Volume 6: The Great Change Chapter 0872 The truth is revealed in the details
Another day passed, and Chang Guoqing, who had gone to Zhucheng to sell land, came back in high spirits.
Initially, 18 million yuan was spent in Zhucheng to acquire land at an average price of 92,000 yuan per mu. After a long growing period, it is now the harvest season and the land was sold at an average price of 826,000 yuan per mu. After paying various taxes, there is still 147 million yuan left, with a net profit of 129 million yuan.
After driving Chang Guoqing out of his office, who had just reported his results and kept muttering "sold it too early", Nan Yi sat in the big chair, waiting for Fan Guangfu to call.
After waiting for less than a quarter of an hour, Fan Guangfu called and said the words that Nan Yi was most reluctant to hear, "Nan Yi, the market is so good now, why don't you sell the land in Coconut City later?"
"Old Fan, when do you want to take action?" Nan Yi asked calmly, holding back his anger.
"How can we say this for sure? It depends on how the market changes."
"My opinion is to sell it in two days. If you insist on holding on, then we can also insist on our own opinion and dissolve the company, and you can take 40% of the land."
“Why is it 40%?”
"Haha, Lao Fan, you probably forgot that Hongtu Real Estate still has 20% of internal employee shares. I have to be responsible for all shareholders. I have thought about selling the land and giving half of the dividends to the shareholders, and keeping the remaining half in the company's account. In this way, we can also be worthy of the shareholders, whose investment has increased several times."
Nan Yi believed that Fan Guangfu understood the meaning of leaving the remaining half in the company account. It was obvious that the money would be used to invest in "inevitable-to-lose" projects until all the losses were gone. He couldn't say it too bluntly, as it would easily leave room for trouble.
Even if only half of the dividends were distributed, Nan Yi was certain that Hongtu Real Estate was the cleanest among the internal employee shares. Most of the internal employee shares of other companies ended up being forgotten, and were simply treated as if they did not exist. Nan Yi was also a little worried that Hongtu Real Estate would be too high-profile and slap other companies in the face too hard.
"Are you really not going to wait and see?"
"No."
Fan Guangfu was silent for a while before he said, "If I use money to buy your shares, can I give you a preferential price?"
"Old Fan, you are obsessed. It is better to be safe with the public money. How much can the value of the land increase in the future? Will it be enough to help you move up two levels? If you lose money, will your road to promotion come to an end?"
There was another long period of silence on the other end of the phone.
"Alas, I am insane. I am confused by the situation. Xiaonan, thank you for enlightening me. I will no longer interfere in the affairs of Hongtu Real Estate. I will do as you say."
"Old Fan, thank you for your trust. From what I have seen so far, I have an explanation for you."
"Xiao Nan, I'll keep it in mind."
"Goodbye."
After finishing the call with Fan Guangfu, Nan Yi called Jiang Daqiao, the office director of Hongtu Real Estate and Nan Yi's assistant, to his office.
"Director Jiang, there are two things I need you to do. The first is to try to hold a seminar in Tokyo, Japan in August this year called 'Beware of the Tokyo Real Estate Bubble in Coconut City'. Except for me, everyone in the company must attend.
The meeting will last for half a month. You should discuss with the accountant and make a budget, trying to save as much as possible and avoid extravagance and waste.
The second thing is that in March and April this year, many companies in various places gave generous rewards to scientific and technological personnel. I remember one person received an Audi car key worth 290,000 yuan, a property certificate for a three-bedroom, one-living-room apartment, and a bonus of 267,184 yuan.
This is very good. We have always advocated paying according to work and more work, more pay. We will reward not only the technical personnel, but also the meritorious officials. In this regard, our company lags behind, lags behind. "
Nan Yi slapped the table heavily and said, "Since we are lagging behind, we must learn from our mistakes and forge ahead. We should not strive to be advanced, but at least get rid of the label of lagging behind. Therefore, I have decided to hold two "Major Contribution Employees" selections within the company. The first selection will select four candidates, and the second will select five. Each selection must be better than the last.
