The Birth of Shanghai's First Conglomerate

Chapter 17 Branch Store

Temperatures rose on March 1st.

With the cold snap over and the weather in Beijing no longer so cold, kindergarten children can once again play freely and happily.

Xiao An'an bought a big backpack. She was already a little chubby before the Lunar New Year.

After a year of good food and drink, she turned into a chubby little girl.

The comic books in my schoolbag every day only take up a small corner.

Most of the items were snacks and fruits.

There were cherries, her favorite breakfast, and mangosteens, which she ate after lunch.

And a box of mini durians that other kids always complain about.

She didn't know if her family was making money or not, but she was living a very comfortable life right now.

With her generous stash of snacks, she was also subtly showing signs of becoming the class's leader.

"You get one, I get two; you get one, I get four."

Xiao An'an is very good at planning. Other children were envious of her cherries, so she distributed them reasonably.

While distributing food, make sure you can eat well yourself first.

By 4 p.m., kindergarten had already let out, and Song Yanxi was still the one who came to pick her up.

Their kindergarten isn't a high-end daycare center; parents have to pick up their children in the afternoon.

After driving her new car for a while, Song Yanxi's driving skills improved dramatically.

While this car isn't the best in the family, it's certainly not bad either.

After all, those who truly have the means wouldn't send their children here.

“An'an's mom.”

The person who greeted me was Yang Xiaoyan; her daughter and Xiao An'an have a good relationship.

They weren't allowed to play before, mainly because they thought her family was too poor.

They can only ride motorcycles when it's windy and rainy. What kind of future can you expect from making friends with kids like that?

It must be said that living in such a big city, parents who love their children plan far ahead for them.

From a young age, they helped their children with all sorts of calculations.

In contrast, neither Song Yanxi nor Chen Pingsheng ever asked for these things from Xiao An'an.

"Sister Xiaoyan."

Yang Xiaoyan walked over with her daughter, a little girl who was dressed quite elegantly.

"I heard your family owns a fruit supermarket. Business must be pretty good."

"It's alright." Song Yanxi didn't know what she meant, but simply replied modestly.

Actually, her family's business was already very good.

Even if we stop offering prepaid cards, with the current turnover, earning 70,000 to 80,000 yuan a month is definitely not a problem.

When the money was allocated to their family, it amounted to four or five hundred thousand that year.

"Selling fruit must be quite profitable."

Yang Xiaoyan only learned a little more about her family after she found out they had bought an Audi.

"It's just so-so, but it's quite tough."

Yang Xiaoyan seemed to be thinking about something, and then she started talking to her about houses again.

For these married women, the most common topics of conversation are their children, husbands, and houses.

The price of housing in Beijing is changing every single day.

Song Yanxi is clearly also very interested in this area; I heard that a new housing development has opened not far away.

They're already preparing for pre-sales; the price is 18,000 yuan per square meter.

This price is undoubtedly very high, especially considering this is the Fifth Ring Road. There's an old saying in Beijing: once you step outside the Second Ring Road, you're in the countryside.

Last year, the average price in the Third Ring Road was only around 30,000 yuan, while theirs was only 15,000 yuan.

I never expected that prices would rise so much after just one year.

The three swords that weigh on housing prices.

Purchase restrictions, price limits, and linkage with essential resources such as education and healthcare.

With these three powerful tools at our disposal, coupled with the nationwide speculation in real estate (which doesn't include genuine first-time homebuyers), we have a real estate boom.

Rather, they are stocks that truly have the potential to be speculated on.

People like Song Yanxi are only at the stage of basic needs.

The soaring housing prices made her quite uneasy, always feeling that if she bought too late, she would lose a lot of money.

In fact, a lot of people have the same mentality as her.

This is also why the pre-sale system can continue to be so popular.

After saying goodbye to Yang Xiaoyan, Song Yanxi took Xiao An'an to find Chen Pingsheng.

At this moment, Chen Pingsheng was on Beixin'an East Street, where there were several residential areas of varying sizes.

There's also a bustling commercial area where he's negotiating the transfer of a supermarket.

The supermarket is over 400 square meters, and the transfer fee is 800,000 yuan.

The annual rent is around 600,000.

To acquire this store, you'll need to pay a transfer fee, plus subsequent renovations, and a year's rent.

The total cost will be at least 1.6 million. The investment is four to five times higher than the first one, and the foot traffic is naturally much greater.

