Chapter 28: Her Majesty the Queen

Lin Feng returned home; it was already past 1 a. m.

He took a shower, didn't bother with anything, and instead slept soundly.

When he woke up in the morning, it was already 8 a. m. on May 2.

Yesterday was the last day of the short holiday; no wonder Zhao Xiaoyang got stuck in traffic yesterday.

Counting the two weekend days, office workers actually only got an extra day off.

Just after he finished washing up, Jack, who was over in Xiangjiang, called him.

Yesterday's stock trading income was 8.2%, profit 136 million.

The phone wasn't hung up; Lin Feng immediately opened his notebook and checked yesterday's trend.

The stocks he bought and sold didn't differ much from the trend he remembered.

The reason his income wasn't higher than the first day's was that he invested less money than yesterday.

Second, the overall trend of these stocks had little fluctuation all day.

In that case, the room for short-term operation is limited.

In two days, he had roughly 400 million in hand!

"Boss, can we withdraw the principal or lower the leverage ratio? That would be safer."

Jack suggested.

Lin Feng thought for a moment, nodded and said: "Sure! Since we want to be more conservative, let's just withdraw the principal!"

"All right, boss!" Jack visibly breathed a sigh of relief.

That way, it's a sure profit with no loss.

Psychologically speaking, his team would operate with much less pressure.

After hanging up, Lin Feng got busy again.

After inserting the work card, a series of prompts sounded.

He received over thirty missed-call alerts in one go.

They were all unknown numbers; no need to guess, someone wanted to rent a place.

Lin Feng called them back one by one.

Then he drove around for a whole morning.

His tenants increased again.

Without going through an agent, the rents Lin Feng offers can be much lower than market rates.

Besides, the vacant apartments Lin Feng has on hand all have very good living conditions.

For example, lighting, appliances, community environment, transportation, etc.

After finishing his work at noon, Lin Feng casually found a restaurant to have lunch.

He hadn't finished his meal when the phone rang.

"Hello~ Is this Mr. Lin?"

A middle-aged woman's voice sounded.

"Yes!" Lin Feng replied.

"It's like this..."

The middle-aged woman said: "I heard that the 12th floor of Jiachen World Trade Building's lease expires at the end of this month, and Kerry Trade won't renew; we want to rent this floor as office space. But we don't need such a large place..."

Before the middle-aged woman finished speaking, Lin Feng said: "How about this? Let's meet and talk at the coffee shop opposite Jiachen; how does that sound?"

"All right, Mr. Lin! I'll be there waiting for you at two o'clock. Goodbye!"

"Goodbye!"

After hanging up, Lin Feng checked the time; it was already 1:30.

So he immediately finished his meal, paid the bill, and left.

Upon arriving at the location, Lin Feng walked into a coffee shop right on time.

After entering, he glanced around.

Besides a dozen or so young couples, the coffee shop had only one middle-aged woman.

And this middle-aged woman, he knew her.

Isn't she the general manager of the company where Wen Keke used to work?

The woman's surname is Qiao, her name is Qiao Hui, she's in her forties, with a head of curly hair, and her body shows signs of gaining weight.

Lin Feng smiled slightly; the one looking to rent office space from him must be this woman.

Lin Feng walked over and sat opposite Qiao Hui.

"You're Boss Lin, right?"

Qiao Hui sized up Lin Feng in a brief moment, then stood up, extended her hand to him, and said with a smile: "Nice to meet you."

Lin Feng politely stood up and shook hands with Qiao Hui.

After sitting down, Qiao Hui immediately called the waiter over.

The two ordered a cup of coffee.

"Ms. Qiao, actually we've met before; you might not remember me."

Lin Feng lifted his coffee, took a sip, and said with a smile.

"Oh?"

Qiao Hui tried to recall.

Lin Feng smiled again and said: "Do you still remember Wen Keke? On the day he resigned, I went into your office together with him."

"At that time I wanted to discuss the leasing matter with Ms. Qiao, but I never expected Ms. Qiao to fly into a rage and not give me a chance to speak at all!"

Lin Feng finished speaking, and Qiao Hui finally realized.

Then an embarrassed smile appeared on her face, "Mr. Lin, I'm really sorry! I didn't mean to do that. At the time I still thought you were Wen Keke's boyfriend, and on top of that I was in a bad mood, so..."

Lin Feng asked, "You're currently renting Zheng family's office building, right? Weren't the terms already settled?"

Qiao Hui gave a bitter smile, "During this period we haven't signed a renewal lease; that Zheng young master keeps coming over to harass the female employees in the company, using the lease matter as leverage, so I don't want to negotiate with the Zheng family anymore."

Lin Feng chuckled, thinking the main issue was probably that they couldn't agree on the price.

Seeing Lin Feng silent, Qiao Hui continued, "I've heard the entire twelfth floor belongs to you, Mr. Lin, but we only need over a thousand square meters."

After we lease it, the remaining area you could also rent to other companies. Actually, a smaller size would be easier to lease out, right?

Lin Feng nodded, "Yes, but... I'm the type who, if someone offends me, I'll keep it in mind. That Xue manager of your company, I'm really dissatisfied with him; even if it's vacant, I don't want someone like him coming onto my turf."

"Oh?"

Qiao Hui furrowed her brows.

