As the owner of a shoe specialty store, Wang Ergui made a lot of money when he was in the wholesale market, but compared with the Paris streets now, he can only go home and secretly rejoice with his wife.
He really couldn't bear to part with that Feng Shui treasure land.
If he could continue working in Paris Street, he felt that one year would equal five years, and five years of profits would be earned in one year. Only a fool would be willing to give up such a good thing.
But now, it doesn't matter whether he gives up or not. Only Shen Lin has the right to decide the direction of this matter!
He could accept this plan of increasing Shen Lin's rent by several hundred dollars and then happily admitting his mistake, but seeing the angry expressions of his colleagues made him a little undecided.
Everyone insisted that they would not add more money. If they went to Shen Lin by themselves, wouldn't they become traitors? Will their colleagues scold themselves for being unkind and unjust?
"How's it going?" As soon as he returned home, his wife came up and asked impatiently.
Wang Ergui took out a cigarette and said: "Everyone is willing to apologize to Shen Lin, but no one is willing to pay more."
"Everyone said they would rather cancel the lease than increase the rent."
Wang Ergui's wife did not speak immediately, but after a moment of silence, she said: "How much is the rent increase considered to be sincere?"
"Sister Luo said she wanted to increase the rent by five hundred, but everyone disagreed. When she left, some people even threatened that there was no way to increase the rent. At worst, they would just cancel the lease and leave!"
As soon as Wang Ergui finished speaking, his wife said loudly: "Aren't you also planning to increase the rent for Shen Lin?"
"No one is ready to go out. If I go out alone, wouldn't it be betraying everyone? We are not the kind of unloyal people!"
Wang Ergui spoke so confidently, as if not expressing his position in this way would not prove his aboveboardness.
However, before Wang Ergui's heroic spirit could be fully expressed, he was slapped firmly on the head by his wife.
"Loyalty? Loyalty is nothing! What did you lose? RMB! If you don't apologize to Shen Lin and show sincerity, what do you want to do? Do you really want to go back to the wholesale market?"
Speaking of this, his wife said bitterly: "Do you know how many people in the wholesale market are jealous of us? If we give this shop away, someone will rent it immediately. Do you believe it or not?"
Wang Ergui wanted to refute, but he had nothing to say. Although his wife was impatient, she was more calculating than him. Once Wang Ergui gave up, there would be countless peers in the market waiting to rent this shop.
Now Wang Ergui has also figured it out. Although the biggest traffic of this store is Shen Lin's Parisian style, more people come to enjoy the scenery, which means popularity and financial resources.
Even if there is no Paris style in the future, this is still a prosperous street.
If you do business here, you will never lose money in the future.
"I know, but if we pay the price, what will other people think of us?" Wang Ergui expressed his worries. He talked to others together, and everyone would stop messing with him.
"Haha, if you don't have money, everyone will look down on you even more!" Wang Ergui's wife snorted: "What's more, don't those people not want to increase the rent? They will leave this street soon."
"We won't be in the same place anymore. Why are you in contact with them so much?"
"There will be new tenants there from now on. Wouldn't it be enough if you socialize with them?"
Listening to his wife's talk, Wang Ergui suddenly realized that what his wife said seemed to make sense.
I no longer need to associate with those companions. As long as I keep my own shop, I will soon be able to enter a new circle.
"Daughter-in-law, you are right, but the five hundred yuan..." Wang Ergui felt a toothache when he thought of the five hundred yuan.
Wang Ergui's wife hated the iron and said: "You forced Shen Lin's wife to replace the rent receipt with an IOU. You were so decisive at the time. If you don't pay some price now, how can I feel comfortable?"
"Five hundred yuan is the price you think of. Whether it can be achieved or not is not yet certain!"
"Let me tell you, if five hundred is not enough, we will give you eight hundred. As long as we can keep the store, we can earn it back in a month at most."
"If you keep the green hills, you won't have to worry about running out of firewood! If this shop can't be saved, just wait until the northwest wind blows!"
Wang Ergui and his wife discussed it for a long time, and finally made up their mind to pay Shen Lin an extra five hundred yuan in rent as the price for being ignorant this time.
As for whether he is a traitor or not, he can't care so much about it. The most important thing is to keep his shop.
At 6:30 in the morning, at the urging of his wife, Wang Ergui ran towards Shen Lin's house with a bag containing 500 yuan.
He didn't want to do this kind of private payment in Shen Lin's shop. He had already inquired about Shen Lin's residence and planned to be the first to handle the matter before anyone found out.
It is a wise move to get things done without anyone noticing.
There are many people in the community where Shen Lin lives, and many people come in and out at dawn. When Wang Ergui entered the community, he felt that no one smiled at him. Well, this is good.
When the Japs enter the village, they don’t want to shoot!
After beating around the bush, Wang Ergui arrived at the downstairs of the community where Shen Lin lived. Before he could reach the entrance of the corridor, he suddenly bumped into someone coming from the other side.
Wang Ergui, who was looking around without looking at the road, was startled and said almost instinctively: "Oh, comrade, I'm sorry, I wasn't careful..."
Before he finished speaking, the person who was hit over there also apologized. At this moment, the two of them were almost in sync.
Wang Ergui heard this voice, why did it sound so familiar to him?
Subconsciously, I looked up and saw a familiar figure. Oh my God, isn't this Boss Tong?
Last night, this man swore that he would never come to Shen Lin to apologize no matter what.
He also said sternly that he would never get used to Shen Lin's bad habits. If I give you some face, he wouldn't be able to get in trouble!
But now, he appears here!
Boss Tong looked very embarrassed when he saw Wang Ergui. He came quietly early in the morning. What was the purpose? Didn't he want to get things done smoothly without anyone noticing?
It's good that before he even arrived at Shen Lin's house, he met the person he swore to yesterday, which made Boss Tong very embarrassed.
What's going on, why is this happening?
The two people looked at each other quickly, and before they had time to explain their reasons, they heard someone say: "Oh, why are you two..."
The two colleagues turned around and found that not far away from them, there was an acquaintance carrying a big black bag, striding this way.
"Haha, it's nothing, I'm just visiting a relative." Wang Ergui coughed, turned around and walked in the other direction.
Boss Tong also quickly laughed and said, "What a coincidence, I'm also here to visit relatives."
"Yeah, I didn't expect that all our relatives would meet here."
While the three of them were talking, they all found their own direction and walked away. But five minutes later, when Wang Ergui arrived downstairs at Shen Lin's house out of breath, he saw Boss Tong and others waiting at the corridor.
Not only did he see Boss Tong, but those who had sworn yesterday that they could not come to terms with him were all gathered at the corridor of Shen Lin's house.
