Chapter 175: Houses Sell Well

After I finished telling Shi Jinhe these things, I didn't speak again.

I took two puffs of a cigarette and threw away the butt,

Then I lay down on the dormitory bed.

As I was about to fall asleep,

I told Shi Jinhe to have Shi Yong come early tomorrow to pick me up at the construction site.

Shi Jinhe said okay and left the dormitory.

I quickly fell asleep, slept very soundly, and didn't dream of anyone.

The next morning, Shi Yong drove over to pick me up,

I was still asleep.

Shi Yong called me repeatedly before finally waking me up.

I opened my eyes and looked at Shi Yong,

Shi Yong's dark face broke into an exaggerated smile,

"Brother, do you know? Yesterday our houses sold like crazy—Building One sold out completely."

Hearing Shi Yong say that, I jumped up from the bed.

Then I looked at Shi Yong and said, "What? Say that again."

"Brother, I'm saying our houses sold big. All 88 units have been sold. The Group Company is holding a celebration meeting, waiting for you to speak."

"Selling out 88 units? That's impossible. Shi Yong, you wouldn't lie to me, would you?" I said, looking at Shi Yong.

"How could I lie to you, brother? Just come back to the company with me and you'll see. Those 88 units—they're starting to process loans at Huaihai Bank this week, nearly 50 million all at once. Brother, our company is saved." Shi Yong said happily.

I immediately said, "Shi Yong, hurry, let's go back to the company. Is this really true? That's great."

We then rushed toward the company.

Upon reaching the company gate, we saw a rainbow arch erected,

Red little flags were strung everywhere.

I got out of the car and walked to the company gate,

I saw Sun Dajun and Ya Li preparing champagne for the celebration.

As soon as I entered, everyone inside shouted, "Welcome, Chairman! Welcome, Chairman!"

I waved at everyone,

Ya Li ran to my side, linked arms with me, and said, "Chairman, do you know? Our performance yesterday was a huge success,

our houses sold big.

They really sold out completely.

"Dajun, come over and report yesterday's sales to the Chairman."

Sun Dajun came up to me, excited, and said, "Dad, you have no idea how crazy yesterday was—people weren't buying houses, they were snatching them up.

We had prepared too few houses.

"Dad, what about Building Two? Why not strike while the iron's hot and put them all up for sale?"

"All 88 units have been sold—something that's never happened before. This is great; we must definitely celebrate,

"Ya Li, what about Xiao Fang from the radio station? We need to thank her,

without her hard work, we couldn't have sold so well.

"And Zhengzheng—his marketing was very successful." I said happily.

"As for Xiao Fang's side, we agreed to pay them according to how many houses they sold; this time they also made a big profit. Chairman, the deposits have been placed in Huaihai Bank; they will go process loans within this week, otherwise we will refund the deposits.

"By the way, some customers paid the full amount upfront.

"The people of Zaocheng are really rich." Ya Li said happily.

I said, "It looks like Zaocheng has great potential to be tapped.

"Quickly open the champagne to celebrate—our houses sold big. Last night all the staff received double overtime pay."

Everyone jumped up happily upon hearing that.

Sun Dajun and Ya Li each shook the champagne bottles, and then the liquor shot out like arrows,

They two waved the bottles around, splashing liquor everywhere.

The aroma of champagne filled the first-floor hall.

I haven't been this happy in a long time.

Since my car accident, I've been living in tension.

Today's atmosphere made me laugh like a child.

I seemed to see hope for Da Heng Group again.

At that moment, Sun Dajun walked up to my side,

"Dad, everyone is asking you to say a few words."

I said, "Okay."

So I walked onto a small stage in the first-floor hall.

Looking at these familiar employees before me,

I spoke earnestly: "Today, I want to thank everyone; on my own behalf, I thank you all. You've worked hard."

After I finished speaking, I bowed to the employees.

Many employees looked at my bow and tears streamed down.

I then said, "Last night's performance was very successful, the result of everyone's joint effort.

From this we can see that as long as we unite, anything can be accomplished.

Our Da Heng Group has made it to today; it's truly not easy, we've been going through wind and rain.

Before us again lies such a great difficulty.

This difficulty decides the life or death of our Da Heng Group.

But I feel we have already gotten past this hurdle,

Really, besides our houses selling well, I see hope on your faces.

This hope is the spirit I have been looking forward to.

Without spirit, a person dies; likewise a company without spirit also dies. A company's spirit shows on the faces of everyone in our group company.

Starting today, we all need to lift our heads,

with smiles turning up at the corners of our mouths,

Because I believe that as long as we are united, there is no difficulty we cannot overcome.

Everyone's efforts must be rewarded.

I promise everyone here that if our Da Heng Group gets through this crisis, the employees of our group company will all get a raise.

When our group does well, everyone's income should be high.

Only in this way can we repay everyone's labor.

After I finished speaking, vigorous applause broke out from the audience.

I again bowed to everyone.

Then everyone started singing and dancing, kicking off the celebration.

I called Shi Yong, Ya Li, and Sun Dajun to the office,

I want to hold a brief meeting with them.

After entering the office, I had them all sit down.

I said, "Selling houses well is a good thing, but there are some situations we need to understand."

This time we've made such a big publicity selling houses; I want to ask you, Dajun, does Kong Shi know about this?

Sun Dajun shook his head and said, "Dad, we don't need to worry about Kong Shi; our own houses, we can sell them however we want."

I said to Sun Dajun, "Dajun, you can't say that, because the city's ban hasn't been lifted yet; we sold privately, and Kong Shi's attitude is crucial."

Go find your godfather and through him find out Kong Shi's attitude.

Then we can respond accordingly.

Ya Li also said, "The chairman's consideration is thorough; Dajun, hurry to Niu Ju's place to ask about the situation."

Sun Dajun left unwillingly.

Only Shi Yong and Ya Li remained in the room,

I then said to Ya Li, "You just said that within a week the loans for these home-buying customers will come through."

Ya Li said, "Pretty much; I will consult with the Bank Manager and have him release the funds as soon as possible."

I said, "Once the funds arrive, we will use them all to purchase building materials and cover startup costs. Then Guanghua Building No. 2 can be completed quickly, and we can continue selling the second building. We aim, in October, to take out all of the third and fourth buildings of Guanghua Garden for sale."

The remaining two residential complexes can also be directly put up as ready-to-sell units; this way we can raise funds to the greatest extent possible in October.

After Ya Li heard me finish speaking,

She nodded and said, "Chairman, besides these house payments, the Bank Manager of Huaihai Bank said they can support us; at that time we can discuss a loan cooperation."

Hearing Ya Li's words, I laughed happily,

It seems the situation is not as pessimistic as I imagined.

Everything is developing toward a better direction.