A century-old wealthy family that rose from Shanghai

Chapter 121: Winning Land in a Card Game

Back at Changjiang Motors, only Changjiang Motors and Vitasoy were left in the office.

Currently, "Vitasoy" is still in the preparation stage. It is mainly composed of Chen Guangliang and two staff members. Their work is to collect information about global beverages and research beverage management and marketing strategies. As for the "soy milk" process, technical personnel will be recruited in the future to work with Chen Guangliang to improve it.

"boss"

Zhou Xinggao and Lin Feng walked into Chen Guangliang's office together.

Chen Guangliang gestured for the two to sit down, then said, "Changjiang Real Estate is planning to establish the Changjiang Property Management Company. Therefore, I want the security company to be responsible for the security training for Changjiang Property, and also take this opportunity to strengthen our backup force. Do you understand?"

Changjiang Property does not plan to recruit old men as security guards, but plans to recruit young people. After all, the salary is 12 to 15 dollars a month, which is a very good income, so there is no need to worry about not having people to do the job.

Chen Guangliang has already established his own security company and currently has twelve bodyguards and twelve guns, so he has no problem protecting himself. Not to mention, anyone who wants to take advantage of him will only end up dead.

Zhou Xinggao said, "That's great. Changjiang Real Estate is already planning to develop its third project. Every project will have security guards. If we send some people there and give them some training, we'll have a good start for a security company."

Lin Feng also said: "Why not incorporate it into the security company and let them pay the salary? Wouldn't it be better?"

Chen Guangliang waved his hand and said, "Of course not. Being a security guard only earns a few dollars, and the lowest level of bodyguard is 20 yuan. Wouldn't that make people feel uncomfortable?"

As a security guard, 12 yuan a month is considered good, and with some benefits, it only makes about 160-180 yuan a year. But at Chen Guangliang's security company, the minimum salary for a bodyguard is 20 yuan a month. If you can get promoted to a "bronze bodyguard", it is 25 yuan a month, plus various benefits.

Lin Feng immediately touched the back of his head, showing an embarrassed expression.

Although he and Zhou Xinggao were in charge of the security company, it was clear that Zhou Xinggao was the true "all-rounder" and could provide greater assistance to Chen Guangliang. Of course, Chen Guangliang also patiently trained Lin Feng to do things, and he would eventually grow up.

On this day, Chen Guangliang came to the Ningbo Shanghai Association at the invitation of Fang Jiaobo.

Since joining this hometown association, Chen Guangliang has gotten to know some people, and even met "Brother Ade" Yu Qiaqing.

"Guangliang, let me introduce you. This is the coal tycoon Mr. Xie. You should know him, right?" Fang Jiaobo acted as an introducer again and introduced Chen Guangliang to other people.

Chen Guangliang quickly saluted and said after bowing, "Of course I know Mr. Hengbi. He is a pioneer of our Ningbo Gang!"

Xie Tianci, also known as Hengbi, was a coal tycoon and chairman of the Shanghai Coal Industry Association. He was known as the "Coal King".

His wealth of tens of millions is far beyond what Chen Guangliang can compare to.

Xie Tianci said amiably, "I've heard of you, the real estate tycoon of Yuyuan Road!"

Chen Guangliang's fame is greater than his financial resources. Outsiders only know that he has developed more than 80 houses and owns dozens of acres of land on Yuyuan Road, but they do not pay attention to his actual financial resources.

Little did people know that Chen Guangliang's wealth was only about 200,000 or 300,000 yuan, and he could not be called a rich man.

"Mr. Hengwei, you're joking. Those are just speculations. The ownership rights do not belong to me."

"Haha, it's good for young people to be humble, but you are also a rising star in the real estate industry, so there's no need to belittle yourself."

After some introductions, Fang Jiaobo suggested playing mahjong.

Originally, Chen Guangliang didn't want to play with everyone, because he knew his financial resources were limited and he didn't like gambling. But in this era of socializing, he had to learn this skill.

"Guangliang, count you in. We are short of one person today!" Fang Jiaobo immediately called for his troops, leaving Chen Guangliang no way to escape.

At this time, there were Fang Jiaobo, Xie Tianci, and another famous Ningbo-born industrialist Liu Pinsan.

Chen Guangliang said in embarrassment: "It's fine for me to play mahjong with you seniors, but if the stakes are too high, I'm afraid I can't stand up."

Fang Jiaobo didn't hesitate and said, "A little gambling is good for your mood, so I'll give you 50 yuan. Also, don't you want to buy land? Hengqi has a piece of land on Weihai Road. If you make good friends, they might be willing to sell it to you!"

Xie Tianci laughed and scolded, "You are so good, Uncle Fang Jiao, you have even thought about me. But 50 dollars a round is not enough. As long as Guangliang, you can play with us for 100 dollars a round, I will consider whether you win or lose and sell you a piece of land."

Chen Guangliang gritted his teeth and said, "Since Mr. Hengbi has said so, I will naturally accompany you!"

