Chapter 908 Commercial Company
Gu Jie's clothing boutique now has three stores in Shanghai, and has become a benchmark in Shanghai's clothing industry.
Shanghai's department store industry is very famous. In addition to the No. 1 Department Store, there are several other department stores that sell clothing. In addition, the Maiyang Road Clothing Street is extremely famous throughout the country, attracting many Chinese and foreign tourists.
However, since its opening, Gu Jie's clothing boutique has been operating under the banner of high-end clothing. In addition, it has obtained the agency rights of many internationally renowned brands. In this respect, it has quickly surpassed those old department stores and become the representative of high-end clothing in Shanghai.
Gu Jie is now quite famous in Shanghai, especially in the clothing industry. He and Zhang Jianguo's wife Sun Xia can be said to be the leaders of this industry. Many bosses in other industries would politely call Gu Jie "Mr. Gu" when they meet him. As for Sun Xia, they would directly call her "Sister Sun".
After receiving Song Yuanchao's call, Gu Jie agreed without thinking. Speaking of which, he and Qin Zhengguo haven't seen each other for a long time. Thinking back to when they were partners in Yangcheng, Gu Jie and Qin Zhengguo ate and lived together for a long time and had a very deep friendship.
At noon, Gu Jie came to Song Yuanchao's side. After arriving, he handed the wine in his hand to Song Yuanchao with a smile, saying that he brought this bottle of wine specially. Aren't they going to have hotpot tonight? This wine goes especially well with hotpot.
"This wine is good. Where did you get it?" Song Yuanchao asked with a smile after taking the wine and looking at it.
"Of course I paid for it. There aren't many of this wine left in the world. If they hadn't given me face, they wouldn't have sold it to me even if I paid for it." Gu Jie said with some pride.
"Okay! Let's drink it tonight!" Song Chaoyuan nodded with a smile, put the wine aside, and asked Gu Jie: "What have you been busy with these days? I haven't seen you come over to sit for a while."
"Don't mention it. I'm really fed up with it these days." Gu Jie waved his hand, took out a cigarette and handed it to Song Yuanchao. He lit it himself and said, "Do you know about the transformation of District 8?"
"I know, what's the matter?" Song Yuanchao asked back. The Eighth District is not far from Song Yuanchao's home. Turn right from Song Yuanchao's home, then turn left at Petain Road and go straight to the end to reach the Eighth District. This is a very famous area in Shanghai. The hometown of Xu Guangqi, a celebrity in the Ming Dynasty, is in the Eighth District, and his tomb is also in Guangqi Park near the Eighth District.
"This time, the renovation of District 8 requires the demolition of many places, especially the intersections in the core area of District 8. The school near the church, the Maternity and Infant Association, and the cultural center will all be moved. In addition, the Sixth Department Store will also be rebuilt. According to the planning of the city and the district, this area will become a new commercial district in the future."
"Isn't this great?" Song Yuanchao certainly knew about this plan. The geographical location of the Eighth District is very good. It is a major road from the southwest of Shanghai to the city center. Moreover, the Metro Line 1 currently under construction passes through the Eighth District. Taking various factors into consideration, the demolition and reconstruction project of the Eighth District was announced last year, and it has officially started this year.
In the future, District 8 will become an important commercial district in the southwest of Shanghai, which has been proven by history. But why did Gu Jie bring this up? What does he have to do with the District 8 project?
When Gu Jie explained the situation to Song Yuanchao in detail, Song Yuanchao finally understood what was going on. It turned out that because Gu Jie's boutique clothing store was now quite famous in Shanghai, the district had thought of the later commercial layout when renovating the eighth district.
The transformation of commercial areas is not as simple as building a few new buildings and shopping malls. It also requires investment attraction. In particular, those shopping malls that are built need strong companies to move in, so as to achieve commercial results and attract enough popularity for development.
Gu Jie is now quite famous in this industry, so he was naturally targeted. The district sent people to talk to Gu Jie several times, hoping that Gu Jie could cooperate with the district, intervene while the Eighth District was being renovated, and then open a large-scale department store in the Eighth District after the renovation was completed.
Gu Jie is not very interested in this project, mainly for two reasons.
The first reason is that the investment involved is really not small, and this time the renovation was undertaken by the district. For the purpose of the renovation, the district specially established a commercial company. All projects are operated by this company, and most of the commercial buildings and real estate built after the operation are completed will also belong to this company.
Gu Jie's involvement, in addition to the considerable amount of capital investment, does not account for a large proportion of the overall investment. Moreover, whether it is a commercial building or real estate, the final property rights cannot belong to Gu Jie. He only has the right of priority to lease. As for the rest, he relies on the dividends of some shares, but does not actually participate in the operation. After all, this commercial company belongs to a state-owned enterprise. How can Gu Jie's private capital directly participate in the operation?
