When the townsfolk found out that Master Lin wanted to discuss with them about his departure, all of them gathered around .

If Master Lin leaves, what would happen to us? We're already used to queueing here every day . Furthermore, we're able to buy scallion pancakes when we're lucky . Although sometimes we aren't able to buy them, at least we have a glimmer of hope .

But if Master Lin leaves with his shop, we would lose that glimmer of hope . How unbearable would it be? 

"Little Boss, can you please stay? Everyone's so close to each other and we can't bear for you to leave so suddenly . "

"Yeah, what would happen to us when you leave?"

"I can't imagine how life would be like without Little Boss's scallion pancakes . We'd be so bored . "

Wu You Lan said, "Everyone can't bear for you to leave . "

Fraud Tian added, "They can't bear for us to leave . "

Although they weren't affected by the increment of rental fees, Lin Fan was still on the shop owners' side . Moving would be quite troublesome and leaving such a familiar place would take some effort . But some things had to be done this way .

Some shop owners gathered around .

"Little Boss, everyone can't bear for you to leave . Why not stay behind? Since they're not going to increase your rental fees . "

"Yeah . "

"If it's a 30 or 40% increase, we can still consider it . But a 100% increase is simply too much . "

Lin Fan waved his hand . "Don't talk about that . This matter doesn't only concern you . It also concerns me . "

The townsfolk were feeling remorseful .

"This Xin Yu Commercial Real Estate Company is simply too much . They actually increased the rental fees by so much . "

"I read the news too, they're simply bullying us . "

"Little Boss, are you certain of where you're moving to? If it's possible, I'd like to move with you . "

"Sigh, I'm really envious of all of you who rent houses . I already bought my house and I can't just leave as I like . "

The people who rented houses became silent . They hadn't expected people in the queue to have achieved their dream of buying a house . Suddenly, they felt extremely affected by it because these people actually envied them even though they had achieved their dream of owning a house .

Then, Liu Guo Qiang suddenly appeared on Cloud Street .

"It's him! He's the director of Xin Yu Commercial Real Estate Company and he's responsible for the increment of rental fees . "

Suddenly, everyone turned to look at him .

Liu Guo Qiang was stunned when he saw that there were so many people outside Master Lin's shop .

Then, the townsfolk started to yell .

"How can Xin Yu Company be so overboard? Can't you just raise the fees slowly? What's the rush for a sudden 100% increase? Are you really lacking money?"

"Yeah, Cloud Street initially didn't have so many people . Now that it's a little famous, you immediately increase the rental fees . Why didn't you decrease the fees when it wasn't doing well?"

"An immediate increase in fees just because of popularity, I guess after chasing Little Boss away, this place won't be popular anymore . Anyway, without Little Boss here, I won't come here again . "

"Me too . Why the f*ck should I come here? There are so many business districts around here . Without Master Lin at Cloud Street, n.o.body would be attracted to this place anymore . "

Liu Guo Qiang just stood there and didn't say anything . This matter was indeed a rare one . The townsfolk were so agitated at the increment of rental fees for the shop owners .

"Master Lin, we can talk about it again . " Liu Guo Qiang walked into the shop . He felt a little intimidated by the furious looks of the surrounding townsfolk .

But they couldn't just not increase the fees because of one small shop . If they made this compromise, what would happen in the future?

Zhu Xiu Qin had been right . They could only make a compromise if Master Lin was willing to do so too . If not, they would go ahead with their plans . Liu Guo Qiang felt that he needed to make another compromise after witnessing the looks of the surrounding townsfolk .

Lin Fan looked at Liu Guo Qiang and nodded . "Alright, let's talk about it then . "

He wasn't bothered by the need to move his house . If they could discuss and reach an agreeable price, he was willing to make a compromise

a compromise too . After all, the other shop owners weren't the same as him . A setback of one or two months of rental fees wouldn't cause great damage to him but would it be a heavy loss to the others .

Furthermore, he had already established himself at Cloud Street . If he were to leave now, he would definitely suffer a loss .

"Director, let me tell you this . Don't think you can just bully the shop owners like that because there are more customers on Cloud Street now . All of us live in the vicinity and we are here for Little Boss . If Little Boss leaves, the number of customers will definitely go back to normal . "

"That's right . I've read the news online . Don't think this is not because of Little Boss . All of us are here today just to make Little Boss stay . "

"The power of the people can be a double-edged sword . The reason the number of customers increased is us . If we aren't willing to come here, there might be n.o.body that would want to rent a unit here . "

"Please reconsider your move . There is no shortage of business districts around here . The only thing that is lacking is Little Boss . "

Liu Guo Qiang was a little upset . He hadn't expected the townsfolk to be lecturing him . But he still tolerated it and said calmly, "Everyone, please don't worry . We are sincere . I am here today to discuss with Little Boss . I wouldn't want everyone to move out of here too . If there's anything, we can discuss it and have a reasonable outcome . "

The townsfolk nodded . "That's better . "

Lin Fan immediately replied, "Director Liu, name a price then . How much are you guys willing to compromise? Just get straight to the point . Initially, it was your idea to increase the rental fees and even though we were unhappy, we didn't have any reason to request a smaller increase . Now that you're willing to discuss it, let's have a fruitful one . "

Liu Guo Qiang nodded . "Master Lin, I admit that the customer flow in Cloud Street is mostly related to you . I don't want both of us to be unhappy . The doubling of rental fees was based on a market report . All the shop owners here, please answer this truthfully: do you think you wouldn't be able to make a profit if we double the fees?"

Elder Liang replied, "Haha, a 100% increase and you think we'd still profit? Yeah, of course . You're the one making all the profit, we'd only be making a small bit . We'd be giving you our hard earned money all year round . "

Elder Zhang replied, "Yeah, a 100% increase would make me have to sustain a $1000 profit every day . Do you even know how stressful that would be?"

Lin Fan waved his hand . "Director Liu, enough of that . How much are you guys willing to compromise?"

Liu Guo Qiang looked at Lin Fan and firmly added, "The best we can do is an 80% increase . "

Lin Fan was helpless . "Alright, Director Liu, you can make a move now . There's no need for further discussion . Yesterday, you said 90% and today, you say 80% . I'm willing to wait until you give us a better price . "

Liu Guo Qiang frowned . "Master Lin, why not tell me your price? We can both make a compromise . "

"At most 30%," Lin Fan answered after thinking for a moment . It would've been impossible for the fees to remain the same . Since he asked for a compromise, he could do 30% at best .

Liu Guo Qiang was stunned . He was thinking of what to say and suddenly, someone came in before he could say anything .

"You must be dreaming . "

Zhu Xiu Qin had brought an employee from the promotions department . She said, "The best we can do is 80% . It's impossible for it to be 30% . My purpose here is clear . Xin Yu Commercial Real Estate Company won't back down from anyone . The best we can do is 80% . If you're agreeable to it, sign the papers . If not, please leave within five days . "

Liu Guo Qiang frowned . This was perhaps too ruthless .