The eldest and second eldest sisters didn't need the houses in the family compound, so Dongqing used his own money to buy all three houses. Fang Lin lived in one house, Gu Yurou lived in another house, and the third house was temporarily vacant.
When the property certificates were being processed, two of the houses were registered under the names of Fang Lin and Gu Yurou, effectively gifting these two properties to the two single women, who finally had their own homes in the city.
Fang Lin used the money to renovate her house, removing the original cement floor and replacing it with floor tiles.
The kitchen walls weren't the main feature walls, so he had the contractor tear them all down and renovate it into an open kitchen.
Houses in those days generally didn't have dining rooms. The kitchen was renovated to create a dining room. In those days, only she could decorate a house so beautifully.
After the house was renovated, she bought a new set of furniture and moved out of Gu Yurou's house half a month later into her own new home. She finally had a home of her own in this city.
Gu Yurou's hometown is in the countryside. She did not renovate the house, and the house remains the same.
After the machinery factory was demolished, the original construction company was brought in, and the shopping mall and five-star hotel started construction simultaneously.
The machinery factory occupies a very large area. To put it bluntly, Dongqing's acquisition of the machinery factory was essentially buying this land. This is a prime commercial location, and no amount of money could buy such a large piece of land here.
The hotel is 26 stories high, and the shopping mall is the same height as the hotel. The first five floors are the shopping mall, and the floors above the fifth floor are family housing.
These two buildings are currently the tallest buildings in the city.
Once the hotel and shopping mall are completed, there will be a large plaza in front of it, which will become a commercial center integrating shopping malls, accommodation, and dining in the old town.
The two wholesale markets are now cash cows. Yusheng Company is not short of money, but it lacks investment projects.
The shopping mall and hotel took two and a half years to build and were put into use in March 1993.
After dating for more than two months, Fang Lin officially accepted Li Yunfei as her boyfriend.
At the same time, Li Yuqiu also started dating a boyfriend, Ruo Zhiwei, who works in the municipal government. Both of them, who are still single, are considering getting married.
Only Gu Yurou is still stuck in the same place, unable to find a suitable boyfriend, and her mother is worried sick about her marriage.
The girl isn't in a hurry, and neither is the matchmaker. Only when the wind blows can the tree shadows sway. When it comes to marriage, if she's not in a hurry, no one else's hurry will help.
Time flies, and it was March 1993. Li Yuqiu and Fang Lin had been married for over a year. Li Yuqiu had given birth to a son, and Fang Lin had given birth to twin daughters.
Nowadays, when local product companies from other regions are converted from state-owned to private ownership, the business is highly competitive, with companies taking advantage of whoever owns the best loan deals. It's not as easy to do business as it used to be.
Li Yuqiu stopped selling porcelain before she had her child. She returned the car to her sister and brother-in-law, and Dong Qing used the car for purchasing goods for the company.
Li Yuqiu didn't want a single penny of the millions she had earned over the past two years, nor did she want the restaurant; she only wanted four percent of the shares in Yusheng Company.
Even so, she is now a wealthy woman with a net worth of tens of millions, and she has more money than she can spend each year from dividends.
The family's money was earned by Li Yuqiu herself. When the family property was divided, her parents directly gave her 4% of the shares in Yusheng Company. They were all their own children, and no one wanted to mistreat them. Her son had been studying at university for several years and now had several million yuan in savings, which was already quite good. All of this family property was earned by her second sister.
Li Yuqiu is lazy by nature. Unlike Su Wei, she doesn't work hard to start a business. After giving birth, she did nothing but buy a villa in the city and stay home to take care of her child every day. To this day, she still can't cook a single meal at home, and her husband has to cook for her every day after get off work.
Her husband, Ruo Zhiwei, treats her very well. He works hard and takes care of her when he gets home from get off work. It's like a Leo meeting a panda – one is hardworking and the other is lazy. They're like a scissor-cutter cutting vegetables with a ladle. The couple is a perfect match.
This fully demonstrates that she is not stupid at all. How much money can a person earn in a few decades of life? She has more money than she can spend. Moreover, the company's shares are increasing every year, and the dividends are increasing year by year. What does she need so much money for? Women who know how to enjoy life are content women.
The prerequisite is to create the conditions for enjoyment. If one's family is destitute and one only knows how to enjoy life, then that's probably how one's life will be.
Su Wei has long since paid off her debts to Dong Qing, but she hasn't repaid her bank loans. It's not because she doesn't have the money, but because she wants to build a large shopping mall, and she'll need to take out another loan if nothing unexpected happens. Her entrepreneurial spirit is a stark contrast to Li Yuqiu's.
Su Wei's ambitions seemed endless, while Li Yuqiu was content with her lot and enjoyed life. To be precise, she was a lazy woman; for her, enough money was enough.
There are sixty acres of land near the train station, and many people want to buy it at a high price. Dong Qing has also approached Su Wei's second uncle more than once.
As the saying goes, money can't buy things that aren't sold. The issue with that piece of land isn't the price; the main problem is that the village won't sell it. Dong Qing even went to the village a week ago, and they only said one thing: that land isn't for sale.
The village only has one valuable piece of land left, which the village wants to keep for its own use, but the village has never had the money to develop it, and many people are eyeing that land with envy.
Su Wei went to her second uncle's house and told him about her idea of buying the land. She said, "I want to buy that land. I'm willing to pay any price per acre."
Su Wei doesn't lack money to buy land; she just doesn't have any land to buy. There's no land left in this prime location, and the surrounding areas have already been developed far beyond. What's the point of buying land on the outskirts of the city to do business?
My second uncle said, "Daughter, this really won't work. It's not about money. That piece of land was reserved for the village's own use. If the village had the money, it would have been developed long ago. Otherwise, would that land still be standing? I really can't make this decision."
Su Wei said, "Second Uncle, I don't need much land to build a shopping mall. Can you sell me 20,000 square meters?"
My second uncle said, "Don't play word games with me. Twenty thousand square meters is thirty mu of land. That piece of land has a total of sixty mu. You're buying half of it all at once. Can't I really make that decision?"
Su Wei said, "Second Uncle, I didn't ask you to make the decision. I just said whether you can agree or not. As long as you agree, I'll find a way to get the other village officials on my own."
After a long silence, my second uncle said, "I really can't do anything with your daughter. Fine, as long as they agree, I'll sell you half of the land."
Things would be much easier if my second uncle agreed; if he didn't, no one would dare accept gifts even if they were offered.
Su Wei was different. She could win over her second uncle with her persistent pleading. Once she got past her second uncle, sending gifts to other village officials was just a formality. Out of respect for her second uncle, no one would offend anyone.
That evening, Su Wei invited all the village officials to the Zhulin Hotel and had the kitchen prepare a top-notch banquet.
The village chief asked, "Girl, you can't just invite us to dinner, can you? Just tell me what you want."
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