Chapter 360 Economic Accounts of Real Estate
"Be careful! Slow down, slow down!"
Zhan Gui nervously scolded several workers who were carrying building materials into the construction site, lest they slip and drop the thing tied in the middle of the pole - it was a side panel made of sixty-four pieces of flat glass. Floor-to-ceiling glass windows will be installed in the villa he purchased. This kind of thing is not a mass-produced export product, but a genuine handmade custom-made product. Even if Zhan Gui has a lot of money, he can't help but be a little nervous about it.
Although it is currently impossible to produce larger flat glass due to limitations in production technology, even glass doors and windows made of small pieces of flat glass are valuable artifacts with a price but no market. After Zhan Gui saw this thing at the bank office of the China Guangdong Office, he decided to install a few in his house, and now he finally got what he wanted. Although the Ministry of Construction has provided complete services in the villa project, claiming that buyers can "move in with their bags", Zhan Gui, who spent a huge sum of money to buy a house, is still worried and has stopped going out to sea to do business in person during this period. , I personally come to the construction site almost every day to keep an eye on the construction process, lest something goes wrong in the process.
"Boss Zhan, your glass windows are so lively and enviable!"
Zhan Gui turned around when he heard the sound, and when he saw that he was an acquaintance, he quickly greeted him with his hands raised: "Master Luo, Master Wei, how dare you show off this little family property in front of these two adults!"
"Boss Zhan, it's not the first day I've met you. Why should you be too modest as the major shareholder of Qiong Lianfa?" Luo Shengdong didn't wait for Zhan Gui to argue again, and then said: "I don't think other houses seem to be the same. There is no glass window. Could it be that Boss Zhan bought it by himself? The price of this house is so high, it doesn’t even have a window, right?”
Zhan Gui responded: "You two adults don't know. There are many places in this villa that can be customized in a style of your own choice. Doors and windows are just one of them. The sanitary ware, floors, and furniture in this house, as well as the flowers and trees outside, the exterior walls, You can choose the courtyard by yourself from the information provided by the Ministry of Construction, but you need to pay extra. If you don't want to choose by yourself, then use the most basic style by default. However, I think it is far less beautiful than this customized one, so I paid extra for it. Such high-end stuff.”
When Zhan Gui introduced him, he couldn't help but feel a little proud. The real estate project launched by Haihan people in Sanya New Town is extremely expensive. The price of a single-family villa covering an area of less than one acre is as high as 8,000 taels of silver. Real estate at this price is rare even in big cities like Guangzhou and Hangzhou. People with such financial resources are generally unlikely to go to this isolated corner of Qiongzhou Island to buy real estate. In terms of price alone , the Ministry of Construction’s pricing can be described as quite unkind.
However, the house built by the Haihan people is indeed unique. Although Zhan Gui has traveled all over the country for many years, he has never seen professionals as good at building houses as the Haihan people elsewhere. Although the house looks square on the outside and lacks the agility of Chinese-style architecture, its functional settings are quite complete, including a living room, bedroom, kitchen and toilet. It adopts an all-masonry structure, and there are no traditional beams and columns in the house. It has a larger space for use, and the lighting and ventilation are also very meticulous. It is far from comparable to traditional buildings.
The villa Zhan Gui bought has two floors. Although the area is far smaller than the residence he bought elsewhere, due to the proper planning of the internal structure, it does not seem crowded at all when he, his two-bedroom wife, and their children live in it. However, spending money to buy a house here is only part of the demand for living here. On the other hand, it is also for the purpose of getting the executive committee to look at you differently.
As the development process of Sanya unfolds, every shareholder of "Qiong Lianfa" is gradually realizing how powerful the economic entity in which they participate is. Currently in the Sanya area, the total number of people working directly or indirectly for "Qiong Lianfa" has exceeded 10,000. Thousands of people are working hard every day in the new development zone west of Victory Port, continuously converting docks, urban areas and farms with astonishing efficiency. Expansion, such large-scale regional development is a scenario that these wealthy businessmen have never seen before, or even thought of.