We will give generous rewards to employees who are awarded the title of 'employees with significant contributions'."
Nan Yi paused, "Of course, we can't blindly follow the trend and give out cars, houses, and cash as rewards. Our company's conditions are limited, and we can only choose one of the three. After deep thought, I decided to give out the house as a reward.
Most of the employees in the company come from Beijing, so it is more appropriate to buy houses in Beijing. Director Jiang, you should go back to Beijing as soon as possible and buy nine houses as a backup.
In addition, I may not be there during the selection process, so I will say some words in advance. You must remember that the selection process must be fair, just and open. We cannot form cliques or small teams, and we cannot abuse our power for personal gain or engage in fraud.
Okay, just these two things, go do it. "
Jiang Daqiao left Nan Yi's office in a daze. In the hallway, he thought about what Nan Yi had just said. "Two selections, nine places, a total of 10 people including Nan's head office. Except for Nan himself, everyone is a major contributor. That's right, it's a benefit that everyone has."
In the office, Nan Yi was thinking about several things that needed to be done after Hongtu Real Estate sold out its land and distributed dividends:
1. Give all employees a pay raise, double it directly;
2. Prepare a share transfer contract, transfer 38% of your shares to Guoming Bank for 1 yuan, and keep only 2%;
Third, to enter the Hong Kong old building renovation project, at least one project needs to be completed to generate foreign exchange for the company before the Hong Kong dollar is considered a foreign exchange;
4. Submit your resignation letter, resign from the position of general manager, and take the initiative to pass the peach to your successor;
5. Wait for an opportunity to sell the remaining 2% of shares.
The initial investment of Hongtu Real Estate came from the National Bank. Although all the procedures are legally justified, it is suspected of misappropriation of state-owned assets. The withdrawal must be gradual. You can't just leave as soon as the land is sold. That would be waiting for others to find fault with you.
After retiring, Nan Yi will no longer care about the future of Hongtu Real Estate. He has no regrets about it becoming a trillion-dollar group, but if it goes to destruction, he won't care about the flood after he is gone.
After repeated scrutiny and finding no mistakes, Nan Yi took out a pen and paper and began to write a sample letter to be sent to shareholders.
Hongtu Real Estate has a total of 4,791 internal employee shareholders, of which only 176 are from other provinces, and the rest are all locals in Hainan Province, and most of them are from Coconut City. The number of shareholders ranges from 100 to several thousand or tens of thousands of shares. The smallest is 100 shares, and the dividend is half of the principal, which is about 3.2 times the principal, and the minimum dividend is 308 yuan.
He wrote a few big words on the paper in a very eloquent manner: Dear shareholder "XXX", thank you very much for your continued trust in Hongtu Real Estate. We now invite you to the passenger terminal at "date blank" to attend the company's dividend distribution meeting - Best regards, Nan Yi, General Manager of Hongtu Real Estate!
You don't need many words, good things only need one sentence. If the paper is filled with either nonsense or excuses and evasions,
After confirming several times with just a few words, Nan Yi made a phone call to Su Meng. Initially, the issuance of internal employee shares was handled by Nanhai Meng Company, so the work of dividend distribution would naturally be handed over to the other party as well.
The days passed one by one until the end of June, when Dream Town and Xia Mingyu signed the Coconut Tree Building Transfer Agreement and a series of drawer agreements. Before a penny was received, the building was transferred to the other party, who would then use it as a mortgage loan from the bank.
With the completion of the transaction of Coconut Tree Building, the speed of selling the remaining 72 acres of land in Dream Town has become faster. Dream Town is the star project of Coconut City, and it is a project that has not taken out a penny of loan and is invested entirely with self-owned funds. Now the construction speed is accelerating again, which shows that the progress is being rushed. With the support of the entire Dream Town project, the prospects of the 12 "project plots" divided from the 72 acres of land are very promising.
