In 1998, China's urbanization rate was only 30 percent, and most second- and third-tier cities were not large. Some cities even have only one outer ring road, and beyond are basically barren mountains and mountains, without the appearance of a bustling city.

Therefore, the most indispensable thing for real estate development at this time is land. In later generations, land acquisition has become the key to the top priority of real estate development projects.

In the vernacular, if you can't get land, you can't build a house, if you can't build a house, you can't sell it, and if you don't have to sell it, you can only close the door and go out of business.

Geng Wenyang said, "The most important thing for us to engage in real estate development is to have land. Only when we have land can we build a house, and when we build a house, we can sell it. Therefore, land is the key to the survival of real estate development enterprises."

Lin Yun hesitated, "But...... It's not hard to get ground now, is it? Even if the land is acquired, the price is not too expensive."

"Yes, it's not that expensive right now." Geng Wenyang said, "But as the old saying goes, scarcity is precious. Once the monetized housing allocation policy is implemented, industrial and mining enterprises and institutions will no longer implement welfare housing allocation, and can only force everyone to spend money to buy houses in the market."

"That's good!" Lin Yun yearned, "In that case, our house won't have to be sold."

"yes!" Geng Wenyang took the opportunity to say: "When the house is sold, the land price will definitely rise. In the end, the competition between real estate companies will turn into a battle for land."

"The battle for land?" Lin Yun was enlightened.

Geng Wenyang nodded and continued: "At that time, the land will be sold by bidding and auction, and whoever pays more money will own the land."

Lin Yun pondered, "If the land price is high, the cost of converting it into the house price will be high. In that case, how can ordinary people afford to buy houses?"

Geng Wenyang said: "That's why I have always said that I want to build small high-rise or even high-rise residences. In this way, the floor area per unit of land will be many times higher, and the land price per square meter of floor area will be relatively lower, otherwise the house price will be really skyrocketing."

In the 90s, ordinary houses were mostly multi-storey buildings with five or six floors, while in later generations, they were basically high-rise buildings with more than 30 floors.

Based on the classic calculation of 33 floors, two staircases and three households, a high-rise residential unit can accommodate 98 households. A multi-storey dwelling with the same floor space, even if calculated on a six-story basis, can only accommodate 18 residents.

When converted, the former is almost 5.5 times that of the latter. The difference in land utilization rate can be described as heaven and earth.

"It seems that building high-rise housing is the only feasible way to go in the future." Lin Yun woke up and said, "Then our next project will try to build some high-rise or small high-rise residential buildings."

Geng Wenyang saw that her mind was open, and then comforted: "Our group company plans to build a new headquarters building this year, with an investment of about 200 million. I am going to hand over the construction of this project to our own construction company, and you will be in charge of it."

The net profit of commercial real estate projects with an investment of 200 million yuan can be more than 10%. Even at 10 percent, this project alone can bring 20 million revenue to the company. If it is distributed to her personally, she can get at least two or three million, which can greatly alleviate the embarrassment at hand.

"Wen Yang, you are really my lucky star!" Lin Yun finally opened his eyebrows and smiled, "Now I finally don't have to worry about running out of work."

Geng Wenyang smiled and said, "Aunt Lin, taking advantage of the fact that the land price is relatively low now, we have to find ways to get more land. If you take the land, you can not develop it first, but you must buy the land and keep it as a backup."

Lin Yun pondered, "Well, what you said makes sense, I'll think about it again."

Lin Yun is specifically responsible for the daily operation of Sihai Fuxiang Real Estate Development Company, Geng Wenyang is not good at interfering too much, and after providing ideas and suggestions, it depends on how much she can understand and accept.

The two chatted for a while about other matters of the real estate company and the construction company. Geng Wenyang saw that it was not early, so he declined Lin Yun's invitation to leave him for dinner, and came downstairs after saying goodbye.

The sky that had just been under the sun was now cloudy. Suddenly a gust of wind blew, and Geng Wenyang smelled the unique smell of water vapor mixed in the wind, no

You said worriedly: "The mountain rain is about to come and the wind is full of buildings, it looks like it's going to rain!"

As soon as his words fell, all he could hear was the sound of a rapid raindrop, and it really rumbled in the sky.

"Look at my crow's mouth!" Geng Wenyang couldn't help laughing at himself: "How can you say that it rains when it rains?"

As he spoke, the rain became heavier and heavier, and after a short time it turned into a pouring rain. Geng Wenyang hid in the cave of the building, looked at the increasingly heavy rain outside, and said secretly: "This spring is too dry, more rain is good for the crops."

After waiting for a while, Gan Ruolan drove the Cherokee downstairs. Geng Wenyang didn't have an umbrella with him, so he could only brave the heavy rain and rush to the car, and hurriedly opened the co-pilot's door and got in.

Gan Ruolan saw that he was drenched in rain, and thoughtfully took a dry towel and said, "Here, wipe it quickly!"

Geng Wenyang took it and wiped his face a few times, turned his head to look at his son who was playing with a small toy in the back seat, and said, "You guys aren't drenched, are you?"

"Nope." Gan Ruolan said while driving, "I saw that the weather was bad and took the child back to the car. I was thinking about giving you a call, but you came first."

"It rained so hard in May." Geng Wenyang looked at the increasingly heavy rain outside the window and said, "It seems that the rain will be not small this year."

"After so many years of drought, it's time for more rain." Gan Ruolan said: "The hot springs over there are almost out of water, and if it doesn't rain again, I think Yaochi will have to dry up."

"It's been a drought for the past two years." Geng Wenyang said, "I heard Lao Feng say that the fruits and medicinal materials planted on the mountain have been affected, and the harvest is not very good."

Several villages around Yaochi Village rely on water from the Huluyu Reservoir to water fruit trees and medicinal herbs. In recent years, due to the severe drought in recent years, the water stored in the Huluyu Reservoir has been much less than in previous years, so that it cannot meet the increasing demand for irrigation water. It is inevitable that the yield of crops such as fruit trees and medicinal herbs, which have been expanding year by year on the mountain, will decrease.

Gan Ruolan stared at the road in front of her, which had begun to accumulate water, and said, "I hope there will be more rain on our side this time, otherwise the people on the mountain will even have a problem with draft."

"It's too much." Geng Wenyang looked at the layers of rain outside the car and said, "Too much rain will not work, it will bring flooding."

Gan Ruolan laughed and said, "Flood? Impossible! We haven't had a flood there in decades. Now that the reservoirs in the upper reaches of the Baishui River have dried up, how can there be floods? I think you're a little worried!"

"I hope so!" Geng Wenyang stared out the car window and muttered silently, "I remember that there was a widespread flood in 1998, and I should be right."

The Cherokee rushed through a waterway in a storm, and the family of three finally arrived at their home in the Fuxiang community of the four seas.

At this moment, the rain outside is getting heavier and heavier!