From the initial idea of investing money to test the waters and maintain the business relationship with Haihan, shareholders gradually began to change their attitude towards active participation. These veterans who have been in the shopping mall for many years will not fail to see that these development plans of the Haihan people have huge economic prospects. If you participate early, you can get more benefits. As for the initial doubts about whether "Qiong Lianfa" can realize the fantasy on paper, they have now been completely wiped out by the actions of the Haihan people in the development of Sanya - in the southern part of Qiongzhou, whether it is official No one, whether private or private, can hinder what the Haihan people want to do, and no force can threaten the interests of the Haihan people. Investors really can't find any reason to worry.
Investors gradually realized that the Haihan Executive Committee and the Ministry of Commerce treated foreign businessmen in different grades. Businessmen like the "Fu Ruifeng" Li family who have devoted themselves to it are undoubtedly the most trusted by the executive committee, and the benefits the Li family has gained from this are also the most generous among all merchants. Not only can they We acted as agents for almost all new Haihan products at the first time, and exclusively obtained some scarce goods that were rarely seen on the market. We even allowed Haihan people to assist Lijiazhuang in building a combat force that could be called a fighting force in the Guangdong and Guangxi regions in the form of military assistance. The strongest armed militia even sent troops across the sea to rescue Lijiazhuang from the crisis, which was enough to make many investors envious.
Of course, the war in Lijiazhuang also made investors realize that as long as Haihan is regarded as one of their own, the security guarantee they can provide even exceeds that of the Ming Dynasty official - when thousands of bandits besieged Lijiazhuang, before sending troops It was not the Guangzhou defenders who were only forty miles away to resolve the battle, but the Haihan militia who had spent several days crossing the sea by boat. As for how much money the Li family spent privately to invite the militia to send troops, no one outside knew about it, but even if they knew, no one would think there was anything wrong with it. After all, the situation at that time meant that even the family property was lost, and they still felt sorry for the money. what?
Even for no other purpose, it is quite practical to have a reliable back-up man when one's family is in trouble. In order to gain the full trust of the Haihan Executive Committee, in addition to economic and trade exchanges and cooperation, the most direct and effective way is to purchase property and settle down locally to show one's willingness to cooperate in the long term. Zhan Gui is not alone in doing this. Every family has sent young people from the family to study in Shengli Port. On the one hand, they hope to learn the magical production techniques mastered by the Haihan people in the future. On the other hand, they also have pledged their nephews. The meaning is in it.
Luo Shengdong looked at the villa that was in the final stage of the project and said with envy: "Boss Zhan, you are not only the home buyer, but also that...that..."
Luo Shengdong couldn't remember it for a moment, but Wei Ping reminded him: "Developer."
"Yes, yes, developer... Then you should get a big discount when you buy this house, right?" Luo Shengdong then asked.
Zhan Gui responded: "There is no discount on housing prices, but for optional accessories such as glass floor-to-ceiling windows, as long as you are a shareholder of 'Qiong Lianfa', you can enjoy discounts, which is much lower than the price of custom-made items."
Wei Ping said disapprovingly: "You can't add a lot of money to the optional equipment, right?"
"That's not necessarily true." Zhan Gui shook his head and explained with his fingers: "I changed the five floor-to-ceiling windows from wood carvings to glass for eight hundred yuan; the original white porcelain toilets were all replaced with new blue and white porcelain models, and I added five hundred yuan. One hundred yuan; the floor was changed from terrazzo to marble, which cost an additional four hundred yuan; the furniture in the house was changed from ordinary pine and fir to red sandalwood and huanghuali shipped back from Annan..."
Zhan Gui counted it out in detail, and both Luo Shengdong and Wei Ping's faces changed color. They think they have accumulated some wealth this year, but compared with others, the gap is still too big. Just after buying the villa and adding money to purchase the supporting facilities, the value has far exceeded that of the garden house they purchased. Fortunately, Luo Shengdong still thought about biting the bullet and buying a villa. Now it seems that he has to bear the subsequent expenses, which is really beyond his ability. After Zhan Gui finished explaining his renovation plan, he said with unfinished content: "Of course these things do not have to be replaced, but after buying a house worth 8,000 yuan, I naturally want to make it perfect, here and there. It was spent unconsciously.”
