The middle-aged man was obviously shocked when he heard Lin Jie's words.

"I mean, do we want to rent out the basement floor of our department store?"

Not too concerned about the middle-aged man's attitude, Lin Jie repeated it once.

The department store is the most lively shopping mall in Chuhe County’s commercial street. Basically, people in the entire county town will come here to shop if they have time. Not to mention the New Year and the Festival, even if they are usually there, it is crowded and extremely lively.

Based on this source of customers, it is naturally no problem to open a supermarket. What's more, supermarkets are usually opened on the underground or on the second floor. The reason is that the rent is cheap.

"I am the manager. Do you want to rent the underground floor? How much area do you want to rent?"

He looked at Lin Jie up and down, and the middle-aged man said casually. But he was also a little strange, what should I do if I rent the underground for nothing.

Lin Jie looked too young and didn't look like a businessman at all. The manager obviously didn't think he was a big customer, so he didn't pay so much attention.

"I want to ask, how much would it cost if I rented all the underground floors?"

The average first floor of the department store is about three to four thousand square meters. If you open a supermarket, it is indeed very suitable.

The manager's real name is Chen Lei. He took a sip of tea while talking to Lin Jie. After listening to Lin Jie's words, a sip of tea almost spewed out.

"Total rent? Are you kidding me, right? Do you know how big the entire underground floor is?"

Lin Jie looks more like a student. With such an identity, he wants to rent the entire floor at once, even on the underground floor, it sounds like a joke.

"I'm not kidding, the purpose of coming here is to ask for the price."

Lin Jie didn't have time to joke with him and said seriously.

"You are teasing me, hurry up and go do whatever you should do! Tell you, the basement is not rented."

Chen Lei was a little angry after hearing Lin Jie's words and directly issued an order to expel guests.

Not to mention that it is a person like Lin Jie who looks like a student, even if someone really comes to rent a basement, Chen Lei would not agree.

The reason is that the basement is profitable to him.

The basement now exists as a warehouse, and the goods stored by the merchants upstairs are all stored. The entire basement is divided into pieces by Chen Lei, and those merchants need to pay for storing goods in the basement.

And the money ended up in Chen Lei's personal pocket. After all, the boss is in another place and doesn't come often. And the basement doesn't pay much attention to it, so the boss has already agreed to Chen Lei's actions.

But if the basement is rented out, the rent will inevitably be taken away by the boss, and Chen Lei will not be cheaper. He will not do such a stupid thing.

"Okay, I hope you don't regret it!"

Lin Jie was a little angry when he saw that the department store manager had this attitude.

I originally wanted to rent a venue with money, but I didn't expect to be turned away. If anyone else was, I would be angry.

Without saying a word, Lin Jie left the manager's office directly. However, when he walked out of the department store, Lin Jie discovered it.

There is an empty two-story building opposite the department store. It is not dilapidated from the outside and covers a lot of area. It looks roughly 3,000 meters in total on the two floors.

When Lin Jie saw the small building, his eyes lit up and he thought to himself why he didn't see it when he came to the department store just now.

Crossing the road, Lin Jie came to the two-story building for money. Sure enough, there was a rented notice posted at the door.

I really searched for him for a long time. When I looked back, the man was in the dim light!

After writing down the phone number, Lin Jie went to a convenience store next to him to look for a public phone number.

"It seems that it's time to buy a mobile phone!"

While looking for a public phone, Lin Jie thought to himself.

In this era, when the big brothers were the most, there were newer mobile phones. If Lin Jie remembered correctly, he should have had a mobile phone with a flip cover at this time, and the price was not outrageously expensive.

When he arrived at the convenience store, Lin Jie dialed according to the number he wrote down.

The answer was a man. After hearing that Lin Jie was interested in renting his house, the man happily agreed and told Lin Jie to ask him to wait here, and the other party came over soon.

Sure enough, before ten minutes before returning to the door of the small building, a black car stopped at the door.

In this era, those who can afford to drive are generally rich people. Even the lowest-end car costs tens of thousands. For example, the car in front of you costs at least 200,000.

In this era, cars that can afford to be worth more than 200,000, especially in small county towns, will never be many people.

After the car stopped, a middle-aged man walked out of the car.

He said he was middle-aged, but he looked only in his thirties. He did not wear a big gold chain like the landlord of the Malatang shop before. The middle-aged man in front of him was dressed casually.

"Are you going to rent my building?"

He looked around and found that there was no one around. The middle-aged man came to Lin Jie and asked tentatively.

Unlike others, the middle-aged man did not show any contempt when he asked Lin Jie. Lin Jie could tell at a glance that the person in front of him was definitely developed when he was young.

Being able to own such a small building and being able to drive such a car is obviously a rich man.

If you don’t make money by yourself but at home, you will naturally be like a rich second-generation. Only when you make money when you are young can you not look down on young people.

"Lin Jie, I called you just now."

After walking two steps forward, Lin Jie stretched out his right hand.

"Fang Ping."

The middle-aged man was stunned and then stretched out his hand.

Then, he took out the key from his pocket generously and opened the door of the building.

There are two gates in the small building, which look like they are designed according to the shopping mall.

However, when Lin Jie entered the small building, he saw that the entire second building was a rough house with no decoration at all.

Fortunately, the basic plumbing and heating wires were still connected. After opening the roller shutter doors of several windows, Lin Jie's eyes suddenly became clear.

It is almost the same as what he expected. Each floor of the small building is almost 1,500 meters. With such a space, it would be better to be a supermarket.

In such a county town, it is a waste to open a supermarket when it is bigger. If it is smaller, it still seems to be unscalable. This two-story building also has a basement, which can be used as a warehouse.

If this small building could be rented out, Lin Jie would not have exchanged it for the first floor of the department store.

Taking Lin Jie to the restaurant in this small building, Fang Ping introduced to him. It was mainly about various lighting, wire layout and safety channels.

After a simple walk, Lin Jie already had an idea in his mind.

"Brother Fang, can I ask a question?"
Chapter completed!