Chapter 997 Back
1995 was a spectacular year for the Internet, and also a year that changed the future.
But this year was no different for ordinary people. Apart from living the same life as before, for residents of big cities like Shanghai and Yanjing, numerous real estate companies suddenly emerged like mushrooms after a rain. Many real estate projects were built in various parts of the cities, and construction sites could be seen everywhere. New housing reform policies were implemented, and commercial housing gradually replaced the original welfare housing.
1995 passed and 1996 came. Soon after the beginning of the year, the real estate market everywhere became even hotter. It seemed that the bursting of the Qiongdao real estate bubble just two years ago had nothing to do with the rise of the real estate industry in various places. In this case, housing prices began to rise continuously, and people's desire to buy houses gradually became hot from the initial indifference.
Shenghua Real Estate can feel this especially. Take the real estate project that Shenghua Real Estate built near Tianlin as an example. When Shenghua first invested in this area, it was still a wasteland. When the real estate project was built, part of it was used for resettlement and part was used for sale, the selling price per square meter was only a little over 2,000 yuan.
This price was not considered low at the time. After all, this place was outside the Zhongshan Ring Road. According to old Shanghainese, this place was a former suburb and people from the city would not move here unless they had no other choice.
But now it is different. In just two or three years, nearby buildings have been built one after another, and the entire community has gradually begun to improve. With the extension of several buses here and the introduction of some commercial facilities, this place has slowly become popular.
The price of houses here has increased from about 2,000 yuan to about 4,000 yuan, which is quite amazing. The residents who moved here for resettlement never thought that their houses would increase to such a level in such a short time, which made them surprised and happy.
In addition, the adjustment of the housing reform policy also reminded ordinary people that the housing distribution policy that has been implemented for decades has come to an end. In the future, if you want to improve your living conditions, you can only buy a house through the market.
Yuanmingyuan Road is a very short road, only 462 meters from south to north, but it is located in the city center, close to the river, and the famous Report Building is right at the intersection.
Not far from the News Report Building, diagonally opposite, there is a building. This building is one of the earliest real estate trading markets in Shanghai and is also the largest and most popular.
Next year, this place will be officially listed as the district's real estate transaction center, and now it is home to real estate companies of all sizes from the city. Many companies have rented offices here. The offices are semi-open, and the entrances and offices are filled with information about houses from all over Shanghai, attracting residents who are interested in purchasing commercial housing to look for suitable houses and negotiate.
The headquarters of Shenghua Real Estate has moved to Shenghua Building. With the completion and commissioning of Shenghua Building, not only Shenghua Real Estate, but also some companies under Shenghua Group have moved there one after another. In addition, the building has a good occupancy rate. After all, this building is the tallest and most advanced business building in Jiangdong. With few business buildings in Shanghai, some large companies, especially multinational and foreign companies, choose Shenghua Building as their first choice when choosing office locations.
Li Daqi's current job is mainly responsible for Shenghua Communications, computers, home appliances, etc. Shenghua has a clear division of labor. Li Daqi has been in charge of these businesses for many years. With several adjustments in Shenghua, the company's internal structure has also become more perfect. He is always familiar with these.
Due to work reasons, Li Daqi lives in Shenzhen, but he often comes back to Shanghai as his hometown to stay for a few days.
Before, when Li Daqi came back, he would often live in his old home, which was the first house of the Li family. After the house was returned to the Li family, it was carefully renovated, but later Li Daqi and his parents went to Pengcheng for work. With the development of Pengcheng, they simply settled down in Pengcheng.
After Li Xiaoyun graduated from university and started working, this house was directly handed over to her. Later, Li Xiaoyun and Luo Yang got married. At that time, Luo Yang did not buy a house in Shanghai. After some discussion, the Li family decided to give this house to Li Xiaoyun and Luo Yang as a wedding blessing. Li Xiaoyun and her husband could not refuse but had to accept it. However, they still left a house for their parents and brother Li Daqi, so Li Daqi would stay here for a few days when he returned to Shanghai.
However, Li Daqi did not live there for too long. After all, his sister and Luo Yang were already married, and they soon had a child. Although he was Li Xiaoyun's brother, it was not convenient for him to always live in his sister's house, not to mention that his sister and brother-in-law still had to live a married life.
So Li Daqi soon asked someone to buy a new house on Juerdian Road, near the symphony orchestra. It was not far from his original home and the environment was very quiet. Although the house was not as big and good as Song Chaoyuan's, after all, Song Yuanchao's house was hard to come by, but the house that Li Daqi bought was considered quite good in Shanghai.
