A century-old wealthy family that rose from Shanghai

Chapter 45 Buying Land
Thursday, March 8th.

Chen Guangliang and the British man Peter were about to sign a "land purchase and sale contract", achieving his first achievement in purchasing land property in his life.

The money he used this time was basically the 5,000 yuan given by Zhou Xinggao, and Chen Guangliang also promised to exchange it for rickshaw shares for him by the beginning of next year at the latest.

Originally, Zhou Xinggao meant that 'whoever sees it gets a share', not to mention the credit for the boss's 'money laundering', so he only wanted 2500 taels, which is about 8 taels of rickshaw with a license plate or corresponding equity.

But Chen Guangliang directly agreed to return him the rickshaw or equity worth 5000 oceans. When it comes to friends, Chen Guangliang has always valued friendship more than money.

Because Chen Guangliang understood one thing: in this era, it is difficult to keep wealth if you have a lot of money but no power.

On the contrary, make more friends and help the poor more, as they will come in handy one day.

Even Du Yuesheng understood this truth, so how could Chen Guangliang not understand it!
In the office, Chen Guangliang asked Li Chao, "Is there any problem with the English contract?"

He specifically asked the real estate agency to prepare a 'Chinese and English contract', and was also worried that the British boss Peter would cause trouble;
Although foreigners seem to be more rule-abiding when it comes to doing business, we should still be on guard against others.

"No problem, it means the same as in Chinese!"

The Englishman, Peter, sneered, "Mr. Chen, you are too cautious!"

If he hadn't been planning to return to England, he wouldn't have sold the land.

However, he has achieved the purpose of setting foot on this land 8 years ago, so he is very satisfied with everything now.

Eight years ago, Pitt set out on the road to the East with great enthusiasm, because everyone was saying that the East was a place full of "gold" and that he could make a lot of money there.

Now, eight years later, Pitt also admits this statement. Almost every British, American and French person who comes to the East to do business makes a fortune.

Chen Guangliang said politely: "This is all my wealth, I must be cautious, please forgive me, Mr. Peter!"

He speaks English. In recent months, with Li Chao's guidance and Chen Guangliang's developed brain, his English level has reached the level of normal communication.

Of course, when it comes to matters like English contracts, we have to ask Li Chao to come and pretend to be a professional.

"It's okay, I have time!"

"Okay, no problem, we can sign the contract!"

Chen Guangliang was also very straightforward and signed his Chinese name. He also signed a Chinese name and an English name 'Victor' on the English contract.

After everything was settled, Chen Guangliang offered to treat Peter to a meal, but Peter refused because he was not interested. However, the intermediary agreed.

With Chen Guangliang's current wealth, he naturally no longer needs to eat at snack stalls, but instead chose a good restaurant.

He, Li Chao and Wang Youdao sat together and started chatting.

During this time, Chen Guangliang took the initiative to say, "Mr. Wang, do you have any resources in Zhabei? If so, can you introduce them to me? Of course, I can't afford to buy too much land."

He still had more than 1500 yuan in his hands, and the Yangtze River Car Dealership also began to distribute dividends for the first time in early September. Finally, Chen Guangliang planned to continue to mortgage the land.

Wang Youdao's eyes lit up and he said, "Okay, I'll keep an eye out for Mr. Chen. There must be suitable land for sale."

Unexpectedly, this guy is a "big businessman". After acquiring a piece of land, he is still not satisfied.

"Mr. Chen is planning to invest in the land business?"

"That's not the case. The car dealership business will always expand, and one base may not be enough, so we need to prepare in advance."

Wang Youdao nodded and said, "Make preparations in advance. The land price isn't high right now, but it will definitely appreciate in the future."

Chen Guangliang smiled faintly and said, "I hope so." Then, everyone talked about land prices, rents and other related matters, which made Chen Guangliang feel that the meal was not in vain.

From Wang Youdao's words, one can more intuitively feel the specific situation of land prices in the Shanghai market.

After the discussion, a map appeared in Chen Guangliang's mind, on which the price was indicated by the depth of color. The color of the Bund area was very dark, and the further out you went, the cheaper the price became.

The difference is really huge. The expensive places are extremely expensive, and the cheap places are also very cheap.

However, Chen Guangliang understood one thing: in the three or four years from 1927 to 1931, the Shanghai Stock Exchange would experience a "land speculation storm", which would push the land prices in Shanghai to a terrifying level.

Therefore, if he buys land now, he will make a lot of money.

Of course, investing in the rickshaw business is not bad either. First, the license plate price may increase by more than three times, and second, it also generates profits.

After buying the land, Chen Guangliang brought Zhou Xinggao here as soon as possible.

"Brother Zhou, I didn't expect that your actions last time have actually helped me a lot. I bought this piece of land!"

Zhou Xinggao quickly said, "It's good to be able to help the boss!"

He believed that his boss would not treat him unfairly, especially since his boss was his savior.

Chen Guangliang said, "Don't worry. By the beginning of next year at the latest, I will definitely convert the five thousand dollars into rickshaw shares for you. From now on, your life will be secure. But you have to promise me one thing!"

Zhou Xinggao immediately said, "Let alone one thing, even ten things would be no problem."

In his opinion, the boss not only did not take a penny from him, but also laundered the money for him and even saved his life twice.

If he had spent the money in advance last time, Inspector Gao would have been able to find something to hold against him.

So, I can go through fire and water for my boss!

But Chen Guangliang just patted him on the shoulder and said, "Don't be impulsive next time."

Compared to the risk of money, Chen Guangliang would probably rather not accept it.

There was no way this time. He almost wanted to kick him out. After all, Zhou Xinggao was a time bomb.

It doesn’t matter if development is slow, the key is safety.

Zhou Xinggao said ashamedly: "Well, I won't do it again!"

Chen Guangliang then smiled and said, "Okay, let's not talk about the past, let's talk about the future. I plan to leave this place to you. Build me a decent headquarters for the car dealership. Of course, it will still be mainly simple buildings, but they need to be larger and neater."

It is almost six times the size of the original Fangua Nong base, and can accommodate a lot of rickshaws.

This piece of land might be sold in three or four years, or even eight years (1936). In addition, since it was only used as a car dealership base, there was no need to build a reinforced concrete structure.

"I understand. I will organize the drivers to work as soon as possible."

Chen Guangliang added: "We can provide a meal this time. After all, our situation is much better now."

When the construction of the Fangua Nong base began, everyone was doing voluntary labor. Everyone also had shares at the time, so naturally they didn't care.

Although no one would say much about voluntary labor nowadays, Chen Guangliang decided not to take advantage of the rickshaw driver anymore.

"it is good"

(End of this chapter)