Chapter 165: Start planning for next year
The chess academy, physical examination center, small factory of medical auxiliary products and other things invested by Lin Ruoyan are all operating normally. The income there is definitely not enough when compared with the income of tens of millions of other projects, but it is not a big problem. It is growing steadily step by step, so she doesn't pay too much attention to it.
Because the furniture factory displays its products in luxury home sales offices and courtyard homestays, not only people who buy luxury homes, but even those who don’t have luxury homes have their eyes on these antique furniture that looks expensive and tasteful but is actually very affordable.
Some people who run teahouses and shops, and some people who like traditional culture, who cannot afford luxury houses, buy some high-end furniture that can be placed in luxury houses, and their sales suddenly increase.
By the end of the year, Lin Ruoyan had earned back all the millions she had invested, and there were still millions of surpluses to be distributed as dividends. The most important thing was that the furniture factory's orders were scheduled until the year after next.
At the biopharmaceutical base, we rented a building, renovated it, and sublet it to several companies. We haven't yet recovered the investment, but we're optimistic about the future. This asset-light operation doesn't require a lot of capital or labor, allowing for long-term stability.
After the medical device company from Country Y acquired by Lin Ruoyan moved into the park, it attracted some similar companies to come, some of which joined forces to engage in research and development, while others directly formed joint ventures with foreign companies.
The development of industrial parks cannot be rushed. We should give priority to industries related to biomedicine and decline others. We need to wait for them to grow and mature over time.
However, the decoration here only requires an investment of tens of millions at most. The rest is all about investment promotion and operation, training of relevant teams, and the future output will be services in this area.
The next three to five years for the Y-country company will be the most in need of sustained investment in R&D. According to Li Yiqi's budget, the total investment will be in the tens of millions, which, spread out over a long period of time, will not be noticeable at all. However, once a product is developed, such as a myopia treatment device, which is absolutely in demand in the domestic market, there are countless ways to make money without any effort.
Hebei Province's xx Industrial New City project bought 100 acres of land, signed a contract for industrial planning and overall planning, and paid for it in the first two months. The next investment next year will be for construction costs and the money for marketing activities for the opening of the project.
The model group of that project includes courtyard villas with a floor area ratio of 1.0, as well as a structure that can serve as a town center, a club sales office and a planning exhibition hall. The scale of the entire building is similar to that of a luxury housing project, at around 100,000 square meters.
However, except for the town center, the rest are multi-story residential buildings, delivered in rough condition, and they also use Ling Laoliu's construction team, which is much cheaper than doing construction in Beijing. After all, Ling Laoliu's company also has a stake in the company in the new town. He does the construction at cost price, and the materials and other things are consumed according to demand.
The model group plan started construction after the Spring Festival, and the corresponding approvals all received the green light from the local authorities. The high-end hotel that Wang Min wanted to build was also being built simultaneously.
Lin Ruoyan's goal in expanding the XX Industrial New City is to ensure continued stable spending for the coming year. The project's scale and consumption are currently sufficient to cover tens of millions in monthly expenses. As for when sales will begin and profits will be recouped, that will depend on the second half of the year. There's no rush to sell out all the units immediately, as housing prices will likely continue to rise in the second half of next year.
After all, she was not in a hurry to get the money back, and the money in the account allowed her to survive without worries for the time being.
Then, in Yicheng at the end of November, Qin Shuang spent 90 million to buy over 200 acres of land in the old factory area. The price was not the highest, but the local leaders were attracted by the proposal put forward by Lin's Real Estate Company.
The proposal submitted by Lin's Real Estate is not a purely residential community, but a real community that combines commercial, office, hotel and residential areas to create an urban complex, and also to accommodate industries.
Some question whether the concept of industry is a scam, claiming that other real estate companies claim they can also enter the industry. However, Lin's Real Estate is backed by the Lin Group, which operates numerous large-scale factories in Beijing and northern China, and reportedly has overseas mining investments. Even if such a powerful, comprehensive enterprise fails to attract other industries in the future, the group can simply open a branch here and become a major taxpayer.
Furthermore, after listening to Lin Ruoyan's teachings last time, Qin Shuang also studied the internet industry and believed that this place was a good place to start. The local area had no electricity shortage, a dense population, and was close to the economically developed coastal areas. There were many businesses that were done there before, and now there are still businesses that can be done online.
Some small local businesses are experimenting with foreign trade, using the internet and foreign platforms to expand their businesses. This was something Qin Shuang hadn't even considered before. If someone from the Ministry of Information hadn't provided some data, Qin Shuang would have almost missed this opportunity.
When it comes to business, local authorities are well aware that most of the local industrial products produced are sold outside the region, and local production is not sufficient. Both land and water transportation are convenient here, with goods shipped eastward to the economically developed coastal areas and westward to the Shuzhong Basin and several surrounding western inland provinces.
The old business model for trade was to make phone calls and communicate with samples or catalogs. Now, with the internet, many things can be communicated online, including emails and electronic catalogs, eliminating the need to carry heavy samples back and forth.
Some large companies have created special websites to display their products, while some small companies have joined together to advertise and sell products on various major portals.
Initially, there were some advertisements from this place on learning websites and Go websites. Qin Shuang dug deeper and found out that a company in Hangzhou had set up an online platform that allowed people to apply for free to open an online store, display their own product images, and clearly mark prices to facilitate transactions. All kinds of goods were accepted, and it looked like a large-scale market.
Many small businesses in Yicheng, unable to afford to run and maintain their own independent websites, simply open small stores on the platform, upload photos of their products, and rely on the traffic attracted by the larger platform. This is cheaper than spending money on advertising, and since the platform only facilitates transactions and doesn't charge any middleman fees, the free savings are quite a bargain.
After your own company places an advertisement, people will take the opportunity to check out other people's online stores and look at them even if they don't buy anything. As a result, the traffic will gradually increase.
Lin Ruoyan confirmed from Qin Shuang's description that this was the prototype of Taobao. However, the platform, which would eventually bring together a wide variety of products from around the country and revolutionize consumer patterns, was still under development and would undergo continuous updates. They were also rumored to be developing a payment method to ensure the security of funds for both buyers and sellers.
Therefore, Lin’s Real Estate’s first urban complex can reserve a portion of the area for e-commerce. After all, Taobao will be officially launched next year in the book, and a brand new era of Internet business is about to begin.
Since Qin Shuang mentioned Hangzhou, Lin Ruoyan also wanted to go and see it.
Taobao will not be officially launched until next year. They are currently just a team starting a business in a small apartment, but they have already obtained some overseas financing and will not accept other investments for the time being.
What really attracted Ruoyan to Hangzhou was its scenery, including West Lake, Longyin Mountain, Xixi Wetlands, and the Liangzhu Cultural Relics. Hangzhou is a renowned tourist destination in China, though it can be a bit chilly in the winter and too hot in the summer.
She has never seen the Broken Bridge and Snow on West Lake in the real world, but she wants to go this time, maybe she will have a chance to see it.
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