My Lord, you need to stand up!

Chapter 565 But there must be meat in the bowl.
Where Chi Shiming is needed.

There are plenty of people available.

The National Automobile Industry Corporation Real Estate Development Company sounds like a tentative entity that seems to have national status but isn't actually that important.

Just right.

The voiceover explains that the company has been allocated a plot of land outside the Third Ring Road in the southeastern part of the city by relevant departments for a pilot project to build commercial housing.

Director Zhu, or rather, General Manager Zhu, stood at the construction site of the Pingqi dormitory building with the camera of a reporter from Brick TV, and introduced the sales price and situation of this batch of commercial housing in a firm tone: "Last October, our two 24-story elevator residential buildings were snapped up by our employees at a price of 580 yuan per square meter. With the help of loans from the national bank, the monthly repayment is only 60 to 100 yuan. The houses will be delivered this summer, and the price of the new buildings will remain unchanged!"

The building, which is about to be topped out, is still quite magnificent when photographed from below.

Wei Dong focused his attention on the area outside the southeast Third Ring Road of the city: "Holy crap..."

At this point, even the Third Ring Road in Pingjing is not yet completed, and it is divided into several sections.

The seemingly square-shaped capital city did not expand evenly from the center in all directions. The northwest corner was the most bustling, and the famous Yuanmingyuan ruins were actually located on the edge of the future Fifth Ring Road.

Zhongguancun and Haiding Education District are all located outside the Third and Fourth Ring Roads, and they are all very prosperous and bustling.

There are many universities.

Even Xueyuan Road, which Wei Dong is most familiar with, is around the Third Ring Road.

The car factory is located in the southeast corner, which seems to be a relatively slow-developing area in Pyeongkol, with many vacant plots of land in the urban-rural fringe.

The automobile factory building will likely be located near the Second Ring Road, while the dormitory buildings will be closer to the Third Ring Road, indicating that the automobile factory occupies a relatively large area.

This means that Wei Dong, a minor shareholder, will be worth a lot of money in the future just because of the location and size of this plot of land.

Then Qin Yuye gently tapped the glass with his chopsticks and glared at him, meaning, "The child is listening. Why is he always yelling 'WTF'? It's because you haven't disciplined him properly."

She had just had a little wine, which made her look even more beautiful with her pink face and red lips, but her allure was far more captivating than her intimidating presence.

Even as Wei Dong was focused on analyzing the logic behind the news, he couldn't help but glance at it a few more times.

The reporter immediately picked up where Manager Zhu left off, introducing the commercial housing in a voice-over style: "In order to address the aspirations of the general public for a better life, and to resolve the supply and demand imbalance in housing reform, many explorations on housing reform have been carried out across the country. Among them, social fundraising for housing construction in Shangzhou, commercial housing sales in Jiangzhou, and foreign-invested housing construction in Shanghai are all progressing rapidly..."

Sure enough, the price of 550 yuan per square meter reappeared!

The Shangzhou trip only included photos, and also introduced the Khrushchev Building (priced at 330 yuan) and the elevator apartment (priced at 520 yuan).

Dong Xueqing stood to ease the discomfort of pregnancy, but remained lively and proud: "Hehe, we made it all!"

Shen Cuiyue shared the same sense of crisis: "Isn't this even more dangerous? It's obvious they're setting up our family to roast us..."

As he spoke, he turned his head, raised his wine glass, and toasted Wei Dong.

There was no joy in his eyes.

Wei Dong tried to comfort him, saying, "We talked on the phone a couple of days ago and asked Lao Zhu to go. Even if there's something going on, there are still several layers between us. Besides, we didn't do anything wrong. It's different from cheating, swindling, or pickpocketing."

Shen Laosan laughed instead, tilted his head back and drank the wine, and glared at him, "Aren't you going to finish it to raise fish?"

Oh my, the charm in her eyes and brows is so beautiful.

Tell Wei Dong to quickly swallow the wine and watch TV.

Later, they indeed focused on the two completed residential buildings in Jiangzhou Animal Village as their main attraction, because they had set up model rooms there.

There were also shots of reporters from Jiangzhou TV filming the opening ceremony, explaining: "The consultants from Jiangzhou Real Estate Development Corporation repeatedly considered and compared options. The total price of the house, which is over 20,000 yuan, can be mostly paid off in installments over twenty or thirty years through bank loans. This way, hardworking people can own such a beautiful and comfortable apartment with an elevator. Jiangzhou has launched even more new homes on the market this year..."

Dong Xueqing, supporting her back, turned around again: "Hehe, consultant!"

Wei Dong, who was not afraid of being itchy because he had so many lice, said: "I was also a consultant for the real estate development of the automobile industry company. Anyway, I didn't take a penny, I didn't sign anything, I just helped solve the problems."

Qin Yuye, however, had a different perspective: "This advertisement... is like the Governor of Hong Kong coming out to say that the property is good and worth buying? Can people all over the country go there to buy?"

Wei Dongcai suddenly realized, "That's right, there should be purchase restrictions. How can anyone buy a house there? Can Pingjing compare to Jiangzhou? Jiangzhou is a place where people all over the country want to buy houses after they make money."

There's a joke that goes like this: all the ways to make money are often written in the criminal code, and all the things that are strongly promoted often have pitfalls to fill.

The criminal law isn't finished yet, so they can still make some money by rushing to write it. But once it's finished, they can hold the butcher accountable.

The hole caused by soaring prices definitely needs to be filled.

