The next day, Chen Dongcheng accompanied Zhuang Manting to look at the house.

There are many office buildings in Shanghai, ranging from high, high and low-end.

Zhuang Manting searched for a long time and finally settled on an office building located on Yuanshen Road in Pudong New Area.

The office building is a French single-family style building with five floors and a basement.

The above-ground area is 2,500 square meters and the underground area is 423 square meters, which is suitable for corporate headquarters offices.

Wei Ziliang found out the contact information of the owner of this office building, and Zhuang Manting was quite satisfied with the price quoted.

"The monthly rent is 700,000 yuan, and the minimum rent is three years. You have also seen the interior decoration, and it seems reasonable."

Zhuang Manting is quite satisfied with the decoration, but she has some doubts about the age: "Is three years too long?"

She is not worried that Pinduoduo will not survive three years, but that Pinduoduo is developing too fast.

The single-family office building in front of us can only last for one or two years at most. What should we do then?

"It's okay. Maybe I will have other companies that need to rent office buildings by then."

Chen Dongcheng nodded to Wei Ziliang. Since he likes it, the price is not an issue at all.

Wei Ziliang began to contact the owner of this office building, who was drinking coffee nearby.

The office owner is in his early forties and has a very obvious pot belly.

It's summer, so I may be walking a little hastily on the road and my face will be covered with sweat.

"Hello, I'm Delson."

The middle-aged boss took a quick look around and determined the real owner. He smiled and extended his hand to say hello.

"Hello, Chen Dongcheng."

They shook hands with each other and got to the point.

“Before, a financial company rented my office building, and the decoration was all ready-made.

Therefore, the rent will be slightly higher, and you should also know the location of my office building.

The surrounding facilities are quite complete and can meet all office needs.”

Delson went on and on about the advantages of this office building.

However, there is a saying that Chen Dongcheng is indeed very fond of this kind of bungalow-style office building.

"Mr. Dai, your office building hasn't been rented out yet. Isn't it because the three-year lease requirement has caused many companies to worry.

Small companies cannot afford this risk, and large companies simply cannot look down upon your small area."

Of course Wei Ziliang had to sing the opposite tune in order to bargain.

Delson was also a veteran, and said with a smile: "What does Mr. Wei mean?"

"Seven hundred thousand a month is a bit expensive, how about six hundred thousand a month?"

Delson smiled bitterly: "Mr. Wei, how can you bargain like this?

I see that you guys really want to rent, so how about I give you a discount of 20,000 yuan a month?"

Wei Ziliang frowned, it was 20,000 yuan a month, but only 240,000 yuan a year.

"Mr. Dai..."

Wei Ziliang still wanted to continue bargaining.

Chen Dongcheng patted him on the shoulder and said to Delson: "Just sign the contract as Mr. Dai said. It will be for three years. The rent will be paid every six months. Is that okay?"

"Since Mr. Chen is so cheerful, I will give in. In addition to paying for the property fees, I will give you an additional three months.

You can renovate or recruit, and you will be charged a three-month deposit."

"Thank you, Mr. Dai."

Delson waved his hand and said with a smile: "It should be."

After sitting for a while, Delson's female secretary ran over with a standard contract.

Delson wrote down the details and gave them to Chen Dongcheng for review.

This kind of contract couldn't be simpler and has no problems.

After transferring the money, Delson left the key to Chen Dongcheng.

"Then I wish Mr. Chen's company in advance a prosperous business and an early listing. I have something else to do, so I'll take my leave now."

After Delson finished speaking with a smile, he hugged the female secretary and left.

The foreign-style building in front of them will belong to Chen Dongcheng and the others in the next three years.

Wei Ziliang helped contact the decoration company to simply redesign the building.

I used to open a financial company, and the decoration style was a bit old-fashioned and serious.

Chen Dongcheng didn't need this little money, so he decided to renovate it before the company opened.

The budget given by the decoration company is 5 million, which can make the style of the office building completely different from before.

For the basement, Chen Dongcheng plans to transform it into a rest area for employees.

Employees can watch movies, play billiards, and relax.

There is a terrace on the top floor of this office building, and Chen Dongcheng asked the decoration company to design a more exquisite restaurant.

When employees are tired, come over for lunch and their mood will improve.

The office building is being renovated and Zhuang Manting is busy recruiting.

Chen Dongcheng asked He Qian of Blue Whale Online Shopping to recruit a group of e-commerce backbones to enrich Pinduoduo’s team.

Naturally, He Qian did not dare to disobey the big boss's orders.

Among the transferred employees, several are experienced veterans.

As soon as they arrived, Zhuang Manting's burden suddenly became lighter.

He Qian is not worried that Blue Whale Overseas Shopping will not be taken seriously. They and Pinduoduo are basically on two different tracks.

It took more than a month, and the decoration company was fast enough.

When the employees who had been recruited in advance walked into this French-style office building, they were instantly amazed.

The spacious and transparent lobby on the first floor is facing the Pinduoduo logo, and the design of the corridor is also quite unique.

On the basis of the white walls and black top, adding a touch of red straight lines, the entire corridor becomes active.

The color scheme of the general manager's office adopts a combination of dark green and goose yellow with lower chroma, making the entire space quiet, fresh and soft.

Zhuang Manting is very satisfied. Compared with the old-fashioned design of the previous financial company, she feels much better when working in this environment.

The first floor and basement serve as public areas and are subdivided into reception areas, tea areas and fitness and entertainment areas.

These three spaces are divided by mesh-shaped iron partitions, which can not only distinguish the independent functions of each area, but also maintain the overall connection of the public area and the transparency of the space.

The terrace on the roof is even more exquisite and graceful.

It's a pity that this western-style building is not near the Pujiang River.

Otherwise, while drinking afternoon tea and admiring the scenery on both sides of the Pujiang River, there will probably be more people applying for the job.

Generally speaking, Zhuang Manting was full of praise for this company, and her evaluation of Wei Ziliang also quietly improved.

Wei Ziliang doesn't seem to be reliable, but he really isn't picky about things.

Chen Dongcheng was very generous to Pinduoduo and gave him 100 million in starting capital.

I can't say that I am wealthy, but compared to other start-up companies with limited funds and shabby office environment, I am very happy.

Employees who have joined Pinduoduo know best that this kind of office environment is what countless people dream of.

The boss is still kind. Although I am a little tired from working overtime, at least I can get paid for overtime work.

Other high-temperature subsidies and taxi fares are also included.

Employees work together and are naturally more attentive to the development of the app.

The vast majority of Internet companies cannot develop without their own apps if they want to continue to develop.

However, developing software takes time. What Zhuang Manting needs to do is to have a deeper understanding of the third- and fourth-tier cities that have been ignored, and even the lower-tier rural markets.

While Taobao and JD.com are desperately competing for the high-end consumer market, Pinduoduo is taking the opposite route.

But only in this way can there be hope for a comeback under the high pressure of the two giants.

As for losses, that doesn't matter.

Before the vast majority of Internet companies went public, their losses were more severe than the last.

As long as you can tell a good story, you don't have to worry about capital not paying for it.

Zhuang Manting has been waiting for the development of the app. The first version of the app does not need to be too complicated and can satisfy normal shopping.

Since it is called social e-commerce, it must be started through WeChat.
To be continued...