Xiang Yang held his forehead and thought, there was no need to continue the conversation.
Zhang Qicheng standing by couldn't help laughing.
Village Chief Zuo frowned and asked, "Boss Zhang, what are you laughing at?"
Zhang Qicheng waved his hands quickly, "Sorry, I really couldn't help it."
Xiang Yang said helplessly: "Uncle Zuo, this is a department store, not a village store."
"In a department store located in the heart of a tourist area like this, the monthly rent for a store is probably more than seven or eight thousand," Xiang Yang said.
"What?"
Village Chief Zuo's eyes widened. "You said that a shop costs more than 7,000 or 8,000 yuan in rent per month?"
As he spoke, Village Chief Zuo gestured with his hands, "Are you talking about a store this big?"
Xiang Yang nodded affirmatively, "To open a store in a place like this, a few hundred thousand is the minimum cost. If you decorate it a little better, it will be millions."
Village Chief Zuo opened his mouth, but his mind went blank and he didn't know what to say.
"Uncle Zuo, you can discuss the rest with Mr. Li. I won't say any more. I have to go to Longcheng later. Remember to come to my house for dinner in the evening." Seeing that Village Chief Zuo was lost in thought, Xiang Yang did not disturb him and just said with a smile.
"Are you going to Longcheng?" asked Village Chief Zuo.
Zhang Qicheng also looked at Xiang Yang with confusion.
Xiang Yang nodded and said, "We'll have dinner tonight. You can cook the food yourself, but I'll have to buy the ingredients myself. By the way, I haven't been to Dragon City for a long time, so I'll go over and take a look."
Zhang Qicheng said: "Then I'll drive you."
Xiang Yang thought about it and said, "No need, I can just take a taxi myself."
If you want to, various online car-hailing platforms are very convenient, and you can also book a car online at Qinglongwan.
Zhang Qicheng smiled and said, "I have nothing to do anyway, so I'll go out for a walk with you."
"Also, you should buy a car. It's nothing for a big boss like you to go out without a car." Zhang Qicheng said casually.
The speaker may not have intended it, but the listener may have taken it to heart. After listening to it, Xiang Yang began to think carefully and felt that it was time for him to buy a car.
Otherwise, every time you go out, you have to book a car online, which is indeed not as convenient as having your own car.
"Let's go to Longcheng first." Xiang Yang said.
"We'll leave first, you guys discuss it." Xiang Yang said to Village Chief Zuo and Li Chao.
Li Chao guessed that Xiang Yang deliberately didn't want to get involved in this matter, so he said readily: "Well, go ahead, buy more food in the evening, I'm waiting for a big dinner."
As for Village Chief Zuo, although he wanted to keep Xiang Yang to say a few words for him, he didn't know how to start, so he just nodded and said, "Be careful on the road."
Zhang Qicheng's car was parked at Qinglongwan Wharf.
The two chatted as they walked.
Zhang Qicheng smiled and said, "Before, your village chief Zuo had been unwilling to give in. Brother Chao had a lot of headaches about this matter. Now that you are back, this matter is finally easier to handle."
Xiang Yang shook his head helplessly. "I can't help either of you in this matter. It's up to Brother Chao and Village Chief Zuo to decide how to discuss it. If they really can't come to an agreement, and Village Chief Zuo insists that you tear down the building, then I can't do anything about it."
"It won't be demolished. At most, the Binhai Hotel will have one more accommodation building. In fact, the plan we've decided on is already very considerate of your village. There are more than just Brother Chao and I behind the receiving building. Giving you two floors is already our biggest concession." Zhang Qicheng said.
Xiang Yang did not respond. He could not blame Li Chao for this. If anyone had to blame anyone, it was only himself for not thinking it through at the time. He did not expect that the plan for Longcheng would be finalized so quickly.
Soon, the two of them walked to the edge of the dock. Zhang Qicheng opened the back door of the business van and made a gesture of invitation.
Xiang Yang shook his head, "I'd better sit in the passenger seat."
If it was any other car, it would be fine, but in a car like Alpha, the owner drives the car while the passenger sits in the back seat. There is a partition between the back seat and the driver's seat. Xiang Yang feels a little uncomfortable.
Zhang Qicheng shouted, "Brother Xiang, you have to sit in the back seat to be comfortable in this kind of car. The front passenger seat is not comfortable."
Xiang Yang simply opened the passenger door and sat in it.
Seeing this, Zhang Qicheng could only shake his head helplessly, then climbed into the driver's seat and started the car.
Soon, the two arrived in Liancheng.
The national and provincial highways from Huhai Town to Longcheng both pass directly through the center of Liancheng. After Zhang Qicheng arrived in Liancheng, he started to turn.
Xiang Yang asked doubtfully: "Mr. Zhang, do you have somewhere else to go?"
Zhang Qicheng said, "I went to Qinglongwan without having breakfast this morning. I'm a little hungry, so I'm going to KFC to buy two burgers."
Xiang Yang took out his phone and checked the time, then said, "Don't go. It shouldn't be twelve o'clock when we get to Longcheng. I'll treat you to lunch."
"It's okay. We're already here and can't turn back. I'll just buy two burgers and leave. It won't take much time." Zhang Qicheng said with a smile.
Xiang Yang smiled and said, "I didn't realize that you, Mr. Zhang, actually like to eat hamburgers."
Zhang Qicheng shook his head. "When I was little, I loved eating it, but I had no money to buy it. Then when I grew up and started to earn my own money, I no longer liked eating it. So I seldom eat KFC."
Xiang Yang grinned, thinking to himself, could it be that Zhang Qicheng wanted to eat back his childhood? What a bad taste.
Zhang Qicheng turned his head and glanced at Xiang Yang, as if he could see what Xiang Yang was thinking. "Actually, I don't like hamburgers right now. In terms of taste, my business is related to gourmet food, and I have all kinds of delicacies to eat. In terms of nutrition, this kind of thing has no nutrition at all."
Xiang Yang felt puzzled when he heard this, but he did not ask any questions out of curiosity.
Zhang Qicheng waited for a while, and seeing that Xiang Yang had no intention of asking questions, he had to explain himself: "In the past, when I first started my business, I once got a large batch of swimming crabs and shipped them to the inland."
"Due to the cold weather and icy roads, the vehicles were slippery, so I had to drive very slowly. As a result, about 80% of the crabs died when they reached inland."
"That year, I not only lost everything, but also owed a lot of debts."
"My house was full of debt collectors, and I didn't dare go home. I was desperate, so I hid in this KFC store in Liancheng every day, curled up on the sofa in the corner of their store."
"It was winter, and I was dressed like a beggar. Many customers in the store felt that my appearance had lost their appetite and wanted to kick me out."
Xiang Yang frowned, "You actually have such a past. What happened later? Were you kicked out?"
Zhang Qicheng shook his head and said, "No, their clerk said something at that time."
"What did you say? You still remember it now." Xiang Yang asked in confusion.