Chapter 647: Peering at the Leopard 6665

It snowed last night. There was no sun in the morning in Jincheng, and the whole world was dim and lightless.

In the dark room, a pair of eyes suddenly opened. They blinked, and then looked at the window.

A ray of light penetrated from behind the curtains that didn't completely cover the window, but this ray of light was too dim, making people doubt the time at this moment.

He tried to close his eyes again to let himself enter a dream, but unfortunately, he failed.

He closed his eyes for a while, then opened them again. He couldn't sleep.

People with things on their minds are like this. Once they get up early, it's hard to fall asleep again.

Only people like his wife who have no worries can fall asleep at any time. He envies that guy's "superpower". He also wants the ability to fall asleep at any time, but he doesn't have it.

He slowly sat up from the bed and lifted the quilt.

There is heating in the room. The copper pipes in the walls make the whole house warm.

Living in a detached villa in the Bay Area, you don't need to worry about heating in winter.

The boiler in the basement needs several hundred dollars of diesel money for a whole winter, but it can ensure that the house is warm for the whole winter.

He was wearing pajamas and left the bedroom.

Until he left, his wife didn't wake up.

He is an... operator, has his own factory in Jincheng, mainly engaged in some import and export trade. He cannot be said to be particularly wealthy, but he is definitely not short of money.

Recently, he encountered a problem.

Because the old industrial zone is about to be demolished, it blocks the road for the city to continue to develop—

The east and south sides of Jincheng are both seas. In other words, if Jincheng wants to continue to expand the urban circle, it can only expand to the north and west.

There are some small hills in the north. Although the Federation has the technology to level these small hills, the cost is too high. The northwest direction is Xigu City. Unless the Likalai State government decides to let Jincheng annex Xigu City, there will be many troubles and restrictions on developing in that direction.

Looking at it this way, expanding westward seems to have become one of the few choices.

It just so happens that the industrial zone is on the west side of the city, so moving it away has become an option that has to be chosen.

He sat in the study, didn't turn on the lights, the sky outside was still very dark, but he could feel that the sky was actually about to brighten.

Now is the moment before dawn, and dawn is coming!

He drank some water from last night, and then lit a cigarette.

In the dark room, the inconspicuous little light of the cigarette butt became the brightest thing.

Accompanied by his puff of a cigarette, the tobacco in the cigarette made a sound that could be heard in the quiet night.

That is the sound made when the tobacco is ignited.

A puff of thick smoke was inhaled into his lungs.

Now the problem he faces is whether to continue to raise land prices with everyone and wait for an opportunity.

Or choose to lean towards Mayor Williams.

Mayor Williams has already arranged for people to talk to him. If he is willing to hand over the land he has now to City Hall through "replacement plus subsidy", then he can choose any piece of land in the new industrial zone to rebuild the factory.

The land is free, he can choose a larger one, and there will be some preferential policies and subsidies.

It is said to be a subsidy, but it can also be seen as "land purchase money". As a government subsidy for building a new factory, each acre of land is about two thousand dollars.

It seems that he lost a lot, but if you add the policy support promised by City Hall later, it is actually very cost-effective.

Another choice is to continue to raise land prices.

As the saying "old industrial zone is going to be demolished to build a new core" becomes more and more popular, the land prices and houses around the industrial zone have also started to rise.

Now the price of an acre of land in the old industrial zone has risen to more than twelve thousand dollars, which is obviously an unreasonable price.

But... the profit is amazing.

He has about sixty acres of land in his hands. If calculated according to the market price, this is more than seven hundred thousand.

But if he chose replacement, seven hundred thousand became one hundred twenty or thirty thousand, suddenly losing six hundred thousand!

He couldn't sleep because of this.

Some friends are connecting everywhere, asking everyone to persist.

As long as most people stand together against City Hall, then they will definitely be able to eat this dividend.

His only confusion now is, is the cheapness of City Hall, or Mayor Williams, so easy to take?

He has a premonition that this is not a good cheapness, and it will not be easy to take.

As a businessman, it is actually quite difficult to persuade himself to refuse such a large profit. Up to now, only about twenty percent of people have chosen replacement and subsidy.

The rest are all persisting, continuing to push up land prices.

They are crazy!

After smoking a cigarette, he still sat there, motionless, as if he were dead.

The sky outside slowly brightened. He didn't know how long he sat, nor how many cigarettes he smoked. There were already quite a few cigarette butts in the ashtray in front of him.

