Chapter 524: Follow
In recent years, Zhou Liwen's real estate industry in China has gradually withdrawn, and the real estate under his name, in addition to holding part of the shares, was transferred to Wei Zi after the completion of the construction of the urban area of Heijiang and several projects including Shanghai and Kyoto. Therefore, now Wei Zi, or the forces behind him, is the largest shareholder of the previous real estate company, and Wei Zi also has the title of chairman of the real estate company on his head.
The reason why Zhou Liwen did this, as mentioned earlier, is to avoid being too involved in real estate projects. In addition, after the acquisition of Heung Kong Telecom, Zhou Liwen and Li Jinshan and others reached an agreement, after the Li family of Heung Kong officially sold Heung Kong Telecom to Zhou Liwen, Zhou Liwen has completely grasped the ownership and control of Heung Kong Telecom, and the development of Heung Kong Telecom in the southeast province is no longer hindered, as long as the above bottom limit is not touched, no one will make an unwise challenge to Zhou Liwen.
For this reason, Zhou Liwen took the initiative to sell the shares of the real estate company, and nominally Wei Zi got the biggest benefit, but in fact, everyone knew in their hearts that it was Wei Zi and Li Jinshan who really swallowed this fat head in the end, including the forces behind Director Wen. And the reason why Zhou Liwen retained some shares in the end is also what they requested, after all, Zhou Liwen's status is different, coupled with his close relationship with the Li family in Xiangjiang, as a shareholder of a real estate company, having Zhou Liwen in it is beneficial to both the business and political circles.
Drinking tea, Li Jinshan and Zhou Liwen chatted about the situation of real estate companies, in recent years, the domestic real estate industry has been a little crazy, whether it is land prices or housing prices are rising at a rocket-like speed, everyone is desperately rushing to buy real estate and do not want money, and even in some areas there are many private enterprises, private capital united, formed a real estate speculation group, in major cities for real estate group purchases, some newly opened real estate just listed out of a few hours will be snapped up, its popularity is unimaginable.
"The benefits are good now, although the cost of acquiring land is getting higher and higher, but the supply of good houses is still in short supply, no matter how expensive they are. But Brother Zhou, I'm always a little unsure, how long do you think this situation can last? ”
Drinking tea and smoking cigarettes, Li Jinshan and Zhou Liwen laughed and talked, and after chatting for a while, the conversation suddenly changed and mentioned the concept of real estate crisis. His words sounded like just a casual inquiry, but Zhou Liwen keenly noticed that while asking this, Li Jinshan's eyes flashed.
"Hehe, you're asking the wrong person." Zhou Liwen shook his head with a smile, and said with a haha: "I don't engage in real estate now, all my energy is in or, besides, in the past few years, except for the finishing work of the previous projects, I don't care much about the specific operation of the real estate company, and as for the statements, they are directly thrown to the accountant to see." If you don't believe it, you ask Brother Wei, he knows the situation. ”
Zhou Liwen pushed out a Tai Chi boxing, Wei Zi smiled and nodded yes on the side, but he estimated that he had already discussed it with Li Jinshan, nodded his head, and still squeezed Zhou Liwen a few words: "I said Brother Zhou, of course we know that you are not interested in this now, but Brother Zhou, we have always admired your vision." At the beginning, when the domestic real estate had just recovered, everyone was waiting and watching, after all, many people were planted in the past state regulation and monetary tightening. But that's it, Brother Zhou, you were the first to make a move, and you made the project so big in such a short time. To be honest, I was very worried at the time, but in the end it turned out that you were right. You also know the current situation, although the market is still hot, but the subprime mortgage crisis in the United States has not been long ago, we are not afraid of anything else, we are worried about whether the country will be affected by this, whether this business can continue to be done, or can it be done for a few years? ”
Wei Zi asked, and Director Wen on the side also showed a look of expectation. A few years ago, with the "help" of Zhou Liwen, Director Wen made a lot of money by relying on the appreciation of housing prices, and now he has a lot of money. However, people are always not satisfied, seeing that the housing prices are still the same day a day, Director Wen's heart also began to itch, and sometimes he even felt that he should be bolder and faster as the old chief said. If he had made dozens or even hundreds of suites in Zhou Liwen's hands at the beginning, then his current worth would not exceed billions?
Therefore, Secretary Wen has been thinking about it recently, to see if he can take advantage of this wind again. The question Wei Zi asked was also a factor he cared about, and looking at Zhou Liwen's face, he hoped that Zhou Liwen could give them a satisfactory answer.
Zhou Liwen pretended to think about it, and slowly shook his head in the expectation of the three of them: "Well, this...... It's really hard to say...... ”
"Can't say? Brother Zhou, in fact, us. Director Wen didn't expect Zhou Liwen to say such an answer, and he wanted to urge in a hurry.
At this time, Li Jinshan suddenly gave him a look, and Director Wen swallowed back the words of the second half. However, his face is a little unsightly, you must know that he is not what he used to be, when he was in the position of director, he was also held by local officials, not to mention that he has long been promoted to the position of director now. Although Zhou Liwen has an identity and status, no matter what, he always sells his face, right? But it's good for him to prevaricate them with such words, which is a bit excessive.
