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Li Mu asked, "How's the recruitment going?"

Wang Qian said, "It's still in progress. We are carefully selecting candidates and conducting background checks on each person according to your requirements. It will take some time to complete the recruitment."

Li Mu said, "Okay! But while ensuring quality over quantity, we also need to speed up the process."

Wang Qian said, "Understood, boss."

Li Mu said, "Could you make some more arrangements and help me schedule an appointment with the heads of several major banks in the city tomorrow?"

Wang Qian asked curiously, "Has the company made any moves by contacting the heads of several major banks?"

Li Mu said, "You'll find out soon enough. Don't forget to make the arrangements."

Wang Qian could only suppress her curiosity and say, "Okay, boss, I'll arrange it right away."

Li Mu said, "Alright, thank you for your hard work."

……

The following day, Li Mu met with the branch managers of several major banks in Yun City to discuss loan matters.

In the past two years, the economy has not been doing well. In order to stimulate economic growth, it is inevitable to loosen monetary policy, and banks have accumulated a large amount of credit quotas.

Unfortunately, good loan targets are hard to find. Well-funded companies don't want to lend, and companies without money can't get loans, as banks are afraid of creating bad debts. Add to that the economic downturn, and banks are starting to struggle to lend out their available funds.

However, finding suitable lending targets is not easy; under the current market conditions, there aren't that many high-quality companies.

In this situation, when they heard that Li Mu was interested in taking out a loan, several banks were very enthusiastic, because Muwu Group Company did indeed look very good.

The company has a registered capital of 5.5 billion yuan, all of which has been paid up. It owns a building worth 1.5 billion yuan, goods worth nearly 2 billion yuan, and nearly 2 billion yuan in cash.

Such a large and powerful company has absolutely no debt, making it an extremely high-quality loan target.

In order to obtain more funds, Li Mu used Muwu Group as leverage and proceeded from two levels simultaneously with this loan.

One approach involves Li Mu using his shares in Muwu Group as collateral to secure bank loans.

This is equivalent to him borrowing money by using his personal shares as collateral for a bank loan.

On another level, loans are made primarily through Muwu Group.

The lender is Muwu Group, and the loan is taken out in the company's name; naturally, the company is the borrower.

After contacting the heads of several major banks, Li Mu selected two banks to handle loan matters at these two levels respectively.

The bank reacted quickly; given the size of the loan, both top and bottom levels took it very seriously and the process was expedited.

First, Li Mu mortgaged all of his shares in Muwu Group in his personal name to apply for a loan from a bank.

Muwu Group is a company established by Li Mu with an investment of 5.5 billion yuan. Now the company not only has nearly 2 billion yuan in cash, but also a headquarters building worth 1.5 billion yuan and nearly 2 billion yuan in materials.

The shares of such a large conglomerate are naturally of high value, so it's reasonable for the bank to grant Li Mu a credit line of 4.5 billion.

Of course, at other times, such a high amount might not be possible. In this era of massive monetary easing, banks are struggling to lend money and it's difficult to find qualified loan applicants, so offering a high loan amount is a normal phenomenon.

On the other hand, the loan was made in the company's name, with the borrower being Muwu Group. Although Muwu Group had net assets of 5.5 billion yuan and no debt, it appeared to be a very high-quality company.

However, compared to the loans Li Mu took out in his personal name, which used the group's shares as collateral, the loans taken out by the company itself didn't have much collateral; the only thing that could be used as collateral was the Muwu Building.

The loan amount offered was correspondingly reduced, to only three billion.

This already made Li Mu quite gratified. 4.5 billion and 3 billion, together they amounted to a total of 7.5 billion in funds. In addition, Muwu Group had nearly 2 billion in cash in its accounts, which meant nearly 10 billion in its own funds available for use, enough to stockpile a large amount of supplies.

Although the loan has not yet been received, Muwu Group has nearly 2 billion yuan in cash on its books, and some preparatory work can already be done.

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That day, a convoy of vehicles arrived at an unfinished building site in the suburbs.

Director Qian introduced, "President Li, please see, this place is only three kilometers away from your company's headquarters, Muwu Building. It's very convenient; it only takes a few minutes to drive there."

Li Mu nodded: "It is indeed quite close."

"However, wasn't the main structure of this unfinished building complex already completed? How come it's been abandoned again?"

Director Qian continued, "President Li, here's the situation."

"The area where this unfinished building is located is actually the economic development zone of Dongcheng District in Yun City. Back then, when we were attracting investment, we brought in a large real estate company to develop this area, planning to build it into an economic zone mainly consisting of commercial office buildings and residences."

"Unfortunately, due to the large scale of investment, the economy has declined in the past two years, the real estate market is not doing well, and major real estate companies have entered a winter, with many even going bankrupt."

"The developer of this unfinished building also failed to survive and went bankrupt, so the development work stopped."

"The city has tried to restart this area in the past two years, but the real estate market has been bad and a suitable company has not been found to take it over."

Li Mu nodded: "I see!"

As he walked, he looked around. This area of ​​unfinished buildings consisted mainly of office buildings and residences, with as many as seven or eight buildings, each over twenty stories high.

If you want to stockpile supplies and avoid flooding, a little repair can make it an excellent place.

Seeing Li Mu's expression, Director Qian continued, "President Li, this unfinished building project is a real headache for the city. They want to resolve the issue as soon as possible and have shown the utmost sincerity."

"The city's message is that as long as you take over this unfinished building and start construction, all conditions are negotiable, and you can make any requests you have."

