After deciding to participate in the overseas plan, a number of real estate group companies, including R&F and Poly, formed a consortium and started the acquisition negotiations with 555 Fulton.

Their purpose is simple, that is, to use the 555 Fulton as a springboard to open up their business territory in the United States.

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Of course, they don't necessarily have to.

From the time the plan was formalized, a rare, anomalous, and extremely high-profile public opinion campaign was launched, not only in China, but also in the US real estate market.

For a time, the real estate market in the United States was shaken.

The reason is simple, in this era, almost everyone knows that "Made in China" is synonymous with low prices.

If they do enter the U.S. market, how much of a shock will it have to the entire real estate industry?

As soon as the news came out, some people were happy and some were worried.

Rejoice in the fact that ordinary people who can't afford to buy or afford a house.

They believe that the intervention of Huaxia Company will inevitably cause the unattainable housing prices to fall, and when the time comes, they may have the opportunity to buy a cottage of their own in their own city.

And it is speculators, investors and real estate companies who are worried.

They all know what the fall in housing prices means, so as soon as the news was released, the major real estate companies immediately held an emergency meeting.

Houghton Corporate Headquarters, Texas.

President Boum Horton sat in the middle of the room, listening to the adviser's report with a serious face.

According to the current situation, there is no suspense for the other party to enter the real estate market."

"Negotiations have already begun with 555 Fulton and from what we have learned, there is a strong chance that the acquisition will be reached."

"After all, 555 Fulton has been losing money for three consecutive years, and they continue to find a third party to come and take over."

"And the investment group of Huaxia people is the best target."

"They have a lot of money and experience, and even if it's official, they show a positive sign for this acquisition."

"Wait a minute."

Horton interrupted the advisor's speech, and then asked:

"You're saying that the government supports the other side's access to our real estate market? Why? ”

"In order to curb the trend of overheating in real estate."

"According to the data of the past three months, the average house price in major cities in China has risen by more than 5%, and although most of this increase is affected by financial market volatility, the official does not care."

"From an official point of view, all they see is an imbalance in the process."

"In this case, instead of monetary policy regulation, it is better to introduce catfish in the market-—— while achieving the purpose of price reduction, it can also break the monopoly to a certain extent."

At this point, the advisor spread his hands and continued:

"To be honest, if I were an official, I would have chosen such a strategy."

"Obviously, the current Huaxia investment group is this catfish, and they are about to jump into the pool."

Hearing his words, the conference room fell silent for a moment.

Originally, before the start of the meeting, everyone wanted to block this investment by operating at the official level, but now, the official attitude has been revealed, and if they intervene again, it is likely that they will be left with a bad file.

But can you just watch this catfish jump in and steal your own resources?

Horton frowned and asked:

"Do we have access to their investment strategies?"

The advisor shook his head and replied:

"There's no way for the time being-—— or they may not have figured out a strategy themselves."

"However, 555 Fulton has always focused on secondary markets, such as rural, sub-urban and so on."

"It is preliminarily estimated that after the Huaxia Investment Group takes over, it will continue this strategy."

"The reason is simple, 555 Fulton has a weak voice in the high-end market, and there are no relevant resources."

"If you just want to feed it with money, you can't feed the second Holden company."

Horton nodded slightly, which coincided with his judgment.

The other party should not do anything to the high-end market, as long as it is, at least in the short term, it is still safe.

But what about the long term?

Horton sighed, looked at the people in the room, and asked a question that had been swirling in his mind for a long time:

"So, do you think these Chinese people are here to make money, or do they have other plans?"

When the words fell, everyone in the conference room couldn't help but jump in their hearts.

In fact, they have not thought about this problem, thinking that this investment group may be planning to destroy the entire real estate market in the name of investment.

But this kind of malicious speculation seems to be a bit too far-fetched.

After all, no matter how you look at it, those Chinese people are qualified and reputable businessmen.

In the past, they have been much more popular than Indians, islanders, and even Europeans.

Is it possible that this is just a purely profit-seeking exercise?

