Chapter 134: Chapter 121: Decoding the Coordinates (Three-in-One)
Qi Yun looked up at the woman in front of him. The arrogance she had during their last meeting was gone, replaced with a face full of exhaustion.
You could tell from those big dark circles under her eyes that she must be having a tough time lately.
Once Zhang Danfeng sat down, Qi Yun cut to the chase and asked, "Speak, what do you want from me?"
Zhang Danfeng lightly bit her lip, her hands unconsciously twisted together, appearing somewhat awkward.
She looked up at Qi Yun, a hint of pleading in her eyes, "Mr. Qi... I know I was wrong last time, and I’m here to apologize to you."
Qi Yun waved his hand, "No need to apologize, it’s all in the past, I’ve let it go."
Zhang Danfeng nodded, slightly relieved. Her purpose today was to speak with Qi Yun to see if he would buy that shop.
After divorcing her husband, she was left with only a hundred thousand yuan and that shop. Lately, her bad luck in mahjong had drained her finances. She was desperate to sell the shop and return to her hometown.
However, because the shop was under a five-year lease contract with Qi Yun and the penalty for breach was too high, many interested buyers were scared off as soon as they heard.
So now, her only hope was that Qi Yun would buy the shop.
She recalled the words she’d prepared in her mind, gathered her courage and asked, "Mr. Qi, I came to you today to see if you’re interested in buying the shop you’re renting?"
"Buy it?" Qi Yun pretended to be surprised, "You plan to sell it?"
Zhang Danfeng nodded, "That’s right, I want to sell it to you."
"Heh." Qi Yun shook his head, "You’re overestimating me. If I had that much money, I wouldn’t have rented it in the first place."
Upon hearing this, Zhang Danfeng suddenly became anxious and quickly said, "Mr. Qi, I know this might sound sudden, but I really have no other options, so I thought of selling the shop to you."
"I can offer you a very favorable price, absolutely much lower than the market price. Think about it: you’re paying rent on my shop, but if you buy it, you won’t have to pay rent anymore. In the long run, it’s also economical."
After speaking, she watched Qi Yun intently, her eyes full of hope.
Qi Yun smiled and sighed, "Ah, the problem is I really can’t come up with that much money right now. All of my funds have been invested into two fruit supermarkets."
Zhang Danfeng’s face showed a hint of despair upon hearing this, but she still didn’t want to give up.
She bit her lip and continued, "Mr. Qi, I understand you have your own difficulties. You could pay part of it now and get a loan from the bank for the rest."
"To be honest with you, that shop has a five-year contract with you and such high penalties that I simply can’t sell it now."
"I truly am at my wit’s end, just consider it doing me a favor by buying my shop. I promise to give you a favorable price."
Qi Yun sighed again, "This really puts me in a tough spot. How about this, you tell me how much you’re planning to sell it for."
Zhang Danfeng noticed a shift in his tone and hope surged in her eyes once more. She quickly replied, "Three million! Just three million will do!"
"The shop next door was sold just a few days ago for 3.2 million. It’s the same size as mine, and my location is even better."
"Three million..." Qi Yun’s eyebrows furrowed slightly, calculating quickly in his mind.
The price is indeed quite low, a whole 200,000 less, suggesting Zhang Danfeng is indeed eager to sell.
Given the current situation, property values in this area are likely not to drop in the next few years. Buying at this price could be a small profit, plus saving 120,000 in rent annually is quite economical.
The only issue now is, although he has over four million, that money is set aside to buy Lao Xu’s iron ore mine.
Purchasing commercial property is stable and has good liquidity, but it’s nowhere near as profitable as the iron mine.
...
Seeing his expression, Zhang Danfeng hurriedly continued, "I won’t count this period’s rent for you, deducting the 140,000 rent you paid last time, you only need to give me 2.86 million!"
After a period of silence, Qi Yun raised his head, "Alright, let me think it over for a few days, this is a matter of several million, I need to see if I can raise the funds."
Zhang Danfeng heard him say he needed a few days, feeling anxious but knowing that rushing wouldn’t help.
So she nodded and said, "Okay, Mr. Qi, I understand, I hope you can reply to me soon."
After leaving the milk tea shop, Qi Yun went to Wei Yong’s fruit supermarket to sit for a while and told him about Zhang Danfeng wanting to sell her shop to him.
Wei Yong, without saying a word, took out his phone and checked his bank app, "The fruit shop’s earnings lately plus some of my previous savings, I can give you 600,000."
Qi Yun smiled, shaking his head, and handed him a cigarette, "I’m not asking to borrow money, just casually mentioning it."
Wei Yong took the cigarette, lit it, and said with a smile, "Then why tell me? Your vision and perspective are way beyond mine. No matter what you do, brother, I’ll definitely support you."
Qi Yun felt a warmth in his heart and patted his shoulder, "Alright then, you get busy, I’m off."
"Hey, wait." Wei Yong called out to him from behind.