Some time ago, Coca-Cola paid him more than 4000 yuan, plus the money he had available, the total amount was several thousand yuan or nearly ten thousand yuan.

On the other hand, although Chen Guangliang doesn't like gambling, it doesn't mean that he is not good at playing cards; on the contrary, his card skills are quite good, thanks to his super brain.

After sitting at the card table, Chen Guangliang calmed down. The most taboo thing when playing cards is to be impatient. Tonight he will take out tens of millions of dollars to play, regardless of winning or losing.

After the game started, Chen Guangliang played conservatively, not seeking big cards, but only winning, and preferring to break up the cards rather than let them go. He also actively participated in everyone's discussions and made comments, trying to confuse the old men.

Fang Jiaobo: "I'm afraid the Commercial Daily won't last much longer. The sales in the past two months haven't even covered the costs. Guangliang, are you still planning to run it?"

Chen Guangliang: "If there's an opportunity, I can definitely take over and run the newspaper. The reason for the failure of the Commercial Daily is very simple. Without your own ideas, it's hard to gain a foothold in the newspaper industry."

Xie Tianci was not just a trick, he fell into this topic and said, "You also know how to run a newspaper?"

Chen Guangliang said while playing cards, "I don't quite understand. After all, according to my younger generation, to run a good newspaper, you must find attractive content and increase the entertainment value of the newspaper. The market is full of 'elegant newspapers', and I want to run a 'popular newspaper'."

"What do the elegant newspapers say, and what do the popular newspapers say?"

Everyone was attracted by Chen Guangliang's topic, and soon Chen Guangliang won the game by himself.

Recently he has also been considering publishing a newspaper. At first he thought that publishing a commercial newspaper had a future, but looking at the "Business Daily" at that time, he felt that he could not compete with major newspapers such as "Xinwen Bao" and "Shenbao".

Chen Guangliang also thought of the "Dazhong Daily" and "Entertainment Daily", introducing horse racing, dog racing, and martial arts novels into the newspapers. While increasing sales, he would gradually improve the number and quality of news, which would eventually lead to a significant increase in sales.

That night, Chen Guangliang was lucky and won money, but it was only a small win, only 2000 yuan.

As for Xie Tianci's piece of land, he also intended to sell it to Chen Guangliang.

This piece of land is on Weihai Road, covers an area of ​​10.2 acres, and costs more than 9000 yuan per acre.

Weihai Road is sandwiched between Jing'an Temple Road (Nanjing West Road) and the western section of Xiafei Road (Yanmin West Road); Xie Tianci wanted to sell his land, but he had kept it in his hands.

In fact, if it weren’t for today’s poker game, Xie Tianci might not be willing to sell it.

But it had been agreed upon beforehand, and he couldn't refuse.

A week later, Chen Guangliang purchased 10 acres of land on Weihai Road for 10.2 yuan as he wished.

Since this piece of land is so expensive, Chen Guangliang does not plan to build a new alley for the time being. He will see if he can build 4-5-story apartments later so that the land can be fully utilized.

At the same time, Jincheng Bank also signed a harsh contract with Hardoon, the main contents of which were:
The lease term of this land is 32 years, with an annual rent of 18 taels of silver, payable in four installments; the rent shall not be changed due to pressure from other people or other reasons; after the expiration of the lease, all buildings and attachments on the land shall be returned to Hotong free of charge; the lessee shall use the best materials to build a new house, and the total construction cost shall not be less than 45 taels of silver, and the building blueprint shall be signed and approved by Hotong; Hotong shall be responsible for the demolition and relocation of the site.

Although Cheng Zikang felt the conditions were harsh, he still reluctantly signed the agreement.

"Boss, this is the advertising content for the day after tomorrow. Can I give it to you for review?" Guo Deming handed Chen Guangliang a piece of paper.

The second phase of Happy Home will be launched in early November, with a total of 11 residential floors. It still adopts the sixteen-character mantra - renting land to build houses, selling them in sections, repaying the principal at maturity, and the houses returning to the landlord.

Other real estate companies have already learned this sixteen-word mantra, and an advertisement from the same real estate developer appeared this month.

By this calculation, it took almost eight months for people to truly learn it.

"That won't work here. We need to add 'renowned developer, reputation guaranteed'. We at Changjiang Real Estate are not only pioneers in this model, but also a guarantee of our reputation."

In the past, it was mainly bank guarantees. Although there are still bank guarantees now, Changjiang Real Estate should also become a guarantee of credibility.

"Okay, I'll change it right away!"

Chen Guangliang added, "The advertising period is still five days. If it sells out sooner, it should be removed from the shelves sooner. There's no need to save two days of advertising fees."

"understood"

After Guo Deming left, Chen Guangliang was looking forward to next year - how big will Changjiang Real Estate grow?
After all, once "layered sales" and "sale of pre-sale houses (sale of floor plans)" are born, Changjiang Real Estate will be the real "real estate giant" in Shanghai, which can make Chen Guangliang's net worth reach millions in a few years.

Of course, before that, Chen Guangliang had to sort out the newspaper and industrial matters first.

(End of this chapter)