Chapter 102: Chapter 102 Wholesale Market_1
“What if she doesn’t show up?” Mr. Mi voiced his concerns.
“I’m beginning to suspect your granddaughter is fooling all of us.”
“Can’t you say something decent?” Mr. Mi flared up, his mustache bristling and eyes wide. “My granddaughter is such a sweet and lovable girl. How could you say such a thing about her?”
“Hehehe…” Dai Jinhai sneered, “I can’t see these virtues in your granddaughter. She just seems to become more stubborn and narrow-minded as she grows older.”
If it was someone else, they might not nitpick at a younger person’s faults, but Dai Jinhai was just like that, uncompromising in his principles.
Back in the day, Dai Jinhai, Mr. Mi and Yu Jingyi were from the same artistry school. The ‘brothers’ had spent years at odds. The only reason Dai Jinhai allied with Mr. Mi was because he found Yu Jingyi, the eldest ‘brother’, overly hypocritical.
He simply can’t stand him!
The pair quarreled for a while, not at all seeming like traditional artists, eminent painters or university professors. They were more like retired officials going back and forth in a park without anything better to do.
By lunchtime, they tidied up their things and headed back. They agreed to come back in the afternoon and continue their search for the painter.
According to Mr. Mi’s granddaughter, the painter wasn’t doing well financially. They presumed he would surely return.
In the afternoon, Nan Fei followed Chen Cuihua to the factory area, which was now an economic development zone filled with various factories. There was also a large wholesale market under construction nearby.
“Look at that place. It’s almost finished, yet not a single stall has been sold.” As Chen Cuihua got off the car, she pointed at a construction site in the distance, delighting in their misfortune: “Hahaha… All their bosses are going to lose their shirts on this!”
From Nan Fei’s later recollections, this wholesale market became very famous nationwide. A stall less than 10 square meters charged rents as high as a million a year.
The investor behind this was the illustrious Gongxi Family from this province, right?
Seeing Sister Chen’s vicious glee, Nan Fei didn’t have the heart to burst her bubble.
“Why do you seem skeptical?”
“Sister Chen, I think if you have the money, you should buy a storefront now while it’s cheap. You definitely won’t lose.”
“Really?” Chen Cuihua had originally planned to take Nan Fei to the factory, but upon hearing this, her interest was piqued. “I feel that the developers are being dishonest. They’re bound to lose, which is why I didn’t buy. I even told my relatives and friends not to buy.”
“…” Nan Fei was left speechless. Sister Chen seemed to really have a big grudge against the developers.
“I wonder how much the storefront costs.” Chen Cuihua seemed slightly interested. She was previously unaware of this, and if she were to miss this chance, she might regret it for quite a long time.
“Ha!” As soon as the topic turned to the price, Chen Cuihua’s spirits rose. “Do you know how much a small stall costs over there?”
“How much?” Nan Fei tried to maintain her composure but unconsciously licked her lips.
It was a slight tic when she was nervous.
“A thousand!” Chen Cuihua held up an index finger and said exaggeratedly. “Ten square meters cost a thousand. A barebones wholesale market, without property rights or buildings, not even walls! Who would dare to buy? They’re not afraid of getting cheated?”
“This is wonderful!” thought Nan Fei. Perhaps this was fate! Neither more nor less than exactly a thousand. This was all she had. Money her grandmother had given her for business.
She was very clear that although it may seem cheap now, the bosses behind the wholesale market were crafty. By attracting investments, they’d soon become well-known abroad in less than a year.
Now it was a thousand, but later people couldn’t even get it for a million!
‘An inch of land is worth an inch of gold,’ barely did it justice.