Living in a small county town, earning a million a year

Chapter 99 The Legal Team (30 First Subscription Requested!)

Xu Mu gave them a brief introduction to his businesses: "Currently, I own these four businesses: the listed shares of Yinlun Shares, the ownership of the entire Xiang Sheng Century Plaza, and the ownership of your law firm. Of course, I don't need to manage your law firm."

"In addition, there are shares in Xinrongji and shares in Kaiyuan Taihe!"

"I also own an investment company and a turtle farm. I hope you can manage my funds from a professional perspective!"

"No problem!" Liu Geng nodded. "Do you have any relevant information?"

"some!"

Xu Mu brought over a pile of documents and handed them to Liu Geng.

"This office will serve as your temporary workspace. I am a shareholder of Yinlun Machinery. You can come and go as you please by giving my name..."

"I'll make arrangements for your new office space!"

"Sorry for your trouble!"

Liu Geng nodded and accepted the documents handed to him by Xu Mu.

"Here are the materials for you. If you need to coordinate further, I will arrange for my assistant to come and assist you!"

"Ok!"

Liu Geng and his three companions began reviewing Xu Mu's information and simultaneously started conducting background checks on Xu Mu's businesses.

Xu Mu wasn't idle either; she made a phone call to Wang Mengyan.

“Come over here. I’ve acquired a law firm, and the legal team is already in Tianji County. I plan to hand over all my assets to the legal team for management, and you will be in charge of the follow-up arrangements.”

"Understood!" Wang Mengyan nodded. "I'll ask President Ye for leave now and come over!"

After waiting for more than half an hour, Wang Mengyan arrived.

"Attorney Liu, this is my assistant. You can contact her directly if you need anything in the future!"

"I don't know much about this kind of business management, so I'm confident leaving it to you!"

This law firm is wholly owned and controlled by Xu Mu, and all the lawyers are Xu Mu's people. Xu Mu is not afraid of them doing anything fancy!

Besides, Xu Mu has a certain estimate of his assets, so if anything really happens, they wouldn't dare to act recklessly!
After leaving Yinlun Group, Xu Mu drove to the headquarters of Kaiyuan Taihe.

After arriving at the conference room, Xu Mu asked Bai Xue to bring the computer over.

We contacted the person in charge of Milu Technology Company.

The call was answered quickly.

Xu Mu was delayed for a long time because of the press conference...

Besides investing in Deer Technology, Xu Mu also needs to build his own game development team... To be honest, he's still very busy!

Hello? Who is this?

Is that Liu Feng?

"You are……"

Liu Feng paused slightly on the phone, not recognizing the other person's voice.

"I am Xu Mu!"

"Do you remember me? I'm your old high school classmate!"

"Oh, it's Xu Mu! What made you think of calling me? I heard from our classmates that you've struck it rich?"

Liu Feng didn't come to the last class reunion.

He's been busy building his own startup team lately!
"No, no..." Xu Mu denied with a smile, "It's like this... Didn't you contact Kaiyuan Taihe's headquarters before, wanting to invest in your project? I was specifically in charge of liaising with your team to discuss investment and equity participation!"

Are you currently working at Kaiyuan Taihe?

Liu Feng's tone was full of curiosity.

If it's an old classmate, then discussing investments is very easy.

"No, I am a shareholder of Kaiyuan Taihe. After discussing this project with the chairman, I plan to personally follow up on it!"

“We weren’t planning to invest, but when we saw your name and realized we were old classmates, we thought we could have a chat… After all, you were one of the top students in our class who got into Zhejiang University, and now you’re starting your own business. We definitely want to support you if we have the chance!”

Are you free today? Or would you like to come to Tianji County and have a chat?

"Okay!" Chen Feng nodded in agreement. "Then I'll buy the high-speed rail tickets now!"

"I've brought two other key technical members from our team to give you a detailed introduction to our company's projects!"

"Okay, I'll wait for you in Tianji County! Let me know when you're almost there, and I'll arrange a car to pick you up!"

"polite!"

After hanging up the phone, Xu Mu looked at Bai Xue and said, "Sister Bai Xue, you go ahead and do your work."

