Chapter 157 Buying a Shopping Mall
Chapter 157 Buying a Shopping Mall
Chapter 157 Buying a Shopping Mall
“It’s me. Hurry get up and wash up. Soon, I’ll bring you to see which shopping mall has a future.” Wang Feng said and then sat on the sofa at the side.
“Then wait for me yeah.” Now that he truly saw that it was Wang Feng, Xu Haijiang didn’t feel sleepy anymore and immediately woke up from bed.
“Cartoon?” Looking at Xu Haijiang, Wang Feng’s face looked very weird. It was because Xu Haijiang only wore underwear. And this underwear’s color was like a cartoon’s.
“I...” Seeing Wang Feng’s weird gaze, Xu Haijiang’s face immediately turned red. He dashed to the bathroom and wanted to hit his head against the wall.
He actually let Wang Feng see him wear underwear like this. At that moment, he really wanted a hole to hide himself in. It was way too embarrassing.
“I will only give you ten minutes to wash up. Once the time is up I’ll leave.” Wang Feng’s voice travelled through the door. Thereafter, Xu Haijiang did not care if he was embarrassed or not and immediately starting brushing his teeth and washing up.
This was the most important juncture in his life. Hence, he did not require ten minutes at all. Within three minutes, Xu Haijiang had already finished washing up and walked out of the bathroom in proper attire.
“So fast?” Looking at Xu Haijiang, Wang Feng’s eyes bulged out and displayed an incredulous look. Usually, when he bathed, he would take about five or six minutes. For Xu Haijiang to finish so fast, does that mean that he was extraordinary?
“Of course I must be fast.” Xu Haijiang nodded and then with a shake of his head said, “For the past two days, I have walked about leisurely at many malls. I’ll take you to go see them right now.”
“Then let’s go.” Having heard Xu Haijiang’s words, Wang Feng nodded faintly and stood up. Anyway, the shopping mall would not be managed by him. It would save a lot of time if Xu Haijiang himself had picked a spot.
“Oh yes, where is the mall that you’ve set your sights on?” Wang Feng asked suddenly in his own car.
“Mm, they are all in the suburb. The price is relatively cheaper there.” Xu Haijiang spoke causing Wang Feng to be a little shocked.
Opening a shopping mall definitely had to be done in a place with a lot of people. If there’s no one at all, there would be no one to buy no matter what you sold. However, Wang Feng was scared that he did not have enough money, so he kept his mouth shut.
It was because at the current moment he didn’t even know how much it took to buy an entire shopping mall. It was possible that he may not have enough money.
Although Xue Feng jewelry shop had already earned a few billion yesterday, Wang Feng could not take away all that money. The operations of Xue Feng jewelry store also needed capital. He was not stupid.
Moreover, Yao Cheng was one of the jewelry shop’s stockholders. How could he take away all the profit?
Soon, Wang Feng and Xu Haijiang reached the suburb of Zhu Hai City. However, when Wang Feng saw the shopping mall that Xu Haijiang was talking about, he could not help but laughed bitterly.
How was that a shopping mall? It was more like a random grocery market. It looked very broken and old on the outside. It must be a very old house from tens of years ago.
Plus, many people that lived around it were old people and low-income people. If a shopping mall was opened here, it would be a joke if there were no losses.
Moreover, in Wang Feng’s imagination, a shopping mall had to be built in a place with an air of sophistication. It would definitely not be built in a place so old and broken.
“Is this the shopping mall you were talking about?” Wang Feng looked at Xu Haijiang and said not in a happy manner.
“Is there any problem?” Xu Haijiang asked curiously.
“If it’s a place like this, then I’ll definitely not invest in it. To open a shopping mall in a place like this would be to lose money.” Wang Feng spoke without hesitation.
“Then let’s go. Let’s go see someplace else.” Seeing how old this place was, Wang Feng did not even have the desire to go in. He was not going to buy this place. Therefore, it didn’t matter whether he looked or not.
“Then there are still some other places. I’ll bring you to see those.” If Wang Feng did not like it here, then Xu Haijiang did not like it too. He was afraid that Wang Feng might not have enough money so that’s why he had chosen a place like this.
Wang Feng was right. If money was invested here, then there would be no money to return. Hence, he did not hesitate in the end and brought Wang Feng to see the other shopping malls.
For the past two days, he had been searching all around and had indeed found a few places. The one in the suburb was the worst of the lot.
“This one won’t work too.” After they reached the second place, Wang Feng only glanced at it before giving it up. Although the location was better than the previous one, it wasn’t much better. It was that kind of place where you wouldn’t earn much but you wouldn’t die hungry out of the losses made either.
“The places that you’re gonna show me later will be different from this right?” Wang Feng asked suddenly.
“It’s about the same.” Xu Haijiang said. He wasn’t sure what Wang Feng really thought in his heart.
“If that’s the case, then we don’t need to look anymore.” Wang Feng shook his head and then said, “Although I’ve promised that I will invest for you, I will definitely not do so in a place like this. We have to go directly to the city.”
Indeed, the truly wealthy people were all concentrated in the city. No matter how well-kept the suburb was, there won’t be many people frequenting the place. Although prices in the city were much more expensive, it was also the place that would attract a lot of money rapidly.
