Chapter 5 - 005 Prime location with favorable natural conditions
Jiamucheng was vast, and there were fewer Players during the beta testing period. Lin Bai decided not to waste time searching for more Players, choosing instead to head towards the Tooth Line.
I don’t know what the game’s time ratio with reality is!
If it was one-to-one, it would greatly benefit him. After all, Players couldn’t remain online for extended periods. But it was more likely not the case. No game would adjust the time to match reality, as it would limit what could be done in a day. Therefore, he shouldn’t waste time playing hide-and-seek with Players. To enjoy a good life in this alien world, he had to ensure that he grew faster than the Players. The System was his only shortcut to growth. Therefore, the priority of System tasks had to be set to the highest.
「An hour later.」
Lin Bai stood beside a shop deep in Tongque Lane, speechless.
The shop was a two-story building. The total area of the two floors was just about eighty square meters. It seemed a bit small for a restaurant. The small space would have been fine, but it looked rather dilapidated. Its entrance was sealed by spiderwebs, giving it a gloomy, vintage look. The key issue was its location: incredibly remote in this bustling city. The area around it was so deserted that the nearest shop was about two hundred meters away.
No matter how I look at it, this is not a suitable place to open a restaurant, he thought.
"Sir, it’s a steal getting such a large shop for merely one hundred taels. You’ve hit the jackpot," said the young clerk from the Tooth Line, his face adorned with a fawning, insincere smile. "I’m not just boasting, but only our Tooth Line has such prime properties. Elsewhere, your money would barely cover the rent for a storefront, and it might not even be enough. Here, for the same price, the land itself is yours. You won’t find another deal like this. Yes, it’s currently in bad shape, but that’s only because it hasn’t been tidied up yet. Spruce it up a bit, and it won’t be inferior to Huibin Pavilion.
"As the saying goes, good wine needs no bush. Manage it well, and customers will flock. Clear up the vacant lot in front of the shop, and there’s room for seven or eight carriages. Which other restaurant in Jiamucheng has such a spacious private lot out front?"
Anything this unusual must have a catch, Lin Bai thought. The harder the young clerk from the Tooth Line tried to sell, the more Lin Bai suspected the shop. These brokers... expecting them not to rip people off is like thinking I’m the one who’s been kicked in the head by a donkey.
But he was short on funds. Two hundred taels of silver might seem substantial, but for starting a business, it was quite inadequate.