She recalled that just now Lin Feng had said that when he came to her office that day, it was to discuss the leasing matter.

As a result, Manager Xue rushed to her office ahead of time, saying Wen Keke wasn't working properly, had brought her boyfriend into the company, and even clashed with Zheng Guanqing.

Originally Zheng Guanqing intended to renew at the original price, but because of this incident, Zheng Guanqing became very unhappy...

Regardless of who was right or wrong, Manager Xue had deeply offended Lin Feng.

Is there still anything to discuss regarding the lease?

Qiao Hui thought that this location is excellent; if they moved, it would be hard to find another good spot later.

This would greatly affect the company's business.

You know, some clients who come to discuss cooperation first look at the company's strength.

And the office building where the company is located is the best business card.

After careful consideration, Qiao Hui smiled and said, "Manager Xue really isn't suitable to stay at our company; I'll have her submit a resignation. Mr. Lin, are you satisfied with this arrangement?"

Lin Feng waved his hand, smiling, "That's your decision, it has nothing to do with me."

"Then what about the lease?" Qiao Hui asked.

Lin Feng smiled and said, "1,500 square meters, 5 yuan per square meter per day, sign a three-year lease, I won't raise the rent in between—how does that sound?"

The price quoted by Lin Feng was slightly on the high side.

But it was still within Qiao Hui's acceptable range.

Most importantly, the rent wouldn't increase during the lease period.

Some office buildings increase rent by a percentage every year!

This is mainly due to currency depreciation caused by inflation.

For 1,500 square meters, the annual rent works out to over 2.7 million.

This also matches Qiao Hui's mental expectation; she happily said, "Okay! Mr. Lin, let's settle on this—let's sign the contract this month!"

"No problem!"

Lin Feng nodded.

After the discussion, Qiao Hui paid the bill.

Since it was already work hours and Lin Feng had come here, he also intended to go up and see Wen Keke.

However, he didn't go together with Qiao Hui; instead he waited outside for a few minutes before entering the building.

At the same moment.

Manager Xue was on the 36th floor, at Liang Shishi's company.

Although they are peers, they also have some business dealings.

The advertising design project currently handled by Wen Keke and the project in Manager Xue's hands come from the same company.

To integrate the projects, the Liang and Qiao companies need to coordinate.

In business, such situations actually happen often.

Although they are competitors, Liang Shishi isn't so petty; she actively suppresses Qiao Hui's company.

However, Manager Xue, relying on her role as the project integration lead and being somewhat older, adopts an arrogant attitude toward Wen Keke and Zhu Li.

"When I was in this industry, you were just a cell! Don't think that just because you're on the 36th floor you've flown up a branch and turned into a phoenix..."

Manager Xue stared at Wen Keke, delivering a lesson with a mocking expression.

The reason was that Wen Keke disagreed with her proposal.

Wen Keke is an honest girl, not good at arguing; her eyes were red, tears about to spill.

Zhu Li couldn't stand it any longer, sneering, "What era is this?! Still thinking you can get by on age? Calling you an antique is actually praise; you don't even go home and look in the mirror—your ideas are so old they're breeding maggots, yet you still think you're the darling of the fashion world!"

As soon as she finished speaking, a suppressed laugh rose from around.

Manager Xue flared up, pointing at Zhu Li, "You say I'm old, but how young are you? At your age, I already had kids running errands for soy sauce—look at you, primping and posing, no one would dare want you!"

Zhu Li showed no weakness, "Manager Xue, look at how fiery you've been lately—is your itch gone? Does your husband still cherish that old cured meat of yours?!"

"Pfft~"

"Hahaha..."

As Zhu Li's words fell, the office burst into loud laughter.

The colleagues finally couldn't hold back.

Manager Xue was struck in a sore spot and was about to erupt in a tirade.

But just then, the surrounding laughter abruptly stopped.

It turned out the "Queen" had arrived.

Liang Shishi appeared beside them with arms crossed, frowning as she looked at Manager Xue, Wen Keke, and Zhu Li.

Wen Keke and Zhu Li lowered their heads guiltily.

Manager Xue chuckled and said, "Liang Zong, how do you have time to come here?"

Liang Shishi felt a strong psychological aversion to the two words 'Liang Zong'; usually subordinates call her boss.

"Our company's staff don't need Manager Xue's lecturing; if there's nothing else, please leave!"

Liang Shishi said with a cold face.

Manager Xue gave an embarrassed smile, nodded his head, then fiercely glared at Wen Keke and Zhu Li, turned and left.

Liang Shishi then looked at Wen Keke and Zhu Li and said, "You're not young anymore, still acting like children; is it worth arguing with a shrew? This month's bonus will be halved."

Having said that, she turned and left.

Wen Keke and Zhu Li couldn't help but wryly smile.

Half the bonus, only two or three thousand!

"Your Majesty the Queen, good afternoon, Xiaolinzi pays his respects!"

When Liang Shishi returned to her office, Lin Feng's voice suddenly sounded.

Liang Shishi hurriedly closed the door and gave a sideways glance to the bowing Lin Feng.

Then she opened the office partition, "Auntie, my waist is a bit sore; give Auntie a rub."

"Yes, Your Majesty the Queen!"

Lin Feng said with a smile.

Liang Shishi let out a 'puchi' laugh, and her queenly aura dissipated.