Today, Li Dong was in a good mood. Even his steps were light.
He didn't know if this was considered a relationship. There was no confession, no romance. It was just a hug.
But this was enough. Qin Yuhan didn't reject him or scold him. This explained a lot of things, so he was satisfied.
After calming himself down, Li Dong wandered around the main streets of the city.
Today, his goal was to find a suitable place to open a supermarket. Everything else could wait.
…
Dongping County's main city wasn't big, and the business district was even smaller. It was mainly formed by four streets in the center of Crossover City.
The streets didn't have any special names. They were simply called North, South, East, West, and West Streets.
No.1 Middle School belonged to West Street, while the market was on South Street.
Due to the school's presence, West Street mainly consisted of small restaurants, bookstores, hotels, hospitals, and businesses related to students.
On the other side of South Street, there were vegetable markets, fruit stalls, clothing stores, hardware stores, and so on.
Li Dong's goal was to open a supermarket on North Street. There were a few newly built residential areas around North Street. In Li Dong's memory, the county government and some government buildings would be moved there in the future.
The environment there was much better than the old West Street and dirty South Street. It was mainly focused on branded clothing stores, commercial banks, department stores, and other industries.
Moreover, the supermarket in his previous life was located on North Street. He remembered that it was packed with people at that time.
However, Li Dong also looked at the supermarket's location and wasn't satisfied. It was a little too small.
The supermarket's business was good in his previous life. But due to the lack of growth, it was troublesome to expand. In addition, the location was slightly off, so it was squeezed out by those supermarket chains.
After wandering around North Street a few times, Li Dong realized that the current North Street wasn't very prosperous. Some of the shops were either renovating or being rebuilt. It didn't have the modernity of a few years later.
There were also a few shops for rent, but Li Dong wasn't satisfied.
Li Dong only stopped when he reached the intersection of two streets in the northwest and northwest. Looking at the newly built commercial plaza in front of him, Li Dong's eyes lit up.
This commercial building had just been built not long ago. It was five stories high, and the exterior walls had just been renovated. The interior was still empty.
What Li Dong cared about was not whether it was new or old, but he remembered that in the future, this place would be the gathering point of foreign fast food such as KFC and McDonald's, and the business couldn't be better.
Moreover, this place was connected to two streets in the north and south. There were no less than ten residential areas nearby. More importantly, it was less than a ten-minute walk from the Oriental Plaza. The location was absolutely perfect!
This is it!
Li Dong made up his mind in an instant. Was there any place more suitable than this? Furthermore, this place was spacious enough. It was too suitable!
On the wall where the scaffolding had not been removed hung a large advertisement for rent. Li Dong hurriedly wrote down the number and called.
"Hello, are you the landlord of the Blue Ocean Commercial Building?"
"…"
"Yes, I want to rent a house. Let's meet up and talk. I'm at the entrance of Blue Ocean Commercial Building now."
…
After hanging up the phone, Li Dong stood there and waited for a while. About ten minutes later, a chubby middle-aged man trotted over with a briefcase under his arm.
After looking around, he saw that only Li Dong was standing where he was. The middle-aged man seemed to be a little hesitant.
Li Dong also understood why. He smiled and greeted, "Hello, I was the one who called you just now."
"Hello, hello. My name is Li Chenggui. Nice to meet you!" The middle-aged man quickly calmed down and reached out to shake hands with Li Dong.
After shaking hands, Li Chenggui hesitated for a moment and said, "Sir, what's your surname?"
"My surname is also Li. We might have been a family 500 years ago. Could it be that General Manager Li is worried about me because of my young age? Haha … "
Li Dong seemed to be very talkative and warmly greeted Li Chenggui.
Li Chenggui was also a person who was used to doing business. At first, when he saw that Li Dong was young, he quickly suppressed his hesitation and started chatting with Li Dong in a few words.
After a few words, Li Chenggui was really relieved.
Although Li Dong was young, his speech and demeanor were no worse than those in the business world. Sure enough, you can't judge a book by its cover.
Then he got to the point. Li Chenggui asked, "Mr. Li, which store do you like? I plan to rent out the entire first floor. As for the other four floors, I will build partitions after the main building is completed. If Mr. Li has your eyes on it, you can look at the place now. At most, you can move in in a month or two. "
Li Dong was not in a hurry to answer. Instead, he asked, "I wonder if General Manager Li and this Blue Ocean Commercial Building …"
Li Chenggui did not wait for Li Dong to finish and said, "This Blue Ocean Commercial Building was invested and built by me and a few friends."
