Was fired and opened a gourmet food store

A middle-aged man came in.

He was tall and thin, expressionless, wearing a pair of glasses, and looked a bit mean.

"Brother Cui, why are you here?"

Seeing the appearance of the person, Xu Ziqi was a little surprised.

This man is Cui Qi, the landlord here.

"I came here to take a look."

After nodding and greeting Xu Ziqi, Cui Qi looked around and then noticed the twin sisters.

"Who are these two beauties?" Cui Qi asked puzzledly.

"They are my employees." Xu Ziqi replied.

"Is your business so good here?" Cui Qi was a little surprised, "Can't one person handle it?"

"Uh..." Xu Ziqi scratched his head, "It's not bad."

Hearing the answer, Cui Qi was thoughtful.

After a while.

He winked at Xu Ziqi, "Xiao Xu, come out for a while, I have something to talk to you about."

"Can't we talk here?" Xu Ziqi was a little confused.

"It's better to talk outside." Cui Qi explained and walked outside first.

"Mysterious." Xu Ziqi muttered quietly, and followed him out.

The twin sisters also looked at the two curiously.

When they got outside.

"Xiao Xu." Cui Qi patted Xu Ziqi's shoulder and said, "Brother Cui wants to discuss something with you."

"What is it?"

"Actually, it's nothing."

Cui Qi smiled and put his arm around Xu Ziqi's shoulder again, "Look, the lease for this month is about to expire, so Brother Cui wants to discuss the renewal with you."

"Oh, so that's it."

Xu Ziqi suddenly realized.

He remembered that the lease was about to expire.

When he rented the shop, he and the landlord signed a short-term contract with a deposit of one month and one month's rent.

As for why he didn't sign a long-term contract at that time.

One word: no money.

Generally, this kind of shop has a deposit of one month and three months' rent, and a one-year contract.

The rent of his shop is 4,000 yuan a month, so he needs to pay 16,000 yuan.

Xu Ziqi had 50,000 yuan in savings at the time. After buying the store for 40,000 yuan, he only had 10,000 yuan left.

In addition to renting a house, he also had to save some money for buying groceries, so he proposed to sign a one-deposit-one-payment contract with the landlord.

Fortunately, the landlord agreed, but added another requirement:

Sign for one month first, and renew the contract after one month depending on the situation.

Xu Ziqi didn't think too much at the time and agreed.

After all, the location and traffic of this store are still good, and it is also the best choice he could find at the time.

"Okay, Brother Cui." Xu Ziqi nodded, "Then let's add another year on the original basis."

He thought Cui Qi would agree. But Cui Qi smiled and shook his head.

"Xiao Xu, if you renew the contract now, it will not be this price."

Hearing this, Xu Ziqi frowned slightly.

Is this person trying to take the opportunity to raise the price?

Sure enough.

Cui Qi continued, "Look, this is your first time opening a store, right?"

"You're doing so well on your first store. You're certainly good at running it, but you can't deny that Brother Cui has contributed to it, right?"

"You know, this store has a great location and a lot of traffic, so we don't have to worry about rent."

"Then why did I pay you a deposit and rent?"

"It's because you just graduated and it's not easy to get a job."

"You're also a graduate from a prestigious university, you've read a lot of books, you've heard of repaying a drop of kindness with a spring of water, right?"

"Brother Cui doesn't want you to repay me for anything, I just hope the rent can go up a bit."

"Not much, just a little bit."

...

Cui Qi was arguing with reason, but Xu Ziqi was getting impatient.

Yes!

He really just started working and didn't have much social experience.

But that doesn't mean he's stupid.

For restaurants, taste is the key, followed by marketing.

Compared to the first two, location is not that important.

He remembered that on the first day of business, there were not many people at the beginning, only a few people.

This does not reflect the advantages of the geographical location at all.

And the business has improved because of the recommendation of repeat customers.

Of course, there is also the help of Ye Xiaoyu.

At noon that day, many male customers were attracted to the store by Ye Xiaoyu, the steamed bun beauty, and then they were attracted by Xu Ziqi's steamed buns and became loyal fans.

It must be said that Cui Qi is really shameless, with a bandit logic.

He actually attributed Xu Ziqi's good business to the location advantage of his store.

Is he still shameless?

"How much do you want to increase?"

Xu Ziqi asked curiously.

Of course he would not give Cui Qi money, but just wanted to see how big this person's appetite is.

Then.

Cui Qi smiled and stretched out four fingers and reported a number.

"4000."

"4000?"

Even if it is a bit accurateXu Ziqi was still stunned by the number.

Good guy!

It doubled directly.

You are not afraid of holding on.

Increase by 4,000, that is 8,000.

8,000 yuan a month, I still rent such a shabby store?

Wouldn’t it be better to rent it on Jiefang West Road?

The location there is better and there is more traffic.

Without hesitation, Xu Ziqi replied: "I can't accept this number."

Cui Qi seemed to have thought that Xu Ziqi would give this answer.

He seemed to think seriously and continued:

"Well... this money is indeed a bit too much, how about this, Brother Cui will suffer a little loss, increase by 2,000, 6,000 a month, this should be okay? Last time someone offered 7,000 and I didn't agree, this time it's a bargain for you."

Hearing this, Xu Ziqi sneered in his heart.

You think I don't understand the "house demolition effect", right?

Deliberately making a big request that is impossible to achieve, and then making a smaller request after being rejected, this is easier to accept.

Of course he would not agree.

Because this is unreasonable in itself.

This shop is worth 4,000 a month at most.

So Xu Ziqi said lightly: "It's 4,000, no more."

Cui Qi wanted to say something, but seeing Xu Ziqi's expression, he knew that it was useless to say anything.

But he still didn't give up, and asked tentatively: "Are you sure? There are no other shops for rent nearby except mine. How much money will you lose in a day if you open a shop in a new place?"

"..."

Seeing Cui Qi's mean face, Xu Ziqi thought, I would rather donate this extra money.

Give it to you, a profiteer?

Impossible.

So he refused again, "I still say that, it's 4,000, no more."

"Then there is no room for negotiation."

Cui Qi's face turned cold, and he looked even more sarcastic.

"There's nothing to talk about." Xu Ziqi said calmly.

"That's fine." Cui Qi didn't hide anything, waved his hand as if to shoo away a fly, and said:

"You move out when the time comes, 1, 2, 3, 4... There are still 10 days, and I will come to close the store after 10 days."

"Please do as you please."

Xu Ziqi didn't bother to pay attention to him, and turned back to the store after he finished speaking.

Cui Qi also looked at him coldly and left.