"I'll make a few phone calls, then I'll go to the high-speed rail station to pick up Liu Feng and the others!"

"Have dinner with me tonight and see how they talk... Ideally, I'd like to get 40% of the shares!"

"This... might be difficult, right? I think they can only offer a maximum of 20% of the shares!"

Bai Xue frowned. If they gave away 40% of their equity in the seed round, it would be quite difficult for them to raise funds in the future!
Therefore, most seed-round companies will only give about 10% of their equity to the first round, but... if you only give 10%, you have to prove that your company is worth that much money... obviously, those who make PPTs can't do that!
"It's okay, we'll find out when we talk!"

Xu Mu kissed Bai Xue and stroked her long hair.

"Then I'm leaving!"

After Bai Xue left, Xu Mu dialed Bai Ze's number.

"Uncle Bai, have you rented the place yet?"

"We've rented it. We happen to be at your sister's design company right now, and we'd like them to design the renovation for us!"

"Sure," Xu Mu said with a smile. "Have you registered with the business administration department?"

"Registered."

"Okay, then I'll have the investment company allocate funds to you, and I'll have someone handle the related finances for you!"

"Xiao Mu, thank you!"

"Uncle Bai, you're too kind. Your ability to open this shop is the greatest gratitude I can express..."

After all, Xu Mu was counting on them to generate a million yuan in revenue per month.

If he doesn't increase the sales volume, Xu Mu won't be able to complete his tasks... Moreover, based on these tasks, Xu Mu has discovered that as long as he completes the numerical tasks issued by the system, he can get extra rewards for exceeding the targets.

Whether it's Tang Ruobing's happiness level or Ye Muling's design company...

Hopefully, there will be an extra reward this time as well.

"I'm just following up on this matter. Since you've already arranged the design, get construction started as soon as the design is complete."

If that's the case, Xu Mu will need to set up another internet company specifically for making Douyin videos, which could be done in conjunction with Ling Mu Design Company!
Account creation groups.

"Okay! I'll let you know if there are any problems!"

After hanging up with Bai Ze, Xu Mu contacted Wang Qiang.

"Brother Qiang, how's business at the farm?"

"It's not bad! The videos have a certain number of views, and our farm has a natural advantage, so sales have been pretty good lately..."

"Huh? You've started selling?"

"Sales have started! We're making over ten thousand in sales a day. These past few days have been the seedling season, haven't they? We're selling two to three hundred seedlings a day. Yesterday's sales were over thirty thousand... That's great!"

"Did you stream this yourself?"

"No, I hired two college students, fair-skinned, beautiful, and with long legs. I had them do borderline sales, selling them at a commission of ten yuan per turtle. Now they're incredibly motivated! They used to be hesitant, but now they'll do whatever they can to get away with it."

"Within the platform's limits, go all out!" Wang Qiang laughed heartily. "If we do well, steadily and progressively, we can probably achieve a daily turnover of 100,000..."

"Just avoid after-sales issues and account bans; offline customer acquisition would be best..."

"The traffic generation effect is pretty good, and the online sales volume is not large. Most of the sales are generated through the private domain. This week, the private domain has generated about 200,000 yuan in sales!"

"Not bad!" Xu Mu said with a smile. "Let's aim for one million!"

"do you know?"

"No problem, isn't this more fun than starting your own business?"

“Isn’t this what you call starting a business? I haven’t given you any support on Douyin, just some money and goods… and you have to settle the payment for these goods with the factory on the spot.”

"That's true..." Wang Qiang nodded with a smile, "Anyway, I still want to thank you!"

"By the way, how is Grandma Huang now?"

“She stays at home watching TV all day, and she always comes over to clean the house when it’s almost time to leave work.”

"At lunchtime, I'll also bring food to Tingting and my sister... just like the cafeteria ladies!"

"That's how it started, but now I hear Grandma Huang is now covering lunch for everyone in our company, and it only costs ten yuan a meal. My colleagues are all happy to pay for it," Xu Mu explained with a smile. "And most importantly, it's healthy!"

"They can order whatever they want to eat in advance, and Grandma Huang can prepare it at home!"

"That's great! This way, Grandma Huang won't be bored at home, and she'll even feel a sense of accomplishment, making her feel like she's not a useless person!"

