Chapter 408: United Against Outsiders

In the chat group.

The three women were already familiar with each other, and none of them were narrow-minded people; plus, with the connection of Shen Yan, they quickly hit it off.

This was precisely the reason Wu Yue'er created the QQ group.

Wu Yue'er: "From now on, we must stand united to prevent a certain playboy from messing around outside."

Chen Shanni: "Agreed!"

Hao Anqi: "Agreed!"

Shen Yan: "Ahem! I have my bottom line, okay? Even if others were more beautiful than Xi Shi or surpassed Diaochan, I wouldn't even spare them a glance (awkward)."

Hao Anqi: "I believe that!"

Chen Shanni: "A man's words are a liar's tricks!"

Fine! Shen Yan simply stopped arguing; in the hearts of the three women, he no longer had any credibility.

Opportunity knocks but once.

After class, Wu Yue'er hurried to Gourmet Street without stopping to contact the owner of that shop.

That shop was located in the area between Communication University of China and Hangzhou University; it was originally a fruit shop, and the owner was a young couple from Anhui whose family had run into some trouble.

Since the lease on the storefront still had three months left, they were thinking of subletting it.

The shop area was about forty square meters, the rent was five thousand a month, and there were no messy renovations inside; with a little decoration, it would be more than enough to open a medium-sized milk tea shop.

No matter how Wu Yue'er looked at it, she was satisfied, so she dialed the owner's number.

Upon hearing that someone wanted to buy the shop, although the owner sounded reluctant on the phone, they were secretly overjoyed.

This was only because, some time ago, the state had introduced a series of real estate control measures, shifting policy from previous support to suppression in order to curb housing prices.

Friends and family around were all talking down the real estate market, saying that housing prices had risen for so many years, the bubble was too big, and it was about to burst.

It would be a lie to say the owner wasn't panicked; although Gourmet Street hadn't been affected yet, there was no guarantee when the fire might spread here.

Hearing that Wu Yue'er had an intention to buy the shop, the owner first pretended to be indifferent and asked what price she could offer, noting that the current price for surrounding shops was about 22,000 per square meter.

This was a cut above newly opened real estate projects.

One must know that the unit in Danqingyuan Residential Complex that Shen Yan bought half a year ago was only 11,000 per square meter, and now it had risen to 18,000.

As clever as Wu Yue'er was, how could she be foolish enough to reveal her bottom price?

After the owner arrived at the scene, she let the owner name the price; if the price was right, she would buy it, and if not, she would look elsewhere.

"Beauty, this shop is in the best location on the whole street, with thriving foot traffic; the rent alone is 5,000 a month. If you want to buy it, I'll give you a cheaper price of 23,000 per square meter."

"Boss, are you trying to fleece me? Others are selling for 22,000, and you're selling for 23,000. Who doesn't know now that housing prices are going to drop? If I weren't buying it to run a business and wanted to save on rent, who would be foolish enough to buy a shop now?"

Having their little scheme exposed to their face, the owner didn't feel the slightest bit embarrassed: "You can't say it like that. The location on Gourmet Street can't be compared to other places. As long as the two universities don't move, this place will never lack foot traffic."

"You only pick the good things to say. Excluding winter and summer breaks, this street only has 9 months of business time a year..."

Both sides spent a good while haggling.

One was eager to sell, and the other was intentionally driving the price down.

Don't look at Wu Yue'er as young; she had still been out in society for a few months, and her negotiation tactics were not at all at a disadvantage.

In the end, both sides cut the Gordian knot and settled at a price of 21,000 per square meter, with the transfer fees borne by the buyer.

40 square meters, which meant 840,000.

Various taxes and fees added up to about thirty thousand.

The trade-off was that the shop purchase came with the parking space at the entrance.

On the other side.

After completing the design for the lingerie styles, Shen Yan took Hao Anqi to Yuhang District, near Yancheng Clothing Factory. Shen Yan was quite familiar with this area, as several lingerie factories were operating very successfully.

The quality was trustworthy.

For their first collaboration, Shen Yan placed a trial order of one thousand pieces.

Once the operation expanded later, he would add orders depending on the situation.

Leaving the factory, Shen Yan tossed the BMW car keys to Hao Anqi and signaled: "Didn't you get your driver's license? You drive this car from now on; it'll be more convenient for picking up goods and such."

"Ah!"

As if she had received a hot potato, Hao Anqi handed the keys back.

"I don't dare to; what if I crash your car?"

Shen Yan said in a joking tone: "If you crash it, you can pay me back with your body; how simple is that."

Hao Anqi gave him a charming, coquettish glare, but her heart was still somewhat hesitant.

Suddenly being asked to drive, she really didn't dare to. Shen Yan pressed his advantage: "You said before that you would listen to me from now on; have you forgotten that completely?"

Hearing this, Hao Anqi finally didn't refuse again; anyway, Shen Yan wasn't short of that little bit of money.

Since she had made up her mind to follow him, being full of worries would only make her seem too pretentious.

On the way back, Hao Anqi sat in the driver's seat, carefully driving on the road, while Shen Yan guided her from the side and imparted experience, so there were no mishaps.

Clearly, Hao Anqi was not in the "road menace" category.

The next few days.

After receiving the finished lingerie from the factory, Hao Anqi began to get busy with the operations for the new products; of course, the previous lingerie model still had market share.

It could be operated simultaneously, using a two-pronged approach.

Wu Yue'er set about renovating the storefront, hiring a professional to plan the preparations before opening, and purchasing various milk tea and coffee machine equipment.

Then there was the issue of raw material supply.

With the Qingming holiday approaching, that evening, Shen Yan and Chen Shanni came to the milk tea shop to check on the renovation progress.

At this stage, the store's electrical system had been renovated, and painting work was underway.

Once the painting was finished, the equipment was set up, and the relevant certificates were in place, they could open for business.

"Two centimeters to the left, it's still a bit crooked."

"A little bit higher."

Just as Shen Yan was directing the worker to install the sign, a familiar voice suddenly came from behind him.

"Old Shen!"

Turning his head, he saw a black electric scooter parked by the side of the road, with Tang Song and Yuan Mingqing sitting on it.

Additionally, there were two bicycles following behind the electric scooter, ridden by Yu Youwei and Luo Qiqi.

Luo Qiqi looked at the shop behind them, then looked at Shen Yan and Wu Yue'er standing there, her face filled with intense curiosity: "You two are..."

Wu Yue'er smiled gracefully and said quite candidly: "I didn't expect you all to find out so quickly; I'm planning to open a milk tea shop here, and I'm busy with the renovations right now."

???

As soon as these words were spoken, the four of them, Tang Song and the others, were all stunned on the spot.

Opening a shop would cost at least a hundred thousand or so; could Wu Yue'er have that much money?

Looking again at the wealthy and imposing Shen Yan beside her, the four of them had a rough guess in their hearts.

Their expressions couldn't help but become complicated.

A good friend opening a milk tea shop in their freshman year was such a novel thing; the group parked their vehicles and came over to ask about the specific details.