After rebirth, I became a great master

Chapter 486 The Danger Level is Too High
During the Spring Festival.

Zhou Haoran, accompanied by Qiao Suiqing, went from house to house delivering gifts.

We need to send it to our old home in the alley.

At the TV station's staff quarters, they went door-to-door delivering gifts to everyone, whether they knew them or not. The gifts were all the same: two packs of cigarettes, two bottles of liquor, a box of seafood, and a box of fruit.

Those who are qualified to live in the staff quarters are either leaders of their work units or people with connections who have official positions.

Giving gifts is definitely a good idea.

Then, gifts were given to several elderly people at the Red Mansion Teahouse, including Mr. Tang, Mr. Chen, and Mr. Wei... It is worth mentioning Mr. Wei.

His home is in Xuhui District, in a three-story garden villa.

Although it is an old building, it is luxurious in scale, has underfloor heating, and the interior decoration is very modern.

Wei Qingfeng had three wives.

Zhou Haoran called him "senior brother," so he addressed all his wives as "sister-in-law."

The eldest sister-in-law is in her forties and has a son and a daughter.

My second sister-in-law is in her thirties and has given birth to a son.

My third sister-in-law is in her twenties and has a daughter who is just 3 years old this year.

The whole family happily celebrated the Spring Festival together.

What a joyous family scene!

This touched Qiao Suiqing deeply.

"This old Wei is quite capable."

As Zhou Haoran left Mr. Wei's house, he couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

Qiao Suiqing nodded slightly, "You're good at managing a household."

Zhou Haoran laughed and said, "You're not bad either!"

Qiao Suiqing rolled her eyes at him, then sighed softly, "With such a large family business, and the eldest child is only in high school, he has already been diagnosed with cancer. What will happen to him in the future?"

“There’s no need to worry.” Zhou Haoran had already asked everything. “He has stomach cancer, and it was discovered early. This kind of disease is certain to kill a poor person, but for a rich person… there is a complete possibility of a cure.”

"Huh?" Qiao Suiqing was taken aback. "Cancer can be cured?"

Zhou Haoran said, "Sure, even if it can't be cured, stomach cancer isn't considered a serious cancer. With the Wei family's resources, they could live another ten or twenty years without any problems. Just take some targeted drugs, have regular checkups and chemotherapy, and make sure it doesn't metastasize."

Qiao Suiqing became happy and said, "That's great."

Zhou Haoran laughed and said, "Old Wei was just trying to set me up with someone."

"Ok?"

"He asked me how many girlfriends I had."

"He..." Qiao Suiqing seemed to have guessed something and was somewhat surprised, "He wouldn't want to marry his daughter to you, would he? Would he be willing to do that?"

Zhou Haoran said, "Of course I wouldn't be willing to part with it."

Qiao Suiqing asked, "His sister?"

“My sister is reluctant to part with it either. His family isn’t short of money, and I don’t have to give them any money.” Zhou Haoran, with his sister Qingmei, went to the next house to deliver New Year’s gifts. “It’s his sister-in-law, the one from the third wife’s side.”

"My sister-in-law is willing to give it up."

Qiao Suiqing curled her lip, looking somewhat disdainful.

Zhou Haoran laughed and said, "Where's your junior?"

"Huh?" Qiao Suiqing blinked. "Harbor Drama Academy?"

Zhou Haoran nodded. "Yeah, I don't know what their major is. I didn't take the bait. I wouldn't just bring a stranger home. The risk is too high."

Qiao Suiqing smiled faintly, "Really?"

Zhou Haoran said seriously: "Really!"

Qiao Suiqing hummed in agreement and sighed, "These rich people, really, they give women away as gifts, even as sisters-in-law... What era are we living in?"

Zhou Haoran said calmly, "It's not surprising. People work so hard to enter high society so that they can live a life of luxury."

"What did you say?"

Qiao Suiqing was both amused and exasperated.

Zhou Haoran said, "That's the absolute truth."

Qiao Suiqing scolded, "That's not good, you're not allowed to learn that."

Zhou Haoran chuckled, "I wouldn't learn that. With a pretty sister-in-law, wouldn't it be better to keep her to myself? Why send her away... Hey, stop it, I'm driving..."

Qiao Suiqing then withdrew her hand from his arm and snorted, "I don't have a sister."

Zhou Haoran was too embarrassed to continue the conversation.

The recipient of the gift is the next important factor.

It was Uncle Huai, my old neighbor in the alley—Zheng Xianhuai.

Now that he's a leader, he has a lot of visitors, and I wonder if he'll have time to come over on the second day of the Lunar New Year.

Fortunately.

It was nice and quiet when I got there.

I also saw Uncle Huai's sister, Aunt Fen.

Aunt Fen was much less attractive than Aunt Wan, but she dressed very expensively. When she saw Zhou Haoran and Qiao Suiqing, she was incredibly enthusiastic and insisted that they stay for lunch.

They said they watched them grow up.

Unexpectedly, the Zhou family's son and the Qiao family's daughter got engaged!
Aunt Fen sat on the sofa, holding Qiao Suiqing's hand the whole time: "Suiqing, how are your parents' jobs?"

Qiao Suiqing smiled and said, "It's fine, it's quite stable."

Where is Haoran?

Aunt Fen then looked at the young man sitting on the floor with her brother, drinking tea.

Zhou Haoran turned around, smiling, and said, "My dad got a job transfer to SAIC, that's stable now. My mom... I reckon she'll be laid off soon, I'm not planning on arranging anything for her." "Laid off? How can that be? Let your uncle arrange it for you!"

Aunt Fen didn't say a word.

Zhou Haoran laughed and said, "No need. My mom works too hard, so I'll have her take care of my grandson after I have the baby."

