Reborn 92's Business Tycoon - Chapter 597: Building a building in Pudong

Chapter 597: Chapter 597: Building a building in Pudong

Feng Yiping, of course, could not guess his sister’s little mind, and he could not imagine that his sister would still be jealous of him and Jin Ling.

On the way to the office, Feng Yuxuan was both sarcastic and cynical, but he just laughed it off. There was nothing he could do; some things just could not be changed, no matter how much you try.

Fortunately, Feng Yuxuan is still reasonable, and in her cold words, she did not involve Jin Ling.

When they arrived at the office, Feng Yuxuan still couldn’t help but say something, ‘Wow, brother, you are really generous, the office is so big, about half the size of your house! You could even open a very profitable noodle shop for me, oh, and there’s a small meeting table over here!’

The office is really a bit big, about half the size of the 80-plus-square-meter house in the provincial capital, and about ten square meters bigger.

‘What kind of table is this, for drawing? It’s so big? It’s even bigger than the cutting board in the big kitchen of the noodle shop. And this wood, gee, it’s not cheap, right? If you don’t need it, just ask the delivery company to take it back. The chefs in the big kitchen will definitely like it,’

‘Take a look again, see if there’s anything you like, and I’ll take it back with you,’ his sister acted like an ignorant younger sister, and he, her brother, had to play the part.

‘Okay, Yuxuan, didn’t you say that Jingping would take you out to play?’ Mei Yiliang said.

Lao Cai had some kind of family relationship after all, and there were also Jin Ling and Zhou Xinyu there. Feng Yuxuan’s words were really inappropriate.

Feng Yuxuan snorted, took Huang Jingping’s hand, and said, ‘Jingping, let’s go,’

In the afternoon before class, Wu Xinyang usually stayed at the Wonder Workshop, watching Huang Jingping and a girl walking hand in hand out of Feng Yiping’s office. He nudged Liang Yonggao, who was facing Cai Tou at the time, busy perfecting the handlebar design of the electric car tentatively named ‘Wonder No. 1’. ‘Who’s the one walking with Yiping’s girlfriend?’

Liang Yonggao looked up and said, ‘Oh, it should be Yiping’s sister, and the one with a bit of curly hair in the office is Yiping’s uncle,’

sister and uncle, Wu Xinyang firmly remembered, ‘What are they doing here?’

‘Of course it’s to discuss next year’s arrangements,’ Liang Yonggao didn’t care much about these things, and told his girlfriend Xiao Cai, ‘I always feel that the space reserved by Yiping for the battery is a bit small. With just this amount of space, what use can the battery be?’

‘Yiping has his reasons for making this arrangement. A new battery may be launched next year. Don’t think about that. Hurry up and finish this with me. There are two teams, and they are both ahead of us,’ Xiao Cai said.

In order to increase competition, Feng Yiping divided the students who worked part-time at the workshop into four teams, each with students from different majors, such as art school, mechanical engineering, and automotive engineering. The design of the team with the best plan will be adopted.

Wu Xinyang is usually quite active, but today her mind is completely elsewhere. She looks at Feng Yiping, who is talking animatedly to the other five people in the office, and exclaims, ‘Hey, he’s walking this way!’

Feng Yiping is walking this way, but he doesn’t even look outside. He keeps turning around to talk, and lowers the window blinds.

‘Sorry, my sister and I are used to fighting,’ Feng Yiping says with a smile.

‘Siblings, the more they fight, the closer they are,’ Lao Cai said with a smile.

‘I also think it’s quite interesting,’ Zhou Xinyu also laughed.

‘My niece always complains that her parents favour boys over girls and are biased,’ Mei Yiliang said. “But this science and technology park is really good. When we first set up our company, why didn’t we come across it?’

‘There are now some in the provincial capital, too. There’s an incubator in the high-tech zone,” Zhou Xinyu said.

‘Cousin, if we set up a business park of this nature in our town, do you think we could support a few businesses to come out?’ Feng Yiping had actually been thinking about this question for a long time. More people working together would bring about faster and greater changes in their hometown.

‘I don’t think so,’ Mei Yiliang shook his head. ‘Supporting those who stay in the town to set up companies is probably not as easy as doing it themselves,’

‘I think so too. When there are more people in your town who have received secondary or tertiary education, more people who have seen the world outside, and more people who are in line with current developments, then it will be necessary to consider this matter,’ said Lao Cai.

