The situation becomes sour

The entire office went silent.

Zhu Xiuqin was in disbelief. "They must be talking about something else."

They had had a fruitful discussion earlier on and insisted that the increment of rental fees was inevitable. But now that there had been a call like that, it made them feel like things weren't as expected.

Liu Guoqiang remained silent. Then, he asked the employee to leave the room. He looked at Zhu Xiuqin. "What do you think of this?"

Zhu Xiuqin frowned. "I think we have to discuss this matter again. At the same time, we should get the promotions department to call every single one of the potential shop owners and tell them that the increment in visitor flow isn't related to Master Lin's shop at all. It is due to an increase in the number of residents."