Chapter 224: Unable to Sell Goods
"What did you say? You want a thousand taels?" The landlord looked at Yue Fuli in shock. A thousand taels? Was he dreaming? After all, Yue Fuli had only received a total of 105 taels of silver for renting out the shop, five of which was a deposit.
But now he asked them to cancel the lease and even demanded a compensation of one thousand taels. This was totally extortion.
"Yes, didn't the landlord read the contract? It says that if the landlord breaks the contract, he must compensate us for our losses at ten times the rent. We rented your shop for half a month and spent a hundred taels. Ten times that would naturally be a thousand taels."
"You, you are too dark, right?"
"There's nothing I can do. Some people, like the landlord, have no sense of contract. They're always trying to take advantage of others. I'm afraid of encountering a situation like today, so I took precautions. Of course, if the landlord had honestly followed the contract, there would naturally be no problem."
The landlord stared at Yue Fuli and was speechless for a long time.
But Yue Fuli didn't have time to wait and asked directly, "Landlord, have you made up your mind? Are you going to give up the shop or not?"
"This?" The landlord hesitated. If it was really as Yue Fuli said, then he would have to pay a thousand taels, which was naturally impossible, and he couldn't afford it.
But if he didn't give up, he would be reluctant to give up the temptation of Longfa Trading Company.
It would be great if Longfa Trading Company could help him pay the penalty for breach of contract.
Yes, he could ask Longfa Trading Company to see if they were willing. If they were, everyone would be happy.
Thinking of this, the landlord said to Yue Fuli, "I'll go back and discuss it first."
"Okay. But we haven't given up the lease yet, so we have the right to use this shop."
"I understand." The landlord waved his hand and left with his people.
After the landlord left, Hu Wei stepped forward and said to Yue Fuli, "Mr. Li, it's a good thing you're back. Otherwise, we might not be able to sell any goods today."
"Don't worry, you can continue selling the goods with your people, and I'll take care of the rest." Yue Fuli patted Hu Wei's shoulder and told him to get busy. She decided to go to Longfa Trading Company to see what tricks they would use next.
Yue Fuli wasn't worried about the rent cancellation at all. Although Longfa Trading Company had offered the landlord a generous sum, they wouldn't be taken advantage of. If they had known the landlord would have to pay her a thousand taels to cancel the lease, they would definitely not have intervened.
Sure enough, Yue Fuli's guess was correct. When the shopkeeper of Longfa Commercial Bank heard that he had to compensate Yue Fuli with over a thousand taels of silver, he directly said to the landlord, "Go away. If you can't even handle such a small matter, what are you doing here?"
"Manager Zhang, please explain clearly. What do you mean I can't even handle this? Is this a small matter? This involves a thousand taels of silver. You all know how much I'm worth. Do you think I can come up with that much money?"
"We don't care about that. We just want to see the shop."
"You?" The landlord was a little angry. But when he thought of the great wealth of Longfa Commercial Bank, he suppressed his anger and left angrily.
After Zhang sent the landlord away, he went directly to find Bai Qimin. Yue Fuli followed Zhang invisibly to Bai Qimin's office.
Bai Qimin was very unhappy when he learned that the shop plan had failed. He said directly to Zhang, the shopkeeper, "Since that's the case, then find some thugs to cause trouble. Today, I will make sure that they can't sell their goods and can't do business."
"Yes, I'll do it right away." Shopkeeper Zhang nodded and went to find help.
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