Reborn, back to a small county town to become a wealthy family

Chapter 677: There won’t be any problems, right?

In fact, Luo Yang guessed correctly.

It is impossible to acquire a stake in a company worth at least tens of billions of dollars just by playing a game of basketball.

There must have been communication before this, and more than once.

Of course, Luo Yang has no objection to Fu Bin's financing. Whether it is Wei Chaoping or someone else who invests, as long as it can help Cathay Industrial Real Estate accelerate its expansion, he will welcome it with open arms.

"I'll find some time later to talk to the old man about President Wei's investment."

"With Brother Luo here to talk things over, this matter is basically settled."

It is precisely because Luo Jianguo is Luo Yang's father that Fu Bin made such a tentative move today. If he were to change to another shareholder who holds 20% of the shares, it would be just a negotiation to be polite, but it would definitely not stop his determination to introduce a partner.

"Then congratulations in advance to Mr. Wei for becoming a shareholder of Cathay Pacific."

Luo Yang smiled and said, "It's just that there is no wine here, otherwise the three of us would have had a few drinks."

"We don't have wine now, but we can have it in the evening."

Wei Chaoping stood at the teeing point, leaning on the golf club with both hands, and said, "Mr. Luo, please come tonight. How about we have a few drinks?"

"no problem."

Although he has to go to the Yang City Chamber of Commerce in the Magic City in the afternoon, if there is a dinner party there in the evening, Yu Haiping can just go and attend it.

After finalizing the evening dinner, several people started teeing off one by one.

"Brother Luo, I went to the southwest this time and found that Rongcheng is indeed a good place."

After hitting the green, Fu Bin easily finished the hole with a long putt, and then began to talk to Luo Yang: "I feel that this city will become a central node city in the southwest region in the next few years, and its economic growth rate and overall scale will not be small."

The strategic concept of developing the Yangtze River Economic Belt was proposed in the 20s. However, before September 80, Chengdu had not received any key support from above, let alone any resource allocation.

It was not until the National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Transport drafted the "Guiding Opinions on Building a New Economic Support Belt for my country Based on the Yangtze River" that the Yangtze River Economic Belt became another major national strategic deployment after the coastal development, western opening-up, central rise, and Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei integration strategies.

Going west along the Yangtze River, several node central cities such as Jiangcheng, Xingcheng, Shancheng and Rongcheng were established along the way.

Although there is no clear policy document to support it yet, Fu Bin’s feeling is correct.

"As long as the policies and funds are in place, Chengdu will develop faster than other cities in central and western China."

Wei Chaoping not only agrees with Fu Bin's point of view, but also has a theoretical basis: "Mr. Luo is a little younger and may not have heard of it, but people of my age and Mr. Fu know that as early as the 1950s and 1960s, the country carried out a third-line construction in the western region, replicating all the industrial types in the northeast and coastal cities in the western inland areas."

When he said this, Fu Bin immediately agreed excitedly.

"Old Wei is right. Why didn't I think of the Third Front construction?"

Fu Bin slapped his forehead fiercely. "It's not just a complete industrial system. You know, there are a lot of minerals hidden in the mountains in the western region!"

"The historical background at that time was quite special. First, we had a fight with the Americans on the 38th parallel, and then we had a falling out with the North. The two big countries kept trying to blackmail us with mushroom eggs, so the authorities decided to build an industrial system in the west."

Wei Chaoping said with emotion: "We do this to prevent war. Once the industrial bases in the coastal areas and the northeast are destroyed, we still have a complete industrial system in the western region, which can still ensure the country's overall war potential."

If Luo Yang was really such a young man of 22 years old, he might not even know anything about the Third Front Construction.

Now I can only pretend I don't know.

There has to be a response.

"A complete industrial system means that if we invest in physical manufacturing with Chengdu as the central node, the surrounding supporting industrial chains can keep up. In terms of saving logistics costs alone, it has a strong advantage."

Luo Yang also interrupted in time: "And just as you said, in the 1950s and 1960s, when the country was in such a difficult situation, we had to insist on building the Third Line War Preparation Project. Now that the national economy has developed, it is time to support the economic take-off in the west and replace the Third Line National Defense Project with a new set of technologies."

"Eh?"

Fu Bin was surprised and asked, "Your interpretation is quite unique?"

“I think it makes a lot of sense.”

