90 Chapter 90
◎Slap in the face◎
Although most of the Liu Group's investments are in industry, Liu Fancheng is similar to other group bosses and is determined to expand the group's scale.
Originally, everything was proceeding steadily, but more than a year ago, Liu Fancheng found an opportunity.
He got a secret piece of information from a princeling he knew - he heard that a certain location in the neighboring city was going to undergo a major renovation.
A subway will be built there soon, and along with it, another key high school will be relocated, which happens to be located nearby.
The most coincidental thing is that there is a piece of land over there that is about to be auctioned.
If we acquire this land and build a pleasant community, it will definitely sell out.
In order to get this project, Liu Fancheng spent a lot of money to establish connections.
And his efforts were not in vain, the Liu Group spent a huge amount of money to buy the land.
To this end, they also borrowed a huge amount of money from the bank.
In more than a year, they had completed all the procedures and started development.
Seeing that the time point Liu Fancheng had found out was almost here, the subway line had indeed started construction as expected, and the key high school had indeed announced that it would be relocated.
But when the specific notice of the relocation came out, Liu Fancheng and the senior executives of the Liu Group were completely dumbfounded.
At the beginning, Liu Fancheng had specially "communicated" with the principal of the high school and the manager in charge of this area. It was originally decided that the land would be purchased by the Liu family, but the result was completely the opposite!
The originally planned northwest direction became southwest, which was a million miles away from them!
As soon as the announcement came out, Liu Fancheng immediately tried to contact the principal of the high school, but found that the phone was unreachable.
After further investigation, it was discovered that the principal had been investigated by the Discipline Inspection Commission for corruption and bribery, and was about to be removed from office and replaced.
This news was undoubtedly a bombshell to the Liu Group, making them dizzy.
Now the first phase of the community they are building is almost completed, and they are about to start the second phase, and the third phase will be next.
They held an emergency meeting.
"I've already spoken to the people in charge of the school's relocation. They've already decided on the location and there's no way they're going to change it. Our only hope now is the construction of the subway."
"The subway line has already been notified and the route cannot be changed, so we still have a chance."
"Although it's unlikely to be a school district house, housing prices in downtown D are extremely high. While our location isn't exactly close to the city center, this subway line goes directly to the busiest street market, making it a prime location..."
The most important thing is that if they do not start the construction as reported, their community will likely be asked to make rectifications or demolish it, and they will also be fined, which will not be worth the loss.
After some discussion, everyone felt that although it might not sell as well as expected, their community still had considerable potential.
So, they continued to borrow money from the bank and started the second phase of construction...
And they will never know what kind of collapse they will face next.
Less than a month later, the subway, which was under construction, suddenly announced that construction would be suspended.
Then an even more explosive piece of news spread throughout the city and its surrounding areas.
When the subway was halfway through construction, a group of ancient tombs were suddenly unearthed. The government and cultural relics management departments quickly took over and protected them.
Unless all the artifacts from the ancient tomb are excavated and properly transferred, the construction of this subway project will continue to be delayed.
At this time, the Liu Group had already invested all the project funds into the construction of the second phase.
When Liu Fancheng heard the news, blood rushed to his head and he almost fainted on the spot.
If it were a month ago, he could have halted the construction of the residential complex, at most losing the first installment of the project funds and some fines. But now, the second installment of the project funds has already been loaned out and invested, and now he's suddenly told that the subway they've pinned their hopes on will be suspended for an unknown amount of time?!
You know, the prosperity of City D is no less than that of their City A. From purchasing the land to construction, the Liu Group has invested tens of billions of dollars in it.
I thought it was a sure-win business, but it ended up like this.
Without a key high school and a direct subway line to the city center, what else could this neighborhood have to attract savvy homebuyers?!
The entire Liu Group is facing the most severe challenge.
Because of Zhang Li's incident, Liu's reputation has been declining and its assets have been shrinking.
I thought that this community could be built smoothly, and those who want to buy houses would not refuse such a good property just because of Zhang Li, but it turned out like this?
