When Shunda Seafood Market was soliciting investors, sixty shops were rented out within an hour.
Moreover, the fax numbers on these sixty lease contracts are all the same.
Later, Li Cheng discovered the problem and learned that the fax machine number belonged to the Shibaqu Lane Seafood Market Management Office.
That fax machine is usually used to provide paid services to merchants. In other words, any merchant operating in Shibaqu Lane can use this fax machine.
It seemed that there was no problem with this. The merchants in Shibaqu Lane all went to Shunda Seafood Market to rent shops, and the number of this fax machine was written on the contract.
But Li Cheng thought this was a bit strange, because fax machines were not something most people used frequently, unless the person had a large business volume and needed to use a fax machine to send a quotation sheet or something.
But the seafood businesses in Shibaqu Alley range in size, and it seems not everyone needs a fax machine to conduct business. For someone who doesn't need a fax machine, it doesn't seem necessary to include the fax number when signing a contract, right?
The more Li Cheng thought about it, the more he felt that there was something wrong. So, he took the opportunity to go to No. 9 Courtyard in Shibaqu Lane to find out about the seafood market from the neighbors.
As a result, Li Chengcai found out that the situation in this seafood market was actually very complicated.
The old people in Shibaqu Lane still remember that the first person to sell seafood in Shibaqu Lane was a man nicknamed Hu Lao Da.
This person is not a resident here, but his ancestors have a great relationship with this place. According to the old people, the ancestors of this Hu Lao Da used to sell seafood here.
This Boss Hu’s ancestors not only sold seafood here, but were also the bosses of the market, that is, the leaders.
According to local legend, the ancestors of Hu Lao Da were extremely fierce, and their fish-killing knife was so powerful that it could be feared by the entire street. The most surprising thing is that the fishmongers here also fight among themselves, but if an outside force comes, they will unite under the leadership of Hu Lao Da's ancestors to fight against the outside force.
What is even more shocking is that once outsiders are driven away, they will start fighting among themselves and will not stop until there is a result.
Later, there was a saying here called "Fish Shop Hu", which means you don't dare to mess with him, because if you do, you will get yourself into trouble.
Later, the world changed, things and people were no longer the same, and only legends and the later Boss Hu remained here.
Boss Hu inherited his ancestors' business and rented a shop facing the street very early on and started a seafood business.
After all, it was a family business, and Boss Hu had his own way with seafood. Later, as the business grew bigger and bigger, he began to expand the scale and turned this place into a seafood market.
There are now nearly a hundred stalls of all sizes on this street, but there are actually only sixty operators. And these sixty operators are all "controlled" by Boss Hu.
Boss Hu’s method of controlling them is very simple, that is the cold storage.
The cold storage used by these sixty people was all rented from Boss Hu.
After learning about this, Li Cheng felt that Boss Hu was very smart. He took advantage of the fact that all the cold storages in the market belonged to him and controlled those people tightly.
You have to know that it is impossible to do seafood business without cold storage, and the cold storages in the market all belong to Boss Hu. Anyone who wants to do business here has to listen to Boss Hu.
Therefore, the prices of seafood in this market are uniform because they are all set by Boss Hu.
The Shibaquxiang Seafood Market has a very large daily cargo volume and has become the most important seafood market in the city. The prices here are the prices of seafood in the entire city.
Not only that, it also affects the prices of seafood in surrounding counties and cities.
It's basically a monopoly.
Li Cheng admired Boss Hu very much, as he could turn the seafood business into an exclusive one.
However, Li Cheng hated Boss Hu more because he was the market tyrant.
According to the neighbors, one year, Boss Hu was unhappy for some reason and actually declared that no one would be able to eat crabs on August 15th.
There is a custom here of eating crabs on August 15th. Boss Hu actually said that no one can eat crabs. This is definitely making an enemy of everyone!
But what surprised Li Cheng was that no one in the city could eat crabs that year. Even if people did eat crabs, they paid a high price.
Therefore, Boss Hu got the nickname Crab Boss.
Now, the crab boss has extended his crab claws to Shunda Seafood Market.
The sixty shops in Shunda Seafood Market were all rented by the merchants at the instruction of Crab Boss.
The purpose of renting the land but not operating it is to prevent Shunda Seafood Market from opening, so as not to affect the business in Shibaqu Lane.
In fact, Boss Hu achieved his goal. Shunda Seafood Market had almost no business and no popularity because there were too few businesses operating there.
If a market is not popular, it will close down sooner or later.
After figuring out everything, Li Cheng felt that applying for Shibaqu Lane to be listed as a cultural relic protection unit was absolutely necessary, timely and correct.
Three birds with one stone: the cultural heritage is protected, the seafood market that pollutes the environment is banned, and Shunda Seafood Market is also going to become popular.
Now there’s only one problem: getting these merchants to leave.
Therefore, Li Cheng ordered people to cut off the electricity to the cold storage in Shibaqu Lane Seafood Market.
When Boss Hu built those cold storages, he had applied for a special line. Now, Li Cheng had this line cut off.
Without electricity, the cold storage can’t function. If the cold storage can’t function, the frozen fish and shrimp stored inside will go bad.
Moreover, the city had already issued a clear notice notifying all locations of the Shibaqu Alley seafood market that it had been shut down. Even if Boss Hu went to the relevant authorities to ask for electricity, they would not respond.
Li Cheng felt that his move was called cutting off the firewood from under the cauldron. Coupled with the people in Shibaqu Lane blocking the road, this seafood market was completely finished.
You don't go to the seafood market which is clean, tidy, has low rent and is built according to standards, but you insist on ruining the environment here, making flies and mosquitoes fly everywhere. If not you, who else should we target?
What Li Cheng has to do now is to wait until the merchants in Shibaqu Lane Seafood Market are desperate and then have a good talk with them about the rent.
In order to attract business, Yang Hong offered discounts on half of the shops. However, Boss Hu took advantage of the situation and rented all 60 shops.
Since you're so wealthy, you don't need this discount. So, let's have a good chat about the rent.
Another thing is that Boss Hu is a bully in Shibaqu Lane. All the seafood merchants here follow his lead. Li Cheng doesn't want this to happen when they go to Shunda Seafood Market.
So, Boss Hu could either go about his business and use his years of experience in seafood management to revitalize the Shunda Seafood Market. Or, he could kneel down to Li Cheng, as he would have no place there.
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