novelraw Chapter 454 : Unexpected_ My Face is Worth 50,000 Yuan
Chapter 454 : Unexpected_ My Face is Worth 50,000 Yuan
Chapter 454: Unexpected: My Face is Worth 50,000 Yuan
"Is it about business?" Su Ruochu asked softly.
"Yes. I'm planning to set up a new company and want to check out some office buildings," Chen Fan replied.
Su Ruochu thought for a moment and shook her head.
"It wouldn't be appropriate for me to go, would it?"
Chen Fan smiled, "What's inappropriate about it? You're my girlfriend."
Su Ruochu still shook her head, "I need to study. You should go by yourself."
Chen Fan tried to persuade her a couple more times, but seeing that Su Ruochu was genuinely not interested, he didn't insist further.
"Alright, I'll go then. I was planning to make you some soup for lunch, but it looks like that won't happen now."
Su Ruochu smiled gently: "You've been fattening me up these days!"
Chen Fan laughed: "That's not called fat, it should be called beautifully plump!"
Su Ruochu pouted: "Hmph. You really do think I'm fat."
Chen Fan: "Sorry, sorry, I take back what I just said."
"With your height, 50 kilograms is considered fat? If you're considered fat, how are other girls supposed to live?"
"Miss, can you leave some confidence for other girls to survive?"
Su Ruochu was amused and then glared at Chen Fan.
"You pass. Go early and come back early, okay?"
"Yes, ma'am!"
The place Guo Wendong found was located in the Hongyun district of Yunhai.
This area was nicknamed Yunhai's Silicon Valley, as most companies had set up their headquarters or branch offices here.
Firstly, the location was convenient for transportation and in a prime area. Secondly, many business owners wanted to capitalize on the auspicious name of Hongyun when opening their companies.
The building Guo Wendong had his eye on was a newly constructed office building from two years ago.
The entire building was 33 stories high, making it one of the tallest buildings in Yunhai.
Since Yunhai wasn't a first-tier city or an economically active region, even after two years, most of the floors in this building remained vacant, with an occupancy rate of less than 50%.
Chen Fan met up with Guo Wendong at the bottom of the building.
As soon as they met, Guo Wendong got straight to the point: "The place I've chosen is on the 9th floor, about 1,000 square meters."
"Isn't that too big?" Chen Fan didn't comment, just said, "Let's go up and take a look first."
After going upstairs, Chen Fan found that it was indeed quite nice.
Reception, office area, common activity area, conference room... it had all the necessary functions.
Most importantly, most of the office equipment here was ready to use and looked brand new.
Chen Fan couldn't help but look at Guo Wendong.
"Does this place come with decorations?"
Guo Wendong smiled and explained: "This floor was originally rented by a company in the service trade, but later the company couldn't continue operations and couldn't even pay the rent, so they left all this equipment behind to offset the debt."
"I've observed that everything here is very complete. We just need to purchase some additional items to supplement, and we can basically start working right away."
Chen Fan walked around in a circle and nodded.
"It's really not bad."
"How much is the rent?"
"The owner is asking for 180,000 yuan."
Chen Fan raised an eyebrow.
"That's too high."
"They're really treating Yunhai like a first-tier city. It's no wonder they can't rent it out at this price."
"What do you think of this place?" Guo Wendong tried asking.
Chen Fan nodded: "The place is quite good. But we still need to negotiate the price."
A few minutes later, the two of them sat in the office discussing the rent issue with a staff member.
The staff member insisted on 180,000 yuan per year, refusing to budge. There was no flexibility in his work attitude, which made Chen Fan very irritated.
Seeing Chen Fan frowning, Guo Wendong thought to himself, this doesn't look good, it might fall through.
Unexpectedly, at that moment, a chubby man in a suit passed by the door. Chen Fan glanced over, his expression showing a hint of surprise.
"Director Liu?"
"Hm?"
The chubby man stopped in his tracks, looking inside with confusion. When he saw Chen Fan, his face immediately lit up with joy.
"Oh! Isn't this Brother Chen!"
Saying this, the chubby man walked in and shook hands with Chen Fan very enthusiastically.
"What brings Brother Chen to my humble abode today?"
Chen Fan was a bit surprised: "This is your company?"
"Yes, didn't I introduce it to you last time?"
"Look at my memory."
Chen Fan laughed exaggeratedly, but in reality, he had no recollection at all.
In recent days, with the opening of the club, especially as the private bamboo grove clubhouse gained a good reputation among Yunhai's wealthy businessmen, almost all business owners in Yunhai were scrambling to get a Medal Club supreme card.
Unfortunately, the supreme card's screening process was too strict, so a bunch of businessmen started trying to buy diamond or gold cards instead.
In short, they all wanted to squeeze into this circle.
For business people, everyone defaulted to a principle: you can only do business in a certain circle if you're part of that circle.
Just like how billionaires' friend circles are usually other billionaires, small business owners mostly know other small business owners.
Who doesn't want their business to reach the next level?
Chen Fan's identity as the club's behind-the-scenes boss might be mysterious to ordinary people, but it wasn't impossible for some people to find out.
Moreover, Chen Fan's main purpose in designing this clubhouse was to expand his network.
Last week, the club held a business salon, inviting a group of gold and diamond card members to participate.
Chen Fan attended for the first time in his capacity as the owner, meeting many business owners.
This Director Liu was one of them.
Of course, judging from Director Liu's physique, it was clear he wasn't someone who loved exercising. The reason he bought a VIP gold card was for the club's powerful network value.
Director Liu turned to the staff member beside him and scolded: "Chen Fan is here and you don't even know to bring some good tea? What have I been teaching you? Do you not want this job anymore?"
Chen Fan smiled and raised his hand to interrupt: "Director Liu, you're too kind. Actually, I didn't come to visit today, I came to look at the office space."
"You see, I'm setting up a new company, and I happened to be interested in Director Liu's office building here."
"Oh?"
The chubby man looked surprised and turned to ask the staff member.
"Which floor did Mr. Chen take an interest in?"
"The... the 9th floor."
The chubby man immediately laughed heartily: "Brother Chen, that's a great floor! You have good taste."
Chen Fan nodded with a smile, then jokingly teased:
"The floor is nice, but Director Liu, isn't the rent a bit too expensive?"
"180,000 yuan a year, that's almost as much as office buildings in some big cities..."
Director Liu immediately looked at the staff member, who carefully explained:
"Because the 9th floor includes a full set of office equipment..."
Director Liu quickly caught on.
"Brother Chen, the people downstairs don't know how to do things properly. If I had known you were coming, you should have given me a call."
"Old Liu here has always been straightforward in doing business. Brother Chen, I like your style. How about this, we'll reduce the rent by 50,000 yuan, making it 130,000 yuan a year. And the first three months will be rent-free."
"How's that?"
Chen Fan laughed, thinking to himself, "I didn't expect my face to be worth 50,000 yuan."
"Director Liu is really generous in doing business, no wonder you're so successful."
"It's settled then."
"You see, Brother Chen is decisive. Let me tell you, renting my office building will absolutely not give you any problems."
"If you have any troubles in the future, you can come to me anytime."
Chen Fan smiled and cupped his hands, "Thank you very much then."
Suddenly, the chubby man smiled and held Chen Fan's hand, saying, "Hehe, Brother Chen, you see how accommodating I've been. How about you do me a small favor in return?"