Chapter 692: Are You Going to Let Me Survive?
In the shop
Wen Wan is discussing with Gu Heng about renting a shop together.
Because she and Jiang Qian had been looking for this shop all the way here and found it had a sign saying it was for rent, so they walked in.
When they came in, Gu Heng was already negotiating the rent with the landlord.
Gu Heng felt that the shop was too big and the rent was too expensive, so he wanted to rent only half of it.
The landlord disagreed, saying it would be difficult to rent out the remaining half.
Wen Wan had been looking for a shop for so many days but couldn't find one. As soon as she heard about it, she thought of renting it together.
This shop is really big, probably about 130 square meters. A small clothing shop doesn't need to be that big. You can use a wooden wall to divide it into two shops, split the rent in half, and kill two birds with one stone.
Wen Wan discussed with Gu Heng: "Uncle, this shop is more than 100 square meters. How about we each take half? The rent is also half? Then we can build a wall in the middle to separate the two shops."
Gu Heng originally thought the rent was too expensive, almost equivalent to half a month's salary for him, so he agreed to Wen Wan's request.
It just so happened that Dong Yan and He Yun also said that the shop didn’t need to be too big, and fifty or sixty square meters would be enough.
When Wen Wan saw that Gu Heng agreed, she bargained with the landlord.
Wen Wan: "Auntie Landlady, we want to rent this shop downstairs. The second and third floors are not for rent. Please rent it to us for 20 yuan a month!"
The landlady waved her hand as soon as she heard this: "No, the shop on the first floor costs at least fifty yuan a month, and I have a hundred and thirty-six square meters! Even twenty yuan a month on the second or third floor is not acceptable."
Wen Wan: "We don't want the second and third floors, we only want the first floor. Twenty yuan is already very high, it's half a month's salary for many people, just rent it to us!"
"No! The rent for the first floor shop is fifty yuan, not a penny less. You can't even rent the second floor for twenty yuan, and I charge twenty-five yuan for the second floor! Look at the location of my shop, just around the corner is Fujing Street, there is so much traffic! You can make more than a hundred yuan a month by opening a shop here and selling clothes."
Wen Wan: "You also said that turning a corner is Fujing Street, not Fujing Street. How can it be compared with Fujing Street? How about this, let's each give in and pay 25 yuan!"
The landlady's mouth twitched: "Do you think this is buying vegetables at the vegetable market? I said fifty yuan, not a penny less."
"Will you rent it? No, my grandson's classmate will be here soon and wants to rent it too. Even if he is my grandson's classmate, my price will be the same."
Wen Wan felt that the other party was just trying to raise the rent with an excuse. "Fifty yuan a month, the rent is now more than thirty cents per square meter! It's too expensive! I won't say anything more. How about forty yuan? Okay, we'll rent it right away."
"No way! Fifty dollars is not negotiable! My shop is over 130 square meters."
"Fifty is too expensive. Forget it. Let's go look somewhere else first."
The 40 yuan she gave was already a lot, even in Beijing it was almost equal to an ordinary worker's monthly salary.
Wen Wan expected that the other party would rent it.
She winked at Gu Heng.
So the two of them walked out together, and then they saw Jiang Xia getting out of the jeep.
Zhang Fuyan got off the car right after him.
The owner of the house came out and saw Zhang Fuyan and the others getting out of the car. He smiled and said, "Xiaoyan, you're here!"
Zhang Fuyan smiled and greeted the other party: "Auntie Fang."
Jiang Xia also shouted, "Aunt Fang, hello."
Wen Wan's face turned black when she saw Jiang Xia. What a narrow road the enemy meets.
Could she have sent someone to follow me?
Why do I meet her everywhere?
She was afraid that Jiang Xia was also here to rent a shop to sell clothes.
It’s not easy to find a shop these days.
These days, she and Jiang Qian found such a room near their school.
It’s expensive, so what!
