Chapter 177 The strong woman is convinced
Fang Yue established a basic principle for future projects.
Lin Ruoyan is in the high-end business, selling luxury villas, so she can do some basic renovations nearby to meet basic needs, and maybe she won’t have to worry about customers.
As a result, after asking around, Lin Ruoyan actually said that she participated in a xx new city project and acquired a piece of land outside the county town in Hebei Province, south of the Greater X District.
Fang Yue asked, "Is Mr. Lin selling a villa over there?"
This was not groundless news. After all, Fang Yue had inquired in several districts surrounding the Dax District and found out that someone was developing villas in the Fangs District, which seemed to be not far from Hebei Province.
Lin Ruoyan said: "Yes, you guessed it."
Fang Yue asked, "Housing prices in Hebei Province don't seem to be expensive, and since it's outside Beijing, how can a villa be sold at a high price?"
Lin Ruoyan said truthfully: "Of course it can't be sold for a high price. I'm helping a friend with construction. The land is cheaper than in the X area, so I took a small piece to test the waters and make a model group."
A model group? How many houses could that be? At this time, Fang Yue didn't know that the model group had 100 mu of land, and they would build a large-scale development of 1,000 mu in the future.
Hearing this, Fang Yue was more convinced that Lin Ruoyan was truly there to help. Life wasn't always smooth sailing. Beijing was still full of large, state-owned enterprise-backed developers. Even with the success of a "small" 100,000-square-meter project, Lin Ruoyan couldn't compete with the massive state-owned enterprises. She was being squeezed out and had trouble securing the land she wanted. That was why she was looking for opportunities in some new city in Hebei Province.
Every family has its own problems. Fang Yue is not in a hurry to buy land outside Beijing for the time being, and her mentality has gradually stabilized.
But after a few days of peace, Fang Yue heard another piece of news. It was again a friend in the south who had introduced a project in Yicheng New District, saying that he had connections there and could get very cheap land.
Fang Yue, originally from the south, had built a business doing projects and was no stranger to Yicheng. She thought the land was cheap, so she went to see it. While she was investigating, she heard that Lin's Real Estate had actually acquired a plot of land in Yicheng's old town, over 200 acres, to build an "urban complex."
She was a little hesitant. Why did Lin Ruoyan choose such expensive land in the old city to build a luxury house? There were so many cheap lands in the new district. Wouldn't it be much easier to buy some and hoard them for two years and then sell them off?
Fang Yue was cautious and felt that Lin Ruoyan would not be a sucker. There were tens of billions of new dollars in the account, but not a penny was invested in the new district. This was somewhat suspicious.
She couldn't help but ask Lin Ruoyan.
Lin Ruoyan told the truth, pointed out the pitfalls of the new district, and advised Fang Yue to think carefully.
Of course, Fang Yue wouldn't listen to anyone but her own advice. She arranged for someone to delve deeper into the new district, and eventually uncovered the game of passing the parcel and speculating on land. She was nearly drawn into a trap.
The friend who had called her over before didn't mean to cheat her, but knew that she was in real estate, and it was normal for her to buy land in the past, and the land price is indeed not that expensive now.
Enter the market early and profit early, then find a buyer to sell later, eliminating the risk. Many people consider this an opportunity worth pursuing. But Fang Yue has moved beyond such vulgarity. She wants to be a serious real estate developer. Hoarding land without developing it always feels unsettling to her.
She still wants to build some truly high-quality residences, leave her brand name all over the country, and have people give positive feedback when they mention her projects.
After the whole incident, Fang Yue became more convinced of Lin Ruoyan's character, and even began to seriously consider that if she encountered any project opportunities in the future that her family could not handle, she could invite Lin Ruoyan to work together.
Lin Ruoyan hadn't thought Fang Yue would have such a change of heart at this time. She was busy spending money after the spring.
According to the project progress, the real estate project in Yicheng cannot be sold during the May Day Golden Week. So why not take a few more days off, or organize an inspection team building, so that a large amount of travel expenses in April can be spent?
