Only after being reborn did I realize how fascinating the world of the rich is.

Miao Bingkun was overjoyed and quickly asked, "How much money can you invest? This boxing gym is quite large. When it was built, our boss invested a full 500,000!"

Li Xiaofeng thought for a moment and said in a calm tone, "I don't have much money on hand right now. I can only invest one million at most. If you want me to continue investing, you'll have to wait until I have more money!"

Miao Bingkun was overjoyed and nodded quickly, saying, "Great! This money is enough!"

Li Xiaofeng smiled and said in a calm tone, "Don't be too happy yet. This amount of money is actually not very generous. The layout of the venue needs to be renovated, and we also need to purchase a lot of fitness equipment."

Furthermore, this money is needed to get through the initial period of market downturn until the gym becomes profitable and self-sufficient!

Miao Bingkun nodded excitedly again, and said with some relief, "That's great, at least we can pay back the rent we owe the landlord!"

Li Xiaofeng frowned slightly and asked with some doubt, "Do you and your boss jointly invest in and operate this business?"

"No, where would I get the money to invest? I'm just helping the boss manage the business!"

"Are you sick? Why should you pay for other people's money?"

"But the landlord lost several months' rent for no reason..."

Li Xiaofeng said with a face full of disdain: "No wonder you are so poor, you don't even have a penny in your pocket, yet you are worried about a landlord who owns such a large property. Are you sick?"

"You actually thought you could take my money to cover other people's debts? If you're really that generous, then you should give your salary to the landlord and starve yourself!"

"But what if we don't pay their rent and they refuse to rent to us?"

Li Xiaofeng sneered: "If they don't want me here, there are plenty of other places that will. I have a lot of money in my hands, where can't I rent a place? Why do I have to rent from them? Renting their place is giving them face, they have to smile and call me 'sir'!"

Do you know why your former boss could owe him several months' rent?

Do you think he's being kind and righteous?

It's because his space is so large that it's not easy to rent it out; it's normal for it to be vacant for three to five months!

He only kicked your former boss out because he couldn't afford the rent. I own more properties than him; if I couldn't even figure this out, what kind of business would I be in?

Miao Bingkun said with a somewhat forced smile, "Isn't doing business all about putting righteousness first and making money through harmony? You're not short of money, why are you being so petty with others!"

Li Xiaofeng sneered again: "Being petty? You think you know how to do business just because you've read a few entrepreneurs' autobiographies? Have you ever done business? You don't know anything! If you don't manage your finances, your finances won't manage you!"

Those so-called righteous merchants, Confucian merchants, Buddhist merchants, and Taoist merchants are just people spending money to gild their own image. Do you really think they do business that way? If you were to do business, you'd be dead without even knowing how you died!

There's an old saying that goes, "A kind heart cannot command an army, righteousness cannot manage wealth, and no business is without cunning." Let me tell you, it's already quite rare in the business world to do business like I do, without breaking the law!

Besides, my money didn't grow on trees, so why would I give it away so easily? I'm just rich, not stupid!

The landlord wants the previous rent back. Tell him to go talk to your former boss. The boss has changed, so I can't speak to him. Go and call the landlord over now; I'll talk to him first!

Soon, a bald, middle-aged man entered the boxing gym, smiling broadly, and asked, "Is that Mr. Li?"

"it's me!"

"Wow, I didn't expect Mr. Li to be so young! He's truly a promising young man!"

"I'm not going to waste my breath on you. I want to rent your space to open a gym. I'll sign a ten-year contract with you, pay the rent to you annually, and give me three months' rent for free. How about that?"

"Oh, give me three months' rent? Besides, Mr. Li, you don't know, that guy who ran the boxing gym already owes me several months' rent. If I give you another three months' rent, I'll be starving!"

"The past is the past, and the present is the present. Your previous landlord owed you rent, but I don't owe you any. What does this have to do with me? Are you going to rent or not? If you're not going to rent, I'll find another place!"

Li Xiaofeng turned to leave, but the bald middle-aged man quickly stopped him, smiling obsequiously, "Hey, Mr. Li, don't be so impulsive. Isn't business all about bargaining?"

"What, you're planning to teach me how to do business?"

"No, no, I wouldn't dare. How about this, there's still a lot of equipment left in this boxing gym, I'll give it all to you as a discount, okay?"

"You need to get this straight. I'm running a gym, not a boxing gym. This boxing gym has already gone out of business with you. Do you still want me to run a boxing gym? What use is this pile of junk to me? To give it to the junk collector by weight?"

"Let me tell you, if you want to rent this place to me, you'd better get rid of this pile of junk right now. I don't have anywhere to put it!"

The bald middle-aged man, looking utterly dejected, quickly pulled out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, took one out, and handed it to Li Xiaofeng.

Li Xiaofeng casually blocked the cigarette, shaking his head slightly and saying, "Thank you, I don't smoke!"

The bald middle-aged man sighed and said, "Alas, young brother, to be honest, business is tough these days. Let's compromise. I'll waive a month's rent for you and give you all the things in the boxing gym. What do you think?"

Li Xiaofeng sneered and said irritably, "This junk can cover two months' rent? Brother, since you know business is tough, you should understand that my business is much tougher than yours."

Let me tell you, stop arguing with me. I'll charge you half a month's rent for this pile of junk. To be honest, we're going to be doing this for a long time!

If you're going to be this unpleasant, I'll look for another place. Business is about harmony and making money, and I don't want to argue with you endlessly over trivial matters, ruining our fortune. This isn't just about renting a place anymore!

Hearing Li Xiaofeng's words, the bald middle-aged man looked dejected, but seeing that Li Xiaofeng seemed ready to leave at any moment, he could only helplessly say, "Alright, alright, half a month it is, it's better than buying junk!"

"After we sign the contract, how long will it take for you to transfer the money to me? I need the money urgently!"

At this point, Li Xiaofeng's complexion improved, and a smile appeared on his face.