Chapter 1009 Atmosphere
Normally, this mansion is deserted, with only a few servants left behind to take care of it. But today is different, there are obviously a lot more people.
When they arrived, the security guard at the door politely asked Song Yuanchao and his friends about their identities, and only opened the door after confirming through the intercom.
The car drove in, and a milky white building was faintly visible among the green grass. This building was Zhang Yong's home. The area of the entire building including the garden was much larger than that of Song Chaoyuan's home. And because of Zhang Yong's arrival, there were more servants and security personnel here today. When Song Chaoyuan's car stopped directly in front of the building, Zhang Yong was already waiting at the steps.
"Yuan Chao! Zheng Guo! Hahaha! Long time no see!"
"Brother Yong!"
Zhang Yong walked quickly forward and reached out to help open the car door as soon as the car stopped. Song Chaoyuan got out of the car and the two hugged each other with smiles on their faces.
"It's been a while since we last met. Jungkook said you came back yesterday? You look good."
"Yes, it's comfortable to sleep back in my own place. Even the jet lag is much easier." Zhang Yong said with a laugh, and then hugged Qin Zhengguo who had just got off the car, and warmly invited them into the house.
"Brother Yuanchao, Brother Zhengguo!" As soon as they entered the door, a man came out quickly from inside and greeted Song Yuanchao and the others with a smile.
"Xiao Fan?" Although the other party had changed a lot, Song Chaoyuan recognized him at a glance.
"Haha, it's me..." The little Fan from that year has become old Fan. The first time Song Yuanchao knew him was when Zhang Yong came to him to discuss cooperation on college entrance examination review materials. At that time, Fan Baoguo was Zhang Yong's man. Later, Zhang Yong asked him to coordinate with Song Yuanchao and others on some specific matters.
After that, Zhang Yong started a clothing business on Maiyang Road, and Fan Baoguo was also in charge of the business. He and Xie Zhengliang were Zhang Yong's best brothers and the people he trusted the most. When Zhang Yong got into trouble, they were also involved, so they left together. They haven't seen each other for many years.
"I just received a phone call and came out late. It's been a long time since we last met, Brother Yuanchao and Brother Zhengguo." Fan Baoguo was very excited to meet again, and so were Song Chaoyuan and Qin Zhengguo. They had been friends for many years and they hugged each other and patted each other on the back.
"Where is Aliang? Has he come back? Why can't I see him?" Qin Zhengguo asked.
"Something happened at home and I couldn't leave, so I accompanied Brother Yong back this time. He hasn't been back for so many years, so I took some time to go home and visit." Fan Baoguo said with a smile.
Song Chaoyuan glanced at Zhang Yong standing aside. Zhang Yong smiled and nodded slightly to him. Song Chaoyuan knew very well that he had already made arrangements, so he didn't ask any more questions.
After a few pleasantries, Zhang Yong invited everyone to go to the study to chat.
When they arrived at the study, Fan Baoguo made tea for everyone himself without asking the servants. Seeing his smooth tea art, Qin Zhengguo was quite surprised and asked him where he learned this skill. Fan Baoguo told him with a smile that he met an old overseas Chinese abroad. The old overseas Chinese was from Guangdong and had a good tea art. After knowing each other for a long time, he learned a little from the old overseas Chinese. He usually played with these when he had nothing to do. Over time, he learned some tea art skills.
"Brother Yong, are you planning to visit your hometown this time?" After taking a sip of tea, Song Chaoyuan asked Zhang Yong.
Zhang Yong shook his head. "It's not convenient for me to go back for the time being. Xiao Fan, please go first to visit my family and make arrangements for the business on Maiyang Road. It's not easy for the brothers these years. It's better to give them what they deserve as soon as possible. It can be regarded as compensation for all these years."
Song Chaoyuan nodded to show that he understood. Although Zhang Yong's identity was different now, he not only had a foreign identity, but also had a high status abroad. However, no one could be sure of what happened back . Zhang Yong probably had this intention when he asked Fan Baoguo to go back to Shanghai for him. Song Chaoyuan had guessed this just now.
But the business arrangement of Maiyang Road mentioned by Zhang Yong surprised Song Chaoyuanlue. Although Zhang Yong was not in the country in recent years, the business of Maiyang Road was still under Zhang Yong's name. With the continuous development over the years, Maiyang Road has become a business card of Shanghai. Not to mention the local people in Shanghai, even many foreigners who have never been to China have heard of the name of Maiyang Road. This short street has more than 400 fixed stalls and dozens of mobile stalls with only licenses but no fixed places. It has a daily flow of more than 100,000 people, which is truly popular.
In this era, it is very exaggerated to say that a stall can make a millionaire, but it is true.
Zhang Yong entered Maiyang Road very early, and he was bold enough to take up nearly half of the first batch of stalls on Maiyang Road. Even though Zhang Yong's share is not as large as it was at the beginning due to the expansion of Maiyang Road in recent years, he is still the undisputed boss of Maiyang Road with the resources in his hands.
Zhang Yong has been abroad for many years, and the business of Maiyang Road has been handed over to his former brothers. These brothers help Zhang Yong maintain these resources while running their own business.
Zhang Yong was very good to his subordinates. Although the resources of Maiyang Road were still in his hands, he did not treat them unfairly. Zhang Yong only took half of the profits and distributed the other half to everyone. This also made the brothers rich and became well-known bosses of Maiyang Road.
Now, Zhang Yong is ready to give the stalls on Maiyang Road to them. In other words, they helped Zhang Yong manage the stalls before, but in the future, the stalls will be their own. This is also the compensation Zhang Yong mentioned just now, and it is also a way to express his attitude.
