Reborn, back to a small county town to become a wealthy family

Chapter 723 The Integration of Guoyang Real Estate

How do you plan to arrange the proposal ceremony?

Absence makes the heart grow fonder. After a friendly sparring session, Jiang Fan lazily leaned against Luo Yang's chest, trying to find out what she cared about most.

"I think it's better to keep this a little mysterious, isn't it?"

While savoring the delicate fullness, Luo Yang replied with a smile, "If I tell you now, there's no anticipation left. You'll just complain about me later, won't you?"

"Humph!"

Jiang Fan feigned dissatisfaction and snorted, then said, "You said it yourself, you have to give me a romantic proposal ceremony, the kind that I'll never forget."

It's only been 12 years, but Luo Yang has countless romantic proposal scenes in his memory.

Anyone can do it if they're willing to spend the money.

Ironically, Luo Yang is currently the one who has the most money.

"Yes, it will definitely be an unforgettable experience for you."

Having stayed up all night for a week straight, plus having his beloved porcelain doll by his side every day, it's no wonder Luo Yang was in such a good state.

He could only try to comfort Jiang Fan while thinking about getting some rest as soon as possible.

After a weekend of rest, Luo Yang was back to his energetic self.

Following Zhengyang Group's second-quarter financial work conference last week, several other companies, including Sunshine Culture & Tourism, Guoyang Real Estate (a company formed by merging Guoyang Construction and Tourism Real Estate), Guangfan Electronics (a company formed by merging industries such as power banks and mobile phone selfie sticks), Guangfan Wind Power, and Qingyang Building Materials (formerly a ready-mixed cement mortar plant), have successively held their second-quarter financial work report meetings.

Fortunately, some of these companies were of average size, and some were still in the factory construction stage. Apart from Guoyang Real Estate, the meetings of the other four companies only lasted one day.

Luo Yang specifically scheduled the real estate company's meeting for Tuesday morning.

"Before the meeting begins, let's all introduce ourselves."

Because Guoyang Real Estate was newly established, many of its middle and senior managers were newly recruited. Apart from Executive Vice President Chu Junpeng, most of them had never even met Luo Yang.

"Old Xia, let's start with your side."

Chu Junpeng sat in the first seat to Luo Yang's left. After Luo Yang said that, he immediately gestured for the introductions to begin with those next to him.

"Chairman, President Chu, and colleagues, good morning. My name is Xia Weimin, and I currently serve as the Vice President of Engineering at Guoyang Real Estate."

Before the merger, the real estate company had two business segments: tourism real estate and urban real estate. The urban real estate segment was newly established, while the former originally only had one project manager. The position of deputy general manager of engineering was created after the establishment of Guoyang Real Estate, which is equivalent to Luo Jianguo's position in Guotai Real Estate.

"Chairman, President Chu, and colleagues, good morning. My name is Cheng Lang, and I currently serve as the Chief Financial Officer of Guoyang Real Estate."

"Chairman, President Chu, and colleagues, good morning. My name is Wan Hong, and I currently serve as the Design Director at Guoyang Real Estate."

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Those who stood up first to introduce themselves were all from headquarters.

Engineering, Finance, Human Resources, Chief Engineer's Office (Design), Marketing, Investment and Development, Administration.
These people were all sitting on the same side as Chu Junpeng, while the other side was occupied by senior managers from tourism real estate and urban real estate companies.

The general manager in charge of tourism real estate is named Duan Lixuan, and he was poached from Greentown.

The general manager in charge of urban real estate is named Tang Lingchuan, who was poached from Vanke.

A dozen minutes later, everyone finished their self-introductions. From the perspective of personnel structure, a real estate company had initially taken on a complete form, but it was unclear how well they were integrating with each other.

Fortunately, each of them had projects to try out.

"Mr. Duan, what is the current progress of the development of the Xishu Town cultural tourism project site?"

The real estate company doesn't have any formal projects yet, so there's no point in having a second-quarter financial report meeting. Therefore, Luo Yang went straight to the actual projects.

"We've reached an agreement with the planning department, and the detailed plan will be discussed at a meeting this Friday. If all goes well, the relevant documents will be sent to the land and resources department. Next, we need to keep a close eye on the land and resources section."

Duan Lixuan's skills are quite good. After being called on by Luo Yang, he responded very smoothly and with a high level of professionalism. It's clear that he was trained in a large company and is quite familiar with the entire real estate development process.

"According to our framework agreement with the local government, the land will be put up for sale in three batches, with the timeframes being October of this year, March of next year, and June of next year, respectively. It seems that if we don't hurry up with the first batch of land supply, it may be delayed."

Have you contacted Mayor Tang?

"I have visited him."

Duan Lixuan replied, "The leadership also attaches great importance to this and has promised to help urge the land and resources department to expedite the process."

