Chapter 597: Chapter 581: What’s It Like When Your Employees Are Richer Than You?
The biting cold wind howled past the Old Street, making Ding Cheng, who had just stepped out of the store, involuntarily shrink his neck and shout, "It’s almost spring, why is it still so cold!"
It was indeed very cold.
Jiang Mingtao, following behind him, could clearly see his own breath, and compared to the sunset, the temperature had significantly dropped by several degrees, making him truly feel the chill of early spring.
"Boss Huang..."
Jiang Mingtao waved with a smile, gesturing, "No need to see us off, head back inside, it’s cold out here."
"Alright then..."
Huang Tao laughed, "Take care on the road, we’ll meet again soon."
He then said to Ding Cheng, "Goodbye, Assistant Ding."
Ding Cheng replied with a gentlemanly smile, "Goodbye, Boss Huang."
After watching Jiang Mingtao’s luxury car disappear around the corner, Huang Tao turned around and went back inside the store.
"Daddy~"
Xuanxuan, seeing him return, was filled with joy, her smile spreading across her small face, as she immediately jumped down from the dining chair and ran towards him with delight.
Then...
She leapt into the open arms of Huang Tao.
"Daddy~"
Xuanxuan rested her little head on Huang Tao’s shoulder, rubbing her small face against Huang Tao’s big face, her voice soft as a hummingbird’s.
Daddy’s embrace is so warm~
Huang Tao felt a sense of happiness and peace in his heart, reaching out to gently stroke her little head, and jokingly asked, "You missed Daddy already?"
"Mmm hmm~"
Xuanxuan nodded without hesitation, "Daddy, are we going to see the new store tomorrow?"
"Barring any surprises, we should be going to see it tomorrow."
Huang Tao replied with a smile on his lips.
He had confidence in Jiang Mingtao’s ability to get things done and believed tomorrow would yield good results.
"Daddy, if we’re going tomorrow, can I go with you?"
Xuanxuan’s big, flashing eyes were filled with eager anticipation.
Huang Tao playfully tapped her little nose and nodded, "Of course you can!"
Xuanxuan raised her head to look at Huang Yide and his wife not far away and asked, "What about Grandpa and Grandma?"
Oh, it seems like Grandpa and Grandma haven’t spoiled you for nothing!
He chuckled and said, "Of course, they’re coming too!"
"Hee hee~"
Xuanxuan smiled with eyes curved like crescent moons, "Daddy’s the best!"
Then she puckered her pink little lips and gave Huang Tao a kiss on the cheek with a "mwah."
As a reward!
Once the father and daughter returned to their special dining table, Huang Yide couldn’t help but ask, "Son, I heard you say earlier that you’re planning to buy that storefront on Zhonghua Road?"
Indeed... no one knows a son better than his father!
Huang Tao couldn’t help but reveal a hint of surprise in his eyes, "Dad, you figured it out!"
"There’s nothing difficult to guess about it!"
Huang Yide chuckled, "Your thoughts were written all over your face just now."
"Really? Was it that obvious?"
Huang Tao replied with bewilderment, trying to recall.
Li Chengzhan, hearing this, looked surprised, "Wow, buying a storefront? Boss, didn’t you say you were renting?"
"For now, it’s just an idea."
Huang Tao chuckled, "But, we have to check the price first. If the price is right, we’ll buy it."
He had just roughly calculated the rent; it would be sixty or seventy thousand a month, less than a million a year.
But the problem is, renting carries risks.
It’s not that he’s worried the new shop will have bad business, but he’s concerned that the landlord might raise the rent suddenly, or if they can’t reach an agreement, the landlord might refuse to renew the lease, or for some other reason, take back the store and not rent it to him anymore.
After all, things like this happen all the time.
The best way to avoid these potential troubles is to buy it directly.
Once and for all!
The price of such standalone storefronts is higher than in malls; he estimated the average price might be around fifty to sixty thousand per square meter!
The total price is around nine to ten million!
Now, if he counts everything, including the prepaid money, he has about four million in cash.
Under normal circumstances, he certainly can’t afford it.
He’d have to take a loan!