For this reason, Ma Mengyu asked for a high price of 5.8 million yuan per mu, which means an average of 34.8 million yuan per piece of land. Even so, it did not stop everyone's enthusiasm for buying. There were always people coming to Ma Mengyu's office to bargain.
That's right, he was the kind of person who bargained. He was determined to buy, but the price couldn't be so high. He bargained little by little, and when Ma Mingyu lowered the price to 5.75 million yuan per mu, he no longer budged and acted as if he didn't want to buy it or not.
The stalemate lasted less than an hour, and the land of the Dream Town flowed out like water. In one day, Ma Mingyu started signing contracts with buyers in the morning and it took until midnight to complete all the signing matters. The buyers were crazy and did not want to wait until the next day, so they signed the contract overnight.
During this period, Duan Wenxuan invited Nan Yi to his office for a chat. The other party expressed dissatisfaction with the sale of the Coconut Tree Building by Dream Town. Nan Yi told the other party about his investment promotion plan for Dream Town and looked forward to the future tax prospects. The matter was left unresolved.
Duan Wenxuan was helpless. The whole Coconut City was in this environment. He couldn't ask Dream Town not to take advantage of the opportunity to make a fortune. Dream Town was at least still working on the project seriously. Most of the other so-called real estate companies simply had no plans to build buildings. They were just speculating on land. A small number of them were building buildings, but 80% of them were just waiting for the opportunity to finish the building. They were not in a hurry to build the building. Maybe they would just build a shell and then the project would change owners.
After Dream Town exceeded its sales target of 700 million yuan, it immediately disappeared from the land speculation market. It erected a barrier between the sold land and its own construction site, and several engineering teams worked overtime and devoted themselves to their work, which seemed to be a sign of its nonconformity with the world.
After taking on the part-time job of land sales, Ma Mengyu went back to managing his projects and continued to be a building materials supplier.
The Dream Town project has not been completed yet, with the company hoarding building materials and selling land. However, the company has already recovered its investment and made considerable profits. As the president, Nan Yi issued a written report to each shareholder.
In the report, Nan Yi reported the achievements and proposed that after the investment promotion work of Dream Town was completed, the company would distribute dividends, then negotiate with the Coconut City Government, invite the municipal government to invest in Dream Town, and immediately start preparations for listing after the investment was settled.
At the end of the report, Nan Yi proposed that he be transferred to the position of chief strategy officer of the company, and Lai Huri would take over his position as president.
The report is just a formality to show respect to shareholders. Since its establishment, Dream Town has been developing according to Nan Yi's original plan. Although he has been absent from work for a long time and his work attitude is problematic, neither Temasek nor Kushner Companies will ever reject Nan Yi's proposal.
Nan Yi's one-man show in Dream Town will continue for at least several years. His leadership position will only be challenged when Dream Town's major projects are on track or he makes a major mistake.
For now, Nan Yi only needs to take up a position in Dream Town and receive the salary from Dream Town, and the shareholders will not have any objections. Moreover, the final decision maker of Dream Town will only be him, Nan Yi, no matter what position he holds in Dream Town.
There is something lovely about Western capital. As long as common interests are guaranteed, everything can be discussed. Eastern capital is different. Common interests are independent of power struggle and internal friction. In order to rise to a high position and monopolize power, they are not afraid to even sacrifice common interests.
Perhaps influenced by thousands of years of official-centered thinking, everyone wants to be the one giving orders, and no one is willing to submit and wait to be ordered around.
Lai Huri also quickly sold all the land of the Maker Space and Jubaopen Company, and the price was much higher than Lai Huri had expected. There was no other way, the land price in Coconut City had been increasing three times a day. In the morning, he spent 30 million to buy a piece of land, and in the afternoon, he sold it for 40 million. Similar things have happened more than once, and it has become a normal trend.
The 30 mu of land of the co-creation space was sold at a price of 5.42 million yuan per mu, ignoring the buildings on the land; the 23 mu of land of the Jindieyu Jiuding community was sold at a price of 5.27 million yuan per mu; and the other 55 mu of land was sold at a price of 5.12 million yuan per mu.
