Leaving the villa complex, Le Wu drove to Huaiyang Restaurant, loaded some of the packed dishes into the car, and stored them in her spatial storage along the way.
Afterwards, Yuewu went to the old street. In Mo Xiaole's memory, there was an early morning market there, where many people sold breakfast, vegetables, or other things.
Anyway, wherever there are many people, there is a market, so Lewu went to several breakfast shops first.
Order various foods: steamed buns, fried dough sticks, egg pancakes, scallion pancakes, savory pancakes, sesame balls, pan-fried buns, steamed dumplings, tofu pudding, soy milk, spicy soup, eight-treasure porridge, mung bean porridge, chive pancakes, steamed dumplings...
They were asked to prepare the ingredients in advance and come to pick them up once at noon and once in the evening. The shop owners all happily agreed.
Then Yuewu started looking for a shop selling generators, and suddenly found a supermarket at the intersection having a discount, with a sign on the glass door saying "Shop for Rent".
This thrilled Yuewu. She had been wanting to buy daily necessities and general merchandise, and now the opportunity had come her way.
Despite the supermarket having a discount, there weren't many people coming in to buy things, no wonder it had to close down.
But thinking about it, it makes sense. There's a morning market nearby with lots of foot traffic, so opening a supermarket here shouldn't be a problem.
However, one point is overlooked: most people who visit the morning market are older and prefer to buy street vendor goods. The sounds you hear now are mostly people haggling over prices, whereas there is no such thing as haggling in supermarkets.
In addition, this supermarket didn't have any attractive promotions. They just advertised discounts, but that didn't make people feel like they were getting a good deal. If people don't come in, there will be no sales.
If the boss put up a sign at the door saying "Spend XX amount and get 10 eggs free", do you think anyone would come?
Yue Wu snapped out of her reverie and entered the store to see a man playing a game behind the counter. "Double kill!"
The man was so focused that he didn't even notice the person who came into the store. "@#￥..., don't you have eyes? I can't even get it on your face, ￥%￥%#...."
Le Wu suddenly didn't really want to talk to this man, but she did need to ask about the supermarket subletting.
After hesitating for a moment, seeing that the man was completely unstoppable, Yuewu spoke up, "Excuse me, who are you negotiating with regarding the subletting of this shop?"
The man glanced at it quickly, then immediately stared back at his phone, his hands never pausing. "Wait a minute, I'll call my mom."
Then, the man kicked something, and a woman's voice suddenly appeared, "What's wrong, sweetie?"
Yue Wu instantly got goosebumps. Was it too late to run away at this point?
The man, however, said impatiently, "Someone wants to rent the shop, come over here quickly."
"Okay, Mom will be right there."
A moment later, a woman with her hands covered in face ran over; she was clearly running very fast.
Upon seeing Le Wu, they immediately walked towards the window area of the supermarket, where a small table was set up. Le Wu and the woman sat down together.
The woman said, "This shop is 200 square meters. It's in my own house. I originally opened the supermarket to have an extra source of income, but business is not good, and my child doesn't want to stay here, so I thought I'd just rent it out to save myself the trouble."
Hearing this, Yuewu roughly understood. The old mother wanted to find something for her naughty child to do, but the child didn't appreciate it, and since it didn't earn any money, she decided to rent it out.
Yue Wu thought about it and felt that things weren't that simple, but she didn't want to ask too many questions. However, she was certain of one thing: this shop hadn't just started subletting recently, since the subletting notices posted outside were already yellowed.
Therefore, we must have a good talk about the price.
Yuewu asked directly, "How much is the monthly rent?"
Woman: "3,000 a month, after all, this store is big enough."
This made Yuewu even more confused. Even if she didn't know much about renting shops, Yuewu knew that 3,000 a month was too low a rent.
This price is acceptable for renting a 100-square-meter apartment normally, but this is a shop! Forget about discounts, this is practically breaking the bank.
The woman seemed very sincere, and Yue Wu didn't see any urgency on her face, but hearing the price, she felt that she wanted to rent it out quickly.
Everything sounds contradictory, and the music and dance can't be explained.
However, none of that matters. Lewu chose this store not for business purposes, but simply for the convenience of stockpiling supplies.
It's great that you can get things at a low price without attracting attention!
Yuewu said to the woman, "I've rented the shop, but I'll pay you monthly. If you can accept that, we can sign a contract. What do you think?"
"Monthly settlement?" The woman hesitated for a moment, but quickly said to Yue Wu, "Okay, but I need to deal with the goods in the supermarket, could you...?"
Yuewu interrupted, "Just transfer it to me directly, and tell me your sourcing channels while you're at it. I'm planning to open another supermarket."
"Huh? Oh... but... never mind, you should have your own ideas. I'll give you a price of 80,000 for the supermarket goods. I've already stocked over 50,000 for cigarettes and alcohol alone. I'll show you the sourcing channels and purchase orders in a bit, and you'll see that this price is very reasonable." The woman got up and went to get the items.
Watching the woman cautiously enter the counter and bypass the gamer, Yuewu inexplicably felt an urge to punch her.
After taking the documents, the woman, accompanied by Yue Wu, quickly checked the goods against what she had described, and they were indeed similar to what she had said.
I certainly benefited from taking on this batch of goods, but looking at it from another perspective, if it weren't for me, I don't know when this store would have been able to get rid of all these goods.
The woman quickly signed a rental agreement with Yuewu and then gave her the keys to both the front and back doors.
Yuewu immediately called to change the locks. The woman saw this but didn't say anything. She quickly tidied up and called her son to go home through the back door.
After the locksmith came and changed the lock, Yuewu gave the woman the new lock and key, went back into the shop, locked the back door, and started shopping at the supermarket.
Passing by the snack aisle, Lewu casually grabbed a bag of potato chips and started eating. It instantly fulfilled her childhood dream of owning a supermarket—it felt really good!
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