"Yes, that's what I meant too!"

The two chatted for a while longer before Xu Mu hung up the phone.

Xu Mu wasn't worried about Wang Qiang; if Xu Mu wanted to, getting that one million was actually quite easy.

The farm now has tens of millions of yuan worth of goods, and it can easily make millions by selling them...

Moreover, all the sales revenue that Wang Qiang sold is included in this figure.

A million? That's not hard at all!

Most importantly, Wang Qiang's task of achieving a turnover of one million has no time limit; he only needs to reach it.

However, Bai Ze's task of opening the shop has a stipulated timeframe of one month...

It might just be the difference between online and physical stores.

Selling turtles online on Douyin (TikTok) isn't as easy to scale up as you might imagine; you have to wait and see in the early stages.

But physical stores are different. As long as they can be promoted, people throughout Tianji County can receive the news and come to participate in the opening activities, so the sales volume can be increased very quickly.

That's the difference between online and offline.

When they were already a two-million-dollar company, their monthly revenue could reach around one million.

The price has doubled now. If we weren't deliberately holding back from selling, it would be a piece of cake to sell if we wanted to!

Xu Mu hung up the phone and sat in the conference room office.

His fingers tapped lightly on the conference room table.

Now, besides working out for 300 days and writing for a year, Xu Mu also has other growth-oriented tasks.

There's also the task of Bai Ze opening a shop.

The game company's mission.

The mission to be with Ye Muling.

The tasks included treating my grandfather's leg and investing in the Père David's deer.

However, growth-oriented tasks take time, and they are all measured in years.

Xu Mu wants to see what kind of reward you guys will give yourselves after completing the task, which is based on a yearly system... Don't let it turn out to be a pile of shit that makes Xu Mu want to vomit!

As for the others, they can all be completed in a short time.

"Sigh! Suddenly I realize that I'm still quite busy!"

Xu Mu couldn't help but sigh!

The road to becoming the richest person is long and arduous!

However, other tasks can't be rushed right now; the main priority is to take down Elk Technology Company.

After acquiring the Milu Technology Company, Xu Mu finally had time to take her grandfather to another city to have his leg checked.

This leg has been like this for so many years; it definitely can't be cured in a small county town like this. I'll definitely have to go to Shanghai for treatment.

After leaving Kaiyuan Taihe's headquarters, Xu Mu drove to the Tianji County Headquarters Economic Building.

Xu Mu plans to rent a space here and decide to locate his law firm here as well.

There are also game companies, and Ye Muling's design company!
If things continue like this, a commercial building would be more suitable, and the shops that were rented before would be useless... However, having put so much effort into it, Xu Mu certainly wouldn't let it go to waste. It could be used as the headquarters, and key personnel could work here.

Moreover, the shops are not far from the headquarters economic building!
It only takes five minutes by car!

Seeing the rental advertisement at the door, Xu Mu dialed the number on it.

"Hello."

"Tianji County Headquarters Economic Building Leasing Center!"

Because business has been slow in the past two years, the building has not been well-occupied since its completion.

Although it's right across from Shifeng Lake, the location is so-so. There aren't many places to eat at lunchtime, and there's constant road construction and pile driving nearby, which affects my work!

The second issue is that the rent is too expensive.

"Hello, I'd like to ask if you have any entire floors available for rent in your building? We are Lingmu Design Company... We just held a press conference a couple of days ago, you should have heard about it, right?"

"Ah... I've heard of it. Our entire leadership team from Tianji County went there! Are you trying to rent our economic building?"

"Yes."

"I'm downstairs from you right now. Are you free?"

"I'm in the sales department on the third floor... Oh, what kind of car do you have?"

"Porsche!"

"Oh, I see! Please find a parking spot and I'll come pick you up!"

Upon hearing that Xu Mu wanted to rent an entire floor, the investment manager's tone became excited.

They've been attracting businesses for over two years, and companies have been coming in one after another, but most of them run away after three to five months.

Although the rent was collected, it was a drop in the ocean compared to the investment in the economic building... Moreover, buildings like theirs experience annual depreciation, plus daily utility expenses and natural wear and tear. Over the course of a year, it adds up to a considerable sum.

