Dadong is a roast duck restaurant, which is relatively friendly to the people among restaurants in Beijing.
Everyone knows that there are not many other roast duck restaurants in Beijing.
To stand out among so many roast duck restaurants in Beijing, you need creativity, luck, and strength.
The big boss treated them to a treat and allowed them to eat as much as they wanted, which was enough for them.
Almost everyone invariably aimed at the most expensive dishes on the menu.
The "crispy but not greasy" little duck costs 298 each and is a must-order on every table.
Looking at the most intimidating dishes on the menu, everyone grabbed their hands one after another.
One of the signature dishes, beef cubes with black bean pepper, left the employees in a dilemma.
This dish has two ingredients, one is ordinary beef cubes and costs 268 a piece.
The other is premium beef, 980 a piece.
In the end, everyone unanimously chose the 980 approach.
It doesn't matter whether they have money or not, they just want to taste the taste of high-quality beef.
With this dish as a starting point, we will make a steamed Eastern Star Spot and a red pepper baked recipe.
The restaurant gives a discount price, each Eastern Star Spot is 1,500, and two Eastern Star Spots per table are 3,000.
The rest of the food was sea cucumber and abalone rice with truffle sauce.
When the waiters brought the dishes one after another, the first thing I did was to take photos and post them on WeChat.
There are many particularly bad ones who post their photos in WeChat Moments and designate them for those colleagues who have not resigned.
“Dinner for 1,500 per person, Mr. Chen is awesome!”
As expected, a large number of comments appeared below, and many employees who had not resigned were envious.
"Damn it, help me ask, is Mr. Zhang still hiring?"
"I was just a step too late. I was planning to leave my job tomorrow, but I didn't catch up. What a shame!"
"That's enough for you guys. I'm still eating instant noodles. Can you send me a close-up of Dong Xingban?"
…
Employees outside were eating and showing off in various ways to take photos, which made the employees who had not resigned feel itchy.
The largest private room on the second floor.
The former Dianping department executives were all toasting Chen Dongcheng.
Mr. Chen also has a large number of people and will not reject anyone who comes.
"Dr. Chen, I would like to toast you with this cup. Thank you for giving us this opportunity."
"Dr. Chen, there's nothing to say in the future. Let's let our results speak for ourselves."
"Don't worry, Mr. Chen, we will definitely knock Wang Xing's grandson to the ground and beat him."
The atmosphere in the private room was very lively, with people toasting and cheering.
Regardless of their status as managers, they are also ordinary people, at most relatively wealthy.
All drinks in the restaurant are free. This is a discount given by Da Dong, and Chen Dongcheng is given a 10% discount.
After all, more than 600 people spent a total of more than 900,000 yuan tonight.
"Please make arrangements and nothing will happen."
Before Chen Dongcheng left, he made an explanation.
Zhang Tao smiled and responded: "Don't worry, I'm here, everything will be fine."
…
the next day.
Ideal International Building.
The employees in the administrative department hurriedly purchased the desks.
Originally, there were only about 300 people on this floor, which was not too crowded, but now there are more than 600 people, which is a bit embarrassing.
Not to mention that there are many old employees of Dianping who are changing jobs here one after another.
The first problem facing the newly established Cao Cao Dianping is to quickly find a new office floor.
Mao Hanhua, an executive of Ideal Group, has been walking to Chen Dongcheng's floor with a carbon dioxide recorder for the past two days, constantly nagging Zhang Tao.
"Mr. Zhang, I think you should quickly find another office building. Otherwise, with more than 600 of you working here intensively, I will be on tenterhooks every day."
Mao Hanhua said helplessly: "In the whole building, I only test your floor every day when I go to work. There are too many people on one floor, which is not a good thing."
"I understand President Mao's concerns and I will try my best."
Zhang Tao felt helpless and sighed: "Unfortunately, Ideal International is fully occupied and there is really no room for us, so we can only rent it out."
"If someone wanted to cancel the lease, I would definitely leave it to Mr. Zhang without saying a word, but now there really is no chance."
Mao Hanhua pointed downstairs and said with a mysterious smile: "I heard that ofo's economic situation is not very good and they may move out."
"You mean the ofo on the 10th and 11th floors?"
Zhang Tao was stunned for a moment, a little confused: "That shouldn't be the case. Mobike has sold for such a high price. Ofo is the second largest in the market, so it should be valued higher."
"Alas, Mr. Zhang doesn't know something. Dai Wei is young and energetic and doesn't know how to adapt. It was okay before capital was enthusiastic about it, but now capital has changed its focus and shared bicycles have become cold."
Mao Hanhua shook his head, looking a little regretful: "Ali, the largest shareholder of Ofo, has now invested more money in Hello Bike. Ofo's life has become even more difficult."
Ideal International Building is not the newest, most high-end and most magnificent in Beijing, but it is definitely among the most expensive office buildings.
The rent for one floor is 20 million. If ofo rents two floors at one time, the annual rent alone will be 40 million.
