Chapter 92 It turns out to be Ma Huateng

Chapter 92 It turns out to be Ma Huateng

Rouge Lane.

Pastry shop.

Tong Huaqiong grasped the key information.

It became clear instantly. Could this "Ma Huateng" be the young owner of the tavern who was not familiar with household affairs as mentioned by Gu Dashu?

He came to discuss the transfer of the shop with me.

Tong Huaqiong patted her chest, her dream of becoming the Internet queen was shattered.

Fortunately, this "Ma Huateng" is not targeting Gu Taohua.

"Oh, yes, I want to turn Taohua Dessert into a pastry shop." Tong Huaqiong showed her eight teeth, and her politeness and enthusiasm came back.

What a coincidence!

Tong Huaqiong’s first customer of pastries was Ma Huateng, and he was also the first one to transfer the shop when he wanted to open another.

If this young man was not a popular star, Tong Huaqiong would have left the two of them to fate and love.

"Are you the young master who almost bankrupted his own tavern?" Gu Taohua said quickly.

Ma Huateng blushed.

At the same time, he was filled with sadness because he failed to keep his father's shop.

If he didn't have an old mother at home who was taking medicine and urgently needed money, he would not have been in the situation of transferring the shop.

"Yesterday I was in the tavern and met Brother Dashu who was looking for a shop. He looked at my shop and was quite satisfied. He said he couldn't make the decision and needed to go back and discuss it with you. I thought about you setting up a stall here, so I came to talk to you in person." Ma Huateng said.

Tong Huaqiong was very happy.

Yanzhi Lane is in a good location, but the fact that his tavern was on the verge of bankruptcy shows that he has no idea about business.

And from the way he ran to Tong Huaqiong in a hurry, it was clear that he was in urgent need of transferring the shop.

It’s good that the shop needs to be transferred urgently, as it will help her bargain for the price.

Even though Ma Huateng is a VIP customer of Taohua Dessert, he still has to bargain.

"Aunt Tong, what a coincidence, I just wanted to transfer the shop and you just wanted to rent it." Ma Huateng said.

Tong Huaqiong thought it was a coincidence.

However, even though everything is just right, the initiative is in Tong Huaqiong's hands, and she has many choices.

If she doesn't rent Ma Huateng's shop, she has other shops. If Ma Huateng can't rent out the shop for a while, his livelihood will be in trouble.

"What a coincidence! I just closed my stall. Let's stop chatting here and go take a look at your shop," said Tong Huaqiong.

Ma Huateng was very pleased with Tong Huaqiong's frankness.

Help Gu Taohua pack up the signs and packaging bags.

Tong Huaqiong secretly observed and found that Ma Huateng really had no interest in Gu Taohua, so she was completely relieved.

As it was still early, Gu Dashu had not yet come to the town to pick up Tong Huaqiong and her daughter. Tong Huaqiong temporarily placed her belongings in front of Uncle Xu's car for storage, and then took Gu Taohua and followed Ma Huateng to Yanzhi Lane.

When we arrived at Yanzhi Lane, we saw that the location of the tavern was really good.

Opposite is a jewelry store, on the left is a rouge and powder shop, and on the right is a high-end restaurant.

Even so, Ma Huateng can still run the shop like this, which shows that his ability is really useless.

"Aunt Tong, I'm not good at business. I used to study at Wanliu Academy and I was already a scholar. I still want to study if I have the chance. After I took over the shop, I managed it badly and it delayed my studies."

Ma Huateng also knew that he was a waste of money for running a good shop to the point of bankruptcy, and explained to Tong Huaqiong with an embarrassed look on his face.

Tong Huaqiong inexplicably thought of an ancient comedy martial arts drama that was very popular when she was a child in her previous life. Isn’t Ma Huateng the prototype of Lu Xiucai?

Don’t even think about it, they really look and have similar temperament.

Coincidentally, Tong Huaqiong, who is about to become the proprietress of this shop, has the same last name as Tong the shopkeeper and has never met the man who is nominally hers, so she has been a widow since her debut.

"Do you rent this shop or does it belong to your family?" Tong Huaqiong asked.

Ma Huateng said, "It's my own. If it wasn't my own, I wouldn't even be able to pay the rent."

Tong Huaqiong nodded, showing self-awareness.

"So do you want to rent or sell it?" Tong Huaqiong asked.

Ma Huateng has been thinking about this issue for the past two days and he is quite undecided.

His mother was sick, and he needed money to buy books, pens, ink, paper, and inkstone.

