Chapter 558 Lin Shuyi's Troubles
Although Baiyun City is the frontier of reform and opening up, and many foreign investors come here, Shi Jinhua has a heavy burden on his shoulders, and the competition is also very fierce. Because here, being excellent is far from enough.
This is also the reason why Shi Jinhua, a person of a relatively high rank in the system, is so polite to Lu Yiming.
From his point of view, as long as he can curry favor with Lu Yiming, his position will be stable - maybe if he handles it well, he can move up faster. After all, in Xia Country at this time, everything is centered on economic development.
"Boss Lu, how big is your group's headquarters building?"
Although building a building is a good thing, it also depends on the scale. After all, the bigger the scale, the more outstanding the political achievement. If it is too small, it will not even be considered news.
If it was only thirty or fifty floors, it would be too common. Baiyun City has no shortage of buildings of this size, and Shi Jinhua would not be able to brag about it as a political achievement.
However, Shi Jinhua did not dare to brag on his own initiative. After all, Zhu Ge’s Giant Building was a lesson for him.
In 1993, in order to support Giant Group, the local government granted it about 40,000 square meters of land twice, at a low price of 125 yuan per square meter, which was almost giving it away for free.
However, driven by his "typical" consciousness, Zhu Ge increased the planning of the Giant Building from 38 floors to 70 floors, aiming to build the tallest building in the country. The construction funds required for a 70-story building were about 1.2 billion yuan, and Zhu Ge, who only had 100 million yuan in cash at the time, placed his bet on selling pre-sale properties.
Selling pre-sale houses refers to pre-sale houses, that is, developers are selling houses that are under construction but not yet completed. Pre-sale houses are also called building numbers, which means that before the construction of the house begins, the developer will take out the design drawings for buyers to subscribe.
However, when the Giant Building started selling pre-sale units in 1994, the government began to implement macroeconomic control on the overheated economy, and the sale of pre-sale units was subject to certain restrictions. In 1996, the Giant Building, which had invested more than 300 million yuan, ran out of funds and Zhuge went bankrupt.
Therefore, although Shi Jinhua wanted Lu Yiming to do something bigger, he was also worried that Lu Yiming would go too far. Not only would it not be considered as a political achievement, but it would become a burden to him. You know, the unfinished building of the Giant Building is still there, which is really an eyesore.
Lu Yiming acted very calm: "As the saying goes, you can always go further if you want to. There is no need to make it so big in the early stage. Let's just plan a hundred floors first."
"How many? One hundred floors? Mr. Lu, are you serious?"
Shi Jinhua was so excited that he secretly bit his tongue.
One hundred floors!
The China Overseas Jinmao Tower, built in 1998, has only 88 floors in total and is 421 meters high.
This is the tallest building in the mainland!
The tallest building in Baiyun City is CITIC Plaza, which was built in 1997. It has 80 floors and is 391 meters high.
The only building in China taller than the Jinmao Tower is the Taipei 101, which has 101 floors and is 508 meters high.
Lu Yiming's building is only one floor lower than Taipei 101! By then, each floor will be designed to be five centimeters higher than Taipei 101, and the height will probably be higher than Taipei 101!
Become the first building in China! !
The more Shi Jinhua thought about it, the more excited he became, and he almost lost his composure.
However, in the 21st century, skyscrapers are no longer a novelty.
Not to mention the 632-meter-tall China Overseas Center, let’s just talk about Baiyun City, which was completed and opened in 2010 and has a height of 600 meters.
Therefore, Lu Yiming could not empathize with Shi Jinhua's excitement at all.
"Of course I'm serious. Do I need to joke with you about this kind of thing?"
Shi Jinhua didn't know what Lu Yiming was thinking. He only knew that there was a huge opportunity for merit in front of him. If he didn't seize it, he would live in regret for the rest of his life.
"Okay, Mr. Lu, tell me what you want. We will do our best to satisfy you if we can."
In Shi Jinhua's opinion, with such a large project attracting national attention, Lu Yiming would definitely take the opportunity to negotiate with the government and strive for various preferential treatments and special conditions. After all, this opening was aimed at the country's tallest building. If Lu Yiming did not take the opportunity to get benefits from the government, he would not be considered a qualified businessman.
