Volume 5: The Age of Storms Chapter 0763 Character
October 5th.
Nan Yi finally got his reward after all the hard work and became a homeowner again.
Here's what happened. After some time of silent observation, Nan Yi felt that Green Core Development should raise its flag in Coconut City and expand its business here. Then he began to think about finding an office for Green Core Development. Coincidentally, next to Yiwan International's office there was a two-story house with seven one-bedroom and one-living-room rooms on each floor.
This house was built in 1975 by the handicraft factory next door and allocated to outstanding young employees for living. There are no private toilets, but there is a public toilet on each floor, divided into two pits, one for men and one for women. There are doors on the pits and a 20-centimeter gap below, so you can see inside by just standing on tiptoe.
Because of the crappy layout of the toilet, one day, a passionate and outstanding male worker from Fanggang heard the pleasant ding-dong sound and couldn't control himself. He transformed himself into a wolf and shamelessly went against the will of an outstanding female worker in the women's toilet and inhumanely abused her for 17.21 seconds.
When this incident happened, the female workers were relatively calm, but the male workers started to make a fuss. They were worried that their pure souls would be corroded by evil spirits, and they all clamored to move away.
In line with the principle of making a big deal out of a small matter and not letting the factory's ugly deeds become public, the handicraft factory handled the matter in a low-key manner and had everyone move out. The house remained idle for ten years.
So Nan Yi set his sights on it and went to the housing management department of the handicraft factory twice. He bought the house with an area of 364 square meters, plus an open space of 264.3 square meters in front of the building, for a total price of 360,000 yuan, at a price of about 1,000 yuan per square meter.
However, Nan Yi spent more than just this amount of money. He also spent about 300 yuan on cigarettes and alcohol, and watched his lost 10,000 yuan being picked up by his brother-in-law, the clerk of the handicraft factory's management department and the factory director. Since it was picked up by someone else, he didn't have the courage to ask for it back.
October 9th.
Over a weekend, the clerk accompanied Nan Yi for three days and finally got the property title done. Nan Yi became the seventh owner of a 70-year property in the country. This house will most likely be the only property under Nan Yi's name, and he wants to hold it tightly in his hands, and no one can confiscate it.
After the property rights were settled, Nan Yi found a small construction team and started to build a wall around the vacant lot. To be more precise, it should be called an anchor point, which is to dig a hole in the ground and lay three layers of bricks to keep it level with the ground.
Doing so will not only continue to facilitate the movement of surrounding residents through the vacant land, but also clarify the property rights.
The land issue in Longkunxia Village is rather complicated. There is not only village collective land, but also state-owned land that the factory has the right to use, and land whose right to use is not clear. The factory is not so bad, but the collective land is more troublesome. Economic disputes in rural areas are often related to homesteads. The vacant land in Nanyi is connected to the homesteads belonging to several farmers. If the boundaries are not clarified now, they will be impossible to clarify in the future.
In order to set an anchor point, Nan Yi also invited several owners of homesteads to come, sorted out the boundaries in front of them, and left a promise - no matter which family builds a house in the future, he is willing to move the anchor point inward and give up three feet; if the homestead is transferred to someone else, he will be sorry and will not give up an inch.
Nan Yi was also unsure whether the nature of the land in Longkunxia Village would change in the future, so it would be better to make it clear as soon as possible.
He set an anchor point, took photos of the reference objects, invited a village committee cadre to act as a notary, and made five copies of the "Land Boundary Clarification Book", had each homestead owner sign and affix the village committee seal. He gave one copy to the village committee, one copy to the homestead owner, and Nan Yi kept the remaining three copies for himself.
The last two items in the "Boundary Clarification Letter" clearly stated Nan Yi's promise and who would keep the five copies of the clarification letter, and each copy had a different number to prevent future disputes.
After things were settled, Nan Yi set up a table and let everyone eat and take away.
On the 11th, Nan Yi and the construction team agreed on a renovation plan. They had the office phones taken away and Huzi put the telephone lines on the roof. There was nothing valuable in the office, so it wouldn't be a pity if they were stolen. But if someone with a family member abroad sneaked in and talked on the phone all night long, that would be the end of the matter.
After everything was packed up, Nan Yi led all the people from Billion International to Yangcheng.
They arrived in Yangcheng on the 12th. Nan Yi asked Zhao Jun, who had stayed in Yangcheng for a few months before going to Coconut City, to take Su Meng and Pan Wujie out for a walk, while he himself made another long journey to Xiangkeng.
