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Chapter 2211: Vast World

"Toho!"

Wei Chunhong didn't expect Song Yunping to show up. She blushed and looked at her, saying, "Sister-in-law, hello! We meet again!"

"Yeah!" Song Yunping agreed and looked at Zhao Shucheng, as if asking Zhao Shucheng to explain the situation.

Zhao Shucheng shook his head helplessly. Ever since the incident with Dai Jiaofeng, Song Yunping suddenly seemed to have a string on his head and would become very alert when he saw a woman approaching him.

"Boss Wei came to thank her for what happened at the restaurant before, and she provided crucial information about the matter of Shaojia Village."

"Really? Then we really have to thank her. Boss Wei, thank you. By the way, have you eaten? Or let's go to her house to eat!"

"No, sister-in-law, I have to go back now. Someone needs to look after the hotel."

Zhao Shucheng said, "I'd better ask someone to take you there. This long-distance bus is gone, and a passing bus may not be suitable."

"No need, I can figure it out myself."

"Don't be polite, you've helped us so much, we should give you a ride! Hongwei, have someone drive Boss Wei back!"

"Okay, Dongbao brother!"

Seeing Wei Chunhong being sent away, Song Yunping's face looked better and she said, "Dongbao, you are becoming more and more popular now. People are chasing you all the way to the village."

"What nonsense are you talking about? Boss Wei is just thanking us for our help in the restaurant. You are jealous for no apparent reason. How can you be ashamed?"

"Humph, whether it's true or not, you know it in your heart!"

Wei Chunhong was just a passer-by in Zhao Shucheng's life, who came and went in a hurry without causing much trouble. Although Zhao Shucheng and Song Yunping had some conflicts, they soon reconciled and lived their own lives.

Of course, Zhao Shucheng would occasionally go on business trips to Hong Kong. On the one hand, he would go to arrange work at the Hong Kong company, mainly the income and expenditure of the investment company. On the other hand, he would naturally comfort Dai Jiaofeng who stayed here.

Time quickly came to 1988.

Just when Xiao Lei's family was happy that their lives were getting better and better, suddenly a piece of news in July made them nervous.

The original dual-track pricing system of planned and unplanned prices had various drawbacks, so the government decided to implement price control and let the market adjust itself. The first to be implemented were famous cigarettes and famous wines, which caused a buying frenzy, and Xiao Lei's family also engaged in buying.

By August, there was suddenly news that prices had been fully liberalized, and panic buying of goods and large-scale withdrawal of savings began to occur in various places.

For example, when Zhao Shucheng came back from the city, he saw that his mother had bought a lot of things. She even told Zhao Shucheng that the prices of things in the store had risen wildly and the government would no longer care about them, so it would be cheaper to buy things early, as she would go to the city for a big purchase tomorrow.

Zhao Shucheng couldn't help shaking his head when he heard his mother's words. He couldn't help but think of the crosstalk "Anxiety" about the price turmoil in the Spring Festival Gala that he saw in his later life. "The second auntie in the neighborhood shouted and made me crazy. The price of non-staple food will increase in two days. I was so anxious that I filled a bathtub with vinegar, two water tanks with soy sauce, and bought two drawers of MSG..."

Lei's mother was similar to this anxious old man. Although she didn't have a tub of vinegar, she had large and small packages of stuff that would last the family for a year or two.

"Mom, don't listen to what people outside say. There is a limit to how high prices can go. The country can't just watch prices go up like crazy, not to mention that there is a limit to the price increase of daily necessities. Besides, our Xiao Lei family's businesses are developing, and every household has dividends. It's impossible for them to be unable to afford things. It would be a waste if so many things can't be used up. Don't you feel bad?"

When Lei's mother heard what Zhao Shucheng said, she looked at the things she had bought and realized that she had bought so much and it would take her forever to use them all.

In fact, Zhao Shucheng knew that the problem caused by the price breakthrough was not only the panic buying among the people, but also had a great impact on many companies.

The products of many factories are not marketable, resulting in small losses for small production and large losses for large production, and even causing more serious triangular debt problems than in previous years.

Although Zhao Shucheng had long been on guard against the problem of triangular debts, this was a problem of the social environment and was not something that Xiao Lei's family could solve on their own. In other words, most of Xiao Lei's family's businesses were engaged in foreign trade, so the impact was not significant, but the construction team was still affected.

