Chapter 441: Chapter 441: Three Thousand Eight Hundred and Eighty-Eight Taels Chapter 441: Chapter 441: Three Thousand Eight Hundred and Eighty-Eight Taels “This…”
The manager was instantly choked on his own saliva.
He had completely forgotten about this detail, but could he be blamed for it? He had assumed they only wanted to rent his tavern, and he never imagined they would want to buy it.
If they were only renting, he could increase the rent later on.
But if he sold it, he would only get a one-time profit.
“Given that you offered a monthly rent of one hundred taels, you must know the awkward situation this tavern is in, right?” Lin Caisang began to speak again, gently questioning him, just as he was straining his brain to find an explanation.
“Based on this, sir, your tavern may not even attract a buyer at five thousand taels, unless, of course, the buyer is the prefecture magistrate’s relative.”
After hearing her words, the manager felt like he could vomit blood.
He spent six thousand taels buying his beloved tavern, although he was somewhat cheated at the time. But how could it be that in this young lady’s view, it’s not even worth five thousand taels?
He opened his mouth to say something, but Lin Caisang did not give him a chance to speak.
The manager’s eyes bulged wide open.
In just a few words, his tavern had been reduced to five thousand taels. If he let her continue speaking, he might as well hand over his tavern to her for free.
“Sir, this tavern of yours appears to have been closed for a long time, right? Look at the dust on the floor, aside from our footprints, there are none others. This suggests…”
Lin Caisang raised an eyebrow as she looked at the wet footprints on the ground.
“Apart from us, there are no buyers, and it seems you don’t even have any renters, right?”
Sweat was already beading heavily on his forehead, yet Lin Caisang hadn’t finished speaking.
“So, sir, look, no one is interested in your tavern at the moment, so you have to lower the price, right? Five thousand taels is honestly too expensive. Four thousand taels would be reasonable…”
“What? Four thousand taels?”
The manager felt like he was about to cough up blood.
Lin Caisang clicked her tongue lightly, then shook her head.
“The number four is unlucky when buying a tavern. It’s so inauspicious…how about…sir, what do you think of three thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight taels? What do you say? If you agree, I’ll buy this tavern.”
Not only the manager, even Zhe Jue standing on the side coughed lightly.
This Lin Caisang…He never realized before that she was so eloquent. Although the manager’s asking price of eight thousand taels was indeed high, the tavern’s location would justify a price of five thousand taels.
Yet Lin Caisang has managed to bargain it down to just under four thousand taels.
The key point is that he listened to Lin Caisang’s words and found her reasoning impeccably logical, without any errors at all.
“Three…three thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight taels…”
The manager’s current mood was indescribable as he looked at Lin Caisang as if she was a monster.
Who taught this young lady such negotiation skills? If he had half of her abilities, his tavern probably wouldn’t have gone out of business, right?
“Miss, aren’t you being a bit too ruthless?”
Lin Caisang looked up at the manager, her face full of perplexity and confusion.
“Did I say something wrong just now? Sir, if I’ve misspoken somewhere, please point it out. We’ll do our best to correct it.”