Dreaming back to 1949, the great powers were there to deceive us

When the first ray of morning sunlight shone on Zhao Zhi's bed, there was a hurried knock on the door.

Last night, Boss Zhao worked almost all night. At four in the morning, he could no longer bear it and returned to Chinachem to rest for a few hours.

The knocking continued for more than ten minutes before waking Lao Zhao up. He opened the door sleepily and saw that it was Peanut. He shouted,

"You're a night owl!"

"I took a nap in the car at night, Boss, something big happened!"

As he spoke, he handed over a newspaper.

Zhao Zhi only took a glance at the title and instantly lost all sleepiness.

TA company has made a big move into the real estate industry, and Shanghai is about to usher in a golden period of development!

There was also a blurry photo in the newspaper, and the protagonist was Zhao Zhi. It seemed that it was taken secretly outside a foreign company.

The news was leaked to the newspaper by a tenant from Hengye Real Estate Agency yesterday. In doing so, he could not only get the newspaper's tip-off bonus, but also raise the market price and sell his house at a good price.

After Zhao Zhi quickly glanced through the newspaper, he shouted,

"Hurry! Prepare the car immediately, I need to continue shopping!"

Twenty minutes later, Zhao Zhi arrived at Hengye Real Estate Agency, but he was still too late. Under the eye-catching sign, there were fifty or sixty people gathered, all of them were there to buy houses!

Zhao Zhi knocked on Peanut's chair and shouted,

"Peanut, don't stop, drive on!"

You can't show up at this time, otherwise the rumors in the newspaper will be confirmed and housing prices will rise even more.

After the car was parked in a secluded corner, Zhao Zhi immediately sent Huasheng to check on the situation. Ten minutes later, Huasheng came back panting, leaning against the car window, breathlessly saying,

"Boss, the price of that restaurant on Pujiang Road has now risen to 20 yuan. The other listings have also seen significant increases! The highest is over 6%, and the lowest is at least %."

Zhao Zhi was filled with regret. The listed price of the restaurant on Pujiang Road was still 21 last night!

If I had known this, I wouldn’t have overslept in the early morning!

In just this short hour, Zhao Zhi felt like he had lost hundreds of thousands of dollars!

Peanut saw his dark face and comforted him,

"Boss, you bought tens of millions worth of real estate last night. Overnight, you made millions! The higher it goes, the more you earn!"

Zhao Zhi snorted coldly and shouted,

"What do you know, little brat? Drive to Hexi Road. There are several small factories that are about to go bankrupt and own a lot of land!"

Since commercial real estate is hard to buy, then buy industrial real estate!

At the Chinachem Hotel, Wang Cuicui held Hu Zhenhua's arm, looking reluctant!

"Sir, how long will you stay in Jinling?"

"At the fastest, three to five days; at the slowest, half a month. Did you remember what I told you?"

Wang Cuicui nodded her head.

"Got it. When you go to visit Director Mao and Secretary Qi's wives, you can't go empty-handed! You have to bring rouge, powder, shark fin, bird's nest, and other tonics!"

Hu Zhenhua nodded and continued,

"Giving gifts is a profound art. Women all love beauty. Giving these things to them will easily bring you closer. When the time is right, you can talk to them about my investment!"

Wang Cuicui shook Hu Zhenhua's arm and said coquettishly,

"Oh, sir, you've told me this eight hundred times. It's all about interests. I see you guys calculating this and that all day long. I've seen it all!"

Hu Zhenhua looked at Wang Cuicui's pouting mouth and became very lustful. He couldn't help but print his bloody mouth on her.

……

At ten o'clock in the morning, under the instruction of Hu Zhenhua, Wang Mo came out to refute the rumors, saying that TA's company's main business is insurance and industry, and has nothing to do with real estate. As for the rumors in the newspapers, they are the personal behavior of some shareholders of TA company and have nothing to do with TA!

This announcement only took effect for less than two hours, because when Zhao Zhi saw that the real estate prices were no longer rising, he grabbed six more buildings.

So far, the value of the real estate in Lao Zhao's hands has exceeded 1500 million, which is a huge fortune.

Zhao Zhi was not satisfied with this amount of money at all. He wanted to buy, buy, and buy more!

