City’s Best Divine Doctor
Chapter 647 - 648: Choosing the Worst Shop

Chapter 647: Chapter 648: Choosing the Worst Shop

In the beginning, Ye Qiu opened the Imperial Cuisine Restaurant for his parents just so they and his sister wouldn’t have to work so hard. Making money was another matter altogether.

Of course, from the countless soul consciousnesses that Ye Qiu absorbed, he could summarize what kind of restaurant would be profitable. Therefore, the Imperial Cuisine started making a profit as soon as it opened.

Now, the main purpose of opening a small supermarket for Liu Daqing and his wife was to keep them from working too hard; making money was secondary.

However, if it was to be opened, it would certainly be with profit in mind.

Now, Consultant Luo brought Ye Qiu and the others to a 23-square-meter shop. There was nothing much to see inside. What Ye Qiu wanted to see was the outside environment since the flow of people determined whether or not a shop would succeed and be profitable.

This shop was on one side of an intersection, and that intersection was a pedestrian street intersection, with a very high traffic flow.

Based on this situation, if they took over the place and opened a supermarket franchise, it should make money.

"Mr. Ye, Mr. Liu, I’ve been here before. There’s a lot of foot traffic from morning till night, and many customers go into the shop."

Of course, Consultant Luo primarily dealt in residential properties, not commercial real estate, but he could use his experience to analyze whether this shop would work or not.

Based on his experience, this shop would take about three years to break even, and it would start making a profit from the fourth year onward.

As Consultant Luo analyzed the situation, Liu Daqing and his wife became more and more positive about the place. Subjectively, they felt that with more traffic, there would naturally be more customers.

"So how much is this shop?"

Asked Liu Daqing.

"Including the taxes, it’s about 1.7 million."

Consultant Luo replied.

Although the Liu Daqing couple had anticipated this, it was beyond their imagination. If they could get the 1.7 million back in three years, that would be great, but if they couldn’t, the losses might be huge.

After finishing here, Consultant Luo continued to lead Ye Qiu and the others to see other shops.

Perhaps because it was raining heavily today, the streets were not very crowded, and even many of the shops had few people inside.

As Ye Qiu followed behind Consultant Luo and the Liu Daqing couple, he said nothing and looked around, but his mind was rapidly recording and calculating, like big data in a computer quickly spinning and analyzing each shop’s situation.

Of course, these were just estimates for the future. The past could only serve as a reference. However, that reference was very important.

They looked at five shops in a row. All were priced between 1.5 million to 2.5 million. They might even require some simple renovations, bringing the total cost to between 2 million to 3 million.

This was almost equivalent to the rent and renovation costs of the Imperial Cuisine Restaurant.

However, given the current business situation of the Imperial Cuisine, they could break even in about a month, and everything thereafter would be profit.

After looking at five shops, it was already 6 p.m. It looked even darker because of the heavy rain and typhoon.

As they were about to head back home to let the Liu Daqing couple think it over and Ye Qiu was about to leave, he noticed a not-so-big alley. It was deserted, with only an occasional person hurriedly passing through with an umbrella or raincoat.

Ye Qiu saw a shop in that area that had its door closed.

There was a paper on the door, saying "Prime Shop for Sublease" with Mr. Chen’s phone number below.

When Ye Qiu, Consultant Luo, and the Liu Daqing couple, along with Liu Lingxiu, all saw this place, they thought the environment was so poor that no wonder the shop was up for sublease.

But Ye Qiu walked over, carefully observed the surroundings, then tore down the paper and said to the Liu Daqing couple and Consultant Luo, "No need to look further, this is the place."

This place?

Consultant Luo was shocked!

Liu Lingxiu was shocked!

The Liu Daqing couple was even more shocked!

Was this place really suitable for a shop?

None of the four could believe it.

However, since Ye Qiu had said it, there was definitely no problem.

Ye Qiu asked Consultant Luo to call Mr. Chen. Soon, Mr. Chen answered and asked if they wanted to rent the shop.

Now it was a free transfer as long as they paid the future rent to the original landlord.

The situation was exactly the same as when Ye Qiu first encountered Li Fu at the restaurant. Not only had the owner lost the rent but also salaries and utilities, wanting to sublease the shop for ages, with no takers. Now that someone wanted it, he eagerly hoped Consultant Luo would seal the deal.

"It’s not for me, but for a friend who wants to rent it."

Consultant Luo said.

"Have him meet me at the Imperial Cuisine Restaurant to sign the contract directly."

Ye Qiu said.

Consultant Luo told Mr. Chen to go to the Imperial Cuisine Restaurant right away.

After hanging up, Consultant Luo hesitantly asked, "Mr. Ye, do you really want to rent that shop?"

Both he and the Liu Daqing couple could see that location was poor.

"Trust me, I haven’t made a mistake."

Ye Qiu said.

Consultant Luo said no more.

However, the Liu Daqing couple and Liu Lingxiu believed Ye Qiu’s words.

As they drove to the Imperial Cuisine Restaurant, it was already 7 p.m. The five-story building was brightly lit. Despite the heavy rain and typhoon, and although meals were at an 85% discount today, there were still many customers dining inside.

Ye Qiu led Consultant Luo, the Liu Daqing couple, and Liu Lingxiu inside and had a waitress take them to a private room.

All the tables outside were occupied, with a few private rooms reserved for occasional use.

Ye Qiu brought Consultant Luo to just such a private room.

Consultant Luo didn’t know that Ye Qiu was the real owner of the Imperial Cuisine Restaurant and assumed it belonged to someone else. As he looked around, he found the place very beautiful and comfortable, speaking highly of the environment alone.

As for the food at the Imperial Cuisine, he had read about it in the papers, which praised it as the best in Jinling.

After waiting for about half an hour, Consultant Luo’s phone rang. It was Mr. Chen calling.

Consultant Luo went downstairs to meet Mr. Chen and brought him upstairs. Ye Qiu noticed that Mr. Chen looked like a down-and-out middle-aged man.

It seemed that the shop had indeed cost Mr. Chen dearly.