Xu Mu parked the car and went to the elevator.

The elevator doors opened, and a chubby man with a receding hairline stepped out.

He was wearing an ill-fitting suit, and when he saw Xu Mu, he smiled broadly. "You were the one who called me just now, weren't you?"

"it's me!"

Xu Mu nodded.

"Please come in!"

Following the investment manager to the investment office on the third floor, Xu Mu was invited into the office.

"Your name?"

After pouring tea for Xu Mu, the manager smiled obsequiously.

"My name is Xu Mu."

"Hello Mr. Xu, I am Chen Kai, the manager of the investment promotion office."

"Are you looking to rent an entire floor? We currently have the fourth, seventh, and twelfth floors available, all of which are vacant. Each floor has an area of ​​over 2,400 square meters!"

"What's the price quote?"

Xu Mu looked at the investment manager, raised an eyebrow and asked, "I've looked into it, and the rent for an office is about 50 cents per square meter per day. It must be a bit more expensive for a newly built one like yours!"

"That's for sure. The prices you're aware of are for old commercial buildings in the old town that can't be rented out. Ours is a landmark building in Tianji County. Next door is the Agricultural and Commercial Bureau's office building, and across the street is Shifeng Lake. The lake view is quite nice. When you work here at night, you can see the Moon Bridge across the lake and the scenery of Shifeng Lake..."

Xu Mu chuckled and looked at Chen Kai, saying, "Manager Chen, now that Zhexi Old Street has opened, there's practically no foot traffic around Shifeng Lake! And you know better than I how difficult it is to attract businesses to your area!"

"Another problem is the inconvenient transportation."

"Everyone who wants to work here has to drive... Parking is okay, it's free, but the surrounding amenities aren't in place, so everyone has to go to the New City Plaza or order takeout..."

Xu Mu started nitpicking, and after finding fault with everything, she looked at Chen Kai and said, "Manager Chen, how much do you plan to rent out the first floor for?"

Hearing Xu Mu say that, Chen Kai's forehead was covered in cold sweat, because... Xu Mu was telling the truth.

Moreover, the county town is so small that you can easily tell whether this building is easy to rent or not. At night, there are basically no lights on!

Most importantly, the four floors below are a commercial area, similar to Xiang Sheng Century Plaza, but so far... not a single store has been leased in, simply because there's no foot traffic! And the location is too remote and too deserted!
"We plan to rent it for 800,000!"

"..." Xu Mu got up and was about to leave. "Your quote shows no sincerity in cooperating at all. Besides, I'm not just renting one floor, I'm renting two floors. At this price, are you trying to drive me away?"

"Mr. Xu, please wait a moment..."

Chen Kai was completely helpless.

He's really frustrated being the manager of the investment promotion office!
"It's like this... This price was set by the management, and I'm just an employee, so there's nothing I can do... Lingmu Design Company is currently a very popular design company in Tianji County. If you're sure you want to rent it, I can try to negotiate a discounted price with the management, and we can also apply for the county's entrepreneurship subsidy..."

We can offer some assistance in this area!

"Startup subsidies are our company's own business and have nothing to do with your building. My company can apply for startup subsidies anywhere, so please don't say such things... In addition, we have a professional legal team, so it's very easy for us to get subsidies."

"I want two floors, the seventh and the twelfth, to rent them both. I'll name my price... one million a year!"

"In addition, give us another month of free renovation time! I can sign a contract with you now, for ten years!"

Xu Mu had done his research beforehand. This building cost 1.2 billion yuan to build and had a 40-year property right. According to the property right plan, the annual rent would need to reach 50-60 million yuan to make a profit! But, as it is now, four or five years have passed and there are hardly any actual tenants.

I want to break even!
difficult!
Xu Mu only rented this place because it's a newly built building; otherwise, he wouldn't have even given it a second glance...

Don't even mention the lake view or anything like that.

It's an artificial lake, and since the opening of Zhexi Old Street, the flow of people to Shifeng Lake has decreased significantly.

Of course, only a small number of couples set off firecrackers here in the dark late at night.

"..."

After hesitating for a long time, Chen Kai looked at Xu Mu and said, "I'll call and ask my supervisor!"

