Sun Yadong's heart suddenly skipped a beat. One million eight hundred thousand yuan, that could buy two houses in Qingwu County.
If it were really possible to earn this much, then what's a little reputation?
In reality, Sun Yadong wasn't like Sun Jianqiang, who knew almost nothing about running a store and could only make assumptions without any basis. He understood that opening a store wasn't so easy; he'd seen others succeed, only for landlords to not renew the lease after the contract expired and take back the store to run the same business themselves. The chances of failure were actually quite high in such cases.
The news has reported many such instances.
Otherwise, if every landlord did this, who would dare to rent a shop to open a store? If the business failed, you lose money; if it's successful, the shop gets taken back?
So, generally speaking, even if a landlord sees a tenant's business doing well, they might only increase the rent. Taking back the store is almost impossible.
However, there have been some successful cases, though the success rate isn't high.
And with a profit of one million eight hundred thousand a year, even if Sun Yadong took back Celestial Fortune Clothing and opened it himself, the odds of success were slim, but he still wanted to give it a try.
Although Sun Yadong thought that Sun Jianqiang's ideas were purely fanciful, he couldn't deny that he was swayed by him.
If successful, the profit would exceed a million a year; if it failed, he'd just lose a little money, something he could easily afford to gamble with, considering his wealth.
If after one or two months business didn't go well, he could simply close it and rent it out again.
Low risk, to him the odds of success didn't seem high, but if he succeeded, the rewards would be massive!
In fact, many landlords are quite shrewd, yet incidents of landlords maliciously hiking rents to drive out tenants and open the same store themselves, only to end up losing money, still happen.
It's not that they're confused; the key is there's enough profit, and they are willing to take a risk. Failure is something they can completely afford.
"Alright, I'll handle this." After pondering for a while, Sun Yadong finally said.
"Dad, I think since we're planning to open a clothing store, we should find a good source for the clothes. If Qin Yun leaves, we can immediately open our new store." Sun Jianqiang said excitedly.
"I have a grasp on these matters!"
Sun Yadong nodded and looked at his son, saying, "The college entrance exam is coming up soon, and what you need to do right now is prepare well and not get involved in these matters."
Sun Jianqiang quickly nodded, his eyes filled with excitement.
"Qin Yun embarrassed me in class, now I'm just waiting to see how you handle the Celestial Fortune Clothing store."
...
After school in the evening, upon arriving at the store, Qin Xuan approached Qin Yun and said, "Yun, in the past couple of days, someone has been openly watching our shop. I feel something's not right."
"Sister, our shop's papers are all in order, and we're in a society governed by law. If someone causes trouble, just call the police," Qin Yun said with a smile.
In today's society, who dares to cause trouble in a shop?
With Celestial Fortune Clothing's booming business, some people will surely take notice, not to mention, the surrounding clothing stores are bound to harbor some hostility.
Qin Xuan nodded and said, "Today the landlord Sun Yadong came by and stayed in the store for half an hour, looking at all the clothes."
"The landlord?" Qin Yun asked, looking at Qin Xuan.
Qin Xuan continued, "He inquired a bit about the clothing styles, and sensing something was off, I didn't reveal much. I think he has some intentions."
Looking at her brother, Qin Xuan thought for a moment and said, "Yun, you mentioned that the lease contract from the previous store owner ends this month, and if we're to renew, we'll need to sign a new contract. I suspect that Sun Yadong might want to raise the rent seeing how good the business is."
Qin Yun nodded and said, "Yes, it ends at the end of the month. It's highly possible that Sun Yadong will raise the rent, but even if he does, it must be within what we can accept. If he raises it arbitrarily, we don't have to insist on staying here."
"If I've succeeded, although other factors contributed, the main reason was my use of the Level One Wealth Gathering Array.
With the Wealth Gathering Array, I can easily succeed anywhere else as well."
"Sister, how's the search for other stores going?" After a few words, he suddenly asked Qin Xuan.
He was asking about new stores for opening branches.
Upon hearing Qin Yun inquire about this, Qin Xuan paused slightly to organize her thoughts and said, "I've identified two shops, one in the south of the city and another near Sunshine City, both about forty square meters."
This was the area Qin Yun was looking for, as the effect of the Level One Wealth Gathering Array was limited, and reaching this area fulfilled its maximum potential.
Based on his calculations, even if a 100-square-meter store was rented to open a clothing store, the daily turnover would still be around six thousand yuan.
After saying this, Qin Xuan said again, "Yun, are we really going to open a branch on June 1st? I think it's a bit too soon."
She felt her brother was being a bit hasty, saying, "We can take our time with this branch."
The first store hadn't even been open for a month yet.
"Sister, don't worry, I believe the branch will definitely continue to make money," Qin Yun said with a smile.
With the Wealth Gathering Array, he had no worries at all.
"Go ahead and rent the store near Sunshine City."
Since the plan was to open a branch on June 1st, preparations had to start in advance.
"Alright." Seeing Qin Yun decide without hesitation, Qin Xuan could only nod.
"How much funds do we have in the store now?" Qin Yun asked after thinking for a moment.
Qin Xuan organized her thoughts and said, "The clothing store has been open for 19 days, with a total turnover of 270,000 yuan. Excluding other expenses, only considering the cost price of clothes and other costs, the profit on clothes alone is close to 140,000 yuan! This doesn't include prepaid card consumption."
"And from the card issuing promotion in the store, eighteen people have gotten the 2,000 yuan cards, four the 5,000 yuan cards, and one the 10,000 yuan card, totaling 66,000 yuan."
"The store now has over 200,000 yuan available for use."
In such a short time, the Celestial Fortune Clothing store had accumulated so much money, showing just how booming business was.
After nodding, Qin Yun said, "Take out 150,000 as the startup capital for the new store!"
The store's renovation, shelving, and stocking all required significant funds.
...
Following this, business at the Celestial Fortune Clothing store continued as usual, while Sun Yadong came by again on the second and third days.
On the third evening, when Qin Yun arrived at the store, Sun Yadong was there as well.
"Yun, the landlord's been here for over ten minutes. Xiaoxuan isn't around, and we're not sure what's going on."
Seeing Qin Yun arriving, Zhao Mei hurried over and said.
"Mom, go ahead and get busy. I'll handle this," Qin Yun said with a smile.
He walked over to Sun Yadong.
"Boss Sun."
"Boss Qin."
Both had smiles on their faces as they stepped aside.
"Boss Sun, you must be here about renewing the store lease, right?" Qin Yun asked with a smile.
"Yes." Sun Yadong looked at Qin Yun and said, "There's only a few days left in May, and we need to sign a new lease contract."
Though smiling on the outside, inside, Sun Yadong felt a bit heated.
Goodness, he hadn't paid attention before, but after observing these past few days, he noted that the business at Celestial Fortune Clothing was indeed booming, earning money as if it were being snatched.
Qin Yun said, "Boss Sun, the rents for the surrounding stores are about the same. I'll stick to the previous amount."
"Haha, Boss Qin, I don't know about the other stores, but the business at Celestial Fortune Clothing is booming. Boss Qin earns so much, the rent surely has to go up a bit," Sun Yadong laughed heartily.
"Oh? By how much?" Qin Yun asked calmly.