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

Chapter 782 Progress of Agricultural Bases and Cultural Tourism Projects
After arriving at the company, Su Yutong went straight to Luo Yang's office, where she ran into Dong Dawei, who had arrived even earlier than her.

Yesterday, Luo Yang instructed Sun Jingyu to notify him before 9:30 a.m., but she arrived at 8:40 a.m. and waited in the board office until a little after 9 a.m. before Luo Yang finally appeared at the company.

If this guy were in ancient times, he would definitely be the perfect candidate for a treacherous minister.

"Where has that matter progressed?"

Once inside the office, Luo Yang didn't stand on ceremony with Dong Dawei and went straight to the point: "Have you encountered any difficulties that require my assistance?"

"Boss, the city would be more than happy to welcome such a high-quality project, how could it possibly have any major difficulties?"

After sitting down at the tea table, Dong Dawei offered Luo Yang a cigarette. "Moreover, the boss's investment is quite substantial. Whether for Shuangfeng Town or the city, it's one of the top ten investment projects of the year. Coupled with the hype of a modern agricultural demonstration base, it's practically a gift of achievements to leaders at all levels."

These words, while based on reality, have been embellished with language; even if they are flattery, they still make people feel very comfortable.

Fortunately, Luo Yang's mindset wasn't that of a young man in his early twenties, and he was able to maintain a calm state of mind.

While boiling water to make tea, he asked, "Last time when I went to survey the site, I only roughly defined the area. Later, I asked you to invite a design firm to conduct on-site surveys and mapping, and to produce a planning and design scheme according to the requirements I gave you. Is it done yet?"

Luo Yang assigned this task to the design institute owned by his roommate Chang Sheng's family, which could be considered a way of showing consideration for their four years of friendship.

"The electronic version of the first draft of the drawings is ready."

Dong Dawei deftly lit a cigarette for Luo Yang, then immediately replied, "The renderings won't be available until this weekend, but the approximate data from the planning map has already been provided. To meet your requirements, a total of 3673 mu of land is needed, including 55 mu for construction, 1155 mu for forest transformation, 2113 mu for agricultural planting, and 220 mu for aquaculture."

Is 55 mu (approximately 3 hectares) of construction land sufficient?

Luo Yang frowned and said, "It's not just the buildings at the villa; the base we're cooperating with Nanjing Agricultural University also needs a lot of buildings. Besides the office building and laboratory building, the breeding base also needs some buildings."

"That's enough."

Dong Dawei frankly stated, "The initial plot ratio given by the design institute is 1.8. The 55 mu of land already has enough redundancy. According to them, if needed, about 2000 square meters can be built in addition to the existing functional buildings."

Is 2000 square meters a lot of building area?
"Tell the design institute to increase the required construction land area to over 90 acres."

Luo Yang tapped the table with his finger; "I plan to reserve a villa. In addition to living there myself, it can also accommodate VIPs for lodging, dining and other entertainment. According to the plot ratio of 1.8, the extra 35 acres of construction land, which is about 40,000 square meters of building area, should be enough."

"Snapped!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Dong Dawei lightly slapped himself in the face.

"Look at my memory, when we were standing on the top of the reservoir dam, you seemed to have mentioned this, but I forgot."

Luo Yang: "."

When he was surveying the site in the mountains, he spoke haphazardly, without any rigorous structure. As for what he said and what he didn't explain, he himself didn't remember much.

Now that Dong Dawei had pulled this stunt, Luo Yang looked at him with considerable surprise.

"Hmm, what about the others?"

Subordinates saved face for their leaders; they may not say it outright, but they certainly remember it.

In a good mood, Luo Yang poured boiling water into the purple clay teapot, and the green tea leaves swirled, releasing a rich aroma.

“I have already contacted Shuangfeng Town three times, mainly about land transfer. The area we are interested in involves the collective land of four villages, so we need the town's help to coordinate it.”

Dong Dawei is indeed efficient. In the more than half a month that Luo Yang was away from Yang City, he not only made contact and held preliminary discussions with the town and the four villages, but also went to the city to coordinate with multiple departments.

For example, the land and resources department, because it involves construction land, even if the project is agricultural, you can't escape dealing with them.

Don't be fooled by the fact that the first draft of the plan only required 55 acres of construction land; that's already quite a large number.