Or Li Jinshan understood what Zhou Liwen meant, he pondered for a moment, laughed, picked up the teapot in front of him and added tea to Zhou Liwen's teacup, put down the teapot and said: "Don't mention this matter for the time being, by the way, some time ago, Brother Zhou's brother asked Xiaowei to talk about the cooperation of Jerry's company, and now it has come to that point?" ”
"We are talking, the investment bankers went directly from Huhai this afternoon to that side, and tomorrow will officially start talking about the specific details, but the key to success depends on the decision of Jerry's side." Zhou Liwen picked up the teacup and took a sip, and replied with a smile.
"Oh, it's all here?" Li Jinshan raised his eyebrows and said with some surprise: "It seems that the progress is good, we know the investment banking strength of Brother Zhou, I think there should be no problem in talking about it, right?" ”
"Hehe, where is the business thing accurate." Zhou Liwen shook his head with a smile and said: "There are several investment banks competing in this project, and it is said that even the old investment banks in Europe have intervened. As long as you don't sign it officially, everything is uncertain. ”
"Yes, Brother Zhou's concerns are also right, this business matter is indeed unclear, in fact, this is often the case in the political circles. By the way, Lao Wen, I remember that there was an incident in your company some time ago, right? Originally, there was a project in the following city that was approved, but in the end, I don't know which link went wrong, and the project was stranded, right? ”
Director Wen is a human spirit, and when it comes to this place, he still doesn't understand Li Jinshan's words, so he immediately nodded his head again and again, and deliberately told everyone about the original incident, and finally sighed that if it wasn't for the mayor's overconfidence and negligence in some small links to offend people, this matter would definitely have happened. But it is precisely because of this small negligence that it led to the final failure, which is really a pity.
Seeing them pretending to be like acting, Zhou Liwen was secretly amused in his heart. In fact, he deliberately did not answer positively, and avoided the important mainly for the sake of Jerry's project and forced the other party to express his position. And now it's a good thing, Li Jinshan also used such a trick, telling Zhou Liwen in this way that as long as he gives them ideas and even points out a safe and feasible path, then they will make a move on Jerry's project to complete the exchange.
Zhou Liwen was not in a hurry, and continued to talk to them, saying something that did not have the slightest nutrition. Then he suddenly asked Secretary Wen a few questions, all of which were about their committee's policy inquiries, of course, not confidential, but just to confirm them. Director Wen hesitated for a moment, and then answered these questions very calmly, and after listening, Zhou Liwen nodded, and said to them with a smile: "The development of domestic real estate will not change much in the past few years, after all, according to the local GDPR regulations, the real estate industry has become the pillar of the local government, not to mention that the amount of local debt is getting larger and larger, and it is impossible for the central government to solve these problems one-size-fits-all, which will cause big problems." So I think the real estate industry can continue to operate for at least a few more years, that's my initial opinion, but it shows that I'm just talking about it. ”
Wei Zi nodded on the side, and said with a solemn expression: "In fact, we also know this, and there are many people who have been very critical of the issue of housing prices recently, to be honest, the central government is also very different about this, which is also an aspect that we are particularly concerned about." ”
Zhou Liwen nodded slightly to show understanding, and after thinking about it, he said: "If there are differences, there will be action, which is also a matter of course." However, in my opinion, the real estate market is still relatively safe in the first-tier cities. Don't say anything else, let's talk about the current Huhai, third brother, I mentioned the development of Huhai when I came in just now, I have been overseas for a long time, you may know better than me what the population growth rate of Huhai has been in recent years, right? ”
Hearing Zhou Liwen talk about the population growth rate of Huhai, Li Jinshan was stunned at first, and after thinking about it carefully, he said with a wry smile: "According to official statistics, the population of Huhai ten years ago was about 1.06 million, plus 20 to 300,000 floating population. Now the population base has grown to about 260,000, and the floating population is about 600,000. ”
"Hehe, official statistics, what if you say the exact numbers of unofficial statistics? Has the total population exceeded 360,000? Zhou Liwen asked with a smile
Li Jinshan didn't answer directly, just smiled awkwardly. In fact, everyone knows in their hearts that since the proposal that Huhai is the Shanghai of the whole country, the population growth rate of Huhai has been as rapid as taking an elevator, and its increase has even exceeded the growth of housing prices. If the statistics are really verified according to the number of people, the current population of the entire Shanghai Sea is not to mention 360,000, and it is estimated that it has already exceeded 360,000. In fact, not only in Shanghai and Haihai, but also in first-tier cities such as Beijing and Huacheng, the influx of foreign population has led to the continuous expansion of the urban population base, and the entire city is almost overwhelmed.
