The restaurant introduced by the intermediary company is very close to Shen Yu's school, seven or eight minutes walk, and there is no need to cross the road, the store is spacious, the lighting is sufficient, there are supermarkets and residential areas around, the transportation is convenient, the customer source is extensive, and all aspects are very ideal.

Ji Hong took a fancy to this place at a glance, if it weren't for the intermediary young man named Xiaohe following, she would have urged Meng Lan to sign the contract quickly.

Meng Lan was fooled once, became very cautious, and repeatedly asked Xiaohe why the shopkeeper of such a good location wanted to transfer.

Xiaohe explained that the owner made a lot of money and opened a new star-rated hotel on Fengze Road, but the business was too busy to take care of this side, so he had to transfer it as a last resort.

"Fengze Road, the newly opened star-rated hotel ......" Ji Hong was stunned for a moment and asked, "Do you know what the name of his hotel is?" ”

"Yes, it's called Wanjing." Xiaohe said.

Ji Hong laughed "ha", "I really guessed correctly!" ”

"Who, do you know again?" Meng Lan asked.

"Don't you know, it's the one who robbed my business, and the general manager of the bastard came to negotiate with me in the morning and asked me to transfer the hotel to him." Ji Hong sneered.

"Such a coincidence, really fake?" Meng Lan was surprised, "Then what should I do, do we want this store or not?" ”

"If you want it, you have nothing to do with it." Ji Hong said, "I just happened to ask him to understand the situation, and by the way, I bargained with him." ”

"No, no, no, ma'am." Xiaohe hurriedly stopped her, "Mr. Wang just didn't want to contact the tenant privately, so he entrusted this matter to our company, you better not talk about it in person, so it is not in accordance with the rules, but also seems that we have no reputation, and we will disclose the privacy of customers at will, please understand." ”

Meng Lan said, "Xiaohe is right, we can't break the rules of others, let's not alarm that Mr. Wang." ”

Ji Hong just said that, she was angry when she thought of that hateful Mr. Wang, and naturally she was unwilling to lower her voice to negotiate the price with him, and the price he gave was already very reasonable, not only did she not rely on the advantage of the position, but gave a discount that could be paid in installments.

From this point of view, in addition to the unforgivable point of robbing her business, that guy's character is still good.

Moreover, the decline in the hotel business is completely the responsibility of her and Ji Dong, even if the Wang family does not rob it, the Zhang family will rob it, and they can't complain about others.

At that moment, Ji Hong accompanied Meng Lan to the intermediary company to sign the lease contract, completed all the procedures, and contacted Mr. Wang through Xiaohe, asking him to give a one-week payment deadline, and then bid farewell to Xiaohe and left happily.

Meng Lan was like a dream, until she got into the car, she hadn't been able to wake up from the dream, if it weren't for the signed contract in her hand, she couldn't believe that everything would go so smoothly, and the Mr. Wang, who had never met before, didn't even see a penny, so he transferred the restaurant to her.

"Oh my God, what shit luck am I doing?" Meng Lan sighed with emotion, "Is that king always sent by the gods to help me, how can there be such a kind person in the world......

"Come on, he's not a good Samaritan, you don't know how ruthless he is when he steals business with me." Ji Hong said.

"Then why did he make it easy for me?" Meng Lan asked.

"Who knows, Xu has money to burn." Ji Hong said, "Maybe people don't pay attention to this little money at all now, but they just want to find a reliable person to help him take care of the façade." ”

"Is that all?" Meng Lan was skeptical.

"Whatever, anyway, now that the contract has been signed, no one can go back." Ji Hong said, "The most important thing for you now is to raise money, in addition to rent, decoration is also a large expense, as well as tables, chairs, kitchenware, pots and pans, recruitment of employees, early publicity, there are many places to spend money, at least 300,000 in hand, in order to ensure the normal operation of everything." ”

300,000? Meng Lan recovered from his initial joy, and a new problem was in front of him.

When she was with Shen Ke before, she never worried about money, and she didn't even know how Shen Ke's money was earned, only that on the tenth day of every month, a large amount of money would come in the card, which was enough to provide her and her son with the best life.

She also knew that Shen Ke was working hard to make money, but she didn't know how difficult it was to make money, and now that this difficulty finally came to her, she understood what Shen Ke said that day, he said that he was so tired, but he couldn't stop even if he was tired, isn't it the same for him now, with a contract in hand, it is impossible to stop again.

Ji Hong saw that she was silent, her face was embarrassed, and she took the initiative to ask, "Do you want me to help you think of a way?" ”

"No, I'll do it myself!" Meng Lan came back to his senses and said, "Let me try it myself first, and if it doesn't work, I'll ask you for help." ”

Since you are in the water, you have to go through all kinds of situations yourself.

"Okay, you can make your own mouth first, and if you can't do it, you can speak." Ji Hong said.

It was almost noon, and Meng Lan went home first to cook for Shen Yu.

The number of parents delivering meals increased, and they were crowded and crowded, and it was not until the crowd dispersed that she saw Chu Jun and casually told her about the store she had set up.

Chu Jun was particularly surprised, she didn't expect Meng Lan to act so quickly, but in just a few days, she took down the store, I really don't know whether to say that she has courage or that she is stupid and bold.