When they arrived at Yangwu Village, he grabbed Ruan Mei who was practicing singing and executed her on the spot without saying a word. She had not tasted meat for more than two months, and she was full and ready to burst. He had even had the experience of getting up in the middle of the night to change his pants, so how could he not be impatient.
“Oh, it hurts.”
The clouds cleared and the rain stopped. Nan Yi took the bottle of iodine and applied it on Ruan Mei's knees.
“Be gentle!”
Ruan Mei pulled her legs back and kicked Nan Yi in the chest again and again, "You bastard, make me kneel on the ground, I'll kick you to death, kick you to death."
Nan Yi knew that he had gone a little too far, so he just responded with a smile and let Ruan Mei throw a tantrum. When she had kicked enough and her feet stopped moving, he continued to apply medicine to her.
After applying the medicine, Nan Yi cupped his lips and blew some air on Ruan Mei.
Ruan Mei was very touched by Nan Yi's gentleness, and her anger instantly dissipated.
"Are you busy on Qiong Island?"
"I just arrived in Yangcheng today and will stay for a few days." Nan Yi put the cap of the iodine bottle back on.
Ruan Mei was moved when she heard this and said, "I'll go back to Yangcheng with you."
"No, you are famous now, and many people in Yangcheng know you. You know, our relationship cannot be made public." Nan Yi spread his hands and said.
Ruan Mei pouted and said, "Boring."
"How can it be boring? You're a little star, and you're sitting in the position of a big vice president. You should be living a fulfilling life."
Ruan Mei picked up her glasses from the side and put them on, then took a stuffed bear and hugged it in her arms, "You know what I mean, I mean it's too boring to be alone, and I sleep alone at night, with no one to hug me, so I can only hug the stuffed bear."
Nan Yi sat next to Ruan Mei, held her in his arms, and patted her back gently.
The two of them didn't say anything, just stayed there quietly and calmly.
It was not until Ruan Mei's stomach made a rumbling sound that the two of them broke away from their clingy state, washed up together, and went to the open kitchen to make dinner together.
"When I came here just now, I saw villagers gathered at the intersection. Do you know what they were discussing?"
"The Kowloon-Canton Light Rail line is expanding, the government is going to expropriate land, and the villagers are arguing about exchanging land rights certificates." Ruan Mei replied while washing vegetables.
"What's there to argue about? The land exchange rights have been cancelled long ago. Wash some peppers for me first."
The Land Exchange Rights Letter is a form of compensation for land expropriation adopted by the government from the 1960s to the 1980s. It is divided into Type A Land Exchange Rights Letter [Letter A] and Type B Land Exchange Rights Letter [Letter B].
Letter A is exchanging one square foot of house land (which can be understood as residential land) within the development area for one square foot of house land outside the development area; Letter B is exchanging five square feet of farmland for two square feet of house land.
The land exchange rights certificates could be freely bought and sold and transferred in the market. By 1983, the government had accumulated 138 hectares of "land debt", so it abolished the relevant system and reclaimed the land with cash compensation.
The land exchange rights book is a good thing for real estate developers. They have been eyeing it since the early 1970s. The reason why Li Laosi of Henderson Land Development was able to stand out from the wealthy people in Hong Kong, in addition to the renovation of old buildings, was thanks to the land exchange rights book.
However, in the 1970s, major real estate developers did not have much cash chips, which made Creativity Real Estate arrive late and acquire a lot of land exchange rights books. Moreover, the acquisition is still ongoing.
In the eyes of Hong Kong's wealthy, Creativity Real Estate and Fang Group are two freaks. They want to participate in land auctions, get land, purchase land rights, and even want to get land exchange rights certificates. They hold everything in their hands, but they just won't develop.
The only thing they are doing is renovating old buildings. They are very easy to talk to. If anyone likes the old buildings that the two companies are renovating, they can sit down and negotiate. They will sell them as long as the price is acceptable. At first glance, it seems that the two companies have no long-term plans or layout in the real estate field.
But in fact, the lands held by the two companies are all on the inevitable path for the expansion of the urban area. As long as around 1995, the value of these lands will experience several somersaults. In addition, they have secretly purchased a lot of land exchange rights books from Hong Kong people who have immigrated abroad. The Nan family already holds a lot of land. From a development perspective, the value of the land held by the Nan family is no less than 17 billion US dollars.