His mother wanted him to sell his house, marry a wife, buy a few acres of land, and move to the countryside to live a stable life. She said that there had not been a single scholar in his family for 18 generations, so she told him to give up the idea.

He was always unwilling to give up, unwilling to get married and even more unwilling to return to the countryside.

Besides, this shop was earned by my father with hard work, and it would be a pity to sell it.

He prefers to rent.

Renting out the shop also has its own troubles. His mother said that he was not good at housekeeping and it would be troublesome to collect rent every month. What if he encountered a black-hearted businessman and he couldn't beat him and he took the shop away, wouldn't that be a big loss?

"I want to rent it out. The rent is ten taels of silver a month." Ma Huateng said.

He found out that the rental prices of shops in the surrounding area were basically the same.

Tong Huaqiong frowned and said, "The rent is a bit high."

Ma Huateng said, "Aunt Tong, the rent is not high. I won't hide it from you. The rent is the same everywhere."

Tong Huaqiong said slowly, "Look at other shops, they are all bustling with activity, but your shop is deserted. How can I know if it's because of bad feng shui or some other reason? If I take over and there are only a few customers in a day, I will lose a lot."

Ma Huateng: “…”

"Aunt Tong, this is a popular shop. I've said that the business was doing well when my father was here. It's because I don't know how to do business that customers don't come." Ma Huateng explained again.

Tong Huaqiong was unmoved and said, "I don't care. Anyway, your father can't be resurrected to have customers come to my store. What I see now is a shop with a pitiful flow of customers."

Ma Huateng was overwhelmed by Tong Huaqiong's unreasonable demands.

I thought Tong Huaqiong was a country woman who was very friendly when doing business and was easy to talk to, but I didn't expect her to be so difficult to deal with.

Ma Huateng is really not good at negotiating prices.

Tong Huaqiong saw that Ma Huateng was in a dilemma and had to take advantage of the situation. She said, "In fact, I think it would be better for you to sell your shop to me directly as a one-time deal, so that you don't have to collect rent every month."

"If I sell the shop to you, it won't be as reliable as making money every month," said Ma Huateng.

Tong Huaqiong thought for a moment and said, "Of course there is."

Ma Huateng asked curiously, "What do you mean?"

Could it be that he was asked to lend the money out at high interest rates? He couldn't even run the tavern his father gave him, let alone deal with the twists and turns of loan sharking.

Tong Huaqiong smiled and said, "You are a scholar. You can write, draw, and do accounting. Why don't you sell your shop to me and I will let you be the accountant in my shop. What do you think?"

Compared to renting, Tong Huaqiong would rather buy.

She feels that owning the shop gives her more security than renting it.

She didn't want her business to get better in the future and for someone to become jealous and charge her several times the rent and kick her out.

Especially Sushiyuan was staring at him covetously.

Ma Huateng turned to stone!

He didn't expect Tong Huaqiong to be this plan.

How could he, a scholar, condescend to deal with money?

Instead of being an accountant, he might as well take his mother back to the countryside to farm.

"Young man, I am doing this for your own good. Think about it, you are not good at business, and this shop is wasted in your hands. It will be different if you sell it to me. You can see that I can take food from Sushiyuan even if I set up a stall. If I have a shop, I will be able to run it very well. Sell your shop to me, and I will let you be the accountant. You can do the accounting every day without interrupting your studies, and you will also have income every month."

"Also, you are a scholar, and you look like you will pursue a career in government. Not only do the civil service exams test you on general affairs, but even if you become an official, you will need to be familiar with general affairs. The reason you are closing your shop now is because no one taught you. No one is born with the ability to do business. You are learning business while keeping accounts in the shop, which is also laying the foundation for you to understand business when you become an official in the future. Tell me, am I right?"

Ma Huateng didn't expect Tong Huaqiong to have such insight.

His father had said the same thing before, but he never listened.

So when his father died, he was at a loss.

"Don't be in a hurry to answer me. Think it over carefully before coming to me. I'll give you two days to think about it." Tong Huaqiong said.

"Okay, I'll go back and discuss it with my mother." Ma Huateng said.

Tong Huaqiong took Gu Taohua out of the tavern. Before leaving, Tong Huaqiong asked, "What are the characters in your name?"

"Ma as in tall horse, Hua as in painting, Teng as in vine, Ma Hua Teng." Ma Hua Teng was very surprised that Tong Huaqiong could read, but he still solemnly told her the characters of his name.

It turned out to be Ma Huateng!