Chapter 313 Beating the local tycoons (at least 420.01 million)
"Shujie, where are we going?" Cheng Xiaolin asked.
Cao Shujie didn't even think about it and said directly: "Let's go directly to the Five-Star Department Store to find them. Cao Zhen, Cao Fei and the others are waiting there."
"Okay!" Cheng Xiaolin had no objection.
But Mengmeng shouted again, reminding her father: "Dad, don't forget to buy me a microphone."
"Mengmeng, believe it or not, I threw you out of the car." Cao Shujie looked forward and said with a smile.
Mengmeng turned to look at her mother, a little scared, but still said firmly: "I don't believe it. If you dare to throw me away, let mother beat you."
Cheng Xiaolin turned to look at her daughter: "Mengmeng, you are indeed very annoying. Can you quiet down for a while? We will find a place later and we will be the first to buy you a microphone to play with."
"Okay! Hee hee!"
With her mother's promise, Mengmeng will give up as soon as she feels good.
The five-star department store is still under renovation, and if everything goes well, it is planned to be completed by the end of this year.
At this time, Cao Fei, Cao Zhen and Patiguli were standing next to the renovated shopping mall, talking and waiting for someone.
"Shujie is coming soon." Cao Zhen said.
Cao Fei asked them: "What do you want to eat for lunch? I'll treat you."
"How can I just ask you to invite me to fight the local tyrants at noon today?" Cao Zhen started laughing as he spoke.
Cao Fei also laughed.
Among the brothers, Cao Shujie is definitely the real rich man.
Cao Zhen also said: "Director Cao has just taken office. He has not even invited us to have a meal seriously. I have to give him a chance to say anything today."
"That must be invited!" Cao Fei also agreed.
Patiguli looked at the five-star department store that was being renovated, and then looked at the flow of people around her. She was full of expectations that the mall would be renovated in half a year.
After their repeated efforts and half-month-long communication with the mall's investment department, the rent was reduced from the original 500,000 to 450,000. The rent remained unchanged in the first two years, and there will be an annual increase of 5% in the subsequent years.
The specific situation also depends on the economic situation of the year.
The location was also selected, it was right at one of the elevator exits, which was an excellent location.
Now we are waiting for their store to move in, decorate and open after the mall is renovated.
While he was thinking about it, Cao Zhen's cell phone rang. He turned around and saw that it was Cao Shujie calling.
"Oh, it seems our Director Cao is here." Cao Zhen answered the phone.
After saying less than 10 sentences in total, the phone was hung up.
"He will come right away." Cao Zhen said.
Not long after, a GL8 drove over. After the car stopped, Cao Shujie and the cute Cheng Xiaolin got out of the car.
When the two parties met, they seemed particularly cordial.
Cao Shujie also asked Cao Zhen how the rent negotiation was going.
"Is it still 500,000?" Cao Shujie asked him.
The last time they met, Cao Zhen told him that the rent offered by Five Star Department Store at that time was 500,000.
Cao Zhen shook his head: "It's been reduced by 50,000 yuan. The rent will remain unchanged for the first two years, and there will be an increase of about 5% depending on the situation."
"It's still so much, do you have enough money?" Cao Shujie asked them.
Cao Zhen said with a smile: "Don't worry, my wife has saved some money over the years, and my mother also supports me a little, so the money will definitely be enough."
"Let me go, my sister-in-law is still a rich woman, you are so lucky!" Cao Shujie teased him.
Several people burst out laughing.
The place was being renovated, and the sound of ping-ping-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong sounds and the constant construction trucks coming and going were quite dangerous. Cao Shujie said: "Get in the car, and let's find a quiet place to chat for a while."
"Director Cao will look at the arrangements." Cao Zhen was not polite at all.
Cao Fei also smiled and said, "You guys wait a moment and I'll call my manager."
"You go ahead and drink a little today. You will definitely not be able to go to work in the afternoon." Cao Shujie said.
After Cao Fei called his manager Li Zhishan, he explained the special situation.
Li Zhishan was not a stubborn person, so he readily agreed.
I didn't forget to tell him to submit the planning plan as soon as possible.
"Manager, don't worry, I promise to finish the first draft within a week, and I will go over it with you first," Cao Fei said.
After watching him hang up the phone, Cao Shujie asked him: "What's going on? Is the job difficult to do?"
"What you're saying is, if you want to make more money, where can you find a good job?" Cao Fei asked him.
There's nothing wrong with that. A few people got in the car together, and Cao Shujie drove away first.
In the car, Mengmeng once again reminded his father to buy a microphone.
Cao Shujie quickly asked Cao Fei where he could buy children's microphones nearby?
Cao Fei had never come across this thing before and asked him what it was specifically.
After Cao Shujie described it completely, Cao Fei knew what it was.
