091: Looking for a Shop

Larger tools were needed to cook a large amount of jam. The original small pot was no longer suitable. Wang Cheng was confident that as long as the customer tasted the jam made by his mother, they would definitely buy it again, so he basically did not have to worry about losing money. After arriving at the Guan’s Village, he decided to find a place specializing in making jams, recruit some workers, and then let them be supervised by Mama Wang herself.

That night, Wang Cheng told his mother of his plan. Papa Wang was also present. After talking, both of them supported their son's decision.

"Does Chengcheng know where he wants to set up the small factory?" Mama Wang asked.

"Not yet, do the parents have any good suggestions?" Wang Cheng shook his head. After this idea came out, he began thinking about where it was better.

Papa Wang said, "It may be a little too late now, we still have to find a ready-made one, and then renovate it, it should work, our requirements are not high.."

"Otherwise, find one in Chengping. By the way, we need to find a place and open a jam shop. This will kill two birds with one stone. If we separate from a store, we will have to find another buyer. Moreover, Chengping now has more villagers because of the increase from Shiquan County. It’s very popular, and if we’re late, it will be hard to find one later on.” The Chengping Mama Wang mentioned was a big town, and the market was very big, not comparable to the Guan’s Village’s.

Wang Cheng thought and felt it was right, "Then I'll go to Chengping tomorrow."

"I'll go with you." Papa Wang said.

The next morning, the father and son went to Chengping together. Chengping's market was big. It was not in the Guan’s Village. It took nearly ten to twenty minutes to drive there, but it was closer to the city. The market in the morning was very lively. All the streets were busy with villagers who came and went to buy vegetables. This place was not as exclusive as the market in the Guan’s Village. Villagers came from multiple villages. The streets were wide and the market was more than twice as large as the Guan’s Village’s. It was very lively.

Wang Cheng parked his car at a temporary parking spot outside the marketplace, and then walked in with Papa Wang. The father and son duo rarely came to the marketplace in Chengping, but it was not difficult to inquire. Many markets in Chengping were not for rent. After asking for the address from the shop they exited, the two came to the office building where the shops were rented and bought.

The person in charge of the office building was a middle-aged individual with the surname Li. When he heard that they wanted to rent a larger shop, he warmly welcomed them. After some discussion, it was determined what they wanted to rent. The middle-aged individual took out an atlas. There was a map of the market, and a few floor plan views of the bigger shops.

"These four shops are the best in the market, with the largest area remaining, and the flow of people can be guaranteed. You two can check it out."

Wang Cheng and Papa Wang glanced over it again. There were two shops that were more suitable. They were about the size of two shops, and had two floors. There was a small yard behind it. It was enough to be a small factory, and they could still sell jams in the front. However, one building was facing the north of the market and one was south.

The south-facing houses in Shanhai City were better than the north-facing ones. There was often sunlight, and the humidity inside the house would not be too heavy. Although the jams they sold had little environmental requirements, they didn’t plan to sell only jams in the future. To secure future sales, the humidity should not be too heavy.

"I think this south-facing shop is fine." Papa Wang pointed at the plan on the right side of the album.

"I also think this one is good." Wang Cheng then asked the middle-aged individual about the price for rent. The other party said that the price was not that low, and both the father and son frowned.

The middle-aged individual explained that: "The shop chosen by you two is the best among the shops. The street has a lot of people and there is a yard, so the price is slightly higher."

"What about the sale?"

"At least this number." The middle-aged man stretched out two fingers.

"200,000?" Papa Wang asked.

"How is it possible? Add another zero to it." The middle-aged man shook his head like a rattle-drum, as if Papa Wang was joking with him.

"It's too expensive." Papa Wang's expression was of disbelief. Two million was already a sky-high price for him, and the house prices in the center of Shanhai City were about 15 to 20,000 per square meter. Buying a house of more than 100 square meters in the city center was not so robbing.

"The price is a bit more expensive, but see now, it's so big. It's impossible to find another shop like this one, and don't think it's too expensive. Two people have inquired about this before, and they were also interested in buying this shop. "

Papa Wang didn't agree with anything yet. If he really spent two million yuan to buy it, he would rather buy a shop with a poor location than to spend the money in the wrong place.