After deducting various miscellaneous expenses, the final amount left in the hands of Nan Yi and Lai Huri was 530 million yuan. 400 million yuan was used for dividends, with Nan Yi and Lai Huri each getting half. The remaining funds remained in the account of the makerspace to be used for future operations.
With an income of 200 million, Nan Yi's personal funds just exceeded 100 million US dollars.
Now that he had money, Nan Yi was feeling proud. With a wave of his hand, Yiwan International was transferred to the name of Snow Mountain Trust. Now, Nan Yi had almost no assets except money. As for the business, the only one left was TONNY - a "three-no" company that was only registered but had no funds, no office address, and no people.
Nan Yi plans to build his own hair washing trust business when he has free time. It’s just a hobby, so he must satisfy himself.
At the end of June, Nan Yi left Coconut City and accompanied Gong Xue to Austria to inspect their love nest. Without staying for long, he stayed in the new house for one night and then hurried back to Coconut City.
As soon as he returned to Coconut City, Nan Yi immediately attended the internal meeting of Dream Town organized by Lai Huri. At the meeting, Lai Huri announced two appointments - appointing Nan Yi as the company's chief strategy officer and appointing Zhang Min as the public relations manager.
As soon as the meeting ended, Nan Yi started moving. He wanted to vacate his CEO office for Lai Huri to use.
Although Lai Huri could have used other offices as the president's office, if he did so, Nan Yi would have risen from "emperor" to "emperor emeritus" and would have been ruling the country from behind the scenes. In the eyes of his employees, Lai Huri would always be just a puppet, and they would have pretended to obey his orders but secretly disobeyed them.
Only when Nan Yi hands over the office, which symbolizes the highest power within the company, to Lai Huri can the authority of President Lai Huri be established.
After moving to the office, Nan Yi pressed Lai Huri into the president's chair and said, "President Lai, please let me know if you have anything to do in the future."
"Boss, please stop laughing at me." Lai Huri said self-deprecatingly, "You forced me to be the CEO."
"Haha, don't say that. If you are happy sitting in this position, you can keep sitting there." Nan Yi patted Lai Huri's shoulder and said, "Okay, I won't come to the office for the rest of the days. Hurry up and establish your authority. Come on, President Lai.
Oh, by the way, I have a piece of advice for you. Separate work and life. Secretaries are there to do work, not for you. Don’t sleep with your subordinates, and don’t arrange women you’ve slept with to work in the company. "
"Boss, I don't accept this advice. When it comes to women, I have always been a model role model." Lai Huri said with his chest puffed out.
"Okay, okay, please keep it up."
It's true that Lai Huri is quite reliable when it comes to women. As far as Nan Yi knows, Lai Huri has had two girlfriends since he sent Jiang Xue Ning abroad. He can't be said to be a loyal person in love, but he doesn't know how to fight on multiple fronts. He always has one girlfriend after another. If you compare Nan Yi and Lai Huri, Lai Huri is simply a gentleman.
Two days later, Nan Yi went to the Guoshang Building and met with Zeng Dexing, the president of the Coconut City Branch of the Guoming Bank, in the office of Hongtu Real Estate.
Nan Yi intends to reuse the dividends from the internal employee shares. The shareholders will not receive cash, but prize-winning savings certificates from the Coconut City Branch of the National Bank. By using a sum of money that is destined to be spent, he will promote the harmonious relationship between Fan Guangfu and Zeng Dexing, and also use it as a stepping stone to bring Nan Yi himself and Guan Dexing closer, killing two birds with one stone.
Nan Yi's actions will not cause any financial loss to its shareholders. If they do not want the interest, they can go directly to the bank to exchange the notes. If they are not in a hurry to use the money, they can keep the money in the bank and increase the savings of the National Bank.
Hongtu Real Estate's land in Coconut City has also been sold out, and it ultimately obtained 330 million yuan in funds. Together with the 147 million yuan in Zhucheng, the company has a total surplus of 477 million yuan. The funds originally reserved for operations in the company's account have been almost spent and can be ignored.
