Paranoid Doctor Only Loves Me-Chapter 24 - Do not make empty promises to her she just wants
Chapter 24: Do not make empty promises to her, she just wants tangible compensation_1
Chapter 24: Do not make empty promises to her, she just wants tangible compensation_1
In the afternoon, there were quite a few customers reading in the bookstore, many of whom were parents who brought their children for parent-child reading.
Tangsu Bookstore has a great environment, and it even has a special area for parent-child reading. As long as you have a membership card, you can read the genuine books in the store for free.
When children truly like a book and want to read it several times, their parents are usually willing to buy it.
Tang Su also set up a Flea Book Market counter, specifically for recycling those second-hand books that children no longer wanted, selling them again for no more than five yuan. Tang Su also offered a pricing service, taking one yuan for the cost, with the rest going to the customer.
This multi-faceted business approach diversified the bookstore’s profit model and mainly met the needs of most customers, naturally making them willing to come to the store.
Tang Su was busy in the bookstore until three-thirty, when the flow of customers finally began to slow down. Zhang Li could handle things on her own, so she told Tang Su to take a break.
Tang Su had planned to go upstairs to the office to do some work on the computer, but as soon as she had ascended half the staircase, the phone from the coffee shop rang.
It was Wu Jie who called, saying that the Culture Street Office had called to notify the boss to come over for a short meeting.
“Understood, I’ll head over in a bit.”
Not long after hanging up with Wu Jie, Zhang Li also received a call and relayed the message to Tang Su, who gave up going upstairs and went directly to the local authority office.
At the local authority office, the director greeted Tang Su with a hearty laugh, taking her hand, “Xiao Tang, there’s good news.”
“Oh? Director Wen, what’s the good news?” Tang Su took the opportunity to withdraw her hand, finding Director Wen’s enthusiasm excessive today.
Tang Su was neither a social butterfly nor socially anxious, and she definitely wasn’t one to warm up instantly to anyone.
Tang Su generally didn’t like to be touched by acquaintances who she wasn’t close to or with whom she only had transactional relationships.
“It’s like this, a film crew wants to shoot in Hua City, and they’ve taken a liking to our Culture Street. They’d like to rent it to shoot for half a month. When the time comes, Xiao Tang, you’ll need to cooperate well. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to advertise our Culture Street.”
“Afterwards, once it’s on TV, it will become a viral check-in spot, attracting many tourists to come by name. Then, business will soar like you wouldn’t believe. Now, isn’t that good news?”
“Director Wen, the money we’ve made on Culture Street these past years hasn’t come from tourists visiting Hua City. We serve the surrounding office buildings and the people of Hua City. If they’re filming, you’re saying I should close my shop for half a month, not do business? How do you calculate those losses?”
Tang Su was not someone who would fall for a scam just because someone tried to sweet-talk her.
She was the owner of two stores, and both of her stores had very high daily revenue. If the film crew wanted to shoot for as long as half a month, she would need to be compensated for the revenue loss before she would agree.
No, Xiao Tang, you’re just too young. You’re focusing on that little bit of daily revenue. Don’t you know, a few years ago, a drama crew went to a small fishing village to shoot a drama, and after the show became a hit, the village became famous nationwide overnight.”
“Yes, they were lucky the TV show was a hit. These days, the odds of a TV drama flopping are high. Aside from the daily revenue, I also have several employees. How do you count their wages for half a month?”
“…”
Director Wen was almost left speechless by Tang Su’s retort. Was this girl so fixated on money?
Why was she so shortsighted?
Couldn’t she think more long-term?
Tang Su wanted to think long-term too, but if it was just for two or three days of shooting, that would be fine, but half a month? If she closed for half a month, should she bear the losses herself?
That was simply not reasonable.
It wasn’t that she was clinging to money, but it wasn’t a small amount either.
“Xiao Tang, the leaders mean that all the shop owners on Culture Street should actively cooperate with the film crew. Don’t make it difficult for me, okay? I’m just conveying orders from above.”
“Is that so? Director Wen, would it be convenient for you to share the name of that leader? My mother always told me, ‘With reason, you can travel all over the world; without it, you can’t take a single step.’ I’m willing to cooperate, but we need to agree on the terms of compensation first.”
Director Wen: “…”
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Seeing Director Wen silent, accusing glances filled his eyes.
Tang Su, however, did not budge an inch, and the assistant next to Director Wen, holding a form, hesitated to move forward.
The message from Tang Su was clear. What she wanted was simple: practical compensation, not empty promises.
