Chapter 3062: Have something

Hearing that Ye Chen was also going to give 100,000 US dollars, Ma Lan and Xiao Changkun were excited beyond words.

Ma Lan couldn't help but applaud and cheer: "Oh, what a day today! Good things are one after another! I have long heard that Dubai is a shopping paradise. It must be very enjoyable to buy, buy, buy there!"

After speaking, she looked at Xiao Changkun on the side and asked him: "Does Dubai need a visa?"

Xiao Changkun thought for a while: "It seems not."

"Great!" Ma Lan was even more excited and hurriedly said: "Don't say anything else, pack your luggage today and leave tomorrow!"

As she spoke, she was about to get up and go back to the room to pack things.

Xiao Changkun hurriedly stopped her: "Don't worry, how can you say you leave? Many things haven't been determined yet. Flights, tickets, hotels, these must be booked in advance, and you must do your homework online first to see where is fun and where is good to visit, and then choose the most convenient hotel. And we have to see if there is anything fun around Dubai and plan how long we will go this time."

"Yes, yes, yes!" Ma Lan suddenly realized and praised: "Still my husband considers it comprehensively! Why don't you check it now?"

Xiao Changkun said: "We don't rush for a day or two. Although there is nothing in the association, if I want to go out to play, I must arrange the things in the association in advance, and I must say hello to President Pei. President Pei is currently active in moving up, and the position of president will be mine in the future. I must pay attention to the influence in the association and not let people feel that I don't take the association seriously."

As he spoke, Xiao Changkun added: "Besides, I have to wait for Zhang Ermao to reply to me."

Ma Lan asked curiously: "What are you looking for that Zhang Ermao for? Are you tossing antiques again?"

Xiao Changkun waved his hand: "It's not me looking for him, it's him looking for me. I can't explain the specific things to you in two or three sentences, so don't worry about it. I will urge him to be as soon as possible tomorrow. In addition, I will also do my homework on Dubai well at night, and strive to get everything done in two or three days and we will set off!"

"Okay!" Ma Lan was contrary to the past this time, and did not break the casserole and ask to the end about Xiao Changkun's one-stroke, nor did she find an opportunity to satirize and dig, but was very sensible and said: "You are the person who is about to become president, you really need to pay more attention to the influence. I have no arrangements anyway. You coordinate your time and we will set off."

Xiao Changkun laughed and said: "Okay, I will get a general plan for you to see later."

As he spoke, Xiao Changkun stood up and said impatiently: "I'll go back to the room first. This kind of thing has to be recorded while checking with a notebook."

Ma Lan subconsciously followed and said: "I'll be with you!"

Actually, Ma Lan wanted to take advantage of the fact that she had said a lot of things with Xiao Changkun today, and simply let Xiao Changkun move back to her bedroom.

After all, the two have been separated for a long time. Before, it was the cold war period, and no one ignored anyone, so separation was a matter of course. But now that they have returned to good, naturally there is no need to continue to separate.

However, Ma Lan thought carefully, she definitely couldn't take the initiative to mention such words, otherwise it would be too faceless. It is best for Xiao Changkun to move back on his own initiative.

If Xiao Changkun can't pull down his face for a while, Ma Lan feels it doesn't matter. Now she will think more about Xiao Changkun in her mind. It is normal for a big man to want face. So, it is better to wait for the opportunity of the two going out to travel together in two days. Going out to play together, living in a hotel naturally stays in one room. In this way, after returning from travel, returning to one room to sleep is more natural.

The next morning, Zhou Liangyun, who was temporarily staying in a fast hotel near the antique street, came to the antique street early in the morning.

Although he asked the peddler to help him look for a storefront yesterday afternoon, he also knew that the possibility of others really helping was not great. Everything still depends on himself.

Yesterday afternoon, he found that many shops on the antique street were written with "prosperous shop for rent or sublet". It seems that the business of the antique street is not so easy to do now. So as soon as he arrived at the antique street this morning, he came to those sublet shops to understand the situation.

When the antique street was at its peak, it was also the hottest time for the domestic cultural and play market. All those who tossed antiques and cultural play, when they think of that golden age now, still can't help but excite and slap their thighs.

In that era, a pair of cultural play walnuts started at at least a few thousand yuan, and good ones even hundreds of thousands or millions.

A Dzi bead, as small as a child's little finger, started at tens of millions, and high ones even hundreds of millions. The key is that there are really fools who buy it.

