"What's the matter?" Zhu Yanzhen asked loudly, righteously saying, "Do you know that your closure has seriously affected the business of our other stores?"
"You guys are really disregarding the interests of Antique Street when you say that. What? Do you want to completely destroy the business of Antique Street?"
As soon as Zhu Yanzhen finished speaking, voices of condemnation immediately rang out one after another.
"That's right! If you don't open the door, people who come into the antique street will think that we are shutting down for a collective cleanup!"
"As a result, I haven't seen any customers these past few days."
"I really don't understand why Zuo Jiangtao bought so many shops but didn't open them for business. Is he really trying to force us to sell our shops to him?"
"I've heard that the country is going to vigorously develop Fengling County's tourism industry and will allocate donations to support the Antique Street business. It's not like what Zuo Jiangtao said, that it will go bankrupt."
"Zuo Jiangtao's actions constitute commercial fraud. This is truly excessive."
At first, these people were still criticizing the issue of shops not opening, but then they turned the conversation to Zuo Jiangtao, and they were all filled with righteous indignation.
Ever since Gong Yu took over the antique street business from Zuo Jiangtao, he gave all employees paid leave and never opened the store again.
Starting from Monday, 32 shops were suddenly closed, making the already deserted antique street even more desolate.
Even though business in the antique street is bleak now, at least one or two people still walk into the shops every day. Even if they can't make any money, at least there is some popularity.
But since the 32 shops closed collectively, the Antique Street has completely become a dead street.
Apart from the employees hanging out in the antique street every day, it is difficult to see other people.
Even the flea market was deserted.
These people had long been dissatisfied with this matter, but due to Zuo Jiangtao's identity and status in Fengling County, even if they had complaints, they did not dare to speak them out in front of Zuo Jiangtao.
So, they could only vent their anger on Li Shujie.
In order to create an atmosphere, it was announced that the person who purchased the Wanfu store was Zuo Jiangtao, so naturally Li Shujie was also regarded as Zuo Jiangtao's man.
Since they had no way to reason with Zuo Jiangtao, they had no choice but to condemn Li Shujie.
Li Shujie was so criticized by these shop owners that he couldn't say a word. His face turned red, but he didn't seem to be able to get angry.
After all, although he was also the owner of a shop in Antique Street on the surface, he knew in his heart that he was just the shopkeeper who was helping Gong Yu run the business, so naturally he was inferior to these people.
"Since you have such a grievance against Uncle Zuo, I don't mind calling him over for you. Then you can repeat what you said in front of him."
Gong Yu's words were clearly mocking their cowardice. They didn't dare to say it in front of Zuo Jiangtao, but were talking about him behind his back.
Although what Gong Yu said was true, they were unwilling to admit it.
"Where did this kid come from? He's so arrogant, he actually dared to say that he could call Zuo Jiangtao over."
"Didn't you hear her call Zuo Jiangtao uncle?"
"I've never heard that Zuo Jiangtao has a niece. Could it be that he's just claiming a relative by mistake?"
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