Tao Liangchen
Chapter 555 Filling a Shortcoming
Su Yehao realized he didn't have a place to stay when he was about to take a break.
His father had promised him that he would set aside more than ten *mu* (a Chinese unit of measurement) of the best land in the cultural tourism city to build him a villa. Therefore, even though he had taken over the golf course villas, he hadn't considered renovating one for himself. He wanted to keep it for his own use.
The promised big villa in the cultural tourism city was nowhere to be seen, and it was still a patch of weed-filled wasteland.
Now, the villa complex next to the golf course had been transformed into a five-star resort hotel, which was crowded and noisy. So, after lunch, he took a car back to the pier and went to his yacht for a nap.
The yacht, over forty meters long, was like a luxurious mobile villa.
Inside, there was no shortage of living rooms, dining rooms, bedrooms, studies, and so on. It was a pity that the Sihai International was ordinary in shape and the interior decoration was also quite conventional.
Two years ago,
when Su Yehao first learned that his family had a yacht worth 200 million, he almost floated into the sky.
Now, his standards had risen and his taste had improved. Compared with the big toys of those American super-rich peers, he had gradually become a little unimpressed with this ship, and he often had the idea of ordering another custom one.
If it weren't for the fact that the funds were always in use and he didn't have enough spare cash, the design work would have been completed long ago, and the shipyard would have already started construction.
Considering the funds would start flowing back in the second half of the year,
it seemed he could indeed place an order in advance and buy himself another big toy to reward himself...
He told everyone he was going to take a nap.
But in reality, after entering the yacht's guest room, Su Yehao and Nong Qingying didn't rest.
When he reappeared, it was more than an hour later. Linda Yun, who was accompanying him, saw Su Yehao getting off the boat alone, humming a song, and curiously asked, "Are you going alone? Where's Miss Nong?"
"She's exhausted. She said she wanted to watch TV and take a nap. Anyway, I'm going to talk business, so she wouldn't be bored."
Hearing Su Yehao's triumphant tone, Linda Yun's expression was strange.
From a woman's point of view, she really couldn't understand why men cared so much about this kind of thing. It was as if they had won a battle.
Moreover, even if they won, it was only a small victory. When it came to a war of attrition, the one who gave in in the end was usually the man.
Of course,
although Linda Yun grew up in San Francisco, she only knew about this kind of thing in theory.
When she was in school, she only thought about studying hard and was seen as a nerdy Asian girl with a withdrawn personality. Later, she went to work at East Phoenix Rose Middle School, and before she could completely settle down, she came to work under Su Yehao, and she never had a chance to settle down.
So at this moment, Linda Yun was a little curious and was thinking about exchanging notes with Nong Qingying when she had the chance.
Sitting in a motorcade consisting of Mercedes-Benz S-Class cars, Su Yehao arrived in Pengcheng city.
Following the road signs, he finally arrived at a real estate development called "Bi Gui Yuan · Millennium Impression."
The residential area was almost completely developed, and the style was very... nineties. However, the exterior walls were tiled, which was considered relatively well-designed compared to many old buildings on the street.
Looking inside through the gate, the greenery was lush, and there were security guards at the entrance. Posters read "Grand Opening on July 1st" and so on.
As soon as he got out of the car, several people standing at the entrance immediately greeted him with smiles.
The leader, with a sonorous voice, said:
"Welcome, welcome! Mr. Su, it's an honor to have you here. I am Liu Yangnan, the deputy general manager of Bi Gui Yuan Real Estate Group. Our boss received the news that you were coming and wanted very much to come and meet you in person, but unfortunately, he is in Guangzhou for a meeting and needs to give a speech, so he can't leave for the time being."
The matter he had to attend to in the morning was this.
Some time ago, Bi Gui Yuan sent people to Hong Kong to look for potential investors, and Su Yehao was also on the list of contacts. People from KOKO Ventures had been in contact with them.
He happened to be free today.
