Becoming Rich with Daily Scavenging APP

The fruit market prices in the entire Jin City have been fluctuating for almost a week.

But with Chen Yiyang dispatching Zhou Jianjun and Natasha to take action simultaneously,

the situation has improved a lot.

The most favorable evidence is that the lowest sneaky buying price in the intelligence Chen Yiyang received today has increased significantly.

Once it rises a bit more, and there's no longer a profit margin for sneaky buys, the entire market will return to normal.

Chen Yiyang will also be able to regularly receive various sneaky buying intelligence.

However, he has been quite busy during this time.

One part of his time is spent joining the Luzon dehydrated vegetable factory.

The other part is taking over the Silk Art Gallery.

After submitting the transfer paperwork for the Silk Art Gallery, Chen Yiyang drove there alone.

He wanted to see what he could do with the place he would own in the future. It wouldn't make sense to buy it and leave it vacant.

"Boss Chen is very young." The person in charge of receiving Chen Yiyang was an elderly lady in her sixties.

"What may I call you?" Chen Yiyang politely asked.

"My surname is Xie, and my full name is Xie Yun."

"Hello, Sister Xie." Chen Yiyang couldn't possibly call a sixty-something lady by her full name.

"Did you work here before, Sister Xie?" Chen Yiyang followed her into the gallery, curiously asking.

"I used to be the curator here." Sister Xie took out a key and opened the gallery door, explaining as she led Chen Yiyang on a tour.

"I retired here as well. Shortly after I retired, the gallery was emptied and closed, supposedly for rent.

There were many inquiries at the time, and I was the one who received them. Several parties were interested, but I don't know why the decision was ultimately made not to rent it out."

Initial thoughts led Chen Yiyang to believe Sister Xie had been rehired. Unexpectedly, she was volunteering to watch over the gallery.

One must admit, though, this venue is beautifully constructed, with great artistic value.

The whole venue is divided into two floors. The first floor is spacious, with over 2,000 square meters, suitable for setting up a gym or an internet café.

The second floor is relatively narrower, with an area of just over 500 square meters.

"What were people planning to do with this place before?" Chen Yiyang asked curiously.

"I remember a few groups quite well." Sister Xie adjusted her glasses and said.

"One group was several young women planning to open a gym. But their budget was limited, so they could only rent the first floor.

Another group was suit-and-tie businessmen wanting to establish an academic center, but they required government assistance for promotion.

One group asked if people could live here, intending to convert it into a guesthouse.

There was also an inquiry about renting only the second floor as office space."

After speaking, Sister Xie handed Chen Yiyang a small notebook.

When he opened it, it contained the contact details of the people she mentioned earlier.

"You're very considerate." Chen Yiyang quickly expressed his gratitude.

"Mainly, I'm idle at home anyway; after being busy for half my life, suddenly having nothing to do feels odd."

"If we rent it out in the future and I ask you to manage it and keep an eye on the place, would you be willing?"

"I can't handle anything too complicated, but I can just come and sit here," Sister Xie quickly replied.

After touring the entire gallery, Chen Yiyang had a fair idea of his plans.

The gallery is indeed large enough. If the rent is slightly lower, there's really no worry about finding tenants.

The government previously left it idle, probably due to internal concerns that affordable rent would lead to accusations of rent-seeking.

But if sold, the proceeds wouldn't cover the original construction costs.

Caught in a dilemma, they hastily handed it over to Huang Yuqiu to handle.

Huang Yuqiu could see that buying this place wasn't completely unprofitable. However, the small rental income didn't interest him, and the payback period was too long. So he planned to sell it cheaply to someone else.

Then Chen Yiyang appeared, fittingly allowing Huang to swap it for Chen Yiyang's Spanish Silver Coin.

After touring the entire gallery, Chen Yiyang had a plan.

Transforming this place into an internet café requires major rewiring. It's more convenient to set it up as a gym. Most equipment in a gym doesn't require electricity; just move it in and it's ready to use.

So the first floor could be considered for renting to the gym group.

No rush to lease the second floor, as the space is smaller. Once Xu Qing's studio's game is released and makes money, I could persuade Liu Mei, Xu Qing, and others to formally establish a gaming studio and create new games.

This way, the entire second floor could be leased to Liu Mei's game studio, keeping resources within the family.

Moreover, Chen Yiyang could use the rental income to cash out the studio's profit shares.

Since the gallery isn't large, there's no need to hire additional property management. A few cleaners and signing contracts with some maintenance companies can keep the gallery running smoothly.

Mrs. Xie can help Chen Yiyang with these miscellaneous tasks. Since she has just reached retirement age, there's no need to pay for her insurance and benefits; just a monthly salary will do.

