Wang Yi walked into the office building, looking around as he instructed:
"Convert the fourth floor into staff dormitories. Our location here is too remote; providing room and board will make recruiting much easier!"
Especially for fresh graduates who are strapped for cash, they prefer jobs that include room and board, saving at least two to three thousand a month.
The cost Wang Yi needed to spend wasn't high either.
Since such a large office building couldn't be rented out anyway, it might as well be used for dormitories.
As for the cafeteria, just hire a chef from a nearby village and get some ingredients; it wouldn't cost much.
"As for the fifth floor, set up an office for me, one with a reception room! Then create two suites, one for each of us. That way we won't have to commute back and forth, it'll be convenient to live here."
"Okay."
Song Sining nodded, her fair cheeks slightly flushed.
She was going to live on the same floor as her boss, right next to the wall!
Before, she would never have accepted such an arrangement, but now she actually felt it was okay.
For some reason, she didn't want to refuse Wang Yi's request.
But then Wang Yi continued:
"Us living next to each other makes it convenient for me to assign you work and discuss business."
Song Sining rolled her eyes: "..."
So living next to each other was just to make it easier to boss me around!
Bad boss!
You brat!
"Sigh, later, won't you even make me wash your clothes?"
"That won't do!"
"I, Song Sining, will never be a slave!"
"At most, if you behave well, I'll wash your outer garments, but not your intimate ones! Hmph!"
"How is this like a young couple living together?"
Song Sining's mind wandered, and her cheeks flushed even deeper.
Seeing her exquisite face, flushed to her earlobes, Wang Yi teased,
"Your face is all red, what naughty things are you thinking?"
"No, I'm not, don't talk nonsense!"
Song Sining blushed even harder, her toes curling in embarrassment.
She was actually found out!
"Hehe, okay, no. I believe you, I absolutely believe you!" Wang Yi laughed.
Song Sining: "..."
Wang Yi stopped teasing her and changed the subject:
"As for the sixth floor... let's leave it empty for now, we'll decide once we've thought it through."
"Okay, boss, I suggest we find someone to redo the waterproofing first."
Song Sining also instantly returned to work mode.
"Good idea! Waterproofing is most important during the rainy season; ninety-nine percent of these old buildings leak!"
Wang Yi strongly agreed.
Once it leaks, flooding the sixth floor would be trouble enough; if the floors below also get flooded, the losses would be huge.
Fortunately, this office building actually had an elevator installed.
Although it was added later, it's still usable!
Song Sining, looking at the asset list, said:
"Boss, the desks, chairs, cabinets, and other office equipment that came with it can all be used after tidying up. However, the beds and sofas in the suites still need to be added, and the light fixtures need repair, network cables and computers also need to be configured..."
Wang Yi nodded: "I'll leave this matter to you. I'll transfer you 300,000 first, come to me if it's not enough!"
"Okay, boss, this will be considered a loan from you to the company. I'll issue an invoice, and once Meiyou becomes profitable, I'll transfer it back to you."
Regarding company and personal accounts, Song Sining kept them clearly separated.
Currently, the company has no profit and is spending entirely on the boss's borrowed money...
Wang Yi was already used to it:
"The company is entrusted to you. No need to spend a lot on lavish renovations; practicality is key. Find cleaners to tidy up, and just recruit people! IT department, operations department, e-commerce department, recruit for all!"
Wang Yi gave a few more instructions and left the office building.
Choosing Song Sining as the professional manager, firstly, she is trustworthy, making Wang Yi very confident.
Secondly, Song Sining scored 660 on the Gaokao, is a top student from a 985 university, with strong learning abilities.
Thirdly, Song Sining started a business in her previous life, becoming a female CEO with tens of millions in assets; her capabilities are beyond doubt!
Don't let her not having graduated yet deter you; with Wang Yi's guidance, she will surely achieve great things in the future!
Wang Yi felt at ease entrusting the entire Meiyou to her management.
For a core position like professional manager, the most important thing is not ability, but reliability!
If unreliable, they could hollow out the company and sell out the boss without anyone even knowing.
Like that person in later generations who made cars, who was conned by his purchasing manager; their family's purchasing prices were far more expensive than competitors', no wonder they suffered losses year after year...
With this whole affair, the 2.1 million just loaned out was gone again.
When Wang Yi arrived at noon, there was 1.5 million in the card, plus the 2.1 million loan, a total of 3.6 million!
Now, an office building cost 2.4 million, and 300,000 was transferred to Song Sining. Wang Yi only had 900,000 left and was still carrying a 2.1 million loan!
This money really doesn't last long!
Wang Yi looked at the five-story, relatively new office building next door, only to see the boss glaring fiercely at him, seemingly blaming him for not buying his own office building!
Wang Yi smiled: "I already let you off the hook, and you're still complaining about me?"
"How about mortgaging the old office building, borrowing over two million, and buying his relatively new office building as well? To grant his wish?"
Wang Yi thought for a moment.
This matter could be considered, but there's no rush.
Currently, Meiyou's development requires burning cash.
Wait until there's money, or when the county factory is demolished, then we'll talk.
As for the news of the financial center demolition leaking? That's not a problem.
Demolitions these days mostly involve a freeze first, then news is released, and actual demolition happens half a year later.
If the news leaked in advance, those with power and wealth would have long rushed in, buying massively, even going all-in; wouldn't that cause chaos?
Many areas, in fact, have been frozen for three to five years, and there's been no sign of demolition...
For example, it's rumored in Jizhou now that Shizhong District's Shibaliwa is to be demolished, but who would have thought that next year's demolition would actually be in Dadongjiao...
And the Shibaliwa demolition had been rumored for over ten years; until Wang Yi's rebirth, it was still a shantytown.
Instead, beyond Shibaliwa, the even more remote and desolate Dananjiao Bangzi land was demolished!
Regarding demolition, the officials have their own set of procedures, a mix of truth and falsehood, falsehood and truth.
They might release smoke bombs about ten plots of land, but not even one might be demolished; most of the leaked information is false.
Of course, after buying the street's office building, are we afraid of the other party causing trouble after demolition?
That's also not a problem.
By the time of next year's demolition, Meiyou would have long become a major taxpayer, a key enterprise supported by the district; perhaps even leaders would come to inspect.
Would a small street dare to be presumptuous?
Moreover, Meiyou's existence also revitalized the street, boosted employment, a win-win situation.
Wang Yi had already thought through all these things clearly.
With the office building bought, Meiyou was completely on the right track and would inevitably enter a stage of rapid development.
By the end of the month, with Android and Apple having over 200,000 users, they could try e-commerce as a test run, first selling some pure-desire style dresses to get some money back!
Of course, if there was an explosion of traffic, allowing Meiyou's user count to hit a million, that would be even better!
It's just that this isn't easy.
The explosive traffic these days mostly comes from TV commercials, sponsored variety shows, sponsored TV dramas...
But the cost is too high!
A TV commercial, a five-second spot, would cost tens of thousands!
Once a day, that's over a million a month!
Not to mention variety shows; nobody watches bad variety shows.
Sponsoring fees for popular variety shows starting from tens of millions to hundreds of millions is not something Wang Yi can consider.
Even advertising in newspapers or on radio stations would cost a lot of money!
"Is there anything that costs less, or even nothing, but gets great exposure and massive traffic? The kind of heaven-sent traffic!"
Wang Yi thought about it and felt like he was daydreaming.
"Indeed, when people are young, they love to think about good things!"
Wang Yi shook his head and continued to churn out code, to first develop Meiyou 2.0 for Apple.
What he didn't know was, sometimes this kind of heaven-sent traffic daydream can also come true!
(End of chapter)
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