According to the economic crisis cycle that happens every ten years, the Nan family could easily try the combination of cashing out and bottom fishing twice more. Eighteen years later, they could develop the high-quality land in their hands into commercial and residential buildings, renting them out first but not selling them, and then cash out all at once, saying goodbye to Xiangkeng Real Estate completely.
In short, Nan Yi wants to reap the profits of Xiangkeng Real Estate, but he doesn't want to take the blame. In the future, primary school students can satirize Xiangkeng as Li Jiacheng, Bao Jiacheng, Zheng Jiacheng, and Huo Jiacheng when writing essays, but just don't write Fang Jiacheng and Nan Jiacheng.
Theoretically speaking, the high cost of houses has nothing to do with the high cost of land. If you want to blame someone, blame the damn real estate developers. You can also blame the agents, as well as pre-sale properties, common areas, unfinished projects, and real estate speculators.
We must not scold the poor people who can't survive and can only make a living by selling land, because the weak can only tremble in fear Where is justice when their land is taken away by others using colorful waste paper?
You must not criticize the Bank of South China. What does the high housing prices have to do with the Bank of South China?
You lend money to others with good intentions to buy a house, and the price of the house goes up by one, two, three or four times, but the interest is only a little bit. The money is depreciating. After twenty or thirty years, will the money still be money?
What? You said what I lent you was just waste paper?
God damn waste paper, do you know that the waste paper you are talking about is exchanged by me with US dollars? Do you know that the US dollars are exchanged by me with gold?
Poor, innocent Nan Yi paid real money, but could only pick up some leftovers and scraps from the real estate industry and earn only a meager income to support his family. If he is still scolded for this, how innocent would that be?
"I don't know if our house is on the line." Ruan Mei washed a few peppers and handed them to Nan Yi, then took some sweet peppers from the plastic bag and started washing them. "The price of vegetables has gone up again, and the price of sweet peppers has gone up by one dollar."
"Yeah." Nan Yi nodded. "The price at the source hasn't increased, but the freight and rent have increased. The wholesale price has increased accordingly, and the price at the market will naturally increase. We are not on the route, and the nearest station is more than half a mile away."
"oh."
The two chatted while working, and dinner was soon ready.
"Has the Shanghai TV Drama Production Center sent you an invitation?" Nan Yi asked while sitting at the dinner table.
"It has been sent. They want me to try out the role of Daji."
"Hehe, they would only let you play Daji if they are blind. The roles of Shang Qingjun and Deng Chanyu are more suitable for you." Nan Yi said with a smile.
"Hmph, why can't I play Daji?" Ruan Mei said unconvinced.
"Don't make a fuss. You know whether you and Daji are a good match or not. I can't imagine how awkward it would be for you to become a foxy girl."
"Forget it. I can't act."
Ruan Mei knew that her temperament didn't match that of Daji at all. She looked through the role list and found that Shang Qingjun was the most suitable role for her, but...
"Xiaozi, do you really want me to play Deng Chanyu?"
"That's great. Why, you don't like Tuxingsun?" Nan Yi said with a sly smile on his face.
"Humph, you're playing a trick on me."
"I'm not playing a trick on you. There are only a few female characters in Investiture of the Gods: Daji, Hu Ximei, Queen Jiang, Shang Qingjun, Nuwa, Dou Fengzhen, Deng Chanyu, and Holy Mother of Fire. I don't remember much about the others.
Although Shang Qingjun's character is positive, it is too plain and there is not much room for performance. On the contrary, Deng Chanyu has a quirky personality and has a lot of room for performance. Moreover, her role is neither too much nor too little, so you won't be too tired. "
Nan Yi hopes that Ruan Mei will be integrated into the three dramas "Investiture of the Gods", "Snow Mountain Flying Fox" and "The Outsider", and then make a guest appearance in "Desire" to let people all over the country know that there is a "very low-key" female star in Xiangkeng. The next step is to add one or two popular songs to Ruan Mei's album to elevate her personality to a certain level.
"Okay, Deng Chanyu is Deng Chanyu, it's better if she has a smaller role. It won't affect my album. Sister Zhou has already collected a few songs for me, and the copyright of "Favorite" has also been purchased."
"So what do you think, start your own record company, or join another record company?"
Ruan Mei thought for a moment and said, "My own company doesn't have a distribution channel. What if the record can't be sold? Joining another company means I have no freedom, which is a bit tangled."
