Chapter 90: Prelude to Registering a Company

"Today is Sunday; I got so dizzy watching the ball game. Let's go tomorrow then."

More than ten years later, registering a company, opening a bank account, and dealing with the tax bureau could all be handled online. The government had established service centers to reduce running around, offering one-stop solutions.

"Brother, aren't you going to work tomorrow?" Xin Chanxi reminded him.

A ringtone sounded; Wang Chuan stood up, left the dining table, and answered his mobile phone.

Lin Weiwei's mature female voice came through: "Wang Chuan, are you up yet?"

"Eating breakfast."

"By the way, about the ball game yesterday, I'm sorry." Lin Weiwei changed her tone, sounding like a young girl.

Wang Chuan replied casually: "No problem; we'll watch the final then."

"My dad called and said he's not feeling well. I need to head back to Jiangcheng immediately and take him to the hospital for a checkup."

"I see. Then you should hurry back. You can go to the First or Second Affiliated Hospital of Jiangcheng University, or the Provincial People's Hospital. I know some Senior Sisters, Senior Brothers, and teachers. When it comes to imaging and examinations, we can cut the line, and getting an expert appointment won't be a problem."

"OK. I'll check when I get back which hospital to go to and let you know."

Lin Weiwei paused, then said: "Your two-month marketing method was great. If the bar's revenue is very good after three months, I'll issue you a bonus."

"To make up for the money you missed out on because your bet didn't succeed."

Wang Chuan wasn't overly excited inside, but he replied with an excited tone: "That's wonderful! Manager Lin, I won't decline. Declining would make me look too hypocritical. The best way to motivate cow and horse workers is to issue bonuses; give more money."

"Cow and horse workers?"

"You mean employees?"

"Wang Chuan is a shareholder, not an employee."

After chatting for a while, Wang Chuan took the opportunity to mention the Tang family's overseas clients, saying a friend's company also wanted to expand to overseas clients.

Lin Weiwei replied that the Tang family's equity stake was something her mother had pushed through. Regarding the overseas client situation, she needed to ask her mother and would notify him immediately once she had results.

Wang Chuan hung up the phone, walked back to the dining table, and heard Xin Chanxi ask: "Who called you so early in the morning?"

"Manager Lin from the bar; she's assigning me some tasks."

"By the way, Student Xin, I have a task for you tomorrow: you'll go and handle the preliminary approval of the company name on my behalf."

"Me? ~~" Xin Chanxi was somewhat surprised.

"It's very simple; I'll teach you. Even an elementary school student could do it."

Wang Chuan introduced the required materials to Xin Chanxi one by one.

"The Application for Preliminary Approval of Enterprise Name, the original Identity Cards and photocopies of both of us, and a Power of Attorney signed solely by me, explicitly authorizing you to handle the name approval on my behalf."

"Tomorrow, go to the Industrial and Commercial Bureau, bring the application form and the Power of Attorney, come find me at the Hospital to sign them, and then you can proceed with the handling."

"I'll go near Mingzhou University again later to rent a place there as the company registration address; this address will need to be filled in on the application form."

Xin Chanxi asked: "Brother Wang Chuan, let Uncle Han help you find an Office. There are office buildings for rent near my family's place here. Since it's a newly opened company, a hundred square meters should be enough, right? You don't even need to pay the rent."

Wang Chuan was stunned for a moment; while speaking just now, he had momentarily forgotten that Xin Chanxi was the young lady of Source Land Real Estate.

He remembered that last time he went to Mingzhou University with Lin Weiwei, he discovered an Entrepreneurship Park around the school where, as long as the major shareholder was a current student or a graduate within three years, renting an Office would come with several months of rent reduction.

"We are a newly opened small company; there's no need to rent an office building."

Xin Chanxi felt it was very necessary. "Mingzhou University is a bit far in Jiangbei; it's quite desolate there."

"Xin Chanxi, if the company Office all belongs to your father's company, then is this new company considered opened by your father, or by the two of us?"

Wang Chuan deliberately emphasized the three words 'the two of us'.

"When discussing business later, I'll take clients to Nanshan Blue Fire Bar to talk. That Office won't be visited often; it will just serve as the registration address."

The two arrived near Mingzhou University, at the Front Desk of the First Entrepreneurship Park for College Students, and saw a young man sleeping with his head on the table.

Wang Chuan tapped his fingers on the table. Sleeping during work hours; if he were the Boss, this young man would be fired. He asked loudly: "Hello, we want to register a company and need to rent an Office."

"Damn it, what are you knocking for!" A furious curse suddenly burst out.

Hearing him insult Brother Wang Chuan, Xin Chanxi's anger flared up, and she retorted: "Sleeping on the job, are you a huge lazy pig?!"

She clenched her fists, her teeth biting her lip, firmly believing in her heart that if Brother Wang Chuan couldn't rent here, it would be fine to go back to the city district and rent an office building from her own family.

"Which little girl is that~!"

The young man raised his head, glanced over, and said, "Ah~, Wang Chuan, Brother Wang, it's you."

Wang Chuan also recognized him: He Jun, who had played basketball with him at Mingzhou University last time.

"He Jun, did you lose the basketball game just now? Why so angry?"

"Very sorry~! Miss, and very sorry! Brother Wang, I indeed played a basketball match this morning, lost, and now I'm both sleepy and hungry."

"You work here?" Seeing that He Jun had apologized, Wang Chuan didn't press the matter further.

"No, my girlfriend is working part-time here to support her studies; she went to the Toilet, and I'm covering for her for a while."

After He Jun finished speaking, he noticed the pouting Xin Chanxi. Brother Wang comes once and changes girlfriends; this girl is so young, like a high school student. "Brother Wang, who is this?"

"My partner. The two of us are preparing to register a company; we're here to look around now, preparing to rent an Office as the registration address."

"Brother Wang, you're the Boss now. I graduate next year; I'll need Brother Wang to take care of me then."

He Jun showed a smile on his face, his tone becoming even more respectful.

"Just a small consulting company. I'm just looking for a cheaper Office, which will be used for registration."

"He Jun~~" A female wearing a business suit walked over.

"This is my friend, Wang Chuan, Manager Wang, here to rent an Office." He Jun introduced again, "And this is my girlfriend, Lou Yihan."

Hearing someone wanted to rent an Office, Lou Yihan was overjoyed. She was working part-time here to support her studies; if she could successfully sign a business deal, she would get an extra two hundred yuan commission.

"Manager Wang, let me introduce: if you are a graduate of Mingzhou University, you get six months of rent free; if you are a current student, three months free. For graduates of other universities, three months free; for current students, one month free."

Wang Chuan replied: "I graduate next year from Jiangcheng University School of Medicine, so that counts as one month of rent free."

'Manager Wang, last time you mentioned Medical School, I thought you meant Mingzhou Medical College?' He Jun ultimately did not say this sentence, because last time Wang Chuan came, the girl following him was not the one here now.

If he slipped up and caused trouble for Wang Chuan because of that, it wouldn't be worth it.

After some deliberation, Wang Chuan chose a fifty-square-meter space that included an Office, with a monthly rent of 1,000 yuan, a one-year minimum lease, and payment due every three months.

"President Wang."

"You are He Jun's girlfriend; just call me Wang Chuan."

Lou Yihan's smile did not fade: "Then I'll call you Brother Chuan. Wait a moment; He Jun and I would like to treat you to a stir-fry at the Canteen of Mingzhou University. There is something we would like to ask for your help with."