Chapter 275 - 275 Property Management

275 Property Management

Yu Bing was stunned when she realized had shot herself in the foot by showing off too much. She smiled and tried her best to look less flustered as she explained, “When I was at home, my father’s friend came to talk to him about renting an office. I overheard it and remembered it.”

Fortunately, Xiao Sheng didn’t think much of it when he heard this, because he was just asking casually. After all, to rural people, it wasn’t strange for worldly city dwellers to know this sort of thing.

Hence, the two of them returned to the sugar factory to sign the contract. However, Yu Bing was careful when signing the contract. The rented house was outside the factory, and the shop faced the street. It was dozens of meters away from the guard post at the factory’s entrance.

After Yu Bing finished reading the contract, she said to Director Lin of the Logistics Department, who was in charge of renting, “Director Lin, it’s fine if you won’t give me a discount, but you have to give us a guarantee for the safety of the shop. It isn’t far away, so your colleagues from the Security Department can help keep an eye on us at night. Let those thieves know that the people in the factory are paying attention.”

Director Lin was stunned when he heard this request.

Because there was no concept of property management at this time, after renting out the house, they left everything else to others.

Director Lin said awkwardly, “Mr. Yu, we’re only in charge of renting out the houses. I’ve never seen anyone having to ensure the safety of the renter as well. There’s no such precedent.”

Yu Bing smiled and said, “Director Lin, if there’s no precedent, we can create a precedent. Actually, I just want them to take a look when they’re free. I’m quite assured with renting from your sugar factory. There probably aren’t many people who dare to have designs on a sugar factory. I just want to be more at ease.”

“Moreover, it’s almost autumn and the weather is dry. I’m afraid it’ll be troublesome if a wildfire starts. No matter how much our small shop loses, the losses won’t be that substantial, but it’ll be terrible if it affects your factory.”

Yu Bing’s words hit the nail on the head. The prestige of a state-owned factory wasn’t to be underestimated. Ordinary people didn’t dare to cause trouble here. Most of the security guards were retired soldiers or militiamen with some martial arts skills. All of them were young and strong, unlike the security guards in ordinary residential districts in the future era, in which in order to save money, the property company mostly found middle-aged and old people to be security guards for appearance’s sake.

When Director Lin heard this, he felt that it made sense. In any case, he would let the security guard take the time to take a look at their shop after the factory closed. There were also patrols in the factory at night. At that time, he would add a route and let them wander around the factory area during every patrol. It wouldn’t take much effort. “Alright, let’s add this.”

Yu Bing’s smile became even more sincere. She immediately lowered her head and added this note to the paper. She secretly rejoiced that fortunately, no one knew about property management and wouldn’t charge them for this. Otherwise, even if the small fees didn’t seem much, it would add up to a lot in a year!

After both parties signed and pressed their fingerprints, and the house was rented out. Yu Bing also obtained the right for renovation. Although she had to return it to its original state after the lease was up, good renovation was very important to the brand’s image!

At this point, only a third was completed. Yu Bing still had to renovate the shop in City C before she could leave. This was because this office was equivalent to a model room. Before she left, she had to take a few photos and bring them back, so the staff in the other cities could do renovations with this photo as a model.

All of the brand’s shops had to have the same style. This way, when others went to other cities, they would be able to recognize the office of “Delicious Food Factory” at a glance without even looking up at the sign. Only then would a good branding effect be achieved.

Yu Bing turned to look at Director Lin. “I want to ask where we can find renovation workers and carpenters. Also, where’s the nearest glass factory?”

Mr. Lin thought for a moment and told Yu Bing, “You have to go to the village to look for someone who knows how to renovate and carpentry. You can go to White Mountain Village, which is the nearest, and take the bus for Route 21.”

After Yu Bing thanked him, she separated from Xiao Sheng. Xiao Sheng went to White Mountain Village to look for workers, while Yu Bing went to the nearest glass factory.

As soon as Yu Bing entered the door, she was stopped by the guard, who was a middle-aged man in his forties. He was wearing an army green factory uniform. On his left shoulder and chest, there were the words “C City’s Ping An Glass Factory.” “Young lady, you don’t seem to be from our factory.”

Yu Bing immediately smiled and said amiably, “Hello, I’m an employee of a food factory in City H’s village. Our factory has an office at the sugar factory and wants to renovate it. We need glass, so we need to buy some from the glass factory.”