At this time, some uncontrollable news came from overseas. It was unsafe to go abroad for inspection, so we decided to arrange an inspection within China. We weren't looking for any big cities or big projects. Everyone had been busy with projects since joining the company, so it was time to get out and experience nature. We decided to visit a few famous tourist towns at the time, such as Wuzhen, Zhouzhuang, and Huizhou.
Wuzhen, a Jiangnan water town, is particularly different from northern cities. After visiting Wuzhen, we also stayed at a designer homestay not far away and arranged a team-building activity.
Lin's Real Estate Company is primarily staffed by social recruits, most of whom have previous work experience, some at large state-owned enterprises and some at smaller companies. Their impression of team-building activities is that they typically take up two days of the weekend, spending time at a training center or guesthouse, and the activities are all similar to military training.
If there are training sessions, I have to prepare a lot of material myself, or I can hire some outside experts to give motivational speeches to boost everyone's morale. After the team building, I go back to work on Monday and it feels like I haven't rested all week, and it feels like I've been working for ten days straight.
Lin's Real Estate's planned team-building activities were also quite a risk, potentially putting people off. Even those employees who joined later regretted not being able to participate in the multi-country European tour. However, after HR announced the specific travel and team-building activities, everyone finally opened their eyes.
The team building will last for ten days, with two days of rest and adjustment before and after, so as not to occupy everyone’s normal weekend.
The first five days were spent "inspecting" tourist attractions in and around Wuzhen, dining, enjoying various local specialties, and staying in various hotels. Participation in all hotel experiences, such as spas and massages, was mandatory, all covered by the government. The next five days were spent staying at a designer's homestay, exploring several ancient villages nearby to appreciate their traditional history and cultural heritage. Evening training consisted of beauty and exercise lectures. The typical team-building confrontations were replaced by KTV sessions, games, and basketball competitions.
Is this really team building? This is clearly a paid vacation, with free health lectures, and entertainment and relaxation under the guise of competition!
The key point is that in order to coordinate the work progress of various departments, this team-building activity was finally scheduled in mid-April, and did not take up the precious May Day Golden Week. Everyone had holidays as usual during those days and did what they had to do.
This is simply unimaginable in other companies. After working one week in April, I go on a paid trip for ten days, and then work a few more days before the May Day holiday. These ten days are purely for fun, not including the one day of travel and rest before and after.
Lin Ruoyan said that everyone had worked too much overtime on projects before and after the Spring Festival. Now that the key projects have been completed, of course they should take the time to relax and recharge.
This delighted the people at Lin's Real Estate and filled the Lin Group's employees with envy. Someone there had also heard indirectly that the sales staff at Lin's Real Estate had earned at least 500,000 yuan in less than a year. It wasn't just the sales staff who made that much money; the salaries and compensation in other departments were exceptionally high.
The Information Department earns over 10,000 yuan a month, with year-end bonuses covering dozens of months' salary. Even second-tier support departments like Human Resources and Finance, thanks to the company's overall strong performance, receive year-end bonuses starting in the six figures. Even the front desk clerks have broken through the ceiling for similar positions, leaving ordinary white-collar clerks far behind.
The receptionists were perfectly justified in taking the money. After all, the learning website memberships were selling like hotcakes, and they were the ones working overtime to input so many test questions. If the learning website made money, wasn't it only natural for them to share in the bonuses? They also frequently worked overtime inputting data for the engineering cost software developed by the Cost and Information Departments. While they might not understand the data, they could ensure speed and accuracy, which was a significant help.
Now these two receptionists are no longer content to just work as receptionists. The company often holds training sessions, and they also want to switch to sales like Wang Xiaohao, or follow Hua Mengmeng to run a B&B. Maybe within a year, they can also become store managers and become sales champions.
The people at Lin’s Real Estate don’t need anyone to give them chicken soup for the soul. Everything that happens to them is already chicken soup for the soul for others.
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