Star Tycoon

Chapter 40 Looking for a way out
People without thought, he must worry about.

As Tian Ersan was receiving canned goods from Wang Mingqu at the door, two middle-aged women carrying documents walked past the electric scooter shop across the street.

You could tell at a glance that those people weren't there to buy anything; officials and ordinary people in a small county town have two distinct auras that are immediately apparent.

Upon seeing this, Tian Ersan quickly went over to watch the excitement.

I overheard their conversation as soon as I got there.

Who owns this house?

Zhou Fa, who was working, looked up at the two old women and asked, "What is it?"

Director Lu said, "I am the director of the subdistrict office, my surname is Lu. Our area is going to be demolished. This whole street will be demolished to build a new residential area, so we can move back later."

Zhou Fa casually replied, "Okay, I understand."

His attitude was very casual; he didn't take it seriously at all, nor did he ask about the specifics.

The woman next to him said, "This house doesn't belong to him; he's just a car mechanic."

“I know the owner of this house. He lives in the city. This car mechanic and his wife rented a house here to work.”

The woman didn't say anything offensive, but Zhou Fa felt humiliated.

Upon seeing this, Tian Ersan walked over and asked, "Do you know me?"

Director Lu and the woman next to him both looked at Tian Ersan with strange expressions.

"You look familiar... but I can't remember who you are." Director Lu felt like he knew you.

The woman next to her also looked puzzled. "You look familiar. Do you live nearby? Who are your parents?"

Both local women recognized Tian Ersan as the embodiment of the local people's mindset, but they just couldn't remember who he was.

Tian Ersan said with a smile, "I live across the street, and my house is across the street."

Director Lu glanced at the somewhat unfamiliar Tian Ersan, then looked at the many cans and trucks at the door.

"Is your family in business?" Director Lu sensed that Tian Ersan had an unusual air about him, and that his family was definitely not poor.

She looks like a good kid; she's pretty and talkative, unlike the simple, dark-skinned, and rustic young people from the countryside squatting on the ground working nearby. And it's obvious that her family has a good business.

The women nearby also noticed the commotion across the street and subconsciously assumed that Tian Ersan was a respectable person.

Once Tian Ersan confirmed his identity, he smiled and said, "I'll move whenever you come to demolish it. Just give me the compensation according to the county's standards. It's just a dilapidated house. I'll move somewhere else later."

Tian Ersan agreed to relocate, not wanting to confront the government. He said, "Let them demolish me if they want, but I won't do business if they don't allow me to."

Even if they're not allowed to do business in the country, it doesn't matter; they can just immigrate abroad.

Director Lu didn't expect things to be settled so easily. Although he still felt like he had never met the young man and his family before, he was happy as long as the task was completed smoothly.

"Okay, then sign this demolition permit. A lot of people in these four streets have agreed and are looking forward to moving into a big house as soon as possible!"

"Don't demolish that side yet, demolish this side first."

Director Lu took out a consent form that not many people had signed.

Tian Ersan took it and quickly glanced at it. He soon saw the contract on the second page, which was written as the first page. The collection standard on it was 720 yuan per square meter, handwritten by hand.

Tian Ersan quickly flipped over to read something else, skimming through all sorts of useless nonsense.

"Okay, can I keep this contract?"

Director Lu had a lot of contracts, and this time the main goal was to gather more people to persuade the outermost households.

Seeing that this young man knew nothing but joined in the fun, Director Lu said kindly, "Okay, let your family take a look. If they don't agree, then we'll talk. Where are your family members?"

"Only me."

Director Lu assumed he had gone out and didn't take it seriously. After seeing that Tian Ersan had signed and pressed his fingerprint on several documents, he quickly smiled and said, "I'll have someone come over tomorrow to write the word 'demolish.' It won't affect your business. This place will probably be demolished in more than half a year, so you can rest assured and keep the water and electricity running."

"Alright!" Tian Ersan said with a smile, "When will the money arrive in my account?"