Once Xu Qing's studio moves in, Chen Yiyang can get insights into the gallery's daily operations from Xu Qing.

So, Chen Yiyang made a phone call to those interested in opening a gym to see if they were still willing to set up there.

Once the girls heard that this gallery was going into private hands and that there would be lease concessions, they immediately expressed their desire to discuss it further with Chen Yiyang.

So that evening, Chen Yiyang arranged to meet them to talk.

The discussion went very smoothly. They were willing to sign a three-year lease and could pay the first year's rent in full up front.

For the following two years, they opted to pay every six months. With this payment method, in the first year, Chen Yiyang would receive a rent of one million, and in the second and third years, sixty thousand would be paid every six months.

After finalizing everything with them, Chen Yiyang called Zhang Yida, who had returned to Shanghai, to help draft the contract.

Once the gallery's ownership officially transferred to Chen Yiyang, it could be seamlessly rented out.

From the first year's rent, Chen Yiyang chose to set aside about two hundred thousand for the gallery, more than enough to cover its maintenance expenses for the year.

The remaining eight hundred thousand would be his pure profit.

At night.

Chen Yiyang arranged to play ball with Chang Yuning at the hot springs club.

The two played an underwater basketball game amid the steam of the hot springs.

Experiencing this kind of basketball for the first time, Chen Yiyang noted.

In this environment, scoring was a bit more challenging than in a regular game.

However, the feel of the ball was very good.

Unlike ordinary basketball games, where their skin would dry up, affecting their touch, here it remained comfortable.

Nor did they need to change the bed sheets in order to sleep again, due to them getting wet post-game.

"What have you been up to these days?" After losing on the court, Chang Yuning asked as Chen Yiyang carried her to the bed.

"Didn't you say last time that your girlfriends had their eyes on a gallery, wanting to open a gym? Well, I bought that gallery, and I plan to let your girlfriends rent it."

"Aha, learned how to sell me a dream, huh?" Chang Yuning said with a playful smile, staring at Chen Yiyang. "If you really bought that gallery, I'd invest some money in that gym. I'll be your inside agent. If they make a good profit, you can just raise their rent."

"Being an inside agent would indeed be a good choice," Chen Yiyang remarked, rubbing his chin, somewhat intrigued.

But on second thought.

This girl hasn't even paid back what she owes me, where would she get the money to invest in a gym?

So he playfully slapped Chang Yuning's butt. "Seems like you're selling me dreams. Where would you get the money to invest?"

"Recently, I've met a few moms with kids. They want to train their daughters' posture but worry that sending them to dance lessons might damage their lumbar spine.

So I recommended them to let me teach the kids yoga and posture training. This way, they needn't worry about dance causing problems with their spine or feet. If that works out, I can run some part-time classes and double my monthly income."

The mention of dance instantly made Chen Yiyang think of doing the splits.

So he held up one of Chang Yuning's legs and started lifting it slowly.

"Wait, what are you doing?" Chang Yuning realized what Chen Yiyang was up to.

But it was already too late.

The halftime break was over, and the second half of the game began.

Happy days lasted several days.

The price fluctuations in the local fruit market triggered by Linghui Juice began to gradually stabilize.

Although the overall market hadn't returned to its former state, it was clear that major fruit growers were no longer rushing to sell off their fruit. They were willing to let the fruit stay on the trees for a few more days rather than hastily finding buyers.

After all, the market's news had been too chaotic lately.

At one moment, it was said Linghui was going to cut production, and the next, it was rumored that Linghui was going bankrupt.

Then two groups emerged, one claiming to represent Tuoshi Produce Factory to purchase fruit. Despite verification calls confirming they were indeed from Tuoshi, they insisted on acquiring even non-compliant fruit.

Something seemed off.

The other group was even more bizarre: two businessmen from Russia shouting about wanting to buy fruit, offering a deposit as soon as a verbal agreement was made.

In this scenario, fruit traders who would usually act quickly were lowering the prices as if expecting that the fruits wouldn't sell.

But ancient farmers possessed wisdom passed down through millennia.

When faced with an incomprehensible situation, they exercised patience.

After all, as long as the fruit remains unpicked, it can be stored for a few extra days. Better to wait for the market to calm down.

In this situation, Secretary Wang happily called Chen Yiyang, informing him that he had passed the selection for the Top Ten Youth, and told him to prepare to receive the award soon.

Chen Yiyang took the opportunity to mention inviting government representatives to the opening ceremony of his boutique store.

Secretary Wang assured that some members of the local calligraphy and painting association would attend to congratulate Chen Yiyang.