Because in just one morning, the overall price of real estate rose by another 2%!

Buy when the price is rising and don’t buy when the price is falling, this has been the case since ancient times.

More and more people are joining the ranks of scrambling for houses!

……

The presidential suite on the seventh floor of Chinachem was formerly Hu Zhenhua's office and now belongs to Wang Mo. The phone has been ringing non-stop since morning!

Another call came in, and Wang Mo's fatigue was hard to hide.

"Hello, I'm Wang Mo"

The voice on the phone was very polite.

"Hello, Mr. Wang Mo, I'm Lin Anbang from the city government!"

Wang Mo immediately cheered up and became more respectful.

"Hello, Mayor Lin! What are your instructions?"

Deputy Mayor Lin secretly thought that Wang Mo was very smart. He was nothing like Hu Zhenhua, that young and foolish man who kept calling "Deputy Mayor Lin, Deputy Mayor Lin" all day long and was not sensible at all!

"Manager Wang, I have a small matter I'd like to discuss with you. Didn't their company buy some land from the city government? I know they're short on funds, so I've come up with a compromise plan!"

Wang Mo frowned, and suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart.

"What plan?"

"The city government is helpless. They can't even pay the salaries of public servants. So I think you should sell half of the land. The land prices have risen so much now, you can make a lot of money by reselling it!"

Wang Mo pondered for a moment and felt that something was wrong.

It is precisely because the land price is rising so fast that it cannot be sold. Every day you hold on to it, the land price will rise a lot. If it can be delayed for ten days or half a month, it is not impossible for it to double.

If you sell it now, you’d be throwing away the watermelon to pick up sesame seeds!

Deputy Mayor Lin saw Wang Mo remained silent and continued,

"Brother Wang, I'm doing this entirely for your own good. Many city officials are very dissatisfied with you. They've proposed reclaiming the land and reselling it. If this drags on for too long, and it really comes to that, I'm afraid everyone will be embarrassed!"

In the past, when the land could not be sold, the city government naturally did not dare to say much, but now it is different.

If you don't give money, there are plenty of people who want it!

And the price is higher!

Wang Mo clenched his fist and shouted,

"Mayor Lin, we have an agreement. TA company has done nothing wrong!"

Negotiate a deal with the government?

Deputy Mayor Lin laughed heartily. After a long while, he spoke.

"The agreement was signed by Deputy Mayor Liu. He handed over a gold watch today, saying it was a bribe from Atlan. I had to use all my connections to suppress this matter!"

Deputy Mayor Lin took a leisurely sip of tea before continuing slowly.

"Mr. Wang Mo, the city government took a huge risk to protect their company's image and prevent you from being branded as 'bribing government officials'! Can't you be more understanding?"

What Deputy Mayor Lin meant was: If you don’t know what’s good for you, the city government will definitely sue you for bribery, and at that time, your contract to purchase the land will be revoked!

Wang Mo does have a strong background, but he can't always ask his boss to handle everything.

After a brief thought, Wang Mo decided to compromise.

"Mayor Lin, their company is extremely short of funds. Let's put it this way. No matter how difficult our situation is, we can't embarrass the city government. I'll contact Mr. Morris right away and ask him for a loan. At least 20% of the land purchase price will be paid first!"

Upon hearing this, Deputy Mayor Lin did not say anything, but just laughed. Wang Mo knew that he was complaining that it was too little!

"Forty percent! Forty percent should be fine, right?"

Deputy Mayor Lin is still haha!

Wang Mo was angry and roared,

"Fifty percent, not a cent more. If the city government is still not satisfied and insists on pushing us to death, you can just take those plots of land back. We don't want them anymore!"

50%, far below Deputy Mayor Lin's expectations.

"You really don't want it anymore?"

Wang Mo said with absolute certainty,

"do not want!"

Deputy Mayor Lin was silent. If we only consider the price, the city government can indeed gain greater benefits by reclaiming these plots of land.

But the city government cannot just consider the economic costs, it also has to consider the political costs!

If TA company suddenly abandons the purchase of land, it will be a major blow to the real estate industry in the entire Magic City.

The economy of Shanghai has shown signs of recovery, and all of this is driven by TA Company. It can be said that TA Company's investment acts as a weather vane!