Director Lu smiled and said, "Don't worry, we'll distribute the money in a few months. You won't be short a penny! If someone doesn't sign, it will take a little longer. Once everyone signs, we can distribute the money!"

Tian Ersan smiled and said, "I see."

Director Lu looked around the neighborhood again and quickly found the owners of the two houses on the left and right.

Grandma Li was only willing to give 40,000 yuan for her dilapidated house, and she didn't even receive the money.

They didn't say exactly when they would receive it.

The main purpose of this visit is to see who is not cooperating; the specific measurement work will be arranged later.

The repair shop was adamant, so Director Lu didn't go there at all. He probably planned to send someone else to persuade them, since he couldn't control the overall situation in the county.

Even Tian Ersan couldn't stop them. Although he had talked to a few people about joining forces before, today it was the neighborhood committee that came. They dared to say such harsh words, but next time it would be the police.

Tian Ersan didn't want to go to the police station. He had already made clear about the situation here after the two previous phone calls, and he knew that he would definitely get beaten up if he went in.

It's not worth going against these people for a few tens of thousands of yuan.

After the people from the neighborhood committee left, Wang Mingqu looked at Tian Ersan and asked, "Boss Tian, ​​if this place is demolished, where will you move to do business?"

Tian Ersan smiled.

"We'll see when the time comes. I've only been doing business for a little over half a month, so I'm not thinking that far ahead. It's almost July or August, and Mr. Wang's factory probably doesn't have much stock left, right?"

Wang Mingqu really doesn't have much stock left. The small factory doesn't produce much, and the cannery doesn't work 365 days a year; it takes a break when there's no fruit in season.

"Haha!" Wang Mingqu laughed and said, "How much stock do you need? I can get you that much stock!"

"Okay!" Tian Ersan smiled and continued working. Wang Mingqu could indeed buy goods from others and resell them, making money easily.

But why doesn't Tian Ersan just buy the goods from someone else?

Tao County has no shortage of factories that make canned goods, nor does it lack canned goods sellers.

He wanted to make money as a middleman, but Tian Ersan didn't want him to.

At least when they were fighting and teaching the thugs a lesson, Su Mingjian really went all out, while Wang Mingqu only thought about being a peacemaker.

The current cooperation is based on the favor of your support last time. After this cooperation, we will not cooperate again. The favor of supporting someone is not that significant.

After a busy morning of receiving and sending goods, Tian Ersan lay upstairs enjoying the air conditioning during the hot midday.

Wang Linlin, Zhou Shanshan, and Zhang Shuya were also there, leaving the gatekeeping duties to three chatting old ladies.

Tian Ersan looked at the various messages on his phone.

First, I checked the fan groups to make sure there were no problems or complaints. Then I checked the streamer groups and content creator groups.

UP masters refer to people who submit and upload videos to a website. Tian Ersan has met many other UP masters on the video website and has become a top influencer on this small website.

At this time, most video contributors were either reposting videos, creating parody edits, or making music videos.

Tian Ersan attracted a lot of users to the video website from his live streaming room. In addition, his videos were of high quality and he had many fans, becoming the first UP master to have more than 100,000 fans.

While others had been at it for three or four years and still only had 20,000 or 30,000 followers, Tian Ersan gained 160,000 followers in less than a month, completely outclassing the next nine people.

Many people registered on Bilibili specifically to watch Tian Ersan's recorded videos.

Whenever Tian Ersan creates a viral meme, people from other chat apps come to investigate.

Many content creators also follow Tian Ersan. Tian Ersan's content creator group also includes the website's creator, making it a veteran group.

After everything was fine in the group chat, Tian Ersan glanced at the female streamer group again and saw that someone was tagging him there.

One, two, three: What's the matter?
Hey Wei: The stocks you bought have gone up! Sell them quickly!

One, two, three: Don't rush, take it easy. Don't worry about this anymore. Stock trading is risky. Just do what you need to do. You won't be shortchanged.