The most ridiculous thing is that a few years ago, a cultural play called Blood Lotus Flower killed into this market strongly. As soon as it appeared, it was speculated to a sky-high price. Later, people discovered that the thing was actually the seeds of landscape plants on the side of the road in the south.

Now, many merchants on the antique street entered the industry at that time. In that golden period, it was hard to find a shop on the antique street. A small storefront of less than 20 square meters, not to mention how much the rent was, just the transfer fee was as high as hundreds of thousands. Larger shops, transfer fees of over one million were also common.

However, the cultural play industry is now cold, and more than half of the shops on the antique street are not receiving transfer fees at all for external transfer. Only good shops located in the core position can collect some transfer fees.

Zhou Liangyun looked around and took a fancy to a two-story commercial shop that was being transferred. The shop was named "Zhenbao Pavilion". The location was neither good nor bad, it was considered standard, and the area was also okay. Each floor was about 50 square meters, and the downstairs was used by the current operator to sell agate, jade, and some unpopular cheap gemstones, while the second floor was the bedroom used by the operator to live in.

The other party's quotation for this shop is a transfer fee of 150,000, including the remaining three months of rent. After the lease expires, renew the lease with the landlord at a price of 200,000 a year.

An annual rent of 200,000 is not expensive, but a transfer fee of 150,000 is a bit of a lion's mouth.

So Zhou Liangyun said to the other party: "I have an impression of your shop. When I was in Jiqing Hall, this shop had been open for a long time. The contract you signed with the landlord definitely wasn't 200,000 a year, right?"

The other party replied: "I have been doing this shop for almost ten years. When I first took over, I paid the previous tenant a transfer fee of 300,000, and the rent was 250,000 a year. Later, business was not easy to do, and the rent was reduced all the way to 180,000. But the landlord regretted it now and planned to increase the rent to 200,000. I really don't want to do it anymore, so I don't want to renew it with him. The transfer fee of 300,000 back then, now I give a 50% discount, only 150,000, and it comes with three months of rent. This price is already very low."

Zhou Liangyun nodded. Although the other party's words were seamless, he didn't question the truth of this statement. The only thing that made him suspicious was the current value of this shop.

The transfer fee back then only represented the market situation back then, and the current price has nothing to do with the transfer fee back then, only related to the current market value. This is the same logic as stocks.

Judging from the current business situation of the antique street, such a small shop can't collect a cent of transfer fee at all.

The reason for this is also very simple. In the case of poor business, many shops are losing money. Many merchants, because the lease hasn't expired and the rent hasn't expired, can only hold on while trying to sublet, and at the same time have prepared to wait until the last moment to leave when no one takes over.

But once the lease expires, given the current status of loss-making operations, they definitely can't renew the lease for the next year with the landlord, so they will inevitably have to pack up and leave, and return the shop to the landlord in exchange for the deposit held by the landlord.

Now opening the mouth to ask for a transfer fee is basically holding the mentality of pitting one if you can. Once the lease reaches the last month, they will naturally give up the unrealistic fantasy of the transfer fee.

Zhou Liangyun saw that there were not many goods in his shop, so he knew that the boss must have entered the stage of clearing tail goods. He can sell a little, and get back some blood, but it is impossible to let him spend money to enter goods again.

In fact, Zhou Liangyun is not short of money. A transfer fee of more than 100,000 is completely a drop in the bucket for him.

However, he also knows very clearly that in areas where commercial shops are concentrated like the antique street, there are no secrets between each other. How is the business of each family, when did they start, what is the boss's background, and whether there is any trick in the business, almost everyone can find out.

If he takes this shop today, the contract hasn't been signed yet, and it is estimated that the entire antique street already knows. If he knows that he has become a fool, he will definitely become a talk and joke among merchants on the entire street.

Moreover, he himself intends to start from collecting antiques and helping to identify antiques as soon as he opens the shop. Once he is crowned with a label of a fool, he doesn't know how many three religions and nine streams will rush to deceive himself.

Although he has enough professional level to ensure that he tries his best not to be deceived, when everyone thinks he is a dish, he will be overwhelmed just by dealing with those people.

As for the business of identifying antiques, don't even think about it. No one will spend money to find a fool to identify things.

Therefore, if you want to gain a foothold on the antique street, the first thing is to kill a good price.

So, he said: "How about this, boss, I will give you the rent for the remaining three months at your actual rent. Isn't your current rent 180,000 a year? One month is 15,000, and three months is 45,000. You don't have to consume here anymore, and you can get back some blood with these three months of rent. But as for the transfer fee, I can't give it to you."

