Chapter 296 Auction and Industrial Style LOFT

Early the next morning, after Li Xiaofan had breakfast, he walked about ten minutes from the hotel to the Haishu Xiaowen Screw Processing Factory.

The guard, Uncle Zhang, had already gotten up and was boiling water on the coal stove. Li Xiaofan explained his purpose to the guard.

When Uncle Zhang heard that the young man in front of him might be his new boss in the future, he quickly opened the iron door and welcomed Li Xiaofan in.

The factory has been closed for a long time, and it was very quiet inside in the early morning. Except for a few birds on the branches, there was no one inside.

The largest factory building with an area of ​​1,700 square meters has yellowing red brick walls and is very historical. According to Uncle Zhang, these two factories were built in the 1950s and were originally used to manufacture motor products and other electromechanical products. The factory building has a ceiling height of 12 meters, and the driving rails on both sides are still preserved inside, as well as a lot of old lathes and other mechanical processing equipment.

Another two-story, 800-square-meter office building also uses fine-textured red bricks as building materials. The height of each floor is actually five meters. It seems that this 800-square-meter building was also used as a workshop when it was originally designed. of.

Both buildings are adjacent to the moat on the east side. A row of willow trees separates the moat from the buildings, and there is a walking path in the middle.

The large yard and corners inside the factory are also filled with osmanthus, cherry blossoms and other trees. October is the season when sweet-scented osmanthus blooms. There is a faint scent of golden osmanthus floating in the factory, which smells very good...

At 8:30 in the morning, when Wu Xiumei came to pick up Li Xiaofan, Li Xiaofan said: "I just went to look at that old factory and it felt pretty good. We can take pictures of it and hire a better designer to transform it into an industrial style." The LOFT office should be quite nice!”

Wu Xiumei was a little confused after hearing this and asked: "Boss Li, what is an industrial style LOFT?"

Li Xiaofan smiled and said: "Haha, let me explain it to you briefly. In Europe at the end of the 19th century, when the Eiffel Tower in Paris was built, European designers used this as a prototype and slowly developed industrial style furniture into a This kind of industrial style design is composed of exposed structures such as metal aggregates, welding and rivets, and finally incorporates more decorative curves. Later, American designers carried it forward and widely used it in the decoration of bars, studios, and LOFT residences. The design concept of industrial style can be used in spaces with sufficient openness and height, such as metal, brick plain walls, and exposed light bulbs. , appropriately exposed building structures and pipes, and some natural concave and convex marks on the wall. These elements together create a unique charm of industrial style..."

Li Xiaofan continued to explain: "My idea is to help you create a personalized but unobtrusive office environment. I just took a look and found that in terms of architectural appearance, we can abandon the concealment pursued by traditional office spaces and use large areas of glass. The windows replace the closed solid walls, opening up the visual connection between the internal and external spaces, making the indoor space a window display for people to stop and linger on the other side. On the one hand, the outdoor natural lighting can supplement the lack of indoor light. At that time, the designer can remove the indoor walls and retain the broken red brick walls, without pinking or spraying protective paint, to maintain the most original state. The walls can breathe and naturally regulate moisture. At the same time, the combination of retro red brick walls and gray cement gives the space a retro industrial feel..."

Listening to Li Xiaofan's eloquent explanation, Wu Xiumei was a little stunned, because the kind of LOFT that Li Xiaofan talked about was too avant-garde in Mingzhou today, and she had never heard of it.

In fact, Li Xiaofan learned all this knowledge from Shanghai Beach. In previous lives, many old warehouses and factories on both sides of the Huangpu River were transformed by designers into fashionable loft-style cultural and creative venues, offices or hotels. Some multinational companies particularly liked this style of office buildings. At that time, these renovated warehouses and old factories were very popular in Shanghai. The rents were extremely expensive and it was difficult to find a house.

At nine o'clock, Li Xiaofan and Wu Xiumei arrived at the auction trading center on time.

Not many bidders came to participate in the auction this morning. Because this bankrupt street factory only covers an area of ​​8 acres and about 5,500 square meters, the area is too small and a bit embarrassing. Moreover, the auction announcement stated that because the area is surrounded by residential areas and moats, successful bidders are not allowed to engage in noisy or polluting operations. That is, they can only be used for office work or engaged in noise-free and pollution-free urban industry, so there are many restrictions. The enthusiasm of township and village enterprises to register and bid for the auction.

This old factory building on eight acres of land has a construction area of ​​5,500 square meters, and the bidding starts from a base price of 2.2 million, which is equivalent to 300,000 per mu. At that time, the land transfer price in the Mingzhou National Economic and Technological Development Zone near the port was 120,000 acres.

So from a price point of view, this small area of ​​land is not cheap.

But Li Xiaofan felt that it was worth the money.

First, the location is very good. It is in a quiet area in the middle of the city, close to the moat, and the feng shui is very good. Moreover, the size of the area is very suitable for the current office headquarters of Yifan Industry and Trade, which can enhance the overall image of Yifan Industry and Trade Company.

Li Xiaofan's initial idea was to transform the large 1,700-square-meter factory building into a loft office area for employees and a foreign trade product display area.

In addition, the 800-square-meter small building was designed and renovated. The first floor was designed as a reception room, and the second floor became its own office and living area, which is equivalent to an independent small villa.

After the renovation of the 800-square-meter building is completed, some of the Haihuang furniture will be moved here. It will definitely feel great in the future!

Second, the plot ratio has a lot of room for improvement. Previously, Li Xiaofan asked Wu Xiumei to ask the local planning department. If the bidding is successful in the future and approved by the district planning department, the maximum plot ratio of this land can be 1.5 after the transformation, and there is also the possibility of industrial conversion to commercial. You should know that the total construction area of ​​this 5,500 square meters of land is only 2,500, and the plot ratio is only. If the plot ratio is 1.5, another 5,750 square meters of office space can be built in the future, which is very cost-effective for Yifan Industry and Trade Company.

After the auction started, the price increase for each round was 2,000 yuan.

When Wu Xiumei raised the bid to 2.212 million on behalf of Mingzhou Yifan Industry and Trade Company, there was only one opponent left.

When she raised the bid to 2.22 million, the opponent left directly.

So Mingzhou Industry and Trade Company successfully bid for this 8-acre land west of the city for 2.22 million yuan.

After buying the land, Li Xiaofan asked Wu Xiumei to find out if there were any decoration design company owners in Mingzhou who graduated from the three top domestic art academies, namely the China Academy of Art, the Central Academy of Fine Arts or the Central Academy of Arts and Crafts. Those who graduated from other messy schools or changed careers halfway were not considered.

Later, they really found one. There is a local company called Mingzhou Junhua Building Decoration Co., Ltd. The founder is Wen Junhua, who graduated from the Central Academy of Arts and Crafts in the 1980s. He is one of the 100 outstanding interior architects in the country and a director of interior design of the Chinese Architectural Society. Wen Junhua also has a partner from Taiwan named Hu Zhiqing in the company.

According to friends, Mingzhou Junhua Building Decoration Co., Ltd. is very powerful, and if you want avant-garde, they can give you sufficiently avant-garde designs!