Rent Hike (62 episodes) - AllShorts
A lifestyle plaza operated for twelve years suddenly faces a crisis when seven landlords band together to inflate the rent, attempting to hold Xu Guoqiang…
A lifestyle plaza operated for twelve years suddenly faces a crisis when seven landlords band together to inflate the rent, attempting to hold Xu Guoqiang hostage with their storefronts. Level-headedly calculating the pros and cons, Xu Guoqiang abandons the old location to start afresh. Rival He Jianjun takes over the original site, continuously exerting pressure through supply chains, wages, and pricing. Xu Guoqiang streamlines team roles and responsibilities, leads small shops in joint procurement to break through the blockade, and stabilizes the new store's operations. Behind rounds of commercial warfare, figures pulling the strings emerge from the shadows, gradually unearthing a twelve-year-old score.