Anyway, if she rents the house together with others, it will be 25 yuan a month. She has Jiang Qian to help her pay half of the rent, which means she only needs 12 or 13 yuan a month to rent the house. She can make it back by selling ten or eight pieces of clothing.
She didn't believe that she couldn't sell eight or ten pieces of clothing a month! The most urgent thing now was to make sure that Jiang Xia didn't snatch them away.
Wen Wan immediately said to the landlord: "Auntie Landlady, fifty yuan is fifty yuan, I rent the shop on this floor!"
The landlady looked down on Wen Wan, a typical troublemaker, and didn't want to rent to her, so she said, "Wait a moment, I have an appointment with them first. Let me see which floor they plan to rent. Xiaoyan, which floor do you plan to rent?"
Zhang Fuyan looked at Jiang Xia.
Wen Wan spoke first: "Auntie Landlord, didn't we just agree that we want to rent the shop on this floor? You have already offered me fifty yuan! I agree now."
Wen Wan looked at Gu Heng. She knew that Gu Heng knew the landlady. "Uncle, did we just agree with the landlady to rent the first floor?"
Gu Heng changed his words when he saw Jiang Xia. He couldn't possibly compete with Jiang Xia for the shop. He already owed her enough. So he said, "We haven't decided yet. Don't you think it's too expensive and want to forget it?"
Wen Wan: “…”
Gu Heng greeted Jiang Xia: "Xia Xia, are you here to rent a shop too?"
As he said this, he looked at the children in Jiang Xia's arms. These were his three grandchildren? They were so cute.
Gu Heng touched his trouser pocket and regretted not bringing some red envelopes with him.
Wen Wan: “…”
Damn it! How come everyone I meet is helping Jiang Xia wherever I go? They don't want me to live! Jiang Xia ignored Gu Heng and didn't even look at him. He just said to the landlady, "Aunt Fang, how much is it to rent the whole building?"
Jiang Xia could rent only the upstairs, but no matter whether it was Gu Heng or Wen Wan, Jiang Xia didn't want to rent it together with them. He would rather spend a little more money since he could earn it back anyway.
The landlord didn't expect that the people brought by his grandson's classmate would rent the entire building. This would save a lot of trouble! She smiled and said, "If we rent the entire building, it will be 100 yuan a month. How about increasing the rent by 5% every year in the future?"
A five percent rent increase every year is reasonable, and Jiang Xia readily agreed: "Okay. Thank you, Aunt Fang."
Wen Wan looked at Jiang Xia: "You did this on purpose, didn't you? This gentleman and I have already agreed with the landlord to rent the shop on the first floor together!"
Jiang Xia didn't need to pay any attention to her. He just talked to the landlady: "Aunt Fang, can I rent the whole building? If the first floor can't be rented, renting only the second and third floors won't be enough for me. I have to find another place to rent."
“…”
Wen Wan was really angry when she saw that Jiang Xia ignored her and didn't respond when she talked to him.
"Jiang Xia, I'm talking to you!"
Jiang Xia still ignored him.
What nonsense he said is the same whether you pay attention to him or not.
All she has to do to rent a shop is talk to the landlord!
Wen Wan: "Why are you so rude!"
Jiang Xia still ignored her and treated her as air.
Wen Wan: “…”
The landlord was amused and said with a smile: "Of course you can. They just said they thought it was too expensive and refused to rent it. If you rent the whole building, the rent will not be cheap. I will give you one month's rent for free, which is 100 yuan."
To be honest, her house is a bit big, and the second and third floors are suites. Few people who come to Beijing to work are willing to rent such a big house alone, so they have to share it with many people. She also complains that too many people make the house smoky! I heard from my grandson that the other party rented it to open a design studio. A design studio without fumes is definitely cleaner than living in it. Moreover, the other party is a college student from Q University and Peking University, and his quality should not be too bad. Of course, she is more willing to rent to college students.
Wen Wan couldn't help but said, "Auntie Landlord, how could you do this? You didn't tell me that you would waive one month's rent! If you had told me, I wouldn't have bargained for you! I would have just rented it!"
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