Wei Chaoping nodded and said, "The equipment and technology of the Third Front Project built in the 1950s and 1960s are already several generations behind the times. In the 1980s and 1990s, we were powerless. Now that the country has some money, it is time to upgrade the old equipment and technology."

“So it is inevitable that the country will pay attention to Chengdu.”

Luo Yang affirmed: "Not only in terms of policies, but also in terms of funding, talent, technology, etc., preferential support will be given."

"According to what you said, I will pay more attention to the market in Rongcheng."

Fu Bin smacked his lips and said, "It seems that I have to conduct a serious inspection in the second half of the year and try to finalize a project."

"Mr. Fu, don't forget what we agreed on before."

Luo Yang was afraid that he had forgotten the agreement, so he reminded him.

"Don't worry, Brother Luo. I won't forget it."

Fu Bin replied with a smile: "If we want to finalize a project in Chengdu in the second half of the year, it will definitely be in the new urban area, and the primary land consolidation will be mainly for residential and commercial use."

When he said this, he suddenly paused.

"Depend on!",

Fu Bin patted his head and said, "It's really not suitable to take on such a project in the second half of the year!"

Because he, Wei Chaoping and Luo Yang have a common judgment that this wave of real estate cycle will roughly continue until 14, and there will be a correction cycle afterwards. The market will really pick up around the end of 15 or the beginning of 16.

It's only 12 now. If we can get the project in the second half of the year...
Cathay Pacific’s projects do not involve direct acquisition of land for project development and construction, but rather involve primary land preparation.

The first-level land consolidation, even if it is chosen in a new urban area, will involve demolition, and then basic supporting construction will be required. After all these are completed, the consolidation of the land will be planned and divided, and the price will be evaluated. The time difference for auction will be as late as the second half of 14.
By then, don’t worry about not being able to sell the land at a good price; it would be good enough if it could be sold at all.

It's like being busy in vain.

"Calculating the time, the most reasonable time to intervene is still around the end of 13 or the beginning of 14."

Luo Yang smiled and said, "And if you go to talk to the Rongcheng government at that time, you will be more popular."

"Well, that's true."

Fu Bin nodded and said, "Besides, there are about two years between now and 14, which is enough time for me to accumulate commercial customer resources. By then, I will have more bargaining chips in negotiations with the local government."

"Speaking of this, I would like to participate briefly."

Luo Yang smiled slightly and mentioned his own affairs: "Last week, I went back and happened to talk with a city leader about the development of the new urban area. Although I don't want to get involved in residential development now, I can still do a commercial complex project. To do this, I also need the support of a lot of commercial customer resources!"

"Hahaha"

After hearing this, Fu Bin burst into laughter.

While smiling, he pointed at Luo Yang.

"I just want to say that you and I get along well. Every time we talk about important things, we can always find common interests somewhere, and then help each other to get things done and achieve a win-win result."

Fu Bin said happily: "It's the same again this time!"

"Commercial complex?"

Wei Chaoping also asked with interest: "Wanda model?" "Yes!"

Luo Yang nodded and said, "It's about the same. I won't copy it completely. I will make some adjustments and changes to some details because I find that Wanda's business model may be suitable for the current business environment, but in three to five years, it may seem a bit outdated."

This backwardness is largely due to the rise of the mobile Internet economy.

If physical stores are operated according to the Wanda model, their business will plummet.

Only movie theaters, various specialty restaurants, etc. can still attract young customers. Traditional clothing, shoes, hats, small accessories and other stores will be gradually eliminated by online shopping.

The changes that followed also began to diversify.

Video game arcades, new energy vehicle showrooms, mobile phone, computer, and drone brand stores, milk tea shops, and boutique supermarkets...all major commercial complexes across the country have begun to phase out traditional business models and introduce new business models to attract customers.

Of course, here, Luo Yang didn't need to go into details and talk to Wei Chaoping.

He just mentioned it briefly and passed it over vaguely.

Wei Chaoping also fails to see the impact that the rise of the mobile Internet economy will have on traditional business models.

His focus was elsewhere.

"Mr. Luo, you seem to be investing in this project for..."

Wei Chaoping thought about his words for a moment before continuing, "Help?"

Luo Yang looked at Wei Chaoping in surprise.

"Don't be surprised. Lao Fu, Lao Liang and I have done similar things before. Of course, some people can't even ask for this kind of thing."

