Chapter 023: The Land of Zhongguancun is as Cheap as Chinese Cabbage
Zhongguancun, a name that has been echoing in China for over 20 years, is located next to the famous Peking University and Tsinghua University in Beijing. It is the most famous base of China's electronics industry, the first national high-tech industrial development zone, and has given birth to countless large-scale computer companies. Many super-rich people have emerged from here, but it has also witnessed too many people leaving with regret and tears.
Standing on the main street of Zhongguancun, Yang Yun looked at the not-too-prosperous streets and thought back to 20 years later when he came out of Metro Line 4's Zhongguancun Station, being shocked by the sea of people, feeling like two different worlds, with many emotions.
Every IT person has a dream, those who like to do research hope to enter the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and those who want to be successful are doing Lenovo and Baidu dreams. Yang Yun is no exception, with many young people coming to Zhongguancun to chase their dreams, carrying extremely beautiful dreams, with a monthly salary of over 10,000 yuan, doubling their annual salary in ten years, becoming a boss in twenty years, and listing the company on the market, wanting to be the second Liu Xiang and the next Li Yanhong.
Before his rebirth, he didn't know how many times he had been to Zhongguancun, how many times he had dreamed of taking root and sprouting here, begging for refuge, but unfortunately all failed. He was forced to become a small newspaper reporter, no, an intern editor of a bankrupt game magazine that was about to go out of business, living a life of neither living nor dying, with a meager salary, eating less than chickens and working more than cows, that's what it means to be stifled.
"Now I have money, directly buying buildings! Flipping houses in Zhongguancun!"
Yang Yun's morale was high, and he felt a sense of grandeur. He wanted to start a company, so first, he needed to find an office location. Renting a house or something wasn't reliable, but now he had more than enough money, over a million US dollars, so he decided to buy a building directly!
Knowing that twenty years later this place will rise to tens of thousands of yuan per square meter, becoming the core area between the third and fourth ring roads, but Yang Yun didn't have the start-up capital, nor could he wait for twenty years. He could only suppress his inner excitement and take the first step first.
Yang Yun set his sights on a five-story standalone building facing the street, with a construction area of approximately 4,000 square meters. Behind it was a small courtyard, inside which there was an empty space of about 300-400 square meters. At the far end, two rows of tube houses were built. The facade facing the street was almost 20 meters long and was divided into five shops, all doing small business related to computer accessories.
This building is located at the intersection of Zhongguancun Avenue and the Fourth Ring Road, on the corner of two streets. The geographical location can be said to be extremely superior, which is quite in line with Yang Yun's taste.
Yang Yun had already thought it through, the company headquarters would be located in this five-story building in front, the backyard would be converted into a private parking lot, the two-story dormitory would be demolished and rebuilt, adding several floors to make employee dormitories, so that they could eat and live within these 4,000 square meters, maximizing the exploitation of their labor power, as a qualified capitalist...
The officer at the Zhongguancun Industrial Base's investment promotion office quoted a price of 10 million after flipping through the documents, which was still a face-saving offer to attract Japanese companies' investment. This works out to less than 2,500 yuan per square meter.
10 million, black market price converted to nearly 1 million US dollars, slightly exceeding Yang Yun's budget, but biting his teeth is still acceptable. He has a dividend of 1.05 million US dollars and 180,000 RMB collected from Aleksey. After buying the building, the remaining money may only be enough to add some laboratory equipment and recruit personnel.
Moreover, what's most crucial now is that he can't show weakness in front of Nagino, and can't let others see that he's financially strained, so even if it means putting on a brave face, he has to pretend to be rich.
He nodded slightly and quietly signaled to Nagano.
In 20 years, with 10 million RMB, you might only be able to buy a house of over 200 square meters in an average location. Now, buying a house in Zhongguancun is like buying a whole building!
Miss this opportunity, it's hard to find a better land in the future. The unit price of 2,500 yuan per square meter is simply a bargain. Bite your teeth and buy it...
Nagano is a qualified actor, after listening to the translator's explanation, with an arrogant attitude, he spoke Japanese in a sloppy manner. The translator asked the officer at the reception: "Can we pay in US dollars?"
The officials were overjoyed, with a gleam of delight in their eyes. After a brief consultation among themselves, they agreed to it.
US dollar payment is the best, in 1989 the country was short of foreign exchange, the whole country had only tens of billions of dollars a year, selling one building could get back $10 million, what a great achievement! If these people have the ability, the investment promotion agency would sell the entire Zhongguancun Industrial Park for US dollars.
"If it's paid in US dollars, this price can be a bit lower..."
The government is shameless again, Yang Yun smiled secretly.
Delicacies delivered right to your doorstep, it's a disservice to the masses if you don't eat them!
Spent about $950,000 and got a government commitment to exempt all taxes for three years, plus free decoration, Yang Yun received the property certificate in just three days. Of course, it was still Shijia who signed on behalf of him, but actually someone else benefited from it, Yang Yun just smiled secretly.
The first floor facade continues to be rented out, the second floor and above have been replanned by Yang Yun, his company headquarters will be established here, must make a momentum, not afraid of not being full, just worry that there will not be enough space in the future.
Yang Yun and Yongye formally began discussing a cooperation plan after handing over the decoration scheme to the engineering team introduced by the government.
"Nagano-kun, my mind is full of game ideas right now, but I'm short-handed and can't implement them. I don't have an architect, programmer, artist, tester, executive director, or sales team. Can you lend me a few people to help out?"
"Mr. Yang, our Sega China branch only has a marketing team..."
"I know, Nagano-kun, can you borrow a few senior engineers from your Japanese headquarters for me? Let your chief designer give some guidance?"
"I need to report this to the higher-ups..."
"How long will it take to get a reply?"
"Sega's headquarters has a heavy game development task, I'm afraid it will take some time..."
"OK, I'll go ask Nintendo then."
"Mr. Yang! You can't do this! Please don't find them!"
"Nagano-kun, I'm really sincere about it, but nobody gives me any work, how am I supposed to make a game?"
"Mr. Yang... then I'll try my best to find a suitable candidate for you domestically... however, going abroad for work, the cost is very high, I don't know if Mr. Yang..."
"Nagano, we're good friends and strategic partners! I've spent all my dollars on that building in Zhongguancun, and I still need to buy equipment and lab materials, pay salaries, and deal with those blood-sucking government agencies. I really can't come up with more dollars, so won't you Sega help out with an advance?"
"Mr. Yang! You want us to pay in advance? No way, headquarters will never agree to that!"
"OK, I'll go ask Nintendo then."
"Mr. Yang! You can't do this! Please don't find them! I'll try to apply to the headquarters..."
"Mr. Nagano, this is the right attitude towards a strategic partner!"
"Mr. Yang... shall we discuss cooperation now?"
"Hmm... let's wait for now, I think it would be better to make the game first and then you'll be more convinced... Oh right, Sega's cartridge manufacturing standards, I'm not too clear on that, why don't you just send another supervisor over to guide us through the whole process..."
"Mr. Yang! Actually..."
"OK, I'll go ask Nintendo then."
"Mr. Yang! You can't do this! Please don't find them!"
“……”
The negotiations were a tough tug-of-war and Yang Yun felt quite tired.