After all, the current US real estate market is hot, and everyone knows that this is a gold mine, and everyone wants to get a piece of the pie.

Not only China, but also several European companies are also in contact with local American companies, even if, could it be said, they also have evil intentions?

Shouldn't it be?

After a few seconds of silence, in the corner of the conference room, someone raised his hand and said:

"I don't think there will be an answer to that question."

The crowd looked at him in amazement, and then he continued:

"But, at the same time, we should also know that no matter what the answer to this question is, fundamentally speaking, the entry of the Chinese people will have the same impact on us."

"They are bound to lower the price of the property, they are bound to take away our profits, and in the most extreme cases, they may even lead to the collapse of the entire market price."

"So, no matter what, we should be prepared."

"My suggestion is that our price increase strategy should be launched."

"We have to find a way to keep the price up to offset the impact of this catfish."

Horton looked appreciatively at the young man who was speaking, and followed his words and asked:

"So what do you think we should do?"

"You must know that a simple price increase is absolutely not acceptable to the market, but may affect our reputation"

"Second-hand housing."

The young man interrupted.

"Right now, the only thing that can move this market is financial means."

"We can't take the initiative to raise prices, but we can take advantage of the heat of the financial market and continue to speculate on our own market."

"There is no intermediate level of buyers except for rich speculators and poor people who just need it."

"So, as long as the price of second-hand housing rises, the price of our new home will also rise."

"Moreover, it is much easier to leverage the price of second-hand housing than the price of new housing."

"I've calculated, maybe, just need. No more than $50 billion. ”

"50 billion?!"

Everyone in the conference room couldn't help but exclaim.

You know, even for Holden, this is definitely not a small number.

However, Boom Horton, who was sitting in the middle, laughed.

He knew that it was definitely a viable strategy.

Because, someone will definitely pay for Holden.

Investors who are at the top of the financial market don't want this catfish to upset the market even more than themselves

Horton, who is far away in the United States, does not know that their continued behavior of speculating on the real estate market is actually putting a tighter and tighter rope on their neck.

The end is not far away, but the chariot of capital is racing wildly, and everyone seems to have forgotten one point:

At the other end of this rope, it was still tightly trapped on a large mountain.

Someday, this tank will pull the rope to the limit.

Subsequently, everyone on the chariot will be hanged with a huge momentum.

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Of course, it's too early to talk about this ending.

But on the other side of the mountain, there are indeed people who are quietly continuing to tighten the ropes.

Jiangsu, XCMG headquarters.

Zhou Fuyuan stood in the office, looking at the documents on the desktop with an excited expression, his eyes revealing undisguised ecstasy.

There is no doubt that this document is the document of the WK-75 heavy excavator that Chen Nian just output, and after being reviewed by the Xinghuo team and higher decision-making levels, it was delivered to Zhou Fuyuan's desktop as quickly as possible.

The first time he saw this document, Zhou Fuyuan's first reaction was to be suspicious.

After all, he is a technical supervisor, and he also knows how difficult heavy-duty engines are for the current XCMG, and even for the current Huaxia.

Not to mention the rearmament office, even the problems that so many subordinate research institutes of the Ministry of Industry can't solve, can you solve them?

Moreover, it is said that the technology this time did not come from the Heavy Equipment Office, but from a newly established department called the Civil Development Office.

I guess it was another leader who came up with the "experimental project".

With this in mind, he reluctantly opened the document, but after only a few pages, he was completely calmed.

Replacing the traditional excavator hydraulic system, the high-power variable frequency drive technology applied to the gear-rack and pinion push system.

Replace the AC inverter motor and its control system of thyristor power supply technology that has been stuck in the United States.

Because the production and assembly of some large parts exceeds the existing processing capacity, the specially designed and adjusted process flow.

These three points alone are enough to be called a shocking breakthrough.

Not to mention, this document also includes a number of more detailed, but equally important, key difficult technologies.

For example, hydraulics, bearings, high-strength materials, intelligent design, and so on.

At this moment, his mind changed drastically.

