Chapter 404: Marching into the Mainland Real Estate Market

"Oh, Daddy~"

Zhang Qingwan was so teased by the whole family that she couldn't lift her head; she grabbed the photo on the table and ran back to her room.

"This girl, what's the big deal?"

Zhang Weiping's wife didn't think much of it, feeling that her granddaughter should seize the opportunity; after all, young people like Zhang Weiping were rare to come by.

"Exactly, Qingwan, if you don't seize the opportunity, Yida will be out of our Lu Province."

When Zhang Weiping was a guest at their home, he had explained his route and itinerary; Quancheng was the first stop, and he would leave Lu Province after visiting a few more cities.

As for Zhang Ping'an's family, everyone went out to shop for firecrackers, snacks, peanuts, melon seeds, milk candies, and bright red paper.

Ever since Zhang Ping'an moved here, he had always written his own couplets, and now his calligraphy skills had twenty or thirty years of practice behind them, not a bit inferior to Yan Bugui's.

As for vegetables, they were sent from the greenhouse at his old home, and Zhang Ping'an had long since prepared all kinds of meat.

With the firecrackers exploding on the first day of the Lunar New Year, Zhang Ping'an's real age was now forty-eight, yet he still looked like he was in his thirties; Wang Xiaoling was the same age as Zhang Ping'an and now occasionally used Skin Cream to maintain her appearance, also looking like she was in her thirties.

The other three women were all twenty-seven or twenty-eight and were now also using Skin Cream for maintenance; no woman wanted to age quickly.

Time quickly arrived at the Lantern Festival, and the three women and the children planned to return to Hong Kong after eating their sweet rice balls.

Especially Lou Xiaoe, who had to go back to hold down the fort; this year was the first shot their Eastern Real Estate would fire in the Mainland property market.

In fact, the concept of commercial housing already existed now, especially in the Cuyu region, where they had already begun pilot programs.

"Brother-in-law, once I go back, I will first secure a few plots of land in Pengcheng to build a model residential complex for our Oriental Group."

"Hmm, no need to take too much, just one or two plots will do, but the construction speed must be fast; we must set an industry benchmark for the developers in Xiangjiang."

"Of course, this is on the premise of ensuring quality; in the Mainland, we must not only eliminate the shared area ratio but also build garden-style residential complexes."

"You've shown the floor plans I gave you to the designers, right? Just follow that standard; you can also make appropriate reductions."

Zhang Ping'an was following the model of later-generation residential complexes, rather than the rigid and monotonous staff housing of the present.

Moreover, the room layouts were not the small rooms of the current Tube Building, but rather two (or three) bedrooms and two living rooms, with a kitchen and a bathroom, ranging from sixty to one hundred square meters; for the current time, this was a dimensionality-reduction strike.

"Hmm, everything has already been designed; we just need to scale it up proportionally when the time comes."

"Good."

Zhang Ping'an was full of confidence; he was certain he could establish the standards for Mainland real estate, and if that didn't work, he would start a price war—he had the money, so he wasn't afraid.

His current assets were solid, the result of over a decade of capital accumulation; even if he were to develop all the real estate in the Mainland by himself, he was confident he had enough funds, though that wasn't realistic.

The next day, the three women and the children waved goodbye; Zhang Ping'an intended to get into the mobile phone industry, which would also be a future traffic giant, but it was a pity that other than using them, he knew nothing about phones.

Zhang Ping'an carefully recalled the development history of several early "bricks" in his mind, but unfortunately, his knowledge was limited; he only knew that the Big Brother was entering the Mainland in these two years, and he knew nothing about their development history.

On the contrary, he knew a bit more about Nokia; although its development was slower than the Big Brother and it couldn't compete in the early stages, it was powerful in the later stages.

It seemed there had been a major change in the middle, also in the few years after this; the more Zhang Ping'an pondered, the brighter his eyes became—it seemed he could completely intervene and take over Nokia's mobile phone business in one go.

Thinking of this, Zhang Ping'an no longer hesitated and flew straight to Xiangjiang; he had to first understand the current situation of Nokia, and then give them a price they couldn't refuse, hehehe.

"You all take care, I'm going to Xiangjiang."

"Yes, General Manager."

Afterwards, Zhang Ping'an told his parents and Aihua, called to notify someone to pick him up in Xiangjiang, and set off with his things.

Zhang Ping'an first went to see Qian Dahu, who knew the distribution of talent in the group best.

"Master, you've come."

"Hmm, pick out the students we've trained who are in the communications major."

"Okay, Master." Qian Dahu was now the father of three children and had become much more steady.

Qian Dahu entered the office where files were specifically stored and found the students related to communications; there were fifty-eight in total, twenty-five of whom had already graduated and were working in related fields.

"Hmm, very good. Arrange for people to go to Finland to inquire about Nokia's current situation, and then ask if any of these twenty-five people are willing to go to the Nokia company to study; it would be best to get them all placed inside."

"Of course, there's no rush for this; wait until the investigation results are out."

Zhang Ping'an wasn't placing them there to be spies, but wanted to grasp Nokia's dynamics at the first opportunity; of course, it would be better if they could learn the relevant technology.

"Okay, Master, what is this Nokia?"

"Mobile phones, one of the mainstream industries of the future; it might be even more profitable than Medicinal Wine."

Zhang Ping'an didn't know how many more years the Medicinal Wine could last—it wasn't that the supply wasn't enough, but he didn't know how much longer Maidige could be used; in short, as time passed, Zhang Ping'an had to find a source for the origin of everything he had.

"Go arrange it, let's have results as soon as possible."

"Okay, Master."

Zhang Ping'an didn't go back, but stayed in Xiangjiang, waiting for news while discussing subsequent floor plans with the designers.

The spring bidding and auction in Pengcheng had already ended, and Lou Xiaoe had successfully secured two plots of land, both around five hundred mu, mainly for high-rise residential buildings; it was expected that each complex could accommodate about twenty thousand people.

"Brother-in-law, we've secured two plots of land."

"Very good. First, concentrate all our efforts on developing one project, and enlarge our renderings and post them in the most conspicuous places."

"At the same time, establish a sales center as soon as possible and set up the residential complex model so they can see it more intuitively."

"Alright, Brother-in-law, how exactly did your brain grow? I really want to pry it open and see."

"No brains here, but I do have yogurt, do you want some?" Zhang Ping'an said irritably.

Although Lou Xiaoe didn't know what yogurt was, Zhang Ping'an would occasionally say some strange things, and she could roughly understand the meaning.

"Then, then I'll go back tonight?"

"..."

"Wait until you finish the work at hand."

Although Zhang Ping'an wasn't afraid, business was the priority; he couldn't just run back from Pengcheng specifically for that, could he?

"Oh, alright."

Two days later, the construction site was already bustling with activity, and a huge billboard stood at the entrance, displaying the rendering of the Oriental Residential Complex.

"My goodness, can it really have this effect?"

"Yeah, it's just like living in a park."

"That's for sure, it shouldn't be fake; I've seen a corner of the design blueprints."

"Tsk tsk, if I could live here, I'd be willing to marry a rich woman from the Fu Family."

"You really dare to dream."

"Pah, shameless, getting both food and money, who wouldn't be willing?"

"Stop blabbering nonsense, just focus on laying bricks, and next year I'll find you all a sister-in-law," said the man who looked like the foreman.

"Good, Big Brother is still the most thoughtful."

"..."

Dozens of people wearing safety helmets walked into the construction site, chatting and laughing.

"Holy crap, that's not right, what do you mean by finding us a sister-in-law next year?"

"This son of a bitch, he's messing with us again."

"Hahaha."