Chapter 134 Company Name
To be honest, if the price could be negotiated to a level that was ideal for him, he wouldn't mind letting Kong Qian collect the commission from the owner. However, from the conversation just now, it seemed that Kong Qian had no intention of helping him negotiate the price. She just wanted to rent him at whatever the owner's bottom price was.
Even if he was the client, he still had to negotiate the price with the client, not to mention that he was the one renting the property himself. He felt uneasy because he couldn't negotiate with the owner in person. At most, he would give her a red envelope of 500 yuan. If Kong Qian thought it was too little, she could take it or not.
Zhang Qiyuan came to the shop first, opened the lock of the shop with the key, went in and took a look. The area of 62 square meters was neither big nor small. It was a long and narrow rectangle. The area was definitely not comparable to that of the Shangjia Real Estate shop, but most of the shops here were like this, and there was nothing to pick.
He made a video for Luo Gang, told him about the situation here, and wanted to hear his opinion.
"If the price of this shop can be negotiated down to around 7,000, that would be pretty good," Luo Gang replied.
"Okay, I'll talk to the owner and see if we can get it down to 7,000."
Since Luo Gang thought there was no problem, Zhang Qiyuan opened the video he had just recorded at the property management office. He could clearly see the number entered by the property management staff. After writing it down, he immediately called the owner.
"Hello, may I ask if the shop number 1-1-11 in Xingcheng Jingyuan is available for rent?"
"Yes."
"It's like this. I want to rent your shop. I would like to ask how much it costs?" Zhang Qiyuan asked.
"What kind of business are you in?"
"Prepare to be an intermediary store."
"Then I won't rent it!" said the owner resolutely.
"..."
Zhang Qiyuan was shocked. On Xiaohongshu, many posts about owners selling houses and customers buying houses would end with a sentence "Do not disturb agents". That's fine, but how can I rent a shop? I heard that agents will not rent stores anymore. When will their agents be able to stand up?
"Do you think our agency business is unstable?" Zhang Qiyuan reacted.
The market is not good now. Many real estate agencies have signed three- or five-year contracts with property owners, but once the market is not good, they will run away without even asking for the deposit.
Although the owner can earn one month's deposit in this way, the losses caused by finding new customers and the vacant shop will be much greater than this one month's deposit, so it is understandable that some owners are unwilling to rent to agents.
"Yes, I also have a shop in other places, but I rented it to an agent, who ran away after running it for eight months. I then have to find customers and pay the agent fees. It's so troublesome," said the owner.
"Um...what should I call you?"
"My surname is Chen!"
"Hello, Mr. Chen. Actually, it's not that our agency store is unstable. Anyone who can't make money will not be stable. If you can make money by renting a shop, no one will run away. But if you lose money every day after renting a shop, no one can bear it. The current environment is not good. There is no business that is guaranteed to make a profit. Some people make money, while others lose money. Instead of leaving your shop empty, you might as well rent it out first."
"You think the real estate agency is unstable, but it's just that there are more real estate agencies now. The closure of a few agencies has left you with the impression that the agencies are not stable. For example, if there are many fruit vendors in a community, there will definitely be many fruit vendors that close down."
"Now Xingcheng Jingyuan has almost all the business formats except for the real estate agency store. If we were the only real estate agency store here, I can assure you responsibly that I will continue to rent this shop." Zhang Qiyuan said.
"If you run an agency, will you still charge me an agency fee?" Mr. Chen seemed to be persuaded.
"Of course, that's not necessary, but in return, you have to give us a little less rent."
"How long will you rent it for?"
"Sign for five years first."
Hearing this, Mr. Chen thought for a moment and said, "In that case, then eight thousand a month will do."
Zhang Qiyuan didn't expect Mr. Chen to quote his lowest price right away. It seems that this owner is quite straightforward. However, even if he is straightforward, the rent still needs to be cut.
"Mr. Chen, the rent of 130 yuan per square meter here is indeed a bit expensive. I saw a shop over at Blue Sky International. It's over 90 square meters, with two floors. I used to work as an agent, and the rent is only 6500 yuan, which can save the money for decoration. However, there are many agency stores over there, and the competition is a bit fierce. So I want to choose Xingcheng Jingyuan. Do you think the rent of the shop can be cheaper? 5 yuan a month, and it will increase by % every year after three years, and give us two months for decoration." Since the owner was quite straightforward, Zhang Qiyuan didn't have to bargain too much, otherwise it would only cause the owner's disgust.
"How do you pay the rent?"
"It's normal to pay one deposit and three payments." Zhang Qiyuan said quickly.
"How about this, it's just 7,000 yuan a month. If you can rent it, we'll sign the contract. If you can't rent it, forget it. I don't want to haggle with you." Mr. Chen said.
"Mr. Chen, you are straightforward. I won't waste any more time. Do you have time now? If you do, I can come directly to your shop to sign the contract." Zhang Qiyuan said happily.
This price was within his and Luo Gang's desired range, and the landlord was quite straightforward. Dealing with such a landlord would save them a lot of trouble later.
Moreover, this landlord seems to be quite powerful, maybe I can do business with him in the future.
"About two o'clock in the afternoon. I have something to do now." Mr. Chen thought for a while and said.
"Okay, let's meet at your shop at 2pm. I'll take the key to the shop."
After hanging up the phone, Zhang Qiyuan immediately told Luo Gang that he had reached an agreement with the landlord and was waiting to sign the contract at two o'clock in the afternoon.
"Seven thousand signed? Are you still at that shop now?"
"Ah."
"Then I'll go over there."
After a while, Luo Gang came over on Zhou Qian's electric bike.
Luo Gang looked around and nodded. The front of the shop was very spacious without any obstruction, and the store was also very close to the side gate of the community. The location was perfect, but the shop's door was a bit small. It would be better if it was bigger.
But at 7,000 yuan a month, your requirements can't be too high.
"The shop is good, we can sign the contract, but if the renovation period is only two months, we have to find a decoration company immediately to do it, and try to complete the renovation as soon as possible so that we can open the shop earlier." Luo Gang said.
"A decoration company? I'll try looking for Su Qing. He should know some companies that do store decoration." Zhang Qiyuan thought for a while and said.
Luo Gang couldn't help but clapped his hands and said, "Yes, if it really doesn't work, let Su Qing come and help us decorate it."
"He's a villa designer, would he do this for you?" Zhang Qiyuan rolled his eyes.
"You introduced two orders to him, so what's wrong with asking him to help design the store?"
"Instead of decorating the store, I think we should think about a name for our company now?" Zhang Qiyuan suddenly said.
Luo Gang was also stunned. They had been thinking about opening a store before. They only thought about renting a shop and hiring people, but they didn’t expect that they hadn’t even come up with a name for their store?
Luo Gang rolled his eyes and said, "Qi Yuan, look at the top three real estate agencies in Seoul now, Lianjia, Aijia, and Shijia, all three have the word "jia" in them, so our store name must have the word "jia" in it."
Zhang Qiyuan nodded in agreement.
"So what do you think of the name Gang Family?" Luo Gang asked cautiously.
"Gangjia? I think you want to fight."
After thinking for a moment, Zhang Qiyuan said, "What do you think of the Qi family?"
(End of this chapter)
