A century-old wealthy family that rose from Shanghai

Chapter 62: Drag someone into the water?

In the next few days, Chen Guangliang managed the car dealership business while taking care of the 13 acres of land.

Finally, at the end of October, he and the three Wang brothers signed the "Land Purchase and Sale Contract" at the law firm, and had already obtained the deed for the thirteen acres of land.

After the four people signed their names and stamped their fingerprints, the deal was officially done.

The three brothers happily held the bills issued by Jincheng Bank, their eyes full of longing for their future lives. However, if their father were still alive, he would definitely want to strike the three brothers with lightning.

In fact, we can’t blame the three brothers entirely. After all, they need money to do business more at this time.

Among the three brothers, the eldest brother Wang Zhongxiang learned good cooking skills and used to be a chef in a big restaurant; the second brother Wang Zhonglin worked as a foreman in the Licha Hotel and learned to read people's expressions; the third brother Wang Zhonglei was supposed to be farming at home, but he usually mixed with people in society and had already wanted to go to the city.

It can be said that when the three brothers opened a restaurant together, everything was ready except for the east wind.

Wang Zhonglin started soliciting customers at the right time: "Boss Chen, when our three brothers' restaurant opens, please take good care of us!"

Chen Guangliang smiled and said, "No problem, I will definitely bring people to show my support."

Maybe, it's just what each needs.

If the three brothers' restaurant does well and establishes itself in the concession, they may not regret it.

But then again, to open a restaurant in this era, you must first have strong social connections.

This way, more people will come to support them and avoid hooligans from plotting against them, but it is obvious that these three people are only average in this regard.

I don’t care about that. I have already got the land.

Just when Chen Guangliang got the land he wanted, Gu Zhuxuan hurriedly summoned him.

In the conference room of Gu Real Estate, Gu Zhuxuan was present in person to hold a meeting with everyone.

At the beginning of the meeting, Gu Zhuxuan was furious and said, "What's going on? You can't even do this. We used cash to purchase the land, not to steal or rob. After so many days, we only bought one mu and three fen of land. This number is so unlucky. I don't know if you are doing your job seriously."

General Manager Zhang Jiepu didn't dare to say a word, and the others lowered their heads in fear.

Chen Guangliang then said, "Mr. Gu, don't be so anxious. The land won't really be hyped up in a short period of time. We are also making a long-term investment."

After all, he is not Gu Zhuxuan's subordinate, so there is no need to be so afraid of him.

Gu Zhuxuan's expression changed immediately, and he said with a smile, "It's not that I'm anxious, but if I don't keep a close eye on them, it really makes me worry. If you were the general manager, I wouldn't have to worry so much!"

Chen Guangliang said, "I'm only good at talking on paper. In terms of experience, I can't even compare to Manager Zhang in terms of flattery."

Gu Zhuxuan stopped mocking his subordinates and did not continue the conversation. Instead, he said to Zhang Jiepu, "Tell me, what's going on?"

Zhang Jiepu said quickly: "We have set our eyes on two plots of land, one of which is 12 mu and the other is 8 mu. Both plots of land are close to the railway station and have great potential for appreciation. It's just that some of the owners of these two plots are unwilling to sell, and it's no use for us to send people to persuade them." Chen Guangliang was a little stunned. Isn't buying and selling land just 'the other party is willing to sell, and you are willing to buy'? Why is it that in their case, the other party is unwilling to sell, and they still run up to buy their land.

Isn’t this forced buying and selling?

In fact, Chen Guangliang is not a "novice" and knows that this situation is not uncommon in the Shanghai Stock Exchange. There were such examples in the past:
Before 1914, Parker, the manager of the American Huaxia Business Company, learned in advance that the Municipal Council would fill Tianjigang to build the southern section of Yuyuan Road, so he began to build a "rat hole" and asked the company's comprador Lei Jihan to collude with local land security and land brokers to form a small group to buy land first. According to the roadmap, they worked separately, contracted out the land at all levels, and used deception and coaxing. In just one month, they bought more than 300 acres of land on both sides of Yuyuan Road (from Urumqi Road to Jiangsu Road) at a price of 500 to 100 taels of silver per acre.

As soon as he got the land, Parker immediately changed from buying at a lower price to buying at a higher price, driving up the land prices in that area. As a result, in less than a year, the land price per acre in that area soared tenfold (the price difference between different sections of a road was also very large). The Chinese business company of this American company made hundreds of thousands of profits that year.

Chen Guangliang suggested at the right time: "We shouldn't buy land in a big way to avoid alerting people. We should move in batches and acquire them one by one. We don't necessarily have to buy land near the train station; it won't matter if it's a little further away!"

These suggestions are actually very normal, but he still needs to say them. It seems that Gu Zhuxuan really has no one to use.

It also proves one thing, that people like Gu Zhuxuan are far less influential than the other three gangster tycoons, and he has few useful people under him.

After hearing this, Gu Zhuxuan said, "Guangliang's words may make some sense, but since we have these two plots of land, we must strive to acquire them no matter what. We'll do as Guangliang says for the rest of the land. We have to find a way to acquire these two plots of land. Let's talk about the owners!"

Zhang Jiepu replied, "The owner of the 8 acres of land is a small factory owner, but this land has been vacant and there are no plans for expansion. Also, the owner of the acres of land is a grain store owner named Zhu Guangsheng."

Upon hearing that the two owners were just ordinary wealthy people, Gu Zhuxuan immediately said, "So, Guangliang, you go to Mr. Zhu from the grain store and convince him to buy the land. Manager Zhang, you go to the factory owner and make sure he gets it. I don't believe there's anything I can't do in Zhabei."

After Gu Zhuxuan finished speaking, he stared at Chen Guangliang.

It seems like they are negotiating, but in fact they are putting pressure on each other. The implication is - since you have taken my money, you have to do something for me!
Money is not that easy to get!

Chen Guangliang also understood that Gu Zhuxuan was trying to drag him into this, and he felt a little regretful for taking the 1 yuan from him.

However, he believed that the ten thousand dollars was just a "commission" and did not include the land he had acquired for Gu Zhuxuan.

But the current situation does not allow him to resist.

He is now pretending to be friendly with Gu Zhuxuan. Chen Guangliang needs Gu Zhuxuan's "care" and "power", and Gu Zhuxuan also wants to bring Chen Guangliang under his command and do things for him.

But in fact, Chen Guangliang looked down on Gu Zhuxuan.

"Well, then I'll go and convince the other party!"

Zhang Jiepu said coldly, "In Zhabei, no one can refuse Mr. Gu. Manager Chen needs to show his strength to succeed!"

Chen Guangliang cursed him in his heart, if you had more momentum, you wouldn't have dragged me down.

Gu Zhuxuan said with a fake smile: "We also have to be reasonable. This is not a forced sale. You should be more careful in what you do."

Having said that, it was obvious that he didn't mean that. He seemed determined to get these two pieces of land.

(End of this chapter)