Looking at the unfinished buildings in front of him, Li Mu looked regretful: "I would like to take over, but my strength is limited. Let alone revitalizing this area of ​​unfinished buildings, the amount of funds required to take over such a large area of ​​buildings is astronomical. I really have the will but not the ability."

Director Qian said, "President Li, you don't need to worry about this. The city's intention is that the funds to take over this unfinished building don't need to be too much; just enough to make a good impression."

"If funds are tight, installment payments are also possible. We can give you some money this year, and then pay you back once the project is completed and the funds are recovered."

Li Mu nodded hesitantly: "I see. Then I can consider taking it over."

……

Over the next two days, seeing that Li Mu was truly sincere, the city was also very happy, finally able to get rid of the burden, and the matter was pushed forward at the fastest speed.

Li Mu, on the other hand, also dared not waste any time. Even before the contract was signed, he had already begun looking for a suitable construction company.

The high-temperature apocalypse is imminent. Naturally, he won't be building any more office buildings or residential buildings. The main structure of these seven or eight buildings has been completed. With just a little modification and simple repairs, they can become seven or eight excellent above-ground warehouses.

Judging from the interior space of these buildings, storing tens or hundreds of thousands of tons of supplies should not be a problem.

After discussing the specific construction plan with the construction team for a while, although Li Mu's requirements were a bit strange, given the client's high price, they decided to proceed with the construction according to the requirements.

After discussing the construction plan, Li Mu then brought over several teams that were doing the renovation for the Muwu Building. They arrived at a 20-plus-story office building and pointed to it, saying, "The 10th, 11th, and 12th floors of this office building, like the Muwu Building, will all undergo thermal insulation and heat protection renovations."

"In addition, the corresponding generators and solar panels also need to be installed."

The group quickly took out their notebooks and wrote down Li Mu's requirements.

Li Mu then pointed to the eighth and ninth floors: "These two floors also need to be renovated, just like the greenhouse vegetable base in the Muwu Building. However, we won't grow vegetables here; we'll turn it into a breeding base."

“Indoor farming is quite popular now, and some pigs are even raised upstairs. These two floors can be properly renovated to raise chickens, ducks, geese, and even pigs, sheep, and laying hens. A special area can be set aside for farming.”

Seeing that his subordinates had written down the requirements, Li Mu continued walking forward.

Now that we've acquired this unfinished building complex, we should make good use of it. It can serve as a warehouse, and also be used to store supplies that aren't suitable for the Muwu Building.

For example, oil, whether it's gasoline, diesel, or natural gas, is quite dangerous. Li Mu purchased so much, and if it's all piled up in the Muwu Building, in this hot weather, if something unexpected happens, there'll be nowhere to cry.

This unfinished building complex is a good storage site. Choose an uninhabited building that is far away from the other buildings and store dangerous items there. Even if an accident occurs, the consequences will not be too serious.

The same applies to breeding bases.

It's not that there's any danger in raising livestock in the Muwu Building, but livestock farming, unlike planting, has a greater impact on the environment and air quality.

If you were to raise livestock in Muwuxia, let's not even talk about anything else, just consider the hygiene issues. Imagine the pungent smell that would be produced by so much animal excrement under such high temperatures.

Li Mu will be living upstairs for the next few years. Putting aside whether so many animals and their excrement will breed bacteria, he also can't stand the strange smell wafting up from downstairs.

For the sake of the nose, I wasn't planning on doing this, but now that I've taken over the unfinished building and it won't affect Muwu Building, it's not a bad idea to do it.

At the very least, we'll be able to eat fresh meat from now on, instead of frozen meat. And things like eggs and dairy products are difficult to store and can't be stored for three years.

If we raise a batch of dairy cows, we can drink fresh milk when we get back; if we raise a batch of laying hens, we can eat fresh eggs in the future.

And so, things gradually progressed. There were a few minor hiccups along the way. A few days ago, Zhao Qing called, but I was busy with negotiations and had to refuse, which made Zhao Qing quite angry.

They only let it go after Li Mu agreed to meet sometime.

Chapter 469 Super Program

After finally finding a company to take over the unfinished building, Li Mu was very supportive of the city and received the green light for all kinds of work.

For example, the 7.5 billion yuan loan, which would have required a lengthy process, was quickly approved with the city's support. Even the ownership of the unfinished building was transferred to Muwu Group at an extremely fast pace.

Li Mu did not disappoint the city, after all, he had already made preparations and planned the construction schemes for seven or eight buildings.

As soon as this area was taken over, a large number of engineering teams immediately moved in, carrying out comprehensive renovation work in multiple locations.

Of course, this renovation was much simpler than the Muwu Building; it was basically just converting the building into a ground-level warehouse. Li Mu's only requirement was that it didn't leak, since it was meant to store supplies and food.

On the other hand, with a large sum of money in hand, Li Mu spent money to obtain a number of licenses for purchasing, wholesaling, and retailing agricultural products, enabling him to buy large quantities of agricultural products and once again fall into a buying spree.

First, there's wheat. The current price is around 1.5 yuan per kilogram, and the price of a ton of wheat is about 3,000 yuan.

Li Mu placed an order for 500,000 tons of grain at once, spending 1.5 billion yuan. Most of this grain was purchased from overseas, but if overseas purchases were not timely, some could be purchased from coastal areas.

Unfortunately, with the melting of polar ice caps and the ensuing global catastrophe, importing food from overseas will become virtually impossible, and coastal areas will be submerged, making it a waste to leave food locally.

If we can bring back a batch, we'll save that batch.

Corn, whose price is now similar to that of wheat, can be used not only as a whole grain but also as animal feed, making it quite versatile.

Li Mu spent 900 million yuan to purchase 300,000 tons.