"Thank you for your advice, Roland, it has helped me to open my eyes to see further and think more. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info" Liu Bofu poured himself a glass of wine, and his face looked much better, "Let's talk about your affairs next, how do you feel about coming to Baiou Harbor these days?" ”

"Baiou Port is a prosperous and wealthy city-state, and I have been visiting the city in the past two days, and I feel that my eyes have been opened, and there are many things to learn from, and I hope that we will have more opportunities to carry out more in-depth cooperation in the future." Roland replied implicitly.

Hearing his hint, Lyubov smiled and brought the glass to his lips and took a sip lightly, "I am also looking forward to a new atmosphere in the south, and I will be happy to provide you and General Rudolph with some convenience in the North Bay, whether in trade or otherwise." ”

When Roland heard this, a stone fell to the ground in his heart. It is impossible for Lyubov to enter into a black-and-white alliance with the Kolas Legion he represents without the current situation in the southern provinces being clear, and the status of the two sides is not equal. In what name did he and his father be the lords of the White Gull Harbor and the leaders of the Bend League, and he and his father were, at least so far, subjects of the Empire, "loyal generals" under the command of Archbishop Philip? After all, if the name is not right, it is not good, and the promise given by the other party is very sincere.

"I'll talk about the future later, and I have two more things to ask you for now." Roland struck while the iron was hot, first conveying Molozov's request to obtain funding for the Mecha Research Institute, and then financing the reconstruction of Kitland City, all of which were frankly explained to Lyubov in person.

"The appropriation of the Mecha Research Institute is a trivial matter, you go back and tell Morozov, as long as he uses the money in practice, I will not be stingy, as for the loan for the reconstruction of Kitland City......" Lyubov smiled wryly, "I'm sorry, this loan takes up too much money, it's not a game like the Dolphin Bay Reserve, I have to think carefully." ”

Roland changed his sitting position, supported his knees with his hands, leaned forward and stared at Lyubov, trying to make Lyubov feel his sincerity as much as possible: "Lyuba, allow me to explain a little, your current investment to help the Kitlanders rebuild their homes is not a simple loan, let alone relief, but a wise investment, with an interest-free loan in exchange for a prime plot of land in the rebuilt city's business district, the return will be a million in the future." ”

He is not fooling Liubov with his words, this investment does have a win-win and mutually beneficial prospects. He had heard and witnessed too many similar cases of commercial real estate investment before the crossing, and the academic community even summarized a set of economic theories for this boom phenomenon of investment and reconstruction after war and disaster, from which a well-known concept of "broken window effect" was derived. Of course, this theory actually bases the happiness of investors on the suffering of others, and does not create social wealth but transfer wealth, which is inappropriate from both the moral and logical levels, and it is reasonable to invite harsh criticism.

However, theory aside, Roland has to admit that there is a sad reality: where disaster occurs, there is business opportunity. When you see a building collapsing and countless compatriots dying in earthquakes, fires, tsunamis and even wars, you should be sad and soberly realize: the opportunity to make a fortune has come!

Excluding those cases that are too cold, there are also cases of positive energy, and Roland was deeply impressed by one of the anecdotes before he crossed over, and he still remembers it vividly:

As soon as the smoke of World War II had dissipated, the victorious countries headed by the United States, Britain, and France decided to set up a United Nations in New York to coordinate world affairs. When everything was ready, everyone suddenly realized that the world's most authoritative organization had no place for itself. Buy a piece of land, the newly established United Nations agency is still penniless. Let all countries in the world raise funds, as soon as the sign is hung up, it will be necessary to carry out economic apportionment to all countries in the world, and the negative impact will be too great. Coupled with the devastation of the Second World War, with governments running empty coffers and many countries running high fiscal deficits, it was not easy to raise money to buy a plot of land in New York, and the United Nations agencies were at a loss for what to do.

After hearing the news, the Rockefeller family, a well-known American consortium, decisively invested $8.7 million to buy a piece of land in New York and unconditionally donated the land to this international organization that had just been listed. At the same time, the Rockefeller family also bought a large area of land adjacent to this land. This unexpected move of the Rockefeller family was surprised by many large American conglomerates at that time, and 8.7 million US dollars was a lot of money for the United States and the world in the post-war economic malaise, but the Rockefeller family gave it away, and there were no conditions!

After this news came out, many real estate developers in the United States ridiculed: "This is simply a stupid move!" And they asserted: "If you don't run like this for 10 years, the famous Rockefeller family consortium will go bankrupt!" ”

Surprisingly, however, as soon as the United Nations building was completed, the price of land in the vicinity of it soared, and a huge amount of wealth, equivalent to dozens or hundreds of times the amount of donations, poured into the Rockefeller family consortium. This ending stunned the businessmen who had ridiculed and laughed at the Rockefeller family's donation, and had to admit the Rockefeller family's foresight.

Looking back at the generosity of the Rockefeller family, could it be that they only provided free funding to the United Nations out of good intentions?

On the face of it, it is true that the Rockefellers did not let the United Nations repay the loan, but this is not the case. When Rockefeller proposed to donate a piece of land on Manhattan Island near the East River to the United Nations as a place for the United Nations headquarters to settle down, the houses on the land he donated were declining, and the value of the real estate was declining, and when the United Nations headquarters was built on this land, the surrounding pieces of land that also belonged to the Rockefeller consortium suddenly doubled and doubled in price -- the palatial diplomatic apartments, first-class hotels, hotels, and shopping malls all rose around the center of this world organization. No one can calculate how much the Rockefeller family will earn back from running the land for $8.7 million.

In Roland's view, Kitland's current situation is like that of Manhattan after World War II.

"Lyuba, please pay attention to one statistic: the resident population of Kitland City alone is as high as more than 200,000, which is 40,000 more than the population of Baiou Harbor, the richest in the North Bay, and the total population of more than 400,000 if you count the villages and towns around the city!"

"What is the population? Population is both productive and consuming! In addition, we should also take into account that Kitlander is located in the Northland Plateau, which is not suitable for farming, and the local area is rich in mineral resources and water transportation, so it can only be developed into an industrial area dominated by mining and ironmaking, and its huge and concentrated non-agricultural population will inevitably promote the process of urbanization, and the continuous concentration of population to the city will inevitably be accompanied by huge consumer demand, which will also stimulate the continuous appreciation of urban commercial real estate. ”

After analysing the prospects for the development of Kitland City, Roland explained the current situation in the area to Lyubov.

"It's sad that Kitland City has just been sacked by war-torn mobs, and it's sad that the people of the city are struggling to survive, but think about it differently - if Kitland City's business district were as bustling as it once was, how much would you have to pay for an entire street of shops? Now most of those shops are in ruins, the original owners are either killed in the turmoil, or eager to get rid of the cash to support their families, the value of real estate is underestimated to an incredible degree, and the golden opportunity is just around the corner, and you don't make a move to buy the bottom when to wait! (To be continued.) )