Mayor Qiao turned his head and pointed to a large expanse of wilderness and small hills in front of him—
"Xiao Ning, look! This is Bagualing, which is planned for development this year! 20,000 engineering troops have already been deployed to Shenzhen to carry out infrastructure projects, and they've been reorganized into a municipal construction company specifically responsible for construction here. I'm telling you, construction will begin here in September!"
He turned his head, his eyes filled with anticipation, and asked with a smile, "So, girl, which piece of land have you taken a fancy to? How much are you planning to pay? Some Hong Kong businessmen are already planning to invest in building printing plants here, you'd better hurry!"
Ning Yuan squinted, carefully examining the land, her mind racing with future plans and possibilities.
She suddenly held up two fingers firmly: "Uncle Qiao, I won't stand on ceremony with you anymore, I want two hectares of land! Twenty thousand square meters!"
Upon hearing this, Mayor Qiao and his entourage were speechless with surprise.
Mayor Qiao seemed to have heard something unbelievable, and stood there stunned for a while before coming to his senses and asking—
"Two...two hectares?! Girl, what do you need so much land for? How big of a factory are you planning to build?"
Ning Yuan smiled slightly and confidently replied, "Uncle Qiao, I want to invest in building a large-scale electronics manufacturing plant! A large plant needs at least 5,000 square meters. At most, one or two large electronics plants can be built on one hectare of land."
Mayor Qiao was even more confused: "Then...then why do you need so much?"
Ning Yuan shrugged and said casually, "Just leave it. I'll expand production, or maybe start another factory. Who knows?"
As for Shenzhen, it's always a good idea to secure this land first!
Mayor Qiao frowned in thought upon hearing this: "Although industrial land is cheaper than residential land, it's not dirt cheap! Those Hong Kong businessmen who wanted to build on the Donghu Garden plot only asked for 5,000 square meters! Girl, you're asking for 20,000 square meters all at once... Do you know how much that will cost?"
He emphasized, "Especially for this type of lease, the minimum lease term is three years."
He turned to Xiao Lin and gestured, "You calculate for Comrade Xiao Ning how much this will cost."
Officer Kobayashi immediately took out a notebook from his briefcase, his expression serious and professional.
He turned to one of the pages and clearly stated: "According to the Provisional Regulations on Land Management in the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone, in 1982, which is this year, the land use fee standard in Shenzhen was as follows: for industrial land, it was 10 to 30 RMB per square meter per year."
"If you acquire a larger plot and lease for a longer period, you can get a discount, a compromise of 20 yuan per square meter. For 20,000 square meters... that's 400,000 yuan in land use fees per year! Three years would be 1.2 million yuan!"
Ning Yuan remained calm and turned to look at Pei Shan.
Pei-shan understood immediately, took out her notebook, quickly calculated, and then reported, "Seventh Miss, if we consider the profit cycle of an electronics factory, this land will need to be rented for at least ten years! That's 4 million RMB in rent."
Ning Yuan looked directly at Mayor Qiao and said crisply and decisively—
"Uncle Qiao, then I won't beat around the bush. I'll just take ten years! You can evaluate it, and if there are no problems, we'll sign it without hesitation!"
Mayor Qiao was completely stunned by Ning Yuan's "courage," his eyes filled with both surprise and admiration.
This girl is really... incredibly bold!
Four million!
Even his secretary and Xiao Lin, who were with him, froze on the spot as if they had been struck by acupuncture, staring at Ning Yuan in shock.
This sum of money was an astronomical figure for mainland China in the 1980s.
Some local governments work hard all year round, and their total fiscal revenue probably doesn't even reach this amount!
Mayor Qiao's expression became complex, his eyes filled with a mixture of surprise, admiration, and worry.
"Girl, are you...are you serious? Do you know how much this will cost? This is no joke! Can your cash flow support this? And all those miscellaneous equipment, factory buildings, personnel, utilities...that's all money, it's going up like firewood, why not rent a smaller area?"
Ning Yuan smiled, her tone firm and confident: "Uncle Qiao, I also want to contribute to the development of Shenzhen and my country! You remember, there's an old saying in Beijing: 'It doesn't matter if a cat is black or white, as long as it catches mice, it's a good cat.' Don't worry, since I'm willing to sign a ten-year contract, I'll find a way to solve the funding problem!"
She paused, her eyes crinkling slightly. "Of course, I certainly hope that you can offer some tax exemption or price discounts since I'm signing a ten-year contract at once. After all, nobody's money grows on trees. Could you go back and discuss it with the other leaders in the team?"
Mayor Qiao was moved by Ning Yuan's sincerity and courage, and nodded with admiration: "Good! Good! Good! With your dedication and courage, we won't let you down!"
He assured them, "Don't worry, the construction of infrastructure such as hydropower and roads in this area will definitely be accelerated!"
Afterwards, Mayor Qiao and his entourage, along with Ning Yuan, Pei Shan, and A Heng, enjoyed a lively farm-style meal at the brigade branch of Nigang Village in Bagualing.
At the dinner table, everyone chatted and laughed, complaining about the mosquitoes in Shenzhen and looking forward to future development, creating a harmonious and warm atmosphere.
After the meal, Mayor Qiao and his entourage rushed back to their offices to get back to work.
Ning Yuan and her entourage stayed at the Zhuyuan Hotel, which opened last year and is the first joint venture hotel in Shenzhen.
As soon as she entered the hotel room, Peishan couldn't help but show her worry; her delicate brows furrowed tightly.
"Seventh Miss, the last payment we received was 320,000 US dollars, which is only a little over 600,000 RMB. Compared to the 4 million RMB ten-year rent, that's far too little!"
As she spoke, she scribbled rapidly in her notebook, her expression tense: "The factories in Hong Kong still need to operate normally, and the workers' wages still need to be paid—that's all money!"
"Also, we need to transfer workers from the Hong Kong government and engineers from the United States. The conditions on the mainland... you know, they can't compare to those in the US and Hong Kong. They definitely won't want to come, unless..."
Ning Yuan remained calm, poured Pei Shan a cup of tea, and slowly replied, "Unless we give them a raise, and a significant one at that, at least double it!"
Peishan sighed deeply: "You know how high the salaries are for those semiconductor engineers in America. They were already incredibly high when we poached them, and now that's doubled… I've calculated it, besides the four million in rent, the initial investment, including equipment, labor, utilities, and all that, will be at least two or three million RMB!"
She cautiously asked Ning Yuan, "All the money in our account combined is still short by more than a million! And that doesn't even include the operating funds for the factory in Hong Kong, or the operating funds for your shopping mall and Era Heart in Shanghai. Adding all that up, the funding gap is probably several million..."
Where can we fill this funding gap of several million?
Right now, the young master is busy battling it out with the young lady.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
