Chapter 7 Cheap Restaurants
"Thank you for your kindness, Louise. www.biquge.info Zheng Qing politely refused, "Since I have come to the United States, I must settle here for a long time." You can't live in your home for the rest of your life. It's better to buy a house and move out. ”
"Okay." Mrs. Brown also knew that what Zheng Qing said was the truth, so she no longer insisted, "However, before you find a house, you will live in our house first, right?" ”
Zheng Qing agreed and thanked him, and Mrs. Brown was overjoyed. What she is most concerned about is actually Jenny's condition, and if she keeps Zheng Qing at home, she can observe it nearby and avoid accidents.
"Louise, do you know where to sell a house?" Zheng Qing asked.
Restaurants can be rented or bought. A house that you live in for a long time, but you must buy it.
"There are several properties in town ready for sale." Mrs. Brown smiled and asked, "Zheng, what kind of house do you need?" ”
"The house doesn't have much to ask for." Zheng Qing told his demand, "It's best to have a piece of land next to the house." ”
"A piece of land, preferably next to the farm." Mrs. Brown thought for a moment, "I happen to know of a place where the field is not large, unless you buy a farm." ”
The farm is not a so-called farm area, there is also farmland in the town, and it is all a large area. Farmers who own land can only be regarded as small farmers.
"It doesn't need to be too big." Zheng Qing hurriedly said: "There is one acre, no, one-sixth of an acre is enough." ”
Mrs. Brown laughed, "I happen to know of a place where the owner of the house has moved to New York and is now selling it at the broker's office. ”
"But it's a bit far, on the edge of town. When we pass through town, I'll take you to the restaurant first. ”
The distance between Cincinnati and Chunki was not close, and Mrs. Brown drove for more than two hours before returning to the town of Chunki.
It's a small town and it looks pretty clean.
There are few high-rise buildings in the town, and three-story buildings are rare, mainly bungalows and two-story buildings.
It's not that Americans don't have money and can't afford to build high-rise buildings. Instead, they have a large area of land and don't need to build too tall buildings at all.
Even Elm Street, the main road in the town, is not very prosperous, and there are not many people. Mrs. Brown drove past the street, a street with few pedestrians from end to end.
The shops on both sides of the street were open, and most of the clerks looked listless. Only occasionally does someone turn their head to look out when they hear the sound of a car passing by.
Mrs. Brown laughed, "It's work time, so there's less people." When it's time to eat or in the evening, there are more people in the town. ”
Zheng Qing nodded, in Lao Mei's town, he felt a completely different atmosphere. The main thing is that there are too few people, unlike in China, where you go, there are people everywhere.
First go to the Social Security Bureau and apply for an SSN card, which is a social security number, which is very important, and you need to do everything in Laomei.
Zheng Qing's green card has been obtained ahead of schedule, and he is still a permanent residence green card without a time limit, thanks to Mr. Brown's help.
With a permanent resident green card, it is especially easy to apply for an SSN card.
I went in and met with the staff, filled out the form, asked a few simple questions, and submitted the application. The next thing is to wait, and if nothing else, you can get the SSN card in about a week.
Went out of the Social Security Department and went to see the house.
The car pulled up in front of a bungalow with a sign for sale in front of the house and a phone number underneath.
"This is Javier's restaurant, run by the Spaniards, a French restaurant."
Mrs. Brown beckoned Zheng Qing to get out of the car, "The restaurant is not running well, and not long ago, a guy died in the Humor Forest, so the owner closed down and was ready to sell the restaurant and return to China. ”
"How did the guy die?" Zheng Qing asked suspiciously.
"I don't know, it's said to be murder." Mrs. Brown wasn't sure.
Murder is nothing to be afraid of, Zheng Qing no longer cares, opens the door and gets out of the car.
Ryan jumped out of the car and ran to the door of the restaurant and knocked on the door.
Jenny stayed in the car as a matter of course, and she didn't mean to get out of the car at all, and she didn't care about Zheng Qing's restaurant or anything.
Little Ryan knocked on the door, and soon a short and fat man in his fifties with a mustache walked out, looking like a typical Westerner, this is the owner, Mr. Javier.
"Hello, Mrs. Brown."
"Hello, Mr. Javier, this is Zheng." Mrs. Brown introduced.
"Hello, Zheng." The owner of the Spaniard was very welcoming.
"Hello, Mr. Javier." Zheng Qing was very polite.
"Mr. Javier, has your restaurant been sold?" Mrs. Brown asked politely.
"There are a few customers who have seen it, but they have not yet made up their minds. How? Mrs. Brown, are you also interested in restaurants? "Mr. Javier speaks very tactfully. The so-called several customers have seen it, which is obviously just a commercial means.
"It's Zheng, he wants to see your restaurant." Mrs. Brown said, "If the right thing is right, he's going to rent it, or buy it." ”
The Spanish boss was in good spirits and was busy boasting about his restaurant, "Dear Zheng, my restaurant is very large, well decorated, and very new, in the most prosperous part of the town." ”
"People in the town love to come here to eat. So, if you open a restaurant here, business is going to be very good. ”
"Buying this restaurant must be a great value for money for you."
