This is an urban village in a first-tier city in southern Guangdong.
Lao Zhang silently took off the Shacheng Snacks sign, put it away solemnly, and looked back at his shop.
I have been running Shacheng Snacks here for twenty years. I started opening a shop here in my twenties and am now almost fifty years old.
By running this small Shacheng snack shop, he raised his two daughters and sent them to college. He also bought himself a house and a car in the city. He originally thought that he would just work another ten years.
In the next year, you can earn pension money by yourself, and then you can return to your hometown to provide for your retirement in peace and contentment.
Who would have known that times have changed so rapidly. The Shaxian snack bar, which was originally bustling with bustling business, has become deserted in the blink of an eye. Now it can't even earn rent for a month.
In the past, this urban village had a large population, including young college students who had just graduated, and workers who had migrated to the south here. The rent in the urban village was cheap, which also attracted a large number of people to live here.
Naturally, their business of making food and opening small supermarkets is very good, and it is also very stable, so much so that the fat landlord increases the rent year after year.
For a small shop of less than 100 square meters, the monthly rent was only two to three hundred yuan at the beginning. Later, it gradually increased to thousands, and now the monthly rent is tens of thousands.
But even so, because the customer base is stable and the business is good, Lao Zhang is already in business.
After paying rent, water, electricity, etc. every month, Lao Zhang and his wife can still earn 20,000 to 30,000 yuan, which is pretty good in total, much better than working part-time.
However, with the popularity and promotion of aircraft, there are fewer and fewer people in urban villages, especially in the past two months.
Almost every day you can see a large number of people going back in aircraft, carrying large and small bags, leaving here and never coming back.
This caused Lao Zhang's Shacheng snack business to plummet. Now the money earned in a month is not enough to pay the rent. Lao Zhang has no choice but to close it.
"Lao Zhang, are you ready to close the store too?"
Lao He, who runs a small supermarket next door, saw Lao Zhang taking down the sign, disposing of the things in the store, and preparing to close the store and leave. He didn't even bother to write the transfer, and no one would take over now.
"It's closed, it's closed. Now I can't even earn rent, and it's no longer interesting to do it."
Lao Zhang nodded and said, looking at Lao He's store front, there were also two big words "Transfer" written on it.
"You haven't transferred out yet?"
"Yeah, I guess I can't move out. There's no one to even ask. Now it's not just small supermarkets like mine that can't go on, there are also several large shopping malls nearby that are empty now, and many stores are closed.
Already."
"These people have gone back to the countryside. There is no way to continue this business. If we can't sell it in a few days, I will just shut it down."
Lao He said helplessly that it was not easy to open a small supermarket, especially in a place like a village in the city. The business was very stable, but suddenly there was no one there, and their business was no longer possible.
At this time, their landlady, the fat woman, came over, her face also full of sorrow.
Now no one wants to rent the house, and no one wants even the store. In the past, the monthly rent would cost tens of thousands, and the boy lived a very comfortable life.
Things are getting better now. There are fewer and fewer tenants, and the income has dropped sharply. If this continues, we will suffer from the northwest wind in the future.
"Old Zhang, you can continue to open this shop. I can reduce your rent by two thousand a month. How about that?"
Seeing that Lao Zhang was about to leave, the fat lady of the landlady quickly persuaded him.
Lao He has written the transfer, making it clear that he is leaving. If Lao Zhang leaves again, he will lose another 10,000 yuan in income a month. How will he live in the future?
Therefore, it was the first time that she took the initiative to rent a house, which was unprecedented.
"Landlord, even if you lower the price by 5,000 yuan, I can't continue to rent. As you can see, there is no one here. The money I make in a month is not even enough for rent. I really can't continue to do it.
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Lao Zhang shook his head and said.
It was also the time when the sun came out in the west, and the fat landlord actually lowered the rent on her own initiative.
"What will I do after you leave?"
"I can't even afford this meal."
When the fat woman heard this, she couldn't help but lamented. Now that everyone has left, who will rent this house to in the future? What will she eat in the future? From now on, she can only play mahjong for five yuan.
Hearing the lamentation of the fat woman, Lao Zhang and Lao He also looked at each other and smiled. This fat woman used to have such a cool life. She ate, drank and played cards every day. Her life was so comfortable. She paid tens of thousands in rent every month.
So comfortable.
Now that the world has changed, her good days have come to an end. She will no longer be able to live on rent, and she will have to support herself after all.
At the same time, at the Eight Days Hotel, which is only a few hundred meters away from the old Zhangjia Shacheng Snack Bar, the entire hotel is undergoing a major disposal of items.
