Chapter 408 Just Scram Part II (1/2)
Chapter 408: Just Scram Part II
Translator: Nyoi-Bo StudioEditor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Kellan was immediately moved by Li Du’s offer.
Frank got anxious at this sight. ”Caution, my friend, this Chinaman is very cunning. You gotta be careful!”
Kellan looked at Li Du suspiciously, and said slowly, ”Don’t worry, my cousin’s here.”
The police officer immediately said, ”Yes, he won’t dare deceive us. I’m sure he would absolutely not mess around with the Pratt family in Derta.”
Frank was displeased; he muttered something under his breath.
Judging from the mouth movement, Li Du could tell that he had said ”stupid.”
Kellan asked, ”Hey friend, how should I address you?”
”You can call me ‘Li’ or you can follow your good pals in calling me ‘Chinaman.’ But, that will mean we can forget about the deal.”
Kellan immediately laughed, ”Of course, of course, I know. Li, nice to meet you. Now my question is: how will I know if you have money to take over my business?”
”You should know, this is a very big storage unit company,” the police officer said, stretching out his arms. ”No storage unit company in Derta will be bigger than Pratt’s Storage Company.”
”This is easy. You can ask your three friends over there if I have the money or not. If they really see you as their good friend, they’ll tell you how well I’m doing.”
Kellan turned to the three. Frank reluctantly said, ”He’s wealthy, no doubt. But don’t believe him, he’s a treasure hunter—why would he want to buy a storage unit company?”
In fact, Kellan didn’t believe it either. It would be absurd to fully believe anyone who came up to him and said that he wanted to take over the business from him.
Therefore he said to Li, ”You heard it, Li. My friends don’t think you really want to buy my company. Let me be frank with you: I don’t believe it either.”
When Li Du had entered the small office, he’d noticed the location of the safe. He released the little bug and sent it into the safe.
Sure enough, the safe contained the account books and several other documents.
Li Du took a chair and sat down. ”Pratt’s storage company was founded in 1990. The storage units were built in the same year, and the construction was split into three phases. There were a total of 28 storage units serving a customer base that comprised mainly the townsfolk and travelers.
”Your storage company’s best years were from its tenth year onwards. The last ten years, however, business has been dwindling so much that only five units are on lease currently.
”Of the five units, three of them have already been cleaned out. Obviously, these tenants don’t plan on renewing their contracts.
”Since five years ago, you’ve lowered the rental costs. The lowered rental costs were 80 percent of the market rate. Three years ago, the cost was further reduced to only 50 percent of the market rate.
”Since last year, you introduced the long-term leasing package: lease two years and get one year free. It’s a pity that this ended in failure as nobody leased the units, right?”
As Li Du stated all these facts, Kellan became more excited.
Although it seemed like Li was criticizing him, this also showed that Li had done a background check on the company; it revealed his sincerity and that he really did want to take over the company's business.
Rick was flustered. ”All this information could be found on the Internet. He might have done all these checks while on the way here.”
”Why would I look up all that information then?” said Li Du. ”I did it because I wanted to buy this company.”
The middle-aged police officer nodded. ”That seems right.”
”Right, my *ss,” Frank blurted.