In the final analysis, this is still a matter of face. The people living in this "Sanya Garden" are all rich businessmen and powerful people. It can be said that they are all wealthy owners, so there will inevitably be comparisons with each other. If others have it, you must have it too. If you want to have something unique, of course you can only spend money to customize better supporting facilities.
After Zhan Gui entered the room with satisfaction and urged the workers to install floor-to-ceiling glass windows, Luo Shengdong sighed: "When Mr. Shi said that he could make a lot of money by repairing the house and selling it, I didn't really believe it. Now that I have seen it with my own eyes, I know that Shi What he said is true.”
Luo Shengdong has been doing business with the Haihan people for more than a year, and his economic acumen has improved greatly compared to before. After listening to Zhan Gui's explanation, he naturally started to calculate the economic accounts.
There are ten garden houses that he and Wei Ping purchased in the first phase of the project. Based on the twelve households in each building, the starting price per household is one thousand and fifty thousand. If these ten buildings are sold out, the price will be around two hundred thousand. income. There are currently only 20 villas on sale, and it is said that they have been snapped up by various wealthy businessmen. The sales volume is almost 200,000 yuan, which adds up to at least 400,000 yuan. The area of the land where "Sanya Garden" is built is only a hundred acres. It used to be ownerless wasteland. Even if someone wants to buy it, the value will never exceed a thousand taels. If someone says that this land can be sold for a sky-high price of hundreds of thousands. , Luo Shengdong will definitely think that his brain is broken.
However, the Haihan people spent several months building a house on this hundred acres of wasteland, held several real estate promotion meetings, and sold this originally worthless piece of land for a high price of 400,000 yuan, which was a huge profit. Even after excluding the cost of construction, the profit must be quite generous. After all, all building materials and labor are produced by the Construction Department under the Executive Committee, and the cost is far lower than the market price. Luo Shengdong believed that even if he helped Haihan people sell salt for a lifetime, he probably wouldn't be able to accumulate a fortune of 400,000 yuan. The gap in making money was really too big.
After Luo Shengdong told his calculations, Wei Ping shook his head and said: "Brother Luo, this is wrong. Instead of talking about this extremely luxurious villa, let's talk about how many rich people you and I bought when we bought this garden house. Looking at the entire Yazhou, how many rich people are there?" Households can afford it and are willing to spend this money. Seventy-eight percent of the buyers here are from out of town. It seems that the sales are very good, but after all, the number of buyers is limited. If more buildings are built, there will definitely be sales. Vacant houses that are not going out. Although the local people's income is good, the affordable housing sold by Haihan people to senior workers is only 200 yuan per unit. In my opinion, there will be no naturalized people to buy such high-priced houses. Although Sanya Garden can make money quickly, it is not a long-term business.”
Luo Shengdong thought for a while and couldn't help but nod and admitted that Wei Ping's words made sense: "Unless there are a large number of wealthy foreign businessmen coming to settle here, these high-priced houses will indeed be unsustainable. But even if we only build houses for naturalized residents, Houses are also a big business. I heard that there are more than 4,000 naturalized households. Unlike foreign businessmen, these people will buy houses here sooner or later. Although affordable houses are cheap, they cannot support the large quantity, not to mention the executive committee. We will continue to bring in immigrants from outside.”
"It's only the beginning of the month, and there are already nearly 2,000 immigrants arriving in Hong Kong... A lot of immigrants have come from Guangdong in recent months. I heard that the Executive Committee asked the Li family to recruit refugees in various states and counties. Guangzhou The government is also very supportive." Wei Ping shared the information he had.
Luo Shengdong responded: "The Li family has a very good reputation in Guangdong now. They provide food relief, provide relief to refugees, and organize the refugees that the government is most worried about to send to Qiongzhou Island. They are simply helping the adults in Guangzhou solve their problems. No wonder it was recognized by the government.”
