Volume 1: The Beginning Chapter 54: A Drop in the Bucket

  Sorry about that, I'm stuck again today, so there's only one update. The other update will be made up for tomorrow.

  The weather has been getting more and more sultry these days, with high temperatures and extremely high humidity, almost every day is like a sauna.

  In such weather, it's hard to avoid feeling restless no matter what you do. However, Sun Zesheng has past-life experiences and cherishes the hard-won opportunity of rebirth even more. Because he has a clear goal to strive for, he can actually focus on his work without being affected by the weather.

  After all, Sun Zezhen is not simply a student, and while taking care of his studies, he also has to start a company, which inevitably leads to some conflicts between the two.

  In recent days, Song Jia-yi always called him to report on the situation, and her reports were mainly about two aspects of things.

  On the other hand, everything is normal on the side of Ryūkawa's industry, and they are proceeding with the application for Future Glory International Industrial Co., Ltd. to register and establish a foreign-funded company in Yanjing City.

  Song Jia-yi had been to the company where Liu Chuan-ye worked more than once, checked their business license, past contracts and other documents. Based on her experience, she judged that the company where Liu Chuan-ye was located was relatively formal and not a scam or shell company.

  On another front, Song Jia-yi was also busy with another task assigned by Sun Ze-yuan, which was to find an office location for Future Glory (Huaxia) Co., Ltd.

  Yanjing is the capital, it's the heart of the motherland. People from all over the country are flocking to the heart, resulting in a severe shortage of housing and an oversupply of speculators, making house prices basically the highest in the nation. Correspondingly, rents are also outrageously high.

  A relatively good location, a house with a building area of 60-70 square meters, and a rent of 4-5 thousand or even higher, are all extremely common things.

  At this price, it is still a civilian house for rent, and the houses that can be used as office space have higher rents.

  Office buildings are rented out according to the daily rent per square meter, and prices vary depending on location and surrounding environment.

  But even if it's cheaper, the daily rent per square meter would still be around five yuan, which means that a 100-square-meter office space would cost around 500-600 yuan per day, and the monthly rent would be between 15,000 to 18,000 yuan.

  If it's that kind of expensive rent, the daily rent per square meter can reach one or two yuan, and a 100-square-meter office building would cost at least 30,000 yuan per month.

  This is only for the monthly rent, if you really want to sign a rental contract, first of all, you have to pay several months' rent at once, usually three months to half a year. In addition, you also need to pay a deposit, which is usually one to three months' rent. The total amount is absolutely a considerable sum.

  The registered capital of Future Light (Huaxia) Co., Ltd. is only 2 million, renting offices, purchasing second-hand equipment, procuring raw materials, renting factories, logistics costs, employee salaries, etc. all come from here.

  If we really rent an office building at market price, then forget about expanding our work.

  Two hundred thousand, to start a company in Yanjing, is really too little. Especially since Sun Zesheng plans to open a production-type enterprise, two hundred thousand seems particularly strained, difficult at every turn.

  Song Jia-yi ran thin legs, looked at one after another external rental office building, but ultimately failed to find a beautiful and cheap place suitable for Future Glory (Huaxia) Co., Ltd.

  Every time Song Jia-yi called, Sun Ze-sheng could sense her fatigue from her voice. After all, Song Jia-yi was his first employee under him, nominally part-time but in reality no less diligent than full-time employees.

  Sun Zesheng is not an employer who mistreats his employees, he can't do things like driving them like cattle. In the past, he treated his employees very well and they all supported him.

  Later, he went bankrupt and was penniless, but still managed to survive and had money for research, developing new explosives, all thanks to the support of his former employees.

  Sun Zesheng didn't want his company to be exhausted by Song Jiayi before it had even officially opened.

  He also clearly remembered that Song Jia-yi was a woman who had just become a mother, and he repeatedly told Song Jia-yi not to worry about money matters. If the company's money was really not enough, he could make up for it himself.

  Song Jia-yi was strongly opposed to Sun Ze-sen's statement.

  She said it very clearly. Since Sun Zesheng chose to register a company, even if he registered a one-person limited liability company, there are still significant differences between the two.

  From a legal perspective, natural persons and legal persons cannot be mixed up. From the perspective of funds, the money in the company's account is not entirely Sun Zesheng's money, let alone the money in Sun Zesheng's account being the company's money.

  Sun Zesheng needs to go through certain procedures to withdraw money from the company account, and it is also likely to involve personal income tax issues.

  On the other hand, Sun Zesheng's money needs to be used by the company for turnover, and certain procedures need to be followed, such as signing an IOU. In addition, Sun Zesheng can also choose to increase the company's registered capital, but in this case, the money will become the company's money, and Sun Zesheng will have to go through certain procedures if he wants to get it back.

  Song Jia-yi did not agree with mixing Sun Ze-sen's money and the company's money together, which would not only be detrimental to accounting but also easily lead to legal problems in the future.

  This practice of mixing the boss's personal money with the company's money is highly irregular and can easily lead to financial chaos, triggering external doubts about the company.

  Song Jia-yi said that if Sun Ze-sheng insists on investing money in the company, it is best to adopt the method of increasing the company's registered capital, which is more formal and less likely to cause legal problems.

  Sun Zesheng is not an expert in the financial aspects of the company, and he is also a person who likes to hand over professional matters to professionals for handling. As for Song Jia's opinions, he basically listened to them all.

  In fact, even if he wanted to use his own money to support the company now, it would be a drop in the bucket. He originally had more than 250,000 yuan, gave 210,000 yuan to Song Jia-yi, and was left with 40,000 yuan. Two days ago, he sold a song to Zhang Li and earned 20,000 yuan. Adding the two together is only 60,000 yuan, which is just a drop in the bucket for Future Glory (Huaxia) Limited Company.

  Sun Zesheng again sought Song Jia's opinion, and Song Jia said that if the new company must be located in Yanjing and also wants to rent office space such as a building in Yanjing, the best approach is still to leave the traditional main urban area of Yanjing and go to the suburbs or lower districts. In this way, it can save operating costs to a considerable extent.

  As for Song Jia-yi's suggestion, Sun Ze-sheng also agreed with it. He immediately gave Song Jia-yi clear authorization to find a suitable place around Yanjing, as long as it was not in the province of Yan Zhao and still within the boundaries of Yanjing, anywhere would be fine. Of course, places like mountainous areas or rural villages were excluded.

  This chapter was posted late and should have been on Saturday.