When shared bicycles were in the spotlight, it was easy to say that the investors could only make a few comments.
Now investors are backing off, and ofo is unwilling to sell.
We can only look for investment while considering whether to quit the lease.
The annual rent of 40 million is not a small amount.
No matter how ideal Dai Wei is, he still has to bend his back when facing reality.
I had tentatively mentioned it to Mao Hanhua before, to test out Mao Hanhua's tone of voice.
Zhang Tao's eyes lit up and he said with a smile: "Mr. Mao, if ofo intends to sublet, we, Cao Cao Dianping, are willing to take over the two floors they vacated."
"Let's see. Dai Wei is quite stubborn and may not be willing to sublet until the last moment."
Mao Hanhua smiled but did not dare to make any guarantee.
Even if ofo is short of money again, it can still use the small amount of rent money, it just depends on Dai Wei's reluctance to part with it.
Chen Dongcheng didn't exactly point to the Ideal International Building.
There is a lot of new supply of office buildings in Beijing, and there are also several 5a-level office buildings.
Chen Dongcheng is also considering acquiring an office building to use as an office for his subsidiary companies.
If we want to fight a protracted war with Magnesium Group, or even fight across all business lines, the number of employees will definitely exceed 10,000 in the future.
If the number of employees exceeds 10,000, relying solely on renting, you can only live here and there.
Ali had just had enough of this kind of life, so he invested in the acquisition of two office buildings.
Subsidiary companies will be rented out one after another and relocated together.
Compared with the time-consuming construction of your own headquarters, there are many benefits to acquiring a ready-made office building.
Apart from costing money, there are no other disadvantages.
But it is really not easy to find a property in Beijing that is willing to sell.
Foreign investors are generally optimistic that the price of office buildings in Beijing will rise to another level.
As a result, the office building transaction market this year has been very deserted, but the leasing market has become increasingly hot.
Chen Dongcheng sent Li Changqing and others to inquire around, and finally contacted a company with a rather ambiguous attitude.
Zhongrong Trust Building.
The location is in the North Third Ring Road, where land is at a premium and there is virtually no land left for development.
Mr. Chen’s big Bentley is parked in front of the Zhongrong Trust Building.
Li Changqing came over quickly: "Boss."
"Well, this is a project of the Commercial Reform Office?"
Chen Dongcheng asked, pointing to the seven-story office building in front of him.
Li Changqing smiled and nodded: "In the past two years, shopping mall properties have suffered more and more losses, and many shopping malls have simply transformed and converted into office buildings.
Who makes the Beijing office market always hot? There are too many people who are greedy for office rents."
According to Li Changqing’s introduction, this building was previously called Parkson Mall.
Parkson Group could not bear the losses, so it sold the mall to Zhongrong Trust last year.
After Zhongrong Trust bought it, it contacted well-known designers and professional teams to convert the shopping mall into an office building.
They are not worried at all about the sales situation after the business reform.
Properties in the North Third Ring Road are scarce resources and there will be no shortage of tenants.
Chen Dongcheng was not the first to contact them.
Countless Fortune 500 companies at home and abroad have taken a fancy to this commercial renovation project.
They all want to take over this property and use it as the group's headquarters.
Think about it, in the East Third Ring Road where land is at a premium, acquiring such an office building is simply magnificent.
This is no better than Jingdong's Yizhuang, which is a suburb of Beijing, and many core talents are too lazy to go there.
Surrounded by subway lines 10, 12 and 13, the transportation is very convenient.
Although the project is still under construction, it is nearing completion and is expected to be officially delivered in September.
The question for Zhongrong Trust is whether to choose to rent in whole or in bulk?
It is easy to rent in bulk, but later management is troublesome.
They are just trust institutions, and the ideal trading model is to renovate this mall and sell it at a good price.
After obtaining a certain amount of income, you can move on to the next project.
Rather than renting out the entire property, selling it directly is more in line with their calculations.
The prerequisite is that the price must satisfy them.
"Mr. Wang, this is Mr. Chen, my boss. He is very interested in your company's renovation project."
After Li Changqing made the introduction, he took a step back, leaving room for negotiation between the two of them.
Wang Yutao is the executive president of Zhongrong Trust, and he is responsible for the Parkson shopping mall renovation project.
"Hello, Mr. Chen, may I show you around first?" Wang Yutao asked with a smile.
"Okay, thank you for your hard work, Mr. Wang." Chen Dongcheng smiled and thanked him.
"Yes, this project is quite risky to be honest.
At that time, I was under tremendous pressure to convince the board of directors to agree to the acquisition of Parkson Plaza.
Parkson Group has made a lot of money, not to mention getting rid of a property that has been losing money for many years.
The group’s financial reports were all good, and as soon as the news was revealed, Parkson Group’s stock price skyrocketed.”
Wang Yutao briefly talked about the background of the transaction, and then began to introduce the details of the building.
