Chapter 2600
The transactions and ownership of the land surrounding Hangzhou Railway Station have become official secrets, and it is of course difficult for ordinary people to know the inside story. Due to his work requirements, Dai Shao inevitably had to deal with all parties, and he had to understand these situations in order to arrange the construction process. Therefore, even if he did not participate in the activities of carving up scarce land resources, he still knew some of the inside information.
As Tao Hongfang expected, although the official decision to build a Hangzhou railway station here has not been announced to the public, many well-informed people have actually learned about the matter through various internal channels, and have responded to it. Planning showed keen interest.
It is not difficult for anyone with a little knowledge to imagine what a railway station means to the development prospects of a region, especially those who have been to Hainan Island or even those who have lived there for a long time. They are very aware of the railway station. How much room for appreciation there is in the surrounding areas. As the future capital of the Haihan Empire, Hangzhou's railway station obviously has a great chance to become a regional land transportation hub. In the future, the commercial value of the surrounding area will be beyond ordinary people's imagination.
With such good things happening, there will naturally be people who are unwilling to sit on the sidelines and try to acquire surrounding land that has not yet appreciated in value early. In the future, even if they simply build a warehouse here, they can easily make profits by virtue of the location advantage.
Of course, people who can get inside information very early are not only of this level, and naturally have more profitable projects to run.
But just getting the news does not mean that you are qualified to acquire land here. The Donghai Region Administrative Committee may have anticipated that such a situation would arise, and stipulated that all land transaction procedures in relevant areas must be approved by the Administrative Committee before the transaction can be completed, and then used this official threshold to eliminate some land transactions that were not strong enough but People who want to take advantage of troubled waters.
Tao Hongfang nodded when he heard this and said: "If this were not the case, some people would definitely snap up the land and then resell it to others at a higher price to make a profit, disrupting the official development plan for this area."
Dai Shao nodded repeatedly and said: "Your Excellency, in your opinion, this is exactly the situation. The government has a unified plan for the development of surrounding areas, and even infrastructure must follow the same standards. If private individuals are allowed to build privately and resell at high prices, , it will inevitably cause a lot of trouble in the future.”
As an official of the Ministry of Commerce, Tao Hongfang is no stranger to such situations. When officials want to build certain large-scale projects, they certainly hope to make unified plans for the surrounding areas to facilitate subsequent development. However, official project funds are often relatively limited and there is no spare capacity to include the areas surrounding the project into the construction plan. Therefore, private capital is often introduced to be responsible for the development and construction of these areas.
However, in order to avoid the chaos mentioned by Dai Shao in this process, the officials usually set certain thresholds and try their best to select some powerful and obedient partners for cooperation. The Donghai Region obviously followed this approach in planning the Hangzhou-Nanjing Railway and screened private capital interested in participating in the construction here.
Although the threshold is set in the open, the screening criteria may not always be implemented accordingly. This type of transaction is carried out in private without leaving any trace. Whether the transaction can be concluded depends on the thoughts of the powerful people, and there is probably not much fairness and justice. It can be said. But one thing Tao Hongfang can be sure of now is that the people who can get land here should have good relationships with the Donghai Region Management Committee.
It was this link that Tao Hongfang was interested in. He wanted to know which people were capable of pocketing the land around the train station and waiting for its value to increase before the construction of the Hangzhou-Nanjing Railway started. After some verbal inducement, Dai Shao finally revealed several land buyers he knew. Not surprisingly, the familiar group of "Yangzhou salt merchants" naturally appeared again.
In addition to salt merchants, most of the other buyers were powerful merchants from Jiangsu and Zhejiang, such as large merchants from Ningbo, silk merchants from Suzhou, etc. In addition, there are also related households that Tao Hongfang knows immediately, such as the He's Trading Company that works for Shi Diwen's in-law Qu Yutong, and a trading firm that is said to be from Hainan Island.
The name of this trading company from Hainan Island is very unfamiliar to Tao Hongfang. This is an unusual sign. After all, he has been dealing with major commercial institutions in Hainan Island all year round. He is familiar with numerous private commercial institutions. chest. If you don't even have an impression, either there is something wrong with the information provided by Dai Shao, and this firm is not from Hainan Island, or someone wants to acquire land here and temporarily set up a commercial organization to facilitate the relevant purchase procedures.
Tao Hongfang believes that the latter is more likely. He knows that there are many institutions engaged in business and trade in Hainan Island, but not all of these institutions are operating normally. Many of them are actually doing it to enjoy various preferential policies and to provide cover. The identity of the actual operator, or a shell organization established for some special projects.
If some people from Hainan Island hope to get some benefits from the development of the Hangzhou-Ningbo Railway, then acquiring land in prime locations along the railway in advance is probably the simplest and most direct method. If it were Tao Hongfang himself, he would probably choose a similar method and set up a shell organization to achieve his goal.
But it is a pity that Dai Shao has not had any contact with the real boss behind the scenes, and the information he has is only the place where the company is registered. Who is running it and at what price was the piece of land covering an area of 100 acres purchased? This key information cannot be provided to Tao Hongfang.
According to Dai Shao, more than 40 plots of land have been divided around the Hangzhou Railway Station, most of which should have been subscribed. However, he is not too sure whether these lands have been divided up. Perhaps the real information is only in the hands of the Donghai Region Management Committee.
According to the management committee's plan, the development process of these surrounding plots will lag slightly behind the railway station construction project. At that time, its architectural design, water supply and drainage, transportation, fire protection and other infrastructure projects will also need to be constructed in accordance with unified standards. While Dai Shao is directing the railway station construction project, he may also allocate some time to supervise the implementation of infrastructure construction in surrounding plots.
However, this can be regarded as a lucrative job. Since these projects need to be supervised by him on behalf of the government, then filial piety from all aspects will be indispensable. Tao Hongfang was even a little skeptical. This might be the main motivation that prompted Dai Shao to learn about the subscription situation of surrounding land parcels.
(End of chapter)