Chapter 398: Station Opening
“That’s a good idea!”
After hearing what Jiang Tian said, Tong Zhiyuan slapped his thigh and looked at Jiang Tian as if he was looking at the God of Wealth.
He also urged her to get the project started quickly. It doesn't matter if there is not enough money, he has plenty!
Of course, he also knew that after getting married, the cash flow that Jiang Tian would be able to take out would only be more, not less, than that of their family.
After all, the betrothal gift that the Han family gave to Jiang Tian and Han Jisong during the two days of their wedding, as well as the dowry that Hu Qiongfang gave to her precious daughter, are still mentioned by people in the town when they marry off their daughters.
Jiang Tian had no intention of eating up this big piece of fat meat all by herself.
In addition to Tong Zhiyuan, she also wanted to bring in a few more acquaintances.
Including Grandma Hu, Uncle Hu, Second Uncle Hu, her biological mother, godmother, and her new husband.
When they heard that Jiang Tian was going to treat them to a meal and announce an important news, the Hu family became very excited, thinking that Jiang Tian was pregnant.
Although it is rare for a woman to get pregnant right after marriage, it does happen. At Jiang Tian's age, she should be able to have a baby, and the elders in the Hu family are very happy.
Unexpectedly, they were happy too early.
Jiang Tian was not pregnant, she just had another idea to make money and wanted to take her family to pick up money together.
After hearing what his niece said, everyone else was fine, except Uncle Hu, who was completely confused.
"No, Tiantian, you said your grandma went to your post station to open a shop to sell rice dumplings, and your second uncle went to open a shop to sell clothes. I understand all this, but for me, a real estate agent, to open a shop to sell houses in your place, isn't it appropriate?"
"Who asked you to open a shop and sell houses? Besides, they are just passing by and their hometown is not here. How could they buy a house here?" Jiang Tian explained to his uncle.
"I want you to decorate two 'model rooms' in our station. Then I can have people sell some home improvement materials and custom furniture in them."
"Not all the cars on the provincial highway are from other provinces. Many are local or not far from here. Anyway, we can just find two people to look after the store. It won't take much effort. As long as we can get one or two orders a week, it will be enough to support my students."
The "group of students" that Jiang Tian mentioned are students majoring in carpentry, plumbing, and other majors in vocational schools, who used to be sent out to work in construction companies.
There are more and more students graduating every year. The competition in the job market has been fierce in the past two years. I heard that some students have difficulty finding jobs locally after graduation.
Jiang Tian thought about it and felt that if their school invested in opening a decoration company and furniture factory, it would not only make a profit for the school, but also solve the employment problems of the students. Wouldn't that be killing two birds with one stone?
Many large real estate companies in later generations did this, from design to construction, to building materials, decoration, furniture, and even property companies. Any money related to the house that they could earn themselves would never be given away at the expense of others.
Jiang Tian did this not to prevent others from making money, but if she gave the business to others, they might not give priority to recruiting students from their school. But if she were the boss herself, wouldn't it be a matter of just saying which vocational school she wanted to recruit from?
Do what you say!
Let’s start with the pilot project in Shuangfeng Town. After all, this is their base camp and the mayor is one of their own.
When Han Sishu heard that she was going to set up a "post station" on the side of the provincial road, he almost thought that she was going to follow the example of Qin Shihuang and open some "post roads" on both sides of Provincial Road 336. But when he heard her say that it was something similar to a highway service area, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Well, although Shuangfeng Town does not have such a precedent, there is no regulation that prohibits private individuals from developing and building "post stations" similar to service areas on the side of provincial roads.
Moreover, according to Jiang Tian’s plan for this “station”, if it is really completed, it may become a highlight project of their Shuangfeng Town.
Thinking of this, Han Sishu suddenly felt that the town should also contribute. Otherwise, if this project really became a highlight and the leaders asked about it later, how could they have the nerve to take credit for it when they found out they had not helped at all?
Jiang Tian didn't expect that she came to the town just to find the leader to sign, but unexpectedly got a verbal promise -
Han Sishu said that this project was a people-friendly project in their town, so she could just go for it boldly. If there was not enough land, the town could help coordinate and relocate some of the land from nearby villages.
