Chapter 40: Reborn 1987 Chapter 40: Jacking Up the Price on the Spot

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Protagonist:

Jiang Wenyu

"Turtle grandson——"

"Turtle grandson……"

"Turtle… huff… I fucking…!"

Li Chen was so angry he could barely catch his breath; fortunately Wang Tao wasn't here, and at this time of day there were hardly any people around, otherwise it really would have caused trouble.

Jiang Wenyu's expression wasn't too good either, and he couldn't help asking, "What's going on here?"

Li Chen took a deep breath, and only then explained the situation.

It turned out Li Chen had just gone out to buy some breakfast to eat, but when he returned after buying the food, he found the shop had been sealed shut by someone!

How long had it been?

"Damn it, it must be Wang Tao taking advantage of my absence to get someone to seal the shop! That turtle grandson, I even praised him yesterday saying he wasn't a petty person, but his grandmother's, his mind is smaller than a sesame seed!"

Li Chen cursed loudly, not afraid of being overheard by anyone.

Jiang Wenyu also immediately frowned; he had considered that Wang Tao might retaliate, but hadn't expected such a direct method.

But he was much calmer than Li Chen, took a deep breath and said, "When was this month's rent paid?"

Li Chen replied, "Just a few days ago!"

Jiang Wenyu immediately nodded and said, "Then there should still be a way; don't forget, it's not a few months ago anymore, even if he is the owner of this Mall, he can't just casually seal someone's shop, we've paid the money."

Li Chen also calmed down a bit, nodded and said, "Then what do we do now?"

Jiang Wenyu took a deep breath and said, "We can only go find Wang Tao."

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Although the past few days had been quite upsetting, Wang Tao today was still living carefree and at ease, drinking tea and listening to the radio in his Office, with a list written early by someone placed before him, seemingly filled with certain people's names.

"Knock knock knock!"

The Office door sounded, and Wang Tao said without raising his head, "Come in."

The door opened, and the person who walked in was none other than Li Chen.

He walked quickly up to Wang Tao alone, but the latter still didn't raise his head, as if he had long known Li Chen would come looking for him.

"Li Chen ah, what brings you to me so early? Huh? Why is your complexion so bad, could it be you haven't eaten yet? Should I have someone go buy you some breakfast?"

Wang Tao smiled, but Li Chen's expression changed. This guy was clearly mocking him.

Li Chen also immediately calmed down and said, "Young Master Wang, what do you mean by this? My shop was fine, why was it suddenly sealed shut?"

Wang Tao smiled faintly and said, "Li Chen, don't speak so harshly; I'm a law-abiding legitimate businessman, why would I seal your shop for no reason?"

Li Chen spoke again: "Then what's going on? This month's rent I paid long ago, and what I owed you before has all been repaid!"

Wang Tao still sat there, suddenly looking at Li Chen with a strange expression, and said, "Aiya, you still don't know? Aiya, that's right, I forgot to tell you, this matter is my fault!"

He paused, only continuing when he saw Li Chen looking puzzled: "Then let me tell you now, the rent for all shops and stalls in our Mall has been raised."

"Raised??" Li Chen immediately asked, "When was it raised?"

Wang Tao smiled and said, "Naturally… today."

Looking at Wang Tao's smug appearance, Li Chen's face also turned cold, and he said, "Young Master Wang, this isn't right, jacking up the price on the spot isn't good behavior."

"I didn't jack up the price on the spot." Wang Tao said with a very reasonable air: "Sigh, domestic prices have risen now, expenses have risen too, you don't know, this Mall's turnover this month is a full thirty percent less than last month, sigh, business is hard to do, and look at you all, whether it's you or others, your income this month has been shooting up, if the rent isn't raised then how can I keep running this Mall?"

Wang Tao's words sounded quite reasonable, only to hear him continue: "So, I raised everyone's rent a little, all this is to maintain the Mall's revenue, you should be more understanding."