Chapter 354: Elegant Garden
“What’s wrong? Did I say sothing incorrect?”
Qin Yanan noticed Tang Feng seed unhappy and instantly beca anxious.
“No, what you said was right.”
Tang Feng forced a smile, “But I can’t co up with that much cash right now. How about this, we can change the cooperation model.”
“Let’s hear it.” Qin Yanan propped her cheek with one hand while sipping from her cup with the other.
“I’ll contribute my expertise for shares, and you’ll contribute Ya Garden for shares, and we each hold fifty percent of the shares. How about that?” Tang Feng proposed, feeling the suggestion was quite fair.
Given his current fa and ability, he was definitely worth that much.
But to his surprise, Qin Yanan imdiately shook her head, “No, that distribution isn’t fair.”
“Then you suggest a fair ratio.” Tang Feng thought she felt her share was too small, which is why she objected to the distribution ratio.
Contrary to his assumption, Qin Yanan had a different idea, “You’re now the signboard of Ya Garden—I can’t take advantage of you. Let’s do this—you take Ya Garden for shares, and I’ll hold a ten percent share, with the remaining ninety percent yours.”
Tang Feng was speechless for a long ti after hearing the distribution ratio she proposed.
When other people do business, they always try to get as much as they can.
But this woman is the opposite—she thinks she has too much and voluntarily gives up forty percent.
He couldn’t understand her logic.
“Mrs. Nan, this is too big a loss for you…”
He wanted to persuade her further, but Qin Yanan raised her hand to stop him, “It’s settled then. If you keep talking nonsense, I won’t even take the ten percent.”
Tang Feng was helpless. What kind of situation was this?
Both parties in the cooperation thought they had too much and wanted to give so away.
If this got out, it’d probably make a lot of people laugh their heads off, wouldn’t it?
“Boss Tang, Ya Garden will be yours from now on. You can do whatever you want with it; I won’t interfere,” Qin Yanan said, looking relieved as if she had shed a burden.
“Actually, I’ve always had an idea,” Tang Feng imdiately stepped into the boss’s role.
“Oh, so you’ve been plotting to usurp the throne,” Qin Yanan joked, then asked curiously, “What idea? Let hear it.”
Tang Feng shared his thoughts, “Most of the antique shops on the market do not guarantee authentic items. The consequences of buying fakes fall entirely on the custors. This bars many custors who know nothing about antiques from entering; it’s all hidden loss.”
“You an, you want to promise custors one hundred percent authentic items?” Qin Yanan, being wealthy herself, quickly grasped his intentions.
“Exactly, if I could promise one hundred percent authentic items, with a tenfold refund for fakes, do you think it would work?” Tang Feng finished, looking at her expectantly.
Qin Yanan pondered for a mont, “If it were soone else, I might think they’re daydreaming. But if it’s you, I think there’s a lot of potential.”
“Why?” Tang Feng beca curious.
“Because other appraisers wouldn’t dare to guarantee a one hundred percent accuracy rate. Just one mistake could bankrupt them. But with your appraisal skills, you could do it,” Qin Yanan provided her reasoning.
“So, you support doing this?”
“Don’t ask . You’re now the big boss of Ya Garden. If you think it’s feasible, just go for it. Besides, even if you lose, it’ll be your biggest loss.”
Qin Yanan had already dissociated herself from the matter, finally understanding what it ant to be without an official burden.
Supported by her, Tang Feng felt even more motivational, “Mrs. Nan, I’ll take good care of Ya Garden, you just relax. I’ll make it grow and strengthen it, striving to break out of Zhonghai and expand into South Yue Province as soon as possible.”
Seeing his spirited deanor, a maternal smile appeared on Qin Yanan’s face, “Now that you’re the big boss of the antique shop, it’s no longer suitable to call it Ya Garden. What do you think about changing its na?”
Tang Feng thought her suggestion was reasonable, “Changing the na sounds good. But I’m not good at naming things. You co up with one.”
Qin Yanan hurriedly waved her hands off, “You’re the big boss, so of course you should na it.”
Tang Feng then pondered for a mont, “Then we’ll call it Tang Feng’s Antique Shop.”
He thought this na was particularly unique; “Tang Feng’s,” followed by “Antique Shop,” was quite witty.
But Qin Yanan rolled her eyes, “Don’t you have any culture? It’s an antique shop, rember? It needs elegance, understand?”
Tang Feng felt a ten-thousand-point hit to his confidence and pondered again before his eyes lit up, “How about Treasure Gathering Antique Shop? Elegant enough, right? Gathering treasures from all around the world, haha.”
No sooner had he felt proud of himself than Qin Yanan knocked on his head with her chopsticks, “Isn’t that vulgar? It sounds like sothing a nouveau riche would na.”
Tang Feng imdiately felt deflated, “I told you I’m not good at naming. You insisted, so you co up with a na that is both elegant and catchy.”
Qin Yanan also felt that it was a bit harsh to ask him, a person with only secondary education, to co up with a na.
She thought for a mont then gave a na, “How about Elegant Garden then?”
“Elegant Garden? That sounds pretty average too. If you didn’t know better, you’d think it was a tea house,” Tang Feng rembered her previous ridicule and retaliated.
Qin Yanan picked up her chopsticks, threatening to hit him again.
Tang Feng hurriedly dodged to the side, “Alright, alright, whatever you say goes. Isn’t that fine?”
Qin Yanan then relented and explained the aning behind the na, “Since we’re both opening the shop together, I took your ‘Feng’ character and my ‘Ya’ character to make ‘Elegant Garden,’ see?”
“Shouldn’t it be ‘Fengya Garden’ then?”
“Isn’t it just for a fluent look?”
“I think the ‘Feng’ character is fine; the ‘Ya’ character should be changed. Change it to include the grass radical, making it ‘蕥’, which is more fluent,” Tang Feng, fearing she didn’t know the character, dipped his finger in water and wrote it down on the table.
“Why?” Qin Yanan’s brain was foggy with alcohol and couldn’t quite follow.
“Because, soday, Feng will definitely ‘艹’ (dominate) ‘Ya’ (雅, aning elegant),” Tang Feng stated his reason.
Qin Yanan tipped her head as she thought for a long ti, then suddenly beca furious.
“Tang Feng, are you asking for it?!”
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