Returning wealthy individuals develop their hometowns and become rich in the 1980s

"I saw it, it's really impressive!"

Li Guohua smiled and pointed to another spot, "This is a new project, located near the Luohai Port. It has a better location and the land price is higher. We are currently discussing cooperation with Hong Kong businessmen."

After saying that, Li Guohua looked at Chen Zaixing and then answered the question Chen Zaixing had asked earlier, "Comrade Chen, whether this matter is promising or not depends not on you, but on your district and your city. As long as your city dares to give you policies and dares to sign a contract with you, this matter can be accomplished!"

Chen Zaixing nodded. He knew all of this. Chen Dong had already told him that he would help with things at the municipal party committee. Li Renfa, on the other hand, was confused by what he heard, but since Chen Zaixing kept nodding, he didn't dare to interrupt.

"If the city is willing to let go, Manager Li, how should we negotiate the profit sharing? Can you give me some general advice?" Chen Zaixing asked tentatively.

"Comrade Chen, if you can make it happen, I suggest you don't rush to talk about profit sharing," Li Guohua said in a deep voice. "First, find out the specific situation of your land, how big it is, how many households need to be relocated, how much the relocation cost is, how many houses to build, how much the cost is, and how much it can be sold for."

"After settling these accounts, we can then discuss it with the district."

After listening, Chen Zaixing nodded seriously, keeping in mind the advice of Li Guohua, who had been through similar experiences.

Li Guohua turned around, took a document from his office drawer, and handed it to Chen Zaixing. "This is the feasibility report for our Donghu project. You can take a look and use it as a reference, but you can't take it away. You can only look at it here."

Chen Zaixing excitedly took the document from Li Guohua's hand. It was a thick stack of paper, quite heavy to the touch. When he opened it, he saw that it was filled with densely packed numbers and charts.

Chen Zaixing knew the importance of this document. He believed that if it were anyone else, Li Guohua would not easily show such an important document to anyone.

Unexpectedly, after arriving in Shenzhen, Chen Zaixing still benefited from the influence of his cousin Chen Dong!

He looked up at Li Guohua and said sincerely, "Manager Li, I have really benefited a lot today. When the project in Tuocheng is up and running, I will definitely invite you to come and give me some guidance."

Li Guohua waved his hand, "I wouldn't dare to offer guidance. We're both special economic zones, so we should learn from each other. If you can succeed, we'll also have more data on housing reform pilot projects."

Chen Zaixing and Li Guohua chatted for a while longer, discussing the situation in Tuocheng. Li Guohua asked questions, and Chen Zaixing answered them one by one. Chen Zaixing also managed to extract a lot of useful information from Li Guohua, such as how to negotiate profit sharing with the government, how to control demolition costs, how to deal with banks, and how to set prices for sales.

Before they knew it, Li Guohua had entered the room, and the three of them had been talking for nearly an hour. During that time, Jia Mingzhu came in twice to refill the hot water.

When Jia Mingzhu came in for the third time, Li Guohua raised his hand to look at the plum blossom watch on his wrist, and smiled at Chen Zaixing and Li Renfa, saying, "How about this, I'll take you two to our East Lake project to take a look and get a firsthand understanding."

"Xiao Jia, just get your own meal for tonight. Comrade Chen and I will go to a restaurant to eat."

Chen Zaixing glanced at Jia Mingzhu, who was nodding with a smile, and said to Li Guohua, "Manager Li, we've come all this way to trouble you, how could we let you spend money? Comrade Mingzhu, you don't need to get dinner. After we finish inspecting the construction site, you can come with us to the restaurant for dinner!"

"Hey! No, no, you've come all this way as guests, how can I let you treat me? If people find out, they'll think I, Li Guohua, am a stingy person. No, no, no," Li Guohua immediately waved his hand and said no.

"Don't say anything more," Chen Zaixing was very good at handling people. Li Guohua had given him a lot of valuable advice on real estate today. He opened his briefcase, took out a stack of banknotes, and stuffed them into Jia Mingzhu's hand. "Comrade Mingzhu, take this money and go to the restaurant to reserve a private room. How many people are in your office, including the two of us? Reserve a large one!"

Seeing the money slipped into Jia Mingzhu's hand, Li Guohua panicked and tried to take it back to Chen Zaixing. Chen Zaixing quickly stopped Li Guohua, "Manager Li, my dear brother! You absolutely must treat me to this meal. Consider it payment for inviting you to Tuocheng to provide guidance and feedback in the future, okay?"

"Yes, Manager Li, don't refuse. You've helped us so much, we feel bad about just treating you to a meal," Li Renfa chimed in.

"No, no, Xiao Jia, hurry up and return the money to Brother Zaixing," Li Guohua unconsciously changed his way of addressing him.

Chen Zaixing pushed Li Guohua with one hand, preventing him from taking the stack of money from Jia Mingzhu's hand, and with the other hand, he tightly gripped Jia Mingzhu's hand, pushing her away to prevent Li Guohua from taking the money.

While Jia Mingzhu was being held by Chen Zaixing, Li Guohua and Chen Zaixing were still politely deferring to each other about whether or not to treat each other to a meal. They didn't notice that Jia Mingzhu's ears were already red. During the tug-of-war, Chen Zaixing's hands and arms touched Jia Mingzhu's body several times. Urged by Chen Zaixing to hurry up and book a private room at the restaurant, Jia Mingzhu, blushing, took the money without even looking at it carefully and left the office.

After leaving the office, Jia Mingzhu looked at the stack of money in her hand, which was over a thousand yuan. She frowned and wanted to turn back and tell Chen Zaixing that he had given her too much. But after thinking about it, she decided that it would be better to wait until after dinner and return the money to Chen Zaixing in front of everyone.

Looking at Jia Mingzhu, who had already left the office, Li Guohua said helplessly, "I'll have to criticize this little Jia later. How could she let Brother Zaixing treat us like this!"

"Brother Guohua, you're being too polite with me. You've helped me so much; if I weren't worried about you violating organizational rules, I would have personally brought you cigarettes, alcohol, and tea to thank you!"

"Hey! No, no, no, Brother Zaixing, please don't! This isn't thanking me, it's getting me into trouble! Alright, I won't argue with you anymore," Li Guohua said. Hearing Chen Zaixing's words, he knew that if he didn't let him treat him, Chen Zaixing would definitely bring cigarettes and alcohol tonight.

The three of them left the small house and headed towards the gate of the "Donghu Garden" Phase I construction site, which was still under construction not far away. The main structure of the Phase I building had been completed, and the interior was undergoing simple rough decoration. Chen Zaixing followed behind Li Guohua, letting him point and explain.

"For each of our buildings, we followed the advice given by the Hong Kong businessmen. Both elevators were purchased from Hong Kong," Li Guohua said, handing a safety helmet to Chen Zaixing and Li Renfa before walking into the construction site.

Seeing that the building's exterior walls were already covered in tiles and scaffolding workers were currently dismantling them, Chen Zaixing nodded repeatedly and said to Li Guohua, "When I first went to America in New York, I thought that one day, I would also let the people of China live in the high-rise buildings that New Yorkers live in!"

"Now that I see your neighborhood, I feel that day isn't far off!"