Lu Fan nodded. It wasn't just Zhou Huan's flagship store that was short-staffed; he was also in dire need of manpower!
"Okay, I'll talk to the human resources department and ask them to speed up the recruitment process."
Although Zhou Huan knew that some of Lu Fan's strategies and policies could not completely remove the obstacles.
But seeing that things were finally moving in a positive direction, he felt he had a clear conscience.
After Baiyue opened, Zhou Huan's workload finally decreased slightly. However, he did not take a break and shifted his focus to the expansion of the store and the monitoring plan proposed by Lu Fan.
After leaving Baiyue Supermarket, Lu Fan did not rush back to rest, but instead went to each store to briefly check on the progress of the renovation project.
Baiyue has opened, and other stores are also about to open, busy changing their store signs and such.
However, with so many businesses moving in this time, the renovation process has become quite chaotic.
Lu Fan asked the property management to keep a close eye on things to prevent any accidents from happening.
Not long after, Lü Qiuyi came over; he was there to report to Lu Fan.
"Mr. Lu, the acquisition you entrusted to us is now 90% complete, with only some finishing touches left."
Lu Qiuyi is mature and experienced in her work, and Lu Fan has always felt that she can handle things quickly and well, so he has always been very at ease.
Hearing this, he didn't say much, only offered a few words of encouragement, and then began to explain the tasks for the next stage:
"Baiyue Supermarket will be a large chain supermarket, but the corresponding supervision and auditing department has not yet been established. I plan to entrust this part to you and the human resources department to handle for a while."
"After that, your two departments can work together to select some suitable candidates to take over."
"Also, since it's a large chain, the current number of stores is still not enough. We can't just stay in Nanshan City; we need to expand to other cities."
Lü Qiuyi said she understood and would continue to follow up.
After Lu Fan finished explaining his work, he noticed that Lü Qiuyi was still there, so he asked her if there was anything else.
Lü Qiuyi then brought up the issue of the original merchants in Hongxin Plaza:
"The other shops are fine, but there's one that I find a bit thorny."
The entity that actively sought trouble for Lü Qiuyi, or rather Lu Fan, was the Hetian Cinema chain, which originally planned to open in Hongxin Plaza:
"They say that the construction has been delayed for so long and has not been completed. Now that Hongxin Plaza has changed owners, it is a considerable loss for their cinema chain."
Hetian Cinemas is also one of the well-known luxury cinemas in China.
The land occupied by Lu Fan in Hongxin Plaza alone occupies the third and fourth floors.
It is not only the second largest cinema in Nanshan City, but also boasts one of the highest numbers of screening rooms and seats in the country.
Of the dozen or so screening rooms, only seven or eight are regular screening rooms, while the super theater occupies four or five spaces.
It is now the largest property unit, which has been renamed Fanyue Shopping Plaza.
Lu Fan's Shuangmu Entertainment also has a partnership with them.
Jiang Manyue was in charge of the specific work, so Lu Fan wasn't very clear about the details of their collaboration.
But now Hetian Cinema is saying that Fanyue Shopping Plaza has changed owners, causing them a lot of losses.
Lu Fan became very curious.
After all, from his initial interest in taking over Hongxin Plaza, to the actual acquisition, and now the renovation...
Time flies, and Hetian Cinema hadn't even started renovations yet because of the delayed handover of Hongxin Plaza.
How come there are losses now?
Even if there were some losses in rent or the like, it was because of Hongxin and the Wang family, not because of Lu Fan.
Thinking of this, Lu Fan simply asked:
"Tell me, what do they feel they have lost?"
Lu Qiuyi could tell that Lu Fan had begun to doubt the other party's true intentions.
And Lü Qiuyi thought so too:
"Because Hongxin Plaza was sold in advance, the rent and other expenses were also collected in advance."
"Hetian Cinema offered a discount and prepaid ten years' rent."
It's impossible for Hetian Cinema to incur losses before even opening; ten years' rent isn't exactly low, but it's not high either.
After all, Hongxin Plaza offers a great discount.
So Lu Fan asked:
"After Hongxin Plaza was resold, the Wang family didn't take responsibility for returning the rent?"
Lü Qiuyi nodded: "I contacted them about this from the beginning. All the debts have nothing to do with our Fanyue Real Estate Company."
Lu Fan suddenly realized: "Hetian Cinema must feel that we are at a disadvantage because our reputation is not as big as Hongxin Plaza's."
"Do you still think we're easy to bully?"
Lu Qiuyi did not intend to explain on behalf of Hetian Cinema, but simply said, "They are now demanding that we waive the rent for the remaining years of the contract and ask us to pay this rent on behalf of the Wang family."
That is impossible.
Lu Fan flatly refused: "I don't care about their debt entanglements with the Wang family. This matter will not fall on Fanyue Real Estate."
"In short, the planning for Fanyue Shopping Plaza is progressing step by step. Losing one cinema chain can bring in more business opportunities."
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