"The population of a small country in Europe is basically a few million to 10 million, and even the whole of France is only 60,000. But now such a small Shanghai, if you add several first-tier cities such as Beijing and Huacheng, the total population is almost equal to the population of a Japanese country. With such a huge population density, do you think the impact on real estate will be small? Of course, these are special cases, except for the first-tier cities, the population loss in the second- and even third-tier cities is also extremely serious, and the results of the two are also different in the large investment in real estate development. ”
Zhou Liwen's words made the three of them ponder, and then they all nodded silently. Zhou Liwen is right, the population explosion in the first-tier cities in China, the population depression in the second- and third-tier cities, the impact on the real estate industry is also huge. If from this point of view, even if the central government wants to adjust the real estate market policy, or the market determines the investment prospects of real estate, then the first cause of problems is the second and third tier cities, as for the first tier cities will not be affected at least in the near future, if the population growth continues, then perhaps the promotion of housing prices in the first tier cities will play a further role.
"Then Brother Zhou, in your opinion, when will there be problems in the end?" Li Jinshan thought about it and asked again.
"Hehe, this one, I'm not an immortal, how can I judge exactly what will happen in a few years." Zhou Liwen laughed.
Li Jinshan was also happy when he heard it, nodded again and again and said that he was negligent, and then took out his mobile phone and dialed in front of Zhou Liwen, and he didn't know who the other party was, but he only heard Li Jinshan call the other party Secretary Yan, although he called the other party secretary, but in the words it sounded that Li Jinshan had the initiative, and he clearly said to Secretary Yan on the phone, the relevant departments are very concerned about the situation of Jerry's project, and hope that Jerry Company can carefully choose partners to avoid some irreparable losses caused by improper choice. However, in the end, Li Jinshan mentioned the names of Zhou Liwen's investment bank and the No. 1 National Bank of the United States, and bluntly said that these two companies are trustworthy, and it is said that formal negotiations with Jerry will be launched tomorrow, and I hope Secretary Yan can ask about it and so on.
Idiots can understand the meaning of these words, and if the other party doesn't understand what Li Jinshan means, he will sit in his post in vain. After making the call, Li Jinshan looked at Zhou Liwen with a smile, Zhou Liwen of course understood Li Jinshan's intention to make this call, to put it bluntly, it was an exchange of interests, Zhou Liwen picked up the tea cup in front of him, raised it up with a smile and saluted him, and then drank it all.
For the rest of the day, they didn't talk about real estate or Jerry's projects, but about smartphones. At this time, Wei Zi and Li Jinshan tentatively asked if it was possible to build a smartphone brand in China.
After hearing this, Zhou Liwen of course said that the future is broad, but there are many problems, after all, with the threshold of smart phones getting lower and lower, as long as there are some powerful companies can enter this industry, but there are several major problems in front of them, one is technical support, the second is the software system, and the third is the telecommunications license.
Of course, these questions are not a problem in front of Wei Zi and them, but the key to why they asked Zhou Liwen is to obtain Zhou Liwen's system support, that is, system authorization. For this, of course, Zhou Liwen will not refuse, he immediately said that the support for the operating system software and APP platform can be open to them, of course, in some technical supervision and other aspects must be done in accordance with the rules, Zhou Liwen does not want to cause a bad impact on the OR because of the authorization system.
After getting Zhou Liwen's promise, Li Jinshan and the others were immediately overjoyed, saying that they would apply to the OR company as soon as possible in accordance with the procedures, and hoped that Zhou Liwen could send a technical team to support.
This meeting, we talked until about ll o'clock in the evening, and Wei San'er originally made some special arrangements for Zhou Liwen, but Zhou Liwen refused. He didn't want to engage in such entertainment in the clubhouse, not to mention that Zhou Liwen hadn't rested much this way, so he refused their kindness with a smile.
The next day, after Zhou Liwen slept lazily and completely eliminated the tiredness of jet lag, in the afternoon, Aaron, who was formally negotiating with Jerry's company, called Zhou Liwen to report to Zhou Liwen, in which he was very happy to tell Zhou Liwen that the negotiations with Jerry were going very smoothly, and today the other party even signed the cooperation agreement without determining some details, which was simply surprising.
After receiving this news, Zhou Liwen was not surprised at all, because this result was doomed yesterday. Of course, he didn't tell Aaron the real reason, just smiled and congratulated him, and then hung up the phone.
After hanging up the phone, Zhou Liwen thought about it, picked up his mobile phone and dialed a number, and soon Li Jinshan's voice came out of the phone.
"Jerry's company has signed, this matter is troublesome to the third brother, thank you" Zhou Liwen said to Li Jinshan.
"Hehe, they're all friends, not to mention that this kind of business is still done for your own people, don't you say it's Brother Zhou?" Li Jinshan laughed on the other side of the phone.
Zhou Liwen also smiled and said a few polite words, and then said: "There is another thing, yesterday the third brother mentioned when there will be an unexpected situation in the real estate market, I carefully considered this matter after I went back." To be honest, I do not judge the future situation well, but you can rest assured that the first-tier cities will be safe for at least five or six years, as for whether there will be changes in the future, that will be judged in the future, but I have a suggestion. ”
"What advice?" Li Jinshan hurriedly asked.
"In fact, it's not a suggestion, it's just a stupid way, in fact, you don't have to think about anything else, just keep an eye on the Li family in Xiangjiang, if the Li family suddenly withdraws from the mainland real estate market that day, then it means that there will be changes, and you can follow it then...... Zhou Liwen replied with a smile.
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