A century-old wealthy family that rose from Shanghai

Chapter 154 A Generation
Jinxing Business Company.

Yu Boying hurried to Sun Chunsheng's office and reported, "Boss, I've found out. The Dahua Hotel and the surrounding land were sold to Chen Guangliang of Changjiang Real Estate. The transaction price should be 240 million yuan."

Sun Chunsheng's eyes widened and he said in shock, "It's actually him!"

Although the two had never met, Sun Chunsheng knew Changjiang Real Estate and Chen Guangliang very well because last year Changjiang Real Estate innovated the "land leasing and construction on behalf of others" model, and Jinxing Business Company also developed a site according to this model.

Sun Chunsheng is also very excited about the recent innovation of "stage and layer" by Changjiang Real Estate. He is currently studying it and still has many questions.

"It's him. But I don't know why he knew this news and also knew our bottom price!" Yu Boying asked with some doubts.

At the beginning (1925), Sun Chunsheng separated from Ye Guang Company and started his own business, and brought with him many capable people from Ye Guang Company, including Yu Boying who was good at business, Xu Ruifang who was good at architectural design, etc.

Yu Boying's words also made Sun Chunsheng suddenly realize: "They actually know our bottom price. That means one of the shareholders must know Chen Guangliang. The most likely person is Watsons' Humphries family. Of course, it's too late to say anything now. Even if I knew Chen Guangliang's bottom price, I wouldn't necessarily continue to bid higher."

Yu Boying said, "Boss, think about why Chen Guangliang bought the land at such a high price. He's not as strong as us. I guess he wants to develop the land in stages and layers, so he doesn't need much follow-up capital at all."

Sun Chunsheng was stunned because he hadn't figured it out yet: how should a strata title be drawn up? And how could he get customers to willingly pay in installments?

Therefore, his lack of proficiency in this "business" led to his lack of confidence.

Now that I think about it, I really missed a lot! "This Chen Guangliang is so abominable, he's really good at getting in the way!"

Sun Chunsheng showed a look of regret, then said: "We are seizing the time to study and seek funds to purchase land. I think this 'stage and layered' model is much better than the 'land leasing and construction on behalf of others' model!"

All his previous funds were invested in "Sun Apartments" and other projects, so he is now preparing to raise funds to continue purchasing land and developing real estate.

In fact, Sun Chunsheng also has an advantage in terms of "credibility". After all, he only had a capital of tens of thousands more than four years ago, but now it has increased dozens of times. He can be called a real estate genius.

"Okay, I think the land in the area of ​​Yuyuan Road, Nanjing West Road, and Weihai Road is good. After all, Chen Guangliang is also building houses in these areas."

"Well, let's talk about it when there's a suitable one!"

No matter what, Sun Chunsheng held a grudge against his "master" Chen Guangliang.

Changjiang Real Estate.

Chen Guangliang also convened a meeting of management.

The company currently has a total of 20 employees, including 7 management (senior staff) and the boss Chen Guangliang.

"Changjiang Real Estate is striving to sell half of the Yuyuan Road site by the end of July or early August. Besides overseeing existing projects, we're also preparing for new ones. As for the recently purchased site on Nanjing West Road, you don't need to pay attention to it for now. I'll have a rough plan for it later!"

122 buildings (five sites covering 40 mu) have been sold on Yuyuan Road, leaving 98 mu of land.

Of the 98 acres of land, 5 acres are used as a factory, 3.7 acres are used as a car dealership, and the remaining 89 acres are planned to be developed into real estate and sold this year.

It is divided into three phases, with a total of nearly 400 buildings and 1200 floors, which can bring Chen Guangliang a profit of about 300 million.

Make this money first!

After all, if everyone rushes in madly, the time of 'oversupply' will probably come earlier than expected.

Of course, the most unlucky ones are probably the big landlords who own the most houses for rent, such as Siming Bank. At that time, rents in the Shanghai Stock Exchange may fall.

Of course, none of this has anything to do with Chen Guangliang. He just needs to insist on not making the last penny.

Guo Deming immediately said, "Boss, since we're going to develop the land on Yuyuan Road this year, I suggest we hype up the land there first. This will not only increase the value of our homes, but also prevent other competitors from developing quickly or significantly increase their costs!"

Chen Guangliang asked, "How do you fry it?"

Guo Deming immediately said, "It's simple. We can have the newspapers report on the future development of Yuyuan Road. Once everyone sees that this will become Shanghai's main mid-range residential area, land prices will likely continue to rise sharply. Especially those owners of land on Yuyuan Road, they'll probably ask for even higher prices, which will naturally fuel speculation."

