Transmigration: On the Gossip Front
Chapter 709 - 710 The Real Heiress Does Not Return to Her Place 42_1

Chapter 709: Chapter 710 The Real Heiress Does Not Return to Her Place 42_1

The greater the number of companies renting offices above, the less the commercial area below has to worry about rental issues.

The head of the planning group mulled it over and realized the truth, "Okay, I’ll plan it out."

President Wei listened quietly on the side, now feeling fortunate that he had put aside work to listen to Zhang Li’s ideas—otherwise, he would have truly missed out.

After the head of the planning group left, Zhang Li took a sip of coffee, finally having the energy to look around the president’s office, "As expected of Wei’s, the president’s office is really luxurious."

"It has Wei Yan’s distinct style," Zhang Li didn’t understand why the new president hadn’t considered redecorating the office.

"It was just renovated last year, according to President Wei’s own plan." He, too, wanted to change it to his own preferred style.

But there was nothing he could do; he couldn’t bring himself to suggest renovating an office that had just been done up last year—it would be wasteful.

Though they had ousted Wei Yan from his position, there were still people who stood by him. Should Wei Yan make a comeback, it would be impossible for him to remain at Wei’s.

"That’s true, work hard, and maybe after ten or so years, once you’ve expanded Wei’s to double its size, no one will object to you redecorating the office,"

They were already planning to enter the real estate industry, and as long as they didn’t rush things, the company’s size would steadily increase.

Regret, now that was genuine regret, watching as Wei’s continued to grow larger and larger was not good news for her.

President Wei of Wei’s chuckled. With the current scale of Wei’s, who knew how long it would take to reach this size.

Even doubling the company’s size was no easy feat, let alone multiple times over.

Zhang Li knew he didn’t believe her, but that was okay. Reality would show him that doubling the company’s size wasn’t an impossible task.

"Now that today’s work is done, I’ll be leaving first." She had previously asked the design team, and producing a new proposal would take about a week—many data points needed adjustment,

Thinking of this, Zhang Li decided to take the opportunity to return home for a while and pay her respects to the Zhang couple, taking a few days off at home.

After leaving Wei’s, Zhang Li headed straight for the station in a taxi and bought a train ticket home.

After spending two days at home, eating and strolling each day, she returned to Wei’s to check on the design drawings.

After several revisions, the final plan was eventually produced, which, of course, differed greatly from the designs of her previous life.

The head of Wei’s design team saw Zhang Li finally approving the plan and let out a long sigh of relief.

Before joining Wei’s, he had designed numerous plans and encountered many complex clients, but there were very few who could compare to this young lady.

He had thought he’d have no idea when this design would be approved, but the approval came unexpectedly quickly.

Zhang Li looked at the freshly produced design drawing, "Alright, we can put it out to tender."

Everything was ready; now all that was missing was the final piece. Once the construction firm was confirmed, it would be time for her to bleed money.

Thinking about the money in her savings account, which had seemed like a substantial amount, she realized that it would soon no longer belong to her, which was quite saddening.

Wei’s had actually already started the construction of a residential complex, just waiting for the houses to be built quickly so they could develop a second plot of land.

Wei’s was able to act so effectively because they had completed all the preparatory work early on.

No sooner had the land transfer been completed than the engineering team immediately entered the site; the speed was indeed fast.

He hadn’t expected Zhang Li to move so quickly and was quite surprised, "That’s very fast."

"Of course I’m in a hurry, all my money is tied up in this land, I’m just waiting for it to be developed so I can start collecting rent."

Zhang Li made no attempt to hide the fact that she was out of money; after all, it would shock people to discover that a self-made girl could buy a piece of land and afford the construction costs without breaking a sweat.

The best strategy, obviously, was to let everyone know she was short on cash.

President Wei wasn’t surprised that Zhang Li was out of money, since anyone with cash would never just sit on an empty plot of land.

What he was curious about was, "Since you’re short on cash, why not consider selling?"

"No need, I’m only facing some temporary difficulties. Once things ease up, I’ll have a considerable income every month."

"By that time, I’ll be earning millions with ease every month, tens of millions a year, and even if I don’t work, I won’t have to worry about living a tough life."

"You’re a company, you have to deal with numerous shareholders, you need to make a profit, I’m looking toward the future." This was a clear difference between an individual and a company.

"In Harbor City, there’s a ’shop king’ who uses his wealth to buy stores, office buildings, residential areas, and the like; he seems to only buy and never sell, earning over a hundred million a month just in rent."

"I don’t aim to be like them, I only hope to have an annual income of tens of millions."

If the rent income was too high, Wei Yan and his group might get envious and start paying too much attention.

It was better to keep a low profile; an annual income of tens of millions was good, but compared to the vast wealth of the Wei Family, it was a considerable difference, and they might not even take notice.

Wei’s CEO was also taken aback when he heard that monthly rents could reach over a hundred million; after all, so many people at Wei’s worked hard all year, and the net profit wasn’t even two billion.

It turned out someone could effortlessly surpass a billion just by collecting rent, and that was the difference.

However, he just sighed about it, knowing that no shareholder would agree to this approach; they wouldn’t be willing to wait a long time, they wanted profits they could see right now.

He suddenly thought of the reason Zhang Li refused to collaborate with them. After some thought, he hesitated, "Is this the reason you disagree?"

No way, he actually guessed it. Indeed, collaborating with them meant constantly acquiring land, developing it, selling it, and then repeating the process.

The scale of the company would grow, money would be made, but with a profitable company, many would be jealous, and people would find various ways to get involved.

"Not exactly, I’m used to being in control. Once the company grows, more people will want in, and I have no connections in China."

"The Wei Family won’t be ousted, but I might be."

"It’s quite possible I could be forced out at a rock-bottom price, so I’d rather play it safe and just be a landlady."

"If someone gets jealous and insists on buying the building, fine, but they have to offer me a price that reaches my psychological threshold."

A psychological price, President Wei understood; she meant not the market price but her psychological price, "Have you never thought about selling?"

"Yeah, I’m not short of money, although I’ll need cash for construction, but I can always get a loan from the bank." If possible, she wouldn’t want to borrow from the bank.

It wasn’t that she didn’t want to take out a bank loan, but for a new company, one that wasn’t large and didn’t have a big investment, getting a loan would be difficult.

"Getting a bank loan isn’t easy, especially for a new company." Even for a huge company like Wei’s, getting a loan was no easy feat.

Zhang Li was of course aware of this, "That’s why I never fully relied on the idea of a loan in the first place."

"I’ve got it figured out; I’ll see how things go when it’s time to pay for the construction in one go."

Zhang Li calculated in her mind; if everything went smoothly, this sum of money was not unattainable.