Reborn in the end of the world, I scavenged in the empty city and bought for free

The store is tentatively located near the inner circle commercial street. The reason why the outer circle was not chosen is mainly because the personnel in the outer circle are complicated and the public security is relatively poor. It is easy for her to cause trouble if she opens a store alone. The consumption capacity of the outer circle is also weaker than that of the inner circle. People mainly go to the supply and marketing cooperatives where the prices are relatively cheap. Because the quantity of fruits and vegetables she will sell in the future is small, the consumer group she targets at the beginning is the high-spending group, and this type of group can only be found in the inner circle.

This time, he contacted his old acquaintance Yu Liang to find a store. At 1:30 p.m., Liao Yunyun returned from work and they met in a hurry, and then the two went to the land center together.

Gu Tongwan was riding an electric turtle scooter this time. Liao Yunyun had been coveting her electric turtle scooter for a long time. After all, she hadn't touched a motorcycle for many years. Now she lives about 20 minutes' walk from her workplace and occasionally rides a bicycle, but electric turtle scooters are rare, so she asked to drive for a distance herself.

Liao Yunyun was curious about everything, but she hadn't touched a car for many years. She only learned how to ride a bicycle after practicing hard some time ago. As for cars, she didn't even dare to think about it because they were something that only the extremely wealthy and had a certain social status could buy.

Gu Tongwan frowned and hugged Liao Yunyun's waist, looking at the front of the car swaying left and right, wondering in his heart whether he should jump out of the car now? Anyway, the speed is about 20 kilometers per hour now, so he shouldn't get hurt.

"Where did you get this little turtle car? It's really fun. It reminds me of the electric donkey I drove when I was in school. Oh, I really miss the time before the natural disaster. This electric turtle car only cost three thousand yuan and could be bought easily. I even disdained it at that time, but I didn't expect that it has become something that I can't afford now.

Gu Tongwan didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "If you really like it, I'll lend it to you for a while. If you finally decide on a store, I guess you'll need a small cart to transport goods every day, and then you won't be able to use the small turtle cart much."

Liao Yunyun was a little surprised at first, but then she thought of something and immediately shook her head and said, "Forget it. My bicycle is enough. Riding a bicycle can also be used as exercise. Besides, you know that there are very few small turtle bicycles in the base. It would be too eye-catching for me to ride to and from get off work. It would be bad if someone noticed me. It's better to be low-key. A bicycle is a bicycle. Who didn't ride a bicycle to and from school when they were young? Have you forgotten that we rode for three years in junior high school? I rode my Giant bicycle until my second year of high school, and finally sold it for thirty yuan as scrap. I was so sad, but I had no choice but to sell it. I didn't have much chance to use this bicycle after I started living on campus in my third year of high school."

"You still have a Giant. My first bicycle was a Phoenix, a black one. I thought it was ugly and cried quietly." At that time, Gu Tongwan still lived with her adoptive parents. The two of them were willing to buy a bicycle worth more than a thousand yuan for their biological daughter, but for her, they just asked a relative for a second-hand Phoenix. Although she was not their biological child, she had been adopted for many years after all. Helplessly, the two of them still believed that the person who could take care of them in their old age must be their biological child.

Fortunately, Liao Yunyun still has some talent for learning to drive. After driving at a snail's pace for ten minutes, she finally mastered the sense of direction and finally increased the speed to about 30 miles per hour.

As soon as they arrived at the meeting place, they saw Yu Liang waving at them, still with a bright smile on his face. After all, to him, Gu Tongwan was his old customer. Although he was not the kind of big boss who could buy a building or a dozen shops with a wave of his hand, at least Gu Tongwan would always choose the house he needed after careful consideration, instead of simply strolling around like a real estate salesman like him.

Yu Liang recommended the shops along the commercial street, followed by several streets near the inner CBD center, which are near major office buildings and less than 100 meters away from the Hunter Association. There are also many government agencies nearby, and most people have a certain purchasing power.

The first place they went to was the commercial street. The whole commercial street was divided into three areas: the food city, the service trade mall and the furniture market. The total area was about 30,000 square meters, with a total of seven streets. When the weather was good, it was crowded on weekends. After all, the main commercial circle in the inner circle was only the East District except for the South District which was ten kilometers away from here.

