Stepmother Reborn: Dad, my mom hasn't hit me for three days

The two of them arrived at the hotel box. Manager Xu came in not long after they waited. He seemed to be in a hurry, having rushed in from outside. His forehead was covered in sweat in such a cold day.

Seeing the two of them, Manager Xu smiled and said, "It's great that you are interested in the mall. If I sold it to someone else, I would still worry that the business would not be popular. But if I sell it to you, I will feel relieved."

This sounded like flattery, but Zhang Xiuhua didn't dare to respond. She replied modestly, "We just think the location of this mall is good. We want to give it a try. I want to ask if this mall is rented or purchased?"

"I bought it." Manager Xu smiled bitterly. "If it was rented, I wouldn't have to bother selling it. You have connections in the south and can bring the brand here. I really have no other choice."

He had previously worked with state-owned factories, but many emerging fashion brands are private factories. He begged and pleaded, but those people only cared about the profit and were not willing to come.

Zhang Xiuhua asked him, "How many years will it take for the mall to expire? How much is the transfer fee?"

Manager Xu asked them to look at the certificate they signed, "It's forty years in total. For a mall like this, the longest period is forty years. When the time is up, you can just renew it for a later period."

Zhang Xiuhua nodded and waited quietly for his reply.

Manager Xu lowered his head and thought for a while, then gritted his teeth and said, "I spent 400,000 yuan to get it before. If I transfer it to you, I will take 300,000 yuan."

Three hundred thousand? Zhang Xiuhua shook her head when she heard the price. "This mall is in a good location, but the buildings are too old. They will have to be demolished and rebuilt in a few years. That will cost more."

The main reason is that this shopping mall has no elevator and will have to be renovated and rebuilt within ten years.

Manager Xu bargained with her, "It's true that the house is more than ten years old, but it has only been renovated for two years, so it's still very new. The floor is all tiled, and the staff are all privately owned. It's not like state-owned enterprises, so it's hard to fire them."

He listed the advantages of the mall, and Zhang Xiuhua refuted them one by one.

Li Jianguo was listening on the side, pouring tea for the two from time to time.

Finally, Zhang Xiuhua said her offer, "Two hundred thousand. If you want to sell it, we can transfer it at any time!"

Manager Xu refused without even thinking, "No way! Then I'll lose half!"

Zhang Xiuhua smiled and said, "I have to sell the goods after I get it, so I have to keep some extra money. Let's eat first, and you can think about it when we get back."

How could Manager Xu afford two hundred thousand? She was too ruthless, she cut it down to one hundred thousand directly!

Manager Xu's voice was filled with anxiety. "We have known each other for many years. I'll give you a lower price. 280,000 is the lowest."

Seeing him like this, Zhang Xiuhua guessed that he was short of money. She knew what was going on, so she didn't answer him. She invited him to eat first. "When you're hungry, your brain can't keep up. Let's not rush. No business deal can be done in one go. You go back and think about it carefully, and I'll think about it when I go back too. Even if the deal doesn't work out, we're still friends."

What she said has become a cliché in later generations, but people today are hearing it for the first time and find it quite reasonable.

After dinner, the two sides separated.

Zhang Xiuhua and Li Jianguo returned to the brewery. Li Jianguo had been patient all the way, but finally couldn't hold it in any longer. "Didn't you want to cooperate with him? Why did you want to buy the mall now?"

"Let's buy the mall first, so that if the business dissolves in the future, he will be the one to leave." Zhang Xiuhua believes that the purpose of being a landlord is to assert sovereignty. "After buying it, I will tell him my idea, hire him as a manager, and give him shares. The two are not contradictory."

Li Jianguo understood, but he felt that she had cut the price too much this time. "You cut the price by 100,000 yuan in one go. He may not agree!"

"If you don't agree, forget it. I don't have to buy this mall." Zhang Xiuhua didn't take it to heart. She had already finished the discussion and was waiting for the other party to respond. "Leave this matter to me. Don't meet with him."

Li Jianguo was eager to do so. He didn't even bother to negotiate the price and agreed immediately. "Okay! I'm very busy anyway. Didn't Ergou say he wanted to equip our factory with pickup trucks? I found a few strong men to enroll in a driving school together, and I'll do the same. When I get the dividends this year, I can buy a car and drive it myself. We won't have to go to the county so much in the future."

Zhang Xiuhua didn't expect that he had such a big wish, "Okay, then sign up! I can also benefit from it!"

Zhang Xiuhua stayed at home for three days. When she returned to work by train, she saw a scar on her team leader's forehead. She was shocked and asked, "What happened to his face?"

The team leader covered his forehead and said, "I'm fine. I just bumped into something."

She continued to work. Xiao Chen, who was in the same group, told Zhang Xiuhua, "I had an argument with a passenger at the last stop and was pushed by him. When you go to promote sales later, pay attention to the loud-mouthed man in carriage 11. He looks like someone you don't want to mess with, so stay away from him."

Zhang Xiuhua nodded and agreed.

Because of Xiao Chen's reminder, she really paid attention to the other party when she went to sell. The man looked very fierce. It was May in the Northeast and he was still wearing a coat, but he actually exposed his arms, which were tattooed. He looked like a tiger and was not easy to mess with.