The other party was depressed when he heard this and said: "How can that be? I spent 300,000 transfer fee back then, real money, not a cent less. You have to let me come back a little bit, right?"

Zhou Liangyun shook his head and said: "I'm really sorry, my funds are limited. After taking over the shop, I have to get goods, and I really don't have much money on hand. If you want a transfer fee, I can only go to other families to see."

The other party still wanted to stretch, so he said: "Then there is no way, you look again."

Zhou Liangyun didn't speak and turned around and walked out. The other party didn't expect him to be so decisive, without leaving a tail, and felt a bit panicked in his heart.

He had been transferring this shop for half a year, and almost no one came to ask during this period. Occasionally, one or two came, and they turned around and left as soon as they heard the transfer fee. And some people knew he was in a hurry to transfer, and even asked for a discount on the remaining rent.

He struggled for six months until today, and the rent lost another 90,000 invisibly. But he worked hard for these six months, and the net profit was less than 20,000.

And as the goods in his store became less and less, it inevitably gave people a feeling that it was about to close down, so there was even less business recently. Occasionally, customers who came to buy things saw that he was in a hurry to clear goods, and the bargaining was not half-cut, but directly cut to one-tenth or even lower.

Continuing to consume, the next three months will be even harder.

Instead of this, it is better to get rid of it quickly, find a peer to exchange the remaining goods at a low price, and he can be considered to be relieved early.

So, he called Zhou Liangyun and said: "Brother, don't rush to leave, let's talk again. You think 150,000 transfer fee is too much, then I will let you bite again, how about 100,000?"

Zhou Liangyun turned around and said seriously: "I won't pay a cent for the transfer fee."

The man was anxious and blurted out: "You good or bad give a thousand or two thousand tea money. My shop is really good, you take it and you will definitely make money!"

Zhou Liangyun thought for a while and said: "How about this, if you can vacate the shop for me today, I will add 5,000 yuan of hard work money to you, and I will give you 50,000 including the rent for the remaining three months. There is no more. If you think it works, call the landlord to sign the contract now, and hurry up to pack things and find a truck to pull away. If you think it doesn't work, then I will leave directly."

After speaking, Zhou Liangyun added: "To tell you the truth, if I turn around again, I will definitely be able to find a shop more suitable than yours. But you are different. You sit here and wait foolishly, but you can't wait for a customer with as much sincerity as me. In this case, if you are still determined not to cut meat, then you have to be prepared to take it to the end."

Zhou Liangyun's words poked his pain point, and he scolded: "I bought that oil stock more than ten years ago, and it hasn't been untied until today. Every time it's time to cut meat, I hesitate and don't want to start. I could have kept a pair of pants, but in the end, even the pants were lost..."

After speaking, he gritted his teeth and blurted out: "Forget it, just as you said, 50,000 yuan, I will vacate it for you today!"

Zhou Liangyun nodded: "Then you contact the landlord and sign the contract together."

Before the landlord came, the news that Zhou Liangyun took this shop had already spread on the antique street.

Chen Yufei of Jiqing Hall didn't expect Zhou Liangyun's speed to be so fast, and suddenly became anxious, so he hurriedly called Zhang Ermao. Once the call was connected, he said impatiently: "Brother Ermao, Zhou Liangyun's action is really fast enough. In the morning, he set the shop! The things I asked you to find, do you have any news?"

Zhang Ermao didn't expect Zhou Liangyun's efficiency to be so high, so he said: "Don't worry about the things first, I'm asking someone to inquire. Zhou Liangyun's level is higher than yours, and it may not be under me. It's not easy to find things that can fool him."

After speaking, he asked: "Which shop did Zhou Liangyun take?"

Chen Yufei blurted out: "Took Zhenbao Pavilion, it is said that not a cent of transfer fee was paid!"

"Huo!" Zhang Ermao said in surprise: "The boss of Zhenbao Pavilion is stinky and hard, and he didn't collect a cent of transfer fee and transferred the shop to Zhou Liangyun?"

Chen Yufei said: "Not a bit false, it is said that he gave the boss of Zhenbao Pavilion 5,000 yuan of moving fee, let him pack up and roll away today. Isn't this insulting people? The boss of Zhenbao Pavilion didn't hit him, it's considered good, and he actually agreed!"

"This surnamed Zhou has something." Zhang Ermao sighed and said: "Okay, I will go to the antique street in the afternoon and meet this Zhou Liangyun first!" ===== CHAPTER 3063 =====