Zheng Qing just nodded and did not express his opinion.
The Spanish owner took them to see the restaurant.
The restaurant is the same as the bungalow. There are very few private rooms in ordinary French restaurants, so this restaurant has a super large dining hall.
In addition to the hall, there are offices, storage rooms, as well as kitchens.
The restaurant is nicely decorated, very classic western style. The usable area of the entire restaurant is at least more than 200 square meters, close to 300 square meters, which is very huge.
"Zheng, are you still satisfied with this restaurant?" The Spanish owner asked.
Zheng Qing felt that this restaurant was a bit big, he didn't really want to open a particularly big restaurant, and the restaurant was big, and the management fee to be charged was too much.
After all, when he came to the United States, the main thing was to cultivate his various plants, and his main energy must be spent on cultivating plants, planting trees, or raising poultry.
Opening a restaurant was a compromise that he had to make in order to immigrate to the United States, and he would rather have his own restaurant if possible.
As for the hired clerks, according to the minimum requirements, it is enough to hire one.
He doesn't really care how much money he makes, as long as it's enough.
So he asked, "Mr. Javier, how much does this restaurant of yours cost?" What if it's rented? ”
The Spanish boss said with a smile: "If it is rented, the annual rent is 20,000 yuan, and the management fee is paid by yourself." ”
"If you buy it, it should be cheaper, pay it off at once, 130,000."
130,000, 200 square meters, nearly 300 square meters of usable area, finely decorated restaurant.
Lao Mei rents a house very expensive, and buying a house is relatively cheap.
Zheng Qing silently calculated in his heart, and was shocked to find that the final price of such a well-decorated restaurant was only more than 400 yuan per square meter.
Such a price, even on the central street of the poorest town in the country, even after conversion, is definitely good and cheap.
Zheng Qing nodded, he couldn't be sure for a while whether he wanted to buy it, the money on his body didn't add up to five thousand dollars, and if he wanted to buy a restaurant, he had to take out a loan.
If you take out a loan in the United States, you need to go through a lot of procedures and go through a very strict review.
For people like Zheng Qing who have just arrived in the United States and do not have any collateral, it is really not easy to get a loan.
However, Zheng Qing was absolutely sure that he would apply for a loan.
The restaurant is a bit big. But when he first arrived in the United States, such a low price of a house was really exciting for a person like Zheng Qing who came out of China.
Then he saw Mrs. Brown winking at him.
Mr. Havel asked, "Zheng, are you planning to lease it?" Or buy, I recommend that you do it better. ”
"You know, Mr. Javier, I've just arrived in America and haven't settled down yet. When it comes to buying a restaurant, I'll wait until I think about it. ”
Zheng Qing saw Mrs. Brown's face and decided to think about it first, at least to ask Mrs. Brown what she meant, so he didn't make a promise.
"Okay." Without an immediate reply from Zheng Qing, the Spanish boss was a little disappointed, "Zheng, I want to remind you that several customers have already seen this restaurant and are interested in buying." ”
"If you say yes late, this restaurant may have already been sold to someone else."
Zheng Qingcai would not fall for this kind of commercial sales, and said with a smile: "If it is bought by others, then you can only blame my bad luck, isn't it?" Mr. Javier. ”
Mr. Javier's face was a little unnatural, but he still smiled and sent Zheng Qing and Mrs. Brown out.
"The greedy Spaniard, his restaurant, can't exceed 120,000 at most." As soon as she got back into the car, Mrs. Brown couldn't help but ask.
"So ......" Zheng Qing was embarrassed to say the word 'cheap' after all, worried about leaking state secrets.
Mrs. Brown guessed that Zheng Qing was followed by the word 'cheap', and nodded, "Although the location here is good, there are not many people who come here to eat." ”
"If it's running well, why would this Spaniard sell the restaurant?"
Mrs. Brown's words were very reasonable and serious, "Zheng, if you really want to buy this restaurant, at most and at most, you can only give him 120,000, and if you exceed 120,000, you won't buy it." Talking about the price, 110,000 can buy the best, 115,000 is also good. ”
The low price made Zheng Qing feel very outrageous, but he could only nod to Mrs. Brown and agree, "Okay, Louise." If I think about buying this restaurant, I will bargain with him. ”
"When you decide to buy, I'll help you bargain." Mrs. Brown said.
"Thank you, Louise."
"You're so polite, Zheng." Mrs. Brown laughed.
Originally, Zheng Qing should have asked if there were any smaller places nearby that were suitable for rent or sale.
But the unusually low price of that restaurant just now, at least in his heart, made Zheng Qing unspeakably moved, and he really wanted to buy that restaurant.
In the end, Mrs. Brown was not asked if there was any other place to rent or sell.
In addition, he has only just arrived in the United States, and even if he wants to open a restaurant, he will at least have to wait until he settles down, so there is no need to rush.
The car pulled up in front of a small two-story bungalow on the edge of town.
There is also a sign for sale in front of the house, and there is also a phone number underneath.
Mrs. Brown was on the phone directly from the car, and a car came over a dozen minutes after hanging up.
"Hey! Mrs. Brown! "A well-dressed man in his thirties appeared outside the car.