"The advantages here are that there are dense crowds, there are real estate and residential areas nearby, and the commercial economy is relatively mature, but the rent of shops here is relatively expensive."

It is 3:30 in the afternoon and about half of the shops along the street are still open. The acid rain just ended a week ago and the base is in a recovery stage. People also need some time to transition from the various natural disasters that have occurred before. So although the commercial street is not crowded, it has gradually attracted some customers. However, the shops that are open for business are mainly clothing, and food is still a small minority. The main reason is that most restaurants now dare not take risks easily. In case there is a new natural disaster, the backlog of stock will be wasted.

Gu Tongwan had been to the commercial street several times before. His impression of this place was that the streets were neat, the categories were clear, and the prices were clear. However, its disadvantage was also very prominent, that is, the prices were expensive. For the same cup of lemon juice, the price in the outer circle was only five points per cup, but in the commercial street here, it required fifteen points, which was several times the price.

Yu Liang introduced a store of about 20 square meters on the food court. Since she runs a fruit and vegetable store, the area does not need to be too large. The store she is currently considering is around 20 to 50 square meters.

There was a steamed bun shop next to store A on the left, but it was not open. On the right was a dried meat shop. When they went to check it out, the boss of the shop had just closed the shop. It was said that the business was not very good recently and he did not want to waste his energy watching the shop all day.

The geographical location of this store is quite good. There are more than a dozen residential areas and a large supply and marketing cooperative nearby. However, there is no need to worry about oversupply here. After all, fresh fruits and vegetables are limited by the geographical environment, so people are flocking to them in the end times.

Even Liao Yunyun agreed that this place was indeed suitable for opening a store, because the most important thing for doing business is the flow of people. This place fully meets the elements for opening a store, and it maintains a certain "safe distance" from the supply and marketing cooperative and the nearby fruit and vegetable store, so there is no need to worry about the flow of customers.

But the rent here is also frighteningly expensive, with 200 points per square meter per month. So the monthly rent for 20 square meters is over 10,000 yuan, and the minimum rent is three months, and the deposit is 50,000 points. So the rent for half a year including the deposit is 80,000 points.

According to current market conditions, the prices of various materials have been adjusted twice after the acid rain ended. The price of rice and flour currently remains at 15 to 20 points per catty, which is much lower than the price that once rose to 50 or 60 points some time ago.

When Liao Yunyun saw the rent, she was shocked. It was not that she was not optimistic about this shop. This shop was a relatively good prime shop in terms of traffic and geographical environment. But the rent was too high. After all, opening a store was not only about rent, but also preparing shelves and cash registers, as well as water, electricity, air conditioning, and even labor and purchasing costs. After taking all these into account, she had to earn at least 20,000 points per month. Even if she opened the shop every day, she had to ensure daily profits. The current environment was different from before. In the past, when doing business, you could get loans from banks.

In the end times, there is no concept of currency. All money is converted into a points system, which the bank also calls the "Points Management Center". Here you can check the points on your brand name cards at any time, and you can also use the points to make some investments or transfer large amounts of points (more than 50,000) to other people's brand names (this can only be done in the Points Management Center).

Because Gu Tongwan had been running a small business before, he could use a portable card machine to pay or transfer points, but if it involved large amounts of points, he still had to go to the management center to do it.

Precisely because there are no so-called commercial loans, mobile stalls similar to those popular in the outer circle are charged on a daily basis, ranging from about 100 to 300 points per day. The stalls range from 5 to 20 square meters, and a certain amount of sanitation management fees and public security fees are additionally charged. As for the former, it is understandable, but the latter so-called public security fees are actually not issued by the base. These are charged by some forces and gangs in the area themselves, similar to "protection fees". Those who do not pay will be troubled every now and then. This is also the fundamental reason why Gu Tongwan finally gave up opening a store in the outer circle.

Although the store is generally good, Liao Yunyun still feels bad that the rent is too high. If it loses money, it may be difficult to sublet it.

