Chapter 19 Renting
After that, we began to discuss the opening of the store.
Bai Yan didn't understand antiques, but she still knew a little about doing business, after all, she had also set up a stall in the night market for several years. I have some experience.
The meal lasted for almost two hours, but the two of them seemed to be a little unsatisfied, as if they had met a lot of friends.
Seeing that the time was not early, Bai Yan still had to go to the hospital to take care of her mother, so the two broke up at the intersection, and made an appointment to go to the antique city together the next day to see if there was a suitable store for rent.
After breaking up with Bai Yan, Lu Feiming had nothing to do, so he simply went to Shi Shuqing again, and told Shi Shuqing about his plan to cooperate with Bai Yan to open an antique shop.
Listening to Lu Feiming's words, Shi Shuqing showed a smile, and then told Lu Feiming about some details to pay attention to, and if you encounter something you don't understand, you can ask yourself for advice at any time.
However, Shi Shuqing didn't plan to meddle in specific matters, he wanted to see what Lu Feiming could do in the end.
Early the next morning, Lu Feiming got up and went to the hospital first, bought some fruit on the way, and after visiting Bai Yan's mother, the two left the hospital together.
Now that she has plenty of money and has things to do, Bai Yan hired a nurse at the hospital to take care of her mother. Only then did I have time to go out with Lu Feiming.
The two of them took a taxi to the Laomiao Antique City, which is one of the three major antique cities in Zhouhai City, and it is also the oldest and most popular.
Even if it's not a day off, it's bustling with antique lovers wandering around in search of their favorite items, as well as tourists from out of town.
After walking around, both of them thought it was good, but they found the market management department of the antique city and asked, and it turned out that there was no free façade room for rent here.
With a little loss, the two people left the old temple antique city, and then went to another antique street on Qingshi Road. It was later developed, using the old buildings on both sides of the road as façade houses.
There is a general management office, but unfortunately it is not responsible for the rental business of the façade house here. Because most of the properties here are private, if you want to rent a house, you have to negotiate with the landlord.
The management office is only responsible for some daily cleaning and security, and some stalls will be set up on holidays, which are the responsibility of the management office.
After leaving the management office, Lu Feiming and Bai Yan could only stroll all the way down the alley of Qingshi Road to see if there were any free storefronts for rent.
After walking a short distance, I saw a storefront room with a closed door and a notice for rent posted on the door. In the spirit of coming, at least ask the price first. Lu Feiming dialed the phone.
The phone was answered by a middle-aged man, and the two sides had a brief conversation, and after a while, the landlord came to the scene. Open the door and ask Lu Feiming and Bai Yan to take a visit.
The house is quite a bit of an area and is a small cross-courtyard type. As soon as you enter the door is a small courtyard, which is very elegantly furnished, and further inside are three houses. In the middle of the shop, the next one is a tea room. The other room can also accommodate people.
The interior is also very nice. It can be seen that the previous owner still put in a lot of work, and I don't know why he didn't continue to do it.
After Lu Feiming asked about the price, he was suddenly a little stunned. The annual rent is 1.2 million yuan, which is equivalent to 100,000 yuan per month.
This is somewhat beyond Lu Feiming's budget. In his heart, the rent of two or three hundred thousand yuan a year can still be afforded. But more than a million a year is too high.
After all, it is not clear how the business will be in the future, and if you pay more than one million rents first, the funds for future purchases will be compressed a lot.
Thanks to the landlord, Lu Feiming and Bai Yan went out sullenly and continued along the street.
At this moment, Lu Feiming heard a familiar voice.
"Yo, isn't this Xiao Lu? Why don't you go to work today and run to the road? ”
Lu Feiming looked back and saw that it was none other than his landlord Liu Qian.
Liu Qian was wearing a short-sleeved white shirt, a well-cut hip skirt and black stockings, and a pair of sky-high heels.
"Sister Liu, what a coincidence." Lu Feiming said hello to the other party with some embarrassment.
Liu Qian glanced at Lu Feiming, then at Bai Yan who was standing beside him, and asked with a smile:
"Yo, Xiao Lu, this is your girlfriend, I haven't seen it before!"
"No, it's just a friend of mine." Lu Feiming hurriedly explained, and Bai Yan blushed slightly in shame at the moment.
"Oh!" Liu Qian looked Bai Yan up and down.
Bai Yan's face is a little old, her skin is a little dull, in fact, she is not very old, mainly because of family reasons in the past few years, and she is not very dressed, in fact, Bai Yan is still very beautiful if she takes a little stroke.
"I said Xiao Lu, why are you not going to work and running here?" Liu Qian didn't pay attention to Bai Yan anymore, but continued to ask about Lu Feiming.
"Oh, I've quit my job and I'm going to open an antique shop here. Today I came to find a façade room. Lu Feiming replied truthfully.
"Hey, Xiao Lu, sister, I didn't see it, I haven't seen you for a few days, you kid has grown up, and you actually want to open an antique shop, do you know how much money you need to invest to open an antique?
Also, the rent here is not cheap, the smaller ones are hundreds of thousands a year, the slightly larger ones cost one or two million a year, and the most expensive store at the intersection has an annual rent of five million. Liu Qian said while repeatedly looking at Lu Feiming.
Based on her understanding of Lu Feiming, this young man is very honest and not the kind of person who likes to brag. But Lu Feiming's performance today really surprised her.
"So expensive? Isn't there a slightly cheaper one? Lu Feiming asked with a frown.
"Cheap? How cheap do you want to be? Do you want my sister to introduce you to one, I am familiar with it here. ”
"Oh, really? Then it's troublesome for Sister Liu. ”
Lu Feiming and Bai Yan followed Liu Qian to a façade behind the alley, Liu Qian took out the key and opened the courtyard door, Lu Feiming was somewhat surprised.
"Come in and have a look. It's been two months since the previous tenant moved out, and no one has cleaned it. Liu Qian flashed around and let Lu Feiming and the others in.
Lu Feiming was a little dumbfounded, this was the same as the façade room he saw before, it was also an independent courtyard. And it's a lot bigger than the previous one.
"What's that, Sister Liu. Are you familiar with the landlords here? How do you have the key? ”
Liu Qian was as white as Lu Feiming, and giggled: "Little fool, this façade room belongs to you Sister Liu and me, of course I have the key!" How do you see? If I think it's appropriate, I can consider renting it to you cheaper. ”
This Lu Feiming was even more surprised.
He never thought that Liu Qian would still have property here.