He pointed to the north and said: "There is an electronics mall over there, go and buy it, there must be one there."
Sure enough, Cao Shujie bought a children's microphone for his daughter in the electronics mall.
This thing is a combination of a microphone and a speaker. You can sing along with it, you can also connect to your mobile phone via Bluetooth to sing, and you can also change your voice to sing. The appearance is very cartoony, so it is very popular among children.
But this thing is not cheap either.
A yellow tiger-shaped microphone that Cao Shujie bought for his daughter.
Mengmeng chose this microphone herself. In her words, this microphone is beautiful, cute, and majestic.
But Cao Shujie always felt that something was wrong.
"Tigress?" This thought came to him suddenly.
But he was not allowed to think too much. After everyone returned to the car, Cao Shujie said, "How about we go to the Hedelia Hotel?"
Cao Fei reminded him: "That is the most expensive hotel in the city."
"Hey, we brothers are just having a meal together. It doesn't matter whether we have money or not." Cao Shujie said.
Without Cao Fei reminding him how to get there, Cao Shujie drove over there.
The last time I came here was two months ago. After buying a car, the couple went to have a romantic lunch together while Mengmeng was away.
The price is not unreasonable. Except for the small portion, every dish is exquisitely prepared.
Parking the car in the parking lot next to the hotel, Cao Shujie hugged her daughter and walked towards the hotel with four other people.
When they arrived at the hotel, Cao Shujie simply said that a waiter would take them to the room to make arrangements.
Waiting for the waiter to hand the crystal menu to Cao Shujie and the others, and then standing aside with a tablet computer waiting for them to order.
Cao Fei and Cao Zhen were both here for the first time. Patiguli looked at the menu and then at the waiter holding the ordering tablet. She was thinking about how to order this set after they entered the five-star department store.
The food system is used in their restaurant and it is very good.
"Just watch and do whatever you want, no need to be polite to me." Cao Shujie said.
Even so, Cao Fei and Cao Zhen still had reservations when ordering.
On the contrary, Cheng Xiaolin herself, who now belongs to the high-income group, is eager to eat and orders a few expensive signature dishes.
"Waiter, each of those dishes just now will have one portion each," Cheng Xiaolin said.
She then pointed to several dishes on the menu and asked the waiter to place an order.
"Brothers and sisters, we have already ordered enough dishes. If we order more, we won't be able to finish them all." Cao Zhen advised her.
Cheng Xiaolin finally ordered two more desserts before giving up.
"What would you like to drink?" Cao Shujie said with a smile.
As soon as he finished speaking, Cao Zhen and Cao Fei nodded almost at the same time: "I must drink what you ordered today."
"Cao Fei, do you know the wine seller?" Cao Shujie asked him.
Cao Fei nodded: "I know the general agent who sells Maotai in Yiling City. Do you want it?"
"Bring me three boxes." Cao Shujie said smoothly.
"Three boxes of Maotai? Are you sure?" Cao Fei did not doubt whether Cao Shujie had the strength.
Seeing Cao Shujie nodding, Cao Fei said, "Then I'll call Mr. Huang and ask."
"Okay, if he has some, we'll go get them later and drink Maotai at noon today." Cao Shujie said.
Cao Fei didn't even leave the private room, so he made a phone call on speakerphone in the room.
The waiter heard their conversation and looked at Cao Fei who was on the phone and Cao Shujie who decided to buy a drink at the last minute. She felt a little weird and was still guessing who these people were.
"They all look so young," the waiter thought to herself.
Cao Fei has already made a call.
"Mr. Huang, this is Cao Fei from Five Star Department Store." Cao Fei said to the other end of the phone.
The people in the private room then heard a rich male voice coming from the mobile phone: "It's Director Cao, what can I do?"
"Mr. Huang, I have a friend here who wants to buy some Maotai."
At this point, Cao Fei remembered and forgot to ask Cao Shujie which wine to buy?
Just when I turned to look at Cao Shujie, I heard him say 53 Degrees Feitian Moutai.
"Mr. Huang, my friend wants to buy three boxes of 53% Feitian Moutai. Do we have any here?" Cao Fei asked.
"Three boxes, do you need that much?" Mr. Huang on the other side was quite surprised.
Cao Fei thought Mr. Huang didn't have that much here. Just when he was about to ask again, he heard the other person say again: "Director Cao, I have three boxes here, but the market is rushing to buy them, and the price is a bit high."
"It's okay, Mr. Huang, please quote a price. If it's suitable, we'll get it," Cao Fei said.
According to the price quoted by Mr. Huang from the opposite side, a bottle of 53% Feitian is 1,680 yuan, and a box is 10,080 yuan.
Cao Shujie wants three boxes, equivalent to 30,240 yuan.
Before Cao Fei could say whether he wanted it or not, Cao Shujie nodded.
