Chapter 67: Life (1)(2/2)
"Hahahaha!" Song Haoran suddenly laughed, "Buy fruit...Buy fruit. No wonder, no wonder! The fruit is good, dad loves to eat it, especially persimmons! Come on, I remember there is a fruit shop in front of you.
This store sells the best fruits in the whole street! I’ll take you there!”
Under Song Haoran's guidance, the two soon arrived at a fruit stall in the middle of the street. A young man in his twenties was playing with his mobile phone in front of the stall.
"Is the boss here?" Song Haoran said hello in front of the door. The young man seemed to be indifferent, but Song Haoran didn't mind and shouted again: "Is the boss You here?"
"Who are you?" The young man reacted and looked up, "Our boss is not here, what do you want to see him for?"
"Nothing, old friend, just chatting with him." Song Haoran shrugged, "Since he's not here, forget it, let's just buy something... Do you have any persimmons for sale here?"
"No, they're all here, you can see for yourself." The young man looked down at his phone again, looking absent-minded.
Song Haoran looked around the store, then glanced at Luo Qiu, then picked up an apple, "But what I want to buy is persimmons."
"Then there's nothing we can do. Persimmons are hard to store, and there are few people buying them. We haven't bought any for a long time." The young man pointed to the front and said, "There is a new large supermarket in front. It has everything. If you want to buy it, go there.
You can buy it somewhere. But if you don’t want to go there, you can take a look here and pick up what you like. Everything is half price.”
"Half price for everything? So good?" Song Haoran was stunned.
"Sold at a loss, this place is closing down, so we are clearing it out." The young man said helplessly.
Song Haoran nodded and said: "Graduation? Why, I remember that Boss You has been running this fruit stall for more than ten years, and the business has always been good... Is he making money and planning to enjoy a happy life?"
"Enjoying happiness? In the next life?" The young man shook his head and said, "He can't even pay me this month's salary, and he is still helping wash dishes in the restaurant in front!"
"This is wrong, what happened?" Song Haoran asked curiously: "Is Boss You's business so bad? Also, I remember that the store next to you last year should also be owned by Boss You, right? Why has it been changed to a clothing store now?"
The young man sighed and said: "Last year, you didn't know. Starting from the first half of this year, the rent of shops on this street has increased several times! Then a new large supermarket was opened with everything in it.
Yes, it’s cheaper than ours, and it’s sold out all the customers. The boss couldn’t pay the rent, so he could only downsize the store. But after holding on for more than half a year, the business got worse and worse, and now he’s losing money.”
"This is impossible." Song Haoran frowned and said: "I remember that the Chamber of Commerce in China Street has regulations. The rent here will only increase once every five years, and it will be increased according to the minimum standard. Each increase shall not exceed 5%.
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"It has been changed a long time ago!" The young man said, looked around, and then lowered his voice and said: "The Chamber of Commerce has changed a new speaker, and everything has been changed. Let me tell you, the newly opened supermarket
The boss behind this is supported by this talker, and his purpose is to force us out!"
"Forcing you to leave? What's the point?"
"Don't you understand this?" The young man shrugged and said, "I heard that this place is planning a new project in cooperation with the government. So they want to drive us away. If we don't leave, then we will increase the rent and open a supermarket.
Stealing our business. If we can't hold on, we can only resign ourselves to fate. In the past few months, many businesses have been closed. In two days, our place will also be closed."
Song Haoran nodded, "Well... the things here are pretty good, I'll come back later."
With that said, Song Haoran patted Luo Qiu on the shoulder and walked away from the fruit stall.
Luo Qiu didn't see any expression of displeasure on Song Haoran's face, but his smile gave people a dangerous feeling. He suddenly looked at Luo Qiu and said, "Where do you think I want to go now?"
"The Chamber of Commerce." Luo Qiu thought for a while and said.
Song Haoran smiled and said, "Why not go to that supermarket to have a look?"
"Isn't the Chamber of Commerce closer to the answer?" Luo Qiu asked.
Chapter completed!