Chen Pingsheng has been looking around here for a week. He thinks that if he can get this location, he can open a fruit supermarket.

This will definitely be a huge benefit to his Tengsheng brand.

In addition, he is confident that he can build up both customer traffic and reputation within just one month.

In the second month, we'll launch a large-scale recharge event.

If he does this for a month straight, he's absolutely confident he can deposit at least three million within that month.

Then, with the help of the cheat code and random amplification, even at the smallest multiplier, you can earn five to six million.

Tell me, is there anything more profitable than this?
Anyway, he couldn't have imagined it. Song Yanxi came over and told him about the rising housing prices, and Chen Pingsheng was only slightly surprised.

However, I don't care as much as before. After all, compared to opening a supermarket, the increase in housing prices is nothing.

If this store succeeds, he will be able to buy a 200-square-meter apartment in the Third Ring Road with cash.

Why would they care about rising housing prices outside the Fifth Ring Road?

"Honey, I've been negotiating with this store for a week and I think it's definitely going to work. The location is much better than our first store."

Song Yanxi was confused; there was no need to explain the position.

Can a rent of 600,000 a year be bad?

The key is that it requires an investment of over a million. Do you have that kind of money? Do I have that kind of money?

There isn't any of that.

"Honey, shall we go to the counter over there and check our bank deposits first?"

"There's no need for that. I'll take care of the money for opening the shop here without you having to pay for it."

Chen Pingsheng chuckled: "Then you'll be the manager of two fruit supermarkets. How excited are you?"

It's exciting, but don't get so excited that you end up with nothing but your underwear.

If Chen Pingsheng hadn't been with her every day, judging from the tone of his voice...

Song Yanxi even suspected that he had become the second Tang Sanzang, and that he had found another extremely wealthy woman, Chen Lihua.

"Honey, tell me honestly, where are you going to get a million or two?"

"It's that rich second-generation boss from before. He wanted to make his name bigger, so he invested this money in me."

When things couldn't be explained, Chen Pingsheng would push all the blame onto Li Zehao.

Song Yanxi didn't think too much about it. After all, for some real rich kids, going to a nightclub would easily cost them this much.

She was just wondering if she was really going to be the owner of two stores.
It feels so dreamy.

Chen Pingsheng acted immediately.

If the price couldn't be negotiated, they didn't bother to negotiate any further. The standard transfer fee was 800,000, and a year's rent of 600,000 had to be paid in advance.

The supermarket will clear out all the goods within two days, then he can move in.

After everything is settled here.

He then went to Zhang Tao and Liu Jing to discuss it.

Without people like them, he would never have dared to open it so readily.

After all, having money is one thing, having money is another.

With them there, things are completely different.

They are all people who know the fruit industry very well, and they are very knowledgeable about purchasing, displaying, and pricing of fruits.

The investment here is huge.

When it came to distributing shares, it was no problem for him, but it was for Zhang Tao and the others.

First, Zhang Tao received 20% of the profits from the first store. After calculating the annual bonus and personal salary,

It won't be less than 300,000, and he'll take 7% of the proceeds from these two stores.

Liu Jing only owns 7% of the business in the first store, but invested 32 yuan in the second store, accounting for 20%.

This was almost all the savings he could muster.

The main reason he was given so much responsibility was that, like Zhang Tao, he would be fully in charge of the second store's procurement, sales, and control of fruit spoilage.

The remaining members, including Chen Hao, each still hold 7%.

The standard remains the same as before: whoever is responsible for the store's purchasing and operation will receive 20%.

Those who are not in the store will naturally only receive 7%, which is a very reasonable arrangement.

There are six people in their relocation group. Chen Pingsheng felt that at least for the first six stores, there was no need to worry too much about management issues.

Because each person was responsible for one store, six stores were opened.

Even after the shares were distributed, Chen Pingsheng still held the majority stake.

If all six stores are really opened, then these former street vendors will be able to completely make a living.

Their annual income is at least no less than 500,000 to 600,000 yuan.

If this were back in his hometown, he would definitely be considered a promising middle-aged man.

It wouldn't be bad to live in Beijing; at least the pressure of buying a house and settling down wouldn't be too great.

Since Chen Pingsheng, as the leader, was able to lead everyone to make money, he naturally became more and more cohesive.

Once the contract was signed...

Liu Fen and Song Huamin on the other side were completely dumbfounded.

(End of this chapter)