Judging from the the jewelry shop’s sales, Zhu Hai City had a lot of wealthy people. Hence, Wang Feng decided to let Xu Haijiang directly walk the high life.
“You want to buy the shopping malls in the city?” Having heard Wang Feng’s words, Xu Haijiang’s eyes bulged out incredulously.
Wang Feng initially promised only to invest about ten million. Although ten million was a lot, it was not enough to buy a shopping mall in the city district. Hence, Xu Haijiang never thought about progressing in the city district.
The shopping malls that he had been assessing the past few days were all on the outskirts of the city district. He did not even enter the city.
“Is there any problem with that?” Wang Feng looked at Xu Haijiang with one eye and then said, “Since we are going to do this, then we have to do it well. If we can only earn a few million each year, then I rather not invest.”
As his horizons broadened, Wang Feng was not the person he was initially. Ten million may sound like a lot, but he did not look highly upon it.
It was just like Xue Feng jewelry store. A few billion was earned in just a day. This was what was considered a truly profitable business.
“Then how rich must you be?” Hearing Wang Feng’s words, Xu Haijiang jumped in shock. How filthy rich must he be to look down upon a profit of ten million per year.
“I don’t dare to say how much I have. But to think about it, buying a shopping mall in the city district is not much of a problem. Although I cannot take out so much money now, I will see this matter through even if I have to take out a bank loan.” Wang Feng’s voice was very solemn. It caused Xu Haijiang’s entire body to shiver.
A shopping mall in the city district had to be bought even if a loan had to be taken out. Xu Haijiang really did not know how to repay this debt of gratitude.
Xu Haijiang had a rough estimate in his heart of the value of a shopping mall. Without a few billion, it was impossible to buy it. However, if Wang Feng really had to take out a loan to buy the shopping mall, Xu Haijiang felt a little uneasy.
Wang Feng might have quite a lot of money, but Xu Haijiang did not want to burden Wang Feng with such a big debt because of himself.
“Although I am willing to buy you a shopping mall, let me get this clear first: If you don’t earn back the capital by the first year, then I will stop investing in it.”
Even though his relationship with Xu Haijiang was not bad with about twenty years of friendship, but if the shopping mall was in a state of losing money, Wang Feng would have no choice but to redraw.
He was not a fool. If a business couldn’t even earn back its capital, who would be willing to do it?
“Rest assured. If the business doesn’t earn money, even I would choose to withdraw. I wouldn’t need you to tell me that.” Hearing this, Xu Haijiang’s face steadied a little and said.
This was a dream in his heart. If he could not control it, then he would rather be better off dead.
“Then let’s go and see those real shopping malls.” Wang Feng spoke and then drove Xu Haijiang into the city.
There were quite a few big scale shopping malls in the city. Most of them were part of a national chain. There were only a few that were privately run. It was exactly these places that Wang Feng targeted.
“Let’s go into this mall and ask around.” After reaching a famous ocean store in the big scale shopping mall, Wang Feng parked his car by the side and called to Xu Haijiang.
This was one of the stores from the city’s famous Ocean Enterprise’s business. It was possible to buy it.
“So big?” Looking at the shopping mall in front of him and the relentless flow of people in front of him, Xu Haijiang was a little shocked.
Without a doubt, the geography of the shopping mall here was much better than the previous locations he looked at. The customer flow was countless.
However, even though the place was good, but the price would not be an average price.
If this shopping mall was bought, the same amount of money would be able to buy a few of the previous ones they’ve seen previously.
After finding the manager of the shopping mall, Wang Feng cut to the chase and said, “Get one of your managers from the Enterprise to come over. I want to buy over this place.”
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Having heard Wang Feng’s words, the manager immediately sucked in a gust of cold air. To say one wants to buy down this place would require how much money?
Plus, the ocean shopping mall was operating just fine. There was never any thought of selling it out. Hence, this manager shook his head and said, “Sorry sir. We don’t have any plans of selling this place out?”
“I’m afraid this might be your own personal opinion. Bring over the person I asked for and that’ll be good. Anyway, there are no disadvantages to you here. If the enterprise loses money because of your act of not calling the manager, then I’m afraid you will be the one shouldering the responsibility.”
“Alright then.” Although he did not know whether Wang Feng’s words were true or not, buying and selling the shopping mall was too big of a matter. He did not have any say over that.
He was only a man sent to manage this place. He did not have the right to decide who could buy the place.
Hence, he quickly made a call and said, “I’ve already notified our supervisor. Please hold on for a while.” As he said this, the man brought over cups of hot coffee for the two men. His attitude became much better afterwards.
After waiting for about twenty minutes, a commercial car worthy of a million yuan drove to the front of the shopping center. Walking out of the car was a properly dressed man.
This man was roughly thirty year old. His entire being emanated an aura of sophistication. It caused the manager of the ocean enterprise to feel immensely stressed.
“Where are they now?” The supervisor said with a calm face.
The ocean enterprise had always been profiting. They never had plans of selling. Who was here to mess around?
“They are in my office.” The manager said respectfully and then led the way.
Soon, the manager of the shopping mall brought the supervisor to his office. Originally, the supervisor thought someone was here to fool around. After all, it took about many billions to buy the shopping mall. Not an average person would be able to buy it.
Plus, the shopping mall never had any plans of selling itself. However, when the supervisor saw who was in the office, he was stunned and displayed an incredulous look.