"Strive to establish a regular communication mechanism."

Luo Yang thought for a moment and said, "Our development volume in the next few years is quite large, and we will frequently deal with departments such as planning, land, construction, urban management, demolition office, and town government. So it would be best to discuss with the leaders to see if we can hold a special coordination meeting once a month or every two weeks to solve the problems our company encounters in development and construction."

"It would be best to secure such a coordination mechanism."

Duan Lixuan immediately replied, "However, our current project is not a key project to be guaranteed. It is more likely that the city will take the lead in holding one or two coordination meetings, but it may be a bit difficult to form a long-term mechanism."

He dared not agree immediately.

If he can't handle this task when it falls to him, that would be truly embarrassing.

"I'll talk to my supervisor about this first, and then I'll let you know whether you want to follow up."

Given the current relationship between Luo Yang and Tang Hailin, holding one or two coordination meetings is just a matter of making a phone call, but for a long-term mechanism, something more substantial might be needed.

But he wasn't worried at all.

Simply presenting urban complex projects is enough to achieve the goal.

"Okay, Chairman, I'll wait for your notification."

"Now that the preliminary plan has been finalized, we can begin the preliminary work on the land in Western Sichuan."

Luo Yang confessed: "Geological survey, planning and design, marketing plan."

For projects that are 100% certain, doing these things in advance carries absolutely no risk.

As Duan Lixuan agreed, he also realized that his chairman was probably quite knowledgeable about the real estate industry.

"Mr. Tang, how's the demolition work on that plot of land in the south of the city going?"

After explaining the tourism real estate matter, Luo Yang inquired about the projects that the city real estate company had on hand.

"Chairman, the city has entrusted the demolition work to Chengguan Town. Currently, Qu Town, which is in charge of urban construction, is handling the demolition matters."

Tang Lingchuan's report was also very professional: "Because the land acquisition procedures for this plot have been completed, in order to facilitate subsequent work, we have commissioned the land surveying and mapping department to conduct a detailed depiction of the undemolished houses, nurseries, cemeteries, and cash crops within the plot. The drawings will be available this weekend."

At this point, he glanced at Luo Yang, and seeing that Luo Yang didn't seem inclined to comment, he continued, "The plan for handling the cemetery has been publicized. The town will subsidize the relocation of the graves to the nearest cemetery. The one-time compensation for cash crops has also been distributed to the village according to the standards, and villagers are allowed to remove the graves after the harvest. The area involves 17 households whose houses will be demolished; negotiations have been completed for 14 of them, and the doors and windows of 12 of those households have already been removed."

This is the report that Luo Yang wanted to hear.

"Are there still 3 holdout households?" "After communicating with the town, we found that the demands of these three households are different."

Tang Lingchuan figured out the reporting style his boss liked, so he explained in more detail: "One of the households only has elderly people left. Both of their children have already bought commercial housing in the city. They are demanding an additional 20 yuan cash subsidy in addition to a commercial housing unit of more than 80 square meters in the same community as their children. The other household wants to settle down locally, which actually means they want the houses we develop on this land."

"That won't do."

Chu Junpeng then interjected, "This area is being developed as talent resettlement housing, intended for high-level talent recruited by the chairman's companies. How could it be used as compensation for demolition and relocation?"

"The people in this town should know this."

Luo Yang clicked his tongue, then looked at Tang Lingchuan: "Any more outrageous demands?"

"Yes, the last household's request is the most outrageous."

Tang Lingchuan said with a wry smile, "Because they have a son and a daughter, they requested that their house be demolished and replaced with a new one, and that the replacement house be located within the city limits. We have investigated, and the cheapest apartment in the city is currently priced at 2500 yuan per square meter, while this family's apartment is over 280 square meters."

In rural areas, there are self-built houses that are even larger than this.

This size is roughly enough to buy three houses: two large and one small.

"Let's just wait it out and let the town handle it."

Luo Yang is not in a hurry to develop this plot of land. He has already made plans, so the fact that the demolition cannot be carried out now is actually beneficial to the development company.

What about the factory demolition?

"The owner of this refractory brick factory is from the village and has relatively high standards."

Tang Lingchuan is very familiar with the details of the demolition: "Currently, we are asking for 2700 million yuan from the town, which is far from the town's maximum offer of 1200 million yuan. It is estimated that we will not be able to reach an agreement in a short time."

"We are not afraid of the factory being demolished."

Luo Yang shook his head and said, "In the end, all we have to do is let the tax authorities check his accounts. As long as there has been tax evasion in the past, we are not afraid that he will not comply. The key is the demolition of the nursery, which is quite difficult."

"Yes, the chairman is right."

Tang Lingchuan nodded and said, "The appraisal company has conducted a detailed appraisal of the two nurseries in the plot. According to the standard, the demolition compensation prices are 800 million and 1450 million respectively. However, it is said that the owners of these two nurseries are asking for very high prices. One is asking for 1500 million and the other is even asking for 3300 million."