477 million, half of which was distributed as dividends according to shareholdings, including 95.4 million to Nanyi, 95.4 million to Guoming Bank, and 47.7 million to internal employee shareholders. The company still had a balance of 238.5 million in its account.
Each employee of the company has a house, so Nan Yi must get something for himself, otherwise the employees will feel uneasy. So he approved a cash reward of 200,000 yuan for himself, which was slightly more than the value of the house. After getting the money and going through the tax department, when it comes back to him, he still has about 110,000 yuan left, which is very comfortable money.
After getting the money, Nan Yi used his own money to treat all the employees of Hongtu Real Estate to a very luxurious meal, which cost nearly 8,000 yuan.
The next day after the meal, Nan Yi found out the invoices for gas, accommodation, and meals that he had saved, sorted them out, and collected 30,000 yuan, and asked the accountant Peng Yumin to reimburse him. Since he took the position of general manager of Hongtu Real Estate, Nan Yi has never had a reimbursement, which is abnormal. If he doesn't reimburse, just like the house, the employees will also be worried.
After the reimbursement, Nan Yi instructed Peng Yumin to settle the account and ask anyone whose reimbursement was missing an invoice to provide it as soon as possible. Once the account was settled, the signal that bygones were forgiven was clearly sent out, and everyone could feel at ease.
While writing off the accounts, Nan Yi held a meeting, where he announced the salary increase plan and stressed that the company must strictly implement the financial system in the future and all reimbursements must be strictly reviewed. Land speculation can be done casually, but doing projects is not the same. You must have a strong team.
After the meeting, Nan Yi called Chang Guoqing to his office and handed him a stack of information about the old building in Xiangkeng.
"Guoqing, take it back and study it carefully, and pick out a few buildings that our company can operate. The next step is for the company to enter Xiangkeng, starting with the old building renovation project."
"This..." Chang Guoqing said awkwardly: "Boss Nan, my major is finance. I studied real estate knowledge for a while before in order to buy land. I am okay at buying and selling land, but I am afraid that I am not capable of operating a real estate project."
"Real estate projects are ultimately just about buying and selling. You are responsible for these two steps. As for the specific project management, I will borrow someone from outside, and everyone will learn while working. When everyone has learned enough, we will set up our own team."
Nan Yi put the brewed tea next to Chang Guoqing and said, "As a shareholder and general manager, I will propose to distribute management shares to management personnel. In the future, in addition to basic salary, management personnel can also receive considerable dividends at the end of the year. Once this proposal is passed, I will immediately implement this matter..."
Nan Yi opened the drawer, took out a contract and handed it to Chang Guoqing.
Chang Guoqing took a look at it, and his pupils dilated instantly, "Boss Nan, this, this... the company still has more than 200 million funds in its account."
Nan Yi smiled faintly, "Hongtu Real Estate, I didn't invest a penny, and it's good enough to get more than 90 million. I am very satisfied. Guoqing, the land speculation was successful, I said I accounted for 80% of the credit, this is not too much, right?"
"It's not excessive, not excessive at all." Chang Guoqing said with one heart.
“So, I feel at ease taking the dividends this time, but things will be different in the future. The role of the team will be infinitely magnified, and the role of the individual will become icing on the cake. I can’t feel at ease taking so many shares.
Also, you have been in charge of the company's affairs before, and it will be the same in the future. My position of general manager is just a nominal position. I will give up this title of general manager in the near future.
Guoqing, you and I are acquainted. You are older than me and have more life experience than me. When I step down, you must give me some advice. "
Nan Yi's words stopped abruptly here.
Chang Guoqing's heart pounded suddenly and started beating very fast.
Chang Guoqing used a lot of effort to slow down his heartbeat and said slowly, "Boss Nan, please watch my actions."
"Haha, it's time to take action. I can still stay in Coconut City for a few days." Nan Yi pointed to the old building information on the table, "Hurry up on this matter. It would be best if we can set a few goals before I leave. I have some connections in Xiangkeng and can coordinate with them."