At the beginning, he thought that the DAB was a begging department, and that the so-called mountain-moving project was to squeeze the potential of enterprises and institutions and use them for the performance of some superiors.

But now, he suddenly realized that this was a fucking feeding department.

——

It's still the kind that feeds the rice to the mouth.

Don't eat?

Joke! Fools don't eat it!

Therefore, after receiving the materials, his attitude also took a 180-degree turn.

From the coldness at the beginning, to now I can't wait to take out my heart and liver to give a plate of specialties to the representative in front of me.

Finally stabilized his emotions, he took several breaths before he said solemnly:

"The burden this time is too heavy - thank you for the trust of the leaders! We XCMG up and down, we must work together to definitely live up to the trust of our superiors! ”

Hearing his words of loyalty, Chen Guo on the other side smiled and replied:

"Don't talk about these nonsense, anyway, the hardest part, we've already done it for you."

"The master leads the door, and the cultivation depends on the individual."

"On the basis of these techniques, what you can do is purely up to you."

"To tell you the truth, this time, the expectations of your superiors are very high, if you mess up"

Chen Guo deliberately didn't finish his words, but Zhou Fuyuan on the other side laughed.

What's the trouble?

The rice is fed into the mouth, and there is still no way to eat it?

So, he spoke:

"Don't worry, leader, we're not afraid of chewing it, we're afraid of no meat!"

"Now that the meat is in our mouths, even if we bite hard, we have to swallow it in our stomachs!"

"I can guarantee that from today onwards, this project will be our XCMG strategic hilltop project, with priority allocation of resources and priority arrangement of personnel, and ensure the smooth operation of the project at all costs!"

"Didn't you say that the project duration was 9 months? I made a military order, and within 6 months, WK-75 went offline! ”

"If you say that, then I'm relieved."

Looking at Zhou Fuyuan's demeanor, Chen Guo nodded slightly.

He is not afraid of the other party's madness, but he is afraid that the other party will not be impulsive.

You must know that under the premise that Chen Nian has completely encompassed the technology, many of the omissions and dilemmas in the process can be solved in the way that Chen Nian said "big ingenuity and no work", so fast and brutal are not a problem.

On the contrary, it is cautious and timid, which is the dead end that affects the progress of the project.

Being able to say such things at this time at least proves that Zhou Fuyuan really intends to do this project well.

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However, I came to him today and didn't just intend to do this one thing.

After a pause, Chen Guo continued:

"The heavy excavator project is solved, and I have one more thing here that I need your assistance with."

"But don't worry, you're not in charge this time."

"You say, whether it's the main responsibility or not, we will definitely do our best!"

Zhou Fuyuan replied without hesitation.

"We needed XCMG's help to design a rapid residential construction system in cooperation with China Construction Third Engineering Bureau."

"Rapid construction system for residential buildings? You say building machine? ”

Zhou Fuyuan's tone was a little surprised, and before Chen Guo could answer, he continued:

"The technical difficulty of this thing is not high, to put it bluntly, it is a closed construction platform, and the core technology involved is lifting and hoisting, and as for other equipment, they are all accessories of the construction platform."

"If we want to build it, we can make it at any time, but . . . The application scenarios of this thing in China don't seem to be very wide, right? ”

Hearing his words, Chen Guo nodded and replied:

"Yes, not in China for the time being."

"However, there is a need for something else."

"You don't have to inquire about the specific purpose, I only need you to answer one question."

"If we need a machine that can build a residential building with more than 10 floors in 10 days, are you sure?"

"The 10-day package does not include prefabricated slab preparation?"

Zhou Fuyuan asked.

"Not included."

Hearing Chen Guo's answer, Zhou Fuyuan instantly relaxed.

"That's going to be fine."

"Leader, allocate money, this thing doesn't even need the participation of the China Construction Third Bureau, we can handle it ourselves."

"After the thing is made, it won't take ten days, three days, and you'll be able to get it!"

Today is the last day of the double watch, and tomorrow the recovery of more than 10,000 words will be updated, and the tooth will be extracted, 3 will be extracted at one time, and one will be supplemented, and the person will be numb

(End of chapter)