The middle-aged individual said that the shop was very popular. Apparently, it was really pending long ago, and it couldn’t wait until now. That was nothing more than to stimulate them to make up their mind to buy this shop. With this price, only a fool would buy it.

Even if the traffic volume of Chengping was very high, it was just a big town’s marketplace. It was completely incomparable to a big city. In such a town that could be buried in the whole country, the best shop in the lot was 2 million. It should be said that it was impossible that there were no tricks, and in the end, they did not buy it.

Leaving the office building, the father and son decided to go around the market.

They couldn’t buy a brand new shop, but second-hand goods were also available. There must be some shops that were poorly managed or unable to make ends meet, but they had to look to find out.

That afternoon, the father and son looked at seven or eight places, but they did not like any of them. The location was good, but the shop area was too small, or the area was large, but the location was not good, and it was not the south-facing direction they wanted. They returned without success, but Mama Wang said that this kind of thing couldn’t be done in a day or two. They had to find time to see it again later.

In the evening, Wang Cheng finally received a call from Chu Yifeng.

"Boss Chu, what were you missing for?"

"Well, I seem to be smelling the sour taste of someone being left out." Chu Yifeng received several phone calls from Wang Cheng when he turned his phone on, and called him immediately.

"You must have a fever." Wang Cheng refused to admit it.

"Yeah, and it's very hot. When will come to heal me?"

"The next time I meet you, I'll bring you some antipyretics, and you can keep it until you’re cured."

Chu Yifeng laughed for a while, "No, you can just come. I was in the Imperial Capital for the past two days, and I didn't notice that my cell phone was out of power. Then I came back. I thought you were happy at home."

"I went to the packaging factory to pick up the goods yesterday. I went to the company on the way. I originally wanted to find you. As a result, you were away and I came back. But then I was very busy. I was looking for a shop to prepare for a small sale. I took a fancy to one, but then the other lion opened its mouth..." Wang Cheng babbled about today's events.

"Did you find the right one?"

"Not yet, but I will find it." Wang Cheng said as he jumped out of bed and closed the door of the room. He just discovered that he had forgotten to close the door, but fortunately, his parents had gone to bed.

"Did you run out of money?"

"Why, Boss Chu wants to sponsor?"

"Not going to."

"Hey hey, aren't you saying this wrong? You should say that you are going to sponsor me, and then I can justly reject you. Generally, this is the case. Boss Chu, you have to play the cards according to common sense." Wang Cheng tutted.

"Ha ha……"

After hanging up the phone, Chu Yifeng put away his mobile phone and went downstairs. His second uncle came over and stopped him loudly.

"Yifeng, your second aunt told me everything. She asked me to tell you that she promises such a thing will not happen again. Please forgive your second aunt."

"I see." Chu Yifeng nodded and went down.

Although Chu Hong was used to facing his family with this majestic face even at home due to professional reasons, he had no way to deal with this eldest nephew, and his set of policies had no effect on him at all. But this time, it was indeed Zhu Qing who was out of line, checking other people's mobile phones without the owner’s consent. Such a woman would never enter the gate of the Chu house. He did not approve of this at first, and it was fine the way it was now.

Although he didn't find a suitable shop, the ten sets of jam that Wang Cheng brought back that day were sold. One can of jam was about seven to eight yuan. One person bought one or two cans, whether it was out of favor or if they really liked eating them. The jams in their home were sold out on the third day, anyway.

Wang Cheng had to go to the warehouse to pick up the goods. Mama Wang's efficiency in cooking jams was a bit slow recently, so the second batch of jams was relatively small, but Manager Xu was still very enthusiastic. When they were chatting, he heard that Wang Cheng wanted to find a chestnut and hawthorn merchant. Then he told him that he knew a few fruit-buying businesses and said that he could help with the introductions. It was as if he gave him a pillow when he was sleepy.

When he got home, Papa Wang told him more good news.

The ideal shop they wanted was found. Someone who bought jam at their house heard that they wanted to find a shop in Chengping. He was a friend of Papa Wang’s, and told Papa Wang that his wife’s family had a relative who had a shop. However, because business was losing money, they wanted to sell it and were anxious to find a buyer. As soon as Papa Wang heard that they hadn’t found a buyer, he agreed on the spot and asked the person to be an intermediary to introduce them to each other. The time was soon set.

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