"Brother Yong, you are awesome!" Qin Zhengguo gave a thumbs up. Others may not know, but how could Qin Zhengguo not know the value of those stalls on Maiyang Road? A fixed stall plus a license would be worth a lot if it was put on the market.
When Maiyang Road was first opened, these stalls were not worth much, but by the time Zhang Yong left China, the stall transfer fee had risen to around 3,000 yuan. This is just the stall transfer fee, not including the stall rental, and this price is basically unsalable.
More than ten years have passed, and now the transfer fee for the stall is not to mention. Nowadays, an ordinary stall starts at at least 200,000 yuan, and a stall with a good market can easily get 300,000 or even 350,000 yuan. And once the news gets out, it is guaranteed that people will fight over it, because everyone knows that taking over the stall on Maiyang Road is like taking a hen that lays golden eggs. Once the money is spent, it will not take long to earn it back.
One or two stalls would be fine, but you have to know that Zhang Yong has nearly a hundred stalls, which means tens of millions of dollars! Zhang Yong gave away so much money without blinking an eye, and more importantly, he not only transferred it, but also gave away the ownership of the stalls. Even Qin Zhengguo admired his generosity.
Waving his hands, Zhang Yong said calmly that they deserved it. He had not been in China for these years, and the business in China was all thanks to them. Moreover, when they first went abroad, if the domestic business had not been maintained by them, Zhang Yong and the other three would not have achieved today's results in a foreign country where they were unfamiliar with the local environment.
Of course, there were some bad things that happened in these years. Zhang Yong was away from the country for a long time, and he left in a hurry after the incident, so naturally some people had some bad ideas. But because of Song Chaoyuan, Qin Zhengguo and others, and most of Zhang Yong's brothers were quite loyal, these small episodes were finally resolved. Those who remained after the great waves were trustworthy, and Zhang Yong naturally had to reward them.
"When are you going back? Tell me in advance." Song Chaoyuan turned his gaze towards Fan Baoguo and said this. Fan Baoguo's face immediately showed joy and he nodded repeatedly. Zhang Yong said nothing, but patted Song Chaoyuan's arm twice to show his gratitude, because he knew very well the meaning of Song Chaoyuan's words.
We chatted for a while about Zhang Yong and his team's situation abroad, as well as the stories of Song Chaoyuan and Qin Zhengguo. At the same time, we also looked back and recalled the days when we worked together on review materials and engaged in clothing business.
However, no matter whether it was Zhang Yong, Song Chaoyuan, Fan Baoguo or Qin Zhengguo, none of them mentioned Li Xiaoyun, Luo Yang or even Li Daqi.
Because Song Chaoyuan and the others knew that even though so much time had passed and the affairs of Zhang Yong, Li Xiaoyun and Luo Yang were a thing of the past and they had all started their own families, love was something that people would never forget in their lifetime. Even though Zhang Yong didn't care on the surface, he still had this past buried deep in his heart. In order to avoid this, everyone knew it and avoided this topic in their conversation.
"In addition to business matters, I have something else to discuss with you this time." After recalling the glorious years, Zhang Yong began to talk about business.
Song Chaoyuan turned his gaze to him with a questioning expression.
"Take a look at this first." Zhang Yong gestured to Fan Baoguo beside him. Fan Baoguo stood up and took out a file bag from the cabinet behind him. Zhang Yong took it and handed it directly to Song Yuanchao.
Song Chaoyuan took the file bag, opened it, and pulled out a stack of documents from it. These documents contained information about some mining companies. The information was all in English, but Song Chaoyuan could understand it. He flipped through it and found that the content of the information was very detailed.
"Brother Yong, are these all your companies?" Song Chaoyuan asked after taking a quick look.
"Some of them are mine, and I am a director of some of them," Zhang Yong replied.
"What do you mean...?" Song Chaoyuan vaguely guessed what Zhang Yong was thinking, but still wanted to confirm it.
As expected, Zhang Yong did not beat around the bush and said directly: "According to the data, due to the substantial increase in China's steel production in recent years, China has also been increasing. Although the overall proportion is not high at present, the growth rate is very impressive."
"I have asked people to carefully investigate the domestic metallurgical industry and ore resource utilization, especially the supply and demand structure of iron ore, which is the most important in the steel industry. Most of the raw material demand now still uses domestically produced ores. However, judging from the content and quality of the ores, domestically produced ores are far inferior to imported ones. They have low content, low quality, low utilization rate, and high production costs... "
Song Chaoyuan listened quietly to Zhang Yong's explanation. Zhang Yong was afraid that Song Chaoyuan didn't understand, so he explained it in great detail. He also told Song Chaoyuan that in fact, he had already tried to cooperate with domestic companies through other channels two years ago, and the cooperation in the past two years also confirmed his judgment on the direction of the domestic steel industry.
With the continuous development of this industry in China, Zhang Yong has become confident in his judgment. This time he came to Hong Kong to have in-depth discussions with previous partners, intending to further expand the scope of cooperation with China.
However, Zhang Yong hoped that there would be a more reliable and stronger partner in the country so that the two sides could form an interest group. After much thought, he felt that Song Dynasty aid was the most appropriate.
It was not only because he and Song Chaoyuan were old friends and knew each other well, but also because of Shenghua's huge strength and scale. In addition, Song Chaoyuan's background was not bad. Although Shenghua was not in this business, Zhang Yong believed that as long as the terminal resources were controlled in his hands, it would not be difficult for Shenghua to join.