Therefore, on the way to Pengcheng, Su Yehao temporarily asked someone to communicate with Bi Gui Yuan, and finally they agreed to meet at this Bi Gui Yuan · Millennium Impression residential area.
The idea of visiting the real estate development directly was proposed by Bi Gui Yuan, which was somewhat of a show of strength.
This residential area was quite large, with a total of fifty seven-story buildings. In the future, it would seem sparse and ordinary, but now it was a rare large-scale development.
In terms of company strength,
Bi Gui Yuan was not yet listed and was slightly worse than Vanke, which had a market value of about 4 billion RMB. Its valuation was about 2 billion RMB. This year, during the Spring Festival in Guangzhou, it had set a record of selling 3,000 commercial houses in a single month.
Even looking at the whole country, this strength was considered very good among real estate companies.
Among private real estate companies, it was enough to squeeze into the top five.
Of course, Su Yehao knew about it. He had dealt with people from this company in his previous life. At this time, he shook hands with Liu Yangnan and said with a smile: "Hello, General Manager Liu. Your chairman can take care of his own business, there's no need to entertain me specially. Today, I mainly want to understand the situation. This residential area looks great."
Liu Yangnan was afraid of neglecting such a distinguished guest and affecting the company's major affairs, so he kept a smile on his face and said humbly:
"When it comes to developing real estate, your father, Mr. Su, is the real expert. We have only just entered the field. Sihai International Group has the strength to build buildings on the Mid-Levels of Hong Kong and has acquired several super-large plots of land in a row. Not to mention your Kai Tak Airport project, even the cultural tourism city by the bay, our company can't develop it even if we sell everything we own."
Someone next to him chimed in:
"Yes, the shopping malls developed by Old Mr. Su are covered with white marble on the walls. Looking at them from the outside, they look like palaces."
Su Yehao smiled and waved his hand, saying:
"Actually, I have also been paying attention to your company, and I feel that the businesses on both sides can be complementary. Whether it's my father or me, we mainly engage in the development of commercial real estate and high-end residential buildings, while the mid- to high-end residential market with high sales volume has the greatest demand. Once developed, we don't have to worry about finding buyers, and the market potential is very considerable. If we can reach a cooperation today, it can be considered as making up for a shortcoming."
Hearing these words,
Vice President Liu Yangnan was even happier, because Su Yehao said "if we can reach a cooperation today," which meant that he was really sincere about discussing financing.
As Bi Gui Yuan's projects spread out, the capital chain had already been stretched tight.
However, local businessmen didn't have money to invest, and even if they did, they were more willing to enter the market and do business themselves.
Otherwise, they would make exorbitant demands, daring to shout that they wanted at least 40% of the shares even with 300 to 500 million RMB.
Therefore, at the beginning of the year, the headquarters specially sent people to Hong Kong to look for funds.
It's a pity that when it comes to real estate development, a group of large companies in Hong Kong were the experts. They were only willing to invest in the most promising land and liked to hoard it and wait for it to appreciate.
No one was willing to bet on Bi Gui Yuan's team, thinking that it was just a small fight and couldn't be taken seriously.
It was rare to meet Su Yehao, a serious big spender, and Liu Yangnan found that the opportunity to earn credit was right in front of him.
He had originally been arranged by his boss to come to Pengcheng and felt that it was a waste of time to travel so far, but now Liu Yangnan's back didn't hurt, his legs weren't sore, his eyes were bright, and he was pleasantly surprised:
"That's right, most homebuyers don't have money. The majority of our buildings here have already been pre-ordered. It's all about building the buildings with care and making small profits but selling a lot."
"Mr. Su, don't just stand outside, let me accompany you inside first and take a look around?"
"We specially calculated the design so that the first floor has good lighting, and we also give away a basement, while the top floor is a six-story building with a seven-story attic. Others invest hundreds of thousands in landscaping, but we invest millions. That's how we earn our reputation..."