Chapter 300
The next morning, the father and daughter were about to set off back to Nancheng. Su Miao and her father discussed giving Uncle Chen more hard work pay.
After all, if he wasn't there these days, the two of them wouldn't have been able to have so much fun, and they always had seafood dinners at his house, which saved a lot of money.
It would not look good if he took out the money directly, so Su Yuanzheng went to the front desk to buy an envelope, put a hundred yuan in it, and then wrote a blessing on the envelope.
Chen Kangping came to send them to the station and packed a bunch of dried seafood for them to take back, even a jar of sand crab juice.
Tie it up with ropes, put it in a cardboard box with hay, and put it in the luggage compartment later.
Seeing this, Su Yuanzheng quietly stuffed another hundred yuan into the envelope.
Arriving at the station entrance, Su Yuanzheng said, "Brother Chen, I'll drop you off here. You've been taking Miaomiao and me to so many places these past few days, and we've had a lot of fun. This is your hard work fee, don't think it's too little."
Chen Kangping didn't even look at the envelope. He pushed his hand back and said, "What are you doing? We're all friends. I'm happy to treat you to a game. Why would I ask for money?"
"That won't do. We agreed on this beforehand! We have to take it! We've been here for so many days, and we've got food, drinks, and money!"
"Hey! At first I didn't know Miaomiao and Guangyao were classmates! Besides, we've been brothers these days, we can't take money! If you take money, it means you look down on me, Brother Chen."
Now that things have been said, it would be inappropriate to argue any further. Su Yuanzheng handed the envelope to Su Miao and said a few more words to Chen Kangping.
The father and daughter came with only one bag, but left with a lot of bags. Chen Kangping waved and said, "Come back when you have time! There are still many places we haven't visited and many delicious foods we haven't eaten."
Su Yuanzheng responded: "Okay, okay! I'll definitely come when I'm free!"
After watching them enter the station, Chen Kangping rode his motorcycle home. When he arrived at the yard, Aunt Chen asked, "Why so fast? Did you send them to the car?"
"I sent it to the station entrance, but Xiao Su wouldn't let me in."
Aunt Chen said angrily, "You are such a fool! People are just being polite and you don't even bother to give them gifts. How are you going to carry so many things? Miaomiao is several years younger than your son!"
Chen Kangping waved his hands and said, "It's okay, Xiao Su won't care about this. Miaomiao is also very well behaved and will have a great future."
He had to deliver the dried squid strips to the store soon, so Chen Guangyao thought he would do it himself from home so that his father could have a rest.
When he was carrying two large bags of shredded squid to put into the truck bed, he saw something inside. He put down the shredded squid, picked it up, and shouted to his father:
"Dad! There's an envelope here!"
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The bus slowly drove away from Zhucheng. Looking at the several construction sites along the way, Su Yuanzheng sighed:
"Zhucheng is really going to develop. I heard your uncle Chen and others say the other day that the higher-ups want to attract investment and build commercial housing here.
Commercial housing, what a new word. In the future, as long as you have money, you can buy a newly built building without having to wait for allocation.
Miaomiao, do you think if we rush to buy one when the time comes, will the value increase quickly later?"
Su Miao smiled and said, "Dad, you can still invest in real estate? We don't come to the beach often, and it would be difficult to manage if we buy a house. It's better to work hard to make money and buy a courtyard house when I go to Beijing to study.
It's a place with outstanding people and beautiful scenery at the foot of the imperial city. I prefer houses with a sense of history and age, and I'm not so eager to live in a building."
Su Yuanzheng always agreed to everything his daughter asked for. He nodded and said, "Okay, then Dad will work hard to make money, and when you go to study in Beijing next year, I'll buy you a courtyard house."
Su Miao looked out the window again and fell into deep thought.
The few construction sites now are just small-scale projects, and the real drastic progress will have to be made after 1990.
In 1984, Zhucheng, which was listed as the last stop of the fourteen coastal open cities, was just a prefecture-level city of the same size as a county town, with a built-up area of only 3.5 square kilometers and an urban population of less than 140,000.
Due to weak foundation and various restrictions, Zhucheng's initial development was extremely difficult.
Until the early 1990s, Zhucheng's urban appearance, economic strength and scale were far behind those of the other thirteen coastal cities.
It was not until the introduction of the new government policy in 1990 that the leaders of Zhucheng saw hope for development, and this small border city in the south ushered in a new round of reform and opening up.
Starting in 1992, a real estate boom swept across Zhucheng, attracting a large number of investors in a short period of time by "attracting the phoenix to build nests" with land.
The real estate market has entered a white-hot stage, with 35 provinces and cities across the country setting up offices here to jointly participate in the development and construction of Beihai.
At its peak, more than 400 construction companies from across the country settled in Zhucheng, and 142 Class A planning and design institutes opened branches here.
The real estate boom in the early 1990s made Zhucheng, which had a population of only 200,000 at the time, a real estate hotspot on par with Hainan Province and Shenzhen.
In just two years, more and more money was invested in land speculation, housing prices soared, and the scale of real estate development was enough to support 2 million people. However, the actual permanent population of Zhucheng was only more than 200,000, and the floating population was no more than 500,000.
Without the backing of a strong and stable demand market and solid industry and commerce, this pearlescent bubble is growing bigger and more fragile.
On June 24, 1993, the authorities issued the "Opinions on the Current Economic Situation and Strengthening Macroeconomic Regulation", and the national credit scale was sharply tightened. The "pass the parcel" style speculative funds were suddenly cut off, 400 development companies disappeared automatically, and the market bubble collapsed.
In less than five months, the prosperity of Zhucheng, which was supported by the real estate economy, collapsed.
At the same time, when macro-control forcibly separated the real estate industry from Zhucheng's economic system, Zhucheng's unconventional economic miracle was shattered.
When she came here for a trip during her university years, in addition to the beautiful beaches, what impressed her most were the "half-finished" projects that could be seen everywhere in the city. The weeds were knee-high, and the city was eroded by wind and rain, making it look dilapidated.
After a lively "leap over the dragon gate", Zhucheng was left with more than 1.3 million square meters of unfinished buildings, depression after the tide receded, and complex evaluations from the outside world about the "Zhucheng phenomenon".
However, the previous life is the previous life after all. Since she can be reborn, it means that this world will not be completely unchanging.
Perhaps a group of capable people will emerge and lead Zhucheng to avoid that vortex.
But Su Miao knew very well that these people would not include him, and he should eat as much as his stomach could hold.
The opportunity to start over is rare, so she hopes to make steady progress and, while maintaining her own little world, do her best to bring some positive influence to the people around her.
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