James gulped hard and forced the excitement favonovel.com felt to a lower level. With a shaky voice, favonovel.com said, “This… Wouldn‘t be appropriate, right? These storefronts are the best locations in Eastshire. I-I’ve heard that the rental for any one of these would be a hundred thousand per month at the very minimum. For you all to allow us to use them without rental fees, how… How could we be so shameless as to accept them?”
The man laughed heartily before replying, “Mr. Cunningham, you must not think that way. Since these were instructions given to us by Mr. Larson, for you to use these storefronts of ours would be our greatest honor. We are merely doing what we should be doing, which is why you don’t have to be reserved about this!”
The couple were utterly dumbfounded and had the same thoughts. ‘Is Matthew’s name almighty in Eastshire?’
Regardless, the two of them were still hesitant in accepting the offer. After all, they had only planned to rent either one or two storefronts from the start. That way, they would still have some capital for the renovation after paying the rental fees.
Now, they were given more than twenty storefronts to use. Although they were rental-free, the couple did not have the money to renovate all these storefronts. Looking at how much it cost them back when they did their pharmacy, the money required to renovate these storefronts would be a considerable amount.
With the current state of their funds, it simply was not enough to support this expenditure. The couple was still looking at each other while pondering whether to accept all these storefronts offered to them. Although the two did desire all these storefronts, they would have to request aid from Sasha to provide them with a large sum of money to renovate the storefronts.
Furthermore, opening twenty over stores would put a considerable strain on their workforce, especially since their staff was already having their hands full with their own store. As the couple continued to hesitate on the offer, the man spoke up. “Oh, right. Mr. Cunningham, there was something else that I had wanted to discuss with you.”
James immediately replied, “Please, go ahead. No need for formalities.”
With a smile, the man said, “It‘s about the renovation of the storefronts. Do you have your own preference as to how the renovations for these pharmacies of yours would be? Our construction crew is already on-site and waiting for orders. They would finish tearing down the previous businesses’ furnishing within three days and begin renovation for your pharmacies. However, we do not know what your preference for the store’s renovation is. As such, it would be convenient for the construction crew if you cooperate with them to come out with some sort of blueprint to avoid disruption of their work. Would that be acceptable for you?”
James turned wide-eyed at the man. “Huh? Construction crew? Y-Your construction crew?”
The man nodded. “Yes. The nine great families had hired the construction crew from one of the biggest construction companies in all of Eastshire. We guarantee that with their ample experience, they would definitely be able to satisfy you!”
Dumbfounded once more, James replied, “B-But… I still haven’t decided yet! To employ the crew from the biggest construction company… Just how much would their fees be…”
His sentence turned into a mumble halfway through as panic started to get a hold of his mind. The couple simply did not have the capital to undertake such a cost.
The man laughed. “Mr. Cunningham. The nine great families would be covering the cost of the renovation. You do not have to worry about anything else other than providing the crew with your preference and other requests. Oh, that’s not it. You’ll still have to handle the matter of the recruitment and training of the staff. Unfortunately, we won’t be of much help in that area.”
James turned wide-eyed once more. He never would have expected for the nine great families to be so accommodating, to give out these storefronts without any rental fees, and to even cover the cost of renovating all these storefronts. With this, the couple would not have any worries and could just wait for the opening day of these stores.
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