That makes sense. The land in the western section of Yuyuan Road is now over 6500, and it will definitely be over 1930 this year (historically, it was about 8800 oceans in , which is about the same as Zhabei, and it was the cheapest land in the concession).

Chen Guangliang was very satisfied with Guo Deming's 'cleverness' and immediately said, "It's feasible. After all, this is also true. Yuyuan Road has become prosperous because of our Changjiang Real Estate."

Afterwards, Changjiang Real Estate began to operate at a high speed and everyone became busier.

Chen Guangliang considered selling all the land on Yuyuan Road this year to acquire the basic market;

Next year, we will mainly consider the 60 mu of land on Nanjing West Road and the 10 mu of land on Weihai Road;
As for the 20 acres of land on Xiafei Road, it doesn’t matter if it’s too late. After all, I have already earned a huge fortune!

In fact, compared with the 1200 houses (all rented out) developed by Siming Bank in the later period, the buildings developed by Chen Guangliang in the past two or three years should not reach so many (the average number of floors per building is higher for Changjiang Real Estate), but his location is definitely more advantageous.

In the future, many people will be able to afford houses, and the rent in Shanghai will not be so high!

Yan Zhiduo and his wife called Yan Renmei over and began to question her!
"Renmei, do you know a businessman named Chen Guangliang?"

Yan Renmei instantly recalled the handsome man in her mind, and then she said honestly, "This year, Zhang Hanfen and I and the other two agreed to go on a spring outing to Sheshan. On the way, a car had a puncture tire, and the driver didn't know how to change it. He happened to see it and took the initiative to help. Afterwards, we ran into each other again in Sheshan. He chatted with us for a few words, and then we didn't have any contact again. Father, why are you asking this?"

Yan Zhiduo immediately said, "Someone asked me to marry you!"

Yan Renmei blushed, then said firmly: "No, I want to study, not get married!"

Yan Zhiduo frowned and said, "Why does a girl need to study so much? Besides, Guangliang means to support your studies and consider marriage when you are old enough."

Although Yan Renmei was very fond of the latter sentence, she still said, "It still won't work. He's already so old, and I still have a long time to study. It's definitely not suitable for me."

She was born in 1915 and had never thought about getting married. Even though she had some feelings for Chen Guangliang, she was firm in her attitude at this time.

Yan Renmei's stepmother (her biological mother died when she was six) immediately said, "She is only 19 years old and has achieved such a great success in her career. She can wait for you for a few years. Why are you not satisfied?"

Yan Renmei's biological mother, Liu Chengyi, was the granddaughter of Liu Yong, the richest man in Nanxun. It was a marriage arranged in feudal society. Unfortunately, she died after giving birth to only two daughters.

As the eldest son of Yan Zijun, Yan Zhiduo naturally married another wife as soon as possible and finally gave birth to two sons.

Because of this, Yan Renmei and her sister Yan Renyun (who later married Du Yuesheng's eldest son Du Weifan and was adopted) were both bargaining chips for marriage.

Yan Zhiduo said at this time: "I haven't agreed to this yet, but you have to be prepared. Girls will always get married."

The reason why he did not agree immediately was that he wanted to get to know Chen Guangliang better, and the "bride price" was still to be finalized.

"Anyway, I just don't want to get married now," Yan Renmei said, turned around and trotted away.

She attaches great importance to learning and hopes to follow the example of her three aunts and achieve good academic results.

His stepmother said: "This child"

Yan Zhiduo waved his hand and said, "I have my own conclusion on this matter. Besides, her grandfather also knows about it!"

The implication is that you, as a stepmother, should not interfere too much.

Hearing that the old man also knew, Yan Renmei's stepmother said awkwardly: "It's not that talented people are rare, I'm a little anxious, you guys make the decision!"

She wasn't a vicious stepmother; she came from an intellectual family, her mother the principal of a girls' school. She agreed this time because she followed her husband's lead and also because she thought Chen Guangliang was a good person.

Yan Zhiduo did not answer, but in his heart he was inclined to agree to Chen Guangliang. After all, it was a good thing for his eldest daughter to have such an opportunity.

He and his original wife also had a feudal marriage, so he also followed the principle of "parents' orders and matchmaker's words" for his children's marriages.

the other side.

Yan Renmei ran to her boudoir, feeling a little aggrieved. She didn't know why her father was so anxious for her to get married!
Last year she went to study at Zhongxi Girls' Middle School, and her father was very unhappy. It was only after her grandfather's intervention that she was able to enter the school. In fact, she also has an aunt who teaches at the school.

In this regard, her father is not as open-minded as her grandfather. Her three aunts have all received higher education. Why should she get married early?

