I opened a shopping mall in Xihuan

With the advent of winter, the flow of people passing through the streets and alleys of Los City and the caravans passing through the city gate have been reduced by more than half. Even the most prosperous Schlevog Avenue is suddenly deserted as if it was frozen by cold hoarfrost. Not a lot.

I don’t know when it started, when you go to the City Hall Square in the morning when there is no sunshine, all you can see are the hawkers pushing the carts and selling breakfast and hot water, except for the officials in a hurry.

Seasons can really have a big impact on business in brick-and-mortar stores—something Yusha has learned deeply lately.

Among the stores under his name, except for the three restaurants, the turnover of other stores has declined significantly. The least affected is the clothing store. Its order of customization is fairly stable, but the sales of ready-made clothes are not very good.

You Xia took a special look at this night and found that among so many shops, the only one whose turnover has increased is a hot pot restaurant.

Thinking about it, it is still very comfortable for a group of people to get together and have a hot pot meal in such a cold weather.

Although affected by the weather, the flow of people on the street has decreased significantly, but in winter, the frequency of dinner parties and dances in various places has increased.

As a newly prosperous businessman in Los Angeles, You Xia also received several invitations to banquets. He was not very familiar with most of the banquet hosts, so he pushed them away if he found it troublesome. He agreed to the banquet.

The banquet of the Cade family was held in the evening, and the place was at the finance official's mansion, also in the Wickenberg district, which was quite close to Youxia's house, so he returned home after work, changed into more solemn clothes and went Went straight to the banquet.

The finance official's mansion probably also invited a mage to install "floor heating". As soon as he walked into the brightly lit hall, he felt a burst of warm air with the fragrance of incense powder and wine rushing towards his face.

Youxia stepped on the finely patterned carpet and looked around. What surprised him the most was that he found that many of the guests who came here were wearing the styles of their Xia Zhisen clothing store, especially the men, who wore basic clothes. They are all similar to "gentleman" suits. Even if the clothes are not custom-made in his shop, they must be influenced by the style of his shop.

In addition, when passing by some customers, You Xia can always smell some familiar fragrances, and you can tell that it is the perfume from his perfume shop.

As for cosmetics, let alone, by now, there are no ladies in the upper class of Los Angeles who don't know how to make up. Even men, they will ask a make-up artist to modify their faces when they attend certain important occasions.

It turned out that Xia Zhisen had such a deep influence on the city without knowing it.

You Xia was quite emotional.

Officials and wealthy businessmen were mainly invited to the banquet. You Xia didn't have much cooperation with them, and he wasn't familiar with them. Basically, they just said hello and chatted a few business topics, and the communication was completed.

Not long after, as the music changed, the guests began to dance under the intentional arrangement of the host.

Youxia watched their dance with interest as if watching a movie, but then felt dissatisfied, and went to the dining area to choose a roast beef bone marrow, and took a glass of apple juice from the waiter, while tasting the delicious Food while watching the dance.

"You should try tonight's sweet wine." A slightly familiar male voice suddenly came from beside him, "The golden wine of Conners Winery is known as the king of wines in South Zealand."

You Xia turned his head, just in time to meet the gaze of Jason Cade, the host of the banquet.

The finance officer smiled as elegantly as ever, holding a crystal clear crystal glass in his hand, which contained a golden yellow liquid, which should be the sweet wine of Conners Winery that he had just recommended.

You Xia didn't want to drink, so he raised the apple juice in his hand and said: "I'd better drink this, it's sweet and sour, it suits my taste."

Jason glanced at the light yellow drink with celery leaves floating in his glass and said, "That should be a lady's drink."

Youxia didn't mind and said, "I'm a wood elf, I prefer fruit juice."

"Okay..." Instead of recommending good wine to the guests, Jason pursed his lips and smiled helplessly. Although he was a little regretful, he didn't persuade him any more.

He asked casually, "Do you have any plans recently?"

"The plan is to run the store well." Youxia replied briefly, planning to just pass it by, but suddenly he remembered the luxury store he hadn't bought yet, and added: "Besides that, I plan to open it in a while." A new store."

"Really?" Jason continued, "Forgive me for being abrupt, I may have to ask what you plan to sell in your next store. After all, my wife and children are gold members of your store."

You Xia said: "It's nothing special, I guess we should sell some jewelry!"

"The jewelry of the elves, it is famous for its exquisite and gorgeous works of art on the mainland!" Jason said with emotion, "It seems that I have to prepare gold coins for custom-made jewelry for my wife early."

Youxia also has a deep understanding of what he said. Perhaps it is because the elves are generally beauties. The headgear, bracelets, rings and other accessories made by them are not worthy of their original quality if they are a little inferior in craftsmanship and materials. The beauty of ecology, and therefore, every piece of jewelry they wear every day must be exquisite, which leaves the world with the impression that the jewelry of the elves is very luxurious and beautiful.

However, one size is one size, and You Xia is not clear about the concept of luxury products produced by the system. At this time, he just said vaguely: "It's too early to say these things. I haven't even decided on the store yet."

Jason took a sip of the wine and said, "I heard that you have always been decisive in renting and buying a house."

"The premise is that there must be a store for sale, isn't it?" Youxia sighed, "I asked several friends and house introducers, and they all said that the stores in the city center can't be bought with money, I guess Been waiting for quite some time."

Jason nodded with an expression of enlightenment, and after a while he suddenly asked, "What is the city center you're talking about?"

"It's probably on the street near the City Hall Square." Youxia replied, and then raised his eyes: "Do you have any news?"

