Chapter 97: Finding the Entrance!

  "What's this 'great love'?" Cheng Zhong was taken aback, then burst out laughing, "I'm telling you, Mom, have you been duped by that little brat?"

  "Hmph!" The middle-aged woman's face turned stern, and she let out a cold snort. "What are you laughing at? If you haven't eaten for three days in a row, your stomach is growling so much that it's hard to even walk, and you still have just enough money left on you for one last steamed bun, would you donate that last bit of money when you see someone who's even more pitiful than you?"

  "Are you kidding me?" Cheng Zhong was shocked. "I'm Cheng Zhong, the leader of the police system's first team, how could I be reduced to such a state?"

  "I'm telling you if!" The middle-aged woman glared.

  "Hmm! If so..." Cheng Zhong thought for a long time, then gently shook his head, "It shouldn't be, I donated the money to someone else, or else I would have starved to death?"

  "You can't! But Master Wu has done it!" The middle-aged woman looked at him with admiration and respect.

  But this appearance in the eyes of Cheng Zhong is exceptionally speechless, "I say, old mom, are you being fooled by him? Wu Zhengye should have a very strong background, even our Director Chen is respectful to him, such a person will still have a downfall?"

  "You rascal, you only know how to talk about background!" The middle-aged woman scolded with a smile, "Wu Da Shi has earned other people's respect with his own strength. You're also a police officer, can't you go find some evidence? Go investigate whether Wu Da Shi has the background you mentioned?"

  "Uh-huh, I'll definitely look into it!" Cheng Zhong nodded his head. To Yan Jing, it wasn't something that could be let go of just by saying so, and as a result he still had some resentment towards Wu Zhengye.

  At this moment, there was a sudden sound of footsteps outside the door.

  "Liu Min! Liu Min! Is my son awake?" The voice arrived before the person did. It's clear that the speaker is an impatient person.

  Bang!

  This was the sound of the hospital room door being violently kicked open. The moment the door was kicked open, a burly middle-aged man with a height of about 1.6 meters and a face similar to Cheng Zhong's rushed in.

  "Dad!" Cheng Zhong exclaimed in exasperation, "You're at an age where you should be taking it easy, and with your heart condition, why are you still rushing around like a whirlwind?"

  "Zhong Er is right, old man, you need to change your ways!" chimed in middle-aged woman Liu Min, "Just now, Master Wu pointed out a path to longevity for you. Now, I've decided that from today on, you'll have to follow me and devote yourself to charitable work!"

  "That middle-aged man's face turned cold, 'I'm telling you, Liu Min, don't bring someone like that along! You believe in Buddhism, you believe in Guanyin, I don't care. You do charity work, I don't care either. When I'm in a good mood, I might go help you out, but don't occupy my time, okay? I'm very busy!'"

  "Hmph! You're busy?" The middle-aged woman let out a cold snort, "You spend all day playing chess and fishing, is this what you call being busy? This is called wasting your life!"

  "You know what? I'm cultivating my emotions, that's the way to live a long life," said the middle-aged man with a self-satisfied expression. "I told you, Liu Min, to learn how to play mahjong a long time ago, but you didn't listen. Now look, you're retired and can't find anything to do, right?"

  "Hmph, what I'm doing is much more meaningful than you, this is accumulating good deeds, the Bodhisattva will bless me!"

  "Bodhisattva?" The middle-aged man's face was filled with annoyance, "You're a Communist Party member, your son is a police officer, and in this family, only you believe in Buddhism. If the party organization finds out, humph, as a Communist Party member, you'll definitely be reprimanded!"

  "Alright, alright!" Cheng Zhong looked at the two old men in front of him speechlessly. "I said why don't you go back and discuss it again? This lifetime I'm most disgusted with is this smell of hospitals. Now we're going to handle the discharge procedures, ok?"

  "Alright, let's get the discharge procedures done!" The middle-aged man nodded immediately, while the middle-aged woman had a cold expression on her face. "Old Cheng, anyway, I don't care about this. In the next few days, when Xiaojing's charity organization is established, you must go with me."

  "Xiao Jing?" The middle-aged man was taken aback for a moment when he heard the name, and then asked, "Is it Yan Jing, the captain of the police station in Chengnan?"

  "It's her! Just now Zhong'er was still rescued by her boyfriend Wu Zhengxie, and now Xiaojing is preparing to set up a charity organization and needs people to help. I've already agreed to help her!"

  "Does Xiao Jing have a boyfriend now?" The middle-aged man looked at Cheng Zhong with a hint of regret, sighed softly and said, "Forget it, a good girl like Xiao Jing is not suitable for our young master. Since it's her charity event, I'll definitely go to show my support."

  Cheng Zhong furrowed his brow as he walked out the door, feeling extremely uncomfortable in his heart. "Are you guys done talking yet?"

  "Here comes, here comes, let's go through the formalities!"