Wei Dong has essentially become an advisor responsible for guiding the filling of gaps in the project.

This is a time when even suggestions about qigong can be put into action. His impulsive suggestion has at least been tested and considered since the year before last, and he actually has the potential outcome in mind for the next thirty years.

Anyway, I don't know how many people in various places have paid attention to this news-style real estate advertisement.

The phone rang that very evening; it was the fastest call in Jiangzhou: "Are you working with the relevant departments to determine the nature of this investigation?"

Wei Dong quickly downplayed his own position: "It's about price protection. How much have ordinary consumer goods increased in price from the year before last, last year, to this year? Our shampoo, snacks, jeans, and sanitary napkins are all gritting their teeth and not raising prices. The pressure is still huge, but we don't want to pass the pressure on to consumers. If all this can't stop the price increases and the buying frenzy, then we have no choice but to launch the last batch of commercial housing, like a flood bursting its banks, we have to throw it away first..."

After he finished using this analogy, the other party reminded him: "Don't use this analogy to outsiders. Some people with ulterior motives will seize on it and say that you compared the economic situation to a flood. Hmm, I understand. Jiangzhou also has an inescapable responsibility to stand up. Have you contacted Shangzhou and Shanghai? They should invest more housing area to support this approach and stop this blind buying frenzy."

As expected, the old leader was very perceptive: "Arrange for four more buildings to be opened in the new district tomorrow. We need to create this enthusiastic support for buying houses. You inform the people in the industrial development zone, and I will arrange it with the city. Try to get some news reports."

To make Wei Dong trust the short videos more: "Shangzhou has a TV station now, right? It doesn't matter if the picture quality is a bit poor. Just choose a good angle to shoot some footage and then send it to the TV station together. This time it's that old Qi who came to Shangzhou last time, the TV host is running around."

No one urged him to return to Shangzhou.

Everyone knows this isn't about who makes money or which place it is; it's about sending a clear signal that housing reform has already begun, to all corners of the country.

In this day and age, without the internet, ordinary people, apart from the news broadcast on TV and the front page of newspapers, have very little access to various policy information.

It's true that we haven't talked about it publicly much before.

Two years ago, when Lao Qi and his team were doing a series of reports on economic system reform, they were still focusing on the free market, the restructuring of third-line factories, and the emergence of private enterprises.

In reality, housing reform was the most significant historical event that affected everyone, just as some people say that the turning point of the Liberation War was land reform.

In Wei Dong's mind, anyone who bought a house in the 1980s or 1990s was considered to have benefited from the reform and opening up.

Compared to the numerous shell companies and commercial institutions whose loans have become non-performing loans, the general public are the most diligent and honest debtors.

Only when the cattle and horses rush in will the large ship be able to move forward.

This is the logic in Wei Dong's heart.

Meanwhile, those in Shanghai were complaining bitterly: "How could it be more than five hundred!"

Old Geng once commented that Beijing and Shanghai are currently the most expensive cities in the country, except for places like Dawa, which have special high-altitude environments.

Shanghai, in particular, faces both the high costs associated with megacities like Beijing and other major cities, as well as geographical factors.

That area is an alluvial plain at the mouth of a river, where the soil structure requires more effort to compact and deepen.

Not to mention that Shanghai is now focusing on developing international communities first, while the domestic part will be priced at 700 or 800 yuan. After the price increase, it has actually reached the edge of 1,000 yuan!
The international community is even preparing to price its properties between one thousand and two thousand US dollars.

Shanghai has its own standards in this regard; they believe that housing prices should be on par with those in Hong Kong to be considered at the level of an international metropolis in Asia.

If housing prices aren't this high, you'd be embarrassed to call yourself a big city.

At least this price should be achieved for takeout orders.

For other domestic entities, Shanghai has already implemented purchase restrictions. From the beginning, these restrictions have only targeted Shanghai residents; those from northern or southern Jiangsu with fewer strokes in their household registration are not eligible.

And do you know how many people from the Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui regions want to buy houses in Shanghai?
This is going to cause trouble.

Wei Dong, still aware of the intricacies of journalism, said: "Hey, Shanghai is indeed a desirable place. Why don't we build an internal community next to the external community, somewhere between the external selling price and the local Shanghai housing reform price? It would be convenient to make money from the people in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui who have gotten rich first. People are willing to come to Shanghai to contribute, so we can't dampen their enthusiasm."

The people on the other side were covering their mouths, trying hard to suppress their laughter: "You'd better hurry up and come up with the planning proposal for the external community!"

Wei Dong quickly explained, "I have already sent three designers to the Washington State University School of Architecture for further studies. They will return in the second half of the year and devote themselves to perfecting this plan. We are already making progress. This way, domestic experts can learn something, and overseas companies can't make big money. I think it's almost perfect."

Only then did the secretary from Shanghai hang up the phone, satisfied.

Sure enough, the power of the brick platform was still great, instantly creating the concept that the house price was over 500.

The phone lines in Shangzhou and Jiangzhou were ringing off the hook overnight.

People in various places are inquiring and confirming whether it is agreed that this can be tried in various places.
In fact, since Shangzhou started its collective housing construction program two years ago, some places have come to learn from the free market model and tried to quietly start housing reforms back home.

However, those who are both bold and meticulous are only a very small minority.

The vast majority still proceed slowly, observe carefully, and then approve, fearing they might be blamed.

But this time the signal is so clear that many more places will definitely be tempted to implement housing reform.

(End of this chapter)