Inside the Cold Dew Clothing store, Zuo Han quietly gazed into the distance.

There, the Celestial Fortune Clothing store was still open.

"Is the Celestial Fortune Clothing store still holding on?" Zuo Han said in a deep voice.

Since their shop opened until now, it's been over twenty days, and every day he has actually been spending money in the store.

Hiring so many people created a booming situation at the Cold Dew Clothing store, and the money was flowing out like water from his hands.

Even he felt a bit of heartache.

"Yes, President Zuo, there's nothing unusual over at the Celestial Fortune Clothing store," the middle-aged man said.

"It seems Qin Yun is still refusing to admit defeat and is holding on," Zuo Han mused slightly.

For more than half a month, the Celestial Fortune Clothing store and the Cold Dew Clothing store had both attracted a large number of customers as if they had taken over all the business on the street.

So far, the customer flow at the Celestial Fortune Clothing store had decreased slightly compared to before, but there were still many people compared to other clothing stores.

The prices of clothes in his store were set so low, and the styles were similar to those of the Celestial Fortune Clothing store. He didn't believe that many people would look at his low-priced clothes and not buy them but would instead go all the way to the Celestial Fortune Clothing store. Therefore, even if he didn't know the real situation of the Celestial Fortune Clothing store, judging from his own situation.

The losses he incurred each day were increasing, and Qin Yun's losses could only be greater.

At this moment, the middle-aged man's phone rang.

He answered the call, spoke a few words, and then hung up.

"President Zuo, there was just a call. One of Qin Yun's forty-square-meter clothing stores is preparing to close," the middle-aged man said.

"It seems they can't hold on any longer," upon hearing this, Zuo Han's face immediately showed a smile.

"To be able to hold on for so long under the pressure of Cold Dew Clothing, Qin Yun is quite capable,"

Cold Dew Clothing actually suppressed some other stores as well, most of which only lasted a few days, not daring to oppose Cold Dew Clothing, and closed shop early.

"This one is just the beginning; I estimate other shops will follow suit and close,"

As Zuo Han said, not even an hour later, Qin Yun's second Celestial Fortune Clothing store also contacted the landlord to prepare to terminate the lease, followed by the third, fourth...

"However, it's not that easy for them to terminate the lease," Zuo Han smiled and said.

After Qin Yun contacted those landlords, the landlords who previously agreed to terminate the lease suddenly changed their minds and were unwilling to terminate.

Not just one shop, six in total were like this.

"Oh, Boss Qin, you agreed to terminate the lease? But now I don't have anything urgent anymore, so I can't terminate it," the landlord, Lin Daqiang, shook his head and said.

Upon hearing this, Qin Yun's face looked grim, and he said, "Boss Lin, didn't you always say you wanted to terminate the lease before? Even came to the store to make a scene."

"Things change,"

Lin Daqiang smiled and said, "You can find someone to transfer it."

"I can ask for a bit less," Qin Yun seemed to ponder for a moment, attempting to say.

"I really can't terminate it," Lin Daqiang said with a hearty smile.

His words left Qin Yun and Qin Lu looking unhappy.

"Yun, it seems these were all arranged by Cold Dew Clothing." Seeing Lin Daqiang leave, Qin Lu said angrily.

These landlords were also aware of the competition between the two clothing stores, but they had long been bought by Cold Dew Clothing; Celestial Fortune Clothing would collapse sooner or later, and they were not afraid to offend Qin Yun.

"Of course, it was arranged by them,"

Qin Yun nodded, his face returning to calm.

"What do we do now?" Qin Lu couldn't help but ask.

After pondering slightly, Qin Yun said, "Close all six small stores and sublease them."

Qin Lu understood Qin Yun's idea and said nothing more.

Now that Qin Yun had bought the shops outright, with the old stores closing, everything needed to be moved into the new stores.

After closing six stores, Qin Yun arrived at the large Celestial Fortune Clothing store in the commercial street.

Although the clothing store still had a substantial customer flow at this time, the faces of the staff inside were all worried.

"During this period, Cold Dew Clothing has constantly been suppressing our store, and it's uncertain how much longer we can hold out,"

"The boss is so nice; he pays such high salaries and even provides us with social security and comprehensive benefits. We really don't want the store to close,"

"What can we hope for? Cold Dew Clothing is such a large group; how can our store be its opponent? Even the store manager, Zhang Yiyi, has left the store and gone to Cold Dew Clothing,"

"I have a friend at the small store; she just sent me a message saying the small store has closed, and they're starting to move things out."

...

These shop assistants discussed, worried about the store.

With so much time passing, they definitely knew about their store's competition with Cold Dew Clothing, and a simple search online would reveal the general situation of Cold Dew Clothing.

Such a large chain clothing brand group coming to suppress their store, how could they possibly hold on? It was just a matter of how long they could last.

They worried about the store, but in reality, they worried more about their future jobs.

Once the store closed, they would have to find a new job, and other clothing stores, in terms of salary and benefits, fell far short compared to Celestial Fortune Clothing.

"Alright, no gossiping during work hours," the store manager, Zhou Jinlan, said with a frown.

Immediately, the shop employees dared not say much more.

After speaking, Zhou Jinlan looked toward the entrance and hurriedly went to greet them.

"President Qin."

She looked at Qin Yun, but in fact, she was also very worried about her future job.

After all, she was very satisfied with her work here.

Qin Yun nodded to her, then waited a bit, and within a few minutes, a middle-aged man walked into the store.

This middle-aged man was the landlord.

"Boss Qin, do you want to terminate the lease?" the landlord, Boss Liu, asked.

"Ah, Boss Liu, if I don't, I won't even be able to pay the salaries," Qin Yun shook his head and sighed, pretending to be very troubled.

Now that he had prepared everything, he wasn't exposed yet, and he was eagerly anticipating Zuo Han's reaction when he discovered that all twelve stores would be opening near Cold Dew Clothing.

As for now, let Zuo Han be happy for a little while.

"Boss Qin, you already know my previous stance; I do not agree to terminate the lease."

After negotiating for quite a while, the landlord, Boss Liu, remained unwilling to agree.

On the side, store manager Zhou Jinlan and others, upon hearing their conversation, fell even deeper into despair.

"Has President Qin reached the end of the road?"

Previously, she admired Qin Yun a lot, but under the pressure of Cold Dew Clothing, Qin Yun was already preparing to close the clothing store.

The negotiation failed, and the landlord left. Qin Yun did not wait for anything but instructed Zhou Jinlan to close the shop and suspend operations.

In the clothing store, more than twenty employees stood together, no longer with smiles on their faces.

"The clothing store is really going to close,"

"If it closes, I don't know where I'll work next,"

"Same here."

Over twenty people spoke softly, creating a somewhat noisy atmosphere.

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