Chapter 232: Happy Cooperation

Inside the venue there are three floors, each floor's height equals that of two floors in a shopping mall.

Not only is the space spacious, but the layout is also clear at a glance.

The living room, kitchen, and bedroom—the three main areas—each occupy a floor.

After Li Jiaci finished looking at these, Wang Li suddenly pressed the elevator button, bringing him down to the underground level.

The elevator doors opened.

What came into view was a long corridor, with shops on both sides that protruded out.

Wang Li introduced: "This place used to be an underground market, packed with hundreds of shops. Later, the economy slumped and these merchants gradually moved out. My older brother took over this place, hoping to attract businesses to set up here and earn rental income!"

Upon hearing this, Li Jiaci gave a light smile and shook his head.

"Running a market here would be such a waste!"

"I say, just demolish all these shops and build a large supermarket!"

"Other areas could be turned into a snack street in the style of a lane!"

"Selling snacks makes far more money than selling goods!"

"People can go three days without changing clothes, but they can't go three days without eating!"

These ideas came from his experience in his previous life.

In another ten or twenty years of development, every large mall will have an underground level, and its business will be no worse than that above ground.

Many young people go into the mall, head straight to the underground snack street, eat until they're seventy percent full, then go up to the top-floor cinema, buy popcorn and fries, and while watching the movie they fill the remaining thirty percent of their stomachs; when the movie ends, they let out a belch and head home.

But this place is, after all, Jiaju cheng, so a cinema can't be opened here.

So Li Jiaci wanted to create an underground snack street—life can't be separated from eating, nor from daily necessities.

They could satisfy all of a customer's needs in one go; why worry about lack of foot traffic?

However, for Wang Li at present, this suggestion is still too ahead of its time.

Wang Li rubbed his forehead, doubtful: "Can this really work?"

Li Jiaci placed his hands behind his back.

He smiled confidently.

"Heh."

"If you follow me, you've struck it rich!"

"Tell my older brother Wang Zhen about these ideas; I'll wait for his reply!"

"Alright, let's go up first!"

Wang Li turned and pressed the elevator.

The two returned upstairs.

At that moment, Li Jiaci's phone suddenly rang.

The caller was Liu Jiang.

"Hey, what do you need?"

Li Jiaci answered the phone and asked lightly.

"Brother, hurry back—Gao Xin has brought seven or eight big bosses from the cargo yards over, each holding a contract, scrambling to sign with us!"

"I know, I'll be back shortly!"

Li Jiaci put away his phone.

He explained to Wang Li: "Sorry, brother, I still have things to attend to at the factory; I have to go ahead first."

"Understood, understood—my older brother is also stretched thin right now!"

Wang Li patted his shoulder and asked: "Should I give you a ride?"

Li Jiaci shook his head: "No need, you stay here to watch the place; I'll take a taxi myself."

"Then I won't give you a ride!"

"Okay!"

Afternoon.

Li Jiaci drove back to Mu Cai Chang.

As soon as he showed his face, Liu Jiang pulled him into the office.

Gao Xin and the crowd of cargo yard bosses stood up in unison; Li Jiaci spent half a day just shaking hands with them.

After a round of pleasantries.

Li Jiaci invited everyone to sit down.

Seeing their tea cups, he quickly asked Liu Jiang to refill them.

Gao Xin took his tea and said with a laugh: "Li Lao Ban, you've become a celebrity now—doing business with the new mayor, you've practically got one foot in the officialdom!"

Upon hearing this, Li Jiaci smiled and waved his hand.

"What officialdom or not—I'm just a businessman who happened to earn the favor of Mayor Chang!"

Gao Xin added: "In the industry, word has spread like wildfire—those who follow you have made fortunes; now who knows how many people are eager to jump on your bandwagon!"

Before Li Jiaci could answer.

Gao Xin set down his tea cup, hurriedly pointing at the seven or eight smirking men beside him.

"These people are the cargo yard bosses who came of their own accord to seek cooperation with you!"

"Since they don't have your contact information, they came straight to me instead!"

"But rest assured, I handle things reliably!"

"These have all been vetted; their reputation in the trade is still good, especially their prompt payments—just like me!"

"Li Lao Ban, see if you can also give them a bite to eat!"

Just as his words fell.

These people suddenly stood up in unison.

They all took out their business cards and presented them with both hands to Li Jiaci.

Their attitude was extremely humble.

Li Jiaci looked at each business card in his hand, smiling, said: "Cooperation is naturally no problem; I presume you have already heard from Boss Gao about my rules before coming. I only look for one thing in business: integrity. If someone were to act dishonestly for petty gain..."

Saying this, Li Jiaci deliberately paused.

He threw the business cards onto the table and scanned each of their faces.

He then continued: "Boss Wang's fate will be yours."

Gao Xin slapped his thigh, gave a thumbs-up, and said: "Ah, Boss Li, we truly think alike; on the way here I kept emphasizing the two words integrity to them, they know it!"

"Knowing that is enough."

Li Jiaci likes to lay out the unpleasant truths first, so that both sides have a measure in their hearts.

To avoid unnecessary trouble.

Moreover, they are all people in the furniture business, and have more or less heard of Boss Wang's affairs.

That guy, having offended Li Jiaci, was sentenced to seven years in prison.

He didn't make any money, and instead owed several hundred thousand.

What's worse, just as he entered prison, his wife ran off with her lover.

Even the children changed their surnames.

Such a living example sits right here; who would dare to knowingly break the rules?

Gao Xin rubbed his hands and gave a glance to the few people.

Soon they took out the prepared contracts.

After Li Jiaci checked them, he wrote an additional clause on each contract.

"If Party B breaches the contract without authorization, all losses of Party A shall be borne solely by Gao Xin!"

Looking at this clause.

Gao Xin's eye twitched.

"Isn't that unnecessary? Boss Li, they are all people of integrity!"

"I wouldn't even dare to introduce someone lacking integrity to you!"

"I'm just here to help make connections; how did I end up in trouble?!"

Upon hearing that.

Li Jiaci gazed at him with deep eyes, slowly curling a smile.

"How about you step out first, and I ask them how much referral fee each gave you?"

Gao Xin's heart skipped a beat, and he asked obsequiously: "You... you know about this?"

"Hehe, don't treat people like fools!"

"These people, plus Boss Dai and Boss Lin from before!"

"You look after the people you yourself introduced; if anything happens, you bear full responsibility!"

"Any problems?"

"No... no problem!"

Gao Xin felt deflated, not daring to retort.

Thereupon, Li Jiaci flung the contracts toward them.

"Happy cooperation!"