"Mr. Huang, we are going to pick up the goods now. Are you in the store?" Cao Fei asked him.
Knowing that the other party was in the store, Cao Fei glanced at Cao Shujie.
Cao Shujie was very straightforward and said to him: "Cao Zhen, you guys rest here for a while. I'll get the wine and we'll drink it at noon."
It's that simple.
Cao Shujie directly shouted to Cao Fei to leave the private room.
The waiter also wanted to tell them that they cannot bring their own drinks in the hotel, but after thinking about it, he still didn't say it.
She couldn't afford to offend someone who could easily spend tens of thousands of yuan to buy Maotai drinks, and she was afraid that if she tried to stop him, it would cause trouble to the hotel, so she simply pretended not to know.
When the waiter didn't know what to do, Cheng Xiaolin said to the waiter: "Waiter, please serve the food first."
"Okay, I'll go arrange the food." The waiter went out.
Patiguli also said: "Don't worry, you can just wait until they come back to serve the food together."
"Sister-in-law, some of the dishes here are very delicate, but the cooking speed is not fast. I asked the waiter to serve the dishes first, and we will wait while eating." Cheng Xiaolin said.
Sure enough, Cao Shujie and Cao Fei had been going back and forth for more than 40 minutes, but their orders had not yet been served.
As soon as Cao Shujie entered the door, he came in with three bottles of Maotai: "Hey, the other party gave me a zero. The total cost was 30,000, which is cheap."
Cao Zhen looked around, trying to find a stick he could get his hands on and beat him up, but this bastard was so arrogant that he knew no bounds.
But as soon as Cao Shujie sat down, he opened a bottle of wine and said, "We'll each have a bottle. If you can't finish it, you can take it away."
What else could he say? Cao Zhen grabbed the remaining two bottles of wine and gave one to him and Cao Fei: "It is rare to have this opportunity to fight against the rich."
Several people laughed together.
Cao Shujie said he would drink three bottles, but in fact they drank less than one and a half bottles before they couldn't drink anymore.
The alcohol content was a bit high, and the three of them were not drinking it to death, so they had almost finished eating the food.
During the meal, several people chatted about things in their hometown.
They all know that after Cao Shujie became the village director, he started to do practical things.
However, they both had some ideas. Cao Zhen asked directly: "Shujie, why don't you set up an agricultural cooperative?"
"Wouldn't it be better to integrate all the land resources in our village, unified management, unified development, and unified dividend distribution?" Cao Zhen said.
He didn't understand this before, but after going to Xinjiang Changji to contract land to grow cotton, he learned about this.
We also know that after establishing an agricultural cooperative, there will be corresponding preferential policies.
Overall, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.
Shujie was stunned for a moment when he heard what he said.
"That's okay. I'll go back and have a meeting to discuss it. After the autumn harvest is over in two months, we'll see if we can consolidate the resources and get started." Cao Shujie said.
Several people gave Cao Shujie a thumbs up for being good at listening to their suggestions.
From Cao Shujie's words and deeds, they can see that Cao Shujie really intends to do something for Caojiazhuang, which is very rare and valuable at the moment.
Before leaving, Cao Shujie, Cao Zhen and Cao Fei were all sober after drinking.
Cao Fei rushed to hold the half bottle of Feitian Moutai in his arms, wanting to give the other complete bottle to Cao Zhen.
But Cao Shujie snatched back the half bottle of wine: "I'll go out and get you a complete bottle later, and take the half bottle back so that others know not to accuse me of picking."
Hearing what Cao Shujie said, several people laughed again.
When Cheng Xiaolin was driving back to Caojiazhuang, Mengmeng shouted to Cao Zhen: "Uncle, my father said that he would go to Xinjiang to play with you for a while, have some food, and take me to see the eighth floor."
When Cao Zhen heard the word "eighth floor", he immediately knew where they wanted to go.
"Okay, Mengmeng, I welcome you to come anytime." Cao Zhen said with a smile.
Being in a foreign land thousands of kilometers away, Cao Zhen sometimes really wanted to see people from his hometown.
"Let's go, Cao Zhen, please be safe outside. I'll wait for you to come back and open a restaurant at the end of the year. Then I will definitely bring people over to support you." Cao Shujie waved his hand and said.
Cheng Xiaolin drove the car very steadily.
On the way back, Cao Shujie kept talking about the agricultural cooperative.
"Dad, Uncle Cao Zhen promised to let us go, when will we go?" Mengmeng was worried about these things the most.
Cao Shujie sat in his seat, turned his head and said, "Let's go when the weather gets cooler, okay?"
"Okay!" Mengmeng agreed.
Cheng Xiaolin said: "Shujie, you should sleep for a while after drinking. I will call you when you get home."
"Hey, just drink more wine now, it's okay!" Cao Shujie said carelessly.
