When the telephone was turned to loudspeaker mode, the crowd was still clueless as to what was happening . They wondered what Little Boss meant when he said 'That's interesting' .

But soon, they understood it .

"Master Lin, I found out about your situation on Weibo . As for the crazy things that you've done, I've heard it so many times that I can repeat every single one of them . It's coincidental that our Tian Hong Commercial Street has just been built . We're currently preparing to ask for shop owners to take over the units but I thought it'd be better to invite you over instead of renting them to others," Huang Bin said .

He was supposed to be busy with the marketing segment after Tian Hong Commercial Street had been fully constructed . However, he had been reading Master Lin's Weibo which caught his attention . It wasn't because Master Lin was a superb fortune-teller or that the scallion pancakes were delicious . It was because of the Starlight incident that caught his eye . He had done some research on him and realized that Master Lin was indeed an awesome character and hence, he had been watching him closely .

At the same time, he saw that Master Lin was thinking of moving out due to the increased rental fees . Therefore, he thought of contacting him and if it was successful, the marketing segment would be resolved .

Furthermore, he was curious as to how a small shop managed to make a whole commercial street popular . Therefore, he wanted to take a look and see what was happening .

Lin Fan chuckled, "Chief Huang, you're so courteous . How much are you charging for the rental fees at Tian Hong Commercial Street? If it's too expensive, we can't possibly afford it . "

Then, the shop owners outside his shop held their breaths . To them, this phone call wasn't as simple as it looked . It seemed like someone was trying to get them to s.h.i.+ft to his commercial street .

Liu Guo Qiang frowned . He knew about Tian Hong Commercial Street and it was only two districts away from Cloud Street . Furthermore, it was a decent location . There were many townsfolk that lived near that area .

Huang Bin replied, "As for that, don't worry, Master Lin . We are definitely not like Xin Yu Company . They immediately skyrocketed the rental fees . We are a legitimate company and the rental fees are all controlled based on the markets . "

Lin Fan chuckled, "Chief Huang, the people in charge of Xin Yu Company are in my shop now . I guess we shouldn't talk about them . "

Huang Bin apologized and laughed, "Alright, alright . I'll only speak facts then . Since we're a newly constructed commercial street, the contract lasts for three years . The first year of rental is free . The charges are based on the area of the shop . We are charging $20 per square meter daily . Then, it increases by 5% every year . Everything was formulated based on the lowest prices in the market . Everything can be written in the contract . The number of customers on the commercial street won't matter in the future as the contract is fixed . We will follow the agreement and charge shop owners based on it . What do you think?"

Although his academic results weren't the best, he was still pretty good at calculations . If it was based on a 40 square meter shop, a year's rental would be around two hundred thousand dollars . For his current shop which was slightly more than ten square meters, he was already being charged over a hundred thousand dollars . It seemed like a really good deal in comparison to Cloud Street . Furthermore, the rental fees were waived for the first year . It was simply too attractive .

An increment of 5% per year was realistic and reasonable too .

Huang Bin immediately added, "As for the shop owners who are looking at the top grade interiors, we also have long-term contracts for that . The yearly increment is a little less, at about 3% per year . What do you think?"

Lin Fan was a little confused when it came to these prices . The previous example had already drained most of his brain cells .

But as for the other shop owners, they were all ecstatic and shocked .

"Little Boss, Tian Hong is good! The prices are reasonable . "

"Yeah, this is Shanghai after all . It's a city on the front line . Only the other less developed cities would waive the first year of fees for three years of rent . If this Tian Hong Commercial Street really waives the first year of rental fees, we're in luck!"

"The increment of fees is also reasonable . An average increment would be about 10-15% per year . This Tian Hong Commercial Street is simply managed by kind-hearted people!"

The shop owners were all extremely excited .

Initially, they had been worried about their futures but now, they weren't worried anymore .

Liu Guo Qiang hadn't expected things to end up like this . This Tian Hong Commercial Street sounded like an extremely good deal . The management team there must be too kind-hearted, could they still be considered as businessmen?

This type of business model wouldn't bring about many profits in early stages of the contract .