Actually, Xu Mu's price quote is quite normal.

Because there are a total of 37 floors, and the four floors below are shops, if each floor is fully rented out, the annual rent can actually reach 50 to 60 million yuan, or even more!

This building definitely has its own advantages!
However, no one is renting this building right now. Your starting price is too high. You want to make money but don't offer discounts... so naturally, not many people will move in!

One of them is a company that has been operating in the county for a long time and already has a fixed location.

For a new company that doesn't want to spend a lot of money renting a commercial building, it's more cost-effective to rent a residential house!
In today's environment, starting a business is so difficult...

Everyone is poor.

"please!"

Xu Mu didn't speak, but simply made a gesture.

Xu Mu was not surprised that Chen Kai asked his superior for instructions.

Of course, Xu Mu thought the other party would agree!
One reason is that Lingmu Design Company is currently very well-known in Tianji County.

At least, he's definitely well-known within the leadership team.

Secondly, this so-called economic building... is not economical at all, and the occupancy rate is too low!

They urgently need to recoup their funds.

Otherwise, in this vicious cycle, it will only gradually decline!
Just like Baolong Tiandi across the lake, it was originally intended to create a brand new landmark, at least to rival Xiang Sheng Century Plaza!
But the result?
It went bankrupt before it even opened.

Now it has become a gathering place for middle-aged women from the neighboring communities to do square dancing!
Of course, the third and most important one is that Lingmu Design Company has a certain appeal. If the news gets out and people know that Lingmu Design Company has moved into the Economic Building, it will have a certain butterfly effect.

Whether this butterfly effect will work or not is unknown... but it will definitely attract a group of entrepreneurs to move in!
Chen Kai made the call while he was out of his office.

Xu Mu could only hear rustling sounds outside, and could not hear anything else.

However, all of this was under Xu Mu's control.

If the other party had any sense, they wouldn't refuse... Moreover, the price of one million is in line with the market price; it's not that Xu Mu was just randomly haggling and quoting a random price!
Everything is priced within a reasonable range.

About five minutes later, Chen Kai pushed open the door and walked in from the outside.

He picked up the thin cigarettes of Zhonghua cigarettes on the table, took one out, and handed it to Xu Mu.

"Mr. Xu, our manager has agreed, and we are willing to reduce your rent by six months. Of course, you still need to pay for property management fees, utilities, etc."

"However, we have one request!"

"You said."

Xu Mu nodded slightly. She was somewhat surprised by the six-month rent reduction, but it made sense. Six months would only amount to 500,000 yuan.

For Xu Mu, it's dispensable!
But having a discount is better than having nothing at all!
With 500,000, buying a Porsche 718 is no problem at all.

"Our leaders hope that after Lingmu Design Company moves in, it can promote our economic building! And if any new companies come to move in, we can introduce our decoration business to you. This would be a mutually beneficial and cooperative outcome!"

"What do you think?"

“Of course, no problem!” Xu Mu nodded, without refusing.

"Then get the contract ready. Sign a ten-year contract and rent the entire seventh and twelfth floors to me!"

“The parking lot is currently free, but I need you to allocate thirty dedicated parking spaces to our company! I will have Lingmu Design Company help you promote it! Without further ado, other companies will definitely be attracted to move in with us!” Xu Mu looked at Chen Kai and made his request again.

"no problem!"

Chen Kai nodded and readily agreed.

Their parking lot is free, which attracts many people to come and take advantage of the free parking.

However, allocating a dedicated parking space for Xu Mu's Lingmu Design Company is just a matter of a word.

After all, there are so many parking spaces. Giving them away for free to the tenants of the opposite community is definitely better for the tenants of the Economic Building!

"Then let's draft the contract and sign it directly!" Xu Mu said calmly, looking at Chen Kai.

Xu Mu rented two floors because, in addition to Lingmu Design Company, he also owned an investment company.

It's the investment company that Wang Mengyan set up before.

Once Xu Mu has enough money in his pocket, he will definitely get involved in investment.

Otherwise, having so much money in your pocket is really useless... Besides top investment institutions like Sequoia Capital, the top big shots in the industry also got involved in the investment field in their early years.