Shi Jinhua had even been calculating in his mind what the government's bottom line was and to what extent they could agree.
However, Lu Yiming's words almost caused Shi Jinhua to choke to death on his own saliva.
"Conditions? Should I put forward any conditions?"
Shi Jinhua was dumbfounded.
Brother, if you keep acting stupid like this, then we won't be able to continue our conversation today.
However, who is Shi Jinhua? After all, he has been in the officialdom for decades and is a seasoned man. He quickly realized that Lu Yiming's words must not be sincere, because with Lu Yiming's intelligence, it is impossible for him to say such a foolish thing. It is very likely that Lu Yiming is testing the sincerity of the government.
"Hey, Mr. Lu, look at what you said. I can't guarantee anything else, but the land price, bank loan, etc., are all negotiable. You have to believe in our sincerity."
However, Lu Yiming really didn't understand the twists and turns here. Now after hearing what Shi Jinhua said, he suddenly realized: Wow, it turns out that these can still be discussed.
There was no way. Since ancient times, the people have never fought against the officials, and the officials have the final say. This has become the mindset of ordinary people. Lu Yiming couldn't change it all of a sudden. After all, he had been humbled to dust in his previous life.
Now that he knew that the conditions could actually be negotiated with the authorities, Lu Yiming immediately started to think.
He began to think about it. It seemed that the government was more eager and proactive than he was in attracting investment. What he had in his hands was actually a scarce resource that even the government coveted.
After realizing this, Lu Yiming felt a lot more relaxed.
However, he had no idea about bank loans. He didn't need the money, so there was no need to pay interest to the bank for no reason. Besides, what kind of people are banks in Xia Country? If he really borrowed money to build a building, it would be ridiculous if his name was not on the property certificate after the building was built.
"There's no need for a loan. I have money."
Shi Jinhua asked in shock: "No loan? For a 100-story skyscraper like this, Mr. Lu plans to invest all his own funds?"
Is the richest man so rich?
Back then, Brother Zhu was also known as the richest man, but he only planned to build a 70-story building, and all the bank loans collapsed. It's only been a few years, and you tell me that you can build a 100-story building without a loan?
Is it because the world is changing too fast and I can't keep up with the times?
He had never encountered such a thing before. In the past, real estate developers had to get bank advances . Now, a skyscraper like this, which costs at least hundreds of millions or even billions of dollars, doesn't need a bank loan and is fully funded by itself?
Is this the generosity of the richest man?
So strong!
After swallowing his saliva, Shi Jinhua asked, "Mr. Lu, where are you going to build the building?"
Lu Yiming said: "I haven't made up my mind yet, let me think about it for two days."
"no problem!"
Shi Jinhua immediately said: "Such a large project must be carefully considered, I understand very well!"
Lu Yiming nodded slightly and said, "Okay, go back and wait for my news. You don't have to come over every day. I feel embarrassed."
After politely sending Shi Jinhua away, Lu Yiming turned around to take a look at the gift bag Shi Jinhua brought over and said depressedly, "Another two bottles of broken Moutai."
Just after throwing the wine into the wine cellar, Lu Yiming unexpectedly received a call from Lin Shuyi.
"Hey, I heard you went back to Baiyun, come out and drink with me."
When Lu Yiming heard Lin Shuyi's voice, he couldn't help but joked: "Oh, isn't this the beautiful Lin? Drinking so early in the morning?"
Lin Shuyi said angrily, "Just come if I ask you to. Why are you talking so much nonsense? Are you coming or not?"
Lu Yiming laughed a few times and agreed: "Come on, a beautiful lady is inviting me to drink, how can I not come? Where?"
"Jingyunju."
"Okay, wait for me."
The reason why Lu Yiming agreed to Lin Shuyi was because he suddenly remembered that Lin Shuyi's family was in the real estate business, and he could discuss the location of the headquarters building with her and listen to her opinions.
