Without hesitation, He Wenlin immediately went to find Wang Min.
Before going, He Wenlin did her homework, figuring out which dorm rooms were for couples, which were shared rooms, and which dorm rooms were not full.
Although Wang Min is the boss's wife, she hasn't really managed the dormitory much because it's located outside the factory, and she doesn't know the specifics of the dormitory.
He Wenlin approached her with the compiled list and explained her purpose, but she was completely taken aback.
“Besides the room we’re renting now, we also need the two outermost rooms that are closer to the road. I can pay 120 yuan for the rent of those two rooms.”
There is still a little open space on the two outermost sides, where He Wenlin can set up a tent to wash vegetables and prepare food.
Renting a house in the middle would not be suitable.
He Wenlin is charging 120 yuan for two rooms, which is already higher than the market price. Keep in mind that when He Wenlin first rented those two rooms in the residential building where the fast food restaurant was located, the monthly rent was only 80 yuan!
However, at present, He Wenlin needs these two houses more than she does, so He Wenlin has to rent them at a premium.
It was worthwhile for Wang Min to vacate these two dormitory rooms and sublet them to He Wenlin, because the employees living here could squeeze in and free up two rooms.
"Your business is doing so well now, it's incredible!" Wang Min looked at He Wenlin with growing fondness. Who wouldn't like such a capable young woman?
"The rent doesn't need to be that much, just round it up to one hundred yuan," Wang Min said. "I didn't rent it for that much either."
The houses here are also low-rise mud-brick and tile houses, so the rent is very cheap. She also has a long-term lease, with the rent paid every six months or quarterly. So, on average, each room costs only about thirty yuan. However, the water and electricity bills are expensive, especially since the dormitory here includes water and electricity, and the money doesn't come from the employees' pockets. Not many people will save water or electricity, and in the summer, the water and electricity bills are even higher than the rent.
"I can't accept this. Thank you so much." He Wenlin was overjoyed and bowed to Wang Min. "Aunt Wang, don't worry, I will do my best to cooperate with the staff in those two rooms to move to the dormitory. I will definitely not make things difficult for you."
Although Wang Min is the boss, the employees would complain to some extent if they were asked to move out of their comfortable living conditions. He Wenlin plans to give each person in these two rooms two vouchers worth 2.8 yuan.
"When are you moving?" Wang Min asked.
"The dorm room is available, we'll move in right away."
The people who will build this house have already been found. They are Ruan Jianxin's cousins. As soon as the shop is moved, construction will begin here. He Wenlin hopes to move back to her new shop by the end of January next year.
It's been a little over four months at most.
Wang Min was really helpful. As soon as she heard He Wenlin say that, she immediately went to find the six employees living in those two rooms and asked them to move to the dormitory at noon.
He Wenlin gave each of the six of them two vouchers: "Brothers, thank you for your trouble. The landlady rented this house to me, so please move it at noon."
The lunch break is long, and since I don't cook and don't spend much time there, I don't have much stuff, so it's easy to move.
These people were initially annoyed by the hassle of moving dorms, but He Wenlin's kind attitude, along with the two fast food vouchers she gave them, immediately changed their minds and said they would make room for them at noon.
After lunch, around 12:30, they packed up their things and moved.
He's father, He Wenlin, also went to help. With many hands making light work, the room was cleared out in no time.
"Linlin, what are you doing renting this place? Are you planning to move your fast food restaurant here?" asked Li Haibing, a fellow villager.
"Yes, we're planning to move here."
"Why move it when it's perfectly fine over there? Aren't you worried about the hassle?"
At this point, Li Haifei suddenly remembered the exorbitant rent increase imposed on He Wenlin's food factory by the landlord, as well as the incident of cutting the power lines.
He looked surprised: "It's not that the landlord is going to raise the rent, so you're not renting it anymore?"
Everyone knows that He Wenlin's family bought the old, dilapidated house in Baijia Village, but they don't know that He Wenlin has also bought the fast food restaurant and the land from the landlord.
He Wenlin didn't intend to explain that clearly, saying, "That place is going to be demolished and rebuilt, so we rented this place."
"Oh, I thought the landlord was going to raise the rent again."
"Your business is so good, and you're making so much money, you could just buy the whole place."
"Exactly, so that people won't just decide not to rent or raise prices whenever they want."
He Wenlin laughed and didn't respond.
She still didn't reveal that she had already bought the place.
Now that her family has both trucks and motorcycles, they're already quite conspicuous, so she should try to keep a low profile.
He Wenlin and several employees cleaned the house, and then He's father and Lin Fei, two tall men, nailed two layers of red, white and blue plastic sheeting to the entire wall of the outermost room to prevent the fumes from damaging the walls.
The room next door is used as a warehouse, where raw materials such as packaging materials, flour, vermicelli, and rice are stored.
In addition, a freezer and two large tables will be placed here so that we can make dumplings and xiaolongbao (soup dumplings) here in the future.
Lin Fei will live in the dormitory that He's parents used to live in at the Boswell factory. They had already rented that dormitory a long time ago, and it's right next to the warehouse.
We still need to make fast food this afternoon, so a lot of things haven't been moved yet.
After the evening rush hour, He Wenlin led everyone to move all the items over.
Tonight's late-night snack will be made here. The other side will be completely vacated tonight, just waiting for demolition and reconstruction.
He Wenlin was exhausted that day.
The next morning, Ruan Jianxin's cousin, Huang Jinrong, arrived.
Huang Jinrong was the one who came to help He Wenlin build a house.
They're professionals when it comes to building houses.
He Wenlin told him how she wanted her house to be laid out.
"You built this house to rent out, right?" Huang Jinrong immediately realized. "People who live in it themselves wouldn't design a house like this."
“You’re right, I do plan to build it for rent,” He Wenlin said. “If I were to build a six-story building, how much do you think it would cost?”
"Around 350,000."
"Let's build three stories first."
I only have a little over 400,000 yuan on hand, and I need to build a factory. I can just do a simple renovation on the first floor of the shops, but I can't leave the factory unrenovated. So I don't have the money to build a six-story building here, and I can only add more later.
He Wenlin left the house construction to her father, as long as the house was built according to her requirements.
Mr. He also has to go to Hengling from time to time to check on the progress of the factory, so he has been really busy lately.
He Wenlin spent most of the morning helping out at the fast food restaurant, and she also taught Ruan Jianxin how to make the crunchy filling for the glutinous rice balls.
Doing everything yourself is too tiring.
A good boss knows how to delegate and train.
He Wenlin always felt that competitors would soon emerge in Caijiang Village because the business and food factory's egg rolls were the best there, and she devoted the most energy to it.
Unexpectedly, it was my second brother's side that first encountered a strong competitor trying to steal their business!
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