After the millennium, cities developed rapidly, and the real estate industry also ushered in nearly two decades of a golden age, as did commercial real estate.
In 2005, shops on any pedestrian street were highly sought after, not to mention the super popular shops in Yiwu International Trade City.
Engaged in import and export business, one would naturally pay attention to these things.
Yiwu International Trade City is also one of the gathering places for foreigners.
Not long after founding Jinpeng Trade, Tan Jincheng had the idea of renting a shop in the trade city to display samples and develop the market, but after some research, he directly gave up.
Nothing else, couldn't afford the rent.
A shop of 10 to 20 square meters in the trade city starts at at least 200,000 yuan! Yes, you heard right, starting at at least 200,000 yuan.
The annual rent for a small shop could equal the income of an average worker for 10 years today!
And at this price, it's still hard to rent.
Good locations are even more expensive.
Not only that, but even in villages near the trade city, the rent is considerably higher.
One shop supporting three generations is truly achievable today!
Gu Qingqing's family actually has a shop in the trade city.
That means an annual income of at least several hundred thousand yuan, effortlessly.
No wonder she could easily afford a laptop costing over ten thousand yuan.
Without a solid family background, one wouldn't dare to do that.
"I knew you were a rich girl, but I didn't expect you to be this rich. Your family actually has a shop in the trade city,"
Tan Jincheng said, a bit speechless.
"Boss Tan knows about the shops in the trade city too?"
"Of course I know. Any random one brings in hundreds of thousands a year. You can make money just by lying down. I wanted to rent one there back then, but unfortunately, I didn't have the money."
"I'm not really a rich girl. My parents give me a fixed monthly allowance, otherwise, I wouldn't be doing part-time jobs to earn pocket money."
"It's all the same, it'll all be yours in the future anyway."
Looking at Gu Qingqing again, Tan Jincheng couldn't help but ask curiously,
"How did you think of applying to be a clothing model back then? People might have some misunderstandings about this. How did you, a freshman, dare to come?"
"Mainly, my senior sister introduced me. She's a relative of my family, so I trust her quite a bit,"
Gu Qingqing said with a smile.
"My senior sister said the boss is reliable, the clothes are decent, and another thing is that the pay is good."
Isn't that right?
One day's work is worth several days of a regular part-time job, and the workload isn't that heavy.
Just two weekends a month, and you can earn some pocket money.
The coursework for freshmen is still very heavy.
If it were a part-time job that required frequent absences from school or even cutting classes, Gu Qingqing definitely wouldn't be able to do it.
"Oh, it was her."
At this, Tan Jincheng remembered the girl who did the shop design.
"As for whether the shop rent will be affected; when e-commerce becomes fully popular, there will definitely be some impact, but it won't be a big impact on the trade city. The big impact will be on those street-side shops. These two are different in nature."
The decline of the trade city in the future actually has little to do with the decline of real estate; its main factors were the global economic downturn, the difficulty of doing import and export trade, and the accumulation of reasons from those three special years.
By then, almost all industries would be like that.
What else could you do?
"Oh, so that's how it is. Then I'm relieved. My parents don't have regular jobs, so if the rent drops significantly, they'd definitely be very worried."
"Don't worry, there won't be any major impact for now. Doesn't your school have economics classes? If you get a chance, you can go listen to them. That way, you'll understand the underlying logic of the trade city's economy."
No matter how much it's impacted, there should be no effect at all until at least 2008.
Zhejiang Province's economic volume is substantial; where could it be impacted?
From Gu Qingqing's words, her parents don't have regular jobs, so they are most likely homeowners whose land was expropriated.
Why would homeowners whose land was expropriated mess around?
The more they mess around, the sooner they might squander their family fortune.
Honestly just lying back and collecting rent is better than anything.
"Boss Tan, you also understand economics?"
"I don't understand it, but we're in business, so it doesn't matter if we understand it or not. Knowing some new terms to boast about always works."
"I didn't realize, Boss Tan is quite humorous, but you certainly have the capital to boast,"
Gu Qingqing said, her eyes sparkling, looking at Tan Jincheng.
At the age of 20, through his own efforts, he has four Taobao shops and his own trading company.
That's certainly enough to boast about.
"Not at all. If my family had a shop in the trade city, I'd be too lazy to do business."
"I don't believe you."
"Why?"
"I don't know, just a feeling."
Tan Jincheng couldn't respond to Gu Qingqing's words, and a brief silence fell between them.
However, this silence was soon broken by Li Yanning knocking on the door.
Li Yanning came to ask about lunch arrangements.
It was already past 11 o'clock, almost lunchtime.
"You two eat. No need to bring anything for me, we're going out to eat."
Without realizing it, they had been chatting for over two hours.
"Let's go. You treated me last time, it's my turn to treat you now,"
Tan Jincheng said, getting up and facing Gu Qingqing.
After lunch, Gu Qingqing didn't stay long.
She left Beicang with the sample brochures; after returning, she still had to help Boss Tan ask if anyone else was willing to take on this part-time job like her.
As for the photoshoot, it would have to wait until mid-next month.
The Canton Fair was about to begin, and Tan Jincheng currently had no time to attend to this matter.
On March 29th, Zhang Xupeng, accompanied by two sales representatives, rushed to Yangcheng in advance to handle the exhibition setup.
If they didn't know something, they could ask Cheng Yongjun's staff for guidance.
Tan Jincheng had already arranged this for him in advance.
Cheng Yongjun promised to temporarily assign two staff members to assist Zhang Xupeng with the exhibition setup.
Tan Jincheng had other matters to attend to and would meet them a few days later.
"Once you're there, don't run around at night. Safety is paramount. Try not to hang your bags around your neck."
After sending Zhang Xupeng and the other two sales representatives to the airport, Tan Jincheng instructed.
The last time Tan Jincheng went to Yangcheng, he didn't encounter any trouble, because it was during the exhibition period, and the surrounding public security environment was naturally different.
This time, however, they were going to set up the exhibition half a month in advance, and Tan Jincheng couldn't say for sure what the public security situation would be like.
It was Zhang Xupeng's first time in Yangcheng, and the two sales representatives were also rookies with little business trip experience.
He was worried they might get curious and wander around a new place, and if anything happened, it would be a disaster.
Employee safety is extremely important these days.
Many small startup bosses, whose businesses were initially doing well, might find their factories bankrupt due to a single accident.
Such fragile risk-resistance capabilities are common in this era.
"Understood, we'll be careful. Please come over as soon as possible, many things still need your arrangement,"
Zhang Xupeng said sullenly.
Seeing Zhang Xupeng's lifeless expression, Tan Jincheng put his arm around his shoulder, pulled him aside, and whispered,
"Cheer up, I'm still the big boss of Jinpeng Trade."
(End of Chapter)
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