Chapter 127: Zhongsha Industrial Park, the starting point of Orange (asking for monthly tickets)
Wang Zihao drove a Mercedes-Benz and circled the Sago Technology Park twice, with Zuo Hongyu leading the way.
After visiting three factories in a row, Chen Yansen was not satisfied with any of them.
First, the area is small, with the smallest being 800 square meters and the largest just over 2,000 square meters; second, the factory is full of dilapidated production lines, and if you want to rent one, you have to buy these useless equipment, and you want to take advantage of them.
Chen Yansen sighed and asked everyone to get in the car.
"Mr. Chen, Sage Technology Park is next to Huaqiangbei. In the past, there were all knockoff phone factories here. At its peak, there were more than 1,000 of them, so the factory space is a bit fragmented. My idea is to rent a few more and connect them for use."
Zuo Hongyu stood outside the car, explained slowly, and gave a solution.
There is no way. The larger factories in the park have already been owned by others, and they produce regular smartphones, which are not within the scope of the double-strike operation.
The ones Zuo Hongyu contacted were all old factories left behind by their bosses who ran away after the doubles match.
Last year, the daily rent for factory buildings was 1.5 yuan per square meter. Now it has dropped to 1.1 yuan, and some have even fallen below 1 yuan. However, few bosses are willing to discuss cooperation.
When the factory owner saw that several people were about to leave, he hurriedly lowered the price, discounted the rent, and sold the equipment at a discount as well.
But Chen Yansen thought the area was too small and left without looking back.
"Let's look for another place. Although the location of Saige Technology Park is good, the factory buildings are too scattered. I said before that the building area must be at least 10,000 square meters."
Chen Yansen waved his hand, interrupting Zuo Hongyu who was about to continue explaining.
He understood Zuo Hongyu's intention, which was nothing more than finding a dozen small factories to sign contracts together. However, the owners of these factories were different, and it was difficult to coordinate the rental price, lease term and payment cycle.
"Mr. Chen, then we can only go to Zhongsha Village. The rent is at least 50% cheaper than Bige, but the location and transportation are worse."
Zuo Hongyu nodded and proposed an alternative plan.
"How far is it from here?" Chen Yansen asked.
"About 9 kilometers, 15 minutes drive." Zuo Hongyu replied immediately.
"Go and have a look."
Chen Yansen gave instructions to Zuo Hongyu without hesitation.
At this moment, Chen Yansen began to agree with Cao Dahua's evaluation of Zuo Hongyu: he is honest, speaks little, is reliable and organized.
When Chen Yansen was not satisfied with the factory building in Sago Science and Technology Park, Zuo Hongyu was able to immediately come up with a new plan, obviously having been prepared.
In order to persuade his old friend not to commit suicide in the morning, Zuo Hongyu risked offending his new boss, was half an hour late, and brought Zhou Jinling over without permission.
Although he looks like a villain, in this age of money and gold, he is still willing to talk about friendship with others. He may not be able to be a boss, but he is a good employee.
Afterwards, the two cars sped along Binhai Avenue, passing Shenzhen Convention and Exhibition Center and Tianan Cyber City, and finally arrived at Zhongsha Village Industrial Park.
It was just as Zuo Hongyu said, the surrounding area was deserted and only one truck passed by in half an hour.
Locals wearing shorts and flip-flops, holding fishing rods, and riding small electric scooters passed by quickly.
Chen Yansen got out of the car and looked around, observing the traffic and supporting facilities. Although they were different from Saigo, they had a quiet environment.
Not far away, there were large factories connected together, not as scattered as Saigo’s, which looked like cubicles.
Zuo Hongyu took out his cell phone and made a call.
Soon, a man in his forties, wearing a stand-up collar POLO shirt, came over on an electric scooter.
"Boss Zuo, are you going to expand production capacity again?"
The man stopped the car, looked puzzled, and couldn't help asking.
"Boss Huang, I resigned from Big Pineapple last week. Let me introduce you to my new boss, Chen Yansen."
Zuo Hongyu pulled Huang Qiming up to Chen Yansen and said with a smile.
"Wow! Boss Chen is so handsome. Let's go check out the factory first."
Huang Qiming looked at Chen Yansen, praised him, then pointed to the factory area in front and spoke straight to the point.
"Boss Huang, nice to meet you."
Chen Yansen responded and followed Huang Qiming towards the industrial park.
Cao Dahua, Wang Zihao and Song Yuncheng followed behind, looking around at the surrounding environment.
"This area is A3, covering an area of 3,400 square meters. It is basically a three-story factory building. There is also a six-story dormitory building with a construction area of 11,000 square meters. It is used to produce copycat phones. With the equipment in place, 5 million units can be produced a year!"
Huang Qiming pointed at his own factory and boasted seriously.
"Boss Huang, selling counterfeit mobile phones in Shenzhen is a dead end now," Zuo Hongyu said unhappily.
"Haha, then let's get a branded machine." Huang Qiming gave a dry laugh, looking embarrassed, and responded with a laugh.
He was also helpless. As a result of the double-strike action from above, 80% of the mobile phone factories in Huaqiangbei went bankrupt.
The factory buildings in Sago Technology Park cannot be rented out, let alone the remotely located Zhongsha Industrial Park.
Such a large factory costs 6,000 to 8,000 yuan a day to rent, and if it is empty for a day, it loses money.
Huang Qiming was so anxious that he spoke nonsense.
