Chapter 279: Obtaining the Store and Tricking the Zhang Family (1)_1
However, although the Zhang Family’s shop isn’t bad, four thousand pieces of silver seems a bit expensive. If the price could be pressed down, it should be possible to get it for three thousand five hundred taels of silver.
Those few people who want to buy the shop at a low price are a bit of a problem, however. If they are determined to have it, she might not be able to acquire it for three thousand five hundred pieces, and besides, she doesn’t want to let the Zhang Family’s people get off cheaply.
After thanking Xiao Zhu, Mo Yan asked him to continue keeping an eye on the Zhang Family’s movements. She would need to discuss with Lizhong to see if they could come up with a good way to secure the shop in one fell swoop with three thousand five hundred taels of silver.
In the evening, when Lizhong returned from the fields, he heard Mo Yan’s plans and said, "The Zhang Family’s shop is well-located, so there are definitely a lot of people who would like to buy it. Zhang Fugui reaching out to friends from the business world is simply hoping they would make a good offer based on past relations. But those people are pressing the price down fiercely, and the Zhang Family will certainly not sell cheap. If I’m not wrong, in a few days the Zhang Family will put up a notice to sell the shop. Even if we go now with silver in hand, they wouldn’t sell to us."
After listening, Mo Yan felt his analysis made a lot of sense. She suppressed her eagerness and waited for the Zhang Family’s move.
Indeed, seeing those so-called friends not raising their offers, an infuriated Zhang Fugui put up a notice for sale on the main door of the shop. The notice did not specify a clear price, but invited those interested in purchasing to negotiate face-to-face with the Zhang Family.
Upon receiving this news, Mo Yan had the person arranged by Xiao Zhu continue to watch closely, and it would be even better if they could find out the prices others were offering.
Indeed, many people wanted to get their hands on the Zhang Family’s shop. Since the notice went up, quite a number of people had been coming and going from the Zhang Family, but all of them wanted to take advantage of the Zhang Family’s difficulties to press down the price.
The Zhang Family, though eager to sell, was unwilling to let it go for just three thousand taels.