In fact, it was not just Li Daqi who was influenced by Song Yuanchao. Over the years, whether it was Qin Zhengguo or Gu Jie, including Luo Yang, Luo Lin, Sun Yaoliang, Xiao Qiao, Dabing, Junzi, and even Chen Xiaoer, Wang Shuo, Ma Dudu and others whom he met later, all purchased properties in Yanjing, Shanghai and other places.
Moreover, the properties they purchased were different from ordinary commercial housing. Yan Jing bought courtyard houses, and Hu Hai bought old villas. Each person owned at least two or three houses. Song Chaoyuan naturally owned the most. Apart from the two courtyard houses that Yan Jing bought when he was in college (including the villa where Lin Daoyuan and his wife live now), Song Chaoyuan had acquired several other good courtyard houses over the years.
In Shanghai, Song Chaoyuan has acquired even more old villas, as many as six. In addition, after the previous alley renovation project was completed, Song Chaoyuan directly used his own money to acquire several houses in the alley. These houses are currently vacant, but they have been renovated long ago and there are special people to clean and maintain them on a regular basis.
This does not include the houses purchased in Hong Kong, Nanjing and other places. Sometimes Qin Zhengguo joked with Song Yuanchao why he had so many houses. With so many houses, his family moved to a new place every day. Even if they lived there for half a month, they would not be able to change houses!
But having said that, Qin Zhengguo has bought a lot of houses. He has been in Hong Kong for so many years, and Shenghua already has real estate business. As long as he is not stupid, he can see the future value of these houses. What's more, the houses they bought are not ordinary commercial houses, but old buildings with historical heritage. These houses can be said to be unique, and will become less and less in the future.
Li Daqi happened to come to Yuanmingyuan Road Market today.
Shenghua Real Estate has the largest office on the second floor of the market. The office is divided into two areas. A semi-open area is used for reception and business, and the area inside is for internal offices. Li Daqi is now in the office inside, talking with the manager of Shenghua Real Estate, while looking through some information in his hands.
Li Daqi picked out the two most satisfactory ones from the pile of information and said, "Let's go with these two. Contact them and arrange a time so I can notify someone to go take a look."
"Okay, Mr. Li, you have a good vision. These two houses are the best houses we have at the moment. The geographical location is very good, and the surrounding environment is also first-class." The manager gave Li Daqi a thumbs flattered him. At the same time, he said that Li Daqi didn't need to come in person for such a small matter, and he could take the information to Li Daqi to report.
"It's okay, it's good to go out for a walk. Besides, this is not a company matter, it's a personal matter." Li Daqi waved his hand and said this. This was not a polite remark. It was not Li Daqi who wanted to buy the house this time, but a friend was interested in buying a house, so Li Daqi directly asked Shenghua Real Estate to help him find a suitable house. And he happened to be free today, so he came to take a look at the information.
After giving a few instructions, Li Daqi saw that the time was almost up and stood up.
The manager cordially escorted Li Daqi out. If Li Daqi hadn't insisted on waving his hand and saying no more escorting, the manager might have planned to directly escort Li Daqi to the car. But even so, the manager still insisted on escorting Li Daqi downstairs, and only said goodbye reluctantly when Li Daqi asked him to go back.
After the manager left, Li Daqi took out his sunglasses from his pocket, put them on, and walked out the door.
Standing on the roadside outside the gate, Li Daqi was waiting for his car. Just now, when the driver saw Li Daqi coming down, he trotted to the parking lot to pick up the car. As it was not easy to park here, Li Daqi's car was parked in the parking lot of the Report Building diagonally opposite. It took some time for the driver to go back and forth, but Li Daqi was not in a hurry. He stood at the door, took out a cigarette, lit it, and waited patiently.
Just after taking two puffs of his cigarette, Li Daqi suddenly saw a figure walking across the street. He didn't pay attention at first, but when his eyes accidentally passed by, Li Daqi came to his senses and quickly shifted his gaze back.
At first, Li Daqi thought he had seen it wrong, but when he raised his hand to take off his sunglasses and looked at it carefully, he realized that he was not mistaken. The figure was indeed an acquaintance of his, and a very familiar "old friend".
"Why is he here? When did he come back?" Li Daqi was a little confused, but when he thought about it carefully, more than ten years had passed. There were some past events that he had not inquired about over the years. He originally thought that he would see him again in this life, but seeing him suddenly still surprised Li Daqi.
Compared to his memory, the other person now looks much older. If he wasn't an acquaintance, Li Daqi would not have recognized him.
Li Daqi and Song Yuanchao are of the same age, 41 years old this year, and the other party is also the same age. But compared with Li Daqi and Song Yuanchao, the 41-year-old other party looks even older than 50 years old, with gray hair and a slightly hunched back. He is wearing a blue cloth that doesn't fit in with the people around him, carrying a canvas bag, and walking slowly not far away.