Jingyunju is still a top-level club that seems ordinary in the downtown area.
As soon as he walked in, Lu Yiming saw Lin Shuyi in a black hip skirt sitting alone in the corner, drinking, looking like she didn't want anyone to approach her.
Lu Yiming looked around and asked the bartender to bring him a glass of sparkling wine. He came to the opposite side of Lin Shuyi and said casually, "Why has the decoration here changed after not being here for a while?"
Lin Shuyi said calmly: "Wang Huaian is gone, and the owner has changed. It's normal to change the decoration style."
Lu Yiming didn't delve into this, after all, it had nothing to do with him. He sniffed and said to Lin Shuyi, "It seems you've drunk a lot. You didn't call me over until you were halfway through drinking. That's really unfriendly."
Then he shouted, "Bartender, come and change a glass of juice for Miss Lin."
After the juice was served, Lu Yiming sat down next to Lin Shuyi, looked at her with a smile and asked, "Why are you drinking alone here so early in the morning? What unhappy things have happened to you? Tell me and I'll cheer you up."
Lin Shuyi did not refute Lu Yiming's witty remarks, but frowned and told the truth: "What else could it be? Of course it's a business matter."
Lu Yiming suddenly realized and said, "You are talking about this. I saw a report in the newspaper that Jingwan Group lost in the competition with Sanhe Group for the old city shantytown reconstruction project. Your Lin family is about to be overtaken by your competitors."
As if Lu Yiming had touched her sore spot, Lin Shuyi narrowed her eyes and stared at him with an unhappy look: "You guy, I asked you to come here to drink with me, not to listen to you mocking me."
After saying that, he even wanted to snatch the wine glass from Lu Yiming's hand.
Lu Yiming replaced her wine with juice.
Lu Yiming let Lin Shuyi snatch the wine glass away, with a faint smile on his face. "The Lin family used to have a backer, so of course they were successful in business. Bank loans, policy benefits, land bidding, as long as you want, you can get it. But now the Lin family wants to be independent, so these things are naturally gone. You have to learn to get used to it instead of complaining."
After saying this, Lu Yiming faced Lin Shuyi's rolling eyes and said cheerfully, "Well, if the old doesn't go, the new won't come. If you want, you can find a new backer."
Lin Shuyi frowned slightly and asked, "New backer? Where is he?"
Lu Yiming smiled and said, "It's far away in the sky, but it's right in front of us."
Lin Shuyi looked at Lu Yiming with disdain: "You?"
Lu Yiming immediately shouted, "Hey, what's that look in your eyes? I'm the richest man in the mainland. I'm your backer. Isn't that enough for you to be so arrogant?"
"Tsk... you really think you're an important person."
Lin Shuyi was amused by Lu Yiming.
Seeing that Lin Shuyi finally smiled, Lu Yiming also smiled: "You look so good when you smile, so don't keep a straight face, it's so ugly."
"Although I know that my position as the richest man is not very important, it is not important. Tell me, what problem have you encountered? Maybe I can really give you some advice."
He knew that Lin Shuyi was always very concerned about her reputation and would definitely not bring it up on her own initiative, so he had to bring it up himself.
Just as Lin Shuyi was about to speak, a woman dressed elegantly and about the same age as Lin Shuyi walked towards her.
Although her looks are not as good as Lin Shuyi's, her aura of a strong woman who is superior to Lin Shuyi is not inferior at all. On the contrary, she seems even more domineering.
"Oh, Mr. Lin, what a coincidence. I am really grateful for the invitation to this bidding. I hope we can compete on the same stage next time."
Lu Yiming thought about it carefully and was suddenly surprised.
Since his rebirth, Lu Yiming feels that his memory has improved. Many things he had seen before his rebirth can be recalled by thinking carefully.
The woman in front of him was none other than Yang Ziyan, the eldest daughter of Yang Guoqiang, the CEO of Sanhe Group.
The reason why Lu Yiming knew this information was because this woman was the richest person in Xia Country for a period of time!
Today, the Lin family is on the decline, while the Yang family is catching up. The offensive and defensive situation of both sides has reversed, so there is no doubt that Yang Ziyan came here to demonstrate.
