The goal is achieved!
He made two phone calls, each with a purpose.
To let Chairman He know that he is a "friend" of Teacher Xiao Chen.
To let Teacher Xiao Chen know and acknowledge this matter!
Extreme Internet Cafe.
The landlady was sweeping the floor, wearing a short-sleeved tight T-shirt, showcasing an impressive curve line under her clothes, and her jeans were tightly wrapped around her hips.
Her waist seemed so slender in the middle, as if it could be held in with one hand.
This figure made many of the young people in the internet cafe who were surfing the web sneak peeks in her direction.
Of course, they just looked to get a thrill, but no one dared to make any verbal or physical offenses.
After all, everyone nearby knew that this landlady had three fierce brothers.
The internet cafe door opened, and a middle-aged man with a Mediterranean hairstyle walked in. He was a bit chubby, and as he entered, he felt the cool air from the air conditioner, took a breath, and his eyes flashed with a hint of amazement as they landed on the landlady. He squinted at her for a while, reluctantly tearing his gaze away.
The landlady turned around, saw this Mediterranean man, and smiled: "Old Xia." The rightful source is novｅlfire.net
Saying this, she put down the broom and dustpan by the wall, walked over, and casually took a bottle of mineral water from the freezer next to the counter to hand over: "What brings you here on such a hot day? It’s not time to pay rent yet."
"Come on, can I only come here to collect rent?" Old Xia chuckled a bit, there was a subtle hint of flirtation in his words, but that was as far as he dared to go. Any more blatant words were beyond his courage.
Even though he was the landlady’s landlord, her three brothers were not to be trifled with.
"So, what’s up?" The landlady scrutinized Old Xia.
This landlord was okay, she had rented this commercial building for years, the price was fair, and even when her internet cafe business was good, Old Xia never thought about increasing the rent unreasonably, he adhered to the contract—quite a trustworthy person.
As for his sometimes peculiar glances... the landlady was accustomed to them.
She knew her figure and face were quite attractive, and men had looked at her many times since she was young, nothing unusual to her.
Old Xia would, at most, secretly glance a couple of times, and over the years, he had never said or done anything offensive, which was quite well-behaved.
Old Xia lit a cigarette and smiled: "Just dropping by to give you a heads up. I’ve sold this property!"
Saying this, he pointed his cigarette-holding finger at the ceiling of the shop: "Going to transfer ownership in a few days."
The landlady’s face changed instantly: "Old Xia! My lease isn’t up yet! Look at my internet cafe, I’ve invested a lot in renovations..."
"Calm down, don’t worry." Old Xia chuckled, enjoying the landlady’s anxious attitude, and slowly said: "I sold it, but I’ve already discussed with the buyer, the property was sold with the lease, and it doesn’t affect the lease. This clause is clearly written in black and white in the contract, and they’ve signed it too! Rest assured."
The landlady’s expression eased a bit but she was still worried: "But... after the property is sold, won’t they want to use it for other businesses? What if they try to raise the rent later on and use other methods to kick me out..."
"No way!" Old Xia laughed: "You got it wrong, the buyer is a wealthy investor! They bought your property not to run a business themselves, but as an investment, purely as an investment. You continue to rent, continue your business, they’re happy about it!
This is called a sale with a lease, when you pay rent in the future, it’s extra income for them. If they didn’t plan to open a business themselves here, chasing you out and leaving the property sitting empty? Or having to find another tenant? Wouldn’t that be causing themselves trouble?"
The landlady slowly said: "Old Xia, are you sure what you’re saying is reliable?"
"Absolutely reliable!" Old Xia laughed: "You don’t even know, do you? They bought not just this property! On this street, the chicken feet shop, the duck goods shop, the cold drink shop, the cake shop, the bubble tea shop, and the stationery shop at the corner, the hotpot restaurant, the ramen shop...
This street, including your internet cafe, in total twenty-four shops, they bought them all in one go! All the shops on this street will be theirs in the future."
Saying this, Old Xia couldn’t help but sigh: "Talking about these wealthy business tycoons being so awesome. Now the market is down, shops are depreciating, but they came and directly offered me a high price! Damn, such a big move, an entire street bought up... I secretly calculated, they spent almost 100 million!
I’m starting to wonder if these wealthy big bosses have insider information, if the property prices are going to rise later?"
The landlady gave Old Xia a sideways glance: "If property prices are going to rise, why sell? Why not wait until they go up?"
"Who knows?" Old Xia waved his hand: "What if they don’t go up? And they offered a pretty high price, we ordinary folks don’t dare to gamble, they gave a price higher than the current market price, so I sold it, taking the money to secure it."
"You still consider yourself ordinary folks?" The landlady retorted: "You have a three-story commercial building! Every year you collect hundreds of thousands from my rent alone! Still ordinary folks?"