Hey Wei: Do you know that you can make money by investing in stocks?

One, two, three: Stock trading is risky. The more questions you ask, the more likely you are to get caught up in it. Don't believe any get-rich-quick nonsense. Money is safest in the bank. Don't buy wealth management products; just put it in a fixed deposit.

Jenny: Second brother, do you know any ways to make money and help your little sister out?

One, two, three: Don't speculate on stocks. If you have money, buy a house. Buy a house in a first-tier city or a provincial capital. Don't touch smaller places.

Zhiliao: The government is about to levy a property tax, so house prices will definitely drop in the future. Buying a house now will definitely result in a loss. Nowadays, most people are only children, so there will definitely be more houses left over in the future.

One, two, three: Believe it or not, I'm too lazy to explain. I don't have any other ways to make money for you, just this one. Don't ask again.

Cicada: Tsk! You get angry after I just said a few words to you.

Dancer: I'm planning to buy a house in the provincial capital. The house price in our provincial capital is over 10,000 yuan per square meter. Is it really a good time to buy now?

One, two, three: I don't know, people have to make their own decisions.

Dancer: When I buy a house, can my second brother give me some advice? I don't need to pay back the 50,000 yuan; I trust my second brother.

One, two, three: Okay.

Tian Ersan quickly went online to check the stock price, which was currently up by three percent.

There's no need to change this range for now; just leave it as is and wait.

Finally, I remembered the message I posted around 10 a.m., so I logged into the local forum.

Tian Ersan was unfamiliar with this country called Dragon Kingdom, and also unfamiliar with Tao County in Shanyang City, Zhongzhou, and had no sense of belonging.

After encountering so much garbage, I've become too lazy to get angry. I either get used to it, move away from the landfill, or become the one who dumps garbage.

The number of replies has exceeded one hundred, and the number of private messages has also exceeded one hundred.

After excluding some meaningless replies from bumping posts and private messages, Tian Ersan quickly saw a news report that had been posted.

Sweetheart Food Co., Ltd. is a canned food manufacturer. Since 2012, the city has provided a total of 25 million yuan in financial support to the company, boosting its development. After several years of development, the company now has six stainless steel fruit canning production lines, two core technology soup sauce preparation production lines, more than 800 employees, and a daily production capacity of 200 tons of canned goods. Its products are sold to more than 60,000 large and medium-sized supermarkets in county-level cities and above across the country. Annual tax payment reaches 2 million yuan. The company's rapid development has not only solved the sales problem of yellow peaches in the surrounding areas but also absorbed local idle labor, injecting vitality into the development of the surrounding county economy.

The report is from this year, and it was published in a city-level newspaper.

Tian Ersan found several key pieces of information.

The government provides loans to support the real economy.

With 800 employees, we now have leverage to negotiate at the city level.

Paying two million yuan in taxes a year, or 150,000 yuan a month, is enough to become a leading enterprise in the city.

Working backward from the two million in tax payments: with sales of 30-80 million and over 60,000 supermarkets, the average annual sales revenue provided is 500-1600 yuan?
Net profit of 300 million to 1000 million?
Based on my understanding of government propaganda, even taking the lowest possible figure might be inflated. That is, with sales of 3000 million, supplying supermarkets across the country and selling canned goods at an average price of 500 yuan, the annual net profit would be 300 million.
"This data seems a bit fake..."

Tian Ersan felt that the news media must have exaggerated some things in their reports.

"Damn it! These guys never tell the truth."

Tian Ersan wanted to find out the real data for his research, but he was certain that even if he went to the factory manager, the manager wouldn't tell him the truth.

The government will exaggerate, and so will the canneries, especially when dealing with business partners. They can't just cry poverty like they would at a dinner party with other business associates.

Even if there's some exaggeration, you can still find some useful information.

For example, if you sell nearly 100,000 bottles a month, which is a business worth over 100,000 yuan, you are qualified to directly connect with this large factory.

(End of this chapter)