Spring Breeze Twenty Years

Chapter 812 Second Sister and Zhang Wang's Shop

After looking around, the older sister took a liking to the area on Zhongjie Street.

Because Taiyuan Street is an old commercial street with too many large shopping malls, Xiaowei's building did look rather unimpressive. Zhongjie Street, on the other hand, doesn't have many large shopping malls, so the smaller buildings there are much more impressive, and the foot traffic is definitely higher. Xinglong Department Store was still called Dongya Shopping Mall at that time, and they were just starting to dig the foundation.

Chen Hui has already started looking for people to buy land in Zhongjie. Xiao Wei feels that building a commercial building here will definitely be a good idea.

After securing the location, Xiaowei took the older woman to sign the contract. The rent still needed to be collected, but they could discuss it further later; however, it could be paid at the end of the year – pay after use. Afterward, Xiaowei drove the older woman to the Wu'ai Market, showing her around to familiarize her with the area.

Once the eldest sister figured out how to get there, she told Xiao Wei to go back first. She would stay in the market alone, as it would take at least half a day to see everything. So Xiao Wei didn't stand on ceremony and drove back, wondering what to do about Xia Maosheng's second sister.

Opening a cake shop isn't particularly complicated; in fact, it's quite easy. The real problem lies in where and how big you should open it. Many businesses fail because of this. Take restaurants, for example. Food is definitely profitable, but if you choose the wrong location, size, and business model, you'll fail just as easily.

Seeing a newsstand by the roadside, Xiaowei pulled over, got out, and bought a map of Fengtian's administrative divisions.

These newsstands are becoming increasingly common throughout eastern Liaoning. They are all simple buildings constructed by the municipal government and then rented out to laid-off workers for re-employment.

Back in the car, Xiao Wei opened the map and began to ponder. This wasn't just one; Zhang Wang had another one. First, the location couldn't be too close to his own large store; otherwise, it would be pointless to compete with himself. Second, there needed to be a large population with strong purchasing power. Third, transportation had to be convenient. Fourth, the location had to be large enough and the surrounding environment acceptable.

In 92, moving to the edge of old residential areas was not very useful, as the residents' purchasing power was low and their income was generally too low.

Tiexi is a no-go; it's an industrial area with too many factories and too many laid-off workers. It's currently the most economically depressed district in Fengtian. Xiaowei studied the map from all angles, looking around several times. Xita is a relatively prosperous commercial area, but it's too chaotic, full of Koreans, and there's always street fighting. No way there.

He shook his head and continued searching. Finally, he decided to go to Liaodong University. There were five or six schools there, including the Academy of Social Sciences and the Municipal Party School. It wasn't far from the provincial government, and there were also major hospitals. The students and professors at these schools were all potential consumers of cakes and bread, and their purchasing power was strong.

He tossed the map onto the side shelf and was about to start the car when he suddenly paused, grabbed the newspaper, glanced at it, and slapped his forehead. "It's dark under the lights," he thought, "Sanhao Street will do."

That area has many businesses and wealthy people. It's surrounded by Northeast Institute of Technology, Northeast Conservatory of Music, Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts, China Pharmaceutical University, the Army General Hospital and the Provincial People's Hospital, as well as a bunch of high schools and junior high schools, Liaodong TV Station, and several research institutes of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. It's bound to be a good place.

Frowning, Xiao Wei started the car while thinking, "Zhang Wang and Xia Erjie, who should come to Liaoning University and who should stay on Sanhao Street? It seems Sanhao Street is better than Liaoning University, so whoever stays there will probably be uncomfortable for the other. It's a difficult situation; one is my brother, and the other is Lao Xia's sister."

After thinking for a long time without coming up with a good solution, I decided to stop thinking about it for now and go find a place first.

Arriving at Nujiang Street, this is the living area of ​​Liaoning University. The storefronts are all here, and inside are the staff and family buildings.

By 92, Fengtian was already very commercially vibrant, with shops of all sizes lining the streets and alleys. The area around the school was prime real estate, with shops thriving and it was virtually impossible to find an empty shop.

Xiao Wei drove around Nujiang Street, then parked and walked around the residential area. Not only on the street, but even in the gaps between buildings, there were tiny shacks of less than three square meters selling cold drinks. Ice cream machines were already quite popular at this time. The factory was near Lianhua, and you could rent machines directly from the factory for a monthly fee.

Xiao Wei looked around and found that most of the shops were restaurants and snack shops, a few were stationery stores, clothing and shoe stores, and general merchandise stores, and there were also two bicycle shops.

Xiao Wei stopped a passing classmate and asked, "Hey, I'm thinking of renting a place around here to do something. Do you know where?"

The student looked up and sized up Xiao Wei a few times: "You're too late. You should have come ten years ago. There were plenty of people like that back then."

Xiao Wei laughed and said, "You can't rent one now? There's nothing you can do about it!"

The student said, "Don't worry, I'd be lying if every shop didn't have at least ten people watching over it. There's no other way. Why don't you go ask the school's management office, the residential area's commercial management office? They handle everything here."

Xiao Wei took out a cigarette and handed it to him: "How do I get there?"

The student took the cigarette, looked at it, and said, "You're rich. Come on, I'll take you there. I can't just smoke your cigarette for free."

Xiao Wei shoved half a pack of cigarettes into his hand and said, "Okay, but you can't just lead the way for nothing. Take these and smoke them. If I ever make a sale on this brand in the future, you'll have to help me get some customers, okay? I'll pay you a salary then."

The student lit a cigarette with Xiao Wei's hand, nodded, and said, "That's definitely no problem. I'm pretty popular."

Xiao Wei asked, "What year are you in? What's your name?"

The student said, "I'm a junior, my name is Yang Mingwei, and I study computer science. You know what a computer science program is, right?"

Xiao Wei said, "I know, I have some at home, and my wife is also studying it. She's a sophomore at Northeast Institute of Technology."

Yang Mingwei patted Xiaowei on the shoulder and said, "Wow, you're awesome, buddy. You got a girl from Donggong. What do you do for a living?"

Xiao Wei said, "To start a small business, you need to find a storefront."

Yang Mingwei said, "Why didn't you look there at Donggong?"

Xiao Wei said, "Since that place has opened, I'm thinking of opening another one here."

Yang Mingwei said, "Awesome. We're here. It's on the second floor. I won't go up with you. I'll come and support you when you actually open it."

Xiao Wei said, "Okay. Thanks."

Yang Mingwei waved his hand and walked back, saying, "It's nothing, good luck buddy. By the way, the section chief's surname is Xu, he's really frivolous, you can hire him for anything."

Xiao Wei smiled and went upstairs to find the management office.

Having found the director's office, Xiao Wei knocked on the door, pushed it open, and went in: "Is this Director Xu?"

A man with thick eyebrows and large eyes looked up from behind the desk: "It's me. Who are you? What do you want?"

Xiao Wei walked over and sat down at the desk, took out a business card and handed it over, saying, "I'm from Brothers Group. We'd like to open a larger store here, Director Xu. Could you help us figure something out?"

(End of this chapter)