This is why Liao Yunyun thinks that the price here is too expensive and unreasonable. In the end times, those who can afford to open a store must have some financial resources, otherwise they will not be able to withstand the initial capital investment.

"Wanwan, I think we should look at a few more shops and not rush to decide." Liao Yunyun walked over and said softly.

Gu Tongwan nodded and looked at Yu Liang again: "Is this the only store on this side of the commercial street?"

Yu Liang was not in a hurry for her to settle down. After all, it was impossible for her to look at the store without running back and forth dozens of times. Just like buying a house, she had to consider it carefully. So he smiled and said that there were several stores ahead and she could go and have a look.

Then a few people went to see another store, all on the same street. One of them had a good environment, and it was a grain store before it was transferred, so the shelves were still there. If Gu Tongwan wanted to open a store, he could just use the existing ones, and the store did not need major renovations. But the problem was with the previous tenant. Because it was a temporary sublease, he would have to sign another contract with the other party. As a result, the future might be unclear because of the content of the contract, so Yu Liang also tactfully reminded that although the rent here is cheap, there are certain changes.

There is another store next to the Service Trade City. The location is not as busy as the first two stores and is at the end of the commercial street. The store is more than 50 square meters and looks bright and spacious. The rent is 370 yuan per square meter, but the store is on the second floor. I heard that it makes custom cakes, but later on, the raw materials for the cakes could not be obtained, and the prices of cream and flour were also expensive. Unless you are a very rich person, you really can't afford cream cakes that cost hundreds or thousands of yuan.

Therefore, this store was unanimously rejected by Gu Tongwan and Liao Yunyun. Not to mention that the store was actually located on the second floor, the area of ​​the store exceeded her expectations. Even if the rent per square meter was relatively cheap, the monthly rent for more than 50 square meters would be nearly 16,000 or 17,000 yuan. With the deposit and other things, it would cost nearly 100,000 points. This price could be used to pay for the down payment of a small apartment in a residential area where the inner and outer circles meet.

"It's too expensive. I now understand why those shop owners lose their hair so quickly. With such a huge initial investment, I guess they dream about how to turn losses into profits every night." Liao Yunyun couldn't help but sigh after hearing the price of the rental.

"The location of the second floor is not very suitable. The store must face the street or road." Generally, the second floor is only suitable for restaurants. Just imagine that even in the normal world a few years ago, there was no fruit and vegetable store on the second floor. Moreover, there are not so many billboards or marketing methods in the apocalypse, and even if there were, she would not be willing to spend extra money.

After all, she was just planning to open a fruit and vegetable store, so 20 to 30 square meters would be enough. Even a small warehouse with a smaller space would not be a problem. After all, when she was running the store alone, she didn't plan to put the goods in the warehouse. She already had a spacious portable space on her body that could keep the goods fresh.

Finally, Yu Liang looked at the house brochure in his hand, then frowned and said, "There is another one here, but that one is also on the second floor. I guess you don't need to look any further. Let's go to the administrative center. There are two shops there, and the store area is more in line with your requirements."

This time, the two stores are concentrated near the administrative district. On the left is the six-story Hunter Association, and on the other side, more than 300 meters away and only two blocks away, is the rumored collection center. These two places are crowded with psychics, basically gathering the best psychics in the Jiangcheng base.

Liao Yunyun had been to the Hunter Association when she was doing an interview mission before. The various types of people with special abilities there were simply overwhelming. When she first entered, she thought she had entered a circus. There were people playing with fire, making ice, making water, and even psychics.

"The hunters are all quite rich, and there are several large office buildings here. I can buy some fruits on the way home from get off work. The geographical environment should be pretty good." Liao Yunyun took a walk around the area and was quite satisfied with the location here.

The last shop is about 30 square meters. There are actually four or five shops along this street, but this row of shops is newly planned and is still recruiting investors. The price is favorable, only 300 points per square meter per month, and it is divided into inner and outer rooms. The small warehouse is about 6 or 7 square meters, but it is enough to store goods. Even Liao Yunyun is quite satisfied with this place. After some consideration, the two decided to set up the fruit and vegetable store here.