Becoming a Russian Oligarch After Rebirth
Chapter 286 Purchasing the Whole Building_1

Chapter 286: Chapter 286 Purchasing the Whole Building_1

"No need, let’s go to the company first. Business is the priority." Wang Ye said.

Liu Mei didn’t insist, she took Wang Ye to the parking lot, ready to drive him to the company.

When they arrived at the parking lot, Wang Ye noticed that Liu Mei had swapped her car. She originally drove a Jetta, but now she had a luxury car, a brand-new Audi A6!

In those days, the Audi A6 was considered a symbol of officialdom in the country!

If one reckons, this flat-headed A6 should be considered the third generation, the first two generations were called Audi 100 or Audi 200, then they were renamed Audi A6.

In the country, only officials of the director level or above got to ride in this car!

Moreover, it was selling very well. If you wanted to buy one, you had to pay a premium...

Wang Ye then joked: "Well, Liu, driving this car, no one could figure out your background. They might think you are some high-ranking official!"

Liu Mei chuckled shyly and explained: "Running a company in the capital, you have to make a show. A good car can sometimes have an unexpected effect. Besides, now I am representing Xiao Ying Group’s image, it wouldn’t sit right to keep driving that old car."

The initial expenses of the branch company were all out of Liu Mei’s own pocket, including purchasing the car and renting the office space!

It was clear that she had put in quite a lot of money.

However, from this it can be seen that Liu Mei was a smart person. She had seen that once Xiao Ying Group got on its feet it would definitely be a cash cow.

Even if she didn’t own many shares, she could still make quite a bit of money.

So she sold her original company and put all her assets into this branch company.

...

Once inside the car, Wang Ye looked around and thought that this little Audi wasn’t too bad.

At least it was much better than the A6’s of a decade or so later, with full leather interior, a V6 engine, this was deserving of the name luxury car.

Of course, compared to his Mercedes Benz, it fell quite a bit short...

After all, the price was right there. One Mercedes Benz could buy several A6’s.

Liu Mei started the car and headed towards downtown.

"By the way, I forgot to ask you, where is the branch company located?" Wang Ye asked.

Liu Mei smirked smugly and said, "You’ll know when we get there. You won’t be disappointed!"

Wang Ye raised his eyebrow slightly. Liu Mei was quite confident, but his standards were not low. It wasn’t that simple to meet his satisfaction.

The car sped along the expressway. In those days, the capital didn’t have as much traffic as it does now. Although the roads were busy with cars coming and going, there was no congestion yet.

Moreover, there weren’t many luxury cars. Most of them were cheaper cars like the Santana, Jetta, and Fukang.

Occasionally, you would see an Audi 100, as for cars like Mercedes-Benz and BMW, they were seldom seen.

Wang Ye sighed inwardly, the country was still not wealthy enough at this time.

Wait another ten to twenty years, and look at the streets of the capital again, it was like a luxury car show, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, and Audi were no longer eye-catching, only cars like the Niu Ma Lun were considered luxury cars.

But at this time, apart from Wang Ye, probably no one could imagine that the changes in the country in a dozen years would be so great!

...

The ride was smooth and the car entered the city.

Wang Ye was not very familiar with the capital. In his previous life, he had only stayed here for half a year and he didn’t have much impression left.

In this life, he hardly ever visited the capital.

Through the car window, looking at the rows of dilapidated low buildings along the road, his heart surged with excitement.

If he took that 20 billion US dollars from the Polar Bear Investment, and bought all the land and houses in the capital...

He reckoned that in ten or so years, the return rate might not lag behind investing in internet companies!

However, Wang Ye just thought about it, he wouldn’t do that.

Let alone the fact that throwing so much capital into the real estate market in the capital would attract attention, and might even invite malevolent glances.

The money earned from investing in the internet is absolutely different from the money earned from investing in real estate!

The former is a high-tech industry, not only can it earn a lot of money, but it can also gain fame and reputation!

The latter, he might just be called a "property speculator", the money would be earned, but his reputation would be ruined...

In addition, Wang Ye’s investment in those internet giants was not just for making money. Through those companies, he could get in touch with more industries and seize more opportunities!

For him, these invisible benefits were more important.

In a short while, Liu Mei drove the car in front of a towering building and said with a smile: "Here we are. How do you find this place?"

Looking through the windshield, Wang Ye looked up at the towering building. It was very high, appearing to be forty to fifty stories tall with a façade that looked like a giant cylinder, and the exterior walls were all tea-colored glass curtain walls.

He knew this place!

One of the landmarks of the capital, the International Trade Building!

It had to be said, Liu Mei really spent a fortune. Setting up the branch company here, the rent was not cheap.

You should know that whether it was now or a decade later, the rent for the International Trade was arguably a ceiling price for office buildings in the capital...

"Not bad, not bad, this place isn’t cheap, is it?" Wang Ye praised.

"Hehe, I rented the smallest office, only about 200 square meters, six thousand a month, not bad, right?" Liu Mei said proudly.

Having said that, she drove into the underground parking lot. This place was likely to be the second phase of the International Trade, which had just opened last year and was not yet particularly bustling.

The underground parking lot was not yet filled.

After getting off the car, the two took the express elevator to the thirty-sixth floor, which is where the company was located.

The top-rated office building was really different. It was much better than the office buildings in Moscow, even the headquarters of Yukos couldn’t compare to this place!

Let alone the Alpha Hotel...

The corridor had mirror-like marble floors, the walls were all natural stone slabs, and all corners were spotlessly clean.

Liu Mei had rented 36-A, which was one of the smallest spaces.

According to her, there was only her company on this floor, and the other spaces were all vacant.

The branch company had yet to officially start operations, as it was still in the soft-fitting phase, the building provided hard fittings, only requiring the company to do some soft furnishings and buy some office furniture before moving in.

Liu Mei took Wang Ye for a tour around the empty company.

Wang Ye was quite satisfied with the place.

However, he had new thoughts, in the future, he still wanted to develop in the country, so he needed a "base".

Obviously, the International Trade was a good choice.

In a few years, it would probably be difficult to rent office space here, so it would be better to seize the opportunity now when the International Trade’s second phase has just opened and rent a whole floor as soon as possible.

So he said to Liu Mei: "You said earlier that this floor hasn’t been rented out yet?"

Liu Mei nodded, not knowing why he asked this.

"Afterwards, rent the whole floor...no, if possible, just buy it outright!"