Longhua Square was jointly invested and built by Yaocheng District Government and Longhua Group.
It was officially put into use at the end of 2004. In September, Longhua Square was officially completed. Now it was in the rental stage.
Li Dong didn't know if Tesco had already started to negotiate with Longhua. After all, it would take a long time for a large-scale shopping mall to settle in, and Tesco's opening would be in March next year.
However, Longhua's rental had just started. Li Dong could only pray that Tesco hadn't set their sights on Longhua.
That afternoon, Li Dong went to Longhua Square.
Although it hadn't been officially opened, Longhua Square was still crowded with people.
Longhua Square had the advantages of being a traffic center, a passenger center, and a consumer center. It was the first real urban complex in Jiangbei.
Next to it were six universities: Jiangbei University, Agricultural University, Jiangbei Medical University, Jiangbei College of Chinese Medicine, Pingchuan Normal University, and Pingchuan Finance and Economics. The location was also excellent.
The reason why it couldn't develop before was mainly because students were mainly students. Before 2000, students really weren't the mainstream consumer group.
But now it was 2004. The consumer group made up of students would become more and more active.
The simplest comparison was the increase in living expenses. A few years ago, students only needed three or four hundred yuan a month. Nowadays, students with slightly better families could get at least a thousand yuan a month.
This money couldn't be spent just on food, so there was a need for consumption.
Nowadays, online shopping was not popular. Shopping malls were the places they went to the most.
Li Dong had been walking around Longhua Square for more than three hours, doing some simple traffic statistics. Even though he knew the results, he had to calm himself down.
He had dinner at Nanting Food Street. When he returned to the dormitory, it was already past nine o 'clock.
The dormitory was full tonight. Everyone was here.
Seeing Li Dong coming back, Meng Qiping shouted, "Brother Dong, where did you go? Why didn't you take us with you?"
"I had something to do. I'll call you next time."
Li Dong responded and was about to wash up when he saw Li Tie waving at him and said, "Dongzi, let's go out and talk."
Li Dong was a little confused, but he still put down the water bottle and followed Li Tie out of the dorm.
At the entrance of the corridor, Li Tie handed a cigarette to Li Dong and lit one for himself.
Li Dong sniffed the cigarette but didn't light it up. He smiled and said, "When did you start smoking?"
Li Tie usually did not smoke, and Li Dong had never seen him smoke in the dorm.
Li Tie puffed out a mouthful of smoke. "Not long ago. People often passed me cigarettes, and I got the hang of it after a few tries."
After saying that, Li Tie changed the topic. He hesitated for a moment and said, "Dongzi, Bai Su looked for me today."
Li Dong narrowed his eyes and said nothing.
Li Tie waited for a while. Seeing that Li Dong didn't say anything, he said, "You know that we have to sign up for a few performances for the orientation party. But as class committee members, we are not familiar with the specialties of the students. I heard that you sang quite well last time, so I mentioned it to Bai Su and asked for your help. "
"Is it your idea or Bai Su's?" Li Dong flicked the cigarette ash and didn't answer directly.
"Bai Su told me that she asked you, but you didn't agree."
"You know that I'm in a difficult position as the class monitor. No one wants to sign up. This is a mandatory task from the school. Just do me a favor … "
Li Dong waved his hand and interrupted, "Old Tie, it's not that I don't want to help, but I really have something to do these days. Besides, I can only hum a few words, and I can't sing on stage. Let's not talk about it anymore. "
He planned to go to Longhua tomorrow to find out more about the situation. He still had a lot of things to do, so he didn't have the mood to sing.
Besides, he didn't like to be in the limelight. Did he want to sing a few songs from the future and say that he wrote them himself just to show off?
Li Dong wasn't that bored. He didn't rely on singing to make a living.
Besides, if he accidentally plagiarized a song that was being composed, how could he explain it?
Li Dong wouldn't do something that didn't benefit him. As for whether Li Tie would be in a difficult position, he didn't care. There were so many people in the class, and Li Dong didn't believe that he couldn't do it without him.
Li Tie's face was a bit ugly after being rejected by Li Dong.
It wasn't just because of Li Dong's rejection, but more importantly, he didn't complete Bai Su's request.
It wasn't a secret that he wanted to pursue Bai Su, and Li Dong should know about it. He didn't give him any face by doing this!
