Chapter 557: In the past, transportation was very slow

Chapter 557: In the past, transportation was very slow

There weren’t that many people in Yanjing these days.

The permanent population is only over 1500 million, and the registered population is less than 1200 million. The area where the Bird's Nest, Water Cube and Morgan Center are located was still a rural area with fields and vegetable plots a few years ago. The newly built houses around it are currently only sold for six or seven thousand yuan per square meter, and the public area is very small.

Without a large enough population to support it and located outside the Fourth Ring Road, the real estate prices naturally cannot go up.

When Fan Wumian and Xiao Ma Ge met again, Xiao Ma Ge came to his courtyard for the first time and praised it after seeing it:

"I've heard people mention that your place has good feng shui. Now I see it's really good. Is there any suitable land around? I also want to come here and buy a house. If the Penguin Group branch is set up in Yanjing in the future, I will definitely come here often. I don't know when the six penguin-shaped buildings will be completed and we can move in."

The two had previously agreed that each would keep a large penthouse suite with a sky garden.

Moreover, regardless of whether the Morgan Center land can be acquired, the project will be developed according to the current design ideas. The only difference is the location.

Fan Wumian took Xiao Ma Ge around and told him:
"After I moved here, all the land around here was sold out, and the price is already quite high."

"Guaibang Hutong on the old Yuhe River is also in a good location. It seems to be being demolished recently, and a large area of ​​land is vacant. Taking advantage of the opportunity of investing in the Penguin Group branch, I should be able to talk to the authorities and get a piece of land back at a low price."

"Remember to ask for a piece for me as well. I want to build an office building in the form of a clubhouse as the office of the Bandit King Fund in Yanjing. There are many rich people and even more companies in this place, so there is a great market for fund business."

Xiao Ma turned around to say hello to his assistant, made a note of this matter, and then said:

"When the Morgan Center was acquired in 2002, the total cost was only 3.63 million yuan. Based on the building area of ​​42.6 square meters, the average purchase price was only 852 yuan per square meter. The office building has a building area of ​​about 19.3 square meters, and the rest is all residential. The price is really good."

"I think that on average, our offer of 3000 per square meter is not low. Let's start with 11.5 billion and set the upper limit at around 13 billion. It would be best if we could get it at 12 billion. What do you think, Mr. Fan?"

"If you ask me, since it has already been developed, why not change the planned area, build the building a little higher, or take over the land next to it as well."

Hear the words.

Fan Wumian looked at Xiao Ma Ge with a strange look. It can only be said that as they are both businessmen, their ideas are indeed similar.

He replied:

"Mr. Ma is right. If we don't seize the time and ask for more benefits now, we won't have any bargaining chips to negotiate with them when we actually open a branch here."

"In fact, I have thought about it carefully and found that if we think of a way, the construction period should be enough."

"We can do as we negotiated with the authorities and spend more than a year to build the main frame, then choose a material to cover it from the outside, and then remove it after the Olympics. This way it won't affect the beauty of the city. Otherwise, the time is too tight no matter how you calculate it."

"good idea!"

Brother Xiao Ma continued:

"I asked someone about it. Mr. Guo from Morgan Center didn't have much money in his early years. Later, he went to Hong Kong and seemed to have met some noble people. In order to acquire land for development, he used his connections to raise funds from banks in Hong Kong, Singapore and other places. He even borrowed funds from the big bosses of Hong Kong society. If he sells it to us at a price of about 12 billion, he can make at least to million based on his cost."

Fan Wumian didn't understand it so well. He smiled and said:
"There are few wealthy people who are truly clean. You can just listen to stories about people who inherited the fortune of a foreign female star or made money by doing business abroad. If you live abroad for a while, you will find that the traditional businesses that are easy to make money are controlled by others and have been divided up long ago. How can it be the turn of outsiders like them to take advantage? The Internet industry is different. The wealthy people who have risen in recent years mainly rely on technology to change their fate, such as the two of us."

“Haha, some people are just out in the open, but it’s still unclear who is behind the scenes.”

Xiao Ma Ge only mentioned it briefly, then waved his hand and said:

"That has little to do with us. We just need to see if we can negotiate a suitable price. We went to Chang'an Avenue this morning to discuss the establishment of a branch. I have already given a heads-up in advance. If we can't get the Morgan Center land, we hope that the local authorities will assist us in completing the demolition and building a building somewhere else."

