Chapter 359 (1/2)

Chapter 359: Coercion Business

Translator: GravityTales Editor: GravityTales

The old man guarding the abandoned factory suddenly realized something and said, “I know you. What’s your name again? Err, Guo…”

“Guo Sen!”

Nodding, the old man then grabbed the money and asked, “Right, right. It’s Guo Sen. But what did you come here for? You’re giving me so much money, what’s this for?”

“Gramps, we want to rent the factory. We’ll start a business after renovating this place. You should be able to contact the owner, right? Can you call him now? If he agrees, we can pay him tonight as well.”

The old man hesitated for a moment while looking at the stack of money in his hand. He eventually nodded and said, “Alright. Wait a minute, I’ll give him a call.”

A few minutes later, the old man returned and cheerfully said, “I just made the call. The Boss is immediately coming after hearing that you want to rent the factory. Anyhow, are you going to wait here? Or…”

“We’ll have a look at it first, gramps. You don’t mind, do you? Anyways, only after we see the condition of the workshop will we be able to discuss about renting.”

“Good. I’ll take you there!” The old man said happily.

The workshop was small in size, more or less the size of a regular soccer field. From the old gatekeeper, Tang Xiu knew that this factory produced home textiles in the past. Since the owner managed the factory poorly, it eventually led to heavy debt and bankruptcy.

After wandering around for a while, the factory’s owner then arrived.

“Do you want to rent this factory?” The factory owner looked at Tang Xiu and the others as he asked curiously.

“We’ve just seen the condition of the factory. It’s not bad. But may I ask how much is the rent?” asked Tang Xiu.

The factory owner asked in reply, “What business are you preparing to do?”

“A clothing business.” Said Tang Xiu.

The factory owner suddenly understood and then said with a smile, “The leasing would be at least five million for a year. My factory is quite large, and a year rent should be around eight million. However, since I’m rather anxious to rent it, I’ll ask six million a year. If you agree, let’s sign the contract. But if you don’t, I can’t give you any more leverage.”

Tang Xiu put out a number of fingers and said, “Five million! If you agree, I’ll rent it. And if you don’t, I’ll go somewhere else. To be honest, I’ve seen some other abandoned factories before coming here.”

The factory owner startled. He furrowed his brows and hesitated for a moment before saying, “Five and a half million! I can’t agree to less than this. If you don’t want it, perhaps there will be someone else coming tomorrow.”

After a moment of silence, Tang Xiu then slowly said, “Five and a half million is rather unacceptable, to be honest. But I’ll agree to it if you can meet my two conditions.”

The factory owner quickly asked, “What conditions? Tell me!”

“The first condition is that we can’t make a 100% decision before renting the factory.” Tang Xiu said, “Hence, I can give you a 500 thousand deposit first. If by a month later we don’t rent your factory, the deposit is yours. If we rent it, then we’ll pay you another five million, and then we’ll sign the contract.”

After contemplating for a moment and finding nothing bad, the factory owner then said, “I agree. But you have to pay me today.”

“No problem.” Tang Xiu nodded and said, “I can transfer it to you online.”

“Then tell me the second condition.” Said the factory owner.

“Well, to be honest, we come from the north.” Tang Xiu forced a smile. “We’ve been staying in a hotel for more than a week, and the hygiene is rather bad. So we want to temporarily stay in the factory.”

“With the deposit, this factory is temporarily rented to you,” the factory owner smilingly said. “Anyhow, it’s fine if you want to stay here! But the place is dirty and messy, so you need to clean it up.”

“No problem!” Tang Xiu nodded.

Immediately after, Tang Xiu transferred 500 thousand yuan through online banking to the factory owner’s account. The latter looked satisfied and then left. Tang Xiu then shifted his eyes to the old gatekeeper as he then smiled and said, “Gramps, can I ask how much is your monthly salary?”

“2,500 yuan.” Said the old man smilingly.

“Gramps, I’ll give you ten thousand yuan for you not stay here this month.” Said Tang Xiu, “You too know that since we want to stay here and start business later, we must find some young and strong men as security guards.”

“I understand.” The old man hesitated upon hearing it and said, “Managing a business is not easy, but that ten thousand yuan…”

“Gramps, please don’t refuse it.” Tang Xiu said smilingly, “Consider it as our compensation. If we do really rent the factory, I’ll invite you back.”

“Alright then!” The old man nodded his head.

When Tang Xiu took out his wallet, he then asked Xue Jie some cash. After collecting ten thousand yuan, he then gave it to the old man and sent him off.

Guo Sen, who followed alongside him, whispered, “Mr. Tang, isn’t it too much money for a month’s rent? Actually, I have a few ways to give some benefits to the factory owner, so that he will lend the site to us for some time.”

“I suppose you were talking about the place we saw on the way here, right? Anyhow, that place is really good and there are several large factories around. Coupled with tons of people shuttling on the street, this makes this place a good place.”