Chu Jun said, "I admire you a little, men are not as decisive as you." ”

Meng Lan laughed, and made a rare joke, "There are still many things I should admire, waiting for you to discover slowly in the future." ”

"Tsk, being a boss lady is different, and she speaks so hard." Chu Jun teased her.

"Remove the word 'mother'." Meng Lan was serious, "Please call me Boss Meng in the future!" ”

"Okay, Boss Meng, I wish you a lot of money and a prosperous business." Chu Jun gave her a trick.

"Lend you good words." Meng Lan smiled, "You wait, when I make money, I'll marry you!" ”

Chu Jun pushed her, "you, let's get together, what should we do with Wei Cheng?" ”

"What's the matter with him?" Meng Lan said, thinking of Wei Cheng's kiss, his heart fluttered, and he ran away, "I won't tell you, I still have to go to the bank!" ”

Chu Jun stood in place, watching Meng Lan walk away with gusto, his heart was full of joy and envy, the same marriage was frustrated, Meng Lan was able to get out of the haze in such a short time, it can be seen how strong her heart is, when will she be able to be as fearless and fearless as Meng Lan, and move forward bravely.

But she doesn't have Meng Lan's decisiveness, she still can't let go of Li Yaohui, although she never mentions it in front of people, but deep down, she still has a trace of fantasy, always feeling that Li Yaohui has not left, and sooner or later he will return to her and her son.

My son has been unable to see his father recently, and he has asked him more than once why he has been running long distances recently, and she is almost unable to survive, and she doesn't know how long she can last.

She also wanted to call Li Yaohui to come back a few more times, but he was someone else's now, and she didn't want to embarrass him, after all, he was now living on people's noses, and his status at home was not as good as before.

She doesn't blame him, she just hopes that he can live well.

Meng Lan didn't have these grievances of Chu Jun, and now her mind was to hurry up and raise money and open the restaurant as quickly as possible.

But for her, a stupid bird, the road to reality is simply one step at a time.

In the afternoon, she went to several banks one after another, and after careful questioning, she learned that the loan was not as simple as she thought, and if she wanted to borrow 300,000 yuan, she must have a good credit history, a stable address, a reliable guarantor, and mortgageable assets.

What discouraged her the most was that she could hardly meet any of the above conditions.

The guarantor's one, she could have found Ji Hong or Wei Cheng, but she opened her own shop, and she had to trouble others for big and small things, which didn't seem to be good, and she couldn't open her mouth a little.

Coming out of the fifth bank, Meng Lan sat on the steps of the bank's door dejectedly, looking at the vehicles and pedestrians on the road, and for the first time deeply realized how difficult it is for ordinary people to do something, and at the same time felt ashamed of themselves in the past forty years.

What should I do now, do I still have to go to Ji Hong and Wei Cheng?

Ji Hong is better, as for Wei Cheng, she really doesn't want to owe favors to others anymore, the more she owes, the more she can't figure it out, the less confident she is to refuse, and it will seem that she relies on men for everything, and she can't do anything.

Just as she was hesitating, a bald man with a briefcase came next to her, bent down and whispered to her, "Beauty, do you want to know about interest-free loans?" ”

Meng Lan didn't think much about it, shook his head and said, "No need, I don't meet the conditions." ”

"We are borrowing from the private sector, and we don't need the troublesome procedures of the bank." The bald head said, "You just need to fill out a form and take a picture with your ID card in hand." ”

"It's that simple, really?" Meng Lan was a little unconvinced.

"Of course really, what are you lying to, I handle tens of millions a month, is it necessary to lie to you?" Said the bald head.

"I don't even want interest, how can there be such a cheap thing?" Meng Lan asked.

"It's not that you don't want to, it's that you don't want to do it for the first three months, and you will charge interest after three months, and it's higher than the bank, do you dare to lend?"

"Three months?" Meng Lan thought about it, and felt that the restaurant should be profitable after three months, and it should be able to afford it if it was higher, but she had already been fooled once, and she was not sure if the person in front of her could be trusted.

"Why don't you wait for me for a while, and I'll call a friend and ask." Meng Lan said.

The bald head dodged his gaze for a moment, and said, "Okay, then you can fight, I'll go buy a pack of cigarettes first." ”

Meng Lan saw that he went to the roadside newsstand with his bag in his hand, so he took out his mobile phone to call Wei Cheng, called Wei Cheng twice but didn't answer, and called Ji Hong again, but Ji Hong didn't answer, I don't know what they are busy with.

At this time, the bald head came back from buying cigarettes and asked her, "How is it, what did your friend say?" ”

"Didn't get through." Meng Lan told the truth.

The bald head laughed, he had been paying attention to Meng Lan, and naturally knew that she hadn't gotten through, "Then what should I do, do you take out a loan or not?" ”

"I ...... Otherwise, you can leave me a call, and I will ask you for a loan when I get back. Meng Lan said.

"Why do you want to turn back, I see that you are in a hurry, do it well and use it early, I won't cheat you, besides, private lending is not like a bank, you have enough money every day, in case you don't have money, you have to wait a few more days, delay time, don't you?" Said the bald head.

Meng Lan hesitated for a moment and asked him, "Where is your company, or I'll take a look first." ”

"Okay, then you can get in the car with me!" Said the bald head.