Chapter 11: Lao Chen's Wisdom
Beixinan belongs to Shijingshan District, and there are two largest villages here.
One is Beixin'an, and the other is Laogucheng Village.
As for the largest enterprise in Shijingshan District, it is naturally Shougang, one of the Fortune 500 companies.
The community that Chen Pingsheng was going to this time was actually one of the earliest welfare housing communities of Shougang.
The newly opened fruit supermarket is just to the left of the entrance to this community.
The four storefronts are connected in a row, with a total area of 380 square meters, which also includes an extra-large cold storage of its own.
The overall decoration style is similar to that of a large commercial supermarket, giving people a particularly grand feeling.
But there were no one inside who showed its embarrassment.
A large portion of the fruit in the store was gone, and the people working there were basically listless.
The atmosphere makes it clear that the store is about to close.
Chen Pingsheng specially called Zhang Tao to come and see it together. He has been wandering in the capital for four or five years and it is time to give himself an explanation.
I got the boss's number from the employee.
When he called and listened, he found that it was indeed a young boss as he had guessed.
After graduation, I didn't want to work, so my family gave me some money to start a business. I heard that opening a fruit supermarket could make money, so I carefully investigated it for a few days and decided to do it.
After three months, the employees were exhausted and he lost hundreds of thousands of dollars.
His family simply asked him to go home and work honestly in his own company.
So that you can inherit the family business in the future.
For them, the opportunity they cherish is nothing more than a toy in the hands of others.
His parents didn't expect him to make money doing this.
It's just to let him experience the hardships of starting a business, or to put it more bluntly, to understand how difficult it was for his parents to start a business back then.
Chen Pingsheng called, but the person on the other end was very impatient.
"I want the supermarket. Sure, one million."
Chen Pingsheng: “…”
This is definitely an exorbitant request, but the key point is that the person is really qualified, not because of anything else, but mainly because his family is rich.
The transfer fee for this supermarket is not so urgent.
To put it in one sentence, whether you want to transfer it or not, the worst that can happen is that I will lose a few more months.
Chen Pingsheng was speechless about this kind of person, but he still had to deal with him. He really didn't want to give up such a good opportunity.
"Well, do you think we can talk in person?"
"I'm not free these two days to meet, let's talk after the fifth day of the new year."
Bang... the phone hung up. How willful!
"How about it? How much transfer fee does he want?"
Zhang Tao also had some ideas. Chen Pingsheng replied, "He's asking for a million. I don't think he's short of money at all."
"How could he even shout out one million?"
Zhang Tao complained that this store was worth at most 700,000 or 800,000 yuan.
"Let's go, let's go back and wait until he's free."
He said he would wait, but Chen Pingsheng called again the next day.
This time he didn't mention the transfer, but just talked about cooperation. After chatting for a few minutes, we made an appointment to meet the next day.
If the price of the store cannot be reduced to around 600,000, he will not even consider it.
When I got home and told my wife Song Yanxi about it, she was disappointed.
A transfer fee of one million is definitely far beyond the affordability of their small family.
It seems we can only wait a little longer.
However, Chen Pingsheng pulled her to sit on the small sofa before saying, "Don't worry, I'm also very optimistic about that store. I'll talk to the boss tomorrow and we'll talk more..."
After a pause... Chen Pingsheng asked again: "Yanxi, what do you think is the purpose of people like them opening this kind of fruit supermarket?"
She had never thought about this question!
If they opened a business, it would undoubtedly be for the purpose of making money, but judging by the behavior of the young boss, it was obviously not for that reason.
Could it be... Song Yanxi had a guess: "You said he was trying to prove himself?"
"Yeah." Chen Pingsheng nodded. "It's probably to prove to my family that I can accomplish something without relying on my parents or these relatives and friends. Of course, I also want to show off to my friends."
This kind of thing is difficult for them to understand, even a little funny.
After all, I used my family's money and resources to start a business, but in the end it was just to prove that I could do it without relying on my family.
Isn’t this funny?
But this is a common problem for most of the rich second generation who like to start their own businesses, and they call it surpassing the previous generation.
Time will tell in the end.
As long as the rich second generation does not start a business, they are an excellent second generation.
Song Yanxi was confused again. She scratched her head and asked curiously, "Honey, the young boss might have that idea, but what does that have to do with us selling his store?"
"Of course it's related. It's a big deal."
Chen Pingsheng explained, "Think about it, his fruit supermarket is right at the entrance of the community, with so many people coming in and out every day. If he didn't use it to sell fruit, he could definitely make money by opening a large supermarket."
"We know this, and supermarket owners certainly know this, so they will be our biggest competitors."
"If he transfers his fruit shop to those supermarket owners, wouldn't that be telling everyone that his business has failed? His attempt to prove himself is nothing but a joke."
"Tsk...you really mean it!"
Song Yanxi also figured it out, after all, her husband explained it very clearly.
"Husband, what you mean is that we are going to take advantage of his thinking and snatch that fruit supermarket at a low price."
"Yeah." Chen Pingsheng nodded, "It depends on how much his face is worth."
The next day was the fourth day of the Lunar New Year.
As agreed, Chen Pingsheng brought his wife to a high-end teahouse in Shijingshan.
He is very punctual, but the second-generation boss is different.
After waiting for more than half an hour, he came over slowly wearing sunglasses. There was no sign of the dejection caused by business failure on his face.
As soon as he sat down, he said directly: "I'll give you ten minutes, hurry up and tell me, I'm in a hurry to attend the class reunion."
Chen Pingsheng didn't waste any words and got straight to the point: "Boss, we bought your store to sell fruit. If you transfer the store to us, apart from other benefits, your classmates and your family won't know that you failed in your business venture."
"What do you mean?" The young boss was a little confused.
Chen Pingsheng explained, "We'll quietly take over that store without changing the sign or the decor. We'll also publicly announce that you're still the boss and we're just your hired workers. Once that store becomes successful, I believe you'll be able to look good in front of your family and classmates."
Damn, that hit the nail on the head.
If he hadn't been forced by his family, he would rather lose tens of thousands every month than transfer the business.
Face is more important than anything else.
When he first opened the store, he boasted about it everywhere. As a well-known rich second-generation, he gave up and closed down after less than three months of starting a business.
Wouldn't that make the whole world laugh at us?
Besides, he is not the only one in his family.
"Tell me your conditions."
"Three hundred thousand."
"Three hundred thousand?"
Li Zehao frowned slightly. He knew that he was just talking nonsense when he said one million. There were many people who wanted to take over the price of 700,000 or 800,000.
This guy asked for 300,000 yuan. Is he bullying him because he doesn't know anything?
Chen Pingsheng said sincerely, "Boss, please don't misunderstand me. I just think your face is worth a thousand gold and shouldn't be lost for this small amount of money. Another major reason is that I only have 300,000 yuan and I really can't afford more."
"make a deal."
Li Zehao agreed to his request almost without hesitation, simply because he was so moved by what he said.
Who is this Li Zehao? He is quite famous among the rich second generation.
His face must be worth hundreds of millions.
Now that a loss of just a few hundred thousand can be recovered, this is definitely the most successful investment.
His thought process is really different from that of ordinary people. If Chen Pingsheng fails.
Then there will be only one principle: give it to whoever bids the highest.
There won't be any other choice.
(End of this chapter)
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