Chapter 133: Fiscal Subsidy

Hearing Kong Shi's concern for me,

I felt somewhat moved; I hoped Kong Shi's concern was sincere,

Just like before.

But how could that be possible.

I said to Kong Shi: "Thank you for Kong Shi's concern and support. Tomorrow I will have the finance department go to the city to apply for enterprise relief funds."

"May I ask how much Kong Shi can give us."

"Jianqiang, the city doesn't have much money either; we just want to show society an attitude—that we support Da Heng Group."

"We don't want Da Heng Group to encounter a crisis."

"How about twenty million?" Kong Shi said.

"Twenty million is already good; adding the portion we've raised, we now have thirty million,"

"This money is enough for us to sustain until September."

"By September, we can sell part of the buildings; then the difficulties will be greatly alleviated."

I said to Kong Shi: "Thank you, Kong Shi; with this twenty million, we can hold out until September. Moreover, Kong Shi, the main structure of our Guanghua Garden is already completed, and interior construction is underway."

"After Director Zheng of the Housing and Urban-Rural Development Bureau inspected, has it been reported? When can we sell the houses."

Kong Shi then took a puff of cigarette and said: "Jianqiang, I know you're anxious inside, hoping to open sales earlier."

"However, the matter involving Li Xingzhang, the president of Zaocheng Bank, implicates too many real estate companies."

"Superiors temporarily prohibit new housing sales, fearing abandoned projects."

"Please wait a bit longer."

"Believe that there will be an announcement in September."

"It seems Kong Shi cannot decide some matters either."

"I could only say: 'Okay, Kong Shi, I'll follow your arrangements.'"

"Alright, it's getting late; you can rest a while more. From now on, you must not drink so much alcohol; your leg is still injured." Kong Shi said and stood up.

I also hurriedly stood up,

and shook hands with Kong Shi to say goodbye.

Kong Shi left.

My purpose has been achieved.

This time selling the houses is mainly to show Kong Shi; I, Zhao Jianqiang, sincerely want to save Da Heng Group,

and also, using the pretext of Sun Dajun's fundraising, I deliberately agitated the group's employees,

so they would go to the city to seek help, thereby putting great pressure on Kong Shi,

so he must step forward to resolve the issue.

If Da Heng Group dies quickly, it would be very unfavorable for him.

I, sitting alone in the meeting room, felt a sense of ease.

Although the bank loan matter hasn't been resolved, after all we obtained twenty million from Kong Shi,

With this twenty million, we can finally breathe easier.

I didn't sleep all night, waiting in the finance office for Ya Li to come to work.

Early in the morning, Ya Li came to the office and saw me waiting for her,

and she said: "Chairman, what's wrong? Why are you waiting for me in finance?"

I looked at Ya Li and smiled,

"'There's good news, so of course I waited for you.'"

"'What good news? I heard the employees went to the city to cause trouble. Sun Zong couldn't stop them either. Chairman, I'm pessimistic about the company's future.' Ya Li said seriously."

"'Being so pessimistic over such a small matter, they naturally went to the city to seek help. We went back on our word, we forced fundraising.'"

"'What kind of society is this now? How can we allow such things to happen.' I said while laughing."

"'Since you clearly know this will happen, why do you still support Sun Zong? You should directly reject his opinion.' Ya Li became a bit anxious."

"'Sun Dajun's character is like that—he can only support, not oppose; otherwise he'd argue with me again.'"

"'Letting everyone go to the city is also fine; it gives the city some pressure.'"

"'Ya Li, today take the seal documents and go to the municipal finance bureau to find Director Yu, to handle the matter of fiscal subsidies.' I said."

"'Handling fiscal subsidies, how much money can the city give us?' Ya Li asked."

"'Twenty million; the city has special enterprise relief funds we can apply for. Go ahead—once we have this twenty million, our days won't be so hard.' I said while looking at Ya Li."

"'Still, Chairman, you're impressive, seeing farther than we do. Admirable.' Ya Li said happily."

"'Alright, once the money comes down, we'll invest it all into the project; we should finish the project as soon as possible, and then as long as the houses sell, things will be fine.' I said, then leaned on my cane and walked out of the finance office."

I returned to the office, and Shi Yong was still snoring on the sofa.

To live like Shi Yong is truly a blessing.

I envy Shi Yong's sleep quality.

He lies down and sleeps, thinking of nothing.

That's great, whereas I often can't sleep.

Perhaps it's because of too much money pressure.

I gave a wry smile, shook my head, and walked over to Shi Yong's side,

I patted his black face with my hand and shouted: "Shi Yong, Shi Yong, wake up quickly; it's already nine o'clock, the sun is baking our backsides."

Shi Yong grunted,

and slowly opened his eyes,

"Brother, what time is it?"

I said: "It's almost nine o'clock."

Shi Yong said: "Evening."

"What are you talking about? Look at the sun. Hurry up and wash your face, I'm going to the construction site to check."

"Okay." Shi Yong got up from the sofa,

then went to the bathroom and washed his face,

saying: "Alright, let's go."

Shi Yong drove me to the construction site.

I quickly found Shi Jinhe,

Shi Jinhe saw me coming and said: "Brother, how did you come?"

I said: "I came to check the construction site, how is it now?"

Shi Jinhe said helplessly: "Now the project is tough, mainly because building materials can't keep up. Some workers haven't come, afraid we'll owe them wages again."

"Contact the personnel, have everyone in place, we have money now. I'll contact the building materials soon, they'll deliver quickly."

Shi Jinhe said doubtfully: "Really? The bank gave us a loan."

Shi Yong said beside him: "It's not a bank loan, it's a fiscal subsidy from the city, specially applied for enterprises like ours.

They gave us 20 million all at once, enough for us to spend for a while."

Shi Jinhe said happily: "I'll contact the workers right now, get them to come back quickly. We won't owe them a single cent in wages."

I said: "Contact the workers, we'll talk later.

I came over to see, mainly to look at the houses, whether we can launch sales in September."

Shi Jinhe pointed with his hand and said: "Brother, you see the main structure of Guanghua Garden is already completed, it would have been sold long ago. Now the interior follow-up work is under construction, Building No. 1 should be fully completed by September, then we can launch sales of Building No. 1."

Following Shi Jinhe's finger, I looked toward a not-so-far building,

the safety net of that building has been completely removed.

I nodded,

and said to Shi Jinhe: "By September, we'll sell this building first."

Shi Jinhe immediately assured me: "I guarantee to complete the task; today I'll arrange workers to go all out on this building."

I smiled satisfiedly.

On the way back from the construction site, Shi Yong asked me: "Brother, you didn't say Kong Shi temporarily prohibits us from selling houses. Because of the involvement of Zaocheng Bank's president Li Xingzhang, we have to wait for his notice before saying anything. If we can't sell in September, what then?"

I said then: "Shi Yong, the houses are in our hands, we can sell them however we want. Sell first, then talk.

Some real estate companies can build without permits,

what are we afraid of?

At worst, they arrest me and we'll talk then.

Anyway, if we don't sell houses, our Da Heng Group has no way to survive."

"Exactly, just like that. I like it, I'm not afraid of them; in this society, the bold are stuffed, the timid starve.

By September we'll sell, see who dares to arrest us." Shi Yong shouted excitedly.