Chapter 420

Coming out of Zhang Kaishan's office, Su Xinghui went to the Haimin Construction Company. Xu Haimin was talking about business with his subordinates in the company office. Seeing Su Xinghui arrive, he asked, "Xinghui, do you have something for me?"

Su Xinghui nodded. Xu Haimin said to his subordinates, "You all go down first; we'll talk again next time."

After the few people went down, Xu Haimin got up to pour tea for Su Xinghui. Su Xinghui hurriedly took the cup to pour tea himself and added water to Xu Haimin's cup as well.

Xu Haimin said, "Xinghui, why be so polite?"

Su Xinghui smiled and said, "You are an elder after all. If I let you pour tea for me, wouldn't I be afraid of being struck by lightning?"

Xu Haimin laughed and said, "So, Xinghui, what is the matter you're looking for me for?"

Su Xinghui asked, "Uncle Xu, what were you talking about just now?"

Xu Haimin said, "It's just about the county wanting to build a new farmers' market. We were talking about participating in the bidding."

Su Xinghui said, "I came for this matter too, but I have a bigger plan."

Xu Haimin immediately became interested: "What plan? Tell me about it."

Su Xinghui said, "After the new farmers' market is built, won't the old farmers' market be left idle? That is the most central area of our county town. Uncle Xu, don't you have any ideas?"

Xu Haimin said, "What do you mean?"

Su Xinghui said, "I mean, we can develop a commercial street there."

"Develop a commercial street?" Xu Haimin pondered, "That's a good idea."

Xu Haimin certainly knew it was a good idea. The location of the old farmers' market was truly excellent; it was in the very center of the county town.

Xu Haimin looked up at Su Xinghui and said, "Do you mean to let the Haimin Company develop it?"

Su Xinghui smiled and said, "Uncle Xu, are you interested?"

Xu Haimin said, "I am naturally interested, but the company's capital chain is also very tight right now. I have the heart but not the strength to develop this commercial street!"

The Haimin Construction Company had indeed spread itself quite thin. The projects they currently had on hand included the Shangmeng Highway project, the factory building project for the Yongfeng Beverage Factory, and the factory building project for the Quanjie Pharmaceutical Factory. Fortunately, the payments for these projects were made relatively promptly; otherwise, their capital chain would have collapsed long ago.

Even so, these three projects still occupied a large amount of the Haimin Construction Company's funds, and Haimin Construction was also planning to bid for the new farmers' market project.

Developing a commercial street would require at least several million in capital, which was indeed very difficult for the current Haimin Construction Company to come up with.

Su Xinghui said, "I naturally have a way for this, as long as Uncle Xu is interested."

Xu Haimin said, "Tell me your way."

Su Xinghui said, "Uncle Xu, most of the buildings in Shangjun County town were built after the founding of the country and are relatively old. They don't have much artistic or cultural value, and the few old streets are very crowded. I think that old city renovation is something that needs to be started slowly."

Xu Haimin nodded. He very much agreed with Su Xinghui's judgment. He came from a construction background, and he saw the current state of urban construction in Shangjun County.

Many buildings in Shangjun County town had a history of thirty or forty years. At that time, limited by objective conditions, Shangjun County did not have a single high-rise building. The tallest building was the six-story office building of the County Agricultural Bank, and two of those floors were added later.

Most of these buildings were square-shaped tube buildings with no aesthetic sense in architectural design, and the planning and utilization of space were not scientific. Many residents in residential areas often built illegal structures outside their houses to gain more living area, which caused many hidden dangers, especially fire hazards, which were very large.

In short, because of various reasons, the old city renovation of Shangjun County had reached a point of urgency.

Su Xinghui said, "I think the old city renovation of Shangjun County, the abandonment of this old farmers' market, and the construction of the new farmers' market are an opportunity and a beginning. We must seize this opportunity to make a good start."

Xu Haimin nodded repeatedly.

"The Haimin Construction Company has now entered a relatively good stage of development. I think you can seize this opportunity to establish a real estate development company. The first project will be the commercial street project. Through this project, you can accumulate strength and experience, and later become the leader of Shangjun County's old city renovation."

Xu Haimin really wanted to ask where the capital would come from, but he did not interrupt Su Xinghui's words. He knew Su Xinghui must have more to say.

Sure enough, Su Xinghui continued, "As for the capital issue, you can introduce shareholders and let them inject capital; that is not a problem. In addition, in a month or two at most, the factory building projects will be completed, and in three or four months at most, the Shangmeng Highway project will also be completed. At that time, the funds can be recovered, and you can concentrate your energy on developing the commercial street."