Chapter 337: Heart Sickness Is Hard to Cure

The man didn't need to think; he had already been thinking about this for a long time.

"If I sell, the factory and the production lines, all at once, this much." He gestured with a palm.

Fifty thousand!

In this day and age, it is too difficult to scrape together fifty thousand.

"But I can lower it by five thousand, provided you agree to one condition: as long as the old employees don't make mistakes, they cannot be fired!"

This was his bottom line.

Currently, the factory had no revenue, and he couldn't even pay the workers' wages.

By doing this, he was also trying to ensure those workers could have enough to eat and wear.

An Yinan tapped the tabletop silently; she was considering the capital and the feasibility.

"What if we form a joint venture?" An Yinan asked.

"A joint venture? If you put in thirty thousand, you can have 60% of the profits, but I still have the same old condition: as long as the old employees don't make mistakes, they cannot be fired."

An Yinan thought for a moment, "I need to see the factory before I can make a decision."

She couldn't just believe everything based on his word alone.

She had long since passed the age of being a naive girl!

"We can go right now." The man didn't hide his anxiety.

"And if it's you, we can negotiate further," the man added.

An Yinan shook her head and did not answer.

It was better to see the factory first; it was too early to say anything now.

The man also saw An Yinan's attitude; although he was anxious, he could only wait.

The factory was too small and had no work.

He went out to solicit jobs, begging everyone he could.

The amount of work he could bring in was getting less and less.

They had stopped talking for a full ten minutes before the old man returned with Kang Jian.

Seeing the expressions on the two men's faces, he didn't say anything.

"Big sister, shall we go look at the shops first? I know which shops sell well; there isn't a thing in this neighborhood I don't know about."

Don't look at him as just having turned twenty; he had grown up in this neighborhood, and there wasn't a thing he didn't know.

"Haha, don't think he's bragging; when it comes to news, I can't compare to him," the old man affirmed regarding his grandson.

"Then shall we go now? Are you still feeling uncomfortable? Do you need to rest for a while?" An Yinan asked.

Kang Jian waved his hand, "No, no, this time when the illness flared up, it was the easiest one yet."

In the past, he would always be stifled to the point of not being able to breathe, but this time, although it was the most severe, it was also the easiest.

"Have you been like this since you were small?" An Yinan asked.

She hadn't taken his pulse, but looking at the symptoms, she knew it was asthma.

"I've been like this since I was very small, unable to go out and play." Kang Jian smiled; to him as a child, he must have felt he was different from others.

"Hold out your hand," An Yinan said.

"What?" Kang Jian widened his eyes, looking defensive.

Although you are very beautiful, I am not that kind of casual person.

As soon as An Yinan saw his expression, she knew what his brain was thinking.

The old man also coughed lightly.

Awkward!

"I'm taking your pulse!" An Yinan said with a calm expression.

Only then did Kang Jian react, "Ah? Oh, oh!"

He turned bright red.

He then stretched out his hand and waited honestly.

After An Yinan took his pulse, she had him stretch out the other hand.

"Has it become more frequent as you've grown older?" An Yinan frowned; she hadn't expected his condition to be this serious.

"How did big sister know?" Kang Jian asked.

An Yinan shook her head, "Go get pen and paper."

Kang Jian obediently walked away.

An Yinan looked at the man, and finally said to the old man, "He wasn't born like this; did he suffer a great shock when he was young?"

The old man hadn't expected that she could tell this just from a consultation.

But he expected her next sentence even less.

"To cure it at the root, medicine is impossible; he has to let go of it in his own mind."

"Physical ailments are easy to treat, but a sickness of the heart is hard to cure."

That was all that needed to be said; she had already said what she needed to.

"Pen, paper." Kang Jian placed the items in front of An Yinan.

An Yinan wrote a prescription and handed it to the old man.

"It can alleviate it; boil three bowls of water down to one, take one dose every day, drink it morning and evening."

She had made herself clear; as for whether or not to use it, that was no longer her business.

"I understand, thank you for your trouble," the old man said.

An Yinan shook her head and did not speak.

"Let's go, take me to see the shops." An Yinan stood up.

"Now?" Kang Jian asked.

An Yinan nodded, "Now."

"Grandpa, I'm taking my benefactor out to see some shops. Don't leave the courtyard, and lock the door tight!" Giving instructions, Kang Jian was no longer just a child.

Upon hearing this, the old man simply responded, looking very obedient.

The three of them left.

Why say three? That man had been talking for a long time, wanting An Yinan to go see the factory, so he had been following along the whole time!

"This area used to be very desolate; it's only since last year that there have been so many people and shops," Kang Jian introduced to An Yinan as they walked.

"The largest Wholesale Street in Yangcheng is right here." He led An Yinan to a street.

People were coming and going on this street, and everyone was speaking loudly, as if afraid the person opposite them wouldn't hear.

Moreover, everyone was either coming and going in a hurry or picking and choosing at the stalls.

"Clothing is in this Regional Economics area," Kang Jian pointed out.

However, he still said to An Yinan, "There are two shops for sale here, and three for rent."

"One for sale is at the end of the street, the price is quite a bit cheaper."

"One is in the middle, it's twice as expensive."

"For the three for rent, if you take a liking to any, you can give me a signal; don't speak up yourself."

"People here will take advantage of newcomers!"

The current Kang Jian was different from how he was at home; he was independent, and the things he considered were truly comprehensive.

"I understand."

An Yinan nodded.

Kang Jian led them from one end of the street to the other; for every shop, An Yinan estimated the area and sketched out the specific location.

And the locations for rent and sale were consistent with what Kang Jian had said.

"Sister, what do you think?" After walking the whole way, he still didn't understand An Yinan's intentions, and he didn't want to guess, so he simply asked directly.

An Yinan thought about the Yangcheng she had wandered through in later generations, but she couldn't match the locations at all.

"These two shops are for sale? Do you know the bottom price?" An Yinan asked.

"I know; I often pick up goods and help people ship them out, so I've built good relationships with those bosses," Kang Jian said.

"This shop is six thousand."

"This one is three thousand five hundred."

It really wasn't cheap; in Beijing, one could buy a Xiao Yuan for that.

Yet here, it was just a shop of a little over twenty square meters!

Although An Yinan couldn't recall the location or match the landmarks, she knew about the future Development Economics; these shops would be a guaranteed profit.

Besides, she also needed a base here.

A base to supply Beijing.

To eliminate the risk of being cut off by third parties.

"Can the price still be negotiated down?" An Yinan asked.

Kang Jian was not surprised; he ran a business, and he would be a fool not to haggle, right?

"It can be negotiated, but there isn't much room!"

"Business here isn't good, so the shops can't sustain themselves; you can tell by the prices."

"The ones here are in a hurry to return to their hometowns, which is why they are anxious to sell their shops, but they need a large sum of money, and everyone needs to pool it together."

"I estimate we could only press it down by one or two hundred." Kang Jian was too familiar with this place, and even very familiar with the bosses of these shops.

He was also clear on everyone's bottom price.