Spring Breeze Twenty Years

Chapter 726 Goose Island

Chen Hui said, "What do they want? They want to introduce us to a partner, saying that everyone here knows each other well and can help with things, and that they can also solve the loan problem. We rejected them."

Li Weibing looked at Wang Gang: "This is indeed a bit ugly, isn't it? It's even more bare than ours."

Wang Gang said, "It's definitely for that, that so-and-so. Everyone knows they're close, and he gets all the benefits. It's normal; everyone has a few good friends and true buddies. If you become mayor, do you think you won't remember me? If I become mayor, I'll definitely try to get you all the good things, isn't that normal?"

Li Weibing shook his head and asked Chen Hui, "Did you fight back? Are you alright? Don't let him make things difficult for you later. Once money is in, it won't be so easy to get it out."

Chen Hui said, "It's okay, he knows my parents, he wouldn't dare. I'd rather he cause some trouble."

Li Weibing nodded without saying a word, then gave Chen Hui a thumbs up: You're awesome, that was a perfect performance, I'm impressed.

Wang Gang suddenly burst into laughter and said, "That coward Miler, I'll ask him how he feels one of these days, haha. He thought he could pull some strings through his father, otherwise why would he be so eager? Let's see if he'll be dumbfounded."

Xiao Wei said, "Mi Le? Mayor Mi's son? You mean the one you're talking about?"

Li Weibing said, "Yes, the kind of person who's always jumping around like that, I guess he did this with a three-pronged plan. I don't think he ever expected it to succeed. This is a slap in the face for both of us, you understand? That's the main point. And then, if it succeeds, his father will have political achievements, and that will be a credit for him. Thirdly, if it fails, he'll save face. If it succeeds, he'll definitely try to cut corners in the process, so he won't lose out."

Chen Hui said, "You have to teach this kind of person a lesson whenever you get the chance. After a few lessons, they'll learn their lesson."

Xiao Wei lit a cigarette, thought for a moment, and said, "Once the contract is signed, you two invite him over. Don't offend this kind of person, even if you don't want to be friends with him. All three of you deserve credit for this. Xiao Hui and I can't let you work for nothing. After the project is finished, we'll take out one of the residential buildings and you three can split it. We'll charge the cost price, and whatever we sell it for is yours."

Wang Gang said, "No need. It's normal for brothers to do things for each other. Just treat us to drinks if you're so kind."

Xiao Wei said, "One thing at a time, listen to me on this. We're not losing out either; you still have to pay, costs are costs too, right? Consider it wholesale to you. You can sell it yourselves. As for how the three of you split it, you can discuss it yourselves, we don't care."

Li Weibing asked, "How many houses can be built?"

Xiao Wei did the math and said, "It'll be between sixteen and twenty buildings, depending on the design institute's plans. There will be no fewer than sixteen. I plan to use four of them myself and build the rest into residential units to sell. I'll give each of you three a building. Don't think it's too little; I wouldn't dare give more. It's cash first, no credit."

Wang Gang said, "How much land did you get? Enough to build more than twenty buildings?"

Xiao Wei thought for a moment and said, "It's about a hundred acres, around a hundred acres."

Wang Gang was stunned, and after a long pause, he gave Xiao Wei the middle finger. "Damn it."

Li Weibing asked, "How come only twenty houses were built on one hundred acres?"

Xiao Wei said, "There are two large office buildings in the middle, and then a five-story shopping mall below. The residential buildings can only be built around the main building in the middle, and some space needs to be left for greenery and such. That's what I think, but we still need to see the design institute."

Wang Gang said, "About a hundred acres, the land alone costs five or six million, you've got money. Okay, I'll take this building, it's too damn lucrative."

Xiao Wei laughed and said, "You'll have that too someday. It's all about making money from money. If you run your business well, making millions every two or three years will be a piece of cake."

Li Weibing asked, "How many floors will the residential building have? Will it have elevators? How many units per floor?"

Xiao Wei said, "It must be an elevator building, around 25, with about 500 square meters per floor and six or seven units, some big and some small."

Wang Gang asked Li Weibing, "How much will the cost be? How much can we make?"

Li Weibing did the math and said, "If it's twenty-five floors, we'll take twenty, and give Miler five. Twenty floors is over ten thousand square meters. Xiaowei, how much do you want for us?"

Xiao Wei said, "How would I know? We need the blueprints to know for sure. Besides, I don't even understand the costs and housing prices here. How much would an apartment with an elevator cost here?"

Li Weibing said, "The cost of a walk-up apartment here is around 700 or 800 yuan. It's normal for an elevator apartment to cost double that, right? In Fengtian, the cost has tripled. I can't calculate the cost, but I know that it costs about 200 yuan per square meter to build a walk-up apartment."

Xiao Wei said, "With that 10,000 square meters, you two should each get two million without any problem."

Wang Gang turned to Li Weibing and asked, "Really?"

Li Weibing nodded: "Pretty much."

Wang Gang got excited and said, "Damn, so many? I'll get a new car, a nicer one, and show these bastards what's what."

Chen Hui glanced at Wang Gang and said, "Can't you be a little more composed? This is still several years away, why are you getting so worked up?"

Wang Gang thought about it for a moment, then deflated and slumped onto the sofa. "Yeah, it'll be at least two years."

Li Weibing poured himself a cup of tea and said, "I must say, even the tea here is different from other places where leading cadres stay. Where did you two go yesterday?"

Xiao Wei said, "We spent several hours walking around the palace, and it was almost dark when we came out."

Chen Hui said, "Hey, yeah, what should we eat today? How about we go to Qimalu again? That little restaurant there is really amazing, and the food is delicious."

Li Weibing said, "We'll treat you to goose for lunch today, stewed goose with potatoes, and their mashed potatoes, which are absolutely amazing in Xidu."

Wang Gang said, "So if you like to eat it, it becomes a unique delicacy in Xidu. If you like to eat cornbread tomorrow, how many unique delicacies will that be?"

Everyone laughed. Wang Gang said, "It's alright. The environment is quite nice, a bit like a park. There are plants everywhere inside, and the tables are placed next to the bamboo grove. It's spacious, and the roof is high. There's running water and a garden, all sorts of things. The food is just so-so. If you like it, it'll be good; if you don't, it won't taste good no matter how you cook it, right? But it's still quite unique."

Chen Hui was standing there in a daze when Xiao Wei asked, "What are you doing?"

Chen Hui stared at the air without turning his head and said, "I'm thinking about whether I've ever eaten goose since I was a child. I've already thought back to junior high school. Wait a minute."

Xiao Wei said, "You haven't eaten here at the South Station?"

Chen Hui said "Oh," and then added, "Right, right, we ate at the South Station. I knew I had a feeling we'd eaten there. Hmm, I remember now, it was alright, quite delicious."

The four of them got up and went downstairs, chatting and laughing, to Goose Island.

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(End of this chapter)