Siheyuan: The Idiot in Charge

Chapter 128 Chinese Tour

The next day, morning.

Jia Weidong and Lou Zhenhua came to the Chinese Bank Building under the guidance of Shi Xingyue.

Along the way, with Shi Xingyue's introduction, Jia Weidong also learned more about this building.

Chinese Bank Building.

This is the first office building invested by Chinese businessmen in Hong Kong Central.

The building is located in Queen's Road, Central, Hong Kong Island, with a strategic location. The famous Far Eastern Club was established here.

There is a story behind why the building is called the Chinese Bank Building.

Before the 70s, foreign businessmen still occupied a dominant position in Hong Kong, and they looked down on Chinese businessmen from the bottom of their hearts.

Before the building was built, the office buildings in Central were owned by foreigners, and the office buildings were occupied by foreign businessmen. The whole of Central is dominated by foreigners, which also makes it impossible for Chinese businessmen to have a foothold in Central and cannot squeeze in to work in Central.

In 1922, the former sites of the Xiangjiang General Post Office and Xiangjiang Court were auctioned. Some outstanding Chinese businessmen with foresight seized the opportunity, bought the land and built an office building.

Since it was the first Chinese-invested office building in Central, after the building was completed, Chinese businessmen rushed to rent it.

The foreign businessmen who rented the office buildings in the building and felt they were superior to others saw that they were asking us foreign businessmen and Chinese businessmen to work together. How could this work? They quit and protested one after another.

After the protest was fruitless, foreign businessmen who disdained being in the same building as the Chinese evacuated the building. In this way, Chinese businessmen came to work in this building one after another. Since then, they have established a firm foothold in Hong Kong Central, and the building has become a gathering place for Chinese businessmen.

When the owner of the building saw this, he simply changed the name of the building to "Chinese Bank Building"

The real estate agent of the building saw that although Jia Weidong was young, he was wearing a suit and leather shoes and had an extraordinary bearing, so he did not dare to neglect: "Two gentlemen, what do you need?"

"I want to rent an office building of about 800 square feet in the building for office use." Jia Weidong directly stated his intention.

"I'm sorry, sir, there are no 800-square-foot office buildings at the moment. There is only one 1200-square-foot office building that has just been vacated. Now the supply of office buildings in Central is almost out of supply," the agent said apologetically.

"What's the current price?" Lou Zhenhua asked.

"The monthly rent of our building is HK$1.4 per square foot," the property agent said.

"Okay, take me to see it," Jia Weidong said.

Lou Zhenhua didn't speak, but he was thinking to himself: "The office buildings here are really expensive. One square foot for one square foot, one month's rent costs HK$1680, and one year costs HK$20160. You can buy one in three or four years." Got a house”

"Okay, it's on the tenth floor. Gentlemen, please follow me." The real estate agent was stunned for a moment and then said after he realized what he was doing. He thought Jia Weidong would find the rent too high.

The Chinese Bank Building has a total of 10 floors. The location on the th floor is very good. Standing in front of the window, the view is very good. From a bird's eye view below, you can see the entire Queen's Road.

The entire office building has a usable area of ​​more than 110 square meters and is divided into five rooms, including the chairman's office, manager's office, accounting room, small conference room, and staff office area.

It seems that the previous tenants have renovated it, which is quite good, which is in line with Jia Weidong's idea. It doesn't need to be touched, which can save a lot.

Fortunately, I just need to buy some office supplies such as desks and chairs.

"Yes, I'm very satisfied. I'll rent it. I'll sign a three-year lease and pay the three-year rent in full," Jia Weidong said cheerfully.

Jia Weidong knows that 65 years ago, land prices and housing prices would continue to rise, and rents would also rise.

"Sir, I'm sorry, the owner now requires that you can only sign a one-year lease," the real estate agent said helplessly. If he got three years' rent in the first three years, his commission would be tripled.

As soon as Jia Weidong heard this, he knew that this was the owner waiting to raise the price. He couldn't blame the intermediary, so he said, "Okay, let's go to the law firm to sign the contract now. I just go through the company procedures."

<divclass="contentadv">There is no point in arguing with the real estate agent. His authority is not very big. It is useless to find the owner at this time. If you don't rent, some people will rent.

"Sir, if you are so cheerful, your company will definitely make a fortune." The real estate agent licked his face and kept flattering him.

Hu Guan Law Firm.

This is the second time Jia Weidong has come here in the past two days.

After completing the lease of the office building, I wrote a check to the real estate agent, paid the rent commission, and the real estate agent left happily.

Jia Weidong still had to go through company procedures and said: "Lawyer Zhang, I want to register a company, please help me with it."

"Master Jia, is the address the Chinese Bank Building where you signed the contract just now?" It was the same lawyer named Zhang who handled the case yesterday. Of course he knew Jia Weidong and the others.

"Yes" Jia Weidong nodded.

"No problem, just tell us the name of your company and scope of experience, and our law firm will handle the rest."

It is convenient to open a company in Hong Kong. As long as you pay a small service fee, the law firm will provide one-stop service and help you handle everything.

Feeling that Lawyer Zhang was a good person and efficient in handling matters, Jia Weidong said, "Lawyer Zhang, I wonder if you would like to be our company's legal advisor?"

"Yes, Mr. Jia appreciates it. I'm very honored." After years of hard work in the law firm, Lawyer Zhang also developed a set of skills in judging people, and concluded that Jia Weidong's future must be extraordinary.

"Then please pay more attention to Lawyer Zhang in the future!" Jia Weidong stretched out his left hand and shook it with Lawyer Zhang.

"You're welcome, Mr. Jia is young and promising. Zhang will ask Mr. Jia to take care of him in the future." Lawyer Zhang held Jia Weidong's hand and said very humbly.

"Lawyer Zhang, let's sign the contract," Jia Weidong said. Time was tight and he had many things to do, so he didn't delay.

After signing the agreement and paying the agency fees for the handling company and lawyer, Jia Weidong and Lou Zhenhua left the law firm.

"Second uncle, where are the office supplies? Let's go buy some office supplies."

Then Jia Weidong followed Lou Zhenhua non-stop and bought all the necessary office supplies.

By the way, I also purchased the household items needed for the newly purchased house.

I won't take care of any small things, leaving it to the employees below the company to take care of it themselves. I am the boss, not a nanny. The company will not be too busy in the early stage, and I will be free when I am idle.

After all the busy work, it was already past lunch time.

in the afternoon.

Jia Weidong did not let Lou Zhenhua lead the way and went to Wanchai Pier alone.

Lou Zhenhua did not speak this time. For two days, Jia Weidong spoke and acted very steadily, and sometimes he could even be described as very sophisticated. He was completely relieved.

The company was established immediately, with an accountant, a financial director, a legal advisor, and security personnel.

Jia Weidong came to Wanchai Pier to find Chen Shoushan. Chen Shoushan is also from the mainland. He has served as a soldier and is agile. He is the most suitable security candidate in Jia Weidong's mind.

It is said that no book is written without coincidence, and Jia Weidong is really a coincidence.

At this moment, on the pier, a thrilling martial arts show was taking place.