Reborn in 2000: Reuniting with the School Belle

Chapter 111

Yi Feng stayed up all night maintaining the server and drafting the structure and system for each department of Xifeng Electronics, working until 5 a.m. before finishing.

He looked up at the window, noticing the sky was already brightening, then glanced at the time, prompting a wry smile.

“Who says being a boss isn’t tiring?”

To get the company on track before the start of the school year, he had to make the most of the holiday, as there would be less time once university started.

Yi Feng looked at the various system documents on his computer desktop and breathed a sigh of relief, grateful he had completed these documents over a few days.

These documents on culture construction, strategic planning, management system, business division, and top-level design of job responsibilities were all based on his past life experiences and summarized essence.

They were ahead of their time, advanced documents on enterprise management and development factors.

Although these documents could not be perfect from the start, as each stage of development would bring new problems and systems, it was impossible to remain unchanged.

However, these core documents were sufficient to support the initial development requirements of Xifeng Electronics, meeting the needs for the enterprise to operate autonomously.

After saving all the documents, Yi Feng went back to bed and fell asleep.

He slept for an indeterminate amount of time, waking to find the sunlight outside the window very dazzling.

Checking his phone, he saw it was already noon.

Rubbing his eyes, Yi Feng forced himself to wake up fully and start a new day’s work.

Just after leaving his room, he found Gu Muxi in the living room, with no sign of his parents.

“Uh? Gu Muxi, what are you doing?” Yi Feng asked in confusion.

“I’m filling out college applications.” Gu Muxi didn’t look up, continuing to write.

“Yi Feng, why are you up so late? I saw you sleeping earlier and didn’t want to wake you.”

“Anyway… you’re not filling out the same applications as me.”

Yi Feng smiled and casually said, “Oh, then keep filling them out, let me copy yours when you’re done.”

Gu Muxi suddenly looked up, staring at him in shock, “What? Copy?”

“Such an important thing as college applications, and you want to copy mine?”

Yi Feng went to pour a glass of water, laughing, “Anyway, I’m not planning to go out of town. My business is still in Guangxi City. If I went away, there would be no one to look after my business.”

“I’ve put so much effort into it, I can’t just give up, can I?”

Gu Muxi paused, then realized, “There’s nothing to copy, though. You’re the top student in the college entrance examination, where couldn’t you go?”

“Gu Muxi, what’s your first choice?” Yi Feng asked.

“Uh, South China University of Science and Technology, that’s probably the best in Guangdong Province.” Gu Muxi answered.

“Bingo, then let’s go to South Chin University of Science and Technology together, it’s decided.” Yi Feng snapped his fingers, shrugged with a smile, then turned to go to the bathroom to wash up.

Gu Muxi stood there, stunned.

She hadn’t expected Yi Feng to give up on attending top universities like Huaqing University or Peking University so easily!

Although South China University of Science and Technology was also one of the top universities in the country, it was still a notch below in terms of fame and status compared to Huaqing and Peking.

But… wouldn’t it be nice to attend the same university as Yi Feng?

Suddenly, Gu Muxi felt a weight lift off her heart.

A smile of happiness crept onto her lips.

After washing up, Yi Feng and Gu Muxi filled out their applications together, then he hurried out.

Today, he had to finalize an office location from the options he had scouted.

Yi Feng took a taxi straight to Tianhe City.

After revisiting the previously scouted office buildings under the guidance of a real estate agent, Yi Feng finally decided on an office building in CITIC Plaza.

This skyscraper CBD, completed in 1993, has a total of 80 floors, with the main tower reaching 391 meters, making it the tallest building in Asia at the time, including a two-level underground parking garage, and the first four floors are a shopping mall podium housing several listed companies and various consulate offices, making it one of Guangxi City’s well-known commercial landmarks.

The exterior of the main building features a glass wall waterfall, known as “Tianhe Floating Silk,” becoming a popular spot for tourists.

Due to the 1998 Asian financial crisis, there was an oversupply of office buildings across Asia, leading to a historic low in rental prices for two consecutive years until a slight recovery in 2000, but the vacancy rate remained high.

The current price was 15 yuan per square meter per month, making it an excellent opportunity for Yi Feng to invest before rental costs potentially quadrupled or quintupled in two years.

After negotiations mediated by the agent, Yi Feng finally rented a 500-square-meter office space at a rate of 12 yuan per square meter per month, with a monthly rent of 6,000 yuan.

This rental level was relatively high compared to other ordinary office buildings, where rent for 400 to 500 square meters would typically range between 2,000 and 3,000 yuan, and at the current level of consumer spending, 6,000 yuan could cover a family’s expenses for two years.

This rent was still within Yi Feng’s budget, as it was a top-tier office building in Guangxi City, and a premium was acceptable.

Compared to other listed companies that rent thousands of square meters or even entire floors, Yi Feng’s 500-square-meter office space was considered small, only accommodating about 80 people.

However, this size was perfectly suited for the next phase of Xifeng Electronics’ development, which only planned three business areas.

The first was computer parts sales and computer repair services, relying more on offline stores for expansion.

The second was internet café business, aiming to capitalize on the golden decade of internet café industry growth by aggressively expanding offline internet café stores.

The third was the 361 Computer Security Manager service, requiring many computer technology talents, also Yi Feng’s most crucial step into the internet industry, with only this business needing the office space.

Currently, Yi Feng was focusing his main efforts on these three businesses, aiming to get them all on the right track before considering other expansions.

With China joining the WTO in 2000 and the economy beginning to soar, opportunities were everywhere, with every industry growing rapidly, providing plenty of opportunities without the need to rush.

That day, Yi Feng signed a two-year lease contract, paying a total rent of 144,000 yuan upfront.

After securing the office space, Yi Feng hired a business services company to equip the office with all necessary supplies, desks, chairs, and coffee tables in one go.

In the afternoon, Yi Feng hung up the custom-made company sign, finally giving the company some semblance of an office.

Although it still looked quite basic compared to the more luxurious listed companies, Yi Feng was satisfied.

For now, simplicity and practicality were enough.

At 10 p.m, Yi Feng arrived at the company with Wang Tie and Han Ping’an.

Yi Feng turned on the lights at the entrance, instantly illuminating the sign outside.

“Xifeng Electronics”

The light strip behind the four characters lit up, drawing attention!

Wang Tie entered the company, looking around at the workstations. Although empty now, he was thrilled.

“Wow! Awesome!”

“Is this our company? It’s huge!” Wang Tie exclaimed, seeing such a large office space for the first time.

Yi Feng laughed, “Huge? In this building, not at all. Compared to other companies, ours is still small.”

“But it’s just right for now, we don’t need too much space.”

Wang Tie excitedly looked around, saying, “Hey, Brother Feng, when we make it big, we can rent an even bigger one!”

Yi Feng handed him a cigarette, teasing, “Wang Tie, you’re not thinking big enough, we need to expand our vision.”

“Rent? In the future, we’ll buy a building, or even build one.”

Wang Tie: “！！！”

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