In order to promote the deal, he took everyone around A3 for a long time and introduced the factory conditions, including the power distribution room, air compressor room, refrigeration station, etc.
Chen Yansen didn't say anything and left it to Zuo Hongyu and Cao Dahua to handle.
I have to say that Huang Qiming's factory is in very good condition, with complete supporting facilities, including employee dormitories, parking lots, garbage stations, and a reasonable layout. It is obvious that a professional designer was hired during its construction.
Zuo Hongyu glanced at Chen Yansen and saw his boss nod slightly. He understood what was going on and started talking to Huang Qiming about issues such as price, lease term and payment period.
"0.65 yuan per square meter per day, paid every three months, minimum lease two years, contract signed for two years."
When Huang Qiming saw that Zuo Hongyu was interested in leasing the property, he immediately made an offer.
"Boss Huang, you may be able to fool an outsider, but we have been in Shenzhen for more than ten years and are very familiar with the prices. If you think Chen Yansen is an outsider and wants to take advantage of him, then we can only look for another store."
After hearing this, Zuo Hongyu shook his head, his face darkened, and asked unhappily.
"The rent is paid annually. We can sign an 8-year contract, but Mr. Huang needs to lower the price. How about 0.5 yuan?"
Cao Dahua asked with a smile, her belly bulging.
Seeing that they were bargaining, Chen Yansen had no interest in getting involved. He left Wang Zihao to study and took Song Yuncheng to wander around the park.
“You sold 5% of FoxTao’s shares just to make mobile phones?”
Song Yuncheng asked softly.
"There is this reason." Chen Yansen answered casually as he looked at the setting sun.
"It's said on the Internet that you want to pack up the foxes and sell them." Song Yuncheng hesitated for a moment and asked again.
"Shouldn't you be happy then?"
Chen Yansen turned around and joked with a smile.
Song Yuncheng, Zhang Wenbo, Xiang Pengfei and others each hold options for 100,000 shares. Based on the valuation of 16 billion yuan, these options are worth more than 3 million yuan.
At this time, the housing prices in Yan, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen are mostly 10,000 to 20,000 yuan per square meter, and in the more remote suburbs, they are only more than 8,000 yuan per square meter. If Chen Yansen really sold the company, they would become rich immediately.
“Everyone wants to make FoxTao stronger and bigger.”
Song Yuncheng shook his head and said seriously that this idea also represents the voice of some people in FoxTao.
Although Chen Yansen still holds nearly 70% of the shares after selling 5% of the shares, most startup company bosses will not sell their shares during the project's growth phase.
Chen Yansen's move undoubtedly revealed to the outside world that he wanted to cash out as soon as possible.
"Don't worry, I don't plan to sell Fox Tao."
Chen Yansen smiled and added in his heart: At least I won’t sell it now.
FoxTao's performance is not stable enough, and the 16 billion valuation given by Augusta Capital is frankly inflated. It is difficult to find a buyer in China to take over.
If Ali can go public next year, Ma Liyun might be interested, but now, Ali's operation of transferring the ownership of Zhifubao has been discovered by Yahoo.
The two companies are arguing fiercely on the Internet. If Ma wants to resolve this issue and buy back Yahoo’s shares, he will have to prepare at least 5 billion US dollars.
There is simply no spare money to take over! Therefore, Chen Yansen said he would not sell it, but he just hadn't met the right buyer.
Song Yuncheng felt more at ease after hearing what Chen Yansen said, but he still reminded him quietly: "Many people in the project team are talking about it. I think you should hold a staff meeting to explain it."
"Okay, I'll ask Xu Dan to make the arrangements later."
Chen Yansen raised his hand and rubbed Song Yuncheng's head.
"Brother Sen..." After negotiating the price, Wang Zihao walked over and was about to call Chen Yansen, but he saw him touching Song Yuncheng's head and immediately shut his mouth.
Chen Yansen heard the noise behind him, patted Song Yuncheng on the shoulder, and walked back as if nothing had happened.
Wang Zihao opened his mouth, seemed to be about to say something, and finally remained silent.
When I returned to the office, Zuo Hongyu and Cao Dahua were waiting.
Chen Yansen picked up the draft contract. The lease term started at 5 years, the rent would be negotiated every 3 years and settled every 6 months, and the rent was 0.5 yuan per square meter per day.
It is 20% less than Huang Qiming’s quotation and half the price of the rent of Bisigo Science and Technology Park.
Chen Yansen made a rough calculation and found that the annual rent was nearly 2 million.
Looking at Huang Qiming's dress, he doesn't look like a big boss with a net worth of tens of millions.
Chen Yansen nodded and left the follow-up matters to Zuo Hongyu.
Cao Dahua decided to stay in Shenzhen to help contact equipment suppliers and set up production lines. Functional testers, injection molding machines and CNC machine tools can be found in Huaqiangbei.
But as for SMT placement equipment, they felt it was a waste to buy brand new ones. Coincidentally, there was an electronic equipment auction in Shenzhen this month, and they had a chance to buy a batch at a low price.
Naturally, Chen Yansen would not let Cao Dahua help for nothing, so he paid him an extra salary.
In Chen Yansen's eyes, although Cao Dahua failed in business, he was still able to run errands and purchase equipment.
Of course, according to Cao Dahua himself, he is guiding college students in starting their own businesses, and his main job is still a university teacher, so there is nothing wrong with getting two salaries.
Four people came, three people left.
(End of this chapter)
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