"Chen Guangliang seemed to have known me for a long time. He took the initiative to approach me the last time we met?"

Thinking of Chen Guangliang, Yan Renmei's original good impression of him began to disappear!

It's simple, because she doesn't want to get married in a hurry, but wants to study.

But Chen Guangliang asked her father for permission so early, which naturally made Yan Renmei very unhappy.

"You said you would allow me to continue studying. Bah, you are not even related to me, why do you interfere with me?" Yan Renmei clenched her fists and muttered to herself.

"Ah ...

Chen Guangliang sneezed repeatedly for no reason and felt confused.

He has a 'superhuman body' and has never been sick so far, not even a minor cold, but he sneezes continuously.

Of course, he didn't care about this!
Ever since he came to propose marriage, he hadn't been thinking about this matter all the time. At the beginning, he just wanted to reserve a spot to avoid being snatched away by someone else.

Now that he has come and made it clear, the Yan family must give him priority, right?
It's not that he has to marry Yan Renmei, but he has seen a lot of women in his previous life, so he doesn't care too much about his feelings when it comes to the person he marries.

Yan Renmei met his two requirements: longevity and being well-matched, so the rest was no longer that important.

Manager Chen

"Now that you're here, I just want to have a meeting with you!"

Huang Chunsun and Zhang Jinglu walked in. Chen Guangliang invited them to sit on the sofa and then sat down himself.

The three people who formed the helmsman of the public opinion direction of the Oriental Daily were generally Huang Chunsun and Zhang Jinglu. When the two had different opinions, Chen Guangliang would make the final decision.

Oriental Daily advocates the three principles of fairness, equity and openness.

It is somewhat similar to the "Four No's" of Ta Kung Pao!

Fairness means not being biased towards any particular faction (in fact, we will not offend the government too much, there is a limit, and when it comes to sensitive remarks, we will not act as a judge, but only report impartially).

Fairness naturally means not making judgmental comments or subjective comments (this is what newspaper editors do, and they do not restrict outside contributors).

Public means that it is open to readers and does not accept donations from anyone.

Chen Guangliang began by saying, "I'm very pleased that everyone has remembered the 'Three Publics' principles I established. However, there is one downside: there may be slight differences in understanding, leading to less sharp commentary on some current events. For example, if the Southern Whale hasn't yet reached a consensus on a certain topic, can we offer our unique insights for their reference? Even if our newspaper can't do that, what about our contributors? In short, we shouldn't abandon intellectuals!"

The two of them understood that this person wanted to win over intellectuals, but did not want to offend the commander-in-chief and the Nanjing government, so he said so.

Huang Chunsun immediately said, "Okay, let's make some changes in this regard and pay more attention to and comment on some current events."

The specific degree can only be left to Huang Chunsun and Zhang Jinglu.

Of course, the Oriental Daily News as a whole is definitely inclined towards the Nanjing government. After all, one has to bow down when one is under someone's roof. It basically does not report on that side, and even if it does, its tone is similar to that of the News and Shenbao (although Shenbao is not favored by the Nanjing government, it is essentially inclined towards the Nanjing government and is more likely to be critical).

Then, Chen Guangliang shamelessly said, "I recently wrote a poem. Please publish it for me!"

Zhang Jinglu, the editor-in-chief and deputy general manager, curiously took the note. It read: "A generation. The night gave me black eyes, but I use them to search for light."

"Good poem, good poem, Assistant Manager Huang, take a look!"

"Well, it's a good poem indeed. This poem is the best testimony to our generation. Although it only has two sentences, it is worth a thousand words."

Zhang Jinglu added: "This also proves our newspaper's determination to attract intellectuals!"

Chen Guangliang quickly said, "Follow the example of the Xinwen Bao, don't follow the Shenbao, or you'll be in trouble!"

He just wanted to show off, but he didn't really want to get involved in politics!

"clear"

"Don't worry, Manager Chen, we know what's going on."

How could he be at ease? Chen Guangliang was thinking about whether he should step down as the general manager and just be a behind-the-scenes boss!

Just wait!

Shi Liangcai was so aggressive, but he was assassinated after 1934, and it seems that he only started to completely break off relations with the commander-in-chief after 1932.

Therefore, my little tricks are at most the same as those of the "Newspaper", which is nothing!
Now that he had finally developed the Oriental Daily into a newspaper with a circulation of more than 7 copies (2 copies in the areas around Peking and Wuhan), and had increased the circulation of both Shenbao and Xinwenbao to 13 copies, how could he willingly give up the throne of "power"!

(End of this chapter)