Liu Xia took a quick look and thought it was indeed good. "Okay."
"Okay," the barber put away his phone, removed the towel on Liu Xia's head, and officially started work.
Half an hour later.
Zhou Mo, who was sitting aside and chatting with Han Chen, accidentally looked up and saw Liu Xia in the mirror, his eyes full of "Wow".
"It looks good," Zhou Mo stood up and looked around Liu Xia carefully, "This air bangs suits you very well, Sister Xia Xia."
Liu Xia nodded shyly, "They say changing your hairstyle is like changing your head. It seems to be true."
"You should have done this a long time ago," Zhou Mo pulled her up and looked her over carefully. "This dress doesn't fit you. It's dragging you down. Buy a new dress later and you'll be the hottest mom in Yushan."
Liu Xia was amused. "No wonder my dad and second uncle love you so much. You're such a complimenter."
Zhou Mo stuck out his tongue.
The two came out of the barber shop and went straight to the shopping mall they had visited last time.
When passing Greedy, Liu Xia pointed at the building outside the taxi and asked, "When was this tower built? It didn't exist before."
Zhou Mo glanced at it and said, "It's only been two years. The renovations were just completed at the beginning of this year. It's said to be a joint project between the city investment company and a private enterprise. Dongjiang was previously in a financial crisis, and the city investment company stepped in and joined forces with a private enterprise to acquire this piece of land near Greedy to fill the gap. The project designer was also very clever. They built Greedy on this land, creating a landmark building in Dongjiang. They also integrated the nearby business district and improved public transportation. This area has become a new prosperous area in Dongjiang."
Liu Xia was full of admiration, "How do you know so much?"
Zhou Mo: "I read some financial news."
Liu Xia was puzzled: "Huh?"
Zhou Mo: "Nothing, just... after getting to know Han Chen, I also got to know a lot of people in the business circle. They are often in the financial news. If you read more, you will know."
Liu Xia jokingly asked, "While having a relationship, can you also learn something new?"
Zhou Mo: "Indeed."
Liu Xia: "My sister is really a top student. Others are in love to enjoy the nourishment of love, but you are in love and you are still thinking about studying."
Zhou Mo: "It never hurts to learn more."
Liu Xia: "That's true."
The taxi stopped at Gate 1 of the mall.
Zhou Mo's phone was a little slow, and it took her a long time to scan the code. The driver glanced at the rearview mirror and urged, "Madam, please hurry up. The security guard behind us is urging me to leave quickly."
"Oh, right away," Zhou Mo quickly scanned the code again.
Liu Xia turned around and saw through the rear window the security guard waving at their car not far away, signaling them to drive away quickly.
The security guard was a little impatient. Seeing that the taxi hadn't left yet, he stepped forward and urged the taxi driver, "Hurry up, hurry up, go! A leader is coming soon. You're blocking the way here."
"Right away, right away," the taxi driver responded.
Zhou Mo scanned the code and paid successfully, then quickly dragged Liu Xia out of the car.
When the security guard saw two girls getting off the car, he said, "Go through Gate 2 next to it. Gate 1 is closed to the public today."
"Ah?" Zhou Mo was surprised.
"What?" the security guard said, "Just walk to the side."
"Oh," Zhou Mo pulled Liu Xia and went around to Gate No. 2.
Liu Xia turned back every three steps and asked curiously as she walked, "What's going on?"
Zhou Mo: "It's probably that leader coming to inspect again. This piece of land is one of the few in China where a municipal investment company acquired the land and turned a profit within a year of completion."
Currently, the momentum of housing prices has ceased. After the real estate market has changed from a seller's market to a buyer's market, local finances maintained through land finance and leverage, especially in second- and third-tier cities, are no longer sustainable.
Major real estate companies have collapsed one after another. How can highly indebted companies have money to buy land? If companies don’t buy land, local finances will have no income. Everything from various public infrastructure investments to small "iron rice bowl" jobs that rely on fiscal payments are affected.
There was a time before when Zhou Zheng’s unit didn’t pay wages for three months because there was no money in the financial account.
In order to plug the financial hole, Dongjiang's municipal investment company was introduced to pay money to acquire land.
The managers of the municipal investment companies are also far-sighted and wise. In order to share the risks, they brought in several local business owners with good cash flow to invest together.
With the endorsement of the state-owned enterprise status of the municipal investment company, everyone was willing to pay, and they also invited a domestic team with extensive planning experience to plan and transform the surrounding area of the land.
Dongjiang, as a second-tier city with a weak presence, has never had a memorable spot in China. Planners seized this opportunity and devoted all their efforts to creating Greedy. They also invited many local internet celebrities and bloggers to check in and promote the city, which quickly made it famous.
Coupled with the reasonable and complete surrounding supporting facilities, after the publicity, Greedy became the newest landmark building in Dongjiang almost overnight.
No matter you are from Dongjiang or not, Greedy is a must-visit place when you come to Dongjiang.
As the flow of people and customers increases, the surrounding commercial streets and CBDs also spring up.
It is said that the annual rent for a milk tea shop of more than 20 square meters near Greedy alone is more than 100,000 or 200,000 yuan.
The project, which was initially rushed into operation to plug a hole, is now making huge profits, and the municipal investment and private enterprise bosses who invested in it have made a fortune.
This project was reported by many official media at the time.
The chairman of the municipal investment company who presided over this project was directly promoted to a higher level and transferred to the Shanghai Stock Exchange after completing the project.
"By the way, I've also seen some local news reports saying that the idea of Greedy was not originally part of the planning team's plan. It was a golden idea from a private company boss who participated in the investment. It was he who came up with the name Greedy," Zhou Mo said.
"Are you a foreign boss? Why do you have a foreign name?" Liu Xia asked.
"Isn't it like this now? No one cares if you give it a standard Chinese name. And if you give it a foreign name, regardless of whether it's made in China or not, it sells better than the Chinese name," Zhou Mo pondered. "But this Greedy... is truly special."
"What does 'Greedy' mean?" Liu Xia asked.
"'Greed, avarice, greed' are not good words."
“It’s really different.”
Liu Xia turned around and glanced at Greedy, which was visible among the tall buildings in the distance. The tower had a layered structure, inlaid with black glass throughout, and was surrounded by stylish gray steel pipes on the outside. It was narrow at the top and wide at the bottom, and indeed looked a bit like a deformed Chinese character for "greedy."
Zhou Mo followed Liu Xia's gaze and said, "Do you want to go? After we finish shopping, we can go there for dinner. There's a restaurant called 'Jiao Ai' there, and the food is quite good."
"Yeah," Liu Xia nodded. "Dongjiang has changed so much in the past few years. It's only been a short time, and it's already so different that I don't even recognize it anymore."
"Yes," Zhou Mo said, "When I was in high school, Green Island was still a deserted island with no one paying attention to it. Now it has become a tourist resort."
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