But in the end, he didn't say anything bad. He silently smoked a cigarette and went back to the dormitory with Li Dong.
…
September 26th, Sunday.
It was a day off. Everyone else in the dormitory was still sleeping, but Li Dong woke up very early.
He took out his suit from his suitcase. He bought it when he went to discuss the construction of the new store. It cost him more than three thousand yuan, and he had only worn it a few times.
Seeing that the suit was a bit wrinkled, Li Dong used a metal tub filled with hot water to iron it.
Only when the wrinkles were no longer visible did Li Dong change into the suit and put on leather shoes. He also combed his hair a bit.
Looking at himself in the mirror, he looked a lot more mature. Li Dong was finally satisfied.
Moreover, the matter he was going to discuss today wasn't small. If he was looked down on because of his attire, it wouldn't be good for the negotiation later.
Plus, he was still too young. It wasn't the time for him to do whatever he wanted. Only by dressing maturely would he be taken seriously.
Just as Li Dong wiped his leather shoes and was about to leave, Xu Chen, who was staring at him, suddenly exclaimed, "F * ck! Brother Dong, are you going on a blind date? "
The exclamation also woke up the others in the dormitory. Meng Qiping looked out from his bed and saw that Li Dong looked like a different person. He was also a little confused.
Li Dong ignored the surprised gazes of the others. He simply said that he had something to do and left.
After Li Dong left, Meng Qiping finally woke up. He asked curiously, "Do you guys think Brother Dong is going to meet his girlfriend, dressed so handsomely?"
"It can't be. Isn't Brother Dong's girlfriend in Capital?"
Xu Chen yawned and smiled slyly. "I think he's going to pick up girls. It's his day off today. There are a lot of girls out there."
"Why didn't you say so earlier? Let's get up too. We'll go pick up girls together later! "
The topic was instantly changed. Everyone forgot to discuss where Li Dong was going.
…
Li Dong didn't care about how the others in the dormitory slandered him.
Longhua Square was not far from Jiangzhou University. It was only a ten-minute walk.
When Li Dong arrived at Longhua Square, it was not even half past eight. However, the rental office on the first floor of the square was already open.
Li Dong knocked on the door and waited for the invitation to come in before he pushed the door open.
"Hello, are you looking to rent a shop?"
The girl who came up to greet Li Dong was not very old. She looked about twenty-five or twenty-six years old. She had a sweet voice and a pretty face.
However, beauty couldn't tempt Li Dong. He had long passed the puberty of being blinded by lust.
Li Dong glanced at the office. It was not big. There were only five or six staff members. The girl who greeted him was the youngest.
The others glanced at Li Dong and looked away. There were a lot of people renting shops these days. There was nothing special about Li Dong.
Li Dong didn't answer directly. Instead, he asked, "Is the person in charge here?"
He didn't want to talk about one or two shops. He wanted to talk about the whole floor. The woman in front of him obviously didn't have the right to decide.
"Are you looking for our manager?"
Wang Jia was hesitant. She wanted to tell him that the manager didn't receive small clients.
She was about to find an excuse to decline. After thinking for a while, she said, "If you want to rent a shop, you can talk to us. It's all the same."
"I want to rent a shop …"
Before Li Dong could finish, Wang Jia said with a smile, "Then you can talk to me. May I ask what kind of business you run? If it's clothing, the third floor is mainly for various clothing brands. The fourth floor is for food and beverage. The fifth floor is for entertainment such as cinemas and karaoke … "
Li Dong was speechless. He hadn't even finished his sentence and the woman in front of him had already said a bunch of things. She didn't even give him time to interrupt.
Besides, he had been in the office for so long, but she didn't even let him sit. She didn't even give him a glass of water. Did he come to the wrong place?
Longhua Group was a big group. How did such a careless person get in?
Wang Jia didn't know that she had been labeled as careless by the man in front of her.
After introducing all the business types on all the floors of Longhua Square in one breath, Wang Jia returned to the main topic and said, "Sir, do you want to look at a shop? Longhua Square's rental sale will start in the next few days. You came early, so you have more choices … "
Li Dong couldn't stand it anymore. He hurriedly interrupted, "Please help me find your manager. Just tell him that I have something to talk to him about."
Wang Jia stared at Li Dong with a face full of resentment. I've said so much. Don't you understand?
Do you have to force me to say that the manager is very busy and doesn't have time to see a small person like you?
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