Chapter 402 House Rental, Expansion
Chapter 402 House Rental, Expansion
"Uh!" Director Xu looked at Li Jiayi.
The reason for this was that he didn't see any place on Li Jiayi's body that could accommodate so much money.
"Director Xu, I drove here. The car is in the yard."
"I see. Okay then. If that's the case, then let's sign the contract!"
"Ok!"
Director Xu quickly drafted the contract in two copies, all handwritten, with the contents exactly the same, not even a single word different.
After signing and putting his fingerprints on it, Li Jiayi went out for a while and returned to the office pretending to be carrying a sack.
Yes, it’s just carrying a sack. You know, three hundred thousand is not a small amount!
Now the largest denomination is still ten yuan, and a bundle of one hundred notes is one thousand yuan. These three hundred thousand are exactly three hundred bundles!
The number is about the same as the three million of one hundred yuan in later generations.
After counting the money, Li Jiayi also got the house deed, land title and keys, which means that from now on, Taifeng Building is his.
There is no real estate certificate now, so just take the house deed and the land deed. After you have the real estate certificate, you can go to the Housing Authority to exchange it.
Of course, you don’t have to change it. You should know that the house deed and land title are more authoritative than the real estate certificate.
House deeds and land deeds have no time limit. With them, they belong to you at any time.
But it will be different once it is replaced with a real estate certificate, because the real estate certificate has a time limit, and the same is true for the title deed. If it is changed, it will become a land use certificate.
Glancing at his watch, it was already nine forty. Li Jiayi stood up and said, "Director Xu, since there's nothing else, I'll leave first."
"Okay, Boss Li, you have something to do first."
"Ok!"
After coming out of the Commercial Bureau, seeing that there was not much time left before the agreed time, Li Jiayi hurriedly drove to Houhai.
After rushing, he finally arrived before ten o'clock. He had several houses to rent here.
So he didn't know which one it was, but this was not a problem for Li Jiayi at all.
Just then, when he drove past the third storefront he wanted to rent out here, he saw a middle-aged man standing at the door.
The person who called him yesterday was also a middle-aged man. If I'm not mistaken, it should be this middle-aged man.
Li Jiayi parked the car, got out, walked directly to the middle-aged man and asked, "Hello, are you looking to rent a house?"
"Hello, hello, I want to rent a house." The middle-aged man said hurriedly.
"Do you want to rent this storefront?" Li Jiayi asked, pointing at the house behind the middle-aged man.
"Yes."
"Then let's go in and take a look!" Li Jiayi said, and took out a bunch of keys from his pocket. There were seven or eight keys in this bunch.
These are the keys to the houses in Houhai, not only those in storefronts, but also those in courtyard houses.
According to the house number, Li Jiayi quickly found the key and opened the door.
The area of this storefront is not small. Although there are only two rooms, each of them is more than 40 square meters.
The most important thing is that the two houses are connected, not only that, but they are connected rooms.
This house was originally a gambling house when it was first built. Yes, it was a gambling house, so the area inside is quite large.
Gambling is illegal now, but in the past, there were many gambling houses. Let’s put it this way! In the imperial capital alone, there are so many.
Of course, that happened hundreds of years ago and has nothing to do with today.
After Li Jiayi opened the lock, he pushed the door open and went in. The middle-aged man followed him in from behind.
Now both rooms are empty, which is how they were when he bought them. The furniture inside has probably been sold by the original owner.
"How is it? This place is pretty good, right?"
"That's great, I just didn't expect it to be this big."
"Huh!" Li Jia was stunned when he heard the middle-aged man's words. It's not good to be older!
"What kind of business are you planning to do?" Li Jiayi turned his head and asked.
“I’m planning on opening a store here.”
"Open a store! That's great. There's a lot of traffic here. There's Houhai in front of us, and the main street is on the right."
"Yes, I just thought I would rent this place because it has a lot of traffic, but this house is a bit too big for me."
Ninety square meters is not a small area! Normally, the area of a house is about twenty square meters, and two rooms are at most forty square meters.
But the two rooms here at Li Jiayi's place are 90 square meters in total, more than twice as big as he imagined.
