"Mr. Lin, that’s the landlord."
Huizi gestured, signaling for Lin Feng to look over.
"That’s the landlord?"
Lin Feng looked somewhat surprised.
He originally thought that someone who owned a storefront in a place like this would be a middle-aged man. He never expected it to be Aunt Tang, the woman who had bought a ring with Su Ruoxi yesterday.
Aunt Tang had clearly recognized Lin Feng as well.
It was hard not to remember a young man who could go shopping with two stunningly beautiful women at the same time.
Looking slightly surprised, she walked over and greeted Lin Feng.
"Xiaolin, we meet again."
Aunt Tang took the initiative to greet him.
Lin Feng naturally had to respond.
"Yes, Aunt Tang."
The exchange of greetings between the two left Huizi, who was standing to the side, completely dumbfounded.
’They know each other?’
’What in the world is going on?’
"I didn’t expect you to be buying a storefront, Xiaolin."
Aunt Tang took out her keys and opened the door.
"I also didn’t expect you to be the owner of this storefront, Aunt Tang."
’But then again, it makes sense.’
’Someone who could casually spend hundreds of thousands on a diamond ring... how many of them could possibly be ordinary people?’
They exchanged a glance, and both accepted this reality.
"Actually, this whole area is mine."
Aunt Tang said with a smile after hearing Lin Feng’s words.
’This whole area belongs to her?’
It wasn’t just Huizi who was shocked; even Lin Feng was stunned.
This small plaza had, by a rough estimate, nearly a hundred storefronts.
If every storefront was this size, each one would be worth tens of millions!
In other words...
Aunt Tang’s net worth was at least one billion?
He had originally thought that his own net worth was about to reach a "small goal," meaning he had a bit of capital to his name.
But just as he was starting to feel a little confident, Lin Feng ran into a true tycoon.
Unlike Yang Tianming, Aunt Tang’s wealth was all in physical assets.
One hundred storefronts.
She didn’t have to do anything every month.
She could make millions a month just by lying back and collecting rent?
’Actually, if I do the math, I’m pretty much the same,’ Lin Feng thought.
With his Money Blessing, he earned even more than Aunt Tang.
Thinking of this, the shock in Lin Feng’s eyes faded, and he calmed down.
Aunt Tang noticed all of this.
’To be able to regain his composure so quickly... this Lin Feng is no simple character either.’
"Actually, you can’t really say it’s mine."
"It was all left to me when my husband passed away."
"But my son was still young back then."
"And I don’t have much of a mind for business."
"So I just went ahead and bought all these storefronts."
"I’ve earned quite a bit over the years."
Aunt Tang said it casually.
But it sounded completely different to Lin Feng and Huizi.
"This plaza was built fifteen years ago."
"Does that mean... President Tang, you bought all these storefronts fifteen years ago?"
Huizi exclaimed in astonishment.
Aunt Tang just smiled and didn’t respond to Huizi’s comment.
Fifteen years ago, Xiang City’s real estate market was just entering its golden age of development.
Land prices weren’t expensive.
After fifteen years of development, Xiang City’s property prices had multiplied several times over!
’And this... is what she calls not having a mind for business?’
Lin Feng was speechless.
"Heh, let’s talk about this storefront’s situation."
Aunt Tang changed the subject with a smile.
"I’m sure you saw the storefront’s condition just now, Xiaolin."
"The foot traffic in this small plaza is pretty good."
"If you can get it, you basically won’t lose money on it."
Lin Feng understood everything Aunt Tang was saying.
’It’s business, after all. When you want to sell something, you naturally try to hype it up as much as possible to make the other party believe your item is really worth that much. Countless marketing theories have been born from this principle. They aim to influence consumers invisibly. The most outstanding examples are health supplements. During the era when health supplements were running rampant and prices were soaring, can you imagine that the title of the Celestial Dynasty’s richest person was once held by someone who sold them? It seems a bit impossible thinking about it now, but that’s how it was.’
However, Lin Feng wasn’t the type to just go along with the other person’s tempo.
After quietly listening to Aunt Tang finish, Lin Feng smiled and said, "Aunt Tang, you might not know this."
"I’m buying this storefront mainly to open a Hunan-style restaurant."
"Given that I’m opening a restaurant, this location doesn’t seem very convenient."
"Take wastewater disposal, for example."
"That’s a difficult problem to solve here, isn’t it?"
Lin Feng said with a smile on his face.
This problem was indeed a real one.
Why were the restaurants typically opened in places like this Western ones? Besides having a classier ambiance, it was also because Western restaurants produce very little kitchen waste.
But Hunan cuisine was different.
There were a lot of leftovers and food scraps.
You can’t exactly re-serve them to the next table, can you?
This kind of kitchen waste required special disposal.
It couldn’t be disposed of directly through the sewers.
’You praise your storefront, so I’ll downplay it. One praises, one disparages. That’s a normal business negotiation.’
According to Lin Feng’s understanding, Aunt Tang should have countered by bringing up the inherent value of the storefront to refute his point.
But not only did Aunt Tang not refute Lin Feng’s point, she even nodded in agreement.
"Indeed, you’re right, Xiaolin."
"This storefront is indeed a bit inconvenient for a Hunan-style restaurant."
"So, I’ve decided to lower the price a bit more."
"How does nine million three hundred thousand sound to you?"
Aunt Tang had proactively offered a price reduction.
"This storefront..."
Lin Feng had been about to say something else, but he was slightly taken aback when he heard Aunt Tang’s words.
’This isn’t how I expected this to go at all. Forget not raising the price, why is she actively lowering it?’
If they really went with the price Aunt Tang mentioned, after all the paperwork was done, the total cost of the storefront would probably be around ten million exactly.
This...
Although it was only five hundred thousand cheaper, it had already reached Lin Feng’s target price.
That’s right.
For a storefront priced in the tens of millions, the word ’only’ was certainly appropriate for a sum of five hundred thousand.
"How about it?"
Aunt Tang asked with a smile when she saw Lin Feng wasn’t speaking.
"Deal."
Aunt Tang was so straightforward, so Lin Feng couldn’t be bothered to haggle any further.
At ten million, it would perfectly hit the maximum limit of his 90% discount card.
This would allow Lin Feng to get the maximum benefit.
With a discount of five hundred thousand, all the problems were no longer problems.
"Then shall we prepare to sign the contract?"
"Alright."
A multi-million-dollar storefront transaction was decided just like that between Lin Feng and Aunt Tang.
Huizi, on the side, hadn’t even had a chance to speak.
It was all over.
’Is this how tycoons negotiate? A deal worth tens of millions for a storefront decided so easily. There was no need for a real estate agent like her to say anything at all.’
Of course, to a large extent, it was also because Lin Feng was in a hurry.
Once he took care of these matters as quickly as possible, Lin Feng could return to school with peace of mind.
Thankfully, this location had originally been a food and beverage establishment.
The previous owner hadn’t taken anything with them when they left.
The tables and chairs were covered in a layer of dust.
It would just need a quick cleaning.
After all the paperwork was completed and handed over, Lin Feng could just hire a cleaning service to come and tidy up.
"Aunt Tang, can I ask why you’re selling this storefront?"
Lin Feng asked.
"Is it because this storefront..."
Lin Feng didn’t finish his sentence.
But everyone understood what he meant.
Some properties are used as collateral for loans and such.
For example, if Aunt Tang had used this storefront to apply for a loan, or if she herself was in a financial crisis and then used this storefront to pay off a debt or something similar.
The subsequent disputes would be very troublesome.

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