Chapter 226: Riding a Crane Down to Pingyang

Hearing these words from Li Dongling, Yao Zhengru placed his hand on the plan, but didn't open the plan for the first time.

Instead, he hesitated for a moment, and then opened the plan. The projected investment of 300 million RMB clearly visible at the entrance of the plan made Yao Zhengru's eyes shrink.

Such a big investment, not to mention in Pingyang, even in the provincial capital of Hanxi, or even in Beijing or Shanghai, was definitely a big deal.

Just like the Pingyang Cargo Airport, it sounded like the 3.5 billion cost of the Pingyang Cargo Airport planned by Yao Zhengru and the Pingyang city government staff was not worth mentioning compared to the airport projects of hundreds of billions in later generations.

But how much was the wage level in later generations, and what was the income of employees now? The two simply couldn't be mentioned in the same breath. One had to know that even the firm US dollar, which had higher purchasing power than gold, didn't know how many times its purchasing power would shrink twenty years later.

And the cost of the Oriental Times shopping mall was equivalent to the total wage income of 50,000 average-income employees for ten years!

Another point, Yao Zhengru thought that the Oriental Times warehousing and logistics center could also cooperate with the Pingyang Cargo Airport. The goods in the warehouse logistics park could go through the cargo airport, and the goods pulled from the airport could also be stored in the warehouse logistics park, forming a complement!

The Oriental Times warehouse logistics park definitely had to be established. On this point, Yao Zhengru already had a decision in his heart.

As for the Oriental Times warehouse logistics park, it wasn't just circling a piece of land and covering a few iron-sheet houses. It was also designed, and the exterior looked like an office park.

What made Yao Zhengru even more surprised was the plan for the Oriental Times warehouse logistics park. This wasn't just used for storing goods; it also included office, distribution, central kitchen, product R&D, employee accommodation, etc. After this place was built, it would become the largest warehousing and logistics distribution center in Pingyang, and even Hanxi.

At the end of the plan was the effect drawing concocted by the design team from Shanghai for the Oriental Times shopping mall. This effect drawing was a sketch of mainstream shopping malls in later generations given by Li Dongling, and then perfected by the Shanghai design team.

The effect drawing of the entire Oriental Times shopping mall was not the kind of square shopping mall, but a ring-shaped building with artistry on the exterior. Even if a person without any sense of art saw the shape of the Oriental Times shopping mall, they would have a feeling that this place was high-end.

Many new terms on it made Yao Zhengru feel refreshed, and even had to ponder for a while before he could figure out what they meant.

As for the Oriental Times Square project, there was nothing to say. This project was actually to provide a bottom line for the shopping mall. If the shopping mall and the warehouse logistics park lost money, then rely on the projects in the hands of Oriental Times Square—office buildings, office towers, mid-to-high-end residential areas, food streets, etc. —to earn back what was lost!

Li Dongling said, there was no concept of school district housing now, but good schools still existed. If good schools in Pingyang could be moved near Oriental Times Square, it would naturally attract more families who wanted their children to succeed to move here. Over a long period of time, the housing prices here would have to rise.

Drivers were definitely a high-paying profession in this year. Whether it was taxi drivers or truck drivers, they were all high-paying, and they didn't lack orders at all.

Of course, truck drivers face much higher risks than taxi drivers. If they can earn a high salary, they are earning it with their lives. Those who dare to drive long distances or drive at night are absolutely bold and tough, because there really are people who block the road halfway to demand "road money"…

Opening the plan, Yao Zhengru saw the design of the interior of the Oriental Times shopping mall, Oriental Times Square, and Oriental Times warehouse logistics.

"I will put the Oriental Times project to a vote at the Pingyang city government meeting. I personally support this project, and this will also be one of the most important projects in Pingyang next!"

Raising his head, Yao Zhengru saw Li Dongshan's expectant look, while Li Dongling was drinking tea on the side, seemingly not worried about whether Yao Zhengru would approve the land.

Inside the entire Oriental Times shopping mall, clothing, catering, electrical appliances, etc., were all available, basically satisfying the needs for eating, drinking, playing, and shopping.

