He wanted to persuade Jiang Yun Zhu a bit, but felt that would be too hypocritical. So he left.
Sure enough, the capital city wasn't so easy to mingle into. This time, his business venture failed. He planned to go back to his hometown and never come back again.
"Next time, if you want to sublet the store, you can find me." The woman advised Jiang Yun Zhu after collecting the agency fee. In her opinion, Jiang Yun Zhu would come to her sooner or later.
Jiang Yun Zhu smiled without saying a word. After reaping the benefits, she couldn’t get any happier.
The housekeeper took the contract and left.
"Two days later, come take over the store, Miss." Boss Pan said. There were a lot of things in his store that needed to be dealt with.
"Okay." Jiang Yun Zhu left.
She didn't stay idle after that. She did what she was used to- finding a place to order tableware and finding a plaque store to make plaques. This time she didn't bother Shen Feng Ming. This was the capital city. There was no guarantee that someone wouldn't recognize his handwriting and trouble would happen.
Anyway, this time, she didn't rely on the plaque to attract people. She found a xiucai to write a few words and make it into a plaque.
Then there were various materials for decoration and some things to be used in the kitchen.
She had been so busy these two days that her feet never touched the ground.
Today was the day to take over the store. But she had another matter on her mind. This morning, she had been looking out. She kept staring out.
It was deserted in the inn today. Today the rankings were released. All the examinees went to see the rankings. The rest were basically the same as Jiang Yun Zhu, looking out and waiting for news.
When 9am approached, the outside suddenly became lively.
Soon, a group of people embraced Gu Yan Zhou and Xie Chen and entered the inn.
"Congratulations, Brother Gu. I never thought that our Wuling County would win first place this year." Someone said excitedly.
"Yes, Brother Gu, you are a role model for my whole life." Someone responded.
Some people said, "Brother Xie also got high ranking. This year our Wuling County actually produced two ranks. Could it be that our Wuling County is about to prosper?"
...
Everyone talked over each other. There were crackling firecrackers sounding outside.
Then someone brought the good news to announce the good news.
Gu Yan Zhou, the first in the first class, the top thesis author. Xie Chen, the twelfth in the second class, ranked as Jinshi.
The owner of the inn had long been looking forward to a top thesis author among the examinees living in his family’s inn. For this reason, he bought firecrackers many years ago. Now that he heard that his guest achieved number one, he hurriedly urged the server to set off firecrackers to celebrate.
From now on, his inn could be called Top Thesis Author Building.
The business would definitely become more and more prosperous.
Everyone surrounded Gu Yan Zhou and Xie Chen, like a cluster of flowers.
Jiang Yun Zhu heard what everyone said and was happy for them both. Sure enough, some of the things in the dream were true. Gu Yan Zhou was indeed the top thesis author.
While Xie Chen, it was unknown what happened to him in her dream.
Now he had been admitted as Jinshi.
While dealing with the crowd, Gu Yan Zhou and Xie Chen were searching for someone with their eyes. When they saw Jiang Yun Zhu being pushed aside, a joyful face appeared and wanted to go over to talk to her.
Jiang Yun Zhu shook her head. There were so many people and it was this lively. They should enjoy this beautiful moment.
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