Divine fortune teller and traditional Chinese medicine doctor

Li Mu has been looking for a suitable storefront to open a clinic on Xingfu Street for the past two days. He has found a good one that is currently for sale.

When choosing a storefront, he considers not only the location and internal structure, but also the feng shui.

This storefront faces south, offering a wide view. There are no buildings or public facilities in front of it that would disrupt the feng shui. At night, you can see the bright stars when you look up, and in the morning, the rising sun shines into the courtyard. At noon, the scorching sun does not enter the house. It is definitely a good storefront that can absorb the essence of the sun and moon and ward off the unfavorable influences of heaven and earth.

However, despite the excellent feng shui of this storefront, the business has failed, and the owner plans to transfer ownership.

Li Mu felt that the business owner's failure was not only due to poor management, but also largely related to his haphazard renovations that destroyed the original good feng shui.

For example, this shop owner placed a large Pixiu (a mythical creature believed to bring wealth and prosperity) at the entrance of his shop.

Little did they know that it was this very Pixiu that ruined the shop's good feng shui.

In Feng Shui, there are specific rules about whether and how to place auspicious and wealth-attracting ornaments such as Pixiu, Ruyi, and money trees. They cannot be placed arbitrarily.

It needs to be matched based on the shop owner's destiny, zodiac sign, or birth date and time. It's not that you can arrange it the same way as others, or that you can arrange it the same way as others. If you arrange it incorrectly, it may have the opposite effect.

If you don't understand, you need to consult a professional Feng Shui master; otherwise, it's better not to place anything at all.

At this moment, Li Mu is discussing the rent with the shop owner.

The shop owner is a middle-aged man in his forties with a middle parting hairstyle, and he always smiles when he sees people.

However, the proposed transfer rent seemed a bit too high to Li Mu. Although Li Mu had never run a business, he had lived in the Xingfu Street area for decades and was familiar with the rental rates for some shops.

As they were talking, a few thugs walked in, one of whom, a fat man wearing a large gold chain, seemed to be the leader.

"Hey! Brother Biao's here! Brother Biao, please have a seat! Please have a smoke!"

As soon as the boss saw the fat man wearing a gold chain, he rushed over to greet him, bringing him a stool and offering him cigarettes, showing great respect and enthusiasm.

"What? Someone wants to rent your shop?"

The fat man sat down on the stool as if it were perfectly natural, then crossed his legs, glanced at Li Mu, and asked the boss.

When Li Mu heard the boss call this person "Brother Biao," he knew that this person must be Zhuo Biao, the gang leader of Xingfu Street.

Li Mu knew Zhuo Biao, after all, he was a celebrity in the area, known as the street bully of Happiness Street.

It is said that this person has dozens of men under his command, and he is extremely arrogant and domineering in the Xingfu Street area, bullying and committing all kinds of crimes.

Every month, he would take his henchmen to collect so-called security fees from shop to shop on Xingfu Street.

It's called a security fee, but it's actually just a variation of the old protection fee.

If the shop owners don't give it to you, you can forget about doing business properly on this street.

These people have powerful figures backing them up, so they aren't afraid even if the police come.

In the words of the shop owners, Zhuo Biao and his ilk were like leeches on Xingfu Street, living off the blood of the shop owners.

Li Mu knew that Zhuo Biao and his group were definitely not here for anything good; they probably wanted to take advantage of the shop transfer to make a quick buck.

At the same time, he also wanted to "teach Li Mu, the new boss, the rules".

"Yes, that's right, Brother Biao. We're discussing the rent right now," the boss nodded in reply.

"Hmm, how much rent is this old man planning to pay?"

Zhuo Biao glanced at Li Mu again and asked.

"He offered 8000," the boss answered truthfully.

"8000? Damn, old man, do you even know the market price? You think you can rent such a big storefront on Xingfu Street for 8000 a month? What are you thinking?"

Upon hearing Li Mu's offer, Zhuo Biao immediately rolled his eyes and cursed at him.

"I'm not from out of town either. I've lived on Xingfu Street my whole life. How could I not know the market rate? This two-story storefront, 8000 yuan a month is still very reasonable."

Li Mu said with a calm expression.

"Damn, reasonable? Whether it's reasonable or not isn't for you, old man, to decide; it's for Brother Biao!"

A blond-haired man standing next to Zhuo Biao rudely rebuked Li Mu.

"Boss Zheng, what price are you willing to offer?"

Zhuo Biao exhaled a puff of cigarette smoke and looked at the boss, asking a question.

"Hehe, Brother Biao, I'll offer 9000."

The boss grinned and said.

"Well, old man, if you really want to rent this storefront, I'll offer you a price of ten thousand per month."

After speaking to Li Mu, Zhuo Biao turned to the boss and asked, "Boss Zheng, you don't have any objections, do you?"

"Hehe, how could I dare to have any objections to the price Brother Biao quoted?"

Boss Zheng quickly forced a smile and said.

But he knew very well that if this old man Li was willing to pay this price, he would only receive a maximum of 8000 yuan in rent each month, and the remaining 2000 yuan would have to be given to this street bully.

Even if the final price is 8000, he might only get 6400 in the end, but he will definitely have to give Brother Biao 20%.

Of course, the higher the final transaction price, the higher the commission Zhuo Biao will receive.

This is Zhuo Biao's consistent practice. He would appear whenever a shop needed to be sublet and then take a cut from the rent.

Li Mu was unaware of the intricacies involved, which could be considered as the rules Zhuo Biao had established for these shops on Happiness Street.

"Brother, are you kidding me? You're not the one transferring the shop; you can't just decide the price. Boss Zheng offered 9000, and you added 1000 more? That doesn't make sense! Besides, 10,000 in rent is way too high; it's not in line with market rates at all!"

Li Mu shrugged, a slight twitch at the corner of his mouth, and said to Zhuo Biao.

"Damn it! You old bastard! Are you tired of living? How dare you talk to Brother Biao like that? If you want to rent, pay a year's rent in advance at Brother Biao's price. If you don't want to rent, then get the hell out of here!"

The blond-haired man glared at Li Mu and cursed angrily, appearing extremely arrogant and domineering.

Li Mu's face slowly darkened. He first looked at Boss Zheng, only to see that the other party had his head down and was not saying a word, obviously not daring to offend Brother Biao at all.

He really wanted to rent the storefront, but it wasn't a must; if they couldn't agree on the price, he would just drop it.

But now, Li Mu was enraged by the bullying behavior of Zhuo Biao and his gang.

It seems that if you want to open a clinic on Xingfu Street, you can't escape being bullied and exploited by these street bullies.

But Li Mu didn't want to go anywhere else, since Xingfu Street was close to home.

In the past, he might have chosen to swallow his anger and let the leeches suck his blood.

But the Li Mu of today is no longer the pitiful, miserable old man he used to be.

If you can't even handle a few street thugs, how the hell are you going to talk about living a wonderful life?

He even dealt with Bald Qiang, the big boss in the South District, so why would he care about Zhuo Biao and his few small fry?

"I'm renting it today! The price is 8000, not a penny more!"

Li Mu put his hands in his pockets and coldly watched Zhuo Biao and the others.

He said domineeringly.

On the road: Hey everyone, I had some things to do today, so it'll be two updates. Thanks for all your support and encouragement!