bayedsolid Chapter 75 Chat
Chapter 75 Chat
Now [Sihe Department Store] has stores, restaurants, and hotels, and now they are planning to build a clothing processing factory. Liang Dong doesn’t know if he can manage it.
But he knew that his opinion was not important because he had no long-term vision and making random comments could easily delay development.
He just needs to follow closely and work hard. Let them do the brain-intensive work.
Haha! Liang Dong is definitely a good executor. He has no complaints and only knows how to work hard.
Each person's own characteristics determine what kind of work they are more suitable for.
Afterwards, comrades from the Planning Bureau really came to investigate, but Hua Yan was not there. Instead, she was wandering around Shengjing City.
Hua Jingxing was originally worried about Hua Yan going out to play by herself, but he and Liang Dong were busy, so he told Hua Yan to be careful and not go too far.
"Dad, I get it. Let's just play around here and not go far."
Hua Yan said this as she walked out.
Haha! She is such a grown-up, how can she get lost?
Hua Yan went out this time mainly to see the commercial development of Shengjing. Although the economy had only been open for a few years, Shengjing was the fourth largest city in China at the time and had unique geographical advantages. It should not have ended up in an economic depression like in the previous life.
The main commercial streets in Shengjing are Zhongjie Street near the imperial city and Taiyuan Street near the railway station. As for other commercial streets, none of them are as large or standardized as these two.
[Sihe Department Store] is relatively close to Zhongjie Street, and Hua Yan arrived here unknowingly.
Although Zhongjie at this time was not the pedestrian street of the past, it already had a strong commercial atmosphere and was bustling with traffic.
In the previous life, this place was full of commercial buildings, but now most of them are still bungalows.
Hua Yan came out today just to see if there are any properties worth buying.
Hua Yan had an obsessive hoarding habit in commercial stores in her previous life, and it seems that nothing has changed in this life. Haha!
Zhongjie sells all kinds of things, including specialty restaurants, snacks, watch and glasses stores, hardware stores, grocery stores, clothing, shoes and hats stores, cultural supplies stores, post offices, and more. In short, it has everything.
However, behind the prosperity, Hua Yan saw something different.
At the intersection, there was a five-story building, which was the tallest building in the entire Zhongjie Street at that time and was particularly conspicuous.
It should be a pearl in the midst of prosperity, but it is deserted and lifeless.
In her previous life, Hua Yan had also noticed this place, but she never investigated the reason. Unexpectedly, no one would visit here from now on.
Hua Yan stood opposite the small building and looked at the feng shui, but didn't find anything wrong.
"Grandpa, why is there no one here?"
Hua Yan saw an old man sitting next to her, acting silly, so she asked casually.
The old man saw that Huayan was a pretty child and was interested in chatting with her.
"Haha! Their business used to be very good, but now it's because someone got hacked to death here, and everyone thinks it's unlucky, so they don't go there anymore."
Although the old man was speaking with a smile, one could clearly see the loneliness in his expression.
"What do they sell? How could they kill someone?"
Although Hua Yan was talking to the old man, her eyes were always on the building.
Because she wanted to see from this small building whether there was anything unclean that was affecting her fortune.
But after looking for a long time, there was nothing, no wronged ghost, and no evil spirit. Why is that?
The old man probably thought Hua Yan was a child and there was nothing wrong with saying more, and he revealed a hint of bitterness.
He smiled and said, "Their business is a restaurant and a hotel. The restaurant business is famous in Shengjing City.
People who come to eat every day have to queue up before they can have a bite.
Maybe it's because I'm annoying someone. There are always people making trouble because they can't eat, and there are fights every now and then. Everyone is used to it.
Unexpectedly, one day, a group of people from other places came here to eat, but because there were no seats, they started to make a fuss.
The store owner tried to persuade them for a long time but it was of no use. All the diners in the store were watching the fun and expressing their opinions.
This group of outsiders may have heard something, and after a disagreement, they pulled out their knives and hacked a diner who was watching the fun.
The restaurant was now really busy. No one dared to eat there anymore and just wanted to leave quickly to avoid being affected.
The group of outsiders also took advantage of the chaos to run away. The shop owner was busy sending the injured to the hospital and had no time to catch the perpetrators.
Later, someone spread the news that the injured person had died. Now no one dared to come to eat anymore.
The store owner explained many times that no one died, but no one believed it because the injured person was also from another place. He left after being treated and has never been seen since.
The rumor spread more and more, saying that this is a haunted house. If you come here to eat again, there might be a murder. Who knows who will die here then.
Just like that, no one came to this store gradually. "
After the old man finished speaking, bitterness and resentment were evident on his face.
"Grandpa, you are not the owner of this store, are you?"
Hua Yan determined the man's identity based on the old man's narration and expression.
The old man was stunned and smiled. Was he so obvious? Or was this kid just too smart?
"Grandpa, do you still want to run this store?"
Although Hua Yan has her own little plan, she cannot show it too obviously. The key point is that if she says she wants to buy someone else's store, she might be beaten.
Generally, people with such huge assets are not ordinary people, as they are all inherited from their ancestors.
How could a family with such a strong background be defeated so easily? So Hua Yan was not sure about what they were thinking.
"Can I continue to run the business if I want to? It's been two years since this happened, and I've been holding on, hoping that one day the clouds will clear and the sun will shine. But I sit here and see that there is no improvement at all."
The old man said this with some dismay, and one could sense his deep powerlessness and loss.
"Grandpa, do you want to sell it?"
Hua Yan knew that it was not a good thing to say, but she thought that since she was a child, no one would blame her if she said something wrong.
"Sold it? Maybe someone might have considered buying it before, but I guess no one has that idea now."
The old man smiled bitterly, his face full of self-mockery.
"Grandpa, how do you know no one will buy it?"
"Haha! Little kid, do you know how much this little building can be sold for?"
Hua Yan shook her head, her face full of an expression that showed I wanted to know the answer.
"Do you know how much one hundred yuan is? Do you know how much one thousand yuan is? Do you know how much ten thousand yuan is? This small building would cost one hundred thousand yuan. How many people can afford it?
How many people are willing to buy it among those who can afford it? So even if I want to sell it, no one can afford it.
Haha! These are all adult matters, you, a child, don’t understand.”
After the old man finished speaking, he sighed and looked back at his restaurant with stubbornness.
Only he himself knew how much pressure he had been under over the years. Even though he was losing money, he still did not close the store.
The old man's name is Fulu, and he is a descendant of the Qing Dynasty nobles. During the Anti-Japanese War, his ancestors donated most of their property to the country, leaving only this shop to his descendants.
Fulu didn't want to disappoint his ancestors, so he has been struggling to hold on, but he didn't know how long he could hold on like this.
"Grandpa, since the restaurant business is not doing well, have you ever thought about doing other business?"
"Haha! To be honest, I really hadn't thought about it. I only started this business after the liberation. At that time, we had a royal chef from the palace who cooked for us, so I wanted to make use of his skills, so I thought of this business."
Mr. Fulu, thinking back on the decision he made back then, it feels like it happened yesterday.