Of course, the boss was speechless in his heart, but he still spoke with a warm smile on his face.
"Little girl, do you want to rent the shop?"
When she contacted him, she said she came to see the shop. After he opened the shop, the girl wanted to see the ear room at the back. It's really... hard to describe.
Fortunately, the boss was a well-informed man and was not too surprised by this.
At his age, he can accept all kinds of strange behaviors. If Zhang Yaoyao really came to observe the layout and design of the ear room, the worst that could happen is that he would immediately turn around, close the shop, and leave.
Anyway, there are so many weird people, so he doesn't mind the weirdness of the girl in front of him.
Then Zhang Yaoyao's nonchalant voice came over.
"The shop is a bit small, but it's still usable. I just don't know how the owner wants to rent it out."
Zhang Yaoyao's words made the middle-aged man keenly aware that there was room for improvement in renting out the shop, and he said with a smile.
"Okay, okay. If you like this shop, I promise to give you a discount. Little girl, how about 2,000 yuan a year?"
As the middle-aged man spoke, he stretched out two chubby fingers with an honest expression.
When Zhang Yaoyao heard this, she pretended to be frightened, covering her heart with her hands, and said weakly with an expression as if she was afraid of being cheated.
"Two thousand? That's a rip-off, isn't it? Boss, your shop, which is like a basement, probably only cost the previous tenant a thousand dollars to rent. Are you trying to extort money from me just because I'm young and look like I'm naive?"
The boss had a forced smile on his face, but he was wondering in his heart how this little girl knew that I had only rented this shop for a thousand yuan before, but he still insisted.
"It's not as exaggerated as you say. The previous merchant rented this shop for 1,500 yuan a year, and he even paid for a row of side rooms in the back yard. It's not as exaggerated as you say."
As the saying goes, a landlord who doesn't want to raise the rent is not a good landlord. As a landlord who frequently rents out shops, it is natural to want to raise the rent after the previous merchant leaves and when welcoming the next merchant.
Zhang Yaoyao didn't care what the boss was thinking and just spoke.
"No way! Boss, based on my experience, it seems that your shop can only be rented for a thousand dollars at most. If someone spends fifteen hundred dollars, it must be too much money for a shop like yours that is similar to a basement. There is nowhere to spend it."
boss:"……"
This little girl looks quite young, but unexpectedly she is cunning and shrewd. It is impossible to coax her.
However, when he thought of the people sitting upstairs, the landlord gritted his teeth and stopped arguing with Zhang Yaoyao and said directly.
"Alright, since you're so sincere about wanting to rent this shop, I'll take the 1,000 yuan rent. The house is empty anyway, so it might be better to rent it to you sooner rather than later. I can earn some money for the utilities."
Zhang Yaoyao looked at the boss's painful expression and said firmly.
"I didn't say I'd have to pay a thousand yuan to rent your shop. I just said the maximum rent was a thousand yuan, and I could only offer nine hundred yuan because I only have nine hundred yuan in working capital. Do you think it's worth it?"
boss:"……"
I thought I was a good negotiator, but I didn't expect that the little girl in front of me was such a ruthless person.
What kind of a trick was it to bargain the asking price down from 2,000 yuan to 900 yuan? If his son had the negotiation skills of this girl, he wouldn't have to pay so much money and sell the house to pay off the debt.
The landlord looked at Zhang Yaoyao seriously, which made Zhang Yaoyao feel uncomfortable all over, but he still continued with his neck stiff.
"Landlord, your shop is empty anyway, why not rent it out quickly? I'm only giving you a hundred yuan less, so consider it as supporting a little girl like me to start her own business. If my business is good, maybe your shop will become popular, and your other shops will be more valuable. I'm sure there will be a lot of businesses clamoring to rent your shop, and then you'll make even more money."
Anyway, this big house covers an area of nearly 500 square meters, and there are quite a few shops. The shop that Zhang Yao wants to rent is only in the basement. There are seven or eight shops on the upper floor, most of which are for rent. The third to fifth floors and above are residential areas. Those who can own such a building are all local tycoons!
The landlord didn't expect Zhang Yaoyao to be so eloquent, but then he thought, what she said was also true, not to mention that he was discussing whether to sell the house with the people upstairs. Just when the discussion reached a critical point, Zhang Yaoyao's request to rent a shop was interrupted.
Maybe after he rents out the shop, the house will be sold and it won't belong to him anymore. It would be good to rent a shop before he leaves.
At least he had the money for renting the shop in his pocket.
I wasted a year's worth of someone else's shop money.
Thinking of this, the boss suddenly felt relieved and nodded in agreement.
"Okay, okay, nine hundred is nine hundred. I'll rent it to you, but let me make it clear that the rent must be paid in full in one lump sum before signing the contract. I won't accept installment payments."
Zhang Yaoyao probably calculated the money in her pocket and paid 900 yuan for rent. As long as she was a little frugal with the remaining money, she could probably run the entire store, so she said readily.
"Okay, I'll give you the rent money after we sign the contract."
Next, the two of them went to a stationery store on the side of the road, found paper and pen, and began to work on the contract. As a 21st century elite, Zhang Yaoyao was not at a disadvantage when it came to contracts. Under the landlord's almost jaw-dropping gaze, she quickly wrote the contract.
Then, Zhang Yaoyao handed the drafted contract to the boss and said directly.
"Landlord, take a look at this. If there's no problem, we'll sign the contract in duplicate. After you sign and stamp your fingerprints, I'll pay you the rent."
The landlord took the contract with a numb look on his face and began to read it. If he had not pinched his thigh secretly just now, he would have thought he was dreaming and met a genius in his dream.
Mingming saw that the girl, who was only in her teens, not only gave him a steady and accurate price when negotiating the rent with him, but she could also write the contract herself, and every clause in the contract could protect her own interests very well. He never knew that the contract could be written in this way, and he couldn't find any fault with it.
After reading the entire contract, the landlord couldn't find anything to complain about, so he had to pretend to agree.
"This contract is well written, just as I expected. Let's sign it!"
Zhang Yaoyao did not expose the other party's lies, but picked up the pen and quickly signed her name.
After signing the contract and putting their fingerprints on it, Zhang Yaoyao took out money from her pocket and readily gave the other party nine hundred yuan.
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