Chapter 226 I rented this

Zhao Qiucheng sighed inwardly upon hearing Li Shen’s words, realizing that this business deal was likely to fall through.

Chen Mo looked at Li Shen and smiled slightly.

“It’s fine. Feng shui and such are too superstitious; there’s no need to take them seriously.”

“But Mr. Chen, it’s still a bit unlucky, isn’t it? I’ll find another office space,” Li Shen quickly interjected.

Regardless of whether he was superstitious or not, opening a company in such an office space would make anyone uncomfortable.

“No need. I think this office space has a good location,” Chen Mo waved his hand. How could he miss out on an office space with such good implications?

As they spoke, the elevator had already stopped, reaching the top floor.

Chen Mo smoothly stepped out.

Zhao Qiucheng was stunned by Mr. Chen’s words. Looking at Mr. Chen, he seemed not to care much about what he had just said.

Thinking of this, he quickly got off the elevator and followed him.

Since this Mr. Chen didn’t care about those things, if he worked hard, he might really be able to secure this client.

Li Shen followed behind Mr. Chen. Seeing that Mr. Chen had already made a decision, he said nothing more.

“Mr. Chen, although our office space is on the Third Ring Road, its location is excellent. Not far to the south is Qingyun River, the most famous river in Jiang City,” Zhao Qiucheng said, leading Chen Mo to the window seat on the south side.

Chen Mo looked out the window and indeed saw a wide river, winding through the center of the city, like a sleeping giant dragon.

And this office building was the tallest among the surrounding structures. Looking up, the entire city’s scenery was visible.

It truly gave a sense of “overlooking all mountains.”

“How about it, Mr. Chen? The view here is excellent, isn’t it? As long as this area is converted into your office, and the windows are replaced with floor-to-ceiling windows, you can enjoy this view every day,” Zhao Qiucheng said, striking while the iron was hot, seeing Mr. Chen admiring the view outside the window.

Chen Mo snapped back to reality upon hearing Zhao Qiucheng’s words, looked at Qingyun River again, and then turned to Zhao Qiucheng.

“I’ll rent the office spaces from the top floor down five floors.”

Zhao Qiucheng was a bit dazed, even somewhat disbelieving.

It was rented so easily.

“Mr. Chen, are you saying you want to rent the five floors below the top floor?” he asked, somewhat uncertainly.

“That’s right,” Chen Mo looked at Zhao Qiucheng and smiled slightly, then turned to Li Shen.

“I’m renting this office building. You can handle the subsequent leasing procedures.”

“Mr. Chen, why don’t we consider it again?” Li Shen hesitated. Although his words somewhat went against Mr. Chen’s command, he still spoke cautiously.

He was genuinely worried that Mr. Chen’s company would also not last more than half a year, just like the companies Zhao Qiucheng mentioned.

As the old saying goes, it’s better to believe it than not!

Chen Mo looked at Li Shen with a faint smile and gently patted his shoulder.

“I know you’re worried about those rumors, but I, Chen Mo, never believe in such things. I want to see if my company can go bankrupt within half a year.”

“Do you know Murphy’s Law?”

Li Shen shook his head.

Chen Mo’s palm paused, and he began to explain.

“Murphy’s Law means that the more you fear something will happen, the more likely it is to happen.”

“So, don’t overthink it.”

Li Shen nodded, confused.

Seeing this, Chen Mo turned to Zhao Qiucheng.

“For the rest of the matters, just discuss them with him.”

With that, he walked directly to the elevator.

“Brother Li, let’s go to the office to talk,” Zhao Qiucheng said politely, walking slowly to Li Shen’s side after seeing Mr. Chen directly leave in the elevator.

Li Shen took a deep breath, then slowly exhaled.

He looked up at Zhao Qiucheng and spoke plainly.

“Let’s go!”

Since renting an office building here had become a foregone conclusion, he naturally had to negotiate the rent well to secure more benefits for Mr. Chen.

Upon arriving at the office, Zhao Qiucheng enthusiastically brewed a cup of tea and placed it in front of Li Shen.

This person represented Mr. Chen in discussing the office rental, so he naturally dared not neglect him.

“Thank you,” Li Shen took the tea and continued, “Let’s not be too polite and discuss the rent directly. You understand the situation of your office space. It’s certainly unreasonable to charge normal rent.”

“Of course!” Zhao Qiucheng said with a conciliatory smile.

“The original price for this office building was two yuan per square meter per day. We can now offer you 1.8 yuan per square meter. How does that sound?”

“That’s not right. I see that your office space hasn’t been rented out for a long time, has it? If it weren’t for our Mr. Chen not caring about those rumors this time, when do you think you’d find a second buyer?” Li Shen slowly shook his head, directly rejecting Zhao Qiucheng’s price.

“Then, Brother Li, what price do you have in mind?” Zhao Qiucheng countered.

“Me? Of course, the less the better. But considering your difficulties, how about 1.2 yuan per square meter?” Li Shen took a small sip of tea and looked up at Zhao Qiucheng.

Although he had never negotiated business before, he often drank with Wei Yan and understood some tricks of the trade.

Zhao Qiucheng naturally could not accept the price of 1.2.

However, he could gradually probe the other party’s bottom line price.

Zhao Qiucheng was slightly startled, then smiled and shook his head upon hearing this.

“Brother Li, a price of 1.2 is impossible. How about 1.7? This is already our absolute limit.”

Li Shen shook his head slightly.

…………….

Several days passed in a row.

Chen Mo sat in his office, organizing the events of the past few days.

Now, all five coffee shop locations had been selected, and the 10 million yuan budget had been fully transferred to Nanhe Coffee’s account.

The five floors of office space had also been successfully rented, but there was a small surprise regarding the rent.

The normal rent was two yuan, but Li Shen, using some unknown method, managed to rent it for only 1.6 yuan.

The original budget of 7 million yuan ended up only costing 5.9 million yuan, saving a full 1.1 million yuan.

He had initially felt a sense of relief that Li Shen had found such a satisfactory office space for him, but he didn’t expect to be “stabbed” the next moment.

However, the contract had already been signed, and he couldn’t very well take the 1.1 million yuan and pay it back to Zhao Qiucheng.

Thinking of this, Chen Mo couldn’t help but feel a lingering fear.

It had only been less than two weeks into January, and there had already been two unplanned incidents.

One was the coffee shops, and the other was the office building rent.

Together, he would have to spend an additional 2 million yuan in system funds.

However, fortunately, he had made thorough plans, and he could still spend this 2 million yuan.

But this also sounded an alarm for him. It was now a critical moment for settlement, and he absolutely could not let his guard down.