"If you want to open a store, I think it's better to have a bigger one. If the house is too small, the goods will definitely not be complete. Besides, if you really don't have so many goods, you can also sell some fruits and vegetables. There are many people living here, so the business should be good."
Hearing what Li Jiayi said, the middle-aged man thought for a moment and nodded, "That's right! We can definitely get some fruits and vegetables to sell."
"So what do you think of these two rooms?"
"It's good, but I don't know how much it will cost per month."
"I won't ask you for much. To be honest, the rent doesn't matter. The main thing is popularity. How about this, 200 yuan a month."
Given the location and area, let alone two hundred, even three hundred would not be too much.
But Li Jiayi didn't expect to earn much from this place, so he just mentioned a price.
The main reason is that the rent is cheap now, and even if you want to make money, that will be in the future.
"two hundred?"
"Yes."
"Okay, I'll rent it. Should we sign a contract?"
"Of course. How long do you want to rent it for?" Li Jiayi asked.
"ten years."
"Pfft! You really dare to think that. I can only sign a one-year contract with you. You can sign another one after one year."
Although Li Jiayi doesn't care about the rent price, he will not sign a ten-year contract all at once.
Are you kidding? Even if the rent is not high now, in a few years, the rent here will increase several times. How could he sign a contract for such a long time?
“Isn’t this one year too little?”
"It's already a lot, and it can be stated in the contract that you have priority under the same conditions."
"This……"
"Okay, you can think about it. Anyway, a ten-year contract is not acceptable. Not to mention ten years, even two years is not acceptable."
"Okay, then one year."
"Ok!"
The two of them found a place and signed the contract directly.
Because it was the middle-aged man's first time doing business and he didn't have much money, Li Jiayi did not ask him to pay a year's rent all at once, but instead asked him to pay for a quarter.
In addition, the date of signing the contract was also postponed for one month. Yes, the date on the contract was one month later. The reason for this was to give him time to clean up the house, decorate it, and put the goods on display. It can be said that Li Jiayi was very conscientious.
If it were someone else, who would care about you? It's like paying one month's rent before you even open the business.
Li Jiayi couldn't do such a thing.
After handing the key to the middle-aged man, Li Jiayi took the contract and 600 yuan and left.
He did not go home, but drove to Qiurizhai.
When he came over, he didn't see Lin Ling'er. He guessed that she had gone to the other two stores.
"boss."
"Well! Go to the kitchen and call He Yuzhu over. I'll be waiting for him in the office." Li Jiayi said to the waiter who greeted him.
"Okay boss, I'll go call him right away."
After the waiter went to the kitchen, Li Jiayi came to Lin Ling'er's office, brewed a pot of tea, and then sat down in the boss chair.
Less than three minutes after I sat down, I heard a knock on the door.
"Enter!"
"Jiayi, what do you want me to do?" After He Yuzhu came in, he pulled a chair and sat opposite.
"Brother Zhuzi, have some tea first." Li Jiayi took a cup and poured him a cup of tea.
"Thank you!"
"You're welcome."
After sitting down, Li Jiayi took out the contract of Taifeng Building, handed it to He Yuzhu and said, "Take a look first."
"This is……"
"Just look at it and you'll find out."
"Oh!" He Yuzhu agreed, picked up the contract and looked at it, then asked in surprise: "You bought Taifeng Building?"
"Yes."
"Great, should I send someone over?"
"Yes, we agreed before that Ma Hua would be sent to Qiu Rizhai, which is currently under renovation. Now I have bought Taifeng Building, and I plan to use it as a branch of Qiu Rizhai, so I want to send your second apprentice there. What do you think?"
"Sure! There's nothing wrong with that, but after Ma Hua goes to the branch, we'll also have to recruit people in the kitchen."
The second apprentice will go to the current Taifeng Building, and Ma Hua will go to the branch that is being renovated. Both of them will take a group of people with them, so there will not be enough staff at the head office.
In fact, it’s not just the kitchen, it’s the same at the front as well, waiters and waitresses also need to be recruited.
"Brother Zhuzi, I've said before that the kitchen is up to you, so recruitment is also up to you."
He Yuzhu took a sip of tea, scratched his head and said, "Jia Yi, can I call my former fellow apprentices to help?"
You should know that when He Yuzhu was learning cooking, he had a master, and his master had many apprentices.
