Chapter 81: Proper Personal Assistant

To speed up the progress of purchasing the shop, Chen Yang called Shen Anna and asked her to temporarily assign Zhao Xiaoxiao to him as a personal assistant.

Shen Anna initially didn't quite understand Chen Yang's meaning, and curiously asked over the phone, "Boss, you're not involved in anything, why do you need a personal assistant?"

Chen Yang explained, "I'm preparing to buy some shops to use as storefronts for an agricultural products supermarket. Going alone, the progress is too slow."

Shen Anna then asked, "Then why choose Zhao Xiaoxiao to go?"

Chen Yang said, "She does market research; going out to run around more will let her get familiar with the environment, making her future work smoother."

Shen Anna thought it made sense. After thinking a while, she told Chen Yang, "Boss, I think the company has just been established; renting shops is more suitable than buying. If the market turns bad, we can cut losses in time."

Chen Yang said, "Exactly, I plan to buy the shops first and then lease them to the company, letting the company go into action lightly."

Shen Anna felt a bit confused in her mind. Just after letting the company rent dormitories, now she wants to rent shops; what is Chen Yang trying to do?

"Boss, renting dormitories and also renting shops—is this approach appropriate?"

Chen Yang said, "How is it inappropriate? The company always needs to rent shops; renting from whom is still renting."

Shen Anna felt a bit embarrassed. "Boss, if you do this, the company's colleagues will have opinions."

Chen Yang said indifferently, "It's fine; if there are objections, we can just not rent. I'm still quite democratic and will absolutely not force anyone to do something that harms the company's interests."

Shen Anna thought for a moment and said, "Renting is fine, but I need to go inspect the site; if the location is bad, the company has the right to refuse."

Chen Yang assured her, "Don't worry, if the location is bad, I won't invest either."

Shen Anna then understood why Chen Yang wanted Zhao Xiaoxiao to be his personal assistant. Familiarizing with the environment was just an excuse; the real purpose was to have her handle his private affairs. No wonder he proactively discussed it with her…

Shen Anna had Chen Yang wait at the hotel entrance where Zhao Xiaoxiao was resting.

After about half an hour, Zhao Xiaoxiao finally walked out of the hotel. She wore a white low-cut strappy camisole, exposing large areas of fair skin and a deep cleavage, drawing sideways glances; her lower body was a black tight short skirt, the hem just covering the base of her thighs, swaying slightly with her steps, exuding endless charm.

After seeing Chen Yang's car, Zhao Xiaoxiao's mouth corners slightly rose, and she deliberately swayed her waist as she walked over.

Chen Yang was dazed by her outfit. Just going to look at a shop, why did she dress up like she was going to a ball?

"Boss, am I pretty?"

"Pretty!"

"Then are you trying to chase me?"

"Big sis, do you have no idea about your own age? Still wanting an old ox to eat tender grass?"

"..., wasn't it you who asked me to be a personal assistant?" Zhao Xiaoxiao embarrassedly wanted to find a crack in the ground to hide. When Shen Anna called her, she still thought Chen Yang was pursuing her; the personal assistant was just an excuse.

Chen Yang sighed and said, "I'm asking you to be a proper personal assistant."

"What's improper about me..." Zhao Xiaoxiao's face flushed red, and she turned around wanting to run back to the hotel.

Seeing Zhao Xiaoxiao about to leave, Chen Yang hurriedly called out, "Consider it my slip of the tongue; I apologize to you."

"No need, I just want to go back and change into suitable clothes." Zhao Xiaoxiao said embarrassedly.

Chen Yang didn't want to waste time, so he quickly praised her, saying, "This outfit is quite good; stand on the street and you could bewitch an entire block."

"Really? Are you sure you're not just comforting me?" Zhao Xiaoxiao's mood instantly improved.

"Definitely, certainly, and absolutely." Chen Yang again urged Zhao Xiaoxiao to get in the car; this time she didn't refuse.

Needless to say, Zhao Xiaoxiao's charm is indeed great. Just standing at the entrance of a real estate agency, she would make the young agents selling second-hand houses lose their minds.

Of course, while on the way, Chen Yang had already discussed the script with Zhao Xiaoxiao in advance. Let Zhao Xiaoxiao play the role of a wealthy lady from a rich family, secretly investing in shops behind her husband's back, to handle business for the idle younger brother (Chen Yang).

This tactic indeed showed significant effect! Zhao Xiaoxiao's unique charm made those real estate agents who were just doing routine work instantly become enthusiastic as fire.

They not only didn't mind the hard work, personally taking Chen Yang and Zhao Xiaoxiao to inspect the shops in person, but also patiently answered all the questions Zhao Xiaoxiao raised.

Moreover, it was surprising that when Zhao Xiaoxiao negotiated the shop price with the landlord, they would also help communicate and bargain, striving to get her the best possible price. This enthusiasm even made Zhao Xiaoxiao herself feel embarrassed.

After one day, Chen Yang successfully secured eight shops with good locations. Although only four of them are row houses, their appreciation potential is all substantial.

In the following days, Chen Yang and Zhao Xiaoxiao used the same method to buy forty commercial units in other districts of Xingcheng. Meanwhile, Zhao Xiaoli also successfully obtained four row-house storefronts on her side.

Chen Yang calculated that during this period he bought a total of 64 storefronts, with an average cost of 400,000 yuan each, amounting to a total expenditure of 25.6 million yuan.

Although only half of these storefronts can be used as stores for the public's agricultural products lifestyle supermarkets, Chen Yang is also very satisfied.

Initially, open eight supermarkets; after the reputation rises, then increase branches in the surrounding areas, which also reduces risk.

To reward Zhao Xiaoxiao for her hard work and busy running around these days, Chen Yang decided to give her a gift.

After confirming Chen Yang wasn't joking, Zhao Xiaoxiao cautiously and eagerly said, "I've wanted to buy a Nikon DSLR camera for a long time. But the price of new models on the market is too high; I've never been able to bring myself to purchase one..."

Chen Yang directly drove the car to the Nikon camera specialty store at Xingcheng International Shopping Center, let Zhao Xiaoxiao choose her desired camera, and then bought one himself. The total cost was twenty thousand yuan.

Chen Yang's purpose in buying a DSLR camera for himself was mainly to use it for photography in online sales. At this stage, the only smartphone capable of taking photos is the Nokia 7650, whose domestic market price is over 6000 yuan and has only 300,000 pixels. If used just for taking photos, its cost-performance ratio cannot compare to that of a DSLR camera.

After obtaining her desired camera, Zhao Xiaoxiao was extremely excited. On the way back to the dormitory, she threw herself onto Chen Yang, passionately hugging him and also giving him an enthusiastic kiss.

After Zhao Xiaoxiao got off the car, Chen Yang hurriedly wiped the lipstick off his face, and also felt a bit moved by the endless charm of money.

Since he became wealthy, the number of beauties willing to throw themselves into his embrace is countless.

At that moment, Chen Yang even felt a bit regretful for ending his single life too early. For Lin Wei's one big tree, he had given up an entire forest…

Of course, Chen Yang also knows. If it weren't for Lin Wei, the hidden arrows he would suffer would be many. For example, Zhang Jun's plot to hire assassins to injure people—if Lin Wei hadn't had someone investigate, he would definitely have been kept in the dark.