Twenty minutes later, Lin Yue arrived at Furong Street, which is not far from the Dongfang Garden Community where Su Han lives. It is also the block where the gatehouse he selected last time is located.
Although this east-west street cannot be compared with the bustling business district, it is surrounded by several communities such as Oriental Garden, Times Garden, Furun Lijing, Kangzhuang Xincun, Xintai Mansion, etc., and the daily flow of people on the street is quite strong. There are supermarkets, dried fruit shops, medicine shops, barber shops and other shops closely related to daily life.
Lin Yue chose this street to open a pet clinic because he valued the surrounding living environment. According to the document given to him by Wang Heng's friend, the density of pets in the residential areas around Furong Street is 25% higher than the district average, and It's close to Su Han's home, only about 10 minutes' walk away, so it's very convenient for commuting to and from get off work.
The previous tenant of Mentoufang sold children's clothing. Because online shopping had a great impact on offline physical stores and the profits were insufficient, the store closed its doors after dealing with the backlog of goods and did not renew the lease.
After the taxi pulled over, he saw Su Han standing in a street house without a sign, talking to a fat woman in her fifties.
After scanning the QR code to pay the fare, Lin Yue got out of the taxi and walked towards the front door.
The last time we met, I made an appointment with Su Han to come over to view the house today. Unexpectedly, the girl was more anxious than him. She called early in the morning to say that she had arrived at her destination and sent a message to the landlord. Aunt Wang was on her way.
"Auntie, you see we live in the same community. We can't meet each other without looking up. Your husband is Uncle Li's chess friend. Can the rent... be cheaper for us?"
"No, no, you can go out and ask around. The prices of the nearby apartments are at this price. If I lower the rent, won't that disrupt the market?"
"Auntie, it's not easy for us young people to save some money. You should support young people to start their own businesses. Give us 30,000 yuan every month and erase the small change, okay?"
"Oh, girl, who is having an easy time these days? It's not easy for you young people to save some money, and our lives are not comfortable in middle age. We need to buy a house, a car, a wife for our children, and we will also take care of our grandchildren in the future. Who doesn't need money? ? There is another person who has a headache and a fever. After going to the hospital for a blood test, taking a film, and checking for the virus, thousands of dollars are gone. You ask me to support young people to start their own businesses, who will support my life? "
What the landlord said was reasonable, but Su Han felt very uncomfortable.
She is not a sociable person. Why not let Lin Yue do things like negotiating prices? Instead, she volunteered to help. The biggest reason was that I was chatting with people in the community yesterday and learned that the landlord of the front room lived in the unit building in front of her house. If I turned a few corners, the two families would still be friends.
With this kind of relationship, it is naturally easy to know the landlord's family situation. Can he buy a house, a car, a wife and children? The landlord has only one son and has been married for six years. The couple has good jobs and has bought three houses. The family also hired a nanny to take the children to and from school. They are definitely middle class in Jianghai City.
She didn't want Li Zhi to say it. After all, it's human nature to bargain in business dealings. The key is for people in a community. Why are you so scared?
Man, it is true that the richer the master, the more stingy he is. On the contrary, it is the poor people who have read books who are willing to stick to kindness.
"Su Han."
Lin Yue walked into the front room, took a look at the dusty room, and walked to the girl's side.
She smiled and said: "You are here..."
"Yeah." Lin Yue finished speaking and looked at the landlord: "Aunt Wang, right? I'm Lin Yue. I called you before."
Wang Caiqin looked him up and down carefully for a while: "Are you her boyfriend?"
Lin Yue said: "Yes, I am his boyfriend."
Wang Caiqin smiled and said, "That's great."
Lin Yue smiled apologetically at Wang Caiqin, took Su Han's hand and walked to the sidewalk outside: "What's going on?"
Su Han didn't hide it from him, and told him his thoughts and price negotiation process in a rather dissatisfied tone.
Lin Yue knew that she was very dissatisfied with the landlord's lying behavior, not to mention that her demands were not high. The rent was thirty-two thousand a month, and it was not too much for the tenant to want to wipe out the fraction, right? What's more, if both parties live in the same community, their relationship should be closer than that of strangers.
Lin Yue patted her hand: "You wait here, I'll go talk to her."
"She and I are not willing to take care of each other in the same community. It would be even worse if it were you." Su Han shook his head and sighed: "If she doesn't agree to the price reduction, don't be impatient. In the worst case, you can find a place with a cheaper rent." Facade.”
Lin Yue found it a little funny. She had just mentioned that the landlord was full of resentment and thought that the landlord was not honest enough. Now she was worried that she would be sulky because the landlord refused to give benefits.
"Come, eat a piece of candy and suppress the emotions in your heart." Lin Yue put a bag of chocolate into her hand and walked into the room.
Su Han tore open the packaging bag, pinched two chocolate beans and put them in his mouth, feeling much better.
At the same time, Lin Yue came to the small courtyard behind the gatehouse. Wang Caiqin was sorting out the old cardboard boxes and aluminum cans on the ground with his feet, trying to gather them into a pile.
There was a buzzing sound from the yard next door, which sounded like a high-power range hood working.
"Aunt Wang."
"How's your discussion going as a young couple?"
Lin Yue opened both [Bargaining LV2] and [Master's Killer LV2] and said with a smile: "I still hope you can lower the rent a little. Look at the grass in this small courtyard, it's so high, and the dust in the room has also accumulated. Quite a bit, this front door room...has been vacant for at least more than a month."
Wang Caiqin remained silent.
"Of course, the house is yours, and no one else can control whether you rent it or not. But if you rent it out earlier, you'll get paid earlier, right? In the current difficult economic situation of physical stores, if this house has to be vacant for half a year, how much money will it cost? If I were the landlord , I will definitely consider charging less rent to form a virtuous cycle among myself, tenants, and the market, so as not to cause the economy to collapse later and the house to be rented out even if I want to.”
Wang Caiqin recalled what happened to the previous tenant who sold children's clothing: "It makes sense."
"How about I wipe out the change for you and pay you a rent of 30,000 yuan a month?"
30,000 yuan a month is 360,000 yuan a year, which is 24,000 yuan less than receiving no profit. But as Lin Yue said, one more month of vacancy is a greater loss than receiving 24,000 yuan less.
She calculated this account very clearly.
Lin Yue smiled and did not comment on the landlord's retreat.
"When I came over, I paid attention to the types of shops next to it. The surrounding restaurants were the most popular. I really couldn't understand why the previous tenant came here to sell children's clothing. There was a restaurant on the left, a fast food on the right, and there were two on the sidewalk in front. Trash can, this will greatly reduce the impression of passers-by, okay? If you ask me, it would be better for people in the catering industry to rent this front house, but opening a restaurant... will ruin the house. "
