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Chapter 15 48 a year?
Chapter 15 48 a year?
Xiangjiang in the 90s was a very chaotic era. Even if you have not experienced it yourself, it is not difficult to feel how difficult the lives of ordinary people are in this period of time through the dictation of the older generation.

It's not good to be a good person, but to be a dog to others.

Of course, these are things to follow.

At this stage, Xiangjiang is still leased to the British in name, and the British also know that they don’t have many days. With their acquiescence, Xiangjiang’s seemingly peaceful appearance has long been filthy, even black and white. .

A very simple example, the street in front of me is owned by the owner of the milk tea shop, but the person who manages this street is not the owner of the milk tea shop, but Brother Pineapple, the manager of the big rich disco opposite.

Collect protection fees?

No, these people are much smarter than the little ruffians who collect protection fees.

First find the landlord to ask for a house, and through a series of means such as intimidation and threats that do not constitute a crime, force you to rent it to others at a lower price, and then rent it to other tenants at a higher price.

Generally speaking, it is no problem for such a street to earn hundreds of thousands of intermediary fees a year.

Although Chen Changqing has never done this kind of thing, but after all, he has done it. Knowing their internal procedures,

The little brother collects protection fees, and the top ones watch the scene. The big brother, such as Pineapple, starts to make money by changing tricks.

This is why the whole street is owned by the owner of the milk tea shop, but when Chen Changqing asked how much the rent was, the other party asked him to find Brother Pineapple.

It's not that the boss doesn't quote, but that he can't quote. Xiang Jiangguang in the 90s can't do it if he has money.

Not to mention the owner of the milk tea shop, even if it is the famous old Li, wouldn't his child be kidnapped anyway?

This is why Fei Qing is hated by the older generation, because they don't understand how hard-won a happy life is now.

In the afternoon, at around three o'clock, Chen Changqing took May into this wealthy disco.

The decoration style of the 90s, even if it is Xiangjiang, is still unremarkable in Chen Changqing's eyes.

The bright red color reminded him inexplicably of the red underpants he wore when he was a child.

But in this day and age, this kind of decoration is already considered very good.

Because it was too early, few people could be seen in the disco.

White shirts, black vests, the well-dressed male front desk was also looking listless at the moment, and not far from the hall, behind a plastic screen, there were three or four tattooed punks playing pool.

And looking at Chen Changqing who came over, the male front desk squeezed out a formulaic smile:
"Hello sir, are you here to sing?"

Chen Changqing waved his hand: "Singing is fine, help me find Brother Pineapple."

The male receptionist froze for a moment, looked at Chen Changqing in front of him, and was a little confused about the other party's way for a while:

"you are?"

Chen Changqing glanced at him, didn't say what he was here for, but made a joke: "I brought my girlfriend here, so I won't cause trouble, right?"

The male receptionist thought for a while and felt that what Chen Changqing said was all right, so he nodded:
"Okay, sir, wait a moment."

Five minutes later, Brother Pineapple, who was about thirties and wore a colorful sweater, came out with a big gold chain around his neck.

Looking at Chen Changqing in front of him, although he doesn't know him, he still looks familiar to everyone:

"Little boy, does your face look familiar? What's your name?"

"Chen Changqing, I used to hang out in the triad society for a while."

Brother Pineapple raised his eyebrows, and his tone was a little more enthusiastic than before: "Coincidentally, I am also a triad. We are a family. Why do you want Brother Pineapple?"

"Nothing else, I want to rent the storefront of the shoe store opposite."

Pineapple Boy is quite famous in the surrounding area.

When buying pineapples in the early years, because the price was high and there were many bad fruits, he liked to sell inferior ones as good ones, so everyone didn't like to buy his fruits, and he got his first nickname "Pineapple Cub" because of this.

Later, Brother Pineapple saw that he couldn't survive selling fruit, so he started a club business. Not to mention that this guy can't walk in the right way, but he has a set of tricks when he walks in the wrong way, and he actually got a reputation.

A few years ago, because of Ni Kun's death, Gandhi's power rose sharply. Pineapple Boy was favored by Gandhi and promoted to Dama Boy.

Because he felt that Pineapple Zai didn't sound good, he changed his name to Pineapple Zai. Now that he's mixed up, everyone just calls him Brother Pineapple to save him.