As a strong woman who inherited her father's business, Yang Ziyan was often compared with Lin Shuyi by people around her since a very early age. Whether in terms of academic qualifications, family background or appearance, she was completely defeated.
As a woman, how could she be willing to lose to another woman?
Today, the Lin family is in decline and the Yang family is rising. Yang Ziyan has finally gotten her chance to show off her wealth, so naturally she has to come over and embarrass Lin Shuyi.
Lin Shuyi's eyes fell coldly on Yang Ziyan, and her tone was even more disdainful: "Why, are you so proud of being a dog for others?"
This is clearly a mockery of the Yang family following the old path of the Lin family, finding a backer for themselves and then impatiently coming out to show off their power and might.
Yang Ziyan was furious, but she couldn't get angry in public, so she could only say something harsh: "Humph, the winners are the kings and the losers are the bandits. No matter what you say, it can't change the fact that the Lin family has declined, and the Yang family will replace your Lin family and become the protagonist of the new era. I came here today to receive the distinguished guests. I'm too lazy to talk nonsense with you. Also, drink less. If you get drunk, you won't be able to see how I reach the top."
After saying this, Yang Ziyan walked towards the private room she had reserved. Seeing her walk with the wind, it was obvious that she was at her most proud.
After Yang Ziyan left, Lu Yiming, who had been watching the show, finally asked, "It seems that Jingwan and Sanhe are already at loggerheads."
Lin Shuyi's brows were filled with dissatisfaction and resentment. "The Yang family is one of the wealthy families in the Cantonese business community, and our Lin family is from the Lingnan business community. We are not enemies, but it is true that we occasionally have conflicts and frictions in business."
Although people who do business always say that harmony brings wealth in business, in fact, harmony only applies to internal affairs. When dealing with outsiders, it is really a life-and-death relationship.
If Sanhe Group wants to rise, it will inevitably have to swallow up more markets and interests. Where will these come from?
Naturally, they can only snatch it from other peers, such as the Jingwan Group, which is not as powerful as before.
Neither party is from the same business group, so when faced with competition, they naturally have to fight it out with real swords and guns. No one will submit to the other, let alone pee in the same pot.
Having lost the support of the Wang family behind Wang Huaian, the Lin family is now basically like a rootless duckweed. The real estate industry is an industry that is highly dependent on policies, and it is impossible to operate without a backer. Therefore, no matter how smart and capable Lin Shuyi is, she is powerless to save the situation.
Although it is a large group with a scale of tens of billions, it will not collapse so easily, but in this turbulent era, if others are making progress while you are standing still, in a few years, I am afraid that you will not even see the back of your opponents.
That's why Lin Shuyi is so depressed.
After all, they were friends, so Lu Yiming would not stand by and watch the Lin family die. He immediately poured a glass of juice for Lin Shuyi, then poured himself a glass, and asked with a smile, "I have a big project now, are you interested?"
Lin Shuyi did not show any ecstasy, but said calmly: "Tell me, and then I will decide whether I am interested or not."
Lu Yiming said, "I plan to find a piece of land in Baiyun City to build my headquarters building. You know, I have a lot of companies that I built and acquired, and they are all operating independently. Sometimes when I want to find a few people, I have to run around. I plan to integrate these businesses, so I will build a building as my headquarters. I will build it 100 stories high first for fun. What do you think? Are you interested?"
"One hundred floors?"
Lin Shuyi thought Lu Yiming was just joking.
Lu Yiming said, "I am serious, but I have no experience in building a building, so you can help me with the details, such as site selection. If your Jingwan Group has the ability to take on this project, I would be happy to cooperate with you."
Although he has Lean Real Estate under his name, and it is also the property of his future father-in-law, Lu Yiming dare not hand over this project to Lean Real Estate. After all, in comparison, Lean Real Estate is too small and it is impossible for it to have the strength to complete such a large project.
Think about it, if Lean Real Estate fails halfway in building the tallest building in Xia Country, Lu Yiming will not be able to bear the stimulation.
