Three months later, Shunda Seafood Market opened in the southern area of the former light bulb factory.
Of the 120 stalls with cold storage rooms, only more than 50 were open for business on the opening day.
Li Cheng looked at the somewhat deserted market and thought to himself, this is a bit tragic!
Looking at Yang Hong again, he was staring at the empty parking lot and the shops with a dazed expression on his face.
Li Cheng patted his shoulder and said with a smile: "Those people really don't give me face!"
After hearing this, Yang Hong's expression became even more embarrassed.
It turned out that when this seafood market was about to be completed, Yang Hong organized an investment promotion event.
The main content of the activity is to offer discounts on 60 out of the 120 shops with cold storage.
Not only are the rents for these sixty shops very low, but no management fees are charged either.
There is nothing wrong with Yang Hong's move. This will liven up the atmosphere in the seafood market as soon as possible and attract businesses to move in.
But what he didn't expect was that as soon as the event started, these sixty stores were booked in almost an hour.
Yang Hong was surprised and happy at the same time, and felt that this seafood market would definitely be a success.
But what he didn't expect was that when he told Li Cheng about this, Li Cheng heard that the sixty stores were booked in almost an hour, and he inexplicably felt something was wrong.
But Li Cheng didn't see anything wrong with the lease contracts that Yang Hong brought.
In the end, Li Cheng figured out the trick from the phone numbers left by those merchants.
The fax number left by the lessees of sixty shops was surprisingly the same.
Looking at their contact numbers, although there are both landline numbers and mobile numbers, none of them are the same.
This is a bit strange. You know, people don’t use fax machines very often. Although this item is listed in the contract, you don’t have to fill it in. It is not a required item.
But all sixty contracts had fax machine numbers filled in, and it was the same number, which made people feel a little strange.
Li Cheng called the number and heard a normal fax machine sound. Li Cheng knew that the fax machine was set to automatic mode and could receive faxes normally.
Fax machines aren't used by many people, and are generally only used by legitimate businesses or companies. Li Cheng had someone look up the fax machine's number and discovered it belonged to the seafood market in Shibaqu Alley.
This fax machine in the Shibaqu Lane Seafood Market Management Office usually provides paid services to merchants in the market.
In this way, Li Cheng and Yang Hong concluded that these sixty shops were rented by people from the Shibaqu Lane Seafood Market.
This seems to be a good thing, at least it shows that these veteran seafood merchants are optimistic about the light bulb factory, that is, Shunda Seafood Market.
But Li Cheng was not so optimistic. He always felt that this matter was not as simple as renting a shop.
Looking at the ridiculously low rents written on the contracts, Li Cheng glanced at the lease terms again and thought that it was nothing. After all, Yang Hong was very careful in doing things, and even if there were any problems, they were all within controllable range.
Although they knew something would happen, Li Cheng, Yang Hong and others did not expect that these low-rent shops would choose to close on the opening day.
A total slap in the face!
Yang Hong looked at Li Cheng and was about to say something when Li Cheng waved his hand and said, "You don't have to say anything. I know you've done their work beforehand, and they also agreed to let you open the business today and support your work."
Yang Hong nodded, looking angry.
Li Cheng saw that the guests attending the opening ceremony all had puzzled expressions on their faces, so he smiled and said to them, "Everyone, let's do this and that. Without further ado, today we have plenty of seafood------"
Those who came to attend the opening ceremony today were all investors in Zhongcheng Investment Company. When they saw Li Cheng looking relaxed, they felt a little relieved.
If the investment in this seafood market fails, they might lose everything.
Li Cheng was actually very angry. However, he felt relieved, as if the weight that had been weighing on his heart had been lifted.
Among these people, only Weng Xiaozhu knew that Li Cheng was truly relaxed at the moment. Others, including Yang Hong, thought that Li Cheng was deliberately pretending to be relaxed in order to appease people.
When they went to the restaurant for dinner, Weng Xiaozhu found an opportunity, pulled Li Cheng aside, and asked, "Did you expect this to happen?"
Li Cheng smiled and said, "Originally, I was a little embarrassed. I felt that my colleagues were my enemies and would cause trouble, but they wouldn't be so shameless. Now, since they won't give me face, I will make them lose face completely."
Weng Xiaozhu hit him and said, "You're really something. All the people here today are investors. Aren't you afraid of what they think of you?"
Li Cheng glanced over there and said, "Don't be afraid, because they will see soon that they are going to get rich."
Weng Xiaozhu smiled and thought to herself that she would have something to do again.
More than ten days later, the seafood market located in Shibaqu Lane suddenly received a notice that Shibaqu Lane was already a cultural relic protection site, and it was inappropriate to open a seafood market here, so the market had to be closed.
After receiving the notice, the merchants here were immediately shocked. They never imagined that the nearby Eighteen Bend Alley, which was so winding that even strangers would get lost, would become a cultural relic protection site.
But the notice was posted on the bulletin board in the market, and there were several big bright red seals on the notice, which made people feel awe when they saw them.
Immediately afterwards, the market management office told these merchants that they now faced two choices: either go to Shunda Seafood Market to continue doing business, or find their own way out.
Of course, these merchants will be compensated when the market is closed.
The merchants were stunned, thinking that something was amiss! Shunda Seafood Market had just opened a few days ago, and today it had become a cultural relic protection site. How coincidental!
Actually, it’s not a coincidence.
Shibaqu Lane should indeed be considered a cultural relic.
Do you know the number one scholar? It's the first place in the first class, personally chosen by the emperor.
Historically, Eighteen Bends Alley actually produced a number one scholar. Not just one, but two number one scholars.
Moreover, these two top scholars were people who advocated establishing education to develop the country in history.
Just think about it, it would be easy to apply for a cultural relic protection unit for a place like this.
Why wasn't it a cultural relic protection site before? That's because no one applied for it. Now that someone is working on it and is willing to fund its restoration, it's easily become a cultural relic protection site.
Protect the cultural heritage of our city and let the spirit of reading and serving the country in Shibaqu Alley be passed on forever------
These are the words written by Li Cheng in the proposal letter proposed by many entrepreneurs in the city to designate Shibaqu Lane as a cultural heritage site.
Cultural context lasts forever.
No one would refuse this reason.
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