20demayo Chapter 247 I'm Good at Bargaining
Chapter 247 I'm Good at Bargaining
Chen An arrived near the Free Trade Zone in Songjiang District. It was bustling with people and cars, and office buildings stood on both sides of the road. There were also many active real estate agents around, enthusiastically introducing properties to passers-by.
It is not far from the university town, only three bus stops away, and the geographical location is really good.
Chen An was alone in this area, looking for a suitable office building. He looked intently, carefully observing the appearance and surrounding environment of each building.
Soon, Chen An found an office building and walked into the property reception desk with a polite smile on his face, explaining his purpose to the receptionist. Upon hearing this, the receptionist immediately stood up enthusiastically and took Chen An to the manager's office.
After entering the office, Chen An sat down calmly, and explained his needs to the manager with a smile, including the required area size and purpose, while flipping through the apartment information of the office building.
This office building has a total of eleven floors, with two office areas on each floor, with a total area of about 800 square meters.
Although it has been built for several years, because it is not located in the core area, the 8th and 11th floors of the entire building are currently vacant.
There are currently more than twenty companies in the building, covering a variety of industries.
If it were the previous situation, Chen An might not have considered renting such a large area.
However, now that there is enough money in hand, the most important thing is that according to Chen An's idea, the company can prepare more workstations. After all, there are so many universities around, and the cheap labor resources are a treasure trove.
Chen An came to the top floor and after a brief tour, he took out his mobile phone and made a video call with Xu Hongdou.
"What's wrong, Xiao An?" Xu Hongdou's sweet voice came from the receiver.
"I'm looking at an office building here. What do you think?" Chen An excitedly adjusted the camera and introduced it as he walked. "Look, this space is quite spacious and the lighting is good."
Xu Hongdou looked at the video, frowned slightly, and asked with some worry on her face: "Is this too big?"
"This place can provide us with at least one or two years of development space. If the place is too small, it will be troublesome to change offices frequently." Chen An explained while gesturing, "And this is the top floor. The terrace here is more than 200 square meters, which is also very practical."
"Since you like it, just make a decision. I don't have much opinion. In fact, I also like this terrace. I just don't know about the price?" Xu Hongdou pursed her lips and asked.
"I will discuss this with the property management. Don't worry, I'm very good at bargaining." Chen An smiled confidently.
"Oh, by the way, my sister praised you a lot when she called. What kind of sweet talk did you give my sister?" Xu Hongdou teased with a playful smile on her face.
"What you said is not very sensible. I won Sister Hongmi's praise based on my real strength. If you are envious, just tell me..." Chen An raised his eyebrows and responded with a smile.
"Okay, stop talking nonsense and get down to business..." Xu Hongdou said with a smile.
Chen An put away his phone, took a deep breath, and walked towards the property manager who was about ten meters away.
"Manager, look at the rent. Isn't one dollar and eighty cents per square meter a bit high? After all, this building is not located in the core area, and the surrounding supporting facilities need to be improved." Chen An had a sincere smile on his face, but his tone was firm.
The property manager smiled and said, "Young man, this price is very fair. You have seen the quality of our building, and we also provide comprehensive property management services."
Chen An shook his head and said, "Manager, you can't say that. I really want to rent it, but the price is beyond my budget. Can you reduce it to one dollar and fifty cents?"
The property manager frowned and said, "One dollar and a half is too low. I can't rent it to you at all. How about this, I'll reduce it to one dollar and seventy for you. This is the biggest concession I can make."
Chen An was silent for a moment, then said, "Manager, I know you have difficulties. But I'm renting a large area for a long time, so I'll think about it. How about 1.6 yuan?"
The property manager hesitated for a moment and said, "One dollar and sixty cents is really not acceptable. We have our own costs."
Chen An looked at the manager firmly and said, "Manager, then I can increase the rent a little, but you have to give me more parking spaces."
The property manager's eyes lit up and he asked, "How much can you add?"
Chen An held up a finger and said, "One dollar and seven cents, but you have to give me seven parking spaces."
The property manager thought for a moment and said, "You can get a maximum of 6 parking spaces."
Chen An frowned and said, "Six is too few, seven, or I really can't increase the rent."
The property manager gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, seven parking spaces, but the rent is $7 and it can't be changed."
Chen An smiled and said, "Okay, then let's talk about the property management fee. Can you also reduce it for me?"
The property manager smiled bitterly and said, "Young man, there is really no way to reduce the property fee. The services we provide are all real costs."
Chen An said slowly, "Manager, I'm renting such a large area, and I'll be more dependent on the property management in the future. If you can give me a reasonable reduction, I can work here with more peace of mind, right?"
After some back-and-forth debate, the property manager finally gave in: "Okay, I'll give you an 8% discount on the property fee, but that's really the limit."
Chen An thought about it and felt that it was about right, so he said, "Okay, let's do it this way. But the terms of the contract must be written clearly, without any ambiguity."
The property manager nodded quickly and said, "Of course."
However, when the contract was brought over, Chen An took a closer look and found some problems.
"Manager, the contract says...this is not possible. Who can guarantee that there won't be special circumstances?" Chen An pointed at the terms in the contract and looked at the property manager with a smile.
The property manager explained: "This is our standard clause, and everyone does this."
Chen An shook his head and said, "Manager, this is not fair of you. We just agreed on the terms, you can't set a trap for me in the contract. Either modify this clause, or we can't do this business anymore."
The property manager originally thought that he was a fool, but he didn't expect that he was so hard to fool. He said helplessly: "Okay, okay, I'll change it."
Chen An continued to look at the contract and found another point: "There is also the division of maintenance responsibilities. The maintenance costs of the public areas cannot be borne entirely by me."
The property manager wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "Okay, okay, I'll change it as you said."
After some careful inspection and revision, Chen An finally nodded with satisfaction: "Okay, let's sign the contract."
Chen An signed a contract with the property management company. As for those traps, they naturally wouldn't fall on him. If he really thought he was a rookie, then he could only say that the other party judged him by his appearance.
After settling on the office location, I can start the company's procedures tomorrow. Once the license and account opening are completed, I can make the payment. I can take advantage of the time in between to find someone to do some design. After all, the nature of the company is different, and the style needs to change. The only thing that makes me depressed is that there is no suitable person around to celebrate. After thinking about it, I decided to find Guan Guan. Although I can't eat it, it's pleasing to the eye.