When the sunlight tore through the gloomy clouds and used a golden sword to break the darkness, the sky brightened.

He rubbed his neck, and he had already made a decision in his heart.

His father once told him that a businessman should be greedy, but not greedy for things that obviously exceed the range of consequences he can bear.

Confronting the mayor on the mayor's territory, he doesn't think this is a smart decision, although he really wants that money!

After nine o'clock, the phone rang. It was his good friend's.

A poor person's friend is a poor person, and a rich person's friend is also a rich person. His friend and he have known each other since childhood, and their fathers were also friends. Both families came from other places to Jincheng to do business.

They have been good friends since childhood, going to school together, high school, and separated in college.

But after graduating from college, they both returned to Jincheng because they had to inherit the family business. This walk was more than twenty years, until today.

"Have you made a decision?", his friend asked.

Because today is City Hall's "ultimatum". After today, those who go to register will not have replacement and subsidy.

This can be seen as a way for Mayor Williams to force these people to express their stance, and it is also a means to establish his prestige.

Having figured it out, he already realized that after today, there will definitely be a series of actions.

So he nodded and said, "Yes, I decided to sign the replacement agreement."

"Are you crazy?"

The voice in the receiver was an octave higher, as if someone had pinched the throat of the person in the receiver, and then gave him a punch in the balls, making his voice thin and sharp!

"That's several hundred thousand!"

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"You replaced it and the subsidy is only one hundred thousand, this gap is too big!"

"How long does it take for you to earn several hundred thousand?"

"Two or three years?"

"Or longer?"

He was silent for a while, "That's not money I earned through my own efforts..."

"Shit, you still believe this?"

"Your brain is really broken!"

The person in the receiver spoke very fast, making him silent for a while, "I don't know if it's broken, but I know that in this city, the mayor is the biggest."

Disdainful laughter entered his ears, "The previous mayor also thought so."

He continued to argue to defend his point of view, "But the previous mayor was not a local, Williams is a local, and a local noble family!"

"But he can't represent the Bay Area!"

The two argued endlessly, argued for a while, and then gradually calmed down.

"In short, you can't go back once you've decided. My suggestion is to wait a little longer."

His friend was still persuading him, but he had already made a decision and would not change it.

After saying another sentence, he hung up the phone, then changed his clothes and chose to go out. He was going to City Hall to sign the replacement agreement!

He had a feeling that he might not make such a huge fortune by digging a hole for City Hall.

But at least he is safe.

There is a sentence he has always thought is very right: in the face of a choice with huge risks, losing less is winning!

In this game, he won!

There are not many people at City Hall, because those willing to replace have already replaced, and those unwilling to replace are the last day today, and it is very likely that they will not come.

Only people like him who hesitated for a long time would come on the last day. There are not many such people.

After all... those who want to make the mayor happy definitely come as early as possible. Those who firmly stand on the Bay Area side like his friend wouldn't come before, and it's even more impossible to come now.

Led by the staff, he came to the outside of the mayor's office. Originally, this kind of work didn't need Mayor Williams to do it himself, but now it is the time for him to establish his authority. He needs to personally entertain these people.

"Please wait a moment, the mayor will be here soon."

After the secretary brought coffee, he took the initiative to leave.

After about seven or eight minutes, the door of the room opened, and Mayor Williams stood at the door with a smile.

His face was immediately filled with a warm smile, and it was at this moment that the smile on his face suddenly froze, and his footsteps paused.

He saw a person behind Mayor Williams putting on a hat, passing by the door, and that person also looked at him.

That familiar face... everyone in Jincheng knows it. There is only one person who is handsome enough to be recognizable.

His stiff smile became enthusiastic again, and he quickly walked to the front and shook Mayor Williams' hand, "I hope I didn't disturb your work."

Mayor Williams shook his hands with a smile, "No disturbance. Today I set aside a whole day to serve those of you who are willing to support my work. As long as it is before 24:00, I will serve you at any time!"

He paused, let go of his hand, and invited the businessman to sit down, "Shall we sit down and talk?"

The businessman nodded repeatedly, and the two walked to the sofa and sat down. This is the reception room, not the mayor's office.

Mayor Williams looked at him, observing this person. Originally, he wanted to go directly into the topic and talk about replacement and subsidy.

But he found that the businessman's expression seemed a bit wrong.

"Is there any problem?", he asked.

The businessman tentatively asked, "Just now I saw a gentleman leave from behind you, that is..."

"Mr. Lanse?"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 648 =====