For a small fourth- or fifth-tier city, the maximum area listed for land in a single transaction cannot exceed 100 mu. Approval for construction land quotas exceeding 50 mu requires the approval of the city's executive meeting, and the top two leaders need to control the quotas.

This project also involves thousands of acres of land for forest stand transformation, which requires dealing with the forestry department.

Forestry resources are also part of land resources. Therefore, the forestry departments at the next level are all managed by the land and resources department, which is a second-level bureau. So, although the main entity you deal with is the forestry department, the approval process also involves the land and resources department, so you can't avoid it.

Of course, this project, bearing the title of a modern agricultural demonstration base, naturally involves dealing with the agricultural sector.

"That's putting you in a bit of a difficult position."

Hearing Dong Dawei connect with so many departments in one go, Luo Yang couldn't help but praise him.

This project has not yet been officially approved. In fact, internal resource integration, funding sources, and project feasibility reports have not been completed. It is just that Luo Yang has personally expressed this intention.

Once all the preliminary preparations are complete, register a new company, and in that company's name, take the complete project proposal to the Yangzhou Municipal Government. Then, have the relevant municipal leader coordinate with the various bureaus and offices involved in the project. This is the correct approach and saves a lot of trouble.

"It's not difficult at all; I think it's a good thing."

Dong Dawei replied with a smile, "It seems a bit troublesome now, but if we coordinate well with these relevant departments in the early stages, and they lead the various departments to discuss our project when we officially contact the city later, the progress will actually be faster."

This statement can be interpreted in two ways, depending on how the person involved thinks.

"Has Nanjing Agricultural University reached out to coordinate?"

Now that the slogan has been announced and the plan includes the design of a demonstration base, cooperation with Nanjing Agricultural University is imperative.

"I've already made a trip to Nanjing."

Dong Dawei, of course, wouldn't overlook the most important thing. He immediately reported, "We made initial contact with Nanjing Agricultural University and met with the leaders of their subordinate College of Agriculture. Because the initial draft of the plan was still being designed, we only had a general discussion with them and expressed our willingness to cooperate."

If that's all there is to it, they probably won't take it very seriously.

Universities now have numerous collaborative projects with the business community, and the integration of industry and research is no longer just a slogan.

Nanjing Agricultural University has many individuals and organizations like Dong Dawei who come to seek cooperation, but less than one-tenth of them actually reach an agreement. Not to mention that Dong Dawei didn't even have a decent proposal; it was all just empty talk.

"I might go to Nanjing next month."

Luo Yang thought for a moment and said, "We'll take the proposal with us and have a good talk with the leaders of their agricultural college."

During Jiang Yuanshan's discussions with leaders in the provincial capital and Jiangning Development Zone regarding investment in the industrial park, the business plan provided by Luo Yang was incomplete. Even after working on supplementing data last night and this morning, it was still only a rough estimate. Moreover, the two sides hadn't even signed a cooperation framework agreement, so it was essentially meaningless.

Luo Yang knew that in September, he would definitely have to go to the provincial capital with his father-in-law again to have a serious talk with the leaders of the development zone and the investment promotion office to finalize the details of the investment and also to get the preferential policies.

Once these two issues are settled, the two parties can sign an investment framework agreement.

At that time, Luo Yang and Jiang Yuanshan will need to step in together.

"Next month, our complete plan and project feasibility report will be ready."

Dong Dawei used to be both a CEO and involved in the early stages of a project, so he was very clear about what actions needed to be taken in the early stages and spoke quite professionally about them.

"Okay, next you keep an eye on the design team and gradually refine the plan."

Luo Yang nodded and said, "As for the project feasibility report, don't release it so quickly. Many projects require cooperation with the College of Agriculture, so the College of Agriculture should provide relevant information and data for some parts. The two should be combined to form a complete project feasibility report."

Dong Dawei nodded, indicating that he had remembered.

"How is the cultural tourism project in Xishu Town progressing?"

After discussing the farm, Luo Yang changed the subject and inquired about the Sunshine Cultural Tourism project: "Is the construction progress of the cultural tourism section behind schedule? How is the tourism real estate development going? Has the renovation of the farmhouses along both sides of the road around the project started?"

It's been more than half a month since I last returned to Yang City. The construction site is progressing very quickly. Let alone half a month, even a week's absence would result in a significant change in its overall appearance.

Take the main building as an example. In hot seasons like summer, it's basically one floor every three days.

