Food Intelligence King

Chapter 44 begins preparations for opening the store.
Turn left after exiting the residential area, and you will see this row of shops in Sunshine City.

The first rental and sales center,
Next, in order, are the breakfast stall, the tobacco and liquor store, Tony's, and Cainiao Post Station, which I'm quite familiar with.
At the end of the small shops was the former sales office. Now there's an affordable Chinese restaurant and a more upscale restaurant with private rooms.

Chen Zhou didn't rush to the rental and sales center to ask.

After dropping Tao Tao off, I first took a walk around the row of shops.

Two of the shops had no signs and were clearly vacant. The third one was probably the rental and sales center itself.

After touring this area,

When Chen Zhou returned to the entrance of the residential area, he ran into Xiao Liu, the security guard on the day shift.

The two greeted each other from a distance.

Xiao Liu had already become quite familiar with Chen Zhou, so after Chen Zhou parked his electric scooter in front of him, he jokingly said:
"Brother Chen, which company have you set your sights on? Let me give you some advice."

He actually guessed right.

"Brother, tell me all about it, and I'll treat you to steamed buns tonight."

Seeing Chen Zhou's humble attitude in seeking advice, Xiao Liu couldn't help but say:
"Brother, are you serious?!"

Chen Zhou nodded, "Really!"

Now it was Xiao Liu's turn to be taken aback, but after thinking about it again, he could understand.

"That's true, brother. Your business is so good, you can't just keep setting up a stall forever. If you want to ask, I'll find you a reliable person to come over. Wait a minute."

Actually, the way Xiao Liu put it, he's quite reliable.

The "reliable person" mentioned earlier is Manager Gao from the property management company.

The real estate development company and the property management company are from the same group, so he can have influence at the rental and sales center.

A short while later, Manager Gao, dressed in a shirt and trousers, walked into the security room.

All three of them knew each other.
Manager Gao had also bought steamed buns from Chen Zhou, so the introductions were skipped.

However, Manager Gao refused to budge on the issue of how to address him, insisting that Chen Zhou call him "Xiao Gao".

Because he had secretly witnessed the scene of "Zihan's mother" being completely submissive in front of the steamed bun stall.

So I felt in my heart,

Chen Zhou was at least on the same level as "Zihan's mother," and dared not be presumptuous at all.

Moreover, Chen Zhou is actually a homeowner in the community.

"Brother Chen, you can just call me Xiao Gao."

Chen Zhou smiled and said, "Then I'll trouble you, Brother Gao."

"Our job as property management is to solve problems for homeowners."

Manager Gao patted his chest.

Even without Zihan's mother present, he would still dare to say such a thing to himself.

The two arrived at the rental and sales center.

There was a little girl inside, listlessly blowing on the fan.

Upon seeing Manager Gao enter, the two exchanged glances, suggesting a close relationship.

Xiao Gao explained:
“Brother Chen, a resident of our community, wants to rent a shop here. Could you talk to him about it?”

The young girl then responsibly explained the situation of the vacant shops.

This was largely consistent with the information Chen Zhou had gathered from intelligence and other channels.

Having come here today, I can say that I know myself and my enemy.

Then the other party skillfully explained the principle that renting is not as good as buying.

Although Chen Zhou disagreed, the price offered by the other party was very close to the bottom line mentioned in the intelligence.

115 million, plus one year of free property management fees.

According to the price in the intelligence report, it is 1,125,000.

It seemed the rental center was eager to sell the shops. Chen Zhou confessed to her that he simply didn't have that much money and only wanted to rent one.

Manager Gao intervened at the opportune moment, getting the young woman to offer a friendly price. Let's stop arguing back and forth here.

The little girl could only roll her eyes at him, then said helplessly to Chen Zhou:

"fifty thousand.

This is the bottom line I can offer. If you want a lower price, you'll have to wait for my supervisor to come over so you can discuss it with her in person. Or should I take you to see those two shops first? They have a similar layout to this one.”

The rent is tens of thousands of yuan, which is quite different from buying vegetables at the market.

Chen Zhou looked troubled. "I'll go back and discuss it with my wife."

Whether it's true or not, the existence of the wife role can always serve as a good shield when money is involved.

The young woman exchanged contact information with Chen Zhou and arranged to meet with her boss next time to visit those two shops again.

Manager Gao exchanged a few jokes with her and then left with Chen Zhou.

After leaving the house, he said:
“Brother Chen, this price isn’t exactly cheap, because the remaining two shops have only been plastered. You’ll have to spend money on renovations later.”

Manager Gao is quite honest, and with him around, it really saved the young lady a lot of haggling.

However, the only problem was that Chen Zhou looked at him:
"Manager Gao, I just heard that young lady say that shops facing the street have to pay property management fees?"

Manager Gao said with difficulty:

"Look, Brother Chen, you're calling me Manager Gao again. I didn't set the property management fees."

Between homeowners and property management companies
There may be inherent and irreconcilable contradictions.

Chen Zhou still chose to focus on the issue rather than the person, "Hey Xiao Gao, what time do you get off work tonight? Come over and pick up two steamed buns to take home."

While setting up his stall in the evening, Chen Zhou also conducted a simple customer survey.

The target audience is mainly diners who are already willing to chat for a bit at the steamed bun stall.

The research topics are not fixed, but generally revolve around the topic of opening a store in the future. Chen Zhou, listen more and talk less.

Tony:

"I'm really looking forward to eating your steamed buns in the morning. Bro, what time are you planning to close? I only open at nine in the morning, will I still be able to get some?"

I'm not a foodie:
“When I bought them before, they were gone in one meal that night and couldn’t be kept until the next day. I was so anxious when I was in the long queue a few days ago.”

The female neighbor in her sun-protective clothing walked with a confident stride:
"If you want to open a shop, I'll definitely support you!"

Passersby:

"I don't know, I just came over because there were so many people. The steamed buns look pretty good!"

the next day,
The intelligence said that the owner of the breakfast stall would be coming to her steamed bun stand today.

Chen Zhou then decided to go to her house first.

So I had my wife take the day off this morning. I planned to take the mother and child to a breakfast stall.

"I'll just grab something to eat there. I mainly want to check out their customer traffic so I can choose a location far away from theirs when I open my own shop."

Ms. Lin agreed.

“The two shops are right next to each other, there’s always a lot to deal with.” She’s never been good at fighting, then asked, “How did your shop look yesterday go?”

"I feel like we haven't reached a final agreement on the price yet. I said I'd discuss it with you when I get back, and I left my contact information."

Chen Taotao is not at the age where she needs to worry.

After hearing the news about eating out, she seemed particularly happy, saying she wanted to eat fried dough sticks and tofu pudding, and also wanted to drink some soy milk.

"Dad, I'll just have a small sip; the rest is yours."

"Thank you, Tao Tao!"

Chen Zhou looked at his daughter and couldn't help but shake his head and smile.

Actually, you can't eat a whole fried dough stick, and you love the sauce on top of tofu pudding, so how can it not be salty? How can you not drink soy milk?

(End of this chapter)