Chapter 107 New Store
The next morning, Lin Chuxia called Su Wensong, and they went to see the store together.
In the 1980s, the urban area of Ancheng County was not large, and there was only one street in the main urban area. Three vertical streets were built around the main street, dividing the entire Ancheng County in an orderly manner.
The surrounding streets clearly divide the main urban area and the urban villages, forming a ring line with the longitudinal streets. Some factories and housing estates are also around the ring line.
Before Lin Chuxia went to the northwest, she arranged for Su Wensong to take care of the store first, and also drew a box around the specific location.
Since I want to open a steamed bun shop in the county town, the more lively the location, the better.
Su Wensong looked at two stores, one on the main street and one in the night market, which met Lin Chuxia's requirements.
The stores are all facing the street, they are larger than those near the train station and the prices are much higher.
Especially for storefronts in the main urban area, the rent is 30 yuan a month, and it has to be paid annually.
After looking at the two storefronts, Lin Chuxia secretly sighed that no matter what era, houses are the foundation.
30 yuan a month is equivalent to one person’s salary.
However, most of the storefronts in this era are not owned by individuals. For example, most of the storefronts in this row on the main street are owned by the county housing authority.
The location near the night market is also good and the prices are relatively cheaper, but the ownership of the storefronts is in individual hands.
Lin Chuxia first eliminated the ones from the night market.
Su Wensong and Lin Chuxia have been together for some time and have a certain understanding of her work style.
"Boss, do you think it's troublesome to rent a storefront?"
“I guess so.”
There are too many things that can happen to a person's house. If their business is doing well, raising the rent is a small matter. What's worse, the house may be sublet to a competitor after the lease expires, or the landlord may be jealous of your profitable business and keep the house and continue to do business under your name. Anything can happen.
Even if there are constraints in the agreement, you will still be at the mercy of the landlord after the agreement ends.
Instead of this, it is better to rent a house from the government, which saves a lot of trouble.
When they run the food business, they value reputation and old customers, and they want to do it for the long term.
Another point is that with the marketization, these public houses will sooner or later fall into the hands of individuals. Lin Chuxia knows the laws of market development and naturally wants to seize this opportunity.
However, the location on the main street was not particularly ideal. Even when Su Wensong recommended it to her, he emphasized the night market.
When the two of them came out of the night market and reached the corner of the main street, Lin Chuxia suddenly stopped.
Su Wensong followed her gaze and saw the storefront next to him that was being rented out. He said, "This place has been rented out for a while. Because it's a two-story building, the rent is a bit more expensive, so it hasn't been rented out for a long time. It used to be a sales point for the cotton mill, but now the cotton mill is not doing well, and there's nothing to sell here, so they closed it. If we want to open a steamed buns shop, isn't the area a bit too large?"
The bun shop near the train station is only about 50 to 60 square meters, but this one is over 100 square meters on the first floor.
When he first came over, he only took a quick look and thought the area was too big and not suitable for their bun shop, so he didn't mention it to Lin Chuxia.
not to mention……
He pointed to a place not far away on the opposite side. "That's the food factory's sales point, which mainly sells cooked food. It used to be the only cooked food sales point in Ancheng County. Whether it's state-owned restaurants, factory canteens, or individuals, they all used to go there to buy cooked food."
The boss wants to increase the production of cooked food in order to have good sales in the new store. If they open the store here, their cooked food sales will definitely be affected.
Lin Chuxia narrowed her eyes slightly and looked at the sales point opposite. It was almost noon and there were many people gathered around the sales window, all buying cooked food.
"Who is in charge of this storefront?"
Such a large storefront must not belong to one person.
"The cotton mill originally bought the land here and built the houses themselves, so the ownership is in their hands."
As soon as Su Wensong heard this, he knew that Lin Chuxia wanted to rent this place.
"The rent here is 50 yuan a month, and they require annual payment, which is 600 yuan a year."
Even if their bun shop is profitable, this expense is still not small.
Besides, in Su Wensong's opinion, they only sold buns and cooked food, so they really didn't need such a big shop.
Lin Chuxia took a look inside through the glass and clapped her hands, "Is their person in charge at the cotton mill? Who should I talk to if I want to rent this place?"
"There is a director named Kang in the cotton mill. He should be in the mill now."
"Let's go and take a look."
When the two arrived at the cotton mill, as soon as they heard that they wanted to rent a storefront building, someone immediately took them to Director Kang's office.
Kang Yong was quite happy when he heard that they wanted to rent the house, but when he heard that they wanted to open a catering business, he frowned slightly.
"As you know, this house was originally used as a sales point for the cotton spinning factory. It was recently rented out because the factory's performance was not good and some of the staff had to withdraw. When the factory's performance improves, the house will be taken back for continued use if needed. You should look for other places."
The catering industry is different from other industries. It produces a lot of fumes. If we really rent it to them, will the house still be usable when we take it back?
On the way here, Lin Chuxia was only thinking about lowering the rent, and never thought that the cotton mill would refuse to rent the house.
After hearing his reason again, I suddenly felt that I was too dependent on my original ideas.
She only thought that the house could be rented out now, but would definitely have to be sold in the future, even before the day the cotton mill closed down.
How could you forget that people's thinking has not really changed at this moment, especially some conservatives who still hold on to unrealistic fantasies.
Given the current performance and development of the cotton mill, they still have expectations?
Of course, Lin Chuxia cannot discriminate against this. A leader who has expectations for the factory is a good leader.
But her previous plan had to be changed.
"Director Kang, I'll be honest with you. We looked around for a long time and finally fell in love with this house at the cotton mill. Although we are in the catering business and only make steamed buns, the impact on the store won't be that big. If you are really worried, we can sign a contract. When the cotton mill takes back the house, if we cause any damage to the house, we will be responsible for repairing it and then returning it. How about that?"
Kang Yong didn't expect Lin Chuxia to be so persistent, and then he heard that what she said made sense.
Lin Chuxia struck while the iron was hot and continued, "Besides, this house has been idle for more than a month. Every day it's idle means a day's less income. It would be better to rent it to us so that we can pay the rent and sign the contract right away."
Kang Yong thought for a moment and said, "Let me think about this for a while. First of all, if you want to rent it, the contract must be issued by us. Come back tomorrow and I will give you a definite answer."
After leaving the cotton mill, Su Wensong was still a little worried, "Boss, do you want to go look at other houses?"
"No, you can find some workers these few days. The house needs to be renovated after it is rented. When the time comes, you can leave the cooked food business to Pang Yongli and Sun Bingnan, and you will be mainly responsible for the decoration here."
In this regard, Lin Chuxia trusts Su Wensong very much.
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