After resolving her cousin's matter, He Wenlin sat with her mother and grandmother in the makeshift warehouse/office.
He Wenlin asked, "Mom, did you find a suitable house around here that I asked you to look for?"
“There are three rooms for rent next door. The rooms are okay, with cement floors and each room is over 20 square meters. But the landlord knows we want to rent them and is asking for 500 yuan a month,” said Aunt He. “He’s treating us like suckers.”
The house next door is a semi-red brick tile house. Five hundred a month in such a remote place is really a bit expensive.
Normally, the maximum monthly salary would be around 200 yuan, but now it's 500 yuan, which is double the amount.
“We can negotiate the price with him. We can rent it for 300 yuan. We are using it for business, so it will definitely cost more. They can make a profit from the water and electricity bills. We can rent it for six months at most. Renting it to us for six months will earn us more than he would earn renting it to someone else for a year.”
“I think our business is doing quite well right now, so there’s no need to add any new products. We can wait until our factory is built before making any decisions.”
He's mother didn't quite approve of He Wenlin renting a house to increase new products at this time.
“Mom, the New Year is just around the corner, so of course we should make some money during the New Year. We have partnerships with Lotus Supermarket and Wankelai now, so we should make use of these resources,” He Wenlin said. “If we can’t get a deal with the neighbor next door for 300 yuan a month, we can find another one. There’s always someone in the village who’s willing to do it.”
"Okay, I'll try again."
"Once the house is rented, we'll start hiring immediately. My plan is to start stocking the supermarket in December."
Without hesitation, Aunt He immediately went to find the owner of the house next door.
He Wenlin asked Yang Gangyong to take her back to Store No. 2.
It was almost 11 o'clock when we arrived at the second store.
"How are the orders today?" He Wenlin asked.
The second brother grinned from ear to ear: "Excellent!"
"Really? It broke 300 by noon today?" He Wenlin asked in surprise.
Peng Liang said with a smile, "Zhou Yuxin and the other two must have developed a few more downlines to help them get orders, so they received a total of 126 orders today, totaling 303.2 yuan!"
He Wenlin originally thought that business would be better in the first two days because it was their first time getting orders, and their classmates and other friends would support them, but it would start to decline later.
To my surprise, business not only didn't decline, but it actually got better!
These three girls are pretty good!
They also know how to recruit downlines.
Most of the orders from liberal arts colleges are for less spicy or milder dishes.
This confirms He Wenlin's guess that changing the menu was necessary.
"We also need to keep a close eye on Hongrui and keep track of the time. They've used up their vouchers pretty quickly, so we'll immediately start promoting ours," He Wenlin said to Peng Liang. "I don't believe Huangji can keep selling at a 66% discount forever!"
With Huang Ji offering a 66% discount this time, He Wenlin almost lost all of Hong Rui's business.
Ring ring~
The phone rang.
He Shan wiped her hands, walked over, and picked up the phone: "Hello, this is Xiangmeizi Fast Food Restaurant. How can I help you?"
"I'm looking for Linlin, is Linlin there?"
"Yes, please wait a moment." He Shan handed the phone to He Wenlin, "Linlin, it's for you."
He Wenlin picked up the phone: "Hello, this is He Wenlin."
"Linlin, it's me."
"Sister Ping, is something the matter?"
The caller was Zhou Liping.
“We’ve come to find you. Don’t leave the shop. Jingjing and I are in Caijiang Village right now.”
"Alright, come over here."
When Zhou Liping and Xu Jing arrived, it was already 12:15, and the food delivery had already been sent out.
"Have you eaten yet? If not, you can eat here." He Wenlin said, setting out a set of chopsticks and a bowl for the two of them. "There's nothing fancy, so please don't mind."
"It's been so long since I've had your cooking, I'm so full!" Zhou Liping said, then took a deep sniff. "It smells so good!"
He Wenlin asked, "Why are you looking for me?"
Zhou Liping paused for a moment, then said, "Linlin, I'm transferring ownership of this shop. Are you interested?"
"Have the three of you discussed it thoroughly?"
"You don't seem surprised at all."
He Wenlin smiled but remained silent.
Even the usually carefree Xu Jing finally realized what was happening, staring wide-eyed at He Wenlin: "Did you already guess that we would break up?"
He Wenlin said calmly, "Partnerships are difficult to run. Throughout history, few have lasted long enough to last. I'm quite surprised that you lasted less than two months."
“We never expected Zhang Xiaojuan to be this kind of person. No matter what we say to her, she won’t listen. We offered her a bigger share of the money each month to watch the shop during the noon and afternoon peak hours, but she refused. We also took turns going out to set up stalls and taking turns watching the shop, but she refused. She just wanted to stay in the shop and easily get a share of the money we made from selling egg rolls.”
Zhou Liping complained, "She also feels that she contributed the skills and worked hard, and that she received less money. But when she was learning the skills, considering that she couldn't work, the tuition fees were paid by both of us. She didn't pay any, and she still feels like she lost out."
Xu Jing and Zhou Liping felt a surge of anger whenever Zhang Xiaojuan was mentioned.
Zhou Liping and Xu Jing were filled with regret; they wished they hadn't partnered with her.
Three people partnered to open a shop, but when the profits were divided, none of them made much money, and they even had internal conflicts.
"Have you all agreed on the transfer yet? Or is this just your idea?" He Wenlin asked.
"The three of us have discussed it and decided that instead of transferring it to someone else, we'd rather transfer it to you. Actually, the shop is doing quite well, with a daily turnover of around four hundred," Zhou Liping said. "If we split that amount among the three of us, each person won't get much, which is one of the reasons we're transferring it. Linlin, are you interested?"
"Since business is doing well, don't you three plan for one of you to take over and the other two to withdraw your investment?"
Zhou Liping: "We thought about it. When we talked about splitting up the partnership, we meant to refund her 4,000 yuan. Jingjing and I were partners in this store, but she didn't agree. She wanted us to refund 6,000 yuan, saying that she had already spent 6,000 yuan when she joined the partnership."
Later I said she offered us 4,000 each, and we were willing to transfer the shop to her, but she refused, saying she had no money. Since we couldn't reach an agreement, we decided to just transfer it out and be done with it.
"Linlin, do you want to take over?" Xu Jing said. "The transfer fee is 12,000 yuan, which includes six months' rent, a 2,000 yuan deposit, and everything in the shop."
Zhou Liping: "This price is not expensive."
"If you're sure you want to transfer, I'll go over and take a look tonight."
He Wenlin knew in her heart that the price was indeed good, at least the three of them didn't make any money from it.
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