But if you were to look at this in the long run, according to Shanghai's rate of development, this commercial street could likely be popular very soon .

No company would be stupid enough to invest a huge sum of money to build something on a no man's land .

Zhu Xiu Qin was also stunned . It was as if her confidence had vanished .

She had initially been very forceful and she even had the backing of the people in the headquarters . Furthermore, she knew that these people would definitely surrender to her .

Which commercial street in Shanghai would be able to contain one to two hundred shop owners? They hadn't expected Tian Hong Commercial Street to come in with this lucrative offer .

Zhu Xiu Qin was in disbelief . Then, she asked, "Which company built Tian Hong Commercial Street? That is simply impossible . How could you still make money from this?"

Huang Bin chuckled, "We are from Qi Ming Commercial Real Estate Company . We are looking at a long-term business, unlike Xin Yu Company which only looks at the short-term profits . Shop owners wouldn't even make any profit if you suppress them like this . Any commercial street wouldn't last long like this regardless of how good the business is . We are looking at achieving a win-win situation . We can make money along with the shop owners . "

Then, people started to clap .

Lin Fan clapped and said, "Chief Huang, your company is very considerate . "

Zhu Xiu Qin's face was as black as thunder . She just stood there and didn't say anything .

At a certain villa in Shanghai .

Lu Li packed his things and prepared to go to his company . As he walked down the stairs into the living room, his father called him .

Lu Zhong Ming said, "Come over here for awhile . "

Lu Li didn't know what he wanted . He walked over to his father . "Dad, what is it?"

Lu Zhong Ming put on his gla.s.ses . "Xin Yu Real Estate Company is owned by us?"

"Yes, I am confident that the development of commercial streets will be extremely profitable . Hence, I started Xin Yu Commercial Real Estate Company which specializes in the construction of commercial streets," Lu Li replied .

Even though he didn't care much about Xin Yu Company, it brought in a lot of profits every year .

Lu Zhong Ming nodded . "When was Cloud Street developed?"

Lu Li didn't know why his father would ask such a question . After all, his father hadn't asked about the organization for about eight years already . "It was constructed in 2012 . It's been about five years . "

"Look at this news article," Lu Zhong Ming said as he pa.s.sed the phone to his son . Then, he sat there and didn't say anything .

Lu Li took the phone over and read it . He gradually furrowed his eyebrows . "Dad, this…"

He didn't really care about Xin Yu Company but when he read the news, he was shocked . A 100% increment of rental fees did seem like a problem .

But this matter shouldn't be managed by him as it was too minor . He was handling billions and trillions of investments nowadays . This was simply peanuts to him .

"One step at a time . If you take too big a step, your t.e.s.t.i.c.l.es might tear," Lu Zhong Ming said .

Lu Li was a little embarra.s.sed . His dad wasn't exactly a cultured man but his words always made sense .

"Even the smallest issues can cause big problems in the future . You have to be more cautious as your company grows . If your business fails, you can still try again . But if you lose your reputation, it's practically impossible to continue . Read the news more when you're free . Don't be too caught up with work . You have to know what's happening in the sub-companies as well . Do you understand what I mean?" Lu Zhong Ming said .

Lu Li nodded . "Dad, I understand that . "

"Alright, go have a look and manage it well," Lu Zhong Ming said .

Lu Li was stunned . "Dad, I have an important meeting to attend, I can get my subordinate to…"

"You have meetings every day . You don't have to be impatient . You can only manage greater things when you're able to resolve small things like this . You've been progressing too quickly ever since you took over the company . Go and resolve this issue and take a look at the company . If there's a problem, get rid of it . Don't let them behave as if there's no higher management . If you can't manage one or two of them, fire them and rebuild the team," Lu Zhong Ming said sternly .

Lu Li nodded . "Alright, dad . I think there shouldn't be a problem in the company . "

Lu Zhong Ming looked at his son and warned him, "There wouldn't be this situation if there wasn't a problem . Go and tell me the situation when you get home tonight . "

Lu Li could only nod at his dad's words . He knew that he was still miles apart from achieving his dad's feats . There were a lot of things that he still had to learn from his dad .