The reason why he got so excited was not entirely because of Fan Wumian. Xiao Ma Ge had previously considered cooperating with him to develop a skyscraper on the edge of Shenzhen Bay. It was indeed the continuous expansion of the Penguin Group that created a demand for office buildings.

This year, the number of employees at Penguin Group exceeded 3500, and the consulting company predicts that the number will double again in four to five years. Since they will have their own headquarters building sooner or later, they might as well act as soon as possible while the timing is right.

After the conversation, I called the executives of the Aoto project back and quoted a purchase price of RMB 11.8 billion.

The other party told me to make an appointment for lunch tomorrow at noon and sit down to communicate face to face.

Xiao Ma Ge is going to the Jing'an Club for dinner tonight. Fan Wumian is a little interested in this club, but he has attended too many dinner parties recently, so he just stayed at home to surf the Internet and try out several new games that have been released recently.

It was around 7 o'clock that night.

Zhang Liangying came over again, her eyes slightly red, and explained to Fan Wumian embarrassedly:
"Just now, a boss I worked with before asked me how much I would charge for attending a dinner party to entertain his business friends. He also said that I had to accompany him that night. After I refused, he actually asked me why I was so arrogant. It's really disgusting. What kind of image do female stars have in their eyes? They have obviously tried very hard, but they are still looked down upon by others."

Fan Wumian comforted him:

"In the past, transportation was slow, and you might not meet a psychopath in your lifetime. Now, with the development of the Internet, you can get annoyed by a fool thousands of miles away without leaving your home. There are all kinds of birds in a big forest, so I seldom read fans' comments about me now. There are many people who like me, but there are also many people who are jealous of me. Some things can be left to assistants or agents to handle, and there is no need to take them too seriously."

"Celebrities have a halo around them, and in the eyes of many people they appear particularly attractive. The difference is probably like that between street stall goods and limited edition luxury brands. If a few bad apples spoil the whole barrel, the evaluation of our industry will inevitably be lowered."

"It's not just now, it wasn't much better in the past. Even now, the word 'actor' contains a strong derogatory meaning. Don't think too much about it. Come and listen to the freshly released songs this afternoon."

It wasn't a big deal, I just got emotional all of a sudden.

Zhang Liangying suddenly said:

"Before I lost weight, I rarely encountered this kind of trouble. It seems that I have taken good care of myself recently and started to become more beautiful. Chun Ge, the champion of our Super Girl, probably won't encounter this kind of embarrassing situation."

After saying this, she couldn't help laughing.

Fan Wumian shook his finger and told her:

"Not necessarily. Maybe some people like her type. But she seems to have a hot temper. It's okay as long as you don't try to take shortcuts. That's not popular in my company."

Although some top resources will be given priority to Zhuang Muxi, Feng Ying'er and others, that is because they are the most suitable. People like Yang Mi and Liu Shishi would not even take them even if they were offered to Fan Wumian.

Being attracted to each other out of affection and bullying others by taking advantage of one's power are two completely different things. There is also a chain of contempt among scumbags.

For example, when Huang Shengyi participated in a commercial performance last year, she was almost forced to drink and stay, which made Fan Wumian despise her so much that he fought back and sent the other party to jail. In the end, he was sentenced to a total of more than 20 years for multiple crimes.

After the news spread, although it affected certain interests and caused a sharp drop in commercial performance invitations for the company's female stars, Fan Wumian didn't care at all.

Now that he has a net worth of tens of billions, he continues to stay in the entertainment industry mainly for entertainment and to relieve boredom, just like he would find time every now and then to continue writing "Emperor of the Desolate Sky". In his eyes, a loss of a few hundred million or tens of millions in profits is a trivial matter that does not matter.

The two of them came to the study, and Fan Wumian played the song "As Wish" for her first.

Zhang Liangying tasted the sweetness of the student version of "Half Life Snow", and was surprised after listening to it:
"It's really nice! This song is also very melodic, I like it very much."

Fan Wumian smiled and said:
"It's a pity that it's not suitable for the Olympics. If you prepare it quickly, maybe you can use it to perform on the Spring Festival Gala stage." (End of this chapter)