After Yu Jiu and Xu Zijiang reached an agreement, they began looking for land.
If you're going to buy land to build a house, then of course you need a place with good surrounding amenities. It can't be too desolate, otherwise why would anyone buy a house there? But how could you possibly buy land in an area with well-established amenities?
Generally, the land already has buildings, so buying it would be too expensive and not worthwhile, since there are plenty of other plots of land that can be acquired cheaply. So, after inquiring about land prices and comparing them, Yu Jiu and Xu Zijiang decided that it wouldn't matter if they bought in a slightly desolate area.
"Let's buy in the west of the city. Although there are fewer houses there, there are hospitals and schools. If we buy the land here and build houses here, it will only take about half an hour to ride a bike to the hospital and the school."
"This is the closest we can get, and there's a bus stop nearby, so transportation is pretty good. We can buy this whole area and build houses here first. If we can sell them, we'll fill the entire area with buildings. We can even sell the ground floor of the houses to people for business, which will make it more lively."
Xu Zijiang pointed to a piece of land in the west of the city and slowly analyzed it.
"It can also be used to build hospitals, schools, and farmers' markets. As long as these basic facilities are available, people will buy houses there."
Yu Jiu replanned the land and decided to build a primary school. It doesn't need to be too big, just big enough to accommodate the children of the surrounding residents.
“Once the houses are built, we can try our best to sell them, but building schools and hospitals requires a lot of procedures, and then how do we market them?”
Xu Zijiang felt it was too much trouble, and if things didn't go well, the house would just sit there empty. If they bought the house because of the school and hospital, they would definitely be unhappy if the school and hospital disappeared.
"Then we can first look into this matter, or after the school is built, we can donate it to the Education Bureau for free and have them send teachers to take over the school and start enrolling students. What do you think of this? Getting a school for free, I think that's a good idea, right? Would the Education Bureau pass up such a lucrative opportunity?"
Yu Jiu offered his suggestion again.
Building a school wouldn't cost that much money, and the benefits would completely cover it.
"Free is good. We can talk to the Education Bureau first and see. We can do the same for hospitals. We can find a well-known hospital and talk to them to open a branch in our area. Once the hospital is built, we can send people over to take over. We will try our best to provide them with the basic equipment."
However, they still need to purchase the special items themselves, otherwise the expenses would be too high.
Xu Zijiang also agreed with Yu Jiu's idea.
If houses can be built and sold in this area, the profits will be enough to build as many schools and hospitals as possible, and there is absolutely no need to care about this small loss.
"Okay, then we've decided to buy this land first, and then we'll discuss the details with the hospital and the school."
Yu Jiu nodded, and it was decided happily. Xu Zijiang put away the simple map they had drawn, and then the two of them prepared to go to the west of the city to buy land. They bought it right away and would not delay.
The land on both sides of the road totals more than 9,000 mu, enough to build two residential communities, a primary school, a kindergarten, a small community hospital, and a vegetable market.
Despite the large area of land, it's completely unused because it's overgrown with weeds, which is why it's so cheap.
The two of them acquired them all for just a few million.
These millions are nothing more than a drop in the ocean for Yu Jiu and Xu Zijiang.
While they had people trimming the weeds and shrubs, they also talked to various departments to ensure that no one would cause trouble after construction began on this large plot of land, otherwise it would cause great losses. Therefore, all the procedures had to be completed.
This process was very slow. During this time, the two of them spent their days drinking tea, chatting, and eating with people, which seemed like they were not doing their job properly. Even An'an and Yuanyuan couldn't help but ask.
"Mom and Dad, don't you have to work lately? Why are you always going out to eat with other people? Are you retiring?"
The two were very curious: how could their workaholic parents be willing to retire early? Weren't they supposed to be here to strive for success?
"Who told you we don't have to work lately? Eating and chatting with people is also a form of work, you know? You have to have a good conversation and a good discussion with people for things to go smoothly; otherwise, you'll be doing twice the work for half the results."
Yu Jiu educated the two little brats.
"If eating and chatting counts as work, I hope I can do this kind of work every day in the future, it's so enjoyable!"
Yuan Yuan is not ambitious.
"Happiness? Are you sure? I think you haven't been through the harsh realities of life. Since you're so curious, how about we take you to a dinner party tonight to show you?"
"Not just anyone can do this job."
Anyway, Yu Jiu finds talking to people tiring and prefers to work alone.
So the two chose to go it alone, buying land to build houses and hospitals. Many people had already heard about such a big project and even expressed their desire to join, but Yu Jiu and Xu Zijiang politely declined. They didn't lack funds; they could take it slowly and didn't want to get rich overnight.
They can handle the funding themselves, so they don't want anyone else involved—it would be troublesome, and it would dilute their profits. They don't want anyone to bear the risk, so naturally they want all the profits.
"Great! We'll go together too! We can have a big meal tonight!"
Yuanyuan cheered, but An'an felt that things were not so simple, because her parents always looked very tired when they came back from business meetings, and she always felt that the dinner parties were not relaxing.
At 6 p.m., Yu Jiu and Xu Zi drove their two children to a newly opened Chinese restaurant in the area. It was beautifully decorated. Reservations were hard to come by; they had to book in advance. They had booked a private room, which was convenient for their business meeting.
"Mr. Tan, I'm sorry we're late. My two kids are very clingy and don't want to leave us. They also wanted to come and see Mr. Tan's charm, so I brought them along. I hope Mr. Tan doesn't mind?"
Yu Jiu and Xu Zijiang both extended their hands to him with smiles on their faces.
"Not at all, not at all. Mr. Yu and Mr. Xu's child is so good-looking, he must be very outstanding. I would be very happy to have him. I wish I had brought my child along, but he is too naughty and I'm afraid he wouldn't be able to sit still if he came."
Mr. Tan shook hands with the two men, all smiles, and invited them to sit down. Then he exchanged pleasantries with them.
You praise my child, I praise your child; you praise my business, I praise your keen eye, that you make money no matter what you do.
They chatted like this for about ten or twenty minutes, but they hadn't even ordered anything. Yuanyuan couldn't sit still any longer, so he couldn't help but remind him.
"Uncle, can we order first? I'm a little hungry."
He quickly reminded him during a break in the conversation that he knew to ask the guests, not Yu Jiu and Xu Zijiang.
"Oh dear, look at my memory, I've completely forgotten! Quick, quick, let's order some food, don't let the kids go hungry, let's eat and chat at the same time!"
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