Chapter 060 Renting a Store
In three years, she should be able to run her business well.
It is not impossible for her to take two or three months to go abroad. She has a CET-6 foreign language pass and will communicate with foreign clients at work. She has also been abroad, so there is no problem for her to go abroad by herself.
Having made up his mind, Su Wan no longer felt any psychological burden.
In the afternoon, Su Wan was going to rent a shop door. When Grandma Zhao heard about it, she followed him.
The county town has a permanent population of over 700,000, but there are not many clothing stores in the county town with such a large population, especially at the crossroads, where there is not a single decent clothing store. However, the county's economic level is not bad, otherwise, Su Wan's clothes would not sell so well.
Grandma Zhao saw that the storefront Su Wan wanted to rent was at the Golden Port intersection and nodded, saying, "This location is good."
"I saw the sign for rent here a few days ago."
Su Wan went upstairs and knocked on the door on the second floor.
A beautifully dressed woman opened the door and looked Su Wan and the other two up and down. "Who are you looking for?"
"Hello, I saw the storefront below is for rent and would like to ask how to rent it."
"Rent a store?"
The woman lazily called inside, saying in Cantonese, "Dad, someone wants to rent the store."
Then, a man who looked to be in his fifties came out of the room and asked in Mandarin with a thick Cantonese accent, "Which shop downstairs do you want to rent?"
"I see there are two storefronts downstairs. Can I rent them all?" Su Wan asked.
The man glanced at Su Wan and said, "One store is 800 yuan a year, and two stores are 1,600 yuan. The rent is paid once a year. If you agree, please sign."
Grandma Zhao immediately said in Cantonese, "Sixteen yuan for two storefronts is too expensive. The store across the street, which is bigger than yours, only costs sixteen yuan a year."
Before the man could speak, the woman sat down on the chair and said, "Our storefront is in a great location, so it's worth the price."
"The storefronts are all the same. There's a vegetable market over there, so it has even more traffic."
Grandma Zhao was very familiar with the county town. When she said that, the man hesitated and asked, "How much do you think?"
"I won't bargain. 1,500 per year for both stores."
"Fifteen thousand is a bit low."
The man seemed a little shaken as he spoke.
Grandma Zhao lowered her head and said to Su Wan, "Forget it, let's go to the place we just went to!"
Before Grandma Zhao could leave, the man called out to her, "There's a small yard behind my store. It has two rooms, a bathroom, and a kitchen. 1,600 yuan a year isn't expensive."
Su Wan was very excited when she heard there was a yard.
Grandma Zhao shook her head. "Fifteen hundred is because you have a yard here. If you didn't have a backyard, I'd rather rent the one across the street for fourteen hundred. They just have a smaller room in the backyard."
The man gritted his teeth and said, "Alright, fifteen hundred is fifteen hundred. We'll sign a minimum of three years. No matter how good your business is, the annual rent cannot be reduced."
"Then sign a five-year contract, with the rent remaining the same each year."
Su Wan was just talking about it, but she didn't expect the man to actually agree.
He looked at Su Wan and said, "No matter how good your business is, you have to pay me fifteen hundred every year for five years."
The two parties reached an agreement, found paper and pen, signed the contract, and after signing and fingerprinting, Su Wanxian paid fifteen hundred yuan in rent and successfully got the key from the man.
After going downstairs, Su Wan immediately went downstairs and went to the first floor to look at the store.
One store is about 100 square meters, and the two connected stores are about 200 square meters, which can be connected in the middle.
Su Jianguo asked curiously, "Little sister, why do we need to buy two stores? One store should be enough, right?"
Su Wan smiled, "It would be great to have two stores. One side sells women's clothing and underwear and pajamas. I'd build an arch and put up a beaded curtain, and the other side sells children's clothing and men's clothing. That way, even if they don't buy women's clothing, they can still buy men's clothing. If they don't buy men's clothing, they can still buy two sets of clothes for their children!"
Hearing this, Su Jianguo gave Su Wan a thumbs up.
My little sister is really smart. No wonder she makes money so quickly. She makes money from everyone, from the old to the middle-aged and the young.
Grandma Zhao also smiled and said, "It's really good to sell clothes here. Soon this place will start to be renovated and turned into a large market. Then there will be more people coming in."
Su Wan was surprised, "Grandma Zhao, how did you know?"
"From what I heard at the hospital, it shouldn't be that bad. But we've already signed a five-year lease, so it's still a good deal."
"Wait until my brothers come tomorrow, and we can finish the decoration and open the shop sooner."
As she spoke, Su Wan remembered something and said to Grandma Zhao, "Don't worry, Grandma Zhao, my brother and the others will stay in the store. They won't disturb you."
"Why live there? Just clean up the room next door. They won't be staying here for long."
Grandma Zhao didn't think it was a big deal, but Su Wan, considering that there was only one old lady living at home and the others were outsiders, said, "It's convenient to live there while they renovate. Besides, they will be back home after the renovation is done."
Seeing that Su Wan was able to act appropriately, Grandma Zhao was also very happy.
She wasn't shouting insincerely, but Su Wan did make her feel very relaxed. She wasn't as cunning as those people.
After looking at the store, they went back to Grandma Zhao's house together.
Back in the yard, Su Jianguo was cooking and Su Wan was drawing sketches in the room.
She revised and drew a lot of sketches. In the evening, she ate a few bites and went back to her room to draw again. She didn't go to bed until she was satisfied with the work.
The next day, Su Wan slept until almost nine o'clock before getting up.
After she finished washing up, Grandma Zhao brought her three big meat buns.
It's full of juice when you take a bite, and tastes very good.
"Grandma Zhao, I have to go to the train station to pick up my brother. Is it okay for you to be home alone?"
"No problem. Let them stay here for one night. They can rest for a day and then go back over there to clean up."
"I'll have them come over for dinner later, and then sleep over there tonight."
After Su Wan finished eating the buns and drank a bowl of soy milk, she called Su Jianguo to go to the train station to pick someone up.
The train station was a bit far from them, so they found a rickshaw to take them there. It took them ten minutes to arrive at the train station.
They waited outside the train station and arrived at around ten in the morning, but they waited until after eleven before the person showed up.
Looking at the brothers coming out, Su Wan waved happily, "Big brother, third brother, uncle, here you are."
Su Jianjun spotted Su Wan waving at them and walked over carrying his things. "Have you been waiting for a long time?"
"Just arrived a while ago."
Su Wan answered with a smile, only to find that her eldest uncle seemed a little embarrassed. He looked at her and called out, "Sister-in-law."
"Uncle."
Su Wan called out, looking at the tall uncle in front of her, and said with a smile: "Let's go back to Grandma Zhao's house first and have lunch there. Then I'll take you to live in the storefront I rented."
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