They have already invested two phases of project funds. If they continue to invest in the third phase, it means they will have to invest more than 1 billion. Such a large amount of loans is enough to drag down the declining Liu Group!
But if they don't invest and the construction of the third phase is not carried out as planned, they will probably face rectification or demolition, as well as more fines and compensation.
If you invest, that would be more than 1 billion yuan, and maybe you can wait until the subway starts construction, pass the inspection, and get your money back in the future. If you don't invest, all the previous efforts will be in vain!
Liu Fancheng almost turned gray overnight, but finally came up with the most reliable plan through a high-level meeting of the group.
Previously, they thought that with the capabilities of the Liu Group, they could take on the entire project in one go.
But now that we are in a critical moment, we naturally need to change our minds.
Liu Fancheng decided to swallow his pride and seek investment, which would not only ease the group's loan pressure, but also share the risk.
At least there is a subway line going to the city center that will be built in the community, but it is not certain when it will be completed.
He could use this as bait.
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Liu Fancheng never imagined that the Liu Group should have been able to survive this crisis without any major problems.
Although it is inevitable that the subway will encounter ancient tombs, the key high school will indeed be moved to the vicinity of their community.
The temptation of school district housing allowed buyers to ease the crisis for the Liu Group.
A few years later, when the subway was completed, the Liu Group's community became a "golden house" that was in short supply, making them rich.
Unfortunately, Zhang Li had been keeping a close eye on their every move.
The relocation of the high school was initiated by her.
Because this is a major event for the Liu Group and is closely related to Liu Qingran's interests, some details are mentioned in the original book. Zhang Li used these details to detect the attack points of this matter.
It was just a report after an investigation, which not only changed the power of the high school, but also the relocation.
Without the filter of "school district housing", the construction of the subway will have to wait for several years, and the Liu community is not located in a prime area, so the high unit price is enough to stop countless people who are waiting.
Seeing that things were developing exactly according to her plan, Zhang Li smiled.
The next step is to completely destroy Liu Fancheng’s last bit of hope.
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Liu Fancheng had no idea who was causing the crisis he was facing.
An investment of over ten billion is not something that any small business can come up with.
Therefore, the first targets he wanted to pull in were the other wealthy families who were on good terms with the Liu family.
Originally, if Pei Yuanzhi had not gotten into trouble and he and Liu Qingran had been successfully engaged, the first thing he would have thought of would have been the Pei family.
But there is no possibility for Liu Qingran and Pei Yuanzhi anymore, and the one who is about to take over the Pei family is Pei Yiyuan, a junior whom he basically doesn't think much of. After thinking about it, he decided to leave the Pei family as the last choice.
But he has not yet clearly realized that the business world is like a battlefield, where there are only permanent interests but no permanent friends.
The most important thing is that there is a Wancheng standing behind him.
Liu Fancheng began his plan to win over the other families, but when he invited the heads of the families one by one, all he got was a verbal "consider it" from them, and then there was no further news.
When his attempts to win over the enemy failed again and again, Liu Fancheng became more and more anxious.
In the end, he had to turn his attention to the Pei family.
It just so happened that Pei Yiyuan, the heir of the Pei family, was about to hold a birthday party and symbolically sent an invitation to Liu Fancheng.
On that day, Liu Fancheng called back Xifen who had gone to the hospital to take care of Liu Qingran who was still unconscious.
At this time, he was no longer able to take care of Liu Qingran and Liu Shuyi who was still in custody. Xifen was basically in charge of all the affairs at home.
Xifen had also learned about the group's crisis from Liu Fancheng a long time ago, so she could only hold on, dress herself up, and follow Liu Fancheng to the banquet.
The once glorious head and wife of the Liu family could still maintain the airs of a wealthy family in front of ordinary people who were unaware of the situation.
Unfortunately for other wealthy people, they are almost falling into this class.
In order to find more opportunities, Liu Fancheng came early.
Although the other people who came to the banquet still smiled at them politely, he didn't notice the glances they exchanged with each other behind their backs.
