Tianbao is in good health. After resting for a day, he was full of energy again. The next day, he happily went to school with his little schoolbag on his back.
"You said yesterday that the landlord contacted me. Did he say what it was about?" Shu Yan asked Zhang Huaxiu.
“No, he said he wanted to talk to you.” Zhang Huaxiu found it strange.
Should I talk to her? The rent hasn't even arrived yet, why would I need to talk to her for no reason?
Besides this storefront, the landlord also owns a house nearby. Shu Yan called him, but no one answered, so she went directly to find him. She knocked on the door for a while and was about to leave when she saw the landlord and his wife returning with groceries.
"Oh my, you two are so affectionate!" Shu Yan teased.
"Don't joke around, you're getting old." The landlady was a typical woman from the south of the city; she spoke gently, but her eyes held a shrewdness.
"The people at the shop told me that the landlord was looking for me yesterday? My son had a fever and went to the hospital yesterday, so I didn't come to the shop. What does he want?" Shu Yan asked directly.
The landlady glanced around and, seeing several neighbors looking at them curiously, laughed and said, "Let's not stand at the door, let's go inside and talk."
Shu Yan smiled outwardly, but inwardly she felt something was amiss.
Why can't you say things like that outside? Raising the rent? There's no reason to bring up raising the rent before it's even been a year. They signed a contract that said it would increase by 15% every year.
Upon entering the house, the landlady warmly welcomed Shuyan, serving her tea and cutting fruit.
"No need to be so polite, I'm quite busy, so..." Shu Yan felt that it was best to put things on the table and make them clear.
“You know I have a daughter. She didn’t study hard when she was little and didn’t get into university. Her father and I pulled a lot of strings to get her a job in a factory, but the factory went bankrupt. You know, she’s a grown woman with nothing to do at home, so we thought we’d let her open her own shop, so…” The landlady nudged the landlord with her elbow.
“Yes, we only have one daughter, we have to find a way out for her,” the landlord quickly said.
"So you want to take the shop back?" Shu Yan looked at them with a smile.
When signing the contract, Shu Yan took this into consideration. She specifically wrote in the contract that if there was a breach of contract during the period, she would have to pay three times the amount in compensation. The monthly rent is 800, 9600 for the first year, 11040 for the second year, and 12696 for the third year, totaling more than 30,000. Three times that amount would be more than 90,000.
"I have no choice. I can't just let my daughter waste her time at home. We have our own shop; there's no reason for us to rent someone else's," the landlady said with a smile.
Shu Yan's face fell. "Okay."
Ignoring Shu Yan's expression, the landlord and landlady said happily, "Really? Don't worry, we'll refund the rent for the remaining months."
"Are you kidding me? We signed a contract back then. You can breach the contract, but just compensate me according to the contract."
Now it was the landlords' turn to look grim. They had carefully studied the contract and even consulted a lawyer. The lawyer said that the contract was very professional and detailed, and if the other party wanted to sue them, they would have a hard time winning.
"This house belongs to us, it's only right that we take it back. What, are you trying to steal it?" The landlady completely lost her temper and started yelling.
“If I breach the contract, I will also have to pay compensation. Now it’s you who breached the contract, so of course you should pay compensation.” Shu Yan smiled. “Why don’t we just call the police and let them handle it? Let’s see who’s at fault. If the police can’t handle it, there’s always the court. I may be poor, but I can still afford to hire a lawyer. At worst, I’ll use the money I earn to settle scores with you. I don’t care how much it costs, I just don’t like to put up with your stinky behavior.”
"Don't be angry, we didn't mean anything by it," the landlord stepped in to smooth things over. "We just saw that our daughter was bored at home and wanted to open a shop for her. If you don't want a refund, then you don't have to. We'll look for another place later."
Seeing that Shu Yan had left, the landlady slapped the landlord, "Didn't we agree to get the house back? Why are you saying you don't want it anymore?"
"Then what should we do? Pay compensation? It's over 90,000, can you afford to pay it?" The landlord glared at his wife.
"So we're just going to let it go like this?" the landlady asked unwillingly. She knew Shu Yan's shop well; it could sell several thousand a day and earn at least thirty or forty thousand a month, sometimes even fifty or sixty thousand. She had been observing it for a long time, and her daughter said she could learn all the combinations and stuff at a glance, so she was sure she could open a successful business. "Why don't we talk to her and give her fifty thousand in compensation? You saw how good Shu Yan's business was; she made it back in two or three months."
"Easy for you to say. Fifty thousand? You're just going to give it away for nothing?" The landlord was reluctant. "I'll think of another way."
Shu Yan was furious when she returned to the shop. She was unlucky; she had encountered two shameless landlords in Nancheng who were envious of her booming business and bluntly said things like, "What do you mean by arranging your daughter's future? Is this how you arrange things? Your behavior is just too disgusting."
Actually, it doesn't matter to Shuyan whether this store exists or not; she just can't swallow this insult.
"Boss lady, what does the landlord want with you?" the young girl asked impatiently as she ran over.
"It's nothing. Xiuxiu, come with me for a moment," Shuyan called Zhang Xiuxiu to the warehouse and whispered, "The landlord is jealous of our good business and wants to take the shop back."
"Oh no! What should we do?" Zhang Huaxiu really didn't expect that the landlord would contact Shu Yan for this reason.
Shu Yan sat on the clothes, carefully thinking of a solution. No matter what, she had to have a backup plan.
She had originally rented her own storefront to the company as a directly operated store. As the company grew bigger, the storefront became too small for a directly operated store. Hu Ruixue had already rented a large storefront in the Nancheng Shopping Mall, and the renovation was almost complete. She had originally planned to open a branch on Chengnan West Road, but she simply told Hu Ruixue to take it back and turn it into a clothing store.
This was a good opportunity to take care of things here. Her company was really busy, and she couldn't manage the clothing store as well. Restocking once a week was really not worth it for her. Originally, she was reluctant to give up her first business, but now this gave her a good reason to give it up.
"You know that lingerie shop across the street, right? I'm planning to turn it into a clothing store, and we'll move there. But I have too many stalls right now, so I can't continue operating the clothing store. I have two options, see if you're interested?"
"Me?" Zhang Huaxiu panicked at first when she heard Shu Yan stop talking, but then she felt that Shu Yan's plan might be to her advantage.
“Yes, the first option is for me to transfer everything in the store to you, and the empty store across the street to you, so you can open your own store and be the boss. The second option is for us to cooperate. I will take care of the store, and all the goods will be free. It's like I'll provide the capital and you can manage it. You'll also be in charge of all future purchases, and then we'll split the profits 50/50.” Shu Yan explained the options she had considered.
Zhang Huaxiu took a deep breath. She really hadn't expected Shu Yan to offer these two options, and both of them were tempting.
"I...can I think about it?"
"Of course, you can go back and discuss it with Chen Fei. If you don't like either of the two options, I'll find someone else." Shu Yan didn't believe that anyone would turn down such a good opportunity. Not to mention, even Sister Ling would choose option two, becoming a boss without spending a penny. Where else could you find such a good deal?
After talking with Zhang Huaxiu, Shu Yan immediately called Hu Ruixue and told her about the situation. Hu Ruixue seemed even angrier than she was.
"I'll have the lingerie store staff move to the mall right away. You should have someone move the things in the warehouse to the other side. Oh, and when you leave, take everything you packed with you."
Shu Yan chuckled. "Definitely."
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