Since we are going to do it, we should do it well and strive to make this "station" a scenic spot in their Shuangfeng Town.
If the place is bigger, more cars will go to the post station to rest and consume, which can indirectly promote the economic development and employment of the masses in Shuangfeng Town.
Jiang Tian didn't expect such a deep side.
However, since the whole town supports it, it would be a bastard not to take advantage of the opportunity!
Jiang Tian immediately overturned his original idea and decided to make the station bigger.
A year later, a "highway station" covering an area of about 25 acres was officially opened in Shuangfeng Town.
On the opening day, not only the city's newspapers and TV stations, but also the provincial newspapers and TV stations sent reporters.
There is no way. Just as Han Sishu said, this is the first "provincial road comprehensive service area" privately invested in these days!
Moreover, Jiang Tian took advantage of a policy loophole. Relying on the fact that there were no official "stations" along Provincial Highway 336, he simply wrote the signboard as "Provincial Highway 336 Shuangfeng Town Highway Service Station".
Anyway, as long as the first post station is opened, she can continue to invest and open such a post station in other towns along the provincial road.
By then, no matter it is a service position such as construction, decoration, auto repair, catering, beauty and hairdressing, as long as Jiang Tian has a bite to eat, her junior brothers and sisters in the vocational school will definitely not go hungry.
Seeing the glittering "Provincial Highway 336 Shuangfeng Town Highway Service Station" at the entrance, Han Sishu couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth twice.
Thinking that this girl has now become a relative, Mayor Han silently swallowed the words he wanted to complain.
The reporters were very interested in this brand and rushed over to take pictures.
The entire post station is very large and has many functions. In order to prevent travelers from getting lost inside, a large sign with a map on it and the various functional areas of the post station are marked next to the map.
The parking lot is right after you drive in. Opposite the parking lot is a large bathroom. For aesthetic reasons, a moon gate imitating the Su family garden was built outside the bathroom. With white walls and black tiles, it looks fresh and elegant, completely different from everyone's impression of a "public toilet"!
The reporters' eyes lit up and they rushed over, taking pictures.
Past the bathroom is a "small but beautiful" miniature park that looks small, but has a pavilion, a rockery, a fish pond, and a corridor where you can sit and rest. It houses a group of lively and beautiful koi.
If you don’t know, you might think this is the villa of some wealthy family.
Past the small park is a large indoor supermarket in the shape of a Chinese character “U”. On the left side of the entrance is the “Grandma Hu’s Big Meat Zongzi” store, and on the right side is the steamed bun shop run by godmother Wang Chunjuan.
Under Jiang Tian's guidance, Wang Chunjuan's steamed bun shop now not only makes steamed buns, but also various easy-to-carry pastries, as well as various bagged soy milk, tofu pudding, milk, spicy soup and the like. Its main selling point is "convenience for travelers."
After entering the main entrance, there is a small supermarket, a noodle restaurant where you can sit down to eat, a branch of Fang Jie fast food restaurant, a newsstand, several telephone booths, a barber shop, a clothing store, a specialty store... In short, they try every means to ensure that the tourists who come in can find the consumption items they want here.
It's impossible not to spend money, I just can't help it.
Walk to the back from the store and pass through an ancient and elegant hanging flower door. Behind it is actually a motel where you can bathe and stay!
Across the wall from the shopping mall is a large auto repair shop. This shop was not opened by Jiang Tian. She rented the storefront directly to Tong Xiaojun.
Next to the auto repair shop is a gas station. Speaking of this gas station, it has also had many twists and turns.
Originally, Jiang Tian planned to invite the two "national" oil brands to settle in.
However, the other party looked down on their private enterprise and declined.
In the end, Tong Xiaojun got the upper hand.
No one knew how he convinced Tong Zhiyuan. His family already had two gas stations in Shuangfeng Town. Tong Xiaojun persuaded his father to keep the one in University Town and demolish the old one. The land was used to build a storefront for business.
Then they bought the gas station owned by Jiang Tian. The newly built gas station still had the original name, but it was three times larger!
With the huge traffic-generating machine of the post station, you can easily tell that the money-making ability of this new gas station must be several times that of the old gas station. As the post station becomes more and more famous in the future, it is not impossible for it to be able to make dozens of times more money.