What’s more serious is that if TA abandons the purchase of land, it may send a wrong signal to the outside world: the current situation is unstable and TA’s company is going to withdraw its investment!

After a brief consideration, Deputy Mayor Lin smiled and said,

"Mr. Wang, I'm only discussing this with you on behalf of the city government. I have no intention of forcing you. On the contrary, if you really encounter any difficulties, the city government will definitely help you solve them!"

"Thank you!"

"In that case, I won't bother Mr. Wang anymore. I hope he can transfer the money to the city government's account before closing time this afternoon!"

Wang Mo hung up the phone, slammed his fist on the desk, and yelled,

"Mr. Lin, let's wait and see!"

The more Wang Mo thought about it, the angrier he got!

Yesterday, Wang Mo was very happy to hear that Hu Zhenhua was going to Jinling to develop the aviation market. As the saying goes, when there is no tiger in the mountain, the monkey becomes king.

After Hu Zhenhua left, he could use some means to replace all the core positions with his own people.

Before it could be implemented, Deputy Mayor Lin was furious!

Hu Zhenhua should have borne this grievance!

If you want to wear the crown, you must bear its weight. The ancients were right!

Wang Mo was in a bad mood and didn't plan to continue working. He wanted to go have lunch because delicious food could help him adjust his mood.

In Victoria Western Restaurant, a fashionable modern girl took Wang Mo's arm and slowly sat down!

She looked at the noisy environment around her, her temper came up, her face drooped, and the word "dissatisfaction" was almost written on her face!

The restaurant has been very busy in the past two days, and Wang Mo wanted a quieter room, but was unsuccessful.

He originally wanted to comfort his female companion, but the conversation between the two people next to him attracted his attention!

"Andrew, your cement sales have suddenly increased a lot in the past two days?"

"That's right! Our inventory of over 3000 tons was sold out within a day. We have another ship arriving today, and it's already been booked!"

"Why is the demand so strong? Has the real estate market in Shanghai really recovered?"

"Who knows? Anyway, the price has gone up a lot. Our company has already mobilized a batch of funds from Hong Kong to here and is preparing to stock up two buildings! Bruce, do you want to join?"

"Have you done any research?"

"We're collaborating with Jardine Matheson and have obtained data from them showing a significant increase in orders from the Magic City. My friend, do you know what this means?"

Bruce's eyes widened and he shouted,

"It means a huge amount of wealth is pouring into the Magic City!"

Seeing that Wang Mo ignored her, the female companion immediately sat down next to Wang Mo, shook Wang Mo's arm, leaned over to his ear, and complained softly,

"Honey, let's go to another restaurant! There are too many foreigners here, and their body odor is bothering us!"

As she swayed, she rubbed Wang Mo's arm with her soft parts.

Acting like a spoiled child, which usually always worked, didn't work this time.

"If you don't like it here, leave!"

Wang Mo replied coldly and continued to eavesdrop on the conversation between the two foreigners. He understood English, so eavesdropping was effortless for him!

Seeing that Wang Mo was really angry, the female companion quickly returned to her seat, took the menu from the waiter, and started ordering!

After a while, a table full of delicious food filled the table.

In Victoria Western Restaurant, everyone should be polite and humble, but the fact is, it is noisy!

It’s so noisy!

Some were showing off how much commission they had earned, some were discussing which bar to go to in the evening, and some were conducting business negotiations and bargaining.

Suddenly, a drunkard stood on the table, holding up his wine glass, and shouted,

"Cheers to this great era, to the prosperity of the Magic City. Here, we can all become millionaires! Cheers!"

His words caused a cheer, and everyone raised their glasses and shouted hysterically.

"Cheers!"

Wang Mo knew that guy, he was a loan officer from Standard Chartered, and Levi Auto Company had business dealings with them!

The waiter Claude was moving among the crowd, serving dishes attentively. The tips he received today were more than his three-month salary!

Every guest is so generous!

Wang Mo was no longer in the mood to eat. He simply ate two bites and left with his female companion, causing the latter to tremble.

Thousands of years of business history have proven that once the economy recovers, real estate, as an important carrier of wealth, will see its price rise substantially!

Wang Mo's heart was pounding with excitement. It was time to do something big!