Chapter 691 You will be eliminated by society sooner or later
Manager Li and Cao Yang took Su Xing and three other girls to visit empty offices on several floors.
While walking around, Manager Li introduced the entire building to the girls, including security, supporting facilities, etc., as well as which well-known companies have offices here.
I have to say that the environment of this building is really good. The design of the building is reasonable, the interior space is spacious and bright, and each floor is kept clean and tidy by the cleaning staff.
There is also a cafeteria area in the building, where employees from various companies can apply for meal cards. There is also a gym on one floor, and the price for card applications for employees in the building is very favorable.
After they had finished their general tour, Manager Li smiled and asked the three girls, "Ms. Su, Ms. Zhang, and Ms. Huang, what do you think?"
Su Xing hesitated for a moment and said, "I am satisfied with your office building as a whole, but the space in several offices is a bit large for us."
Zhang Xueyan, Huang Wenwen and Su Xing felt similarly.
Zhang Xueyan pushed her glasses up and said, "Yeah, it's a bit big."
Huang Wenwen nodded. "Yes, we only have three people at the moment. Once the studio is registered, we should recruit a few more employees. I estimate that there will be only seven or eight people at most."
Of the several office areas we just looked at, the smallest one can probably accommodate about twenty people.
Manager Li said: "One office area can be divided into several offices, such as the boss's office, department manager's office, employee's office, meeting room, etc. With such a partition layout, the number of people that can be accommodated will be much smaller."
The three girls also understood this truth, but they were still a little hesitant.
As the office space becomes larger, the cost also goes up, especially in a place like Beijing where every inch of land is valuable, rent is really a big expense.
Their studio hasn't even been registered yet, and it's still a long way from making a profit, so they can't invest too much in the early stages.
Cao Yang said, "I believe your company's performance will be good, sister-in-law. When you recruit more and more people, you will have to expand your office."
The corner of Su Xing's mouth twitched. For a moment, she couldn't tell whether Cao Yang was complimenting them or fooling them.
Zhang Xueyan and Huang Wenwen also glanced at Cao Yang.
"Uh..." Cao Yang also realized that what he said sounded a bit like a profiteer trying to sell goods. He said, "How about we go to another office building? But that place is a little farther than this one. If you walk from Peking University, it will take about five or six minutes longer than from here."
Su Xing said, “You can go and have a look.”
Just walking a few more minutes is nothing to them.
The few of them said goodbye to Manager Li and went downstairs.
The two office buildings were located in opposite directions of Peking University. Cao Yang drove the three girls there.
There was also a manager there who was called by Cao Yang to work overtime. He was a man in his forties, his surname was Shi.
Manager Shi received the four people with a smile and took them to visit several vacant office areas.
He wanted to show himself in front of Cao Yang, so he spoke a lot, but his main service target was Cao Yang. When he spoke to several young girls, there was a sense of "guidance" in his voice.
He heard that Su Xing and her friends were going to open a comics studio. He didn't know much about the industry and said, "It's a good thing for young people to start a business, but it's best to choose an industry with good prospects and down-to-earth."
Three girls: “…”
They all looked speechless.
However, before Su Xing and the other three could say anything, Cao Yang frowned and spoke in an unhappy tone.
"Manager Shi, you are getting old and your thinking is out of date. I think you still need to learn more new things and strive to improve yourself. Otherwise, if you are rigid in thinking and stagnate, you will be eliminated by society sooner or later."
He needs to report this to the group's HR department and ask them to transfer a younger, more active and less weird manager to manage the office building.
"Ah?" Manager Shi was a little confused. How did he make this young master unhappy?
Could it be that one of these girls is pursued by Master Cao? The prettiest one?
Cao Yang added: "Also, I'm not the one who wants to rent the office. Your clients are these young ladies. Why don't you serve your clients well? Why do you always introduce things to me?"
Manager Shi smiled and said, "Yes, yes, I'm sorry, ladies. I'll take you to have another look."
Su Xing said calmly: "I have seen enough, let's stop here today."
Zhang Xueyan and Huang Wenwen also said that they would stop here for now.
Cao Yang didn't look at Manager Shi again, and left the office building with Su Xing and the other three girls.
The four of them got into the car, and Cao Yang's face still didn't look very good.
He felt that he had lost all face.
"Sister-in-law, if you have any favorite areas here, just continue to rent. Don't bother with Manager Shi. If he is not competent for the position here, I will have him transferred away."
Su Xing quickly said, "No need to do that."
She didn't want to ruin someone's career because of them, especially since the other person was at an age when he was most likely to face a career crisis.
Manager Shi probably didn't think much of these young girls and thought their so-called entrepreneurship was a waste of time.
Many people have this stereotype about young girls, and they don't care what insignificant people think.
Zhang Xueyan said: "I observed some of the companies in this office building, and found that most of them are from traditional service industries such as law firms, accounting firms, and educational institutions."
Huang Wenwen also said: "The previous office building had many technology companies, new media companies, etc., which were relatively younger."
Su Xing also discovered what they were talking about.
Cao Yang added: "If you are not satisfied with the vacant offices in these two office buildings, I will call my friends to see if there are any suitable offices nearby."
Su Xing said, "No, let's just use the previous office building. I think the office on the 26th floor is pretty good. Although the area is a little larger than we expected, as you said, maybe it won't be long before we have more employees, and then we won't have to bother expanding the office."
Cao Yang immediately smiled, revealing his big white teeth, "I think it's okay, sister-in-law is still the most courageous!"
He immediately sent a message to Manager Li, asking her to prepare the contract, and gave Su Xing and the others an extremely favorable price.
Manager Li gave him an "OK" gesture, indicating that she would take care of it.
When the four of them returned to the office building they had been in before, Manager Li had already printed the contract.
Su Xing and the other three girls were very surprised when they saw the rent on the contract.
Zhang Xueyan and Huang Wenwen exchanged glances but said nothing.
Su Xing looked at Cao Yang and said, "Isn't your discount... a bit too big?"
Cao Yang pretended to be angry and said, "What's so great about that? Sister-in-law, please stop looking down on me. Based on our friendship, it's only right that I do it for free! If you still don't agree to my asking for money, then you really look down on me, sister-in-law!"
Isn't his life worth this little rent?
After hearing what Cao Yang had said, Su Xing stopped refusing and signed the contract happily.
The lease term is three years, but the rent can be paid annually.
She accepted Cao Yang's favor.
But she won't keep taking advantage of you forever. She will wait until three years later to adjust the contract.