Mattresses, bed frames, cabinets, etc. are all being disposed of at a low price. Mattress, bed frames, etc. that used to cost thousands to buy can now be disposed of for just two hundred.
This has attracted a large number of second-hand traders to come here and take away these cheap things by the carloads.
Ye Hui, the owner of the Eight Days Inn, felt his heart bleed as he looked at the carts of things being pulled away.
In order to open the Eight Days Inn, Ye Hui almost went bankrupt and borrowed millions of dollars in debt to open the hotel.
Ye Hui personally participated in the decoration, design, items, etc. here and put a lot of effort and thought into it.
Of course, the hotel did not let him die. The business was very booming. It was full almost every day. It was very profitable. This also allowed Ye Hui to open the Eight Days Hotel one after another. In just a few years, he had already opened the hotel all over the world.
There are more than a dozen Eight Days Inn hotels opened in the city, forming a hotel chain.
Just when Ye Hui was confidently preparing to open the Eight Days Inn to other cities, the age of aircraft and the era of the global village arrived.
This has dealt a fatal blow to the hotel industry.
Almost overnight, the sound of the hotel plummeted. There were fewer and fewer people staying in the hotel, and the business was less than one-tenth of what it was before. And with the large-scale popularization of aircraft, there are more and more people, and the hotel's business is even worse.
Already.
Ye Hui also knows why the hotel business is booming. The reason why hotels are booming is entirely due to the endless desires and indulgences of modern people.
Of course, there is a large amount of hotel business that is specifically designed to meet the needs of travellers.
Now, the most important customers of these two groups have suddenly disappeared.
Opening a hotel room requires an ID card. This is not safe and can be easily detected. In the past, there was no way. Now, if you fly an aircraft, you can go wherever you want. It is very safe and you will not be detected.
As for guests on business trips, even if they go abroad, let alone different cities, it is not considered a business trip. With an aircraft, it is very convenient to travel anywhere, and there is no need to travel at all.
Even if you don’t have an aircraft, calling Didi around the world is now cheaper than staying in a hotel. Who would stay in a hotel? Isn’t it comfortable to stay in your own home?
This is why the hotel's business has plummeted, because it has lost its two most important customers, and there is no way it can continue its business.
no way.
Ye Hui could only get rid of the items in the hotel cheaply. He was extremely reluctant to let go, but he still had to do the same thing.
Rent is very expensive, and if you deal with it early, you can reduce losses.
"Where is the future?"
Ye Hui fell into deep thought, thinking about what kind of business he should do in the future. The hotel was closed, so he couldn't be idle. He had to find some business to do.
Buzz~buzz~
At this time, Ye Hui's cell phone rang. When he picked it up, it was his former partner and friend Yan Hua.
"Hey, Lao Yan~"
"How are you doing lately?"
"What else can you do? You are also in the hotel business, do you still need me to tell you?"
"All my stores have been closed, what about you?"
"It's already closed and everything is sold out."
"I heard that some fruit-related businesses are very popular now. I set up a path in Siam and cooperated with a powerful local person. We showed up and he provided protection and resources. How about we cooperate with the three parties?
Sample?"
"Siam?"
"Some business?"
When Ye Hui heard this, he immediately understood what Yan Hua said. Certain aspects of business in Siam were legal, so they had always been quite popular.
Now that aircraft have become popular and can fly around the world, these businesses in Siam have become even more popular. It can be said that they are taking off on a rocket.
"How much capital do you need to invest?"
"You and I can each invest five million. As for the shares, you and I will each have 30%, and the older brother will have 40%."
Yan Hua said quickly.
"Is this person reliable?"
After hearing this, Ye Hui pondered and said.
When dealing with underworld people, if you are not strong enough, you may even have your bones swallowed clean. Besides, you can't outplay the opponent even if you are outside the consequences.
"I know your concerns. I've learned about it in detail. This person has a good reputation and good local resources. But now he just doesn't have the money to do this, and he doesn't have much experience."
"Of course, I am also worried, so I asked you to do it together. If one person has 5 million, the pressure will not be so great. From now on, it will mainly be targeted at our customer groups within Guo."
"If he plays tricks on us, we can also take action in this regard."
Yan Hua thought about it and told the truth.
"I need to go to the local area to investigate in detail. I also need to meet him and get to know him in detail before I can make a decision."
Ye Hui thought for a while and replied, the business in these areas is really booming now, and Ye Hui is also determined to give it a try.
PS: Which industries do you think will decline and which industries will rise?