Rebirth: The Comeback of the Girl
Chapter 174: Shop Around

Chapter 174: Chapter 174: Shop Around

"We’ll go over and take a look in a bit!" Zhen Yu declared with finality.

"What? Seriously looking?" Li Si’er didn’t expect this little sister to actually dare to look, and neither did Cao Zhixin.

Xiao Cao, confused, asked: "What about my uncle’s shop then?"

"We’ll look at that too, let’s meet as usual tomorrow morning!" Zhen Yu reassured him, "I need to compare several options anyway!"

"Oh! Yeah!"

After the dinner gathering, the three members of the Zhen Family, led by Li Si’er, headed to the restaurant he mentioned, with Zhang San accompanying them.

It was just past dinner time, yet the entrance to the restaurant was eerily quiet, no wonder the owner wanted to sell the place.

Five people entered, and after a while, a middle-aged woman came forward, asking indifferently: "Are you here to eat?"

Zhen Yu gave Li Si’er a look, and Li Si’er immediately went ahead and said: "Sister, I came to look at the place this afternoon, is your boss still here?"

"Oh." The woman, with a lack of enthusiasm, said: "Upstairs! Go up and find him yourself."

Li Si’er raised an eyebrow, leading everyone upstairs, and in one of the private rooms, they found the boss, who was smoking and drinking tea.

"Boss Zhang! We met this afternoon, I’ve brought relatives to look at the shop," Li Si’er greeted the middle-aged, rotund boss enthusiastically.

The chubby man stood up, "Oh! Please, have a seat! Let’s sit down and talk!"

After everyone settled down, the fat man looked at Zhang San, "You want to buy the shop?"

Zhang San quickly shook his head, gesturing towards Mrs. Zhen, "Not me! She’s the one looking to buy."

The fat man, surprised the buyer was a woman, said, "Miss! This location is really good, are you planning to cash out?"

"No cash out! I just want the shop," Mrs. Zhen quickly clarified.

"That’s true! It’s tough to run a restaurant these days! Especially around here with mostly students who don’t have much money and are picky eaters!"

"Hehe," Mrs. Zhen gave a forced laugh.

The fat man, also known as Boss Zhang, organized his thoughts and got straight to the point.

"This shop has two floors, totaling over 160 square meters, with the second floor having its own external staircase, it’s good either for running your own business or for renting out. What price can you offer?"

Mrs. Zhen looked at Zhen Yu, who didn’t make an offer right away but instead asked, "Could you tell us why you want to sell this shop?"

Boss Zhang smiled, "To be honest, I have another store in the department store area that does much better business than this one. This store just barely breaks even."

With that, Boss Zhang’s smile deepened, "In business, who wants to let their money sit idle! I plan to sell this place and open a new one elsewhere."

Zhen Yu nodded, feeling the reason was sound and believable.

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"Before coming here, we had gotten some idea about the shop prices around here, not the latest ones," Zhen Yu gave a hint, "Last year’s price! 90 square meters for US$30,000!"

"Impossible!" Boss Zhang objected: "The location you mentioned must be at the very front of this street, or maybe it’s the second floor!"

"The location was even better than this one!" Zhen Yu retorted, and before Boss Zhang could respond, added, "But indeed, it was on the second floor."

"I thought so!" Boss Zhang realized, "Mine has two floors, each floor over 80 square meters!"

"What’s your asking price for this shop?" Zhen Yu earnestly inquired.

Boss Zhang glanced at Mrs. Zhen then back at Zhen Yu, slightly puzzled as to why the adult wasn’t speaking and the child was taking the lead.

But it didn’t prevent him from making his offer, after all, it’s all about buying and selling! If they make an offer, and he doesn’t respond, how can business talks proceed?!

"Round it up! $70,000!" Boss Zhang said, closely watching Mrs. Zhen’s expression as he still believed that the adults should be the decision makers.

Indeed, as soon as he finished speaking, Mrs. Zhen exclaimed, "70,000?! That’s too expensive!"

"Not expensive at all!" Boss Zhang quickly explained, "The prices for the second floor have gone up this year, let alone the first floor! The price I quoted is really conscientious!"

Zhen Yu did some calculations; it was equivalent to a little over four hundred per square meter, which wasn’t too far off from her estimate.

"It’s not outrageously expensive, but the price is indeed high! After all, you are not selling it separately, the total price is too high, ordinary people can’t afford it!"

Zhen Yu was somewhat tempted, but the price obviously could still be pressed down, especially since a double-story shop isn’t that easy to sell.

Boss Zhang understood this logic.

The smaller the shop area, the higher the total selling price, but it’s easier to sell!

On the contrary, the larger the shop area, the lower the price per square meter! The reason is that ordinary people can’t afford it and can’t cough up that much money.

Boss Zhang silently snuffed out his cigarette, and after a while, he asked, "Are you really interested? If you are, make an offer!"

Mrs. Zhen immediately looked nervously at her daughter, and this movement was quickly noticed by the shrewd Boss Zhang, who was somewhat shocked and incredulous.

He really didn’t expect it! The final decision, in the end, was actually up to that little girl he was talking to!

Zhen Yu didn’t make an offer directly but said with a smile, "Can you take me around first? I need to see the situation first."

"Of course!" Boss Zhang said as he stood up.

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Everyone followed Boss Zhang, viewing the entire shop from top to bottom, inside and out.

Zhen Yu also asked Boss Zhang to open the door to the outdoor staircase on the second floor, and they walked from there to the street to get a feel for the surroundings.

After returning from the front door to the second floor and sitting down, Boss Zhang looked expectantly at Zhen Yu, waiting for her to make an offer.

Zhen Yu, pressed for time, didn’t beat around the bush and directly made a starting bid, "$65,000."

Boss Zhang’s gaze tightened, and after a pause, he said, "That’s too low."

Zhen Yu smiled and stood up, "It’s getting late, think it over. If it works, we can come by again tomorrow."

Upon hearing this, Boss Zhang was momentarily stunned, then also stood up smiling, "Sure! I’ll walk you out."

It was neither too early nor too late; after dropping Zhen Yan off at First High School, Zhang San and Li Si earnestly escorted Mrs. Zhen and her daughter back to the guest house.

At the entrance of the guest house, Zhen Yu smiled and said goodbye to them, "You guys go ahead if you’re busy, we can manage on our own tomorrow."

"No rush! No rush! See you tomorrow." The two waved their hands repeatedly.

"Alright then." Zhen Yu nodded and went in with her mother.

After washing up, the mother and daughter lay in bed chatting.

"Xiao Yu, how come you got mixed up with those two? Can they be trusted? And about this restaurant’s shop, they aren’t shills, are they?" Mrs. Zhen had quite a lot on her mind.

"No chance!" Zhen Yu had met Zhang San and Li Si only a few times but had a good impression of them.

Besides, she was not afraid even if they were shills; she knew enough legal know-how about buying a house!

After all, in her previous life, she had seen so many news items about mortgage traps and double selling of the same property!

But as long as she was cautious, not releasing funds without seeing the product and not completing formalities, it would be fine! Plus, she could consider getting it notarized.