“Parkson Mall was previously planned as a commercial center, so it is very difficult to transform it into an office building.
After many discussions with the design team, we decided to transform it into seven floors above ground and three floors underground.
Each floor above ground is designed as a large flat floor, with a usable area of approximately 6,000 square meters.
The underground usable area is about 9,000 square meters, and the total construction area is 65,303 square meters."
Walking into the first floor, the ten-meter-high lobby is very shocking and impressive.
The building is equipped with 18 elevators and is of very high quality.
The entire building is connected to the Internet and IT equipment, and all hardware in the building is of the highest quality.
After the second floor, there is a 50-square-meter high natural lighting atrium in the middle of the building.
Sunlight shines along the patio into the atrium, which will be designed with some green plants.
Just by looking at the design drawings, you can tell that the atrium design is the biggest highlight of the entire office building.
Wang Yutao expressed some emotion: “In order to perfectly transform this square into an office building, we fully researched comparable projects.
We consulted with many people in the industry to design this super stunning natural lighting atrium.”
The expression on Mr. Chen's face remained unchanged, and he was slandering in his heart.
What this guy said is just asking for a high price.
However, Chen Dongcheng also admitted that he immediately fell in love with this commercial reform office building.
There is 42,000 square meters of office space above ground, and the underground can be designed as a restaurant, employee rest area, entertainment area, and even a basketball court.
Anyway, as long as you buy it, no one will care how Chen Dongcheng wants to design it.
Wang Yutao pulled Chen Dongcheng around and asked with a smile: "Mr. Chen, how are you thinking?"
"Mr. Wang, I would like to ask, did your company spend 2.32 billion to acquire Parkson Plaza?"
"Yes, but Mr. Chen should know that the cost of business reform is very high.
The construction cost per square meter is at least 8,000 yuan, and we spent 500 million yuan on renovation costs alone!"
Wang Yutao stretched out his right hand, the smile on his face unchanged.
"And projects in the East Third Ring Road are very scarce. If Mr. Chen wants to find a headquarters for his company.
Among the office buildings that are about to enter the market, we are the only ones that are most in line with Mr. Chen’s plan.”
He was right about this. Many office buildings have already been purchased by companies before they are even built.
Ali has done this all the time, and these real estate companies are happy to operate under an asset-light model and play the role of service providers.
When Chen Dongcheng bought an office building, he also considered that for a long time, the Internet talents in Beijing would still surpass other first-tier cities.
If there are any policies, they will be first introduced from the capital and implemented on a trial basis.
It is very necessary to establish a headquarters in Beijing.
"Mr. Wang, what do you think of this?"
Chen Dongcheng thought for a while and said: "Your company has really put in a lot of effort in handling the Parkson project.
I can't let your company work in vain for a year, I plan to acquire Zhongrong Trust Building for 3 billion yuan."
"3 billion?"
Wang Yutao thought about it and realized that the renovation cost he had just mentioned was a bit exaggerated.
The actual renovation cost is approximately 400 million.
If they follow this quotation, their actual operation time will be one year, and the profit will be nearly 300 million.
This return on investment is not bad for Zhongrong Trust.
These days, there are so many projects that funds lose money on. Many fund managers secretly enjoy themselves when they encounter projects that do not lose money.
If you encounter someone who makes a small fortune and has an investment return rate close to 10%, he or she will be rewarded by the board of directors.
As for the return on investment of more than 20%?
Promotion, salary increase, bonus doubled...
That's nothing.
Wang Yutao coughed lightly: "Ahem, Mr. Chen, our group currently has no plans to sell the trust building. We would rather find a customer suitable for the trust building."
"3.1 billion!"
"Mr. Chen, it's really not about money..."
"3.2 billion!"
"Mr. Chen, don't you look down on me, Old Wang?"
"3.3 billion!"
"Mr. Chen, when do you think it's convenient to sign the contract?"
Wang Yutao suddenly stopped pretending, and his face was full of compliments.
Damn, this is an annualized rate of return of over 20%!
An absolute fund investment success story!
It is rare for Wang Yutao to be able to hold back his excitement and pretend to be calm.
But Lao Wang's excited hands seemed to be twitching.
Chen Dongcheng curled his lips. Sure enough, there was nothing in the world that money couldn't solve.
If so, it must be that you don’t have enough money.
I just said that I didn't mean to sell anything, but now I immediately relented.
In today's situation where it is becoming more and more difficult to raise funds, every project with an annual return rate of more than 20% is enough for fund institutions to boast for a whole year.
Lao Wang felt that he was not without integrity, and there were many people who were willing to give up for five buckets of rice.
What's more, he is bending down for the profit of several hundred million, even if the special mother kneels down, Lao Wang is willing to do so.
To do a good job in this business, we must arrange for a few young model stewardesses to help out.
When Lao Wang thought of this, he was filled with energy and worked harder to introduce to Mr. Chen, fearing that Mr. Chen was just teasing him.