Chapter 403: Lottery (3)
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
Alright, drawing lots was a good idea. It was fair.
Lin Xiaoyue was amused by Third Master Zhou’s words.
“Alright, then we’ll do that.”
“If you draw a big town, you can open three stores and choose to give up the extra.”
Third Master Zhou frowned.
“If that’s the case, my 20 stores might not be connected?”
A town could only open 2 or 3 chain stores. If he wanted to open 20 stores, he would need them to be in seven or eight towns.
If he drew some towns that were very far away from Qingshi Town, wouldn’t it be very troublesome to manage them?
Old Master Zhou also frowned.
He was going to open 8 stores. After drawing lots, the towns he drew might also be separated.
Lin Xiaoyue’ smiled. “After drawing lots, you can negotiate in private, or you can negotiate with me.”
“We can sign the contract after we reach an agreement.”
Everyone looked at each other.
He realized that they seemed to have been tricked.
Third Master Zhou regretted it now.
If he had known earlier, he wouldn’t have mentioned drawing lots.
He would rather pay more rent than go through so much trouble.
Who wouldn’t want to choose a town that was close to Qingshi Town? It would definitely be expensive to exchange a town that was far away for a town that was close.
The rest of them had the same thought.
However, no one brought it up.
Ms. Lin planned to open nearly 100 chain stores in Nan’an County, but the total number of stores they got was less than half.
There would definitely be people joining later on. If they chose a shop with a good location, it would be unfair to the latecomers.
Thus, everyone began to draw lots.
After the results came out, it was just as they had expected. The more shops there were, the more scattered they would be.
“Two of my four stores are in Taoyuan Town. The other two were in Beifeng Town, which is too far away.” Zhou Shi was the first to speak up.
“I don’t think they drew Qingshi Town. Aren’t there two spots in Qingshi Town? Can you give them to me?” Zhou Shi said as she handed the ball of paper to Lin Xiaoyue.
When everyone heard that the Zhou Shi drew Taoyuan Town, their eyes were filled with envy.
Old Master Zhou did not say anything.
It was not easy for him to have all 8 stored near to each other.
Unlike his daughter who only needed to trade one in. It was better not to switch with her.
Lin Xiaoyue smiled. “Sure. However, you have to give me 80 taels.”
“Firstly, Qingshi Town is a good location. Secondly, when the renovation starts, Beifeng Town will be the first to be renovated, which means that the shop there will save more on rental cost.”
Everyone looked at Lin Xiaoyue.
Profiteer!
Sure enough, the 200 taels joining fee was just an illusion.
Zhou Shi’s expression stiffened.
Thinking about how she could move her shop to the two towns closest to her with 8- taels of silver, she felt that it was worth it.
Then, she took out the silver notes.
“There’s a total of 900 taels of silver here, I’ll take the 4 stores in Qingshi Town and Taoyuan Town.” She placed them on the table.
Zhao Shanshan, who was standing at the side, was overjoyed. She quickly went to the table next to her and grabbed a case.
Then, she went to retrieve the contract.
Lin Xiaoyue opened the case and took out two silver ingots worth 10 taels and gave them to Zhou Shi.
Then, she signed a contract with her.
When Zhou Shi received the contract and the change, she was relieved and smiled.
“I would like to switch too. I want to exchange Ciyun Town for Anle Town. I’ll take one more store. A total of four in Daxi Town and Anle Town!” Manager Liang hesitated for a moment and said to Lin Xiaoyue.
His luck was not bad, he actually got a spot in Daxi Town, which was next to Qingshi Town.
As for Ciyun Town, it was a bit further away.
He wanted to just give up on the shop in Ciyu Town. But thinking about it, he couldn’t bear to do it.
When he saw that no one had drawn Anle Town, which was next to Daxi Town, he had an idea. He thought that he might as well take another shop and change Ciyun Town to Anle Town.
In any case, in order to prevent Ms. Lin from raising the joining fee, he had also brought money today.
“Alright.” Lin Xiaoyue looked at the map on the table.
“Ciyun Town for Daxi Town. The distance isn’t too far, so just give me 50 taels.” Lin Xiaoyue quickly said.
Manager Liang felt a headache.
Still, he took out the banknote and handed it over.
“This is 900 taels.”
Lin Xiaoyue took the silver notes and counted them. After confirming that the number was correct, she put the silver notes into the box.
Then, he took out a silver note worth 50 taels from the case and returned it to Manager Liang..