"Xiaofeng, you want to open a tea house?" Yang Ming asked reflexively. "Opening a tea house requires a significant investment. Even here in our county, a small one needs about 400,000, and a larger one over a million."
Ah Lin and Ah Pao immediately looked at Lu Feng.
If one of their own really opened a tea house, then inviting friends to drink tea there would definitely be more impressive than huddling in a rented office to do it.
Lu Feng nodded and said, "If we're going to do it, we should go big. I've made a decent amount from these past two times I've sold gold jewelry, but I don't know anything about tea houses, how to stock them, or have the time to manage one!"
Hearing this, Yang Ming immediately pointed to one of his brothers and joked, "If you're serious about opening a tea house, Da Fei can help you. His family used to run one, and besides, he has plenty of 'little sisters' he can call on."
Clearly, that last part about the "little sisters" was the key.
After all, tea houses nowadays all hire beautiful women to serve tea. To put it nicely, they're called Tea Masters. To put it bluntly, they're there to drink tea with you, chat with you, and keep you company.
But this was undeniably effective. Many people who went to buy tea leaves were really just going for the girls serving the tea.
Many would even spend a fortune on tea leaves just to woo a Tea Master.
In principle, this was no different from throwing money around in a bar to chase after women.
That's why the ones buying and drinking tea were all men, and the ones learning the art of tea were all women.
Even if they advertised themselves as Tea Masters, claiming they could make a 2-yuan tea taste like it was worth 2,000 yuan, it was all bullshit. Most of the time, everyone knew what was really going on.
As long as you're pretty, sweet-tongued, and a good conversationalist, I'll be happy to pass the time drinking tea.
Having been called out, Da Fei immediately grinned at Lu Feng and said, "Young Master Feng, leave the matter of the tea-serving girls to me. Besides, I have a lead. There's a newly renovated tea house being sold for cheap. If we can take it over, it'll save us a lot of trouble."
Lu Feng's interest was piqued. "Tell me more. What's the story?"
Da Fei immediately explained, "You know that newly opened Feiyan Tea House over at Zhongmin Square? It should be the biggest one in Youcheng right now. You all know about it, right?"
Ah Lin nodded. "Yeah, I've had tea there before. The renovation is really nice, and it's huge. Besides the few tea tables in the main hall, the first floor has four private tea rooms, and the second floor has six more tea rooms and six game rooms!"
Da Fei continued, "They had just finished renovations and stocked up, ready to open. But the owner's son did something stupid and started gambling, getting in deeper and deeper. The owner had just sold his house to pay off his son's gambling debts when the kid, still not learning his lesson, got into a fight over a woman and beat the other guy up with a few of his buddies."
"The key thing is, the other guy seems to be from the Xianlin Town crowd, and he's a ruthless one. When he was getting beaten up, he didn't even fight back. Instead, he had his buddy record a video."
"And what's more, the guy has connections at a hospital. They coached him on how to get a diagnosis for a perforated eardrum and even produced an assessment report mentioning hearing loss, ear pain, ear fullness, and tinnitus."
"These kinds of assessments are inherently vague and hard to verify. With the right connections, you can get any result you want. In the end, it was classified as a serious disability. Now he's suing for 1 million in compensation, and the owner's son is still locked up in jail."
Hearing this, Lu Feng was completely stunned.
As the saying goes, a thug isn't scary; what's scary is a thug with a brain.
'You can even play it like that?'
All one could say was that the owner's son was a huge liability to his father—a walking 1-million-yuan disaster.
Yang Ming and the others just smiled, seeming to understand something more. The guy from Xianlin Town's injuries were likely from another cause entirely; the owner's idiot son had simply walked right into a setup.
Talk about meeting a "benefactor" right out of the gate.
Besides, this guy was playing on a whole other level.
Normally, a court wouldn't even hear a case demanding 1 million in compensation for a simple brawl. But now it had been turned into a case of intentional injury, and one that caused a serious disability, no less.
The key was that the owner's son had acted with accomplices, which meant they could add a charge of it being gang-related.
All you could say was that the owner's son was inexperienced. If it had been them, they never would have given the other party a chance to record a video, and he wouldn't have had the opportunity to pull this trick.
Now that Lu Feng understood the reason, he asked Da Fei, "So what price are they asking for the tea house?"
