Deciding to open a store and choosing an address is the top priority. If the location is not good, it will not attract customers. If the location is too good, the rent will be very expensive, which will inevitably lead to a cost increase. In addition to the attractive places of supermarkets, you can buy most of the things you need in life. Cheap and affordability are also the most important point.

Seeing that Fan Dongsheng was a little hesitant, Du Qi said directly: "Where are you talking about? Let's go and take a look first."

Fan Dongsheng is actually very satisfied with this shopping mall, but the area is small. The key is that the rent is too expensive. The reason why he is not sure about another place is because there is really a little...

More than ten minutes later, Fan Dongsheng showed his way and the two of them arrived in front of a dilapidated and used factory. This was an old factory for producing glass. Later, it was used as a clothing processing factory. Because the primary processing industry in the United States was transferred to cheaper places such as Asia, Central America, etc., it has been abandoned for four or five years.

Looking outside, you can see that the roof collapsed a lot, only the exterior walls were still good, the corners of the walls were covered with moss, and many glasses were smashed by naughty children.

Today, the United States is still in a "bipolar world" pattern of competing with the Soviet Union. People are worried about going to war with the Soviet Union. This worry has continued since World War II and has not weakened. The US official used a huge amount of money for arms races, allowing arms suppliers to make enough money.

The golden period of more than 20 years brought by dividends after World War II has ended. In recent years, economic crises have been plaguing the United States, causing a large number of companies to go bankrupt, the unemployment rate is very high, and people are not rich.

Duqi also knew that five years later, in 1986, Wang An could become the top ten richest people in the world with a Chinese status as a Chinese, with a net worth of 2 billion US dollars, so the current US dollar is very valuable.

Of course, because of this, the labor costs in the United States are high, with an annual income of more than 10,000 US dollars for ordinary workers. In contrast, even in Hong Kong, the same salary can employ eight people.

The huge gap in labor costs has caused a large number of primary processing enterprises to transfer, which is obviously a microcosm of the United States.

Seeing this, Du Qi frowned slightly, and then began to observe the surrounding environment, but a smile began to slowly appear on his face. In just a while, thirteen pedestrians passed by here, and there was a bus stop just about one hundred meters away. Obviously, this was a gathering point of people.

As for being too dilapidated, Duqi doesn't care. At most, it takes a little more effort to renovate. The area is larger than what is needed. It can be built on two-story supermarkets, and one floor can reach more than 1,000 square meters.

In Duqi's opinion, it is best to buy this place and design the overall design and layout. It will cost more than 200,000 US dollars at most. Compared with the previous place, which is more than a year's rent, you can get several times the business area, and the flow of people is better than the previous shopping mall.

Thinking of this, Duqi was in a good mood. Even when he could only see dust and debris everywhere through the window, it did not affect Duqi's mood. Then he said, "Make this place the first choice, let's look at other places. If there is no more suitable one, it will be here."

In the next three or four days, the two of them went to more than ten places, and they felt that they were not as cost-effective as this one. In the end, Duqi set the location of the store here. Although it was troublesome to transform it, compared to the high rents in other places, it was most suitable to choose here directly.

The ownership of this place belongs to the Los Angeles city government. Duches directly contacted it and quickly received a response from the other party. The place has been vacant for several years and cannot generate any value. Now someone is willing to buy it and do business, which is definitely a good thing for the Los Angeles government.

For abandoned and dilapidated buildings, American officials are generous, and sometimes even give them to others for free. The prerequisite is that they must be maintained and renovated so that they can be put into use again. This is a very good measure. It can greatly avoid the abandonment of buildings that can be put into use and promote commercial development.

Some people will take advantage of this loophole and use this unwritten rule to "take advantage" and obtain the right to use or ownership of a building at a low price, and then sell it at a high price after a simple renovation.

There are all countries in this kind of speculative matters. The United States has also made some regulations on this point, such as how long it must be operated. This is not a matter for Duqi. He bought it here without speculation, but really for the sake of doing a career. Duqi also considered it. If the supermarket fails to succeed after one or two years, the deadline will be exceeded. If the store is sold at that time, the value of the place can also increase, and it is not impossible to make a small profit.

It has to be said that Duqi now has the characteristics of a businessman, and many things can be associated with business and interests in his eyes.

I didn’t need much money to purchase here. I asked a construction engineering company and confirmed the renovation plan. All the ceilings had to be rebuilt and the windows had to be replaced. In addition, the floors, doors, walls, water and electricity laying costs, etc. The total costs would cost about 250,000 US dollars. The next thing was to purchase goods and hire employees.

To purchase goods, you only need to pay a deposit first, and most of the remaining payment can be settled according to the quarter, so that you can even have another 200,000 US dollars. Duqi is preparing to invest 500,000 US dollars, but the expenses required are cheaper than expected, but it is a lot of trouble.

Fan Dongsheng is busy with these, and he also has to accompany Du Qi to register the company, and set the supermarket name as "easybuy-Supermarket" easy to understand and easy to read.

At this time, the accountant who had just come here came in handy and directly managed the company to help supervise the finance. Fan Dongsheng kept inviting the decoration company.

To decorate the supermarket, you only need to be simple and not ugly, and you don’t need to be very luxurious. So according to the simple and cost-saving decoration method, Du Qi followed Fan Dongsheng’s suggestion and bought a large number of cheap white floor tiles. The roof was made of buckles with foam mezzanine in the middle. The preparations were made to renovate the entire building step by step.

Fan Dongsheng came here early every day to work, watching the progress of the project and contacting personnel from all walks of life, and seemed very motivated.

After everything was arranged, Duqi became the boss and just looked at the financial report and work progress, and occasionally went to the scene to check it out.

?As time goes by, the entire site changes faster and faster. The already broken brick roof was removed and reinstalled with buckles with foam mezzanine. The open space next to it was flattened out and designed as a parking lot. Most customers who come to shop will drive, and it is impossible to have a parking lot if they are not big enough.
Chapter completed!