Li Dong nodded and felt slightly relieved. It was good that he was the owner.
"General Manager Li's business is quite big. I'm afraid this building can't be built without a few million yuan."
"Sigh, who said it wasn't. We invested six to seven million yuan in total. Unfortunately …"
Li Chenggui shook his head and did not say much.
But even without saying, Li Dong knew what was going on. At this time, developing real estate might not necessarily make a lot of money. It might even lose money.
Now was not a few years later. To be honest, spending six to seven million yuan to build such a commercial building in the county was not cheap.
After all, whether it was labor or materials, it was much cheaper than in the future. The land was also very cheap.
A one-time investment of six to seven million to build a medium-sized commercial building in the county was actually not very cost-effective.
Even if Li Chenggui did not tell the truth, according to Li Dong's estimation, this building could not be built without five million yuan.
Since they had spent a lot, they must earn it back. Naturally, the rent of the store would not be cheap.
What's more, they were going to rent out the best storefront on the first floor. The area of the first floor was estimated to be seven to eight hundred square meters. The rent would definitely not be cheap.
Dongping County was not developed. Those who had the money to rent were definitely not small businesses. At most, they could just build another building in another place. It would be more cost-effective than this.
Li Dong remembered that in the beginning, the Blue Ocean Building was indeed very quiet. It was not until KFC moved in in 2008 that the situation changed. At that time, this place was considered a real golden store.
Presumably, Li Chenggui and his group must have worked hard in the big city. In this day and age, people who could take out six million yuan were not simple. They had the foresight to spend so much money to build a house in the county. Unfortunately, they did not consider the actual situation.
"General Manager Li, are you selling it?" Li Dong suddenly asked.
Li Chenggui was stunned for a moment. Then he shook his head and said, "To be honest, we are not planning to sell it. My friend and I believe that the property prices will definitely rise. The development prospects here are also very good. In a few years, this place will definitely become the Oriental Pearl of Dongping. "
This time, Li Dong was really impressed. These people really had good foresight.
In a few years, the property prices in Dongping would start to rise in the second half of this year. After 2008, the property prices would double. At that time, not to mention six million yuan, even thirty million yuan would not be enough to buy this building.
However, Li Dong believed that no matter how good their foresight was, they would not expect the property prices to rise so much. He immediately shook his head and said, "General Manager Li, your words are too absolute. No one can say whether the property prices will rise or not. Even if it does, how much can it rise? This is six million yuan. With this six million yuan, you can probably make a lot of money from other businesses. "
Li Chenggui suddenly felt that something was wrong. He asked uncertainly, "Mr. Li, are you buying a shop?"
Previously, he thought that Li Dong wanted to buy a single shop. With the current property prices, it was not worth much. He had already spent a few million yuan. It was not worth it to disrupt the entire layout of the building for a hundred or two hundred thousand yuan.
However, from what Li Dong said, it did not seem like he wanted to buy a shop. This made him a little suspicious. After all, no matter how mature he sounded, it could not change the fact that he was a young man.
"Yes, I want to buy the first and second floor. If possible, I can also buy the third floor." Li Dong did not deny it. Anyway, he had to say it later.
Normally, two floors were enough to open a supermarket. However, three floors was fine as well. It would be useful in the future when the business expanded.
Moreover, the property prices were cheap now. In a few years, even if the business was not good, just the property alone would be enough for him to eat and drink for the rest of his life.
"Really?"
Li Chenggui was really a little surprised. He also did not dare to believe it.
One had to know that there was a big difference between buying and renting. A whole three floors, if one did not have a few million yuan, one should not even ask for it. Was this young man in front of him just saying empty words or did he really have the ability?
"It can't be more real. However, if General Manager Li is not willing, it is fine. I just want to save some trouble. Otherwise, it would not be a big problem to buy a piece of land nearby and build it myself."
Li Chenggui did not doubt Li Dong's words. With a few million yuan, it was really not too difficult to buy a piece of land on North Street and build a three-story commercial building.
If what Li Dong said was true, he was indeed a little tempted.
The money to build the building was all of his and his friend's assets. He had been doing business in another city for 20 years before he had this savings.
Now that he was betting all of his money on the Blue Ocean Commercial Building, it was fine if he was sure that the price of the property would go up. However, all of this was just a prediction. Who could be sure that the price would go up or down in the future?
In addition, the rental of the Blue Ocean Commercial Building was not very successful. If he could really get a large sum of money, even if it was a little less, he would be happy.
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