Real estate development in Jinling County and Jinzhou City slowed down a lot, especially because many companies were short of funds and could no longer afford to build staff dormitories. Also, because Zhao Shucheng had previously stipulated that construction teams had to pay half of the deposit before accepting a project, the construction team could only accept limited projects and often worked for a while and then rested for a while.

In this situation, Shi Hongwei, who was in charge of the construction team, negotiated with Zhao Shucheng that since the construction team could not make money like before, they should simply stop work and transfer all the work to other enterprises in the village.

It was naturally impossible for Zhao Shucheng to agree to such a request. After all, he knew very well that real estate development would not stop there, and would even flourish in the future. It had a golden period of at least thirty years, and the Xiao Lei family could not miss such an opportunity.

Of course, he also knew that Shi Hongwei was a representative put forward by the construction team, and they were also worried about their income being reduced, so at least it should not be less than that of other workers in the village.

Zhao Shucheng could only appease the construction team first, hoping to give himself time to solve this problem. After all, even if the construction team wants to enter the factory, they need the village factory to expand production. Even if they enter the steel plant, they need to undergo training, but this is obviously a bit unrealistic. After all, they are all old and it is impossible for them to change in a short period of time, which will also waste the skills they have trained over the years. At this time, Zhao Shucheng and Song Yunping received a call from Song Yunhui. Because of the conflict with the factory leaders, Song Yunhui was angry and directly applied for a transfer of his job and prepared to go to the Donghai Factory.

Song Yunping was a little confused and unhappy. After all, if Song Yunhui went to work at the Donghai Factory, his parents would definitely go with him, and it would be even more difficult for her to see them.

Zhao Shucheng thought this was a good thing. If Song Yunhui jumped out of Jinzhou Factory, he might have greater development opportunities, so he agreed with his approach. Therefore, Zhao Shucheng thought of the construction team and felt that it was time for them to jump out of Jinling County or even Jinzhou and go out to the wider world to try their luck.

So after arranging matters at the village factory, he asked Lei Shigen to stay in the village, while he took the construction team and headed directly south to prepare to do real estate business in the coastal cities.

Because Zhao Shucheng had experience from later generations, his team's first stop was Pengcheng.

When we got here, we saw tall buildings rising from the ground everywhere, and we knew that there were indeed many opportunities here. While settling the construction team, Zhao Shucheng learned about the current real estate development situation in Pengcheng. As expected, the situation was very good.

In fact, as early as the 80s when the Special Economic Zone was established, the first commercial housing estate, Donghu Liyuan, was under construction and sold at a price of 525 yuan per unit. Last year, Pengcheng held the first land use rights auction in China, which was sold at a price of million yuan. This year, the Dongxiao Garden built on this plot of land was sold out within an hour at a price of yuan per square meter.

This year, the local government launched a housing reform policy that promotes sales through leasing, with sales as the main focus, to encourage employees to buy houses. The concept of commercial housing has begun to spread from Shenzhen to the whole country.

Of course, Zhao Shucheng and his team came at an inopportune time. This year's real estate auction had already ended, so Zhao Shucheng could only take the construction team to look for partners and take on projects in Pengcheng first. On the one hand, this would train the team, and on the other hand, after gaining a firm foothold, he would plan to bid for land and build the building himself.

Because Zhao Shucheng was a former engineer, and because of the county's previous actions against the construction team, Zhao Shucheng urged the construction team to learn construction knowledge and even obtain certificates. Therefore, Xiao Lei's construction team is professional, has strong professional capabilities, and high work efficiency, and is liked by many real estate companies.

Many real estate companies even hope that Xiao Lei’s construction team will be directly incorporated into their company and build buildings specifically for their company.

However, Zhao Shucheng refused, because he had the ability of architectural design and was proficient in both building design and interior design. Naturally, he was unwilling to only earn the money as a contractor. Instead, he hoped that Xiao Lei's construction team would set up its own real estate company, build buildings by themselves, and after making a name for themselves, expand from Pengcheng to the whole country.

After all, Zhao Shucheng had seen the news and knew that the real estate industry had officially entered the commercial stage after the original prohibition on land leasing was changed to land ownership transferable according to law. Being a foreman could only earn a little hard-earned money, but engaging in real estate development could allow Xiao Lei's construction team to have greater development and a broader prospect.