But Jiang Shang is easy to change, and his nature is hard to change. When Chen Changqing mentioned the shoe store opposite, Pineapple boy's eyes flashed brightly.

Obviously not happy in my heart, but I have to pretend to be very conflicted: "Ah Qing, you also know that what you pay attention to when you come out is reputation, since the store is leased to someone else, you make it very difficult for me. "

After flicking the cigarette ash, Chen Changqing looked at the pineapple boy in front of him, his deep eyes seemed to be smiling but not a smile, his eyes were full of playfulness, and he felt very uncomfortable looking at pineapple boy.

But before he frowned, Chen Changqing got up and patted the soot on his body:
"I'm sorry, Brother Pineapple, I suddenly remembered something at home. Let's talk about renting the shop next time."

Originally, Pineapple Boy planned to catch Chen Changqing for a while. He was very familiar with such things as buying fruits in the early years, but seeing Chen Changqing's attitude of really planning to leave, Pineapple Boy couldn't help but get anxious.

He knows better than anyone how the business of the shoe store opposite is doing.

In fact, a large part of the reason why the owner of the shoe store opened a store here was because he was fooled by Pineapple Boy.

The shoe store owner has long planned to close the store, but Pineapple Boy does not want the shoe store owner to leave. After all, if the shoe store owner is leaving, whose rent will he collect?

So seeing that Chen Changqing didn't plan to talk to him anymore, Pineapple Boy quickly stopped:
"Ah Qing, let's not talk about you. You young people are just impatient. Although you are talking about honesty, don't forget that we are a family. I will let him go away a year ago."

Chen Changqing glanced at him: "What about the price?"

Pineapple gave a dry laugh. He patted his chest with a look of righteousness: "Recently, prices have risen relatively quickly, but we are a family after all. For such a big store, I can give you a cheaper price, [-] a month."

"The price of [-], Brother Pineapple, you have earned a lot, right?"

"Earn some hard money. After all, brothers also have to eat, but the price I will give you is absolutely fair. After all, we are a family."

In the 90s, Xiangjiang was very rich. You must know that this is one of the four little dragons. May can earn more than 5000 yuan a month, but don’t forget that May is a lawyer and belongs to the high-income group. The average employee only earns 3000 to [-] yuan a month.

But renting a two-story store in Tsim Sha Tsui costs 48 a year?

This is definitely a pretty excessive thing.

Pineapple boy also knew that he asked for a high price, but in business, he asked for a lot of money and paid back the money, so he didn't care what Chen Changqing thought.

But what he didn't expect was that after a brief silence, Chen Changqing actually nodded:

"Although it's a bit high, it's okay. I'll get someone to write a contract tomorrow. Everyone will take a look at it. If possible, sign the contract within a week."

During the time when Chen Changqing was silent, Pineapple Boy was ready to bargain, but unexpectedly Chen Changqing agreed.

This caused a bright smile to appear on Pineapple Boy's face. He happily patted his thigh, and his eyes seemed to be looking at a fool: "Okay, my family is straightforward, and I will wait for you when the time comes."

Walking out of the rich man's disco, Chen Changqing stretched his waist, looked at the watch on his wrist, unexpectedly it was past four o'clock.

Grabbing May's fair wrist, he dragged her towards the time-honored milk tea shop:

"The egg tarts you ate in the afternoon are cold. I'll buy you two boxes of freshly baked ones. When you go back, you will be tired and write a contract."

Listening to Chen Changqing's previous words, May felt sweet in her heart. Although it was just two boxes of egg tarts, in May's eyes, it was her boyfriend who cared about her, but after listening to Chen Changqing's subsequent words, May couldn't help but froze:
"Husband, you don't really plan to rent this place, do you?"

Frowning, Chen Changqing looked at May:

"what happened?"

Looking at her boyfriend's serious expression, May couldn't help being anxious:

"That pineapple boy is not a good person. He is cheating you. A better position than this will cost less than [-] yuan."

But Chen Changqing shook his head. He turned his head and looked at the rich man's disco behind him. He didn't know what he was thinking about with his deep eyes:
"Don't worry, I know what's in my mind. When drafting the contract, don't forget to add a clause. If Party B violates the contract and forcibly takes back the property, it will have to pay ten times the liquidated damages and assume all losses from Party A, and the lease will be at least one year! "

(End of this chapter)