As the protagonist of this banquet, Pei Yiyuan never showed up, and it was Pei Yiyuan's mother who entertained the guests.
Everyone was very respectful to this lady, and Liu Fancheng gestured to Xifen.
Xifen also found the opportunity and approached Pei Yiyuan's mother to build a relationship with her, but the other party kept smiling politely.
When Xifen suggested she wanted to discuss some business matters with her, she was laughed off, saying, "I'm basically not in charge of the company anymore. Yiyuan is in charge now."
Although he said it tactfully, the other party did not mention conveying Pei Yiyuan's intention to her.
Seeing her attitude, Xifen inexplicably had a bad premonition.
But she still held on to the last glimmer of hope in her heart, and when she returned to Liu Fancheng, she tried her best to put on a smile.
"Mrs. Pei is not available right now. Should we go directly to Mr. Pei and Yiyuan later?"
Liu Fancheng was now completely focused on attracting investment and didn't notice Xifen's abnormality at all.
But they didn't know that the next scene would completely throw them off their feet.
The time for the banquet had been arranged long ago, and before that, almost all the guests had arrived.
Pei Yiyuan, wearing an evening gown, finally came down from upstairs holding Mr. Pei's hand.
Countless voices of blessings came towards her.
Pei Yiyuan smiled with dignity and nodded to thank everyone who said "Happy Birthday" to her.
But in the middle of the conversation, she suddenly said something to Mr. Pei, then turned around and asked the housekeeper to explain some things.
No one knew what she was doing.
But this little detail soon passed, and Pei Yiyuan's birthday party officially began with Mr. Pei's speech.
As the heir of the Pei family, Pei Yiyuan's banquet was held extremely grandly.
Mr. Pei even stated on the spot that within the next year, he would basically hand over the affairs of the Pei family to Pei Yiyuan, and he would retreat to the second line.
After he finished speaking, he handed the entire situation over to Pei Yiyuan and left accompanied by the housekeeper.
Pei Yiyuan calmly said some polite words, and then the banquet officially began.
She brought her assistant and moved among the people in the banquet hall, thanking everyone for coming.
After waiting for a long time, Liu Fancheng finally waited for the other party to come to him.
"Happy birthday, my dear niece!"
"Yiyuan, happy birthday!"
Both husband and wife congratulated her.
The smile on Pei Yiyuan's face did not change at all, and she clinked her wine glass with the two of them.
"Thank you both for your blessings."
From what Mr. Pei said just now, Liu Fancheng already understood that if he wanted to get the Pei family's investment, he had to get past Pei Yiyuan.
Taking advantage of the opportunity, he quickly told Pei Yiyuan, "Niece, do you have time later? I have some business matters I want to discuss with you."
Pei Yiyuan seemed to know what he was going to say and smiled.
"Master Liu, are you trying to talk about the residential complex your Liu Group invested in?"
As soon as these words were spoken, the surroundings suddenly became quiet.
When Liu Fancheng heard her bring it up in front of everyone, he felt humiliated when he wanted to say it in private.
But before he could say anything, Pei Yiyuan burst out laughing.
"The Pei family will not invest in you..."
Liu Fancheng's expression suddenly changed.
At this time, there was a noise at the door of the banquet hall. Under the guidance of the servants sent by the butler to wait, two latecomers walked towards this side, causing a lot of noise.
Pei Yiyuan looked at him and her smile instantly became sincere.
She took one last look at Liu Fancheng.
"Who did you offend? Don't you know?"
Before Liu Fancheng could react to what she was saying, he saw Pei Yiyuan handing the wine glass to the assistant, with an unprecedented enthusiasm on her face, and walked towards the two people who came over.
"My dear Li Baoer! You are finally here! I thought you planned to wait until the party was over before coming!"
Pei Yiyuan walked up and gave the girl who was walking in front of the two people a bear hug.
Liu Fancheng and Xifen finally saw each other's true colors.
Zhang Li!
It’s actually Zhang Li!!!
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