"Sir, such a huge project will probably cost several million taels of silver." After the excitement, Lu Yan returned to reality and said, "And it may take at least ten or eight years to complete."

"So we need to make a good plan. All the land is ours, and we can fully control the rhythm of releasing the land." Zhao Hao had already made up his mind and said, "It is definitely not possible to complete it all at once. Besides, we don't need so much space at the beginning, and it would be a waste to build it up."

"Yes." Lu Yan nodded.

"You plan the blocks and roads first, and then we can prioritize and proceed in stages." Zhao Hao said with a smile, "For example, if we take a ten-year period, we can first build an area that will be used for ten years. After completion, we can gradually expand outwards."

After a pause, he continued, "And for the most critical land, I plan to establish shared ownership to solve the subsequent urban construction expenses."

"Shared property rights?" Lu Yan didn't understand again.

"Yes, although the land in Pudong is ours, in order to attract population and make the new district prosper quickly, we should not set the price too high whether we rent it out or sell it." Zhao Hao smiled and pointed to the wasteland in front of him.

"Once people's prejudices are formed, it is difficult to change them. Even if you build this place into a garden city, they will still hold on to their inherent ideas and will not be willing to spend a lot of money to buy property here."

"Of course." Lu Yan nodded and smiled, otherwise he would not have sold Pudong to Jiangnan Group at a very low price.

"Too high a price will seriously affect the development of the city. Only by renting and selling at a low price can it be attractive." Then Zhao Hao said in a deep voice: "So our initial rental and sales price should be one-fifth of that of Shanghai County."

"That's definitely attractive." Lu Yan exclaimed, "Real estate in Shanghai County is not expensive to begin with. If it's 20% off, it's like selling it for free in Jiangnan. When we build Pudong to such an excellent level, people will definitely scramble to buy land."

"Yes, so the land price in Pudong is destined to continue to rise in the future. If we sell it at a low price, won't it be others who will enjoy the appreciation? We have invested so much, why should we do so?" Zhao Hao smiled and said, "I thought of using the method of shared property rights to solve this problem."

"Does that mean you're only selling half of the land rights?" Lu Yan asked.

"That's right." Zhao Hao nodded and said, "A land administration bureau will be specially established to carry out this matter. It will be clearly stated in the form of regulations that the land will be jointly owned by the new district and the owners. However, the houses built by the owners will be exclusively owned by them."

"However, the owner must report the purpose of the pre-purchased land before building the house. The land use plan cannot be changed without authorization. The land must be used according to the reported plan within the agreed time. Otherwise, we have the right to redeem the land at the original price."

"Well, this is reasonable. After all, it was bought at a very low price, and the buyer should accept these restrictions." Lu Yan nodded.

“In addition, if the owner decides to sell or rent it out, one-third of the sale price or rent will belong to us.” Zhao Hao paused, then added: “Both renting and selling need to be registered with the Land Administration Bureau, and private transactions are not allowed. In order to prevent someone from using a yin-yang contract to infringe on our interests during sublease or resale, we have the right to buy or lease the land at the price quoted by the landlord.”

"Good, now they don't dare to collude to deceive us!" Lu Yan couldn't help but praise him, secretly praising him in his heart. This Mr. Zhao is really a business genius. Moreover, his mind is so meticulous, rare in the world, and he has blocked all the loopholes that can be exploited in advance.

He himself owns a lot of real estate, so he naturally understands the significance of these rules of Mr. Zhao. There is no way, the people of the Ming Dynasty are too smart and love to take advantage of loopholes. Only by being more righteous and more evil can they be honest.

"In fact, renting it out first and selling it later is also an idea." In order to show his cleverness in front of the young master, Lu Yan put forward his own idea.

"Indeed, this is the only way to enjoy the greatest profit." Zhao Hao said, shaking his head with a smile, "But you must remember that if you don't share, you will never be able to grow big. If you eat and monopolize everything, you will die."

"I understand." Lu Yan lowered his head in shame. He knew it. One of the core concepts of the group is "sharing". If Mr. Zhao had not upheld the spirit of sharing, how could the group develop so rapidly?

Besides, the young master gave him so many shares, wasn't he also sharing with him? Thinking of this, he secretly reminded himself that he should add these two words to the ancestral precepts when he returned, and he couldn't always think about monopolizing the market.

Seeing his expression, Zhao Hao knew that this man could still be saved, so he said without further ado: "This way, the owners can enjoy the bulk of the future land appreciation, and the new district can also share one-third to continue urban construction and then continue to sell land. If nothing unexpected happens, there should be some profit."

"Yeah." Lu Yan now knew how to solve the funding problem, and couldn't help but praise: "Young Master, this trick of borrowing arrows from a straw boat is really brilliant. It's really eye-opening and amazing!"

"It's nothing." Mr. Zhao shook his head modestly. It's just land finance.

~~

There were classes tomorrow afternoon, so after Zhao Hao gave some instructions, he declined Lu Yan's invitation to spend the night at Houleyuan and left Lujiazui with him on a boat.

Before boarding the Science, he did not forget to instruct Lu Yan: "Please devote all your efforts to planning. But the recruitment of farm personnel must also be handed over to capable people. If there is no time to plant early rice, it is also good to plant a season of late rice."

"Don't worry, sir. We'll do it right after the Chinese New Year." Lu Yan replied hurriedly, "The 50,000 civilians recruited to build water conservancy projects are all willing to stay and reclaim wasteland. In addition, we also sent people to Jiangbei to recruit a group of foreign workers. This year, we estimate that there will be 80,000 to 90,000 households of foreign workers, plus the locals, which will be enough."

