Dongqing is not particularly worried about its finances within a year. If the company's cash flow really breaks down one day, it can simply sell a few hundred acres of land first.

Land prices in Sucun are rising day by day. By then, many people with money will not be able to buy land. These lands in Sucun are its backbone and the backbone of its economic development.

Of course, you can take out a second loan, but you can't get an interest-free loan; you'll have to pay interest every month.

Taking out loans to do business is a poor strategy. If there's any way to develop the economy in Dongqing, no one would resort to loans.

In November, after a year of dating, Dong Sanmei and Sun Hao finally got engaged. Dong Qing held an engagement ceremony for them at a hotel. The old maid finally had the intention to get married and was preparing to marry herself off before the end of the year, ending her maiden life.

In January 1986, Dong Qing made a decision that his wife could not accept. After dinner, he said, "Wife, I need to discuss something with you. I'm planning to go south to Shenzhen to buy a piece of land."

Li Yuzhu looked at her husband in disbelief, and it took her a long time to recover. She said, "Are you crazy? How much money does it cost to sell land in Pengcheng? Does our company have that much money to buy land right now?"

Dong Qing had long planned to buy land in Shenzhen, but he hadn't mentioned it to his wife.

Last year, I planned to buy land in the south, but I didn't have the money. This year, I still don't have the money.

He felt he couldn't delay any longer. Even if he waited until this time next year, he still wouldn't have the money. Land in Pengcheng wasn't worth much now. If he didn't buy now, he would never be able to buy it again in his lifetime if he delayed for several more years.

Having lived a lifetime, Dong Qing knows best how fast Shenzhen developed in the later stages. In the 21st century, even if you sold all your assets in your hometown, you couldn't buy fifty acres of land in Shenzhen. It would mean working for nothing for more than ten years and losing a lot of money. In Dong Qing's view, seizing favorable investment opportunities is money.

He can only risk investing a few million to buy a piece of land now. Of course, he won't start construction immediately, as he doesn't have that much capital to build. He can only buy the land and fence it off first.

Dong Qing said, "It's almost the end of the year, and I want to pool the funds from the three companies together to buy a plot of land in Shenzhen. If that's not enough, we'll use part of the special loan for the wholesale market first, and we can always make up the difference next year when we have more money."

Dong Qing usually doesn't use those loan funds, but now he's been forced into a corner and really doesn't want to miss this lucrative investment opportunity.

Of course, he can accept financing. Li Churan has brought up financing many times this year, but Dong Qing has kept putting it off.

He always felt that it wasn't the right time to accept external financing. He believed that he could only have absolute control after his company grew stronger, and then his words would be more persuasive. He absolutely couldn't let someone else run his company in the future, which was the main reason why he was temporarily unwilling to accept external financing.

Li Yuzhu said, "Can we postpone this a little longer? I really don't want to go against you. We've had enough of getting divorced once in our lives."

Dong Qing said, "Let me give you an example. Last spring, we bought land in Sucun for 1,000 yuan per mu. We spent a total of 1.5 million yuan on the two land purchases. The current land price for 1,500 mu is 7.5 million yuan. After deducting the cost, we made a net profit of 6 million yuan in just over a year. You should be able to do the math, right?"

Land prices in Shenzhen are rising even faster. For example, if it's 10,000 yuan per mu this year, it might be 50,000 next year, and 100,000 the year after. Will we be able to afford it then?

Li Yuzhu said, "If we can't afford it, we don't have to buy it. Our company is already quite large. Why not focus on developing the businesses in our hometown? Why take such a big risk? There are plenty of other places to make money through investment. Can you even invest in all of them?"

What Li Yuzhu said is true; there is gold everywhere these days, but you need a certain amount of capital to invest.

As the saying goes, you can't get fat in one bite. If you see an investment that makes money and want to do it, you need to have money in your hands first.

Dong Qing's current approach is like trying to get rich quick. He's a man who's lived a long life, and he understands the future development of a city better than anyone else.

Dong Qing really didn't want to go against his wife this time, so he said, "I'll listen to you for now!"

Li Yuzhu said, "It's not temporary, it's giving up. Don't say one thing and think another. Don't you know how much money our company has? We can't even keep going normally."

Otherwise, I wouldn't have gone back to my parents' home to borrow over a million yuan a while ago. Wake up! Our company really can't afford to take any more risks. Are you only satisfied when we go bankrupt?

Li Yuzhu really saw through her husband. He hadn't given up. He was trying to do things secretly when he couldn't do it openly. He said he wanted to buy a piece of land in Shenzhen this year, otherwise he would be unable to afford it. Buying land in Shenzhen was also one of his development goals.

Two weeks later, Dong Qing obtained two border passes for himself and Gu Yurou to travel to the Special Economic Zone. Under the pretext of going to another city for business, he secretly withdrew a loan of six million yuan and drove south to Shenzhen with his manager, Gu Yurou.

In those days, it was impossible to withdraw bank deposits from other places. One way was to send money through the post office, but that was very expensive.

Another option is to carry it yourself, which saves both money and time. However, carrying money yourself carries many safety risks. If you are carrying a lot of money, you could lose your life if you encounter a criminal.

Dong Qing put six million yuan into the trunk of his car. In those days, the largest denomination of banknotes was ten yuan, so six million yuan was a huge bag.

They had too much money in the car, so they didn't bother to rest at the hotel. He and Gu Yurou took turns driving day and night. It was much safer for the car to keep running on the road. When they were particularly tired, they would sit in the car and rest for a while at the gas station. In short, they stayed in the car and the car stayed in the car.

In those days, there were no highways, so driving on national roads was better at night, but during the day you couldn't drive that fast.

A few days later, after a long journey to Shenzhen, the first thing I did was deposit the money in the bank, as it was too unsafe to keep it in the car.

After depositing the money in the bank, things became much easier. That night, the two of them stayed at a hotel, had dinner, and went back to their respective rooms for a good night's sleep.

The next day, after breakfast, Dong Qing and Gu Yurou left the hotel, went into the parking lot, got into their car, and drove towards the suburbs.

I drove around the outskirts of Shenzhen to observe the situation firsthand.

They spent three days traveling, exploring during the day and returning to the city to rest in hotels at night.

Three days later, they arrived at a remote suburb. Dongqing parked the car on the side of the road, and the two of them got out.

There is only one desolate highway and a few surrounding villages, with farmland on both sides of the highway.

Gu Yurou asked doubtfully, "Even if we don't invest in land in a bustling city, we should at least buy land on the outskirts of the city. The places we've visited in the past three days are all so far from the city center. Is it okay to invest here?"

All the places they visited over the past three days now seem to be remote and impoverished areas with no investment value whatsoever.