From a freeloader to a world leader

After a while of commotion, Yue Yunfei stared at Sun Shan with a burning gaze and asked, "Advisor Sun, according to what you said, wouldn't all the common people in Hengzhou City be able to live in new houses? Wouldn't it be possible to quickly increase the population to 500,000, or even more?"

Sun Shan nodded: "Basically everyone can live in a new house, but the population still needs to be properly controlled, so our house construction speed must also be appropriate."

"Based on the current land in the old Hengzhou City, the maximum population is 500,000, which can be satisfied within three years-----"

Sun Shan sighed and said, "If we want to develop further, we need to build a new city. Then -"

Then, Sun Shan pointed to the top of his head, and everyone understood.

At that time, it will definitely attract the attention of the top leaders, and they will send people to Hengzhou to divide the benefits.

At that time, it will depend on whether the Datong Chamber of Commerce is strong enough.

At that time, it will depend on whether Sun Shan can successfully enter the officialdom, and quickly climb up to join the higher-level officialdom.

Then, the Datong Chamber of Commerce followed in Sun Shan's footsteps, replicating one city after another and creating massive wealth.

"Ha ha ha ha------"

Yue Yunfei laughed heartily twice, attracting everyone's attention, and gave Sun Shan a thumbs up: "I believe that Consultant Sun will be able to step into the officialdom smoothly and lead us to create miracles one after another! I believe that in three years, our Datong Chamber of Commerce will be much stronger than it is today!"

Everyone in the conference room loved to hear this.

They stood up and applauded.

After the excitement, Yue Yunfei asked again: "Advisor Sun, when will our bridge be repaired? I believe that once the bridge is repaired, more people will be optimistic about Hengzhou."

"Of course the sooner the better!"

As he spoke, Sun Shan came out of his momentary confusion and slammed his palm on the table: "The real estate club will immediately announce the recruitment of master carpenters!"

Then, he looked at everyone with a thunderous look in his eyes: "Annual salary 10000 taels of silver, hiring a master carpenter to repair bridges and houses!"

"What? 10000 for two years' salary!"

Twenty or thirty people in the conference room jumped up. Even Yang Keqing, the prince, couldn't help but scream. He asked back with everyone else: "10000 taels, isn't that too much? How much is the annual salary of the president of our Datong Chamber of Commerce!"

Yes, Sun Bing, the president of the entire Datong Chamber of Commerce, only has an annual salary of 1000 taels.

The carpenters hired to build bridges and houses were offered an annual salary of 10000 taels.

This is ten times higher!

"That's right, an annual salary of 10000 taels!"

Sun Shan nodded firmly and waved his hand: "Everyone sit down and listen to me-----"

After everyone sat down, Sun Shan started to explain: "This 10000 taels is absolutely necessary. First of all, the master craftsman hired with this 10000 taels will definitely be worth the money. We can hire the best architect today, and he can help us build bridges and houses of the highest standards. When the time comes, he can save us some money and come up with some good ideas, which will be worth it."

Everyone can accept this reluctantly.

But I was thinking, would two thousand taels or five thousand taels not be enough?

You have to know that nowadays the monthly salary of an average craftsman is only two or three taels of silver.

"Secondly, we need to use these 10000 taels of silver to quickly spread the reputation of our Datong Chamber of Commerce Real Estate Society. We need to let everyone in the world know that our Datong Chamber of Commerce has hired the empire's top architects and is building bridges and houses to the highest standards."

"This is a perfect advertisement. We don't need to do anything to promote it. People with potential will come to Hengzhou to see if it is worth their investment or settlement."

"Haha----" Yue Yunfei felt pretty good after hearing what Sun Shan said, and gave him a thumbs up: "This is good, Advisor Sun, you are really smart. This one move alone is worth 10000 taels of silver!"

Sun Shan waved his hand modestly, and then said solemnly: "Third, I want to change the world's concept that only studying is the best. I want to tell people that there is more than one way to live through the reality of an annual salary of over ten thousand taels."

"As long as you have enough ability, you can stand out in any industry and earn more money than being an official."

As he spoke, Sun Shan made a self-deprecating remark: "For example, when I first entered Hengzhou, I was able to achieve today's success just by telling stories and singing operas. I think now in our Hengzhou city, no one says that singing operas is not a proper job, right?"

This made everyone happy and they all burst into laughter.

Everyone sitting in the conference room knew the story of Sun Shan’s rise to wealth.

Especially Sun Bing and others from Baisha Village in Huayang knew that Sun Shan did not have enough to eat before he passed the imperial examination.

I still owe a lot of debt.

As for Hengzhou nowadays, the people who make the most money are the storytellers and opera singers from Deyun Club.

Cao Yunjin, who was once a scholar, could get more than 100 taels of silver in a month.

Jacky Cheung, who owns 20% of the shares and is the president of Deyun Club, got even more.

Last month, including dividends and performances, he earned nearly a thousand taels of silver.

After everyone had finished laughing, Sun Shan spoke again, "I believe that after seeing the fact that two years' salary is 10000, scholars in the future will no longer crowd on the single-plank bridge leading to the officialdom."

"After all, the investment and return are too uneconomical. How many people have studied for 20 or 30 years but cannot even pass the exam to become a scholar, and their families cannot eat or wear warm clothes."

"I want to lead the world to this reality of a high salary of 10000 taels, and tell the world that as long as you work hard enough and delve into it, even if you improve the rickshaw, you can instantly change your wealth and status. I want all the capable people in the world to live the life they want!"

"I want to break the secularity of this world and let the craftsmen live a good life. In this way, they will create more advanced things and create more wealth!"

You may not know other people, but last month a rickshaw driver named Huang, who used to be a blacksmith, successfully cracked the ball rolling task issued by Sun Shan through repeated research and experiments.

Received a bonus of 1000 taels.

Moreover, he was appointed by Sun Shan as a master car maker, in charge of hundreds of workers, with an annual salary of 1000 taels.

However, these 1000 taels are well worth it!

Rickshaws equipped with ball bearings are faster, easier to pull, and more durable.

Moreover, this man surnamed Huang was sitting in the conference room at this moment, with his eyes rolling.

"We should not be afraid to pay others high salaries. The more we pay, the more we will gain, and ordinary people will also benefit from it. Slowly, the whole world will become richer and more developed!"

Several people sitting in the audience looked at Sun Shan who was talking, not knowing why.

Whenever I heard Sun Shan talking about this world, I subconsciously felt that the Sun Shan who was speaking at the moment did not seem to be from this world.

He seemed to come from another world, with a compassionate heart that sympathized with the world.

In fact, what everyone didn’t know was that Sun Shan had other ideas. He wanted to attract some super-skilled craftsmen hidden among the people with far higher salaries than usual.

So as to accelerate the progress of world technology, create more wealth, and solve a series of problems in the future.