The Reborn Sidekick Rejected The Male Lead-Chapter 453: Extra nine_2

Niannian had also chosen a location, right in front of their Happy Valley, a commercial building from the first to third floors, which was just perfect.

However, the investment was rather significant, most notably in renovations.

Upon Xue Jianian’s return, she dragged Lu Jingqiu and Luo Xinyue to the shop to take a look, asking them to come up with a good plan.

For Jingqiu, this wasn’t a difficult task, "Niannian, what are you planning to have in the mall?"

"The ground floor will be a large mall with clothes and general merchandise. The second floor will be a supermarket with various daily necessities. The third floor will have high-end clothing stores and jewelry."

Xinyue exclaimed, "Wow, that’s quite a lot. But we don’t have that many brands."

Xue Jianian said, "The first and second floors will be divided into different shops for rent. Our supermarket will take up part of the second floor but not all, so the remaining space will also be divided into shops. That’s why I need you two to help me with the design. I’ve seen quite a few of those big shopping malls over there, and they are really well done, with elevators like those in the residential complexes in Yangcheng City, and also escalators, which we will have to install as well. This is going to cost a lot of money."

Xinyue asked, "How much will it cost?"

Xue Jianian roughly estimated that setting up the mall would require at least half a million yuan.

This figure shocked Xinyue.

Fortunately, their three beef soup restaurants were quite profitable throughout the year.

The three of them discussed and each decided to invest another three hundred thousand yuan.

This time, Xinyue put all her assets into the investment.

She and Jingqiu began to draw the floor plans and plan the layout of the shops.

Meanwhile, Jianian, with Xiao Hua, began to look for decoration workers.

In the beginning, the three of them would meet every day after work to discuss.

Eventually, they finalized the design, mainly thanks to Jingqiu’s expertise.

She had seen enough of the big shopping malls in modern cities.

After more than a hundred days of renovation, "Lianhao Shopping Mall" began to attract businesses.

The rent varied for different areas on the first floor. The central area consisted of counters for selling lingerie, cosmetics, hair bands, scarves, and everyday items. The surrounding area was for small shops selling children’s clothing, adult clothing, men’s, and women’s clothing.

Taking the escalator up from here, part of the second floor was also divided into shops, while the other part was a big supermarket.

The third floor featured high-end stores.

While Jianian was preparing the supermarket, she was also leasing out space.

Many people came to look at the spaces, like Xu Li.

She was now the West Province agent for the clothing brand owned by Xia Lin and already had a shop on Fish Tail Street Market.

With the opening of this new mall, she was keen to rent a space there.

Her prompt decision was influenced by Xia Lin’s advice.

So while others hesitated, she had already chosen a prime spot on the third floor.

The rent was fifteen yuan per square meter, and she rented a fifty-square-meter space.

Of course, they couldn’t just wait for renters, like those for the prestigious third floor.

All high-end shops, Jianian traveled around the country to find manufacturers interested in opening stores here.

If she couldn’t find any, she was ready to become an agent for any brand herself.

However, after two months, people indeed started renting the space on the third floor.

Many of the shops on the first and second floors were rented out, and they were already planning their own decorations.

Of course, there were also decoration guidelines, and alterations couldn’t just be made haphazardly.

Three months later, Lianhao Shopping Mall finally opened its doors for business.

The grand opening included a major thank-you promotion, with Jianian organizing a lottery event, the top prize being a private car.

The top prize was a private car, the second prize a refrigerator, and the third prize a bicycle.

A private car, indeed, had a strong allure, and there wasn’t a single person in the city who wasn’t tempted.

Of course, the lottery had conditions: with a purchase receipt of more than fifty yuan, customers could participate in the draw.

Of course, during the first ten days of the mall’s opening, everything was at a discounted promotional price.

Of course, the private car was just a lure; they planned to use shills to participate in the draw. They would manipulate the shills to pick the designated envelope, ensuring that the top prize would eventually end up back in their own hands.

Jianian only controlled the car, but the refrigerators and bicycles were truly up for grabs.

There were two refrigerators and five bicycles, with ten days of activity, and prizes couldn’t be combined.

The night before the opening, Xiao Hua recruited over a dozen middle and high school students to distribute flyers printed by Wu Zhengran, all over the city during the weekend.

During that time, every corner of the city was covered with flyers from Lianhao Mall.

Because of the lottery, on the opening day, just after the ribbon-cutting, a flood of people poured into the mall.

The level of bustle was even more exaggerated than the mad rush at the farmer’s market for vegetables.

Without going into details, just their supermarket took in fifty thousand yuan in sales on the first day.

Fifty thousand! That left everyone astonished.

This didn’t even include the rent from the various shops on several floors.

They had already collected over a hundred thousand yuan in rent from the shops, and that was just for one month.

Xinyue had been worried about her own investment, but now... haha, she was the happiest of all.

For such a big mall to be so bustling was something even Jianian hadn’t anticipated.

She shifted her focus to this project.

She handed over her farmer’s market stall to a young man she previously had her eye on.

Wei Jincheng even came over, his wife having been busy for almost a year; who would have thought it would bring him such a surprise.

Initially, when they rented a space on the third floor for his factory’s products, it was just to support his wife. ƒreewebηoveℓ.com

But the mall’s single-day turnover shocked him.

It was thousands of yuan! The two employees they hired had to rush back to the factory at noon to restock due to the sales volume.

In the following days, the sales kept on increasing day by day.

The next day, Jianian gave out a bicycle.

On the third day, a refrigerator and a sedan were given out.

Ah, the sedan was deliberately handled by someone, brought back from her second brother’s store. It hadn’t even been three days before it was returned to its proper place.

On the fourth day, two bicycles were given away.

On the eighth day, another refrigerator was given out.

The people who claimed their prizes were thrilled, which directly impacted the business of the other department stores in town, suddenly quieting their customer base.