The second reason is that once Gu Jie intervenes and opens a large-scale department store here, he has no idea about investment and management. Although Gu Jie's boutique clothing business is quite large and has three stores in Shanghai, a single boutique clothing business and a department store are completely different concepts, and Gu Jie has never done such a project before.
After finishing speaking, Gu Jie shook his head and said, "To put it bluntly, the district is short of funds, and they want to find a solution from me. Tell me, how much money can I come up with? Besides, I have no idea about running a large department store. As for the money, this money doesn't come from the wind. If I lose money on such a large investment, won't I cry to death?"
"What are their conditions?" Song Yuanchao asked.
Gu Jie explained the conditions offered, and then said: "They didn't give me a definite promise, they just told me that they could give me shares. As for the return, it depends on future developments. The risk is really too great..."
"Shares? How many shares can I get? What proportion?" Song Yuanchao was slightly stunned and asked.
When Gu Jie saw Song Yuanchao's expression, he was a little confused, but he still told Song Yuanchao the situation. After listening, Song Yuanchao began to think about it.
At the end of this year, that is, on December 19, the Shanghai stock market will officially open.
This is an important event after the reform and opening up, and it is only about two months away.
The opening up of the mainland's stock market to the outside world again after decades of interruption is of great significance and also marks the beginning of the emergence of joint-stock companies on the stage.
Song Yuanchao knew the Eighth District Commercial Company. It was a state-owned enterprise of considerable size and also a joint-stock enterprise. In later times, the stock of the Eighth District Commercial Company performed quite well in the stock market, especially because it held a large number of high-quality real estate industries, and its income had always been very stable. In addition, it also had some department stores under the company, so it was considered a very good company.
The renovation of the 8th District has been quite successful in history. After the reform and opening up, similar renovations have been carried out in various parts of Shanghai, with the core being to create a prosperous business district. But in actual operation, among all the district renovations, the renovation of the 8th District is the most successful, of course, this does not include the Jiangdong area that was just approved and opened this year and the three-piece area opposite the future river that has not yet appeared. This is an exception.
If we can get shares from the District 8 Commercial Company through the current cooperation mode, this deal will not only not lose money, but also make a lot of money. Of course, Song Yuanchao is interested in the return on investment in the transformation of District 8, rather than the so-called large department store industry, which is consistent with Gu Jie's point of view.
Thinking of this, Song Yuanchao directly told Gu Jie that he was not interested in investing in a large department store, but he was somewhat interested in commercial cooperation investment in the transformation of the Eighth District. After all, the current Eighth District is a commercial point. Coupled with the advantages of the geographical environment and the first subway line that will be opened in the next few years, the prosperity of the Eighth District should not be bad in the future.
Besides, the commercial company promised to give shares, and the Shanghai Stock Market project has been confirmed. The Shanghai Stock Exchange will be established next month, and the Shanghai Stock Market will be officially launched in another month. Gu Jie is not clear about this, but Song Yuanchao is very clear about it.
After listening to Song Yuanchao's explanation, Gu Jie was stunned for a moment, and then asked whether this matter was reliable. When Song Yuanchao told him exactly that both the stock exchange and the stock market were already ironclad, Gu Jie became interested for a moment, and his attitude changed instantly.
A share that cannot be listed and a share that can be listed on the stock market are two completely different concepts. As a shareholder of Shenghua, Gu Jie is of course aware of this difference, so when he learned about this situation, Gu Jie couldn't help but think of the possible return on investment. Moreover, he trusted Song Yuanchao's sources and judgments, not to mention that Song Yuanchao also expressed great interest in this matter, so Gu Jie would naturally not miss it.
The two men immediately discussed the matter, and after more than an hour's discussion, they reached a preliminary consensus. Next, Gu Jie would go out and talk to the district. As for how to invest and how to convert the investment shares, Song Yuanchao gave a limit. As long as it was within this limit, everything could be negotiated, but if it exceeded this limit, then there would be no need for cooperation.
Gu Jie remembered everything Song Yuanchao said. After listening, he smiled and said that it was a good thing that he talked to Song Yuanchao about this matter today, otherwise he would have almost missed it. Song Yuanchao thought deeply about it. He would go to talk to someone about this matter tomorrow, and contact Song Yuanchao as soon as he had any news.
They were having a happy chat when Luo Yang also came. Gu Jie hadn't seen Luo Yang for a long time. He greeted him with a smile and asked him about the filming of the movie. He said that if there was a suitable role, he would keep one for him. He had never made a movie in his life, so it would be a good experience to try it.
Luo Yang laughed and said it was a small matter and there was no problem. It was just a role and it didn't matter who gave it to. He was not the main character. He was just worried that Gu Jie was too busy. Besides, they were often not in the same place when filming and had to run around. He would inform Gu Jie in advance and if he wanted to come, Luo Yang would make sure to arrange it for him.
