Looking at Qin Yun, Sun Yadong smiled faintly and said, "Since Boss Qin's so straightforward, I'll get to the point. The rent is twenty-five thousand, with a one-year lease."
Not far away, Zhao Mei was watching the situation closely. Upon hearing the rent was twenty-five thousand, her face immediately showed signs of anxiety.
"Twenty-five thousand?"
Upon hearing this, Qin Yun suddenly laughed. He stared at Sun Yadong with a sharp look in his eyes and said, "The previous rent was four thousand. Boss Sun, you must be joking. Raising it more than six times instantly—this rent even rivals that of prime locations in first-tier cities, doesn't it?"
Facing Qin Yun's gaze, Sun Yadong was unfazed. He smiled and replied, "The Celestial Fortune Clothing store has a daily turnover of over ten thousand. In a month, it can earn at least a hundred and fifty thousand. Compared to that, a rent of only twenty-five thousand is nothing."
He was asking for even more than Sun Jianqiang did, mainly because he wanted to take back the store.
However, if Qin Yun agreed to the twenty-five thousand rent, that would be three hundred thousand a year, and it wouldn't matter if Celestial Fortune Clothing continued under Qin Yun.
After all, even if he took back the Celestial Fortune Clothing store to run himself, it was unlikely to be as popular.
"It's too high."
Qin Yun shook his head and said, "The clothing in the store is already expensive at wholesale prices, plus labor costs and such; in reality, the store's profit isn't very high. If Boss Sun takes so much all at once, I really won't make a penny."
Honestly, this was the first store he opened, and unless absolutely necessary, he would prefer to keep it going.
"Boss Qin, twenty-five thousand is the most reasonable price I've calculated. If you can't manage that, then I can't lease the store to you," Sun Yadong said, shaking his head with an expression of apparent regret.
Upon hearing this, Qin Yun instantly understood his intention.
He nodded and said, "In that case, I can only say we won't be able to continue our partnership."
He didn't waste more words: "By the end of the month on the 31st, I'll be moving out."
"Alright." Sun Yadong nodded, exchanged a few polite words, then turned and left.
"Yun, does the landlord want to reclaim the store?"
Seeing Sun Yadong leaving, Zhao Mei hurried over and couldn't help but ask.
"He set the rent at twenty-five thousand; of course, he wants to reclaim the store," Qin Yun replied calmly.
He knew some landlords raised rents for stores with good business under them. This wasn't against the law; after all, if it's too high, tenants won't rent. There's no coercion involved.
However, he had never seen an increase like this before.
In this small fifth-tier county, the store rent even rivaled that of first-tier cities.
At this moment, Qin Xuan came walking from a distance. She looked at Zhao Mei and Qin Yun and asked what had happened.
"What? Twenty-five thousand in rent? Sun Yadong is asking way too much." Upon learning about the rent increase, Qin Xuan was immediately furious.
"He must be jealous seeing our clothing store doing so well."
After speaking, Qin Xuan looked at Qin Yun and couldn't help but ask, "Yun, what do we do now?"
Her face showed signs of anxiety again.
Running a store requires the right time, place, and people. Business might be booming in one spot, but changing locations slightly could cause operations to plummet.
After all, in her view, the success of a store's business isn't something she can control. It depends on her luck.
Not only her, but Zhao Mei also looked worried, fearing that changing places would affect business.
"Yun, should we agree to the landlord's terms? Although twenty-five thousand is expensive, we can still earn something." She couldn't help but say.
Without knowing the future, compromise seemed best to her.
"Mom, this isn't just about agreeing to terms. Even if we agree this time, next time, Sun Yadong will only push harder."
Qin Yun shook his head and said, "Rather than that, it's better to give up altogether. There are plenty of rentable stores on this commercial street. Changing locations won't affect us much."
His greatest asset was the Wealth Gathering Array; it's impossible to make him compromise with a store.
"Yun, are you going to open another clothing store in the county center?" Upon hearing her brother, Qin Xuan couldn't help but ask.
"Yes, with the high foot traffic here, I certainly won't give up."
Qin Yun nodded. His eyes carried a strange glint: "And we'll open right next to our Celestial Fortune Clothing store."
After speaking, Qin Yun looked at Qin Xuan and said, "Sis, are there any options here?"
Hearing this, Qin Xuan thought for a moment and said, "There are several stores around here ready for sublet, including one that's also a clothing store."
The clothing store Qin Xuan mentioned had been barely breaking even before. After Celestial Fortune Clothing opened, their business worsened.
However, business is inherently competitive; countless stores have closed down.
Upon hearing Qin Xuan's words, Qin Yun said, "Choose that clothing store; this way, we save time on renovations."
To him, whether the renovation looks good or not hardly matters. Each store owner takes renovation seriously before opening, so it can't be too bad.
Once a primary Wealth Gathering Array is set up, wealth will naturally flow abundantly.
"Alright, I'll handle it now." Qin Xuan nodded immediately.
In the next few days, Qin Yun continued with his studies, while Qin Xuan became even busier.
With the new store chosen, and according to Qin Yun's requests, on June 1st, both the county center and the Sunshine City branches of Celestial Fortune Clothing would open simultaneously.
Before the opening, everything had to be sorted out.
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"Haha, Dad, did you buy back all these clothes?"
Sun Jianqiang looked at the pile of clothes in front of him and laughed.
He didn't expect his dad to be bolder than he was by directly asking for a rent of twenty-five thousand, and Qin Yun without hesitation refused to renew the lease.
After the end of the month, that "busy" Celestial Fortune Clothing store would be theirs.
"Yes, once Qin Yun and his people move out of the store on the 31st, we'll move in right away," Sun Yadong said with a smile.
"Haha, then we'll be the ones making money." Sun Jianqiang was excited.
He couldn't wait to see Qin Yun's expression at that time.
"By the way, Dad, what's Qin Yun doing now?" After thinking for a moment, Sun Jianqiang asked.
"Qin Yun? It seems he's chosen another store to open a clothing store again."
These days, he'd been busy with store matters and didn't pay much attention to Qin Yun.
After all, Qin Yun was almost irrelevant to him. Why pay attention to Qin Yun?
"Opening a clothing store again? Does he think moving to another place will make his business flourish again?" Sun Jianqiang smirked and sneered.