"Having a baby?" Aunt Fen was taken aback and looked at Qiao Suiqing. "How old are you two?"

"I haven't thought about it yet."

Qiao Suiqing blushed slightly.

It's true that she gave birth, but it wasn't her who gave birth.

If we're going to have children, it will start with Aunt Wan.

Zhou Haoran stopped getting involved in these family matters and started talking to Uncle Huai about work.

The main focus is on cultural industry park projects.

Zhou Haoran wants to get this project started as soon as possible.

Land prices in the harbor are currently falling, making it a good time to acquire land. In a few months, the government will implement strong market-rescue policies, and land prices will then skyrocket again.

However, Uncle Huai's plan is too big.

The scale of the industrial park needs to be expanded several times over.

Zheng Xianhuai said, "The cultural industry will be a major trend. I think the eastern part of Pudu District will mainly focus on the cultural industry. You must make your Zhongbo Cultural Industry Park a success."

Zhou Haoran said with difficulty, "We don't have enough funds. Zhongbo Bookstore can only contribute a maximum of 1 million yuan."

“The government can guarantee your financial support and provide low-interest loans.” Zheng Xianhuai was very decisive and waved his hand. “You don’t need to worry about money. Good projects shouldn’t be constrained by money.”

"But……"

“I can also take the lead in bringing in capable state-owned enterprises to cooperate with you.”

"Huh?" Zhou Haoran's expression changed slightly. "Then let's forget about it."

"how?"

Zheng Xianhuai was somewhat puzzled, thinking to himself, "State-owned enterprises are so powerful, why are you unwilling to cooperate with a private enterprise like yours?"
Zhou Haoran pondered for a moment and said, "Uncle Huai, how about this? We'll divide this cultural industrial park into three phases. The first phase will follow my original plan, focusing on private booksellers. If that works out, we'll start the second phase, building an advanced model printing plant and logistics center. If the second phase is successful, we'll start the third phase, attracting advertising companies, design companies, and even animation and film companies."

“No need. I’ve already secured the land, covering over 400 acres.” Zheng Xianhuai isn’t a businessman; his logic is different. “This project must be launched and implemented as soon as possible to secure the title of the nation’s largest cultural industry park!”

The two had different goals.

Zhou Haoran wanted to proceed steadily and control risks.

Zheng Xianhuai wanted a quick victory to achieve political success.

In the blink of an eye, Zhou Haoran made his decision.

These days, if you acquire a large plot of land in the Purdue District to build an industrial park... there's no possibility of losing money. Once the real estate market heats up, you can make huge returns just from the office building rents.

It simply means needing to borrow several hundred million.

The short-term debt pressure is a bit high; it would be great if we could secure a long-term, low-interest loan.

Zhou Haoran slowly said, "Uncle Huai, this is what I'm thinking. Cultural publishing, film and animation, advertising design, etc., these are all white-collar jobs. Printing plants and logistics centers are all blue-collar jobs. It would be best to have a formal distinction. How about we split it into two phases? We can start with the white-collar projects, build some office buildings, and start attracting investment."

Zheng Xianhuai laughed and said, "Have you already decided on all the investment opportunities?"

Zhou Haoran said, "My initial plan was to gather all the private booksellers in the harbor here. Since we're expanding the industrial park, I think we can also bring the private film and television companies in the harbor here."

Are there any privately-owned film and television companies?

Zheng Xianhuai was somewhat surprised.

Zhou Haoran smiled and said, "I already know of two companies, and I believe there will be more and more. Once the film and television industry takes off, it can drive more related industries. As long as attractive policy conditions are offered, I think many people will want to get involved."

"Okay." Seeing his determination, Zheng Xianhuai didn't press the matter. "Later, you can make a planning map for the industrial park and submit it to the relevant departments for discussion."

……

After the Spring Festival, we started moving.

Qiao Nuo, Hu Xiaochen, Tang Shiyi, Ji Yingyang, including Qiao Hai and Ning Yuanjia, all of these people live in rented apartments.

Now I have a house.

Over the past two months, Qiao Suiqing has almost spent all her savings, buying a total of 88 houses for more than 2300 million yuan.

The house is not rented out.

They only lend it to their own family members.

The best one of them is a 130-square-meter luxury house for export.

They had Qiao Nuo and Hu Xiaochen move in.

"Sir, could you please give one set to my sister and brother-in-law?" Jiang Minsi asked pitifully, clinging to Zhou Haoran's arm. "They need to transport tea for the teahouse and will be staying at the harbor frequently."

Zhou Haoran chuckled and said, "Sure, we're all family. You own more than a dozen houses, so you can arrange them however you like."

Jiang Minsi happily leaned against him, "I knew it. When I went home for the New Year, my sister even said that I found a good man."

The Spring Festival holiday was not yet over.

The family of four lives in a large villa in Pudong.

Aunt Wan also said that she would provide an apartment for her sister to live in.

Qiao Suiqing said he wanted Bai Panyang to live in one of the apartments.

"Who is Bai Panyang?" Jiang Minsi sensed something keenly. "That name sounds familiar."

Qiao Suiqing laughed and said, "She's a colleague at work, and a backstage host for 'Everyone's Art Up.' Someone used to have a crush on her and tried to touch her inappropriately. She didn't agree, and he almost called the police."

"what?"

Jiang Minsi looked at Zhou Haoran with a strange expression.

"She's regretting it to death." Zhou Haoran also had his own pride. "She wants to be with me now, but I don't want her! Anyone who's being pretentious and wants to enter our family is out of the question! I've figured it out now, no Yang-jie or Yang-yang-jie, I don't want them. If they're this pretentious even before they're in, they'll definitely cause trouble once they're in. The risk factor is too high!"

(End of this chapter)