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This warehousing and logistics park made Yao Zhengru feel a bit moved. From construction to completion, this warehouse reservation center could provide a large batch of jobs, especially after completion, it also needed to be equipped with a logistics fleet, which could provide thousands or even thousands of fixed jobs at that time, which also included more than a hundred high-paying drivers.

In fact, Yao Zhengru really had no choice. Although getting such a large piece of land made the Pingyang city government have a headache for a while, there was no choice to refuse among them.

Yao Zhengru said, in fact, he could decide whether to support it or not, but the process that should be followed still had to be followed. Otherwise, the rumors would be too big, which would not only be bad for him, but also bad for the Oriental Times project and the Li family in the future. Yao Zhengru didn't want to leave any handles, which would be bad for him and the Oriental Times project and the Li family.

"On this point, rest assured, Oriental Times will carry out demolition compensation according to a standard higher than the market price by more than 25%. Those who are demolished can choose to take cash, or choose to exchange for community housing built by Oriental Times Square!"

Don't talk about 150 acres of land, even if it were 300 acres or 400 acres, as long as Li Dongshan brought the Oriental Times project, with Li Dongling endorsing it behind, he dared to ask for land, and those places would definitely not hesitate, and probably wouldn't even blink.

And the Oriental Times Square holding the land, to say it wouldn't make money, that would be a problem. When the concept of school district housing appeared, the price of the land and houses in the hands of Oriental Times Square would have to grow to the sky.

If it were the wage level of later generations, according to the price and labor costs ten years later, then with the scale of the Oriental Times shopping mall, the total cost could be three or five times higher!

The Oriental Times project, even if Pingyang dared to hesitate for a moment, as long as the news spread, believe it or not, several cities like Shangzhong, and even the provincial capital, would start to scramble for the Oriental Times project.

At that time, it could not only accommodate the goods of the Oriental Times shopping mall, but also accept storage orders from other companies, especially the cold chain warehouse equipped with top-tier equipment that was going to be built, which would become one of the few in Hanxi, and even the country, that could be used to store fresh products, vegetables, fruits, dried fruits, red wine, etc., and provide logistics distribution large warehousing centers.

"However," Yao Zhengru looked at Li Dongling and the two, "for such a large project, and the land used, it is impossible to give all the locations in the city center. The shopping mall and square will be given to the east side of Pingyang city, and the warehouse logistics center will be placed in the suburbs on the east side!"

"In addition, Oriental Times will also donate to nearby kindergartens, primary schools, junior high schools, and high schools. If the high-quality schools in Pingyang are willing to move near the Oriental Times Square residential area, Oriental Times Square is willing to be responsible for building new campuses for them!"

One had to know that Yao Zhengru liked to accept new things. He extracted a fixed time every day to read some frontier academic and technical news. He was one of the first batch of people in the Pingyang city government to use computers. Now, daily office work already used computers, which was relatively rare in the current city government office. The departments in Beijing had to invite Alibaba's Boss Ma to help build a website, and Boss Ma even went there to promote his set of theories.

If they invested more, introduced some foreign universities, concocted some top-tier international schools and aristocratic schools famous in the country, and had the opportunity to go directly to foreign universities for study after graduation, it was estimated that they could attract a large wave of wealthy households in the country, and the land price would probably be hyped to the sky. Hyping land was much more profitable than hyping houses. Li Dongling was afraid that if it was hyped too fast, it would hype up Pingyang's housing prices.

Yao Zhengru looked at Li Dongling. He didn't know what Li Dongling was calculating, but the conditions proposed by Li Dongling were indeed tempting. If Oriental Times could truly build brand-new campuses and teaching equipment for those schools in Pingyang, even if those schools were moved over, it would be extremely beneficial!

"I hope to attend the groundbreaking ceremony of Oriental Times and see Oriental Times open before I leave office!" Yao Zhengru put away the plan and signaled the secretary waiting on the side to collect it. ===== CHAPTER 227 =====