si-mexico Chapter 201 Grudges
Chapter 201 Grudges
The waiter agreed and went to get medicine for Shang Wan.
Shang Wan took this opportunity to chat with the young man and got a lot of information out of him.
The young man's surname is Mei. This pharmacy was originally opened by Doctor Mei's father, and he is the son who inherited his father's business.
Shang Wan asked him about the news of the other two clinics.
Doctor Mei had a mild temper and thought that Shang Wan was a newcomer, so he talked to her a lot.
Shang Wan discovered that Dr. Mei's words when talking about the two clinics were quite objective, at least he didn't slander them.
However, according to what he said, if Shang Wan wanted to open a pharmacy nearby, he might not have much business.
Doctors become more popular as they get older, and the same goes for clinics and drugstores. Once the signs of "century-old clinic" and "century-old drugstore" are put up, they are flocked to withering customers, and they never have to worry about lack of business.
Word of mouth is built through business, and in this line of business, a new pharmacy is doomed to be inferior to an old pharmacy, especially when the old pharmacy has a patient, capable and good-looking doctor.
Shang Wan seemed to see the scene where the pharmacy was deserted after it opened.
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After coming out of the pharmacy, Shang Wan carried his things and went to meet Shitou.
Everything went smoothly between Shitou and Chu Xu. They divided the work and cooperated with each other. Chu Xu was responsible for pretending to have a stomachache, and Shitou was responsible for getting information.
The two of them worked in perfect harmony and identified a quack doctor with their acting skills.
Shang Wan drove the ox cart towards the north of the city while listening to what the two said.
"Sister, I'm afraid it won't work for us to open a medicine store here."
Shi Tou looked at Shang Wan's back and said, "I asked around. Someone rented that shop and opened a medicine store. Except for a few customers on the opening day, no one went there the rest of the time. The medicine store only lasted for half a month before closing.
The shopkeeper changed his business overnight and turned the pharmacy into a grocery store, but the grocery store still had no business. When the lease expired, the shopkeeper did not renew it, and the shop has been empty for half a year.
This is similar to what Shang Wan had found out.
She turned her head and looked at Shitou, "Don't you think there is something wrong with the shopkeeper's business practices?"
If you open a pharmacy, you can blame too many competitors, but what about a grocery store? There is no other grocery store on this street.
Shitou scratched his head, "Isn't it because the feng shui of the shop is bad?"
"As for Feng Shui, if you believe in it, it exists. If you don't believe in it, it doesn't exist." Shang Wan said, "If you want to believe in it, believe in what is beneficial to you. Have you heard of the law of attraction?"
Stone:?
What the hell? ?
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The group met at a restaurant. It was almost time for lunch, and Xiaohuan ordered dishes according to everyone's tastes.
The food in restaurants is two or three times more expensive than the same dishes in food stalls.
Xiaohuan felt heartbroken when ordering the dishes. She calculated the cost of each dish in her mind, which made her feel even more distressed.
She can cook these dishes too!
"Okay, don't look so sad while eating." Shang Wan patted her with a smile, "When we have the conditions in the future, we will open a restaurant and you will earn the money."
"Sister, are you serious?"
Shang Wan nodded, "Well, am I lying to you?"
Xiao Huan immediately said, "When the restaurant opens, I want to be the chef."
"Of course." Shang Wan said, "Who else but you can be the chef?"
Hearing this, Xiaohuan immediately felt happy, and she didn't feel so bad when she saw the new dishes.
One day you will earn it back!
While eating, everyone kept in touch with each other and told each other the news they had heard.
There was nothing wrong with the shop in the north of the city. The small clinic was indeed going to close down, but not because it could not continue to operate. The reason was that the doctor in the clinic died and they couldn't find a good doctor to take over for a while.
What kind of clinic is it if there are no doctors?
There was a war going on at the border, and the owner of the clinic got the news from somewhere that the situation was not good. Dongning County was close to the border, and the owner was worried about being affected, so he planned to take his family north to seek refuge with relatives and sell the clinic.
Lu Chengjing sounded out the clerk's attitude and learned that the shop belonged to that owner, and if he sold it together with the furniture in the clinic, it would cost about six hundred taels.
Shang Wan understood Lu Chengjing's meaning and directly bought the clinic. Although it was more expensive than renting a shop, it was a one-time deal and he would not have to pay rent in the future, so it was more cost-effective.
Moreover, the medicine cabinets, tables, counters and other furniture in the clinic are all ready-made, which saves a lot of trouble in decoration.
But the shop is too small. Not only does it have no yard, it doesn’t even have a warehouse to store medicinal herbs. We can’t just pile all the herbs in the store, right?
After some discussion, the plan to take over the medical clinic failed.
Shang Wan looked at Lu Chengjing, "Is there something wrong with the shop that Chen Cai introduced?"
If there was no problem, Lu Chengjing would not have brought it up knowing that the clinic was too small.
Lu Chengjing looked around. It was dinner time. More and more guests came to the restaurant, and half of the tables in the lobby were occupied.
The guys were so busy welcoming and seeing off guests that they had no time to pay attention to them.
He lowered his voice and said, "The owner of the restaurant and the owner of the shop opposite are not on good terms. Previously, there was a restaurant opposite, which was doing good business. The people from the restaurant used some underhanded means to deliberately drive the owner away, so the shop became empty."
Shang Wan: “…”
If the two bosses don't get along, just fight them. Why make innocent people suffer?
"Then we can't rent this shop. Who knows if the feud between the two families will affect us." Shi Tou was worried and felt that the food in his mouth didn't taste good anymore.
His words were recognized by Xiaohuan.
It would be terrible if the people in the restaurant did something bad to my pharmacy.
"We can't boost others' ambitions and destroy our own prestige." Chu Xu swallowed the food in his mouth and interjected.
The battle hasn't even started yet, but our own people are already discouraged. This is a big taboo in military strategy.
"You're right." Shang Wan put a chicken leg in Chu Xu's bowl as encouragement to prevent Yuanyuan from getting jealous, and fed the baby a spoonful of egg custard.
It's not just restaurants that use tricks. Who's afraid of who plays dirty?
Lu Chengjing: "Then let's settle it?"
Shang Wan nodded, his eyes swept over Shitou and Xiaohuan, "What do you say?"
The two looked at each other, and Shitou said, "I'll listen to you."
Xiaohuan nodded.
"Okay, let's go find Chen Cai after dinner." Shang Wan smiled. The owners of the two shops didn't get along, so perhaps they could use this opportunity to cut the rent a little more.
It's worth saving a little bit.
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Chen Cai shouted, "Still less? Do you want to rent it or not?"
"Calm down, keep your voice down." Shang Wan rubbed his ears. "I'm just discussing this with you. It won't cost you much. Please ask the owner of the shop to see if he is willing to do so."
Chen Cai snorted coldly, "Are you happy to be short of a hundred taels for nothing?"
"I'm sure I'd be happy to." Shang Wan blinked, "The shop is empty anyway, and I can earn four hundred taels by renting it to me."
Chen Cai: “…”
"If you piss people off, I won't refund the ten taels of deposit."
"Just consider it as inviting you to drink." Shang Wan waved his hand at him, "Hurry up and discuss it with them, focusing on the grudge between the two families. I have high hopes for you."
Chen Cai: “…”
Do you want this high hope?
He sat there without moving, picked up the teacup beside him and took two sips before saying, "He's not in Dongning County. I'll ask for you when he comes back."