Luo Shengdong has also come into contact with some new immigrants recently, and almost without exception they were recruited by the Li family's disaster relief agencies stationed throughout Guangdong. These people went bankrupt and became refugees during the natural disasters in recent years. If someone had not organized relief, their way out would have been to either die on the roadside or become homeless bandits who caused harm to others. In this embarrassing situation of survival crisis, someone told them that as long as they came to Qiongzhou Island to work, they would be provided with all life guarantees including food, clothing, housing and transportation, and their children could go to school for free. These promises were even evidenced by official documents from the government. , almost no one could refuse such a temptation, obediently entered the refugee camp, and then took a boat from the mainland to Sanya to become a newly naturalized citizen under the rule of the Executive Committee.
As Haihan's strength continues to develop and expand, Luo Shengdong is no longer as worried about the Haihan people making trouble as he was last year, because this place has become a substantial country within a country, except that it does not show the name of the country. . Luo Shengdong was very calm, because he knew the strength of Haihan very well. The Yacheng government had basically been eliminated and existed in name only. The Ming Dynasty's garrison on Qiongzhou Island was also weak, and there was no way to shake the Haihan people's influence on the Sanya area. rule. The reason why the Haihan people have not directly reached out to the prefectures and counties in the north of Qiongzhou Island is that they are busy with development and cannot spare time for the time being.
However, the Haihan people have never stopped increasing their population through various means. If the population under the Haihan rule reaches more than 100,000 or 200,000 in the future, Luo Shengdong believes that the executive committee at that time will definitely tear off the mask of peace. , send the Haihan militia out to occupy more places, or use the method they used against Yacheng, bribe local senior officials, and tie these people to the Haihan ship with benefits.
The executive committee has already made a successful demonstration of the effectiveness of this method in Yacheng, and Luo Shengdong himself can be regarded as one of the models. Two years ago, if someone had tried to split the territory in Yacheng, Luo Shengdong would have fought loyally for the Ming Dynasty without hesitation. However, times have changed, and it is difficult for Luo Shengdong to have the same courage as before. It's because he knows very well how clever the Haihan people are, and at the same time he can't let go of the many benefits that he and even his family members have received.
"Let's go, there should be an immigration ship arriving at the port today. If you and I don't show up, those guys from the Ministry of Civil Affairs will say we're lazy again." Luo Shengdong recovered his thoughts, called Wei Ping and left the construction site.
Compared with wealthy businessmen like Zhan Gui who spend a lot of money, Luo Shengdong and Wei Ping still have to live a more practical life. They do not have the ability to engage in large-scale maritime trade and can only pick up piecemeal benefits from various affairs arranged by the Haihan people. Of course, this is a hundred times better than their previous situation, so they really have nothing to complain about.
Luo Shengdong had already reported the month before that he would "temporarily" relocate the Yacheng Water Village from the mouth of the Ningyuan River to Sanya Port in the name of repairing the water village. This report was delivered directly to his father-in-law Zhang Qing, and there was basically no problem in getting it approved. Luo Shengdong's future residence will also be moved from Yacheng to Sanya New City, so that he can devote his energy more concentratedly. Come to the private salt trade.
In fact, had Luo Shengdong not made this report, Yacheng Water Village would have ceased to exist in name only. General He Wenhui had resigned and retired in June, and the entire water village's military establishment had also been disbanded. Most of them joined Haihan's shipping department and navy under various names for high salaries. The Haihan Militia sent people to replace the original establishment. The new generals have not been appointed yet, but Luo Shengdong has already thought about how to deal with the new boss - all the military and political leaders in Yacheng have now been replaced by people who are pro-Haihan, and they are almost iron-clad. With only one bucket, outsiders will not be able to do anything when they come in. If you are not willing to make a fortune together, you can only wait to be ignored.
Now Luo Shengdong and Wei Ping appear at the dock almost every day to act as facades, specifically responsible for assisting in the work of accepting immigrants, so that those immigrants from the Ming Dynasty who have come from afar can feel the presence of the government and integrate into the local social system with peace of mind.
(End of chapter)