Of course, Zhao Shucheng had already discovered that the size of Xiaolei's construction team was not enough to work in the construction industry here, and more people were needed. In order to benefit the village, Zhao Shucheng directly asked Shi Hongwei to go back and recruit construction workers from the villages near Xiaolei's home, and the treatment was the same as that of the current construction workers in Pengcheng.

Xiao Lei's development has long been the envy of the surrounding villages. I don't know how many people want to join Xiao Lei's enterprise, but because it has never expanded, they cannot do so. Now Xiao Lei's construction team is recruiting workers, which immediately caused a great response in the surrounding villages. People who sign up can be said to be endless. Shi Hongwei can be said to be in a happy trouble.

Fortunately, he had a clear mind and knew that temporary benefits would not allow him to gain much. Instead, he had to do what Zhao Shucheng told him to do so that he could have greater development in Xiao Lei's company. Therefore, the applicants were selected on a merit basis, and they wanted young and strong people.

Of course, not everyone was happy about the recruitment of Xiaolei's construction team. Because the people of Shaojia Village had framed Xiaolei's family before, Shi Hongwei directly refused to let them join the construction team. Although they explained that they were deceived by Fatty Han and even Fatty Han had been arrested, Shi Hongwei firmly refused them to join.

The people of Shaojia Village were excluded, so naturally they could not say anything good about Xiaolei's family. They spread the word throughout the surrounding area that Xiaolei's family was exploiting them, and it was impossible for them to give those construction workers the same treatment as Xiaolei's family workers.

But such rumors did not discourage the enthusiasm of others. After all, they knew very well that the people in Shaojia Village were just sour grapes. Moreover, even if they could not get the same salary as the people in Xiaolei's family, their current treatment was much better than that of many people working in state-owned factories.

When Shi Hongwei brought the newly recruited construction workers to Pengcheng and told Zhao Shucheng what had happened, Zhao Shucheng just smiled and didn't take it to heart.

However, Zhao Shucheng was actually a little anxious. He desperately hoped to participate in the land auction in Pengcheng as soon as possible so that he could buy the land to build a building, or even own a residential community developed by Xiao Lei's family.

During this period, they have actually been renting a house. It seems that the cost is not much, but it is not as convenient as owning a house. Moreover, since Zhao Shucheng knows that the price of real estate is going to rise, he naturally wants to give some benefits to the villagers. So his plan is to buy a house for each household in the village when building residential buildings, which can be regarded as a little guarantee for them. Even if Xiao Lei's business has problems in the future because of the lack of Zhao Shucheng's management, this house is enough for everyone to live a good life.

In a blink of an eye, it was the end of the year, and Xiao Lei's family had completed most of the projects in Pengcheng. Because the New Year was approaching, Zhao Shucheng decided not to take on any new projects during this period and took everyone directly back to Xiao Lei's home to celebrate the New Year.

However, the construction team members were somewhat unhappy. They had been working on projects in Pengcheng for a while, and their monthly income was much higher than in their hometown of Jinling County. If they went back to Xiao Lei's house, it would take a month to go back and forth, which was equivalent to no income, not to mention the travel expenses, which was equivalent to half a month's income.

They didn't dare to tell Zhao Shucheng themselves, so they encouraged Shi Hongwei to tell Zhao Shucheng to let them stay here for the New Year and continue to take on projects.

Shi Hongwei also felt it would be a shame to go back like this. Although he was not in a high position here, many bosses of construction companies treated him as a friend and often invited him to drink, eat and play. He was so happy.

"Secretary Dongbao, why don't you let the villagers not go back? The money we earn here in a month is more than what we earn in two months back home. The cost of going back and forth is not small, and many villagers are reluctant to do so."

After hearing this, Zhao Shucheng looked at Shi Hongwei, then at the others outside the door, and said, "Hongwei, you can't forget your roots just to make money. We are from the Xiao Lei family, so we must go back. Besides, have you forgotten that the Xiao Lei family will distribute dividends at the end of the year? If you are not present, you will not be given any dividends. Don't think that just because you make money here, you forget that the dividends from our Xiao Lei family are the bulk of everyone's income."

"Besides, we will auction the land and build the project next year. If you accept the project now, what will you do then? If we leave our own real estate companies hanging around, when will we start building the building?"

When Shi Hongwei and the villagers heard what Zhao Shucheng said, they hesitated for a moment, but finally chose to go back with Zhao Shucheng and the others.