Wei Chaoping said to Luo Yang in an exclamatory tone: "When Mr. Luo develops a real estate project in his hometown in the future, he will definitely receive a return."

This kind of return does not necessarily mean violating laws and regulations. Just a little relaxation within the scope permitted by policy is enough to develop projects smoothly and make money.

I understand everything I understand.

In the long process of real estate development projects, the related chains are too long, involving a lot of competent departments, and they are cross-entangled. As long as there are problems in one or two links in the middle, the entire project will be stuck.

"Boss Wei is still very clear-sighted."

Luo Yang smiled and didn't explain anything.

"Cathay Pacific's pilot park project in Shuangfeng Town, Yang City will be completed in about a year and a half."

Fu Bin also interrupted at this time: "The timing is right for 14. It would be a pity to disband a mature project company all of a sudden. By then, maybe I can get a piece of land in your hometown and develop a project."

"Brother Fu, take it if you want."

Luo Yang smiled and said, "You have a good cooperative relationship with the Yangzhou Municipal Government anyway. If you want to continue to develop projects locally, there will definitely be no problem."

"Old Fu, what you need to consider now is not where to start the project, but how to gather funds."

Wei Chaoping reminded Fu Bin: "Santay's old projects in Shanghai need to be completed, new projects need to be built faster, and land reserves need to be temporarily suspended. All of this is to recover cash flow."

To recover cash flow in order to acquire land during the next real estate market downturn.

The three of them chatted about real estate development all the way until they finished playing 18 holes.

After making another appointment for dinner in the evening, everyone got in a car and left at the club entrance.

"Mr. Zhao, has the new trading room been renovated?"

Before leaving, Luo Yang exchanged a few more words with Zhao Pengcheng: "Starting next week, I will go there every night."

Today is July 7th. The fund product that has been subscribed for 4 million Euros has been closed. Starting next week, we must be ready to enter the market at any time. The new trading room, operation team, and overseas accounts must all be prepared before the end of this week.

“It was all completed yesterday.”

Zhao Pengcheng replied: "The members of the operation team have been confirmed and are waiting for you to review them at any time. I have already contacted Dong Xing about the overseas accounts. She will give the company 12 accounts today and give me another 8 by Friday. Together with the 5 accounts the company already has, a total of 25 accounts have been prepared this time."

"Yeah, well prepared."

Luo Yang nodded and said, "I definitely don't have time today. Since Dong Xing is going there on Friday, I'll arrange to go there on Friday as well."

Wen Wan didn't arrange any schedule for Luo Yang this Friday, so he could make some time to go over and take a look.

After explaining everything to Zhao Pengcheng, Luo Yang took Chu Jing and left the Yintao Golf Club by car.

"Boss, is it going to start next week?"

Chu Jing, who was sitting in the co-pilot seat, leaned sideways and looked at Luo Yang with excitement in his eyes.

She studied finance, so she naturally knew what the scene would be like if a sum of 9300 million US dollars was leveraged into the US crude oil futures market.

Perhaps a fluctuation within a dozen seconds can result in a profit or loss of hundreds of millions of dollars.

If she could follow the boss and witness the entire operation process, it would be a rare experience in her life.

"Well, it starts next Monday."

Luo Yang had been resting with his eyes squinted, but after hearing Chu Jing's question, he opened his eyes and looked at her and said, "Why, do you really want to see the whole process, or even participate?"

"I dare not participate."

Chu Jing quickly said: "Boss, just show me."

"Then you should start adjusting your schedule this weekend."

Luo Yang nodded slightly and said, "Also, report to Wen Wan and adjust my day shift for the next two weeks."

"Uh-huh."

Chu Jing nodded repeatedly, very happy.

"No, I almost forgot."

Just as he was about to close his eyes and rest for a while, Luo Yang suddenly remembered that he had to fly to the capital this Friday.

Zhang Yiming said that Toutiao needs to raise funds and he may not be back on Monday.

"Boss, what's wrong?"

Chu Jing had already sat up straight when he suddenly heard Luo Yang talking to himself. He immediately turned sideways to look at his boss.

"You won't have a weekend off."

Luo Yang glanced at her and said, "Fly with me to the capital on Friday."

After saying this, he fell into deep thought.

"It's only July 7th next Monday, so the US crude oil futures market should be fine, right?"

He couldn't help but mutter to himself.
(End of this chapter)