The Era of Hard Work

On the 2nd of January, the report of consumers defending their rights in front of Guangmei appeared on the relatively late page of the Evening News. However, the report was relatively objective and did not add any comments attacking Guangmei, nor did they add subjective text .

As we all know, the media wants to attack a certain business, and word games can play well.

For Guangmei Electric, a foreign company, it has been very difficult.

Another day later, Lu Dong received a call from Fan Yunming. Fan Yunming contacted the Quannan Railway Bureau through his contacts with Guangmei Electric.

Just at the end of the year, there was a change of liquidation, and a few shops there were vacant.

As long as Lu Dong wants, he can go to see it anytime.

It may be a very troublesome matter for many people, just like Lu Dong's contact with the Evening News before, it may be a matter of little effort for a certain group of people.

Lu Dong went there once before New Year's Day, even after asking around, no one said that the lease of a store was about to expire. He also called later and left his contact information. Boss Tie took the initiative to contact, which is really unreliable.

The so-called auction rent is obviously divided into people and targets.

People who have a good relationship come here, of course there is no need to take pictures, and it is not easy to take pictures of those who are not related.

Even if a non-target unit wins the bid in public bidding, the bid can be declared invalid, let alone a small shop for rent.

Lu Dong was somewhat surprised, and Fan Yunming was too fast. Guangmei Electric just owed the favor, and then returned it.

Come and go, probably Guangmei Electric also has this consideration.

Having said that, did Sanlian get a sub-god assist?

The train station is one of the places with the most traffic in a big city, no matter it is now or ten years later. Fan Yunming helped to contact people, and Lu Dong hurried to the train station.

After contacting good people, they came to the railway station management office, and a director Xia brought Lu Dong into the station.

Going up from the elevator behind the security checkpoint is the waiting hall of the railway station, which is almost similar to the railway stations all over the country. There are various restaurants and shops selling specialties outside the hall.

A few were visibly empty.

Avoiding the flow of people and coming to the left side of the hall, Director Wang simply said: "No. 3, No. 5 and No. 9 in this row, the lease expired at the end of last year and the lease was not renewed. Which one do you want to rent?"

Lu Dong said directly: "Director Wang, which one is the biggest?"

Director Wang glanced at Lu Dong. He was very young, but the person he introduced was reliable, so he didn't say much, and replied, "No. 3 is the largest, with a price of about 100 yuan, and the other two rooms are less than 100 yuan."

Lu Dong spoke politely: "Director Wang, please take me to No. 3 to have a look?"

Director Wang nodded slightly, came to Shop No. 3, opened the door, and went in with Lu Dong.

The shops here are all one-story structures. Shop No. 3 is about 120 square meters, and the neighbors on the left and right are also selling catering.

Lu Dong glanced back at the door, passengers were passing by, the flow of people here was much larger than that of Ximen.

The shops on both sides of the hall are conspicuous enough, and there are quite a lot of people driving to buy food temporarily.

Many people take long-distance buses and buy things to eat on the train. Western-style fast food is easy to carry, which is very suitable for the train station.

Lu Dong asked if he could do catering, and got an affirmative answer, so he simply asked, "Director Wang, what is the rent here?"

People come here through the relationship above, Director Wang naturally asked for the lower limit, and said: "A rent of 500,000 a year." For those who came through the relationship, he pointed directly to the point: "Most people have to go to rent, With the auction and rent competition, the upper limit is unknown, right? I’m not telling you that, no matter how much the rent is, it will be handed over to the station.”

Lu Dong replied: "Okay, Director Wang, I will rent this room."

Director Wang nodded and said, "Well, if you come over this afternoon or tomorrow to go through the formalities, the sooner the better, the shops in the station won't be able to stay."

"I'll come over tomorrow."

In the afternoon of the same day, Lu Dong asked Du Xiaobing to enter the train station to inquire about the profitability of the store. He also found the phone number of the original renter of No. 3 shop, and contacted him to ask about it.

The business here is good, and those who can enter the train station, except for a few who spend money to get out of the way, are mostly related households.

Dry food stores, as long as the products they sell are not too outrageous in price and taste, the business is not bad.

Of course, there are also those who lose money. After all, some people like to do one-shot deals, and many people go in and out of the train station more than once or twice a year.

The next morning, Lu Dong and Du Xiaobing came to the train station together, formally signed an agreement, paid one year's rent, and handed over the subsequent decoration matters to Xie Gong's company.

Today, Lu's Catering can be said to be Xie Gong's super big customer, and Xie Gong responds to every request.

Lu Dong specifically confessed that the store must complete the decoration before the Spring Festival travel rush.

Leaving the train station, the two of them went to take a look at the Beiyuan Ginza commercial building under construction. Because Qiansheng Group rushed to work, it will be completed in the spring of next year, and the three connected shops facing Beiyuan Street have already been negotiated. For Lu's Catering, only after the interior decoration is completed can the formal decoration of the storefront be started.

In the future, the basement floor will belong to Ginza Supermarket, part of the first floor and the second floor will be leased by Guangmei Electric, and the third and fourth floors will be Ginza shopping malls that sell clothing and leather goods.