What happens to the nursery after it's demolished?

"They should be eradicated, but the town may have contacted nursery owners in other places or projects that need nurseries in advance to sell some of them at a low price."

"The communities we've built should also need it."

Luo Yang smiled and said, "We can talk to the town and transplant some of what we need at a lower price, so we can use it directly when the landscaping in the community starts later."

“The surrounding area is all hilly. We can rent a piece of wasteland in the town temporarily to plant and transplant a batch of seedlings.”

Chu Junpeng was quite familiar with the surrounding area of ​​that land, so he quickly chimed in, "This could save our project a lot of money."

"There's no need to rush the demolition of the nursery."

Luo Yang instructed Tang Lingchuan: "Just like with the house demolition, let the town take its time to negotiate."

"Okay, Chairman."

Tang Lingchuan, unaware of Luo Yang's plan, offered another suggestion: "Should we conduct preliminary work such as geological surveys beforehand?"

The company has such a complete setup, but it doesn't have any projects that can be developed immediately.

Are we just going to support so many high-paid idlers for nothing?

Even if Luo Yang were willing, his subordinates wouldn't.

For the management of development companies, salary is only a part of their income, and probably not even the majority, so they can't stay if there are no projects to work on.

"President Tang, there's no need to rush the matter of the South City plot in the second half of the year. Just keep an eye on it, and start pushing for it in the first half of next year."

Luo Yang was perfectly aware of the shady dealings involved, so he offered another approach: "Some time ago, I discussed a project with the city's top leaders and administrators. It involves building a commercial complex in the eastern part of the city, similar to Wanda Plaza, with a residential community built alongside it. The city leaders are very interested in and support this project."

When he finished speaking, Tang Lingchuan's eyes suddenly brightened.

A commercial complex with a total construction area of ​​at least 15 square meters, plus a residential community of about 10 square meters, just such a project would take at least three years to complete. With the Chengnan project taking over in a year and a half, I suddenly have three projects under construction.

How could Tang Lingchuan not be excited?
"Currently, the conceptual design for the project has been commissioned to a design institute in Shanghai."

Luo Yang noticed the expressions on everyone's faces in the conference room. He observed them out of the corner of his eye as he continued, "Later, we'll contact the design institute and coordinate with Tang City. Your city real estate division will be taking over."

"Please rest assured, Chairman, we will definitely handle this project well."

Tang Lingchuan replied to Luo Yang crisply and decisively, and at the same time said to Duan Lixuan, the person in charge of tourism real estate: "Old Duan, with the urban commercial complex project in place, it shouldn't be too difficult to contact the city to set up a long-term coordination meeting."

"We are brother companies, let's work together to get the things the chairman asked us to do!"

Duan Lixuan is quite professional and capable, so he certainly understands the appeal of a city commercial complex project to a small fourth- or fifth-tier city.

Just as Tang Lingchuan said, with such a project in place, if the city wants to establish a coordination mechanism for Guoyang Real Estate, the chairman no longer needs to come forward to find connections; he can negotiate the deal by simply holding onto the project.

After explaining the urban commercial complex project to the head of the city real estate company, Luo Yang looked at Chu Junpeng.

"President Chu, you will have a heavy responsibility on your shoulders in the next two years."

At the company, Luo Yang would certainly not call him "senior brother".

He still referred to Chu Junpeng by his official title; “Especially before 14, cultural tourism real estate development projects were only completed in one phase, commercial complex projects could be kept in the construction cycle, and talent community projects should also be started. In addition, we should do a good job in land reserves, especially after 14, we should reserve at least 3 to 4 plots of land in the city with an area of ​​no less than 90 mu for Guoyang Real Estate. This is a hard performance indicator.”

"Okay, Chairman."

Chu Junpeng replied, "As per your request, I will prepare a work plan and submit it to you for review next week."

"Chairman, are you predicting that the real estate cycle will reach a critical point in 14?"

Tang Lingchuan, who came from Vanke, suddenly asked, "So before 14, you only developed tourism real estate projects and commercial real estate projects, and after 14 you started to reserve land?"

When it comes to weathering the winter, leading real estate companies are always very sensitive.

The previous cycles were also predictable, and we weathered them safely.

"Mr. Tang, let's discuss this privately later."

Luo Yang glanced at Tang Lingchuan, then addressed the other senior executives in the conference room: "Over the next two years, I will present you with two or three projects to test your skills. I believe that through collaboration on these projects, you will be able to achieve seamless vertical and horizontal communication, and build a highly effective team."

For the seasoned veterans in the meeting room, they are not afraid of pressure, competition, or working themselves to the bone.

As long as there are projects to work on, there will be bonuses.

(End of this chapter)