Maybe because she was old, the other party was just a little rude in his words when she was selling something, but did not tease her.

Of course, when I was buying things, I was verbally provoked several times, and it seemed as if fists were about to fall on me.

Zhang Xiuhua couldn't hold back several times and was forcibly pulled away by Xiao Chen. "Sister Zhang, I know you are angry, but we are outnumbered and we really have to be patient. Those foreign police won't care about us."

Zhang Xiuhua could only suppress her anger.

After we crossed the border and the police got off the train, the atmosphere on the train changed. They spoke louder and flirted with the young attendants.

Zhang Xiuhua watched from the side, seeing the flight attendants blushing, she felt nothing but anger, but she had no way to deal with them.

Fortunately, these people came here to make money, and they only flirted with them verbally without taking any real action, so they arrived in Moscow safely.

When they arrived at the station, all the passengers got off the bus. Zhang Xiuhua also packed her luggage. Xiao Chen saw her getting off the bus and called her, "It's so chaotic outside, you want to get off the bus?"

Many train attendants would not get off the train easily for safety reasons, but Zhang Xiuhua could resell the goods here, so she got off the train almost every time.

"It's okay! I know someone here."

At this time, Russia and China re-established diplomatic relations, and exchanges between the two countries increased.

Many Chinese people can be seen in Moscow, and some even opened shops here.

The atmosphere here is much better than before, there is enough food, and everyone is smiling. Zhang Xiuhua also saw many newly opened restaurants and clothing stores. The price of clothes is very expensive, more than three times that of the capital.

After selling things, Zhang Xiuhua had a meal here, slept in the rented place for a night, and then came back to continue working.

When she returned to her hometown, the first thing Li Jianguo said to her was, "You win! Manager Xu has agreed."

Zhang Xiuhua finally smiled, "Did he come to see you?"

"Yes. I said you went to work. He negotiated the price with me, but I said I couldn't make the decision." Li Jianguo told him about the recent situation of the mall. Business was getting worse and worse. An electrical appliance store opened next to it, and the most popular electrical appliances in the mall were squeezed out. Although electrical appliances are in short supply, such a large mall cannot rely on electrical appliances. You have to know that electrical appliances are domestically produced and have limited quotas. If you sell too much, the manufacturer will not provide more goods.

Zhang Xiuhua nodded.

In a blink of an eye, Li Jianguo and Zhang Xiuhua went to meet Manager Xu.

After not seeing him for a long time, Manager Xu looked much thinner than before. It was obvious how much pressure he was under. Li Jianguo said that the mall couldn't pay the salary now, so he looked for other people to invest, but those people offered a lower price than Zhang Xiuhua, so Manager Xu had no choice but to look for him again.

After sitting down, the two exchanged pleasantries.

Zhang Xiuhua wanted to build a good relationship with Manager Xu. After all, she still needed him. This time, her attitude was much friendlier than before. "Our section of the road is indeed OK. We saw an electrical appliance store next to it, and the traffic has also increased."

Manager Xu nodded, "Yes."

He sighed and said, "Just do as you said before, two hundred thousand is two hundred thousand."

Zhang Xiuhua nodded, "Then let's sign first. I have another idea I want to discuss with you. If you think it's okay, then do it. If not, just ignore what I said."

Manager Xu didn't understand what she wanted to say, but seeing that she was willing to pay for it, he looked over the transfer agreement signed by Zhang Xiuhua and signed it as there was no problem.

"I asked a lawyer to help me write this." Zhang Xiuhua and Li Jianguo jointly invested in this mall, and the money used was the dividends from investing in beer. Their family was divided into three parts: Zhang Xiuhua's personal dividend, Li Jianguo's personal dividend and the joint dividend.

The joint dividend was 70,000 yuan. Zhang Xiuhua added 100,000 yuan and Li Jianguo added 30,000 yuan, making a total of 200,000 yuan. The store was bought, but the money for the goods was not enough. So Manager Xu had to add another sum.

After Manager Xu received the check, Zhang Xiuhua told him about her plan to open a supermarket.

Manager Xu was slightly startled. "Supermarket?"

He is a well-informed man. He has been to major cities in the south and have seen supermarkets, which, to put it nicely, are just enlarged versions of convenience stores.

Opening a supermarket does have a future, but distributing goods is also a big problem. But then he thought that they already have a small store, and opening another one would be a matter of practice makes perfect. "Your idea is good. If I had money, I would also like to invest."

This was exactly what Zhang Xiuhua wanted, so she immediately invited Manager Xu to work together. "You now have 200,000 yuan. After paying the salaries, you can use the remaining money to open a store. It will be a small store at best. Why don't we work together? You provide the talent and funds, and we share the profits in proportion."

Manager Xu had never thought about investing in a supermarket. Seeing that they took the initiative to invite him, he couldn't make a decision for a while, "I'll think about it after I go back."

Zhang Xiuhua nodded, "Okay! I will go back to work in two days, please give me an answer as soon as possible."

Manager Xu said decisively, "I'll give you an answer tomorrow."

Although he had not yet decided to invest, the deal could not go through, but the friendship remained. Both parties ate and drank well and had a great chat, and it was a very pleasant time.