There are building materials market, furniture market, lighting market, and dense residential areas nearby, with a lot of traffic.

Of course, in this era, the most popular places on Beiyuan Avenue were bath centers, business clubs, KTV and nightclubs.

It is no exaggeration to say that this is the well-known red light district in Quannan.

Young girls, even if they do serious work in this neighborhood, if someone asks, don't say that they work on Beiyuan Street, otherwise it will be easy to misunderstand.

As for whether anyone cares...

One of the largest restaurants in Quannan is right in the middle of this street, very conspicuous.

When Lu Dong and Du Xiaobing drove away, they could see clearly that there was a bathing center to the east, a business club to the south, and a nightclub opposite.

It seems that these few are still very large in scale.

It can only be said that for those who really work, it is not easy for the big guys to come out to make a living.

Back in the university town, the car went to the enterprise area west of the Provincial University. Lu Dong saw Song Na, Huang Juan and Natasha, and asked Du Xiaobing to stop.

The three of them stood at the door of the dormitory area of ​​a foreign-funded enterprise, taking advantage of off-duty time to do questionnaires with the people who came over.

Their targets are very targeted, and they don't care about those who wear workshop work clothes, mainly looking for those who sit in the office.

As long as you observe carefully, it is not difficult to distinguish, the difference in hairstyle and clothing is quite obvious.

This is also based on the reality. Front-line workers are not paid well, and they work around the clock. How can they have the time, money and energy to engage in various fitness exercises.

On the other hand, those who can wear professional suits and sit in the office in a foreign company these days, even in a newly developed place like Qingzhao University Town, their income is guaranteed.

Seeing Lu Dong, Song Na beckoned to him, and continued to do her own business.

Lu Dong didn't go over to bother, and stood chatting with Du Xiaobing in front of the car.

The sky was getting dark, and Song Na ended up there, calling Huang Juan and Natasha to come together.

"Get in the car." Lu Dong opened the trunk: "Stay your things here."

Song Na and the three put away the materials and sat in the back seat together. The three of them were all thin, and they were not crowded in winter clothes.

Du Xiaobing drove: "Have you been busy all afternoon?"

Song Na answered, "It came after two o'clock."

It was cold, and after working outside for half an afternoon, Huang Juan rubbed her hands in the cold, and Natasha breathed in her hands frequently.

Lu Dong is Song Na's boyfriend, very self-conscious: "What do you want to eat? Let's have dinner together, I'll treat you."

Huang Juan was familiar with Lu Dong and Song Na, and deliberately joked: "Lu Dong, Song Na will pay for your treat?"

Lu Dong patted the pocket of the down jacket and said, "Don't worry, I've brought the money."

Natasha said in slightly blunt Chinese: "You can eat anything, I will be cold and hungry."

"It's the best day to eat hot pot." Du Xiaobing said while holding the steering wheel, "At this point, there must be no tables in the store."

Since the weather has really cooled down, Lu's hot pot restaurant is basically full of tables at noon and evening. On weekends and holidays, there is still a queue.

It is not uncommon for middle and high school students nearby to wait in line for half an hour during their weekend break.

Lu Dong said he wanted to treat guests, but Huang Juan and Natasha couldn't say much.

Song Na has been so busy lately that her mind is confused, she even spends little time alone with Lu Dong, so she can't think of where to go for a while.

Du Xiaobing suggested: "Let's go to the exhibition center. The hotel over there has opened a Brazilian barbecue cafeteria. People in the school say it's good. Let's try it?"

Lu Dong looked back at the three ladies: "How about you?"

"Okay." Song Na agreed.

Huang Juan said with a smile: "I've only heard about self-help, but I haven't eaten it once."

Natasha is not Big Ivan, and her stomach is far from being assimilated. Thinking that there are many styles of buffet, and she can choose at will, she also agreed to eat.

The Crowne Plaza hotel on the side of the convention and exhibition center does high-end business. High-end means high prices, and it also means that there will not be many people.

In this day and age, it costs 99 yuan for a buffet, and most people will not come to eat.

There was no accident, Lu Dong didn't have enough cash with him, but fortunately, he could swipe his card, so he didn't have to pay Song Na for his treat.

There were indeed not many people in the restaurant. Five people found a big table and each went to get food.

Song Na walked with Lu Dong specially, and asked, "I've been so dizzy these days, I didn't ask you, what's going on in Quannan?"

"Very good, everything is going well." Lu Dong said simply: "I signed a contract with the train station today, and Burger King will open a store in the train station soon."

He turned to ask: "You have done market research for more than a week, is it feasible?"

Song Na said while picking up the food: "As far as the current statistics are concerned, the feasibility is relatively high. I have made more than 300 questionnaires for the target group, and there are many people who are interested."

Lu Dong reminded: "Among those who are interested, if one-tenth of the people pay, it is a very optimistic estimate."

Song Na said: "I understand that fitness is a little bit worse as far as the questionnaire is concerned, but Sanda and aerobics are quite popular."

Lu Dong nodded: "When the time is right, we can add taekwondo appropriately."

Back at the dining table, the five of them ate and chatted, mostly talking about Song Na and the others' questionnaires these days.

Huang Juan and Natasha have also been doing it, and they also think it is quite feasible.