And mortgage the current house he lives in to get some money from the bank.
But the house he lives in now isn’t in a fancy community, and the house itself is a bit old, so he probably won’t get much of a loan.
Still a drop in the bucket!
So!
He hadn’t planned to get a loan from the bank but rather to have a good talk with the landlord.
"Son, this storefront is around ten million, right?"
Song Cailian said worriedly, "You don’t have that much cash!"
Huang Tao nodded, "I really don’t."
Song Cailian asked, "Then how will you buy it? Loan?"
Huang Yide spoke, "How are you going to loan it? That’s ten million! Even if Tao mortgages the house he lives in, he can’t loan much."
Song Cailian pondered, "That’s true! How else could you buy it?"
She was considering borrowing some from relatives.
But those relatives are all just middle-class; none of them have that kind of money to lend her!
Even if they borrowed from all their relatives.
It would only be tens of thousands at most!
Li Chengzhan laughed and asked, "Boss, how short are you?"
Huang Tao thought for a moment and said, "I have about four million in hand."
Wow~
Who knew the boss was quite rich!
Although he knew the boss’s store made good money, he didn’t expect it to make this much.
This was a bit surprising to Li Chengzhan!
After the small surprise, he took out a bank card and placed it on the dining table, "Boss, my pocket money is all here; you can use it first!"
Song Cailian and Huang Yide were slightly surprised.
This employee is truly trustworthy; he has money, and he really lends it!
Huang Tao looked at the golden card in Li Chengzhan’s hand, a bit speechless.
He understood that Li Chengzhan was sincerely trying to help him!
But this kindness made him feel both appreciative and slightly conflicted.
After all, he had never thought about borrowing money from his employees!
"Thank you!"
Huang Tao temporarily declined, "But take your money back for now; I don’t need it at the moment. If I need it in the future, I’ll ask you."
As he spoke, he returned the bank card to Li Chengzhan.
Li Chengzhan: "..."
"Boss, are you looking down on my money?"
"How could that be!"
Huang Tao smiled, "I couldn’t be happier that you’re willing to lend me money!"
"I just think my money should be enough."
He diverted the topic back, "If I can’t buy it right now, then I just won’t buy it; after all, it’s only a matter of a few months."
His thought was, it’d be best to buy it.
If the landlord doesn’t agree to his terms, then he’ll just rent it temporarily.
"Alright then! If you need it, be sure to let me know!"
Hearing this, Li Chengzhan didn’t say much more and quietly took back his bank card.
"Sure!"
Huang Tao recalled that Li Chengzhan mentioned this was his pocket money, finding it rather intriguing, he couldn’t help but ask, "How much money is in that card of yours?"
"It should be around two million, I don’t remember the exact amount."
Oh my goodness~
Two million in pocket money!
Huang Tao felt like a crow cawing overhead, full of complaints.
Isn’t that what they call a rich, handsome guy? The one in front of him was the embodiment of it!
Their pocket money alone is about two million!
Wait a minute.
Huang Tao suddenly remembered a particularly important question: "How can you save so much from your pocket money?"
Li Chengzhan carried cards, wore all designer clothes, and drove luxury cars; his daily expenses must be huge with frequent card spending, yet he still saved this much pocket money?
"The previous pocket money was indeed all spent..."
Li Chengzhan explained a little embarrassed, "These are from the past few months, mainly because I’ve been working in the store all the time, and I haven’t had time to spend it, so I’ve saved up quite a bit."
"In the past, it was never enough."
He scratched his head.
"Yeah, I recently saved quite a bit of pocket money too since I haven’t had time to spend it, about one and a half million!"
Lin Qiuyu chimed in, then looked at Huang Tao, "Boss, if you need money, let me know, I’ll give you everything I have!"
"Boss, count me in too~"
Jiang Chao also laughed and said, "Not much, just about three million."
Are you guys showing off your wealth so blatantly?
Huang Tao had a somewhat helpless smile.
He really wanted to check on Zhihu, asking what it’s like when your employees have more money than you do?
Xu Hao and others couldn’t help but want to ask on Zhihu as well, how does it feel to have a few very wealthy colleagues?
