The next morning, Guan Jianxun and Xie Qiusha drove the two to the train station. After Chu Jingqiu got on the train, she was surprised to find that Xie Qiusha had put a famous painting and some good tea in her travel bag.
After several hours' journey, the train finally arrived at Shenzhen Railway Station.
As soon as they got off the bus, Chu Jingqiu and Zhang Pingping saw Zhao Aiming waiting at the exit. He greeted them warmly with a smile on his face, took the initiative to help carry the luggage, and led them to a semi-new car.
The car drove smoothly on the road and soon arrived at the booked hotel.
Although Shenzhen is adjacent to Hong Kong and Macao, the city had not yet been fully developed in the early 1980s.
Chu Jingqiu and Zhang Pingping stood at the window and looked into the distance, but they did not see the prosperous scene of Shenzhen in their previous life with skyscrapers soaring into the clouds and modern high-rise buildings standing in rows.
On the contrary, on both sides of Shenzhen's old streets stand traditional Lingnan arcades, there are a few bicycles scattered on the streets, and it is rare to see a large truck.
After lunch, Zhao Aiming enthusiastically took Chu Jingqiu and Zhang Pingping for a stroll around Shenzhen. At this moment, Shenzhen was in a booming construction stage, with busy workers and construction equipment such as tower cranes everywhere.
Slogans reading "Time is money, efficiency is life" are hung in prominent locations everywhere.
Zhao Aiming took them to visit the factory under construction. The suburbs of Shenzhen were still a pastoral landscape with various modes of transportation mixed in, including cars, bicycles, and cattle.
When we arrived at the factory, we found that both sides of the road were covered with red soil. Some factory buildings were under construction, and some land had been flattened in preparation for building houses.
At this time, there was a burst of firecrackers in the distance. Zhao Aiming smiled and explained: "It's quite lively here. There are pile driving and construction all day and night.
The firecrackers you hear now are set off when a building is topped out. Whenever a building is topped out, firecrackers are set off, and the height of the building determines the length of the firecrackers.
While admiring the city's scenery, they discussed plans to build a factory in Shenzhen. Zhao Aiming introduced some suitable areas for the factory to them.
Zhao Aiming brought Chu Jingqiu and Zhang Pingping to the famous fishing village in Luo District.
The geographical location here is extremely advantageous. Across the river is the prosperous port city. Facing the port city across the river, this small fishing village later became one of the richest villages in China.
The small fishing village has attracted many visionary Hong Kong businessmen to invest. Several Hong Kong factories, such as restaurants and jewelry processing, have directly invested in production in the village, forming an industrial chain of initial scale.
Zhao Aiming told them that Shenzhen’s current policies are very favorable, with no taxes required in the first three years, making it very suitable to build a garment factory here.
When Chu Jingqiu and Zhang Pingping were wandering around the village, they saw a piece of land that they liked and thought was particularly suitable for building a garment factory.
They asked about the price and learned that the land was priced at 100,000 yuan. If they chose to rent it, the rent would be very cheap, only one yuan per square meter per month.
Chu Jingqiu had a lot of money and she was very clear about the future price of the land here, so she decided without hesitation to buy the land and build a garment factory here.
Zhang Pingping didn't have that much money to buy a piece of land, but she knew that the price of houses would go up in the future, so she wanted to buy a house as an early investment.
Zhao Aiming asked a local friend to help them inquire about several houses, and some of them were actually for sale.
A few years ago, a family in the village planned to sneak to the port city, but the wind was strong at night and the boat capsized, and the whole family drowned.
No one dared to live in their house, so the village took it back.
The villagers thought the house was unlucky and no one dared to buy it, but Zhang Pingping didn't care and spent two thousand yuan to buy the house.
The house that Chu Jingqiu liked was about 70% new. Last year, the owner's family was taken to Gangcheng by relatives for development. They had already bought a house in Gangcheng, so they entrusted their neighbors to sell the house in the village.
The conditions this family asked for were rather harsh; they only wanted gold, M yuan, and Hong Kong dollars.
Chu Jingqiu happened to have gold, and the price of gold at that time was 34 yuan per gram. The price of this house was a large yellow croaker and a 116-gram gold bar, which was more than 3,000 yuan.
Chu Jingqiu and Zhang Pingping booked the two houses on the same day and completed the formalities quickly. Now they are considered to be homeowners in Shenzhen.
The house Zhang Pingping bought had to be cleaned up before she could move in. The house Chu Jingqiu bought was well maintained by her neighbors, who helped clean it every now and then, so she could move in right away.
Although Chu Jingqiu decided to buy the land, it was impossible for her to take out the huge sum of 100,000 yuan directly from the space, so she planned to stay in Shenzhen for two more days under the pretext of waiting for the remittance from Beijing.
Zhang Pingping didn't have much cash left, so she asked Du Yueming to help her remit all the money from home. Because she was going to set up a joint venture clothing factory with Chu Jingqiu, she would give as much as she could.
Chu Jingqiu contacted Xie Qiusha again. The next day happened to be the weekend, so in the evening Guan Jianxun drove Xie Qiusha directly to the small fishing village.
This time, the couple stayed in Chu Jingqiu's house. In the evening, they held an open-air barbecue in the yard.
Chu Jingqiu secretly took out some fresh mutton, vegetables, fish and barbecue dipping sauce from her space.
Zhao Aiming and Guan Jianxun were busy grilling meat in the yard, and the aroma filled the air, while Chu Jingqiu, Zhang Pingping and Xie Qiusha sat aside chatting.
Xie Qiusha smiled and said to Chu Jingqiu, "Jingqiu, the land you bought is really good. I've been to Shenzhen several times before and saw construction everywhere, but I haven't found a suitable place.
I was thinking of waiting two years to come back and take a look, but I didn’t expect you to find such a great place after just a few days.”
Chu Jingqiu responded with a smile, then turned to Zhao Aiming and said gratefully, "It's easier to get things done when you have acquaintances. This time, we're all indebted to Aiming. He helped us find such great land. He really did us a great favor."
Zhao Aiming waved his hand modestly, and while skillfully flipping the lamb skewers on the grill, he said with a smile: "Hey, it didn't take much effort for me, I just asked a few friends.
They were well-informed and well-connected, so they found the right land quickly.”
Zhang Pingping nodded repeatedly and agreed, "Yes, it was Ai Ming who found the house we bought. He's really capable. We really have to thank him very much this time."
A glint flashed in Chu Jingqiu's eyes, and he said to Zhao Aiming, "Aiming, since you're so capable, we have a proposal. If you're interested, why not invest in our garment factory and work with us?"
Zhao Aiming's eyes flashed with surprise when he heard this, and he answered without hesitation: "Sure! As long as you don't mind me, I'll also invest a little and cooperate with you. I'm at ease!"
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