"Not bad, very helpful." Zhao Hao nodded with satisfaction.

"Just can you please urge Mr. Menghe?" Seeing that Zhao Hao was in a good mood, Lu Yan took the opportunity to ask: "First, quickly train the agricultural technicians that our Shangkai Division has commissioned to train, so as not to delay the farming season."

"I'll ask for you when I go to the Agricultural College some other day." Zhao Hao didn't dare to give a definite answer. After all, Ma Yilong had a bad temper, and he would criticize him when he got angry.

"Oh, okay." Lu Yan had no choice but to smile and agree, and respectfully sent the young master onto the Science.

He stood on his boat, watching Zhao Hao sail away, and after a long while he sighed, "I am convinced, completely convinced!"

It turned out that he had never had such close contact with the young master, and he found it strange. He wondered why the nine powerful families in the past were so obedient to Young Master Zhao?

After spending half a day together, he finally realized that this young man was so amazing and worthy of following.

He is not only good at drawing unprecedented blueprints and wonders, but also has the ability to turn them into reality and leave a good stage for you to perform. Naturally, you can't help but want to become a part of his great conception and experience the unprecedented excitement with him...

At least Lu Yan felt that he had become a staunch supporter of Mr. Zhao and was willing to sacrifice his life for him.

After Mr. Zhao, whom he admired so much, got on board, he quickly ate dinner and then lay on Secretary Ma's legs, not wanting to move at all.

Secretary Ma knew that this would happen every time he interacted with these wealthy people. As a personal secretary, she could naturally sense that the young master didn't like these people in his heart, but he had to force himself to be on good terms with them.

How uncomfortable this feeling is, at least in Lianli Company, no one understands it better than Sister Ma...

Ma Xianglan's feeling was absolutely correct, Zhao Hao just didn't like these people. Along the way, he had discovered that the word "sharing" never existed in the dictionary of the dog owners.

That's not the case, after all, when others share with them, they are eager to do so. But when they are asked to bleed, they are so reluctant and it is extremely difficult!

Until now, Zhao Hao couldn't remember a single time when these bastards took the initiative to share anything with him? Every time they took advantage of him! If he wasn't good at making cakes and pancakes, how could these bastards be so submissive?

Zhao Hao couldn't help but laugh at himself. If the wealthy knew how to share, no dynasty would perish. Expecting the rich to take the initiative to help the poor get rich later? Dream on!

Being rich and unkind is human nature. The richer you are, the less humane you are, and the less you treat the people as human beings, until you destroy the country, and then we will all be together...

If I were not a second-generation human being, I would have known that the empire was about to collapse and I could not escape it. I would probably have the same character.

Thinking of this, Zhao Hao suddenly felt a little discouraged.

But there is no other way. According to the struggle strategy taught by Chairman Mao, we must make friends with these people, otherwise they will become enemies...

Zhao Hao let out a long breath and consoled himself: "It doesn't matter. We are just entering the Age of Exploration, and the Industrial Revolution hasn't started yet. There is plenty of cake to share..."

I hope the proletariat will wake up before the cake is divided.

~~

Secretary Ma breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Zhao Hao's facial features soften.

Secretary Ma did not ask Zhao Hao what he was thinking about. He just skillfully massaged the acupuncture points on his head, allowing him to relax in the quiet river waves.

The smart secretary never puts any pressure on the young master.

Alas, I don’t have the money to put pressure on him…

Thinking of this, Secretary Ma felt a pang in his heart and sighed secretly, "Young Master always goes to the arms of his good friends, but when it comes to me, he just likes to lie down..."

Am I not broad-minded enough? Actually, it's not that bad. Maybe someone is too broad-minded.

Just when he was feeling a little resentful, Qiaoqiao brought in a plate of red cherries. Secretary Ma rolled his eyes secretly and thought, "Oh, here comes another one that hides the universe."

"Why are you so tired?" Qiaoqiao stuffed a bunch of juicy cherries into Zhao Hao's mouth.

"I'm tired, sister Qiaoqiao, give me a hug..." Zhao Hao really dived over.

“What are you crazy about?” Fortunately, Qiaoqiao was thin-skinned and quickly dodged it, preventing Sister Ma’s injured little heart from feeling the malice of the world again.

Alas, no wonder, the young master has lacked maternal love since childhood... Secretary Ma comforted himself.

"Then let Qiaoqiao sleep with you tonight. I still have a lot of work to do." She rubbed her sore legs and pretended to get up.

"We agreed to sleep together tonight, you can't run away." Zhao Hao quickly grabbed her hand.

"I didn't agree." Qiaoqiao quickly waved her hands and stepped back, but because her movements were too slow, she could not escape someone's clutches.

"It's so warm even now..." Qiaoqiao said in a low voice with a red face.

"It's still a bit cold at night..." Zhao Hao looked innocent like a little Tibetan boy from Sichuan. "Let's not do anything else but talk. It's been a while since we got into bed early and talked about our hearts."

Qiaoqiao suddenly lost her resolve. She also missed the time she spent in Japan very much. The waves were so big.

ps. Alas, after all the hard work, I still only wrote 2 chapters. In order to write these two chapters, I checked the initial urban planning and land policies of Shanghai, Qingdao, Tianjin, New York, Paris, and Philadelphia. I am really abnormal. I hope I can update three chapters tomorrow...