The underground shopping street also has a food area, but when Tang Xiaoxiao inquired, she found that there weren't even any shops selling drinks in the food area.
This underground street is interconnected and covers almost half of the northern district. It has three floors and thousands of shops.
Tang Xiaoxiao acted decisively, talking with the middle-aged female manager who received them for more than an hour, and finally persuaded her to rent ten shops at once to operate milk tea shops. Except for the food area, which must be in a central location, the other shops were not picky about their location, as long as there was a certain distance between each two shops.
Tang Xiaoxiao also made a request: she wanted exclusive rights to operate the beverage business in the entire underground street, and no other stores were allowed to sell to her, not even bottled drinks.
After much deliberation, the female manager finally agreed.
Tang Xiaoxiao's ability to not be picky about positions solved a major problem for her.
There are always some obscure spots in underground shopping malls that are not popular with businesses, and even with price reductions, no one wants to rent them out.
Tang Xiaoxiao solved half of the tricky shop problem for her in one go, so giving her exclusive operating rights is nothing.
Anyway, after attracting businesses for so long, no one has come forward wanting to make drinks separately and not sell other food items.
Bubble tea shops have been declining for years, and no one has tried to open one. This seemingly wealthy young woman is clearly a novice with no experience, and she's throwing away a lot of money.
But what does that have to do with her? Their mall is rented out as a whole, not on a commission-based model with the merchants. Once the shops are rented out, whether the merchants make a profit or a loss after receiving the rent is none of their business.
The female manager was also afraid that the duck she had almost gotten would fly away again, so she immediately signed a contract with Tang Xiaoxiao, setting the lease term for ten years and paying the rent annually.
There are ten stores. Since it's a newly built shopping mall, there are certain preferential policies. The prices in the food area are slightly higher, but the other stores are very cheap. All of them together don't amount to much money per year.
After signing the contract, the female manager informed her that the mall would officially open in mid-September, and the remaining finishing touches would take less than a week, after which she could hire someone to do the renovations.
The shopping mall is only responsible for the most basic decorations such as the floor, walls, and lighting. Each store has its own style, and the merchants can decide how to design it themselves.
After Tang Xiaoxiao expressed her understanding, she shook hands with her and said goodbye before leaving.
After visiting two shopping malls, most of the day had passed. The two decided not to continue and instead found a coffee shop to rest for a while.
When Tang Xiaoxiao entered the coffee shop, she brought her laptop from the car. She pulled out her previous plan, which listed several locations that she had to secure. She had already secured two of them. D City had four particularly popular business districts, as well as two large wholesale markets that gathered wholesalers covering all items including clothing, shoes, hats, knitwear, cosmetics, food, and more. It could be said that most of the goods for most businesses in L Province were gathered here, and the daily customer flow was immeasurable.
Another promising area is the University Town in the Development Zone.
Tang Xiaoxiao didn't want to miss out on the university town either. There were more than a dozen schools, each with its own canteen, ranging from one to five or six. The number of canteens varied depending on the total number of students at each school.
When Tang Xiaoxiao was in college, the school usually managed the school's own canteens, hiring staff to provide three meals a day for teachers and students, somewhat like a communal dining system.
It's cheap, but the taste is really not good, and the variety is limited. Most students eat off-campus, and only freshmen who are unfamiliar with the environment will patronize the cafeteria.
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