Da Fei explained, "Because it's in Zhongmin Square, a high-traffic area, plus it's huge, well-renovated, and fully stocked, they're asking for 1.75 million. No one has taken the offer yet."
Yang Ming immediately asked, "Is it worth that price?"
Da Fei nodded. "If the value of the goods they've listed is accurate, it's definitely worth it. He's desperate because of the debt, so he's actually selling at a bit of a loss."
Hearing this, Lu Feng asked, "Can you get in touch with them? Let's go take a look!"
"No problem." Da Fei nodded and took out his phone to make the call.
After the call was made, Lu Feng, Yang Ming, and the others headed straight to Zhongmin Square and found the Feiyan Tea House.
Lu Feng entered the tea house and found it very quiet. There wasn't even anyone working. However, he could see that the renovation was truly excellent—high-end and impressive.
'Even setting aside all other reasons,' he thought, 'simply owning the largest tea house in Youcheng, right in Zhongmin Square, would be a great thing and give me a lot of face.'
'At least in the future, when I run into old classmates from elementary, middle, or high school, I can say, "I opened the biggest tea house in Youcheng over at Zhongmin Square. You should come by for tea sometime."'
Just then, a middle-aged man with a haggard face came down from upstairs. Seeing Lu Feng and his group, he immediately asked, "Gentlemen, are you the ones who called about buying my tea house?"
"Yes, that's us." Lu Feng looked at the owner with a measure of sympathy. 'What can you do when you have a son who causes so much trouble?'
The owner immediately said, "I'm selling the shop's tea and alcohol inventory as a package deal. The fixed price is 1.75 million, paid in one lump sum."
"No problem, but we need to inspect the inventory first." Lu Feng nodded. As long as the goods were actually worth the price, he wouldn't haggle. After all, if he bought the tea house, he would need inventory to sell. If the stock was complete, they could open for business right away and gradually add more items later.
"Of course." The owner nodded and pulled an inventory list from behind the counter.
Lu Feng glanced at Da Fei, who immediately understood. He took the list and said to the owner, "Sir, we're going to check the inventory first."
"Okay!" The owner nodded and accompanied Da Fei as they began checking the goods against the list.
After some time, Da Fei came over to Lu Feng to report, "Young Master Feng, the inventory is all good."
Lu Feng nodded and then said to the owner, "Sir, in that case, when can we sign the contract?"
"We can sign it right now." The owner was clearly in a hurry to sell, already pulling out a contract he had prepared in advance.
It really made one pity parents everywhere.
After that, Lu Feng reviewed the contract, saw no issues, and signed it with the owner. They then went together to the property transfer center to handle the paperwork, change the ownership, and make the payment.
In a big city, this kind of paperwork might take a long time, but in a small county, the process was surprisingly fast, completed in just half a day.
After paying the 1.75 million, the balance in Lu Feng's account was just over 2.38 million.
But now, the tea house belonged to Lu Feng.
Moreover, he had the name of the tea house directly changed to Qingfeng Tea House.
Leaving the property transfer center, Lu Feng returned to the tea house with Yang Ming and the others. This time, as Yang Ming, Ah Lin, Ah Pao, and Da Fei looked at the impressive tea house, the feeling was different.
After all, the tea house now belonged to Lu Feng, and they were, in essence, already following him. This was now their own turf. In the future, bringing friends and younger brothers here for tea would give them far more face than Chen Bo's crew had. This tea house was bigger and more high-end and impressive than Chen Bo's, after all.
At this moment, Yang Ming gave an order to Da Fei, "Da Fei, Xiaofeng has renamed the tea house to Qingfeng Tea House. The sign needs to be changed, so get someone on that. Also, about those 'little sisters' to serve tea—get in touch with them, quickly."
"And Ah Lin, Ah Pao, you two get on it too. Contact our brothers and tell them to bring their friends here for tea from now on. Since Xiaofeng bought this place, we have to help him run it well."
"Yes, Brother Ming!"
Da Fei, Ah Lin, and Ah Pao all nodded in unison.
With Yang Ming handling these matters, Lu Feng didn't have to worry. Instead, his thoughts turned to the Qingfeng Tea from the game. 'Now I need to figure out how to get that tea into the tea house to sell.'