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PART 1 · LESSON 2 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES Free

An Office for the Address

Sit with Lan's father over the company's registered address: hear that the village house won't do, that you must rent an office, ask what a year's rent is, hear the price and that he knows the landlord, and agree to sign the contract tomorrow.

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Lesson 2 · An Office for the Address

Mandarin Chinese · 30 minutes

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Lan's parents' flat in Hangzhou on a March evening, a map of the city on Lan's father's phone and a pot of tea going cold.

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注册 地址。zhùcè dìzhǐa registered address
公司 要 一 个 注册 地址。gōngsī yào yí ge zhùcè dìzhǐA company needs a registered address.
村里 的 房子 不 行 吗？cūnli de fángzi bù xíng maWon't the house in the village do?
办公室。bàngōngshìan office, word for word handle public room: falling, high and level, falling
办公室 在 哪里？bàngōngshì zài nǎliWhere is the office?
租 一 间 办公室。zū yì jiān bàngōngshìrent an office, one room of it
不 行。 要 租 一 间 办公室。bù xíng. yào zū yì jiān bàngōngshìNo. You have to rent an office.
一 年 的 租金。yì nián de zūjīna year's rent, word for word one year of rent money
一 年 的 租金 多少 钱？yì nián de zūjīn duōshao qiánHow much is a year's rent?
一 年 三万 块。 我 认识 房东。yì nián sānwàn kuài. wǒ rènshi fángdōngThirty thousand a year. I know the landlord.
有点 贵， 但是 可以。yǒudiǎn guì, dànshì kěyǐA bit expensive, but all right.
明天 跟 房东 签 合同。míngtiān gēn fángdōng qiān hétongTomorrow, sign the contract with the landlord.
好！ 叔叔， 麻烦 您 了！hǎo! shūshu, máfan nín leGood! Uncle, sorry to trouble you! Politely.