A week is more than enough time to build two and a half stories. How could the changes not be significant?

"The construction of the scenic area is progressing very smoothly and is completely within a reasonable control range. It has not fallen behind the established schedule."

Dong Dawei doesn't know much about engineering, but the fact that he could present the project in such a good way shows that he put in the effort.

"Yes, provided that the funding is sufficient, and barring any unforeseen circumstances, the on-site progress will not fall behind the planned schedule."

Luo Yang nodded, and while giving his comments, he poured half a cup of tea into Dong Dawei's teacup.

"However, the development of tourism real estate is not progressing quickly."

Dong Dawei reported truthfully: "The real estate company has completed all the preparatory work and the project's groundbreaking ceremony has been held. However, the main building has been delayed, and the company has been focusing on the construction of the sales office and model demonstration area. The real estate company has already put forward the slogan that construction is not the focus, but marketing is the key."

"Hahaha"

Upon hearing this slogan, Luo Yang couldn't help but laugh.

The reason he was so happy was because he was the one who shouted the slogan.

I worked part-time at Jincheng Real Estate and served as the marketing director for a period of time. During that pre-sale, in order to boost the morale of my subordinates and achieve the sales target, Luo Yang shouted this slogan when he was mobilizing the sales staff.

Unexpectedly, Fu Bin learned from it, and now, due to cooperation, they have moved to Yang City.
Actually, this slogan isn't wrong.

When real estate is easy to sell, construction is more important than marketing because sales are determined by production. In simple terms, the number of houses that can be produced in the construction phase determines the number of houses that can be sold in the sales phase.

My only concern is that you're not building fast enough.

However, when real estate sales are difficult, the marketing department becomes more important than the construction department because production is determined by sales. In simple terms, the number of houses that can be sold determines the number of houses that can be built in that time period.

If too many buildings are constructed, it results in stockpiling and wasted funds. After all, building houses requires costs, but if the completed houses cannot be sold, they become stockpiled products.

As for the cultural tourism project in Xishu Town, the tourist attractions are relatively good. After all, that area has a lot of tourism resources. When tourists from the whole province or even the whole country come to Yangshi, they will inevitably miss the Xishu Scenic Area.

However, building vacation villas in the mountains presents challenges, at least in terms of sales.

Therefore, tourism real estate companies are not in a hurry to build houses, but instead focus on the construction of sales offices and landscape model buildings, while strengthening marketing promotion. This move is absolutely correct.

"Boss, what's going on?"

Seeing Luo Yang laughing heartily, Dong Dawei asked him curiously.

"Nothing, just thinking of some funny things."

Luo Yang waved his hand. In a good mood, he tossed a cigarette to Dong Dawei: "They did the right thing. As for why, I won't explain. You can think about it yourself when you have time."

As Dong Dawei took the cigarette, he nodded and said, "Okay, boss, I'd also like to learn about real estate development."

He knew very well that the real estate company was now controlled by Luo Yang's senior brother, and there was no comparison in terms of the closeness of their relationship. Therefore, when he reported this matter just now, he used very objective language.

We can't afford to offend them.

Moreover, he also had his own agenda: if he wanted to get a share of the real estate development business in the future, he couldn't afford to offend Chu Junpeng.

Has the construction of agritainment facilities begun?

"Boss, this part is progressing the fastest."

When reporting on the last thing, Dong Dawei chuckled: "You can't imagine, those villagers are even more enthusiastic than us. Whenever they have time, they keep an eye on the construction site, constantly asking about the progress, and they even spontaneously buy cigarettes for the workers, hoping they'll speed up the construction."

Given that their own interests are at stake, it's not surprising that they have such motivation.

The sooner the farmhouses along the highway are built, the sooner they can open and start making money.

"In retrospect, the boss was farsighted."

At this point, Dong Dawei couldn't help but sigh, "Back then, you took the initiative to suggest that the houses in the village that were being demolished be relocated to the side of the road and built into farmhouse villas, with us paying for it. It seemed like we spent more money, but because of this, everything became easier and simpler for us, whether it was demolition, land acquisition, or even some things that needed coordination with the village during the construction of the scenic area."

Ultimately, it all comes down to self-interest.

Luo Yang shared a portion of the project's profits with the village, which resulted in the smooth progress of later construction.

The gains and losses in between are difficult to measure.

After all, this is a cultural tourism project, and opinions will vary from person to person.
(End of this chapter)