Thor's Shunwei Capital, isn't that just like that?

All the wealth of the super-rich is achieved through investment, which allows their funds to grow in a beneficial way!

For them, money is no longer money.

It's just the numbers in my bank card.

Therefore, these numbers need to keep growing!

To be honest, the investments in "Hello Mr. Billionaire" are indeed traceable.

Just like those stocks that are terribly green, as long as a lot of money is poured in, it is easy to harvest retail investors and achieve the effect of saving the market... Xu Mu didn't say much else. After he acquired Yinlun Shares, the stock price of Yinlun Shares hit the daily limit twice on the second and third days!

Because such acquisitions by individuals are required to be publicly disclosed by listed companies.

In this context, everyone has seen Yinlun Machinery's public announcement report, which is very positive news for the market.

Chen Kai quickly prepared the contract and printed it out using the printer in his office.

Three copies were handed to Xu Mu.

"Mr. Xu, could you please take a look... and see if there are any problems?"

"The first thing to pay attention to is the ten-year timeframe."

"The second issue is the rent. We need to increase it by five percent every year, and I need to make that clear to you!"

"The third thing is the deposit. It requires three months' rent to be paid in advance, but for convenience, I changed it to a deposit of 100,000 yuan!"

"Fourth, you will need to pay the property management fees and utility bills!"

"Fifth, if you don't want to renew the lease, you need to tell us one month in advance. If you don't tell us one month in advance, the deposit will not be refunded..."

Chen Kai explained everything else to Xu Mu.

The lease agreement is pretty much the same.

"No problem!"

Xu Mu nodded and signed his name on the three contracts.

After the contract was signed, the seventh and thirteenth floors became Xu Mu's territory.

Of course, there were other high-rise floors, but Xu Mu did not choose them.

no need!

The seventh floor is a branch of Lingmu Design Company, and the entire floor belongs to Lingmu Design Company.

So, on the thirteenth floor, Xu Mu planned to divide it into several areas.

The first one is the law firm.

The law firm definitely needs to be arranged.

The second is investment companies.

The third is the game company... Xu Mu doesn't plan to move the game company to other cities, but to set it up in a small county town and then recruit a professional team from outside.

The game company isn't in a hurry!
Xu Mu plans to contact a headhunting firm tomorrow.

Use a professional headhunting firm to find a suitable and professional team.

After all, Xu Mu really doesn't know anything about this... It's okay for Xu Mu to play games, but it's really not good for him to demonstrate his skills.

Fortunately, Xu Mu is overpowered.

Once the team is assembled, Xu Mu will naturally receive the system's first-stage reward.

The rewards include all the concepts and theories of this game.

All that's needed is for the technical team to do the research and development!

After signing the contract, Xu Mu transferred 500,000 yuan in rent to the corporate account specified in the contract.

"This is the first year's rent."

"The second year requires payment one month in advance, right?"

"Yes!"

"The rent will be 105 million starting from the second year!"

"OK."

"Have you done any renovations?"

"We've done some basic renovations and added some partitions because we initially planned to separate the office into different sizes for easier leasing. But we didn't expect business to be so difficult now, and there are fewer and fewer people starting businesses!"

"I understand... It's okay, I'll take it down!"

Xu Mu followed Chen Kai upstairs for a tour.

Thankfully it wasn't one of those solid walls, otherwise this thing would be really hard to remove!

"The thirteenth floor is a bare shell, only the seventh floor has been renovated!"

"I'll have them plan it out then!"

After a brief tour, Xu Mu nodded slightly, a general idea forming in his mind...

"Alright, I'll contact you again later!"

"I'm leaving!"

Xu Mu left the Tianji County Economic Building and took the contract back to Lingmu Design Company.

"Sister, I've already rented two floors in the Economic Building, the seventh and thirteenth floors. You can take some people to take a look... The entire seventh floor, over 2,400 square meters, is yours. You can come up with a design plan and contact a renovation team to do the renovations!"

"So fast?" Ye Muling's eyes widened when she saw the contract Xu Mu brought back. "I was saying I'd contact him later to discuss the rent! I didn't expect you to close the deal so quickly?"

(End of this chapter)