"Hong Kong is so small, there's no need for any channels. If you put your music on the radio, everyone can hear it. Then you can open your own record store, the only one of its kind. It's good to keep a little bit of your own personality. Anyway, releasing records doesn't make money."
If a record sells 50,000 copies, it will be considered a platinum record in Hong Kong. Even if it sells double or triple platinum, so what? You can't make much money from a record. If Hong Kong singers make a profit by selling records, they will all be out of money.
In Hong Kong, when an ordinary singer becomes a famous singer, the next step is not to become a more famous singer with a wider geographical influence, but to make movies. If one can gain a foothold in the film industry, singing will become his second career and acting will be his first career.
Almost every singer is like this, without exception.
Why do singers have to act? Is it just a coincidence that all singers like to act?
There is no other purpose, just to make money!
In Hong Kong, apart from the top singers and actors who lead a relatively comfortable life, the living standards of the rest of the population are no different from those of ordinary white-collar workers, or may be even worse. There are a few relatively wealthy ones among them, and upon inquiry, it turns out that either their families are wealthy or they buy houses as soon as they get their pay, reaping the benefits of the real estate market.
Perhaps the identities of singers and actors have not brought them unimaginable benefits, nor a great leap in class, which allows them to remain calm and not act superior to ordinary people.
"There is also the Taicun Market." Ruan Mei said.
"It's up to the Taiwanese. Just hand the records over to the company for sale. They can give you a bigger commission."
"Let's talk about it later."
Ruan Mei was a little bit dissatisfied with Nan Yi's statement. She had some ideas of her own.
Seeing Ruan Mei's attitude, Nan Yi didn't say much. He would not interfere in Ruan Mei's singing career. She could do whatever she wanted as long as her image would not be damaged.
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The next day.
Nan Yi and Matt met at Baiyun Hotel. One was sincere in selling, and the other was sincere in buying. The process of looking at samples and negotiating product prices went very smoothly, but they got stuck when calculating the final price. In terms of trade terms, Nan Yi hoped it would be FOB, but Matt insisted on CIF.
FOB can be understood as free on board price. For Nan Yi, as long as the goods are loaded onto the cargo ship designated by Matt at the Coconut City Port, he can settle the payment with Matt. If the cargo ship sinks halfway, it has nothing to do with Nan Yi.
CIF can be understood as the cost, insurance and freight price, which means that Nan Yi is responsible for delivering the goods to the British port designated by Matt. Before Matt receives the goods, all responsibilities are borne by Nan Yi. Although insurance will be purchased for sea transportation and the money can be recovered if the cargo ship sinks, it will waste time .
There is also a fatal disadvantage for Nan Yi. When settling CIF, L/C, or letter of credit, is usually used. Not only is this thing riskier than cash or checks, but the collection time is also longer and more cumbersome.
Matt wanted goods worth a total of 1.4 million pounds. Factory silk was cheap, while mulberry silk was expensive. One reduced its price, while the other increased it. As a result, Nan Yi made a gross profit of 23%, or 322,000 pounds. He needed to pay the silk reeling factory 1.078 million pounds.
If the FOB model is adopted, Nan Yi can ask someone to speak to the silk reeling factory and ask the other party to give face and delay the payment of the goods. In this way, the business can be operated without any cost and the silk reeling factory can be paid after receiving the money.
It only takes a few days, and as long as the person delivering the message can save face, it can be done.
CIF is not an option. It takes too long, usually two months, and there are too many variables involved. Nan Yi doesn't have the face to let the silk reeling factory go back to back with him. Not to mention paying the full amount, he has to pay at least 30% first, which is 420,000 pounds, which is equivalent to 2.78 million x 145% in RMB.
Everyone likes foreign exchange. If you pay in RMB, you have to add 45% to the price.
Whether it was 4.03 million or 2.78 million, Nan Yi could not take it out, and the entire family assets of Yiwan International were less than 980,000.
"Matt, I can lower the price by 20,000 pounds, but I insist on FOB."
Nan Yi knew that once he said this, his financial problem would be exposed, and the initiative in the negotiations would be handed over to Matt, and he would have to pay a heavy price.
When Matt heard Nan Yi's words, he immediately understood that Nan Yi had a liquidity problem. He smiled lightly, waved his hand, and said, "No, no, no, I still insist on CIF."
"Matt, I don't like haggling back and forth. £1.34 million is my bottom line."
"130."
Nan Yi spread his hands and said regretfully: "OK, I give in, we'll still go with CIF."
"Adam, I can promise you £1.32 million, FOB."
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