Chapter 291
Thunder's strategy is indeed very far-sighted.
To others, the West District is indeed the most backward area in the entire Pingdong City.
However, in the western part of the city, there are many small factories engaged in light industry, as well as a large number of migrant workers from other places.
According to the development trend of small and medium-sized cities that Ji Wanmei had once analyzed with him, these migrant workers from other places and rural areas who come to the city to work will eventually choose to stay in the city due to the pressure of life.
Staying in the countryside to farm and dig in the soil, working hard 365 days a year, relying on the weather for their livelihood, the harvest in the end is only enough to feed a few family members.
There is absolutely no way we can afford to send several more children to school.
But now everyone knows that education is the only way out for children from poor families.
Even migrant workers have to find ways to earn money to support their children's education.
The one-child policy has only been in effect for a few years, and most families already have two, three, or even more children.
Moreover, there is a problem: the poorer and more backward a place is, the more children it tends to have.
The preference for sons over daughters may be one factor, but it could also be due to the backwardness of people's thinking and common sense in rural areas. They lack the idea, awareness, or even means to prevent pregnancy, so if a wife gets pregnant, she naturally has to give birth.
With more children, there are more mouths to feed, putting a lot of pressure on the head of the household, who often has no choice but to leave their hometown to work in the city to earn money.
This is why, even though the developer only owed the migrant workers two or three months' wages, they complained bitterly and even wanted to fight him.
Because in their rural hometown, there are several people who need money to live and pay for their school fees.
However, Ji Wanmei once mentioned this idea to Lei Tingjun—
In another twenty years, the current batch of migrant workers will gradually be unable to return to the countryside, because in the future, going to the city to work will become a trend, and the children of these migrant workers will gradually grow up. Regardless of whether they can finish their studies, they will also migrate to the city in large numbers to find work, or even start families and build careers.
The rural population will gradually decrease in the future.
Given this trend, a practical problem arises.
These migrant workers want to settle down in the city, but where can they find a place to live?
Will we continue like this, with temporary deployments at one construction site after another?
This can only be temporary.
Over time, migrant workers also want to have their own homes, and factory workers also want their own homes.
The factory dormitories are for workers to live in temporarily, but they are not their own houses, so they cannot live and work in peace there and reunite with their families.
Regardless of the size of the place, people always hope to have a home where they can settle down.
This development area in the western part of the city is located at the convergence center of light industrial plants and development projects.
Amidst the needs of such a large, unseen group of people.
Lei Tingjun plans to build a settlement for rural migrant workers, construct affordable housing, and then develop a commercial street and leisure park there.
The West District, which now seems backward and desolate to everyone, can one day become a major focus area of Pingdong City.
Of course, just as the bank manager said, this is currently only a blueprint for Thunder Army.
Whether it can be implemented in practice depends on many other practical factors.
For example, will migrant workers come here to settle down? What if no one buys the houses after they're built?
Commercial street, commercial street, where do businesses and merchants come from?
These are all problems that will inevitably be encountered during the later stages of implementation.
As the bank president, he wasn't someone to be trifled with; he could think of the same problems Lei Tingjun had considered.
So no matter what Lei Tingjun said, the bank manager refused to approve a loan of one million for Lei Tingjun.
Finally, after much negotiation, both sides compromised and negotiated the loan amount down to 800,000.
This is indeed the maximum amount that the city bank can offer.
The bank manager said, "Even if I were to approve this 800,000 for you, I would be under immense pressure. Don't be so ungrateful."
Lei Tingjun thought about it and realized that this was the only way. Although the 800,000 yuan was less than his initial budget, he could still manage by tightening his spending and staggering the project launches.
Lei Tingjun stood up, extended his hand, and said with gratitude, "Thank you for your strong support, bank manager. Rest assured, we will definitely repay this amount on time."
The bank manager looked at Lei Tingjun with admiration: "Alright, I'll send staff from the credit department to your office tomorrow to verify all the materials. Once everything is confirmed, you can come over and sign."
Lei Tingjun said, "Bank manager, I'm pressed for time. Please send someone with me today. Tomorrow, I need to meet with a few building materials partners."
"You brat, can't you even wait a day or two?"
Lei Tingjun smiled faintly: "Time is money. I have a heavy burden now, so I have to make the most of every second."
Most importantly, Lei Tingjun needs to secure a bank loan first, then pay a deposit to the No. 5 Steel Plant for steel reinforcement materials, and only after receiving the first batch of goods can he restart the project that has been suspended.
The mess left by the Fujian developer has resulted in two buildings being one-third complete.
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