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In the afternoon, I went to the "Woman Flower" bar and found Nicole.
I mentioned to her the idea of opening another branch of "Jiulongju"... I did this with my own selfish reasons, because the shops I currently own do not require rent costs; in addition, whether it's one bar or two bars, it's still about stocking up on supplies, so as long as the drinks can be circulated among each other, there will basically be no cost for the drinks. The only cost will come from the decoration, but the decoration will not actually cost too much, because my positioning for this branch of "Jiulongju" is small and exquisite, so a decoration budget of 20,000 yuan will be enough.
More importantly, we need a pioneer to guide other investors. This is something that must be done by our own people. It's unlikely that we can expect others to trust us from the very beginning.
After reaching an agreement with Nicole, I had her place the first bid for the shop in the name of the "Woman Flower" bar. At this point, due to sufficient attention, someone had already raised the starting price from one yuan to 3,000 yuan.
This price is still within a reasonable range... No matter how cold Jiulongju is, renting a 120-square-meter shop for 3,000 yuan is still profitable; not to mention, even if it's not for commercial use, it's more cost-effective to live in it than to rent an apartment in a residential area. Besides, Jiulongju has such a great environment and is close to the ancient city.
Based on this idea, I had Nicole raise the auction price to 5,000 yuan in one go.
To my surprise, someone else shared the same idea. He posted a comment below, saying, "Renting a two-bedroom apartment these days costs at least 50,000 to 60,000 yuan a year. Even if you don't use it for a shop, it's still a great deal to live in it yourself!"
I immediately had Chen Jin place this suggestive comment at the top of the page.
The effect was obvious. After guiding the function of the shops to the level of being suitable for owner-occupancy, someone immediately made an offer, raising the price to 20,000 at once, and then it stopped intermittently.
I firmly believe that the price will continue to rise because I set the auction period to 7 days, and as the reach of the event expands, more and more people will join in.
While doing this, I asked Sun Jiwei to use his connections to get the contact information of all the owners on the entire commercial street. I then gave this extremely valuable list to Chen Jin. His job was to use his public relations skills to get the owners to let us manage these vacant shops for free for a year. In the second and third years, we would pay them rent based on market conditions.
It's very difficult because once the financial relationship is broken, people become wary; unless there's a close relationship, no one is willing to give away their shop for free, which is the biggest reason why Jiulongju has never become popular... The owners all want to maximize their profits, and groups or individuals who aspire to develop this commercial street simply cannot acquire such a large number of shops without substantial funds.
On the other hand, if someone really had that much money, why would they be willing to invest in a place with such a low return on investment?
This is a vicious cycle, and it's also the biggest challenge our studio faces in operating this project.
Therefore, I must take those 16 shops from Cao Jinbo and then provide psychological counseling to the other owners. After all, if Cao Jinbo trusts me, what reason do they have not to trust me? And once Jiulongju attracts people, the owners will ultimately be the ones who benefit the most.
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After being so busy, it was already 6:30 in the evening. I didn't have time to eat, so I went to Cao Xiaobei's "Sheep Cafe". If I was late last night, the shop would definitely be open at this time, as long as he was normal.
I was extremely disappointed because the shop was still closed. I asked the waiter next door, who told me that he hadn't seen Cao Xiaobei all day and the shop hadn't been open.
I was even more disappointed...
I can roughly imagine that Cao Xiaobei should have already met with Yang Sisi by this time, and Yang Sisi indeed hasn't come to see me.
Everything was both logical and unexpected.
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