Chapter 75 - Chapter 75 - 75 Renting Together (1/2)

Chapter 75 – 75 Renting Together

Tuan Tuan couldn’t help but widen his eyes and glanced back at Tong Ya, then turned his head to look at Tong Ming.

“It’s clear that you didn’t mean to be fierce with Mom, so I’ll go out of my way to call you Grandpa, and I’ll accept this thing on behalf of Mom.”

Tong Ming couldn’t be happier; he swept Tuan Tuan into his arms in one go.

“Hold on, Grandpa, wait!”

Chen Yu raised his eyebrows, it looked like Tong Ming and Tong Ya were cut from the same cloth.

He had thought Tong Ming couldn’t accept Tuan Tuan before, but now it seemed his concerns were somewhat superfluous.

“Alright Tuan Tuan, it’s time for us to go,” Chen Yu stepped forward and took Tuan Tuan into his arms.

“Instead of looking for a new store, why not expand the existing one!”

Tong Ming suddenly spoke up, “I see several shops next to yours are vacant; why not rent them all together?”

Chen Yu frowned slightly, “A fixed location has a limited reach, so I feel…”

“Times are changing, and thoughts must change too. Connect to a delivery system, capitalize on platforms and traffic to turn the shop you have into a brand, and maximize its scale.”

The group that Tong Ming controlled was a behemoth, after all; his suggestions were very constructive.

Chen Yu thought carefully about his current shop, which on the surface seemed to have reached its limit, but it only served the nearby neighbors.

And so far, none of his shops had a signboard.

Compared to opening branches, expanding the existing shop seemed somewhat safer.

“Thank you for the advice, sir.”

Chen Yu had barely finished speaking when Tong Ming looked somewhat displeased.

“Why still ‘sir’? If that damn girl refuses to acknowledge me, won’t you change your address either?”

Chen Yu smiled awkwardly and swiftly left with Tong Ya and Tuan Tuan.

Every breakfast shop on this street had to shut down due to the impact of Chen Yu’s business.

As a result, many shops were left vacant.

There were precisely five shopfronts between his and Xie Jiang’s shop.

These five premises previously operated snack outlets, and within less than a week of Chen Yu moving in, they had posted transfer notices at the entrance of their shops.

Now, aside from Zhang Fan’s car dealership and Xie Jiang’s home store, there was only one chain convenience store left across the street.

Though the street was bustling with crowds during the day, it looked eerily deserted at night.

Chen Yu took a quick assessment of these few shops’ structures, then directly called all five landlords over and also brought Auntie Li along.

“Little Chen, I never expected you to expand the shop so quickly!”

While expressing her admiration, Auntie Li brought out the rental contracts with the five landlords.

This street was already in a busy market area; all the shops were in prime locations.

Therefore, their rent was paid up until the end of the year.

Now it was only May, and there were still a good seven months until year’s end.

The five landlords were downcast every day, with their businesses not sustainable and so much rental time left, it was discomforting just to think about.

Now that Chen Yu was taking over, they were profoundly grateful.

Without hesitation, they signed the transfer contracts on the spot.

The scale of these five shopfronts wasn’t huge, but fortunately, all five shared the same layout and were closely adjoining.

With minor modifications in the future, they could be directly connected to Chen Yu’s shop.

Then his shopfront could almost double in size.