Yes, some things cannot be rushed. Not to mention the town, even if you set up an incubator like this in the county now, it is estimated that it would be useless.

It is gratifying that, thanks to their own efforts, the town has seen considerable change in recent years.

‘So, let’s get back to business. I have a few questions to go over with you,’ says Feng Yiping. ‘Everyone knows the focus of the group’s work next year will be on the southeast, led by the convenience stores and hotels.

The southeast is the heart of our business. The areas we are involved in have all seen good growth locally, so the pressure we will face next year is foreseeable.’

Everyone’s faces were grave. These latecomers and outsiders were going to compete in someone else’s territory, and the challenges they would face were self-evident.

‘But no matter how difficult it is, we must take this step! If we are afraid to compete domestically, or if we can’t compete, and keep playing to our strengths and avoiding our weaknesses, then how can we hope to expand internationally?

Our advantage is that we already have a good foundation in some key cities in the central, northern and western regions. So, whether it’s a tough battle or a protracted war, we have the strength to fight.

At the same time, the group also needs to create more favourable conditions for work to be carried out. Currently, in Guangzhou, we have already made a good start, but in Shanghai, which is the top priority, there is still a blank.

Why do you say that Shanghai is the most important of all? To be specific, if I were to open a convenience store in Shanghai, I would say that there is no problem opening 500 stores. The same goes for budget hotels. Even if I were to open 30 stores, there would be no problem at all,’

Zhou Xinyu complained, ‘The market is good, but there are already many convenience store brands in Shanghai. As for budget hotels, Jinjiang already started opening stores in 1997,’

‘Therefore, in order to get things moving faster, I think we should contact Pudong New Area now and invest 100 million US dollars there in the name of the group.’

This was the first time Jinling had heard this news. She knew the group’s assets well, so where would they get so many US dollars? Even if they took out a loan, they could only borrow in RMB. Then she understood, Feng Yiping must be paying for it himself.

Mei Yiliang was unsure, ‘A loan?’

‘No, I’ll find a way,’ Feng Yiping said, ‘but this time, we won’t refuse the matching loan arranged by the local government,’

‘What’s the point of investing 100 million US dollars?’ Lao Cai’s blood pressure was a little high. This kid Feng Yiping really does have a big mouth.

‘That’s the problem I want to talk about next. Wait a minute,’ he said, getting a map of Pudong off his desk. ‘The first choice is the Lujiazui area, the second choice is along the Huangpu River, and at the very least, it should be on either side of Century Avenue. We’ll buy a plot of land, build a building to serve as the regional headquarters and operations centre, and also open a five-star Jiasheng Holiday Inn. The rest of the area will be rented out,’

He is not as familiar with Shanghai as he is with Yangcheng, but he knows the main axis and centre of Pudong development, which is in the three areas he just mentioned.

It is also very exciting to think that they can have their own building in such a place that is a symbol of China’s reform and opening up and a concentration of the achievements of reform and opening up.

‘One hundred million US dollars,’ Zhou Xinyu said. As a Shanghainese, he knows that the Jinmao Tower, which was completed in the first quarter of last year, had a total investment of more than 5 billion yuan.

Feng Yiping understood what he meant. ‘Don’t compare it to the Jin Mao Tower. Together with the matching loans from the government, we can also raise nearly 1 billion yuan, which is a lot!

I also looked at the achievements of Shanghai’s investment promotion this year. By the end of last month, it was less than 3 billion US dollars, of which there were only 88 projects with more than 10 million US dollars. We will still be quite popular with the local government if we invest 100 million US dollars at a time,’

Isn’t it true that due to the impact of the financial crisis, Lujiazui CBD, which is mainly focused on real estate construction, is still somewhat sluggish at the moment? Many of the leased land has been re-transferred, and the construction cycle of more projects under construction has been delayed.

‘Yes, Mr. Zhou, this is currently the group’s largest investment, quite a lot,’ Mei Yiliang said.

‘Yiping’s idea is just to create a strong precondition for the development of our work. As long as there is a need, there will still be follow-up investment, right?’ Jin Ling said.

‘Yes, when talking to the local government, you can say that,’ Feng Yiping nodded, ‘but in terms of infrastructure, we still need to control the scale,’

‘Haha, so this time, I can be considered a homecoming?’ Zhou Xinyu said happily.

‘Absolutely!’