12dz Chapter 382 You Pay the Money
Chapter 382 You Pay the Money
Fortunately, there were flights to the mountain city today, so Xia Anan set off immediately.
As soon as she arrived in the mountain city, she immediately found Sister Luo.
"Sister Luo, what do you mean by not letting us set up stalls in the square?"
Sister Luo looked equally angry: "It was the person in charge of the square. He said that it was against the rules for us to set up a stall in the square and that we can't do that anymore."
"Is it the administrator of Mingzhu Plaza? Didn't we sign the contract? Why don't you let us set up the place now?" Xia Anan frowned.
"I told him this, but he just said no and told us to move the stall as soon as possible, otherwise he would kick us out."
Xia Anan never expected that something like this would happen just a few days before the Chinese New Year.
She followed Sister Luo and immediately found the square manager.
"Manager, the Chinese New Year is coming soon, and we have paid for the stall before. Why are you not allowed to set up the stall now?"
Dayong took a puff of cigarette and exhaled smoke: "There's nothing we can do about it. This is our boss's arrangement, not mine. You better move out quickly!"
Xia Anan was shocked when she heard the news. With such a huge amount of traffic during the New Year, could the owner of Mingzhu Plaza just say no?
"Boss Xia, your stall is in the square. What does it look like every day? It's hard to tell if I come over to check."
"But to be honest, the business is so good every day. To be honest, I can't bear it..."
Dayong didn't say anything else, but Xia Anan understood. It wasn't that he really didn't want to sell the property, but he wanted a higher rent.
She smiled and said, "So what do you mean?"
"Not much, just twice as much." The man shook two fingers.
Xia Anan didn't know how he got the nerve to double the rent.
The mountain city is not a wealthy place and there are not many people there. If Sister Luo hadn't really wanted to do this at the time, she would have given up on this place.
The rent has doubled and is comparable to that in Beijing.
Xia Anan kept smiling as she continued to ask, "What if you don't want to? What about the previous contract..."
"You don't want to?" The man's voice rose a few notches. "If you don't want to, even if it's our fault, it's okay to pay you the liquidated damages!"
He looked very arrogant at the moment, as if that little bit of money was nothing to him.
Yes, during this period of time, the best way for Xia Anan is to pay the money to renew the contract. If she changes the location, it will definitely be a big deal, and the customer flow will most likely be reduced.
"Okay, then compensate me." Xia Anan said with a smile.
"Okay...you, what did you say?" Dayong thought he had heard it wrong.
Xia Anan: "Then I'll repeat it to you again. If we don't renew the contract, you have to pay the money."
It was clearly them who breached the contract, yet they still wanted to pay for it themselves. That was a nice thought.
Xia Anan, who had just come into this world and was setting up a stall on the roadside with Xia Baobao, was not afraid of being driven away.
Xia Anan now will never compromise.
At noon on the first day when the snack street was not open, some people asked about it in the fan group and on social media, and photos of many snack street stalls being dismantled were leaked.
-【What's going on? Why is the snack street closed? 】
-【I couldn’t eat outside, so I thought about going home to eat, but when I got home, there was no food?】
-【No way, the stall has been demolished, is the boss really not going to do it anymore?】
-[Wasn't it fine yesterday? Why is it demolished today? ]
-【Closed down?】
- [How is it possible that such a good business can still go bankrupt? ]
After returning to the hotel in the evening, Xia Anan received a call from Lu Qingyuan.
"How's this going? Do you need my help?"
Xia Anan sighed: "Originally I only needed a small favor from you, but now I may need more help from you."
"Originally I only wanted to charge a little interest, but now I may have to charge more." Lu Qingyuan answered by imitating her.
So Xia Anan told him everything that happened today.
"Now we need to find a new location for the snack street. We negotiated with another large local shopping mall, but they haven't responded yet, so I researched their behind-the-scenes investors online. Guess who they are?"
"Could it be the Lu family?" Lu Qingyuan pretended to be surprised.
Xia Anan nodded: "Really? Then I'll ask Mr. Lu to help us."
Lu Qingyuan continued to ask: "Didn't you say two things? What's the other one?"
"That means borrowing Mr. Lu's legal team. It's the New Year and someone is sending money to our door."
Of course, Xia Anan couldn't just swallow this anger. She actually tried to trip herself up right before the New Year.
She immediately logged into her account and issued a statement, saying that the snack street in the mountain city could not open for the time being because the venue issue could not be negotiated, and she hoped that customers would understand.
As soon as this news came out, it caused an uproar.
- [Pearl Plaza, are you guys crazy? Why are you doing this to me during the Chinese New Year? Do you know how many people come here just for the snack street? ]
-【You really... I really... I can't say anything to you...】
-[I am speechless. The things in the mall are so expensive. There is usually no one there. I really don’t know why I go there.]
- [This is the first time I’ve seen someone who wants to drive his family out to spend money just as the Chinese New Year is approaching.]
- [It's not that I don't understand, but the previous holidays have all passed, and those stall owners cleaned the venues every day, so how come it affects the environment of the square, or is it an eyesore to someone? ]
A few hours after Xia Anan’s statement was issued, there was a huge discussion online about the demolition of snack stalls in the mountain city.
The snack streets in several other cities are doing well, and cities without snack streets are also looking forward to the day when snack streets can take root in their cities. They just don’t understand why some places want to demolish snack streets.
-[Is it because of food safety issues? Aren’t the things at the snack stands not very clean? ]
- [You're spreading rumors again, aren't you? Isn't it clearly stated in Sister Xia's statement? ]
-[It takes two to tango. I don't believe that the snack stands are not problematic at all and that Pearl Plaza can just remove them. 】
- [Pearl Plaza will have to pay liquidated damages for doing this. I won’t make a statement yet. I feel there will be some other problems.]
- [Mingzhu Plaza shouldn’t be so stupid as to not make money during the Chinese New Year, and even demolish the snack street to pay the penalty? I also think it’s a bit problematic. ]
- [I support Sister Xia this time. I like to go to the snack street every day. There have been no problems for so many days, but it is suddenly going to be demolished. Not only can the stall owners not accept it, but I, who eats out frequently, can't accept it either. ]