For some things, it's more convenient to go to a local bigwig like Lao Hu.
Shu Yan explained to him why she was looking for him, and Lao Hu remained silent for a while.
"I'm really sorry, I introduced you to two landlords, and both of them have caused this kind of trouble." Old Hu felt this was the Waterloo of his career. He could let it go last time, but he was determined to teach this landlord a lesson.
"What does this have to do with you? I can only say that I was unlucky to have two unreliable landlords." Shu Yan smiled. There were quite a few landlords like this; she had heard of some, but she never expected to encounter both of them.
"So you're planning to have someone say to the landlord's daughter that the shop is doing very well, why?" Old Hu felt that the GS bureau's people had returned empty-handed, and the landlord had learned her lesson, so she definitely wouldn't come looking for trouble anytime soon.
"Of course, we should make him take the shop back." Shu Yan's lips curled slightly, without explaining. "This matter is up to you."
"Okay, I guarantee I'll handle it perfectly for you." Old Hu agreed immediately without asking any questions; he was good at this kind of thing.
That day, the landlady's daughter was planning to go out. While waiting for the bus, she saw two women in their thirties waiting for the bus, one after the other. They were carrying large and small bags and looked like they had just come back from shopping. She glanced at them and saw that they had the name Yan Ni on their bags. They must have come from Shu Yan's store.
A: "How much did those three outfits cost?"
b: "It's not expensive, only a little over 200. It's really cheap now because of the promotion. It used to cost three or four hundred."
A: "Yeah, my four outfits only cost 300 yuan, that's so cheap. I'll tell my friends to come over soon, otherwise all the nice clothes will be gone."
b: "I'll talk to my colleague about it later. She was supposed to come shopping with me today, but something came up and she couldn't come. If it weren't for her store having a promotion, I really wouldn't have bothered coming alone. But her store is really popular; you have to wait in line for a long time to pay."
Just then, a woman carrying clothes came over. "You also bought clothes from Yan Ni's shop? Business is really good. The shirt I liked is sold out."
"Her clothes are nice, and they're really cheap when they're on sale," A said.
"I know this Yan Ni store you mentioned. I've bought clothes there before. Tell me, with such a good business, how much money must she make?" Yangyang asked with a smile.
A glanced at her and said, "I really hadn't thought about that. But the two of us spent over 500 yuan. There were about a dozen people ahead of me paying, and it looked like they were spending 200 or 300 yuan each. There were also quite a few people behind us. How much did you spend?" A asked C.
"I spent over three hundred," C replied without hesitation.
b: "I think they can sell at least four or five thousand a day. I don't know how much they make. The boss keeps saying they're clearing out stock at a loss. They definitely won't lose money, but they probably won't make much money."
A: "Yes, they're all 40% or 70% off now, so it's most cost-effective to buy during the off-season."
The group huddled together, whispering and discussing how to buy clothes, each showing off their own outfits to the others.
When the bus arrived, the group boarded one after another, watching them leave, and couldn't help but mutter to themselves, '200+ yuan is cheap? These people are really stupid.'
She asked a friend, and they said a 50-yuan dress only cost a dozen yuan to buy. Over 200 yuan? That Shu Yan could earn at least 100 yuan, making over 3,000 yuan a day (out of 4,000-5,000 yuan), and 80,000-90,000 yuan a month. No, she had to go home and talk to her parents.
On the way back, we ran into several more people carrying bags from the Shuyan store. They were all saying that the clothes were really cheap because of the promotion. They said they bought this for 200 yuan, that for 300 yuan, and even the worst ones bought more than 100 yuan.
"It's true, I heard it with my own ears and saw it with my own eyes. The business is really good, Mom. Think about it! Four or five thousand a day, let's say we make 4,000, and with a profit of 2,000, that's 60,000 a month. We can earn back the money in less than two months. If we let her keep this shop open for another two years, how much money will we lose?" Yangyang persuaded her mother.
"So we're just going to give her 90,000 yuan for nothing?" The landlady felt a pang of heartache at the thought of having to spend so much money.
However, it was impossible to pressure Shu Yan through official channels. Last time, their friend in the GS Bureau had verbally abused the landlord so badly that they almost cut off all contact. Only then did they realize that Shu Yan actually knew the bureau chief. With such a powerful connection, if they called the police, they would definitely be the ones who suffered.
The landlady couldn't understand how an outsider could know those people.
"We're not just giving it to her for free. Can't you do the math? Let's say it's not much now, but at least 50,000 yuan a month. That's 600,000 yuan a year, 1.2 million yuan in two years, and with these few months, it'll add up to at least 1.3 million yuan. Tell me, are we just going to watch her make money and we're only getting 800 yuan a month in rent?" Yangyang said angrily, sitting down on the sofa. "I'm not willing to accept that."
"Let me think about it some more." The landlady was naturally unwilling to give up; what could she do with only eight hundred a month's rent?
