Chapter 52 The First Store

  At 9:00 am, Ye Shaofeng and Peng Xiaofei, Wang Zheng gathered at the entrance of the billiard hall. One hundred thousand yuan, Ye Shaofeng brought it all.

  "I brought back 100,000 from Linzhiya." Ye Shaofeng said excitedly, looking at the two of them.

  "One hundred thousand! Maple Brother, you...you won't sell out your own kind, will you?" Peng Xiaofei said.

  "You're already selling out your dignity, why don't you just sell your body to that woman too?" Wang Zheng glanced at Ye Shaofeng.

  Ye Shaofeng scratched his head and smiled foolishly.

  "Maple brother, that woman can't be deeply interacted with. I think it's better to leave the 100,000 yuan alone and just consider it a loss," said Peng Xiaofei.

  "I've devoted my body to the grass, and in return I got money. But now you're telling me to send it back? Yesterday's effort was all for nothing!" Ye Shaofeng said.

  "Alright, alright, things are already like this, we can't just let the money go to waste. At worst, we three brothers will work hard to earn the money and pay her back as soon as possible." Wang Zheng said seriously.

  "Maple brother, didn't you say you would take 50,000? Why did you still borrow 100,000?"

  "I thought about it, the 100,000 yuan is the money we used to take down this store. But in the process of operation, rent costs money, water and electricity fees cost money, are not small expenses. The extra 50,000 yuan is what we use to pay for these miscellaneous expenses."

  "Money, the more the better. I borrowed 50,000 from that woman, or borrowed 100,000, it's all the same thing, why not borrow a bit more?" Ye Shaofeng said with a smile.

  "It's still better to think ahead. Don't waste any more time on useless things, hurry up and go find the boss, pay the money and handle the transfer procedures." Wang Zheng said as he led the way inside, Ye Shaofeng and Peng Xiaofei followed closely behind him.

  In the morning, there were not many people in the billiard hall. The cashier had just arrived and looked like she hadn't woken up yet, yawning over there. There were only three waiters, all of whom looked honest and had also just arrived, holding brooms to sweep the floor.

  "Where is your boss?" Wang Zheng shouted as he entered the door.

  Three boys looked over at the door, one of them said: "What are you doing?"

  "Cut the nonsense and get your boss out here right away!" Peng Xiaofei said with a fierce tone.

  Wang Zheng and Peng Xiaofei, whether in terms of physique or appearance, are enough to give people a strong sense of intimidation.

  Wang Zheng is a fat man, weighing over 300 pounds, with a robust physique and semi-long hair that is curly like the hairstyle of rockers in the 80s.

  Peng Xiaofei may not be as fat as Wang Zheng, but he's also around 250 pounds. At 1.95 meters tall, he's absolutely a giant among ordinary people. Add to that his green-dyed hair and the black scorpion tattoo on his left neck, it's quite intimidating.

  The two guys stood in the billiard hall shouting loudly, scaring the four people in the store stiff. They thought they were there to cause trouble.

  The heavily made-up, unconventional girl at the cash register had an air of indifference about her. Looking at the three of them, she said: "Our boss isn't here, if you want to pay for protection or whatever, wait until he gets back."

  "Do you want money? We didn't come for the money, we came to deliver..." Peng Xiaofei's last word "money" hadn't even left his lips when Ye Shaofeng covered his mouth with one hand and took a step forward, walking up to the cashier girl and asking: "Do people still collect protection fees here? What era is this?"

  The little girl raised her head, and the dark eye shadow almost covered her eyes, making it impossible to distinguish where the eyelids were and where the eyes were, just like a panda.

  "Are you not from the Green Dragon Club?" the little girl asked.

  "What's this Green Dragon Society? What Green Dragon Society?" Wang Zheng also walked over and asked.

  "Qinglong Association is a gang that covers our area. They come to collect protection fees every month. Aren't you guys from Qinglong Association?" The little girl asked again.

  "The world is almost ending, and yet there are still some gangs collecting protection fees. No wonder the boss wants to sell this good business. It's all because of these thugs causing trouble." Wang Zheng said on the side.

  "You...are you here to stay at our inn?" the little girl asked suddenly.

  "Of course, we are here to give money, not to take it." Peng Xiaofei finally finished speaking.

  "Oh, that... that... what I just told you guys, let's just pretend we didn't hear it. Our boss doesn't allow us to talk nonsense, if the word gets out, this store will be doomed."

  "It's not going out, and it can't be sold. I reckon everyone in this area knows that the Qinglong Association is collecting money here. It's just people like you who don't know the truth who come to do business with your boss." Peng Xiaofei said, looking at Ye Shaofeng and asking: "Shaofeng, are we still going to sell this shop?"

  "Pan, why don't they pan? What are they afraid of? Are we afraid? Are you afraid? Fang Ge is afraid? We're just specialized in dealing with all sorts of pretentious people."

  "Whoever dares to come to our place and collect protection fees, I'll make sure this little brat can't swallow his food!" Wang Zheng interrupted.

  Ye Shaofeng also nodded, although he didn't say a word, his attitude was very clear, completely agreeing with Wang Zheng's point of view. This store must be acquired.

  Just then, the boss heard a commotion downstairs and hurriedly ran down. Seeing these three people, his eyes lit up.

  "Oh, you really came. You really want to buy this store?" The boss said while walking.

  "Nonsense, I've brought the money, but not much, a total of 700,000. If you think it's okay, we'll buy it. If not, we'll leave immediately." Ye Shaofeng said.

  "What? 700,000? We agreed on 1 million yesterday!"

  "One hundred thousand was yesterday's price, today it's worth seventy thousand here. What do you think? Don't hesitate, if it's okay, we'll handle the procedures together; if not, we're leaving." Ye Shaofeng said resolutely, while giving Wang Zheng a glance.

  Wang Zheng pulled out seven bundles of money from the black leather bag, each bundle worth 10,000 yuan, neatly arranged on the counter's desk.

  Looking at the 700,000 cash, the boss hesitated.

  Seven hundred thousand yuan, that's the cost, selling the store without making a profit or loss. Anyway, there have been young thugs causing trouble and collecting money here all along, it's been impossible to continue doing business. Don't look at how prosperous the business is, but those underworld thugs come and casually collect some money, they can even make it so that the rent for this building can't be earned.

  "Look at this, 700,000 is really too little. You give me 900,000 and we'll settle the deal right away." The boss was haggling over the price.

  Ye Shaofeng heard this and patted Wang Zheng's shoulder, saying: "Put the money away, let's go. This deal can't be made."

  The king went up to collect the money. The boss saw that the two were really going to leave, gritted his teeth and stomped his foot, saying: "Alright, alright, I admit defeat, it's 700,000, just 700,000 and we have a deal."

  "Seven hundred thousand, including all the billiard tables, billiard supplies, cash registers, computers, and those things upstairs."

  "Boss, 700,000 is enough, think about it, who else dares to rent this store besides us? If you continue to operate, I estimate that you won't even be able to afford the rent. Hand it over to us early and you can rest easy too." Wang Zheng said with a smile...