The village chief glanced at Jiang Ling, then turned to him and said, "It's not me looking for you, it's Yaojie's mother!"
Jiang Ling's name was already well-known in Lujia Village. The two men were shocked when they heard those three words and stared at Jiang Ling with wide eyes.
The female owner of the tavern, in particular, looked quite surprised.
Jiang Ling smiled faintly and said to them, "Please sit down, don't be nervous. I just wanted to chat with you today!"
They were both businessmen, and they didn't believe Jiang Ling's words. But considering Jiang Ling's reputation in Lujia Village, the two of them had no choice but to sit down, feeling extremely uncomfortable.
"Don't be nervous. I called you two here today to talk about the shop. I haven't been back to the village for the past two years because of some things. I heard from the village chief that you want to terminate the lease?" Jiang Ling said calmly.
The calmer the surface appeared, the more uneasy the two felt. After all, they had signed a three-year contract, and if they suddenly terminated the lease now, they might not be able to get their deposit back for that month. But if they didn't terminate the lease, the decreasing turnover was indeed a real headache.
Thinking of this, the skinny shopkeeper suddenly nodded and said, "That's right, I want to terminate the lease. Yaojie's mother, don't blame me for being harsh, but I rented this shop because I saw the good customer traffic and cheap rent in your village. Now money is getting harder and harder to earn. We're all business people, and you don't want to do this kind of losing business, do you?"
Jiang Ling wasn't surprised that the gaunt shopkeeper would say such a thing. "You're right, nobody's happy if business loses money! In that case, when do you want to terminate the lease?"
The skinny shopkeeper hadn't expected the lease to be terminated so quickly. He smirked and said to Jiang Ling, "I...I'd like to know if it's okay now? But if you don't return my deposit, I can only rent until the lease expires!"
Jiang Ling shook her head. "It's okay, I can refund your deposit. Village Chief, could you please find Yaojie and have him draft the contract?"
Upon hearing this, the skinny boss immediately grinned from ear to ear. After Jiang Yaojie brought the contract over, the skinny boss glanced at it briefly and then signed his name with a flourish. Afterward, the village chief took him to the village's finance department to get his deposit back.
The female shopkeeper, seeing this, became even more uneasy. She hesitated, clutching her sleeve, just about to speak.
"This must be my younger sister, what's your name?" Jiang Ling asked first.
The female shopkeeper blinked in slight surprise. "I...I...my surname is Xu, and my given name is Bai Ning!"
“Then I’ll call you Sister Bai Ning! Don’t mind!” Jiang Ling continued.
Upon hearing this, the female shopkeeper was even more confused about Jiang Ling's intentions, and her already uneasy expression became even more anxious.
"Is Bai Ning's business not doing too well?" Jiang Ling asked knowingly.
Xu Baining hesitated for a moment, then nodded, "Actually, it's not bad, just not as good as the year before last, but we still made some money!"
Looking at Xu Baining's appearance and recalling Xu Baining's warm hospitality earlier, Jiang Ling smiled slightly and said, "Sister Baining, I have a lucrative job for you, would you like to take it?"
Xu Baining was taken aback. "What? What lucrative job?"
Xu Baining was clearly taken aback when she said this, and she stared at Jiang Ling, pressing her for an answer.
“I’m planning to redevelop an entertainment area in the resort. This place will be open from afternoon to midnight, unlike during the day. One of the areas will be a beverage section. I think you are the most suitable of the three shopkeepers! Earlier, when I entered your shop, you greeted me warmly and didn’t neglect me even though I didn’t buy any alcohol. On the contrary, you continued to enthusiastically introduce the beverages to me. I’m sure you are the most suitable person to be the shopkeeper of the beverage section! What do you think, Sister Bai Ning?”
Jiang Ling blurted out everything on her mind. Xu Baining was stunned for a long time before hesitantly looking at Jiang Ling and asking, "Yaojie's mother, you...you can't lie to me!"
“How could I lie to you? If you agree, we’ll sign the contract right now. If you don’t agree, don’t worry, I’ll refund your deposit if you want to terminate the lease!” Jiang Ling said.
Xu Baining bit her lip and hesitated for a moment before saying, "Can I think about it?"
Jiang Ling smiled faintly, "Of course, it will take at least a month and a half to build this place. I'll give you a month to consider! I hope we can cooperate and make a profit!" Jiang Ling said with a smile.
After Xu Baining left, Jiang Yaojie came over with a curious look, holding the blueprint in Jiang Ling's hand and examining it repeatedly. "Mom, what's this?"
"This is something new I learned in Persia. They have a place that's open from afternoon until dawn, with singing, dancing, and alcohol sales! But their alcohol is different from ordinary alcohol; it comes in all sorts of colorful colors! And it tastes amazing!" Jiang Ling explained casually, making up a reason.
Anyway, almost everyone knows that he went to Persia, but no one except the Hanlin Academy guys and Zhao Liuqing knows exactly what he did there. So it makes sense that he would send all his new inventions to Persia.
Jiang Yaojie nodded as if he understood. Although he had done very well in business in Lujia Village in the past two years, even to the point of being very successful, he found that he was far behind his mother.
Thinking of this, Jiang Yaojie secretly vowed that he must work hard and become his mother's right-hand man as soon as possible.
"Mom, I suddenly have an idea!" Jiang Yaojie suddenly remembered the village chief coming to him about his shop a while ago.
Before, I wasn't sure what to do because my mother wasn't around, but now that she's back, I can finally get her opinion.
“There have been a lot of problems with the shops lately. After our Lu Family Village became famous, many people from other villages, counties, and even Ye City came to rent shops to do business. At first, I thought this was indeed a good opportunity to help the village generate income, but now we have discovered a lot of problems. Some of them have mistreated tourists after renting the shops, which has caused many tourists to have a lot of complaints. For example, the tavern owner who just terminated his lease is one of them!”
"He really likes to treat people differently based on their status and looks down on them, so many people have a lot of complaints about him! Mom, we can't just rent out the shop and then ignore it. That way, we might make money from renting out the shop, but the experience for tourists will be terrible!"
Jiang Ling was very surprised to hear Jiang Yaojie's words. She never expected that Jiang Yaojie would think the same way she did.
She looked at Jiang Yaojie curiously and asked, "So what do you want to do? Tell me your thoughts first!"
Hearing Jiang Ling's words, Jiang Yaojie's confidence soared. He continued, "I think we should first number these shops, then add a suggestion box at the entrance of the commercial street. If any tourist is dissatisfied with a shop, they can write down the number, and the reason can be left or left as they see fit. Then they can drop it into the suggestion box anonymously!"
“We open the app once a week, every five days, or every three days to record the complaints from tourists. At the end of the month, we criticize and educate the most dissatisfied customers. If the number of complaints is still high, we have the right to take back the shops. This way, we can increase the income of our village without ruining the tourists' experience!”
Jiang Yaojie poured out all the things he had been thinking about lately.
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