Huo Beixiao knew his wife was smart and couldn't hide anything from her, so he said with a gentle smile, "There is a connection, but it's not time to interfere now."
Upon hearing Huo Beixiao's words, Yang Qiaoqiao knew that he had his own plans and didn't ask any further questions.
She turned to her and told her that she was going to the provincial capital with Yang Jianguo to look at shops the next day.
"Tomorrow I'll help my brother choose a shop to open a duck products store, and while I'm at it, I'll also see if there's a suitable place to open a clothing store."
"Honey, you don't need to look at locations for your clothing store. I've already prepared one for you."
Yang Qiaoqiao quickly realized that Huo Beixiao had reserved a shop for her in his shopping mall.
She nodded and said, "Okay, then I won't look for a shop."
The next day, Huo Beixiao drove Yang Qiaoqiao and Yang Jianguo to the provincial capital.
Huo Beixiao went to the construction site of the shopping mall.
Yang Qiaoqiao and Yang Jianguo went to the train station first.
When it comes to opening a duck products store in the provincial capital, Yang Qiaoqiao still prefers to choose a location near the train station.
The provincial capital's train station has a large passenger flow, and people from all over the country can be brought to Yangben Duck's products across the country, helping them to increase brand awareness.
However, in the past two years, the idea of starting a small business has gradually been accepted by ordinary people, and shops are in high demand in places like train stations.
Moreover, due to the lack of standardized management, people set up stalls wherever there are empty spaces outside the train station.
Seeing this situation, Yang Jianguo scratched his head and said, "Qiaoqiao, I'm afraid we won't be able to find a suitable shop around the train station. How about we look further away?"
Yang Qiaoqiao shook her head. "If we go any further, passengers transferring at the train station won't go there anymore, so there's no point in us looking for shops around the train station."
Yang Jianguo nodded. He understood what Qiaoqiao meant, but shops around the train station were in high demand and there were none for rent or sale.
"Brother, let's go further into the train station and take a look."
As Yang Qiaoqiao and Yang Jianguo entered the train station, they immediately noticed that next to the train station square, where the flow of people was the most concentrated, there was a whole row of empty shops.
"Qiaoqiao, the shops on both sides of the square at this train station have the best business, so why are all these shops empty? Could there be something wrong with the buildings?" Yang Jianguo muttered to Yang Qiaoqiao.
Yang Qiaoqiao went straight to a stall selling hair accessories, picked out a suitable one, and tied it in her hair. When paying, she asked the woman selling flowers, "Sister, I see that the shops across the square are doing quite well, but why are all the shops on this side of the square, in such good locations, closed?"
The older woman glanced at them, assuming they were just passengers transferring trains, and said, "You're not from Rong Province, are you?"
"Look, behind the row of shops is the towel factory. These buildings all belong to the towel factory."
"The towel factory used to convert this row of houses into shops, intending to sell its own towels and increase sales. But after two months, they said they weren't making any money and closed it down."
Anyway, it's a large state-owned factory, they don't care about the rent, so they'll just keep it closed!
"Qiaoqiao, this shop belongs to a state-owned factory, we're afraid we won't be able to rent it."
After the two had walked a distance from the hair accessory stall, Yang Jianguo spoke to Yang Qiaoqiao.
"Brother, whether we can rent it or not, we should at least go to the towel factory and ask, right?"
After arriving at the towel factory, Yang Qiaoqiao explained her purpose to the gatekeeper.
The old man sitting in the guardhouse listening to the radio didn't even open his eyes. He simply waved his hand and said, "No, no, you don't need to go in."
Yang Qiaoqiao quickly stuffed the cigarettes and alcohol she had brought into the old man's hands, saying, "Sir, please help me out and make an exception for me."
The old man then looked at what he was holding and his attitude softened a bit. "Comrade, it's not that I don't want to help you, it's just that our leader has made it clear that we won't rent that shop. Even if you go in and see him, it'll be pointless."
Just as the old man finished speaking, two car horns suddenly sounded at the factory gate.
Yang Qiaoqiao turned around and saw Huo Beixiao's car.
She was wondering why Huo Beixiao had come here.
Huo Beixiao walked past her as if he didn't know her at all, and went straight to the gatekeeper.
Yang Jianguo wanted to go up and greet Huo Beixiao, but Yang Qiaoqiao quickly stopped him.
Huo Beixiao offered the gatekeeper a cigarette and then started chatting with him.
A short while later, the gatekeeper walked into the factory area with a smile.
Huo Beixiao then walked towards Yang Qiaoqiao and said, "The gatekeeper went in to report to the towel factory leaders. The towel factory leaders should be able to meet with us."
Yang Jianguo was dumbfounded when he heard this. "Beixiao, the old man just took away all our cigarettes and alcohol and didn't even agree to let us see their leader. How come he went to report directly after just one cigarette from you? How did you do that?"
Huo Beixiao looked at Yang Jianguo with his deep eyes and said, "Brother, you should learn a bit about interpersonal relationships in the business world."
There are still more men doing business these days. Qiaoqiao is a woman, and it's often more convenient for you to handle things than for her to.
Yang Jianguo felt somewhat embarrassed upon hearing Huo Beixiao's words.
He himself realized that whether it was doing business in Yun County or now in Rong Province, he had always been following behind his sister and relying on her to take the lead.
He was naturally bad at speaking and not good at communicating with people. Although he felt that this was not good, he did not pay much attention to it before.
Now that Huo Beixiao had brought it up, he realized the seriousness of the matter and solemnly said, "Brother-in-law, don't worry, I will study hard from now on and I will never let Qiaoqiao rush ahead while I cower behind."
After meeting with the leaders of the towel factory, things became much easier to discuss.
Huo Beixiao immediately identified himself and said, "Director Sun, my wife and brother-in-law want to rent the row of shops in your train station square to start a small business. Do you think we can talk about it?"
Upon hearing that Huo Beixiao was the director of Yunxian Cement Plant, Sun Hongbin, the director of the towel factory, immediately greeted him warmly, saying, "Director Huo, please have a seat."
"I've heard of Director Huo's name for a long time, but I didn't expect him to be so young. Truly, the younger generation surpasses the older.
As Sun Hongbin spoke, he also had someone make a cup of tea for Huo Beixiao, Yang Qiaoqiao, and Yang Jianguo.
After sitting down, Sun Hongbin sighed and said, "Director Huo, to be honest, our factory's profits have declined sharply in the past two years. We've been saving those shops to save our own lives."
Yang Qiaoqiao was waiting for Sun Hongbin to say this: "Director Sun, I heard that you used those shops to sell the factory's products before, but the results were not good."
Could I ask you to give me a chance? You only need to rent two shops from me, and for the rest of the shops, you can provide the products from your towel factory, and I will provide the manpower to sell them.
"If I can boost your towel factory's sales, could you waive my rent? How about that?"
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