"Okay, I'll do it as soon as possible."
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In the evening, Nan Yi invited Du Tiangong and Zhou Jina to dinner.
Before, Du Tiangong was sent to Nanchen Construction by Nan Yi. There, Du Tiangong trained several apprentices and recruited a few people to strengthen the strength of Nanchen Construction. Now, Nan Yi called him back and prepared to send him to Hongtu Real Estate.
Nan Yi did not hold the dinner party in a restaurant. Instead, he invited the couple to Longkunxia Village.
Su Meng was not there, as she went to attend a dinner party held by a real estate company. Nan Yi cooked personally, and Mei Zhengyi was in charge of assisting him.
Du Tiangong and Zhou Jina came a little early. When they arrived, Nan Yi still had two dishes to cook, so he asked them to help themselves while Nan Yi continued to work in the kitchen.
From the moment she arrived until now, Zhou Jina has been looking around. It is hard for her to understand why Nan Yi, a big boss, actually lives in such a place. Even when she and Tiangong first arrived on the island, the place where she and Tiangong lived was better than here.
Du Tiangong was also very surprised. On the way here, he thought Nan Yi had built a villa here. But when he arrived, all he saw was an ordinary factory dormitory building. The contrast was quite big.
Although he was a little dissatisfied with his job which was like flying back and forth like a migratory bird, he was very satisfied with the treatment given by Nan Yi. In Yangcheng, he enjoyed super-standard treatment, lived in a villa, was picked up and dropped off by car, and was fully respected at work. The boss there, Chen Ruiwu, always mentioned "Engineer Du" and would take him to nightclubs from time to time.
Not only that, he also received two salaries. When he left Guangzhou this time, Chen Ruiwu also gave him a three-bedroom apartment of 126 square meters.
In his contact with Chen Ruiwu, he was also able to learn some situations, such as that Nanchen Construction is the village collective enterprise of Nanchen Village, and that Nan Yi has a very high status in Nanchen Village.
The more he understood, the more he realized Nan Yi's strength. That was also why he felt the contrast was so great when he discovered that Nan Yi lived in such a place.
Just as the couple were thinking about all sorts of things, Nan Yi came out of the kitchen with a plate of mustard greens and a vegetarian stew on the table. Nan Yi said, "I've never made vegetarian stew before. I just learned it from a local. I'll try the taste later and give your comments."
"Boss, you condescend to cook for us two, how dare we comment on it?" Du Tiangong said.
"Haha, don't be shy, just treat it like your own home. I like to cook for myself. Sit down first, I'll bring out the other dishes."
After a while, Nan Yi brought all the dishes and soup to the table, four dishes and one soup, all of national standard, and also brought two bottles of white wine.
As soon as they sat down, Nan Yi said to Du Tiangong and his wife, "I know you two are from the Northeast and can drink. I can't drink much, so let's not toast each other for a while. Just watch your own limit and drink as much as you can."
Zhou Jina smiled and said, "Boss Nan, not every Northeasterner can drink well. I can't."
"Ha, I know, what you Northeasterners say is not the same as what I say." Nan Yi smiled and poured wine for the two of them. After the wine was poured, Nan Yi did not raise the glass and said, "Tian Gong, you have been running around, you have worked hard."
"Boss, you are too kind. Working in Yangcheng is not hard at all. Boss Chen takes good care of me."
Zhou Jina joked, "Boss Nan, Lao Du is not working hard at all. He is almost enjoying the glamorous life in Guangzhou. If you don't transfer him back, I will protest to you."
"Haha, that's difficult. Tiangong won't be able to stay in Coconut City for long. I will soon send him to Xiangkeng, where there is a more open and colorful world. It seems that I have to arrange a boat for him to take the boat to Xiangkeng early in the morning and take the boat back in the evening."
"Haha, that's good, that's good."
After the three of them joked for a while, Nan Yi started to get down to business.