It’s just that the cooking skills of his fellow apprentices are not very good, not because his master didn’t teach well.
Cooking is something that requires not only talent but also practice.
A good cook cannot cook without rice. The reason why his fellow apprentices’ cooking skills were not good was mainly because there was no environment for them to practice.
Let's put it this way! If we really recruit them, I think their cooking skills will improve rapidly.
"Brother Zhuzi, didn't I tell you? The kitchen is under your charge. No matter who you hire, you are responsible for it."
"Thank you, Jiayi. My fellow apprentices are not doing well right now. Many of them don't even work in the kitchen anymore."
In fact, this is normal. Let's put it this way! If He Yuzhu didn't have a good father who left him a job, he might be like some of his fellow apprentices, and he might still be working in a factory workshop.
"It's okay, Brother Zhuzi. Even if they are not working in the kitchen now, they have the foundation. It will be much easier for them to master cooking than others."
"Yes, I thought so too."
"In that case, just let them come! After they come here, you should first assess them according to our kitchen standards."
"Yes! Plus one, don't worry about that. If I can't meet the standards, I can't get as high a salary as them."
"Brother Zhuzi, the salary can be slightly increased. After all, we are poaching people, but the increase cannot be too much. Also, those who can reach the required level must take the chef certification exam."
Hearing what Li Jiayi said, He Yuzhu nodded and said, "That's for sure! After all, our restaurant pays wages based on chef certificates."
"Yes."
"Okay, then Brother Zhuzi, when you return to the kitchen, you can arrange for your second apprentice! It may take a few days for Taifenglou to make some changes inside."
Although the decoration of Taifeng Building was quite good, it did not meet Li Jiayi's requirements.
But it's already very good. It only needs some slight changes before it can be opened, which will not take a few days.
"Okay, then one week. We can use this time to let him pick a few people."
"Yes! He can choose who his fellow apprentices want to take with him, but he must take all his own apprentices with him."
"Jia Yi, don't worry about this. Even if you don't tell him, he will take it with him."
"By the way, Brother Zhuzi, are you going to take on some more apprentices? You know, we will have more and more restaurants in the future, and I'm afraid that your apprentices won't be enough for one restaurant at a time."
"No way?"
"What can't you do? You only have 20 or 30 disciples now, and many of them haven't even graduated yet. Do you think that's enough?"
Hearing Li Jiayi say this, He Yuzhu got a headache, because it is not that easy to train an apprentice!
It takes at least seven or eight years for an apprentice to become a master. Even for one with better talent, it will probably take five or six years.
To become an apprentice, it is not enough to just know how to cook, one must at least be a level three chef.
Even though he has twenty or thirty apprentices, only about half of them can actually become masters, and there are only four or five who can stand on their own.
Yes, even if he became a master, he would not be able to handle things on his own. This was mainly because Li Jiayi had high requirements.
For Li Jiayi, if he wants to be independent, the level 2 chef is a bit low. He must at least reach the level of a level 1 chef.
"But plus one! Even if I accept more disciples now, I don't know how long it will take for them to become masters."
"It's okay. We are not in a hurry to expand the house. We can do it slowly in the future."
"OK then!"
Now when He Yuzhu teaches his apprentices, there is no such thing as a three-year apprenticeship. Everything is done according to the standards.
The first thing is to wash the vegetables, which takes about one or two months, and then you can start chopping them. If you have a good talent, you can try cooking in half a year, but if you don’t have a good talent, it will take about a year.
You know, in the past, it took three years just to be an apprentice! After three years, you still need to study with the master for two more years.
In other words, you can only learn to cook after five years. It will take at least seven or eight years to learn how to cook.
And now, after seven or eight years, you have at least become a master chef. You know, a master chef is a third-level chef!
According to the past levels of cooks, the lowest level was a sixth-level cook, and it was possible that it was still a fifth-level cook.
You should know that when He Yuzhu was working at the Third Steel Rolling Mill, he was an eighth-level cook.
If Li Jiayi hadn't gotten him out of the Third Steel Rolling Mill, he might have been an eighth-level cook for a long time.
Although this is different from the actual level, it can be seen that it is not easy to reach the third-level chef.
(End of this chapter)