When the landlord returned, his wife told him what their daughter had said, and the landlord hesitated.
"Can we really make that much? Don't forget, they all lost money when we rented it out to others before."
"That's because they don't know how to do business. Who would want those old-fashioned and unfashionable clothes? If we take the store back, we can sell women's clothing like that Shuyan. Our daughter has a good eye and a sweet tongue. Her business might be better than hers. It can't possibly be worse than hers. Are you just going to watch her make money with our store? Tens of thousands a month, she can earn it back in two months. It's pure profit from now on."
"Then let's take the shop back," the landlord said, clenching his fist and pounding his thigh, making up his mind.
Two days later, Shu Yan received another call from the landlord. A slight smile played on her lips; the fish had taken the bait.
"What do you want from me? If you want to take the house back, then be prepared to pay the penalty for breach of contract. There's no room for discussion," Shu Yan said, feigning anger.
"Don't worry, we have the money ready. We are determined to take this house back."
Shu Yan's face darkened. "Have you no sense of morality at all?"
"What do you mean? Didn't we prepare the penalty for breach of contract? More than 90,000! This is our own house, and we're the ones who have to pay you money. We're the ones who are losing out!" The landlady snorted when she saw Shu Yan's ugly expression. "With that much money, you could open a shop anywhere else right away."
Shu Yan's expression was not good, but the landlord and his wife could understand. After all, the business was so good, and taking it back was equivalent to cutting off her source of income. So let them give her a hard time.
Ninety thousand yuan is not a small amount. They found a lawyer, signed an agreement, counted the money in person and handed it over to Shuyan, and then gave Shuyan three days to move out.
They were really ruthless, making her move out in just three days, not even giving her a chance to deal with the goods. Luckily, she already had a backup plan.
"Doing business isn't something you can learn just by looking at it; you might regret it later." Shu Yan looked at them and sneered.
"Don't worry about it, hey!" The landlady felt a pang of heartache when she saw the money in Shu Yan's hand.
Shu Yan ignored them, took her bag to the bank to deposit the money, and then went straight back to the store.
"Is the landlord not going to rent to us anymore?" Zhang Huaxiu asked.
Upon hearing this, Sister Ling and the little girl looked at Shu Yan nervously. In the past two days, the boss had asked them to take inventory of the warehouse and pack up some unused items. Could it be that the store was going to close down?
Especially Sister Ling, her face turned pale. She used to be a temporary worker in the factory, but after giving birth, she found that her job had been taken away. She had been staying at home taking care of her child. Now she had finally found a clean, easy job with a high salary, but it was gone again.
"Yes, I just signed the agreement. They gave me three days to move. Have you contacted the advertising shop yet? Have you received the banner? And what did the lion dance troupe say?" Shu Yan asked.
"It's ready, I'll take it out right away. The lion dance team has also been contacted." Zhang Huaxiu took out the banner, which read "Relocation Clearance Sale, Everything from One Price".
Seeing that the two sales clerks looked unhappy, Shu Yan said, "Don't worry, the store is still open. We'll just move to the other side of the street. Hurry up and put up the banner; we'll definitely be busy later."
Most of the customers buying clothes in the store were members. Upon hearing this, they couldn't help but ask anxiously, "Why did you move stores? Where will we buy clothes from now on?"
Shu Yan smiled and said, "We'll move across the street, right where the old Qianxue lingerie shop used to be. It's all renovated and will open in three days. There will be a big opening event, and all members will receive a beautiful gift when they come to the store. New members will also receive an additional gift. Everything will be new, and the prices will be unbelievably low. You definitely have to come!"
"Are you having another opening event? Are you going to have a lucky draw? Are you going to give away TVs again?" One of them was clearly someone who had participated in the store's opening event before.
"We're giving away freebies! This time, we're not only giving away TVs, but also refrigerators and washing machines, and lots of other gifts. You absolutely have to come!"
"Definitely, we'll definitely come then."
"In addition, all the clothes here are being cleared out now. All the clothes that were originally priced at 100 are now being sold for 40 or 50. Shirts that were originally 30 are now 10. We'll sell them to you for whatever price you want."
That's what they say, but the profit margin on clothing is actually quite high. Even selling like this, Shuyan can still make a lot of money. But customers don't know that, so they think it's too cheap right now. The main reason is that Shuyan doesn't offer discounts except during promotional events. Now that there's such a big clearance sale, customers feel like the clothes are free and start scrambling to buy them.
Shu Yan called some of the members who had left their phone numbers, and those who could come all came. Those who had bought things told their friends, and they all came too.
When the landlord learned that Shu Yan was clearing out her inventory, he didn't think much of it and assumed that she wanted to get rid of the clothes in the store.
Sister Ling and the young girl were full of energy. Moving to the other side was like not moving at all. It's good to have promotions, because they can sell more clothes and earn more commission.
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