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  Wu Zhengye and Yan Jing are very busy now, really busy, not just ordinary busy!

  Yan Jing went to the Civil Affairs Bureau's public welfare charity organization - Dà ài Cí Shàn Jī Jīn, before leaving, she handed her mobile phone over to Wu Zheng Xie and taught him how to use it. Wu Zheng Xie then took the mobile phone and wandered around H City's streets and alleys looking for a storefront. According to Yan Jing's requirements, this storefront not only had to have good feng shui but also a good location, most importantly, it had to be big!

  According to her, only in this way can it be like a regular charity organization that others can believe and recognize.

  But Wu had been searching for nearly two hours according to her criteria, and it was almost time to eat, but not a single one was qualified!

  Good feng shui, excellent location, and spacious storefronts are not unheard of. In fact, there are many such storefronts available. However, businesses operating in these locations usually make a profit, so who would be foolish enough to sublease such a profitable storefront?

  As for meeting the last two conditions, no matter how hard Wu Mou looked for this kind of Feng Shui shop, he couldn't find even one.

  Helpless, he finally walked into a brokerage firm under Yan Jing's suggestion.

  "Boss, I'm looking for a storefront with a good location and enough space," Wu Zheng said, his eyes darting around before adding, "We're renting this storefront to do charity work, helping those poor kids and destitute people, so we need a discount on the price. Of course, if you want to accumulate some virtue, giving it to us for free would be great, I'm sure good deeds will bring good rewards, and those poor kids and destitute people will all thank you."

  Wu Zhengxie thought that this statement was absolutely correct, and if someone with a little bit of conscience heard these words, although it's not free, but giving an 80% discount on the price is definitely no problem.

  Only.

  "The kind of shopfront you're talking about, we have a suite registered here that's in a great location. It's next to the intersection of Songlin Street and Sanjiao Road, just across the street from the second entrance of Jiu Chang Pedestrian Street. The foot traffic is absolutely no problem."

  As for the area, the original store was selling sportswear and had a very good business, with monthly income of over several million! The area is moderate, with 236.5 square meters, because the company above them went bankrupt recently, so it was transferred out.

  The price can't be lower, the transfer fee is 800,000 and the monthly rent is 100,000! Not a single cent less.

  "We are just agents, not the landlord of this shop nor the one who wants to transfer it, you think about it."

  Upon hearing the figures of 800,000 and 100,000 per month, Wu Zhengyi's eyes widened in shock. "Is that a mistake? It's so expensive?"

  "Expensive?" A young man of about twenty-seven or eight, who was the middleman, looked at Wu Zhengye in shock and said, "Have you investigated the market? If it weren't for this shop being urgently transferred, the transfer fee would be over ten million! Now eighty million is already very cheap."

  Upon hearing this, Wu Zheng couldn't help but take a deep breath and said, "I'm telling you, friend, can I go talk to the transferor and lessor in person? I believe my sincerity will move them."

  "Alright!" The young intermediary smiled strangely, "You're renting this shop for public welfare and charity, right? Then pay me the agency fee first, as soon as you pay the agency fee, I'll give you their phone number immediately."

  "How much is this brokerage fee?" Wu Zhengxie made a bitter face, he felt that in this society, the only thing that was recognized was money!

  "We're using this for public welfare and charity, can you give us a discount on the intermediary fee?"

  The young intermediary nodded slightly, "Alright, I'll give you a 9.9% discount with my greatest effort, so the intermediary fee will be 2.97 million for you."

  "What?" Wu Zhengxie immediately jumped up, "You didn't calculate wrong? It's not 29.7 yuan, but 297,000 yuan?"

  Seeing Wu Zhengxie's startled and deceitful appearance, the young intermediary's eyebrows also slightly furrowed. In his eyes, this guy Wu Zhengxie was a bit neurotic!

  "You didn't mishear, this is still the discounted price," the young agent explained with a frown. "To be honest with you, for rentals like this storefront, if we rent it to an individual to sell clothing or something similar, our agency only charges one month's rent as commission, which is 100,000 yuan. But you're using it for an office for a non-profit charity organization, so it's not for private use, but rather public use. Therefore, we need to charge three months' rent, which is 300,000 yuan. My maximum ability is to give you a 9.9% discount, and that's already saved you 30,000 yuan."

  "What kind of logic is this?" Wu Zhengxie's eyebrows were tightly furrowed, "We are a privately-run public welfare charity organization, not a government-run one. Moreover, we are using our own money to do charity work, the government hasn't donated a single cent. Isn't this private? On what basis are you charging us according to the government's rates?"

  When Wu Zhengyi said this, the young intermediary sneered coldly, "Now you are using your own money to do charity, but in the future, you will have to face society and fundraise, won't you?"

  "This is of course!" As soon as the words came out, Wu Zhengyi immediately felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't take back what he had said.