Jason thought for a moment and said, "If you're asking about this, I really know that a house is waiting for sale near the square."

"Oh?"

"It was the house of a friend of mine, but his house wasn't really a shop, it was an apartment."

"A rental apartment?" When you asked this question, the buildings around the square vaguely appeared in Youxia's mind, and he vaguely remembered that there seemed to be a few apartments with this function nearby.

"Yes." Jason recalled, "There is no specific storefront in that house. The door is the concierge and the registration desk, and there are rented rooms from the first floor to the top floor."

You Xia raised his eyebrows, raised his glass and took a sip of the juice, and after thinking for a few seconds, he said: "I don't mind this, can you please contact your friend for me and ask him about the specific situation?"

"Of course no problem." Jason shrugged slightly, and at the same time he did not forget to explain: "Because of the location and size of the house, the asking price is relatively high, and at the same time, it is not very easy to sell due to the influence of the layout. I haven't found a suitable buyer after two or three months, if you are interested, I will ask him to come to your store to find you tomorrow."

You Xia really didn't expect to have such an unexpected harvest when she came out to attend a banquet, so she couldn't help but smile and said, "Thank you so much."

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The next morning, the friend who Jensen said had an apartment building in the city center for sale found the perfume shop.

The other party came in a carriage with his entourage, and he was also impatient. After explaining the situation in the store, he invited Youxia to sit in the carriage, and couldn't wait to lead him to see the house.

It wasn't until they sat in the carriage and chatted for a few words that You Xia finally figured out the identity of the other party.

The man's name was Picot, he was a minor nobleman, and he was also a somewhat well-known painter. He met Jansen because the finance officer admired his paintings. He would often go to the gallery to see his paintings.

Rose City has always lacked artistic talents, so this is the first time Youxia has seen a painter.

The other party looked about 40 years old, with a serious face and long light gray curly hair. In fact, it was quite in line with You Xia's imagination of a painter. He asked curiously: "Then what do you usually sell for a painting?" price?"

"Why do you want to associate my paintings with money?" Picot frowned, "My paintings are never measured by money, if you appreciate my paintings and you have the same interests as me, then I I can give you the painting for free, and by the same token, if I don’t like your character, no matter how high the price you pay, I will not sell you my work.”

"Yes, what you said is really reasonable." Youxia admitted that he was too vulgar as a businessman, and immediately changed the subject, "Let's talk about the apartment, your apartment is in the city center, and it should be able to provide you with Bring in a lot of income, why would you want to sell it?"

"You have to know that the creation of art always requires money." Picot said frankly, "I need a lot of gold coins to buy paints from the Eastern Continent. Some rare paints are very expensive, and their value than gold."

"So that's the case." You Xia nodded to express his understanding.

In short, this is an artist who would rather earn money by selling houses than by selling paintings.

Because it was on the same street, the carriage arrived at the place not long after driving.

The coachman drove the horses to a stop on the side of the road, Youxia got out of the cart first, and Pickett was helped by the coachman.

Concerned about the image, he straightened his long curly hair, then put on a silk top hat, and tidied up his clothes, then raised his cane and pointed to the five-story house in front of him, saying: "This is it, my apartment building. "

You Xia looked up in the direction he pointed, and was shocked.

Although when he described it to Jason at the time, he really wanted a store close to the City Hall Square, but he didn't want to be so close!

I saw a long row of brown-red buildings in front of me at the corner of the street. On the left side of the house was the famous high-end restaurant Burbina Restaurant, and on the right side was the wide City Hall Square and the magnificent city hall building.

Imagine living in this apartment, you can see the art museum opposite when you look up, and you can see the large fountain in the center of the square when you look down, look out the right window, and if you have good eyesight, you can meet an official at work , This is simply being a neighbor with the city government!

Just standing outside and taking a look, You Xia knew why the house couldn't be sold after two or three months.

This is a typical apartment building. If viewed from above, its shape is a vertical rectangle perpendicular to the street. City hall buildings belong to its territory.

Such a layout is indeed only suitable for opening a hotel or renting out an apartment. If such a building is bought for the purpose of opening a shop, it will be a waste of money.

"How about it, do you want to go in and take a look around?" Pickett asked hesitantly, watching his eyes.

You Xia didn't answer directly, but asked, "Are there any tenants in your building?"

"Don't worry about this. When I decided to sell this building three months ago, I asked them to move out one after another," Pickett said with a straight back, "There should still be two tenants living in the building. inside, but will definitely move out in the middle of this month, and will not renew the contract.”

You Xia was somewhat hesitant. First of all, the location of this building is undoubtedly in the golden zone. If such a large-scale building can be bought, it will not lose money no matter whether it is used for rent or it appreciates in value in the future.

But if he really bought such a house, it would be too wasteful and exaggerated to open a luxury store. It’s just a store. Would it be possible to use 99 rooms as a warehouse?

You Xia frowned in confusion.

Immediately he turned his head and looked across the high fountain pool to the right opposite of the square, on the other side of the city hall building, which was a long vertical building similar in shape to this apartment, and the floor of that building Higher, with seven floors, it is the top, most expensive and always fully booked Navia Hotel in Los Angeles!

Youxia stared at the opposite hotel whose exterior wall was painted emerald green for a while, then suddenly realized that he also has a hotel waiting to open!

Isn